2015 American Transplant Congress

May 2-6, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Monday, May 4, 2015

5:30pm-6:30pm: Hand Assisted Retroperitoneoscopic Donor Nephrectomy in Challenging Cases; Right Sided Donor Nephrectomy With Multiple Renal Arteries

E. Akin,¹ I. Barlas,¹ M. Dayangac,¹ A. Sinangil,² V. Celik,² T. Ecder.²

Poster Session C: Living Donor Issues 2 • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Heterologous Immune Responses to Influenza Vaccine in Kidney Transplant Recipients

D. Kumar,¹ P. Campbell,² K. Hoschler,³ A. Humar.¹

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

5:30pm-6:30pm: High Intra-Patient Variability in Tacrolimus Trough Blood Levels Increases the Risk of Death-Censored Graft Loss After Kidney Transplantation

E. Rodrigo,¹ D. San Segundo,² J. Ruiz,¹ M. López-Hoyos,² A. Benito,¹ M. de Cos,³ Z. Albines,¹ M. Serrano,¹ M. Arias.¹

Poster Session C: Immunosuppression/Compliance • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: High Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) Correlates With Calculated Pulsatile Perfusion (PP) Resistance Index (RI) and Delayed Graft Function (DGF)

R. Pelletier, M. Henry.

Poster Session C: ECD/DCD/high KDPI • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Histopathological Criteria for Elevated Risk of Delayed Graft Function in German Pretransplantation Kidney Biopsies from Deceased Donors

J. Becker,¹ B. Eggers,² P. Mertens,³ A. Schwarz,⁴ C. Chatzikyrkou.³

Poster Session C: ECD/DCD/high KDPI • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Historical Comparison of Projected and Observed Liver Transplants

J. Pyke,¹ D. Schladt,¹ W. Kim,⁵ S. Leppke,¹ J. Lake,⁴ S. Gentry,^2,3 D. Segev,² A. Israni,¹ J. Snyder.¹

Poster Session C: Liver Donation and Allocation • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: HLA Matching Affects Patient Survival, Graft Survival, and Incidence of Rejection Episodes in Largest Analysis to Date

J. Weiner, Z. Cui, S. Mohan, E. Verna, A. Griesemer, J. Emond.

Poster Session C: Liver Donation and Allocation • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Host NK Cell Allorecognition of Passenger Donor Lymphocytes Within Allografts Is Essential for Preventing Augmentation of Recipient Adaptive Alloimmunity

J. Ali, I. Harper, M. Negus, E. Bolton, K. Saeb-Parsy, J. Bradley, G. Pettigrew.

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

5:30pm-6:30pm: Identification of miRNAs Associated With Induced Tolerance to Allografts

M. Vitalone, L. Wei, C. Esquivel, S. Busque, O. Martinez, S. Krams.

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

5:30pm-6:30pm: Identifying Predictors for 30-Day Readmission in Renal Transplant Recipients

J. Weber,¹ B. Astor,² D. Cray,³ A. Djamali,² D. Kaufman,⁴ D. Mandelbrot,² S. Parajuli,² M. Schanning,³ E. Snyder,¹ M. Mohamed.²

Poster Session C: Hospitalization/Readmission • Exhibit Hall E