2015 American Transplant Congress

May 2-6, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

For more information, visit The Official 2015 ATC Congress site.

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Saturday, May 2, 2015

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Acute Allograft Rejection
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: BK Virus Infection
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Delayed Function/Acute Injury/Outcomes/Glomerulonephritis
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Donor Management: All Organs
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Infection
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Kidney Antibody Mediated Rejection
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Kidney Candidate Issues and Outcomes
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Kidney Immunosuppression: Induction Therapy
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Kidney: Cardiovascular and Metabolic
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Late Breaking
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Liver Transplantation: Viral Hepatitis
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Liver: Immunosuppression and Rejection
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Non Organ Specific, Economics, Public Policy, Allocation, Ethics
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Preclinical Immunosuppression and Tolerance
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-7:30pm: Poster Session A: Small Bowel All Topics
Exhibit Hall E

Sunday, May 3, 2015

8:30am-9:45am: Plenary Session I
Terrace Ballroom 1, 2, 3

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: "The Pit and the Pendulum": VADs, Dual Organs and Other Matters of the Heart
Room 119-B

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Controversies in Pancreas Transplantation
Room 122-AB

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Deceased Donor Management
Room 119-A

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Donor-Derived Infection/Lifestyle/Tourism/Vaccines
Room 115- AB

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney Antibody Mediated Rejection I
Terrace I-III

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney Complications: Late Graft Failure
Terrace IV

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney Utilization/Center Issues
Room 121-AB

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Liver: Pediatrics
Room 115-C

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Optimizing Renal Outcomes in Liver Transplantation
Room 118-AB

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Regulatory Issues in Transplant Administration
Room 118-C

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Alloantibodies and Rejection: Animal Models
Room 118-AB

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Economics, Policy and Ethics
Room 118-C

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney Antibody Mediated Rejection II
Terrace I-III

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Living Donor Issues I
Terrace IV

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Liver Retransplantation and Other Complications
Room 115-AB

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Liver Transplant Rejection: Animal Models
Room 121-AB

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Lung: Optimizing Outcomes
Room 115-C

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Room 119-A

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Regulatory T Cells
Room 122-AB

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: T Cell Biology
Room 119-B

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: T Cell Mediated Rejection: Animal Models
Room 120-ABC

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: "A Descent into the Maelstrom": Complications After Heart Transplantation
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Bacterial/Fungal/Other Infections
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Cell Transplantation and Cell Therapies
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Clinical Science: Kidney Immunosuppression: Novel Agents
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury: Strategies To Minimize Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Kidney and Donor Evaluation/Utilization
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Kidney Complications: Late Graft Failure
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Late Breaking
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Liver - Kidney Issues in Liver Transplantation
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Liver: Living Donors
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Living Donor Issues 1
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Lung- All Topics
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Obesity/Elderly/Frail
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Radiology/Renal Artery Stenosis
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Translational Genetics and Proteomics in Transplantation
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session B: Vascularized Composite Tissue Allografts and Xenotransplantation
Exhibit Hall E

Monday, May 4, 2015

8:30am-9:30am: Plenary Session II
Terrace Ballroom 1, 2, 3

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Antibodies and Graft Injury: Translational
Room 121-AB

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Heart De-"Mystification": Rejection and Antibodies of All Types
Room 118-C

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: ID - Epidemiology, Resistance, Geographic Infections
Room 115-C

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Immune Monitoring I
Room 120-ABC

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Ischemia Reperfusion Injury: Basic Mechanisms
Room 119-A

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Desensitization
Terrace I-III

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Hospitalization/Readmission
Room 118-AB

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Immunosupression Minimization
Room 113-BC

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Surgical Technique/Complications
Room 115-AB

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Liver Transplantation: Viral Hepatitis
Terrace IV

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Optimizing Immunosuppression in Pancreas Transplantation
Room 119-B

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Tolerance: Clinical Studies
Room 122-AB

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Transplant Tolerance: Animal Models I
Room 121-C

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: B Cells: New Insights from Animal Models
Room 119-A

