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: TGF-b Induced Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Prevent Transplatation Rejection by Promoting Immune Tolerance

P. Cao, Z. Sun, J. Zhang, F. Zhang, W. Wang

Poster Session B: Tolerance / Immune Deviation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: TGR5/Cathepsin E Signaling Regulates Macrophage Innate Immune Activation in the Sterile Inflammatory Liver Injury

H. Zhou, S. Zhou, Q. Wang, Z. Rao, X. Wang, L. Lu

Poster Session B: Ischemia Reperfusion & Organ Rehabilitation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Thalidomide and Dexamethasone Combinatorial Treatment Induces Tolerogenic Signals by Systemic Immunomodulation of T Cells and Dendritic Cells

B. Kim¹, E. Kim², J. Kim², H. Choi³, H. Lee², J. Lee⁴, M. Kim⁴, Y. Kim⁴, K. Huh⁴

Poster Session A: Biomarker Discovery and Immune Modulation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: The 1-Year Incremental Costs of Delayed Graft Function (DGF) in Commercially Insured Kidney Transplant Patients Under 65

T. Mayne¹, F. Corvino², A. Dillon², W. Wang², S. Mohan³

Poster Session C: Non-Organ Specific: Economics & Ethics • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: The 1st Year Posttransplant Course Reliably Predicts Kidney Graft Survival up to 15 Years Using a Machine Learning-Based Modeling Approach

W. Gwinner, M. Gietzelt, R. Hanna, A. A. Khalifa, M. Hallensleben, M. Marschollek, H. Haller, J. H. Braesen, I. Scheffner

Poster Session C: Kidney Complications: Immune Mediated Late Graft Failure • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: The Accuracy of the ICD-10 Diagnostic Codes for Kidney Transplant Rejection and Failure

D. Massicotte-Azarniouch¹, M. Sood², D. Fergusson³, M. Chassé⁴, A. Tinmouth⁵, G. Knoll²

Poster Session B: Quality Assurance Process Improvement & Regulatory Issues • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: The Application of Electron Microscope Examination in Evaluation of Donor Liver Quality in Liver Transplantation

M. Chen¹, X. Lin², Z. Chen¹, M. Han¹, W. Ju¹, X. He¹

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: The Application of Hypothermic Machine Perfusion in Kidney Transplantation from Delay Graft Function High Risk Donor

Y. Li, X. Hu, G. Chen, C. Ding, W. Xue

Poster Session D: Kidney Deceased Donor Selection • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: The Art Rather Than the Science of Non-HLA Antibody Mediated Rejection in Heart Transplantation: A Single Center Experience

A. Alam, S. Mckean, R. Patel, V. Darst, H. Zafar, C. Guerrero, M. Askar, T. Sam, S. Hall

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: The Association between Alloimmunity and De Novo Glomerulonephritis Post Kidney Transplantation

P. Khairallah, J. Kamal, E. Vasilescu, I. Batal, G. Dube

Poster Session C: Kidney Complications: Immune Mediated Late Graft Failure • Virtual