2015 American Transplant Congress

May 2-6, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Monday, May 4, 2015

2:15pm-2:27pm: Human Leukocyte Antigen Mismatch and Steroid Maintenace in Kidney Transplantation

K. Sureshkumar, R. Marcus, B. Chopra.

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Immunosupression Minimization • Room 113-BC

2:15pm-2:27pm: Induction Therapy (IT) in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation (SPK) according to Patient Risk – A Registry Analysis

R. Gruessner,¹ A. Gruessner.²

Concurrent Session: Optimizing Immunosuppression in Pancreas Transplantation • Room 119-B

2:15pm-2:27pm: Pre-Transplant Anti-LG3 Antibodies Enhance Allograft Dysfunction in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Delayed or Slow Graft Function

H. Cardinal, M. Hénault-Rondeau, S. Morissette, K. Hamelin, M.-J. Hébert.

Concurrent Session: Antibodies and Graft Injury: Translational • Room 121-AB

2:15pm-2:27pm: Repurposing Jak/STAT Signaling Inhibition to Enhance Costimulation Blockade and Promote Transplant Acceptance

G. Raimondi, S. Khalifian, D. Miller, B. Oh, G. Furtmueller, M. Fryer, W. Lee, G. Brandacher.

Concurrent Session: Transplant Tolerance: Animal Models I • Room 121-C

2:15pm-2:27pm: Robotic Kidney Transplantation in Obese Recipients Can Lead to Superior Outcomes in Terms of Wound Infection and Graft Survival

I. Tzvetanov, G. D'Amico, G. Georgiev, P. Giulianotti, H. Jeon, R. Garcia-Roca, J. Oberholzer, E. Benedetti.

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Surgical Technique/Complications • Room 115-AB

2:15pm-2:27pm: Serum Proteins Are Significantly Upregulated in Patients With Clinical Antibody-Mediated Rejection

A. Gareau,¹ I. Gibson,² C. Wiebe,¹ J. Ho,¹ D. Rush,¹ P. Nickerson.¹

Concurrent Session: Immune Monitoring I • Room 120-ABC

2:15pm-2:27pm: Significant Association Between Foxp3 Gene Polymorphism and Outcomes in HBV-Related Liver Transplant Patients

Y. Tanaka, V. Sapana, H. Ohdan.

Concurrent Session: Liver Transplantation: Viral Hepatitis • Terrace IV

2:27pm-2:39pm: Assessment of IgG Subclass Significance for Early Graft Rejection and Long-Term Survival in HLA-Antibody Incompatible Renal Transplantation: Multivariate Approach

N. Khovanova,¹ D. Lowe,² S. Daga,^1,3 T. Shaikhina,¹ N. Krishnan,³ D. Mitchell,¹ D. Zehnder,¹ D. Briggs,² R. Higgins.³

Concurrent Session: Antibodies and Graft Injury: Translational • Room 121-AB

2:27pm-2:39pm: Deep Surgical Site Infections (dSSI) After Liver Transplantation (LTx): Emergence of Multiple-Drug Resistant (MDR) Pathogens

J. Viehman,¹ L. Clarke,¹ R. Shields,² C. Clancy,^2,3 M. Nguyen.^1,2

Concurrent Session: ID - Epidemiology, Resistance, Geographic Infections • Room 115-C

2:27pm-2:39pm: Does Ureteric Stent Avoid Urological Complications After Renal Transplantation? A Retrospective Study of 10 Years Experience

R. Kato, W. Nahas, K. Yamaçake, H. Kanashiro, R. Falci, A. Bull, I. Antonopoulos, G. Messi, A. Piovesan.

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Surgical Technique/Complications • Room 115-AB