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: Standardization of Pre-Transplant Cardiac Testing in Kidney Transplant Recipients is Associated with Lower Post-Transplant Cardiac Events

I. Genev¹, A. Desai², R. Garcia-Roca³, S. Shah⁴, J. Lopez⁴, V. Mathew⁴, J. Yoo¹, S. Akkina¹

Poster Session B: Kidney: Cardiovascular and Metabolic Complications • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Standardized Incidence of De Novo Hematological Malignancies after Liver Transplantation – A Meta-Analysis of Global Transplant Registries

F. Ali¹, S. Soin¹, N. Saleem², P. Myint¹, M. R. Hussain³, B. Ali², A. Khan⁴, S. Nair⁵

Poster Session A: Liver: Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Other Malignancies • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant Predicts Immunosuppression Non-Adherence after Liver Transplantation

S. Deutsch-Link¹, E. Weinberg², M. McDougal³, L. Jones⁴, T. Bitterman², M. Serper²

Poster Session B: Liver: Immunosuppression and Rejection • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Statin Use May Be Associated with Lower Risk of Invasive Aspergillosis in Lung Transplant Recipients

A. Perez Cortes Villalobos, F. Foroutan, S. Davoudi, T. Martinu, J. Tikkanen, L. Singer, S. Keshavjee, S. Husain

Poster Session C: All Infections (Excluding Kidney & Viral Hepatitis) • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Steatosis by PDFF Affects Percent Remnant Liver Regeneration in Living Donors without Impacting on Clinical Outcomes

A. Duarte-Rojo, Q. Qi, K. Chupetlovska, D. R. Jorgensen, A. A. Borhani, A. Furlan, S. Ganesh, A. Humar

Poster Session C: Liver: Living Donors and Partial Grafts • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Steatosis Quantification by MRI PDFF Effectively Identifies Liver Allografts at Low Risk for Recipient Complicationsin Living Donor Liver Transplantation

A. Duarte-Rojo, D. R. Jorgensen, Q. Qi, K. Chupetlovska, A. A. Borhani, A. Furlan, M. Molinari, S. Ganesh, A. Humar

Poster Session D: Liver: Living Donors and Partial Grafts • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Stem Cell and Novel Neurotrophic Factors to Promote Functional Outcomes in Limb Transplantation

S. K. Salgar, J. Weiss, C. Phillips, E. Malin, V. Gorantla, J. Harding

Poster Session D: VCA • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Steroid Dependence at 1 Yr in Kidney Transplant Recipients Initiated on Early Steroid Withdrawal Protocol: Associated Risk Factors and Prognosis

M. Yaqub, D. Mishler, T. Taber, A. Sharfuddin, W. Goggins, O. Adebiyi

Poster Session B: Kidney Immunosuppression: Novel Regimens and Drug Minimization • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Steroids Ameriplate the Progression of Calcineurin Inhibitors Nephrotoxicity in Kidney Allografts

N. Iwahara¹, H. Sasaki², D. Iwami¹, K. Hotta¹, Y. Takada¹, H. Higuchi², T. Tanabe², N. Shinohara¹

Poster Session D: Kidney Immunosuppression: Novel Regimens and Drug Minimization • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Strong Engagement of CD137 Suppresses Graft-Versus-Host Disease Through Dendritic Cells

H. Cho¹, J. Lee², B. Kwon³, S. Park⁴, H. Park⁴, K. Yoo², K. Park², J. Kim³, S. Kang³

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