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Basic Mechanisms of Chronic Injury and Fibrosis
Room 121-C

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Disparities in Healthcare Access
Room 115-C

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Donor and Recipient Optimization for Liver Transplant
Room 115-AB

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Immune Regulation and Graft Survival
Room 119-B

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Induction
Room 120-ABC

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: KDPI and Non Ideal Kidneys
Room 118-AB

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Living Donor Issues II
Terrace IV

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Novel Agents
Terrace I-III

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Room 113-BC

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Mechanisms of Resistance To Costimulatory Blockade
Room 122-AB

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: T Cell Help and Alloimmunity
Room 118-C

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Viral Infections (CMV, HBV, HCV, HIV, Norovirus)
Room 121-AB

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: "Loss of Breath": VADs and Other Pre-Heart Transplant Matters
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: Antigen Presenting Cells in Alloimmune Responses/B Cells and Antibody in Alloimmune Responses
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: Disparities in Healthcare Access
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: ECD/DCD/high KDPI
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: Hospitalization/Readmission
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: Immunosuppression/Compliance
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: Infections Risks/Prevention and Immunosuppression
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: Kidney Immunosuppression: Desensitization
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: Late Breaking
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: Liver Donation and Allocation
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: Liver Retransplantation and Other Complications
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: Living Donor Issues 2
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: More Controversies in Pancreas Transplantation
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: Psychosocial and Treatment Adherence
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: Surgical Issues/Ureteral Complications
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session C: Translational Biomarkers and Immune Monitoring
Exhibit Hall E

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

8:30am-9:15am: Plenary Session III
Terrace Ballroom 1, 2, 3

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Composite Tissue Allografts: Basic and Translational
Room 119-A

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Disparities in Donation and Transplant Outcomes
Room 115-C

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Glomerulonephritis/Recurrent Disease
Room 121-AB

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Islet Transplantation: Basic
Room 121-C

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Antibodies and Allograft Injury
Room 118-AB

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Cardiovascular and Metabolic
Terrace I-III

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Pregnancy, Metabolic Complications, Malignancy
Room 119-B

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Late Breaking
Terrace IV

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Liver: Immunosuppression and Rejection
Room 120-ABC

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Liver: Living Donors and Partial Grafts
Room 115-AB

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: PTLD and Other Malignancies
Room 122-AB

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Small Bowel Transplantation
Room 117

2:15pm-3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Transplant Tolerance: Animal Models II
Room 118-C

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: BK Virus Infection After Kidney Transplantation
Room 115-C

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Immune Monitoring II
Terrace IV

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney - Delayed Graft Function and Older Age
Room 115-AB

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney Complications: Other
Room 118-AB

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Acute Cellular Rejection
Room 121-AB

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Living Donor Issues III
Terrace I-III

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Kidney: Risk Prediction
Room 120-ABC

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Linking Innate and Adaptive Alloimmune Responses
Room 118-C

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Liver Transplant Allocation Policy
Room 122-AB

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: New Immunosuppression Strategies: Primate Models
Room 119-A

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Psychosocial and Treatment Adherence
Room 121-C

4:00pm-5:30pm: Concurrent Session: Strategies To Minimize Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Room 119-B

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: "The Tell-Tale Heart": Allograft Rejection and Post-Transplant Monitoring
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Costimulation and Signaling in Lymphocytes
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Diabetes/Metabolic/Bone/Malignancy/Pregnancy
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Disparities in Healthcare Outcomes
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Donor Specific Antibodies/Antibody Mediated Rejection
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Immunology, Biomarkers and Immunosuppression
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Innate Immunity in Transplantation
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Kidney Immunosuppression: Drug Minimization
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Kidney: Acute Rejection
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Late Breaking
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Liver: Pediatrics
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Pediatric Clinical Kidney Transplantation
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: PTLD/Malignancies: All Topics
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Regulatory Issues in Transplant Administration
Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Poster Session D: Viral Infections
Exhibit Hall E

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

8:30am-10:00am: Plenary Session IV
Terrace Ballroom 1, 2, 3