2017 American Transplant Congress Archives - Page 10 of 181

3:42pm-3:54pm: The Objective Liver Frailty Index Significantly Improves the Clinician “Eyeball Test” to Predict Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates.

J. Lai, K. Covinsky, C. McCulloch, S. Feng.

Concurrent Session: Liver Waitlist Outcome and Risk Stratification • E271a

3:42pm-3:54pm: Transplant Readiness Assessment Clinic: A New Approach to Kidney Waitlist Management in the KAS Era.

X. Cheng,¹ J. Lee,² Z. Tulu,² J. Tan.²

Concurrent Session: Kidney Optimizing Donor/Recipient Selection and Matching • E450a

3:42pm-3:54pm: Type 1 Diabetic Patients Have Better Endothelial Function After Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation Than After Kidney Transplantation with Continued Insulin Therapy.

A. Kolonko,² A. Kowalik,¹ J. Ziaja,¹ D. Kaminska,³ A. Owczarek,⁴ A. Kujawa-Szewieczek,² M. Kusztal,³ J. Badura,¹ D. Bozek-Pajak,¹ A. Zakrzewska,⁵ P. Choreza,⁴ R. Krol,¹ S. Chlopicki,⁵ M. Klinger,³ A. Wiecek,² J. Chudek,⁶ L. Cierpka.¹

Concurrent Session: Islet (Auto and Allo) and Pancreas Transplantation • E353C

3:42pm-3:54pm: When Does the Learning Curve End? A High-Volume Single Center Experience with Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Over 16 Years.

S. Yamanaga,^1,2,3 A. Posselt,¹ C. Freise,¹ C. Niemann,¹ A. Rosario,¹ D. Fernandez,¹ T. Kobayashi,³ A. Ahearn,⁴ M. Tavakol,¹ S.-M. Kang.¹

Concurrent Session: Surgical Issues (Minimally Invasive/Open): All Organs • E451a

4:30pm-4:42pm: Acute Cellular Rejection Is Associated with Increased Risk of Early and Late Graft Failure.

A. Massie, J. Garonzik-Wang, D. Segev.

Concurrent Session: Long Term Kidney Graft Survival II • E450a

4:30pm-4:42pm: Bioengineering Human Islets to Form Peri-Islet Vessels from Intraislet Endothelial Cells for Improving Human Islet Function.

G. Loganathan, S. Narayanan, M. Dhanasekaran, A. Patel, W. Tucker, M. Hughes, S. Williams, A. Balamurugan.

Concurrent Session: Islet Transplant • E352

4:30pm-4:42pm: Co-Stimulation Blockade to Minimize and Withdraw Long Term Calcineurin Inhibitors (CNI) in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant (SPK).

P. Stock,¹ R. Mannon,² B. Armstrong,³ D. Ikle,³ M. Robian,⁴ Y. Morrison,⁴ J. Odorico,⁵ J. Fridell,⁶ A. Mehta,⁷ K. Newell.⁷

Concurrent Session: Late Breaking • E353C

4:30pm-4:42pm: Delayed Graft Function[mdash]Less Ominous for ARF or DCD Recipients?

M. Barrett, A. Smith, K. Woodside, R. Sung.

Concurrent Session: DCD and Infectious Risk Kidney Donors • E450b

4:30pm-4:42pm: Early Results of Immune Profile Emerging Before Detection of De Novo Humoral Alloimmunity in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

J. Zimmerer, B. Ringwald, R. Pelletier, A. El-Hinnawi, A. Rajab, G. Bumgardner.

Concurrent Session: B Cells: Regulation and Tolerance • E350

4:30pm-4:42pm: Experience with Belatacept (CTLA4-Ig) Conversion in Highly HLA Sensitized (HS) and ABO-Incompatible (ABOi) Patients Who Received Incompatible Kidney Transplants Post Desensitization (DES).

J. Choi,¹ A. Peng,¹ A. Vo,¹ E. Huang,¹ R. Najjar,¹ S. Louie,¹ A. Kang,¹ S. Ge,¹ M. Toyoda,¹ X. Zhang,² S. Jordan.¹

Concurrent Session: Novel Immunosuppression Regimens - Belatacept • E354b