Saturday, June 20, 2026
Tufts University School of Medicine
1 Kneeland St, Boston, MA
Before ATC begins, come join us for this one-day workshop that will explore the business, clinical, and technical aspects of integrating perfusion technology into transplant practice. The sessions in this workshop are designed to equip transplant professionals with practical tools for evaluating, adopting, and optimizing perfusion strategies from financial, programmatic, and technical perspectives.
Attendees will benefit from a dynamic mix of strategic financial insights, evolving clinical paradigms, and hands-on training using cadaveric models.
Learning objectives:
Questions? Contact Education@asts.org.
| Member: Associate/Trainee | $325 |
| Member: Regular/ Transplant Affiliate | $425 |
| Member: Industry Affiliate | $475 |
| Non-Member | $550 |
Registrations cancelled by June 5 will receive a full refund minus a $100 cancellation fee. Cancellation requests must be made in writing to education@asts.org. After June 5, no refunds will be allowed.
Since this workshop takes place before the American Transplant Congress (ATC), attendees are encouraged to review ATC's official hotel list when booking accommodations.
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All times are in US Standard Eastern Time (ET).
| 8:00 AM | Registration and breakfast | |
| 8:30 AM | Welcome and Introduction | Yanik Bababekov, MD, MPH, FACS, Tufts Medical Center |
| Establishing the Foundation - Financial & Strategic Integration of Procurement and Preservation Technology | ||
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| 8:45 AM | Leveraging the Medical Cost Report to Optimize Reimbursement: Health System Perspective | Sharon Klarman, MHL, BSN, CCTC, Tufts Medical Center |
| 9:00 AM | Navigating the Economics of Organ Procurement and Perfusion Strategies: Transplant Center Perspective | John Gutowski, MBA, MHA, FACHE, MUSC Health |
| 9:15 AM | Establishing an End-to-End Organ Procurement and Perfusion Model: Organ Procurement Organization Perspective | To be determined |
| 9:30 AM | Novel Models for Deceased Donor Management: Donor Care Unit Perspective | Thomas M. Leventhal, MD, FACP, University of Minnesota |
| 9:45 AM | Panel Discussion | Moderators: Jennifer Prinz, MPH, Donor Alliance Yanik Bababekov, MD, MPH, FACS, Tufts Medical Center |
| Thoracic Transplantation Debate: TA-NRP maximizes thoracic organ utilization compared to ex vivo machine perfusion | ||
| 10:05 AM | Affirmative Side | Michael Cain, MD, University of Colorado |
| 10:20 AM | Negative Side | Matthew Hartwig, MD, Duke University |
| 10:35 AM | Discussion | Moderator: Aleem Siddique, MBBS, University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| Keynote | ||
| 10:50 AM | Overview of the Physiology of Normothermic Regional Perfusion | Ian Currie, BSc, PhD, MD, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK |
| 11:30 AM | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 11:45 AM | Lunch (and change into scrubs) | |
| Surgical Technique – Hands-On Experience and Simulation of Organ Procurement and Preservation Strategies & Demonstrations ***Groups will rotate through several stations below in different orders | ||
| 1:00 PM | Cadaver A: Thoracoabdominal Approach for Normothermic Regional Perfusion for Thoracic and Abdominal Organ Procurement | Aleem Siddique, MBBS, University of Nebraska Medical Center Yanik Bababekov, MD, MPH, FACS, Tufts Medical Center |
| 1:20 PM | Cadaver B: Abdominal Approach for Normothermic Regional Perfusion with Rapid Recovery of Thoracic Organs | Aleah Brubaker, MD, PhD | University of California, San Diego Shennen Mao, MD, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville |
| 1:40 PM | Demonstration of perfusion and organ preservation devices | Group Lead Experts: Mark Hobeika, MD, UTHealth Houston Michelle Nguyen, MD, Mayo Clinic AZ Tracy Rice, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital Markus Selzner, MD, University of Toronto Justin Steggerda, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Heidi Yeh, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 3:00 PM | Explore Stations of Your Own Choosing | |
| 3:30 PM | Reception | |
| 4:30 PM | Adjourn | |