2016 American Transplant Congress

Sunday, June 12, 2016

3:42pm-3:54pm

The Largest Single Center Experience with Total Artificial Heart Implantation: Characterization of Outcome.

F. Arabia, M. Kittleson, L. Czer, D. Chang, T. Aintablian, E. Passano, G. Rodriguez, C. Runyon, J. Kobashigawa, J. Moriguchi.

Concurrent Session: Challenges in Hearts and VADs - Striking Back  •  Room 309

3:42pm-3:54pm

Utilization of HCV-Positive Donors' Kidneys: Potential Benefits in the Era of Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) Therapy.

B. Amundsen,¹ M. Sise,² M. Lin,³ H. Deirawan,¹ E. Heher,² B. Kimball,¹ J. Markmann,¹ N. Elias.¹

Concurrent Session: SOT: HIV, HBV, & HCV  •  Room 313

4:30pm-4:42pm

A Non-Invasive Blood Transcriptional Assay, Ksort, Monitors Alloimmune Response in the Sailor Randomized Multicenter Trial.

J. Ekberg,¹ B. Jespersen,² K. Skov,² M. Sarwal,³ T. Sigdel,³ S. Hsieh,³ P. Lindner.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney Immune Monitoring 1  •  Ballroom C

4:30pm-4:42pm

Big Data Predictive Solution to Optimize Kidney Transplant Outcome and Resource Utilization.

T. Srinivas, D. Northrup, P. Mauldin, D. Taber, Z. Su, J. Zhang, M. Daniels, W. Moran.

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

4:30pm-4:42pm

Circulating Angiotensin II Receptor: Possible Marker for Antibody Mediated Tissue Injury?

P. Kimball, F. McDougan, G. Gupta.

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

4:30pm-4:42pm

Erythropoietin (EPO) Mediates Spontaneous Kidney Transplant Tolerance in Mice.

P. Cravedi,¹ C. Purroy,¹ J. Madsen,² R. Fairchild,³ T. Tanaka,³ W. Baldwin 3rd,³ A. Alessandrini,² P. Heeger.¹

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

4:30pm-4:42pm

Exosomes with Lung Associated Self-Antigens (Collagen V and K alpha 1 Tubulin): Role in Rejection Following Human Lung Transplantation.

M. Gunasekaran,^1,2 Z. Xu,^1,2 D. Nayak,^1,2 M. Sharma,^1,2 R. Hachem,¹ T. Mohanakumar.^1,2

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

4:30pm-4:42pm

Factors and Outcomes Associated with Daptomycin Non-Susceptible Enterococcal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

K. Younan,¹ R. Lee,¹ T. McCarty,¹ D. Kunz,² J. Locke,³ B. Camins,¹ P. Pappas,¹ J. Baddley,¹ A. Nellore.¹

Concurrent Session: Organ Transplantation in the Era of Highly Resistant Pathogens  •  Room 311

4:30pm-4:42pm

Frailty in KT Recipients of All Ages.

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

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

4:30pm-4:42pm

Learning Curve of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy for Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellows.

O. Serrano,¹ A. Bangdiwala,² D. Vock,³ V. Kirchner,¹ T. Dunn,¹ E. Finger,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas,¹ R. Kandaswamy.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney Donor Surgery and Outcomes  •  Ballroom B