2020 American Transplant Congress

May 30-June 1, 2020

ATC Virtual Congress
Live Broadcast Dates: May 30 - June 1, 2020
OnDemand Access: May 30, 2020 - June 4, 2021

Originally scheduled to take place in Philadelphia, this became a Virtual Congress due to COVID-19. For more information, visit The Official ATC Congress site.

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Saturday, May 30, 2020

3:30pm-4:00pm: Mechanisms by Which Donor Bone-Marrow CXCR4+ Foxp3+ Tregs Promote Long-Term Survival of Murine Limb Allografts

L. Wang¹, Z. Wang², R. Han¹, A. Samanta¹, G. Ge¹, L. S. Levin¹, M. H. Levine¹, W. W. Hancock³

Poster Session D: VCA • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Medical and Psychosocial Reasons for Deferral and Denial Following Kidney Transplant Evaluation at a VA Transplant Center

D. Katz¹, E. Siniff², M. L. Sanders³, P. Manay¹, P. Ten Eyck⁴

Poster Session C: Kidney Psychosocial • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Medication Adherence Assessment Findings in Kidney Transplant Candidates Undergoing Living Donor Transplant

J. Trofe-Clark¹, G. Malat¹, M. Norris¹, D. Sawinski², M. Bleicher², R. Bloom²

Poster Session B: Kidney Psychosocial • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Medication Knowledge Improves in Adolescent Kidney Transplant Patients with in Clinic Pharmacy Education

C. G. Peterson¹, E. Benefield², C. Heyrend²

Poster Session B: Kidney: Pediatrics • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Medication Knowledge Retention and Adherence Following Transplant: Is There Room for Improvement?

M. H. Cooper¹, A. W. Rogers¹, T. L. Menser², J. C. Krisl¹

Poster Session B: Psychosocial and Treatment Adherence • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Medication Non-Adherence (MNA) Mitigation Practices and Health Care Professional (HCP) Perceptions at U.S. Transplant Centers

S. J. Patel¹, J. L. Descourouez², B. Hofmeyer³, C. A. Moore⁴, D. Nguyen⁵, E. Graviss⁵, D. J. Taber⁶

Poster Session B: Kidney Psychosocial • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Megacystis Microcolon Intestinal Hypoperistalsis Syndrome: A Case Series with Long Term Follow Up and Prolonged Survival

K. M. Prathapan¹, V. Raghu¹, A. Ganoza², K. Ackerman¹, T. Presel¹, J. A. Yaworski¹, W. Sevilla¹, D. King¹, J. Rudolph¹, F. Alissa¹

Poster Session C: Small Bowel: All Topics • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Membrane Expression of CD163 and CD206 by Blood Monocytes is Upregulated in Kidney Allograft Recipients

I. Striz, L. Curnova, V. Svachova, M. Fialova, M. Novotny, O. Viklicky

Poster Session D: Biomarkers, Immune Assessment and Clinical Outcomes • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Treatment of Kidneys During Normothermic Machine Perfusion is Safe and Feasible with Effective Traceability after Transplantation

K. Rozenberg¹, S. Lohmann², M. Pool³, M. Eijken⁴, U. Møldrup⁵, B. Møller⁶, J. Sierra-Parraga⁷, M. Hoogduijn⁷, L. Lo Faro¹, C. Moers³, J. Hunter¹, A. Keller², H. Leuvenink³, C. Baan⁷, R. Ploeg¹, B. Jespersen²

Poster Session B: Ischemia Reperfusion & Organ Rehabilitation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Metabolic Syndrome Predicts Worse Long-Term Renal Outcomes in Living Kidney Donors (LKDs)

M. Merzkani¹, A. Denic¹, M. D'Costa¹, L. Ricaurte¹, R. Narasimhan¹, X. Benavides¹, A. Mullan¹, J. Larson¹, W. Kremers¹, W. Park¹, M. P. Alexander¹, S. Textor¹, S. Taler¹, H. Chakkera², M. Stegall¹, N. Issa¹, A. Rule¹

Poster Session C: Kidney Living Donor: Long Term Outcomes • Virtual