2016 American Transplant Congress

Sunday, June 12, 2016

5:18pm-5:30pm

A Sustained Viral Response Achieved with Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir May Increase the Incidence of Acute Cellular Rejection Post Liver Transplantation.

K. Bortecen, R. Layman, B. Gelb, A. Winnick, G. Morgan, H. Tobias, L. Teperman.

Concurrent Session: Liver: Immunosuppression and Rejection  •  Room 312

5:18pm-5:30pm

Analysis of Intra-Graft Anti-HLA Antibodies Suggests That HLA Sensitization Occurs Long After an Allograft Nephrectomy and Is Not Due to a Release of Anti-HLA Antibodies from the Failed Kidney.

D. Milongo,¹ N. Congy-Jolivet,² A. Del Bello,¹ F. Sallusto,³ L. Esposito,¹ L. Rostaing,¹ N. Kamar.¹

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

5:18pm-5:30pm

Cognitive Impairment in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

A. Gupta,¹ D. Johnson,¹ G. Chen,¹ D. Subramaniam,¹ T. Polshak,¹ T. Thomas,¹ T. Schmitt,¹ D. Ladner,² A. Yu,¹ J. Burns.¹

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

5:18pm-5:30pm

Impact of the Kidney Allocation System with Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience.

A. Agarwal, W. Ally, D. Maluf, S. Pelletier, K. Brayman.

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

5:18pm-5:30pm

Increasing Tacrolimus Time-in-Therapeutic Range Is Associated with Less Cellular Rejection in Lung Transplant Recipients.

C. Ensor, K. Harrigan, R. Venkataramanan, M. Morrell, C. Moore, J. Hayanga, M. Crespo, J. DCunha, A. Zeevi, J. McDyer.

Concurrent Session: Lung Transplant: Moving the Field Forward  •  Room 313

5:18pm-5:30pm

Is Pretransplant Determination of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Tumor Grade Using Needle Biopsy Reliable for Transplant Candidate Selection? Analysis of 217 Liver Transplant Recipients.

C. Court, M. Harlander-Locke, D. Markovic, F. Kaldas, A. Zarrinpar, D. Farmer, S. Sho, J. Tomlinson, J. Hiatt, R. Busuttil, V. Agopian, D. Lu, S. Raman.

Concurrent Session: Hepatic Malignancies  •  Room 304

5:18pm-5:30pm

Nondirected Kidney Donation – Donating More Than a Kidney.

C. Jacobs,¹ J. Wiseman,¹ D. Berglund,¹ D. Larson,¹ C. Garvey,¹ M. Vogues,¹ S. Rein,¹ O. Sanchez,¹ C. Radecki Breitkopf,² H. Ibrahim,¹ A. Matas.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney Donor Surgery and Outcomes  •  Ballroom B

5:18pm-5:30pm

Obliterative Bronchiolitis Following Lung Transplantation Is Preceded by Depletion of Airway Submucosal Glands and Basal Stem Cells.

A. Swatek, A. Crooke, P. Anderson, T. Lynch, M. Ivanovic, J. Klesney-Tait, M. Eberlein, T. Pena, J. Engelhardt, K. Parekh.

Concurrent Session: Chronic Allograft Rejection: Animal Models  •  Room 309

5:18pm-5:30pm

Role of Regulatory T Cells in Induction of Tolerance in Mouse Vascularized Osteomyocutaneous Allotransplantation Under Combined Costimulation Blockade.

M. Anggelia,¹ H.-Y. Cheng,¹ Y.-L. Wang,¹ W.-Y. Chuang,¹ C.-H. Lin,¹ G. Brandacher,² F.-C. Wei,¹ C.-H. Lin.¹

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

5:18pm-5:30pm

Surveillance Renal Allograft Biopsies Prognosticate Graft Function.

J. Thompson, D. Taber, P. Baliga, K. Chavin, T. Srinivas.

Concurrent Session: Delayed Graft Function and Protocol Biopsy  •  Room 302