2015 American Transplant Congress

May 2-6, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Monday, May 4, 2015

5:30pm-6:30pm: Return to Work and Occupational Infection Risks in Transplant Recipients

R. Avery,¹ D. Ostrander,¹ S. Shoham,¹ S. Alp,² N. Lu,¹ C. Cave,¹ E. Kraus,³ K. Marr.¹

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

5:30pm-6:30pm: Right-Sided Kidney Transplants Are Associated With Early Graft Failure in the Setting of Delayed Graft Function

I. Hall, W. Jiang, S. Kulkarni, C. Parkih.

Poster Session C: Surgical Issues/Ureteral Complications • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Risk Factors for Infections After Transplant in a Prospective Cohort Study Including Incompatible Kidney Transplant Recipients

R. Avery,¹ H.-L. Tsai,² C.-Y. Huang,² S. Shoham,¹ D. Ostrander,¹ N. Lu,¹ R. Montgomery,³ K. Marr.¹

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

5:30pm-6:30pm: Risks for Readmission Post-Renal Transplant: A Co-Morbid Condition

M. John, A. Smith, I. Dortonne, A. Paramesh, M. Killackey, B. Lee, R. Zhang, J. Buell.

Poster Session C: Hospitalization/Readmission • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Rituximab With Intravenous Immune Globulin in Sensitized Patients Awaiting Heart Transplant: Does It Work?

J. Patel, N. Reinsmoen, M. Kittleson, A. Velleca, D. Dilibero, F. Liou, D. Chang, A. Hage, L. Czer, F. Esmailian, J. Kobashigawa.

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

5:30pm-6:30pm: Safety and Efficacy of Conversion from Conventional Twice Daily Tacrolimus to Once Daily Extended Release Tacrolimus in Stable Pancreas Transplant (SPK and PAK) Recipients

M. Dib, A. Barbas, M. Marquez, J. Laurence, G. Sapisochin, A. Norgate, J. Schiff, I. McGilvray, P. Greig, M. Selzner, M. Cattral.

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

5:30pm-6:30pm: Sarcopenia and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy After Liver Transplantation

A. Mathew,¹ J. Pan,¹ F. Guglielmo,² A. Shah,³ C. Doria,³ D. Sass,¹ D. Halegoua-De Marzio.¹

Poster Session C: Liver Retransplantation and Other Complications • Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm: Sex Differences in Mortality Rate Among Patients Waiting for Liver Transplantation

Z. Cui,^1,2 X. Luo,² A. Massie,² D. Segev.²

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

5:30pm-6:30pm: Simultaneous Cadaveric Pancreas, Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation: Single Center Experience

Y. Kim, J. Jung, H. Cho, J. Hong, J. Choi, B. Choi, S. Shin, D. Han.

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

5:30pm-6:30pm: Single Cell Phospho-Protein Analysis Demonstrates That Immunosuppressive Drugs Inhibit MAPK and mTOR Signaling Molecules in Primary Monocytes After Transplantation

N. Kannegieter, D. Hesselink, R. Kraaijeveld, G. de Graav, M. Betjes, W. Weimar, C. Baan.

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