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  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Organ and Tissue Donation Education for Transplant Patients Staying at a Transplant Hospitality House Leads to Successful Cornea Donation

    T. Giordano1, L. Suplee2, J. L. Weinstock3, R. D. Hasz4, H. M. Nathan5

    1Family Support Manager, Caregiver Lifeline Program, Gift of Life Family House, Philadelphia, PA, 2Director, Transplant Information Center, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, 3Vice President and General Counsel, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, 4Vice President of Clinical Services, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, 5President and CEO, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: A transplant hospitality house (THH) serving multiple transplant centers is directly connected to its region’s Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) and offers formal education to…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Post-Transplant Blood Borne Infectious Disease Testing in Recipients of Increased Risk Donor Livers: A Single Center Experience

    J. Hendele

    University of Washington, Seatttle, WA

    *Purpose: Increasing the recovery and utilization of donor livers has become a key goal for transplant programs in the United States over the past decade.…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Report of Organ Offers Linked with Instant Messaging Data Provides a Basis for Quality Improvement

    E. Pahl

    Health Informatics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

    *Purpose: Thousands of viable organs are discarded every year with incorrect or inappropriate reasons for declination. One limitation on the accessibility of organ transplantation is…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Utilization of Organs from Donors Exposed to Hepatitis C: ? Standard of Care

    M. Marvin1, S. Gaines2, P. Mohan3, A. Kotru1, C. Koo1, B. Addissie4, A. Unzueta4, S. Khurana4

    1Transplantation and Liver Surgery, Geisinger, Danville, PA, 2Pharmacy, Geisinger, Danville, PA, 3Nephrology, Geisinger, Danville, PA, 4Hepatology, Geisinger, Danville, PA

    *Purpose: To report the results of a clinical program to utilize livers and kidneys from donors exposed to Hepatitis C.*Methods: We initially started to explore…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Comparative Analysis of Risk Factors and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Lung Cancer and Those with No Malignancy: UNOS Data Set

    H. Patel1, V. Nissaisorakarn2, E. Sula Karrecci1, N. Agrawal1, F. Cardarelli1

    1Transplant Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Metrowest Medical Center, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Transplant recipients are at increased risk for malignancy. Patients who develop cancer after transplant have worse outcomes, especially those with lung cancer. Transplant-related risk…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Community Affluence Impacts Patient Survival Post Liver Transplantation

    D. Jorgensen, A. Humar, C. Hughes, M. Molinari, A. Ganoza, S. Ganesh, A. Duarte-Rojo, A. Tevar

    Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

    *Purpose: Liver transplantation is an effective treatment for patients with end stage liver disease with excellent patients and grafts long term outcomes. Many recipient disease…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Analysis of the Quality of Lung Transplantation in Mainland China During 2015- 2018

    H. Chun Xiao, L. Xiao Shan, C. Jing Yu

    Wuxi Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China

    *Purpose: Lung Transplantation(LT)has been demonstrated as the only effective therapy for patients with end-stage lung diseases. This study aimed to summarize and analyze the data…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Centennial Allograft – Can an Organ Function for Over 100 Years in 2 Different Individuals?

    A. Gruessner, J. Renz, S. Saggi, R. Gruessner

    SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

    *Purpose: We investigated the occurrence of deceased-donor liver (DDOLT), deceased-donor renal (DDRT), and living-donor renal allografts (LDRT) that have achieved or come close to 100…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    From Zero to Kidney Transplant Hero

    B. R. Schleich1, A. Patel2, L. Melton2, C. Block2, M. J. Goldstein2

    1Patient Safety and Quality, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, 2Organ Transplant, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ

    *Purpose: Hackensack University Medical Center’s (HUMC) kidney transplant program struggled with patient outcomes. Multi-disciplinary engagement with development of a comprehensive patient safety and quality initiative…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Clinical Features and Transplant Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Renal Cell Carcinoma

    C. Baek, H. Kim, S. Park

    Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: Previous studies have recommended a 2-5-year waiting time prior to kidney transplantation (KT) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and symptomatic renal cell…
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