2015 American Transplant Congress

Monday, May 4, 2015

4:48pm-5:00pm

Everolimus Versus Mycophenolate for Recipients of Kidney Transplants from Expanded Criteria Donors (ECD) Receiving Anti-Thymocyte Globulin and Tacrolimus

H. Tedesco-Silva,¹ C. Felipe,¹ A. Ferreira,¹ M. Cristelli,¹ A. Bessa,¹ P. Ueno,¹ T. Sandes- Freitas,¹ G. Bassos,¹ W. Aguiar,² H. Proença,³ J. Medina-Pestana.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney: KDPI and Non Ideal Kidneys  •  Room 118-AB

4:48pm-5:00pm

Functional Decline in Liver Transplant Candidates: Results from the Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study

J. Lai, K. Covinsky, J. Dodge, S. Sen, S. Feng.

Concurrent Session: Donor and Recipient Optimization for Liver Transplant  •  Room 115-AB

4:48pm-5:00pm

Impact of Cold Ischemic Time (CIT) and Distance Traveled (DT) on Shipped Kidneys in the OPTN/UNOS Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) Pilot Program (PP)

M. Aeder,¹ D. Stewart,² R. Leishman,² L. Robbins Callahan,² A. Kucheryavaya,² T. Sandholm,³ R. Formica.⁴

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Living Donor Issues II  •  Terrace IV

4:48pm-5:00pm

Incidence of CMV Viremia in Obese and Morbidly Obese Kidney Transplants Under a Low Dose Valganciclovir Prophylaxis Protocol

J. Thielke,¹ P. West-Thielke,² E. Benedetti.²

Concurrent Session: Viral Infections (CMV, HBV, HCV, HIV, Norovirus)  •  Room 121-AB

4:48pm-5:00pm

Induction of a Costimulation-Susceptible Repertoire: A Case for Depletional Prior to Belatacept

H. Xu,¹ K. Samy,¹ A. Guasch,² S. Mead,² A. Kirk.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Novel Agents  •  Terrace I-III

4:48pm-5:00pm

Inhibition of Endogenous Memory CD8 T Cell Infiltration Into Cardiac Allografts Subjected to Prolonged Cold Ischemic Storage Is Required to Promote Long-Term Graft Survival

N. Kohei,¹ H. Tsuda,^1,3 T. Tanaka,^1,4 S. Iida,² T. Abe,³ C. Su,¹ D. Kish,¹ K. Tanabe,² A. Valujskikh,¹ R. Fairchild.¹

Concurrent Session: Immune Regulation and Graft Survival  •  Room 119-B

4:48pm-5:00pm

Predictors of Time to Recurrence and Mortality Associated With Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Liver Transplantation

A. Bodzin, D. Reino, K. Lunsford, M. Harlander-Locke, D. Markovich, A. Zarrinpar, F. Kaldas, D. Farmer, R. Busuttil, V. Agopian.

Concurrent Session: Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma  •  Room 113-BC

4:48pm-5:00pm

Propensity Score-Weighted Analysis of Induction Therapies in Live Donor Kidney Transplantation in Modern Immunosuppression Era

B. Tanriover,¹ S. Zhang,² M. MacConmara.³

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Induction  •  Room 120-ABC

4:48pm-5:00pm

Socioeconomic Status of Local Vs Exported Liver Recipients and Their Donors

J. Adler,¹ J. Hyder,² J. Markmann,¹ H. Yeh.¹

Concurrent Session: Disparities in Healthcare Access  •  Room 115-C

4:48pm-5:00pm

The Spleen Is the Primary Site for Breg Induction and Is Required for Anti-TIM-1 Mediated Tolerance

K. Mohib, Q. Ding, A. Cherukuri, D. Rothstein.

Concurrent Session: B Cells: New Insights from Animal Models  •  Room 119-A