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: Reduced Dose of Mycophenolate Mofetil as Well as Preformed DSA Are Risk Factors Associated with the Development of Chronic Active Antibody Mediated Rejection after Kidney Transplantation: A Retrospective Case Control Study

K. Shinoda¹, H. Oguchi¹, K. Nishikawa¹, T. Yonekura¹, M. Muramatsu¹, T. Kawamura¹, Y. Hamasaki¹, T. Mikami², K. Sakai¹, S. Shishido¹

Poster Session B: Kidney Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Reducing Travel While Improving Geographic Equity: Continuous Distribution with “Gravity Functions”

M. Mankowski¹, N. Wood², S. Gentry², D. Segev³

Poster Session A: Liver: MELD, Allocation and Donor Issues (DCD/ECD) • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Reduction in Physician Burnout among Transplant Surgeons: A Preliminary Result of the Role of ‘Medical Missions’

N. T. Ngo¹, D. Halpin², P. Sindhwani³, O. Ekwenna³

Poster Session A: Non-Organ Specific: Disparities to Outcome and Access to Healthcare • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Regulatory T Cell-Derived Amphiregulin Activates Fibroblasts to Promote Chronic Rejection after Heart Transplantation

L. Fan¹, X. Zhang¹, T. Li¹, L. R. Mathews¹, G. K. Dwyer², M. J. Calderon³, K. E. Helfrich³, M. A. Ross³, S. C. Watkins³, H. R. Turnquist¹

Poster Session D: Lymphocyte Biology: Signaling, Co-Stimulation, Regulation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Relapse-Prone Unresectable Hepatoblastoma (HB) Requiring Liver Transplantation (LT) Are Immunogenic and May Be Sensitive to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

M. Ningappa¹, C. Ashokkumar¹, J. Garifallou², M. Gonzalez², H. Hakonarson², S. Ranganathan¹, B. W. Higgs¹, R. Sindhi¹

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Relationship between Tacrolimus Intrapatient Variability and Medication Adherence in Kidney Transplant Recipients

A. D. Leino, K. Abuls, J. L. Rodgers, K. Kuntz

Poster Session B: Psychosocial and Treatment Adherence • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Relationship between Tacrolimus Levels and Short-Term Outcome in Korean Pediatric Patients with Liver Transplantation

H. Lim¹, H. Koh¹, S. Kim¹, S. Park¹, Y. Kang², M. Kim³, K. In¹

Poster Session C: Liver: Pediatrics • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Relative Transplant Center Organ Volumes are Associated with Patient and Graft Survival

J. T. Adler, T. C. Tsai, S. K. Malek, S. G. Tullius, J. S. Weissman

Poster Session C: Non-Organ Specific: Public Policy & Allocation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Remote Steroid Wean is Safe When Compared to Early Wean in Heart Transplant Recipients

B. C. Salgado, J. Krisl, E. A. Graviss, D. T. Nguyen, A. Bhimaraj, A. Guha

Poster Session B: Heart and VADs: All Topics • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Renal Allograft Outcome from Hypertensive Donor: Comparison between Living and Deceased Donor

H. Hwang¹, J. Kong¹, J. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, J. Moon¹, K. Jeong¹, S. Song², S. Song³, H. Shin⁴, J. Yang⁵, C. Ahn⁶, Y. Lee⁷, S. Lee¹

Poster Session A: Kidney Living Donor: Selection • Virtual