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: Tacrolimus Concentrations Are Associated with Measures of Body Composition in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients

K. S. Parker¹, B. Derstine², J. Sullivan², S. Wang², A. Mazurek¹, D. Cron¹, S. Waits¹

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Taking it to the Max: Extremely Low LDL May Provide Benefit for Prevention of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy

R. Lee¹, E. J. Henricksen¹, Y. Moayedi², K. Y. Feng³, J. Han³, W. Yang⁴, R. Imai¹, J. J. Teuteberg⁴, K. K. Khush⁴

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Taking Liver Transplant to “The Friendly Skies”: A Novel Pilot Program Using Commercial Flights and Ride-Sharing Apps to Minimize Dry-Run Expenses and Expand Potential Donors

G. J. McKenna, N. Onaca, H. Fernandez, E. Martinez, A. Gupta, A. Wall, J. Bayer, R. Ruiz, G. Testa

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Taking on Pediatric Liver Tumors – Beyond Hepatoblastoma

U. Ekong, N. Yazigi, K. Khan, S. Kaufman, J. Guerra, R. Girlanda, J. Hawksworth, A. Kroemer, C. Matsumoto, T. Fishbein

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Following Liver Transplantation: A Single Center Experience

O. Shamaa¹, S. Jafri¹, M. Shamaa², K. Brown¹, D. Venkat¹

Poster Session C: Liver Retransplantation and Other Complications • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Targeting CD4⁺ T Cell Metabolism Prolongs Graft Survival Age-Specifically

Y. Nian, J. Iske, K. Minami, R. Maenosono, T. Heinbokel, A. Elkhal, S. G. Tullius

Poster Session C: Immunosuppression Preclinical Studies • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Targeting CD62 – CD162 Signaling with a Soluble Form of a Tandem-PSGL-1 in a Murine Model of Hindlimb Transplantation

K. Kadono¹, F. Messner², Y. Guo², B. Oh², G. Brandacher², J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski¹

Poster Session C: Endothelial Cell Biology • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Targeting Th17: TIGIT as a Key Regulator of Tregs/Th17 Cells in Belatacept Resistant Rejection

C. R. Hartigan, M. Wagener, M. L. Ford

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Targeting the CD40/CD40L Axis in Sensitized Nonhuman Primate Allotransplantation

Z. W. Fitch, R. Schmitz, M. Manook, A. Y. Choi, J. Yoon, J. Kwun, S. J. Knechtle

Poster Session D: B-cell / Antibody /Autoimmunity • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Technology Access, Use, and Intent among Kidney Transplant Candidates Vulnerable to Health Disparities

S. Smith¹, M. Keller², R. Seibert³, L. Kayler¹

Poster Session D: Kidney Psychosocial • Virtual