2016 American Transplant Congress

Sunday, June 12, 2016

4:54pm-5:06pm

Kidney Waitlist Management with Lean Six Sigma.

V. Arelin,¹ J. Schaefer,³ H. Haller,¹ I. Ackermann,² H. Schrem.²

Concurrent Session: Impact of New Allocation Systems and Novel Tools for Performance Enhancement in Abdominal Transplantation  •  Room 210

4:54pm-5:06pm

mRNA Expression of BAFF and APRIL Receptors Increases in Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

M. Minz,¹ R. Dhital,¹ R. Minz,² A. Sharma,¹ R. Nada,³ S. Singh,¹ D. Kenwar.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney Immune Monitoring 1  •  Ballroom C

4:54pm-5:06pm

Positive Lymphocytes Flow Cytometry Crossmatch Due to AT1r Antibodies in Absence of HLA-DSA.

M. Ramirez,¹ D. Kershaw,² Y. Huang,² J. Magee,³ M. Samaniego,² T. Williams,¹ D. Schauss,¹ T. Franks,¹ Y. Kleyman,¹ D. Ramon.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney AMR: Making the Diagnosis  •  Veterans Auditorium

4:54pm-5:06pm

Proteoforms: Novel Biomarkers for Acute Rejection in Liver Transplant Recipients.

J. Levitsky,¹ T. Toby,¹ K. Kim,¹ I. Ntai,¹ A. Demetris,² M. Abecassis,¹ P. Thomas,¹ N. Kelleher.¹

Concurrent Session: Liver: Immunosuppression and Rejection  •  Room 312

4:54pm-5:06pm

Short Term Changes in HRQOL Following Kidney Transplantation.

I. Olorundare, H. Ying, M. McAdams-DeMarco, D. Segev.

Concurrent Session: Older and High Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients/Donors  •  Ballroom A

4:54pm-5:06pm

The Oldest and Coldest in Kidney Paired Donation: Experience of the National Kidney Registry.

N. Nassiri,¹ L. Kwan,¹ J. Sinacore,² J. Veale.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney Donor Surgery and Outcomes  •  Ballroom B

4:54pm-5:06pm

Tracking of Endogenous Graft-Reactive Tregs Reveals Their Peripheral Enrichment During Transplantation Tolerance.

J. Young,¹ J. Chen,¹ M. Miller,¹ D. Yin,¹ J. Moon,² M.-L. Alegre,¹ A. Chong.¹

Concurrent Session: Allograft Tolerance 1: Animal Models  •  Room 306

4:54pm-5:06pm

Traditionally Unacceptable Organs Promote Liver Transplantation in Patients with Long Waiting Times in the Share 35 Era.

E. Siskind,¹ T. MacDonald,² R. Barth,¹ J. LaMattina,¹ D. Bruno,¹ S. Hanish.¹

Concurrent Session: Hepatic Malignancies  •  Room 304

5:06pm-5:18pm

αLFA-1 Monotherapy Induced Tolerance Is Dependent on Indirect CD8 T-Cells and Augments a Population of CD8 Cells with a Suppressor Phenotype.

R. Plenter,¹ M. Coulombe,² T. Grazia,¹ R. Gill,² M. Zamora,¹ B. Pietra.³

Concurrent Session: Allograft Tolerance 1: Animal Models  •  Room 306

5:06pm-5:18pm

Association of Pre-Transplant Midodrine Use and Complications After Kidney Transplantation.

T. Alhamad,¹ D. Brennan,¹ Z. Brifkani,¹ H. Xiao,² M. Schnitzler,² V. Dharnidharka,¹ D. Axelrod,³ D. Segev,⁴ K. Lentine.²

Concurrent Session: Older and High Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients/Donors  •  Ballroom A