2015 American Transplant Congress

May 2-6, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Monday, May 4, 2015

5:30pm-6:30pm: Assessing Pre-Vaccination Cytokine Levels to Predict Immunogenicity to Seasonal Trivalent Influenza Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

M. Fernandez-Ruiz, A. Humar, S. Keshwani, S. Husain, D. Kumar.

Poster Session C: Infections Risks/Prevention and Immunosuppression • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Assessment of Bleeding and Thrombosis in Responders and Initial Non-Responders to Aspirin After Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement

C. Floroff, K. Rieger, T. Veasey, S. Strout, H. Meadows, M. Stroud, J. Toole, M. Brisco, J. Cook, J. Lazarchick, W. Uber.

Poster Session C: "Loss of Breath": VADs and Other Pre-Heart Transplant Matters • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Assessment of Eating Disorders in Altruistic Organ Donor Candidates: Pitfalls, Red Flags and Practical Suggestions

R. Jaiswal, J. Gordon-Elliott, F. Desrosiers.

Poster Session C: Psychosocial and Treatment Adherence • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Assessment of Hospital Readmissions After Mechanical Circulatory Support

F. Arabia, M. Kittleson, L. Czer, J. Hajj, E. Passano, F. Liou, S. Siddiqui, D. Chang, J. Kobashigawa, J. Moriguchi.

Poster Session C: "Loss of Breath": VADs and Other Pre-Heart Transplant Matters • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Assessment of Viral-Specific Memory T Cell Responses and Infection Rates in HLA-Sensitized (HS) Kidney Transplant Patients (Tx Pts) Treated With Everolimus & Low-Dose Tacrolimus (Eve/Tac)

S. Ge, J. Kahwaji, M. Chu, A. Karasyov, M. Castro, E. Hayrapetyan, D. Lovato, D. Thomas, J. Choi, S. Louie, A. Vo, S. Jordan, M. Toyoda.

Poster Session C: Translational Biomarkers and Immune Monitoring • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Association Between the Timed Up and Go Test and Waitlisting for Kidney Transplantation

M. Chiles,¹ K. Foley,¹ R. Crew,¹ G. Dube,¹ H. Morris,¹ S. Patel,² J. Camacho,² D. Cohen,¹ L. Ratner,² S. Mohan.¹

Poster Session C: Disparities in Healthcare Access • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Association of IP-10 With Poor Islet Graft Function After Total Pancreatectomy With Islet Autotransplantation

M. Kanak,¹ M. Lawrence,² F. Kunnathodi,² G. Yoshimatsu,² R. Shahbazov,² M. Takita,² M. Levy,³ B. Naziruddin.³

Poster Session C: More Controversies in Pancreas Transplantation • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Associations Between Deceased-Donor Urine Biomarkers of Kidney Injury and 6-Month Kidney Transplant Function

C. Parikh, I. Hall, M. Doshi, B. Schroppel, F. Weng, R. Hasz, P. Murray, V. Rao, H. Thiessen-Philbrook, J. Ficek, P. Reese.

Poster Session C: Translational Biomarkers and Immune Monitoring • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: B-Cell Activation in Acute Kidney Injury and Delayed Graft Function

M. Schiffer,¹ F. Wiehler,¹ R. Song,¹ R. Chen,¹ L. Schiffer,¹ M. Mengel,² H. Haller,¹ F. Gueler.¹

Poster Session C: Antigen Presenting Cells in Alloimmune Responses/B Cells and Antibody in Alloimmune Responses • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Belatacept in a Community Hospital Adult Kidney Transplant Program

D. Nikolaenko, Q. Chaudhry, H. Smith, C. Shadur.

Poster Session C: Immunosuppression/Compliance • Exhibit Hall E