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: Thymoglobulin Dose and Incidence of Biopsy Proven Acute Rejections in the Early Post Transplant Period

K. Shimko, K. Schonder, D. Jorgensen, K. Kalra, A. Cherukuri, R. Mehta, I. Melgarejo, P. Sood, S. Hariharan, R. Mehta

Poster Session B: Kidney Immunosuppression: Induction Therapy • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Thymoglobulin for Induction Less is Clearly More!

N. Patel, P. Nicole

Poster Session A: Kidney Immunosuppression: Induction Therapy • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Thymoglobulin Induction in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience Comparing 3 Mg/kg vs 5 Mg/kg Cumulative Dosing

K. Progar¹, S. January¹, N. Nesselhauf¹, J. Hagopian¹, A. Malone²

Poster Session B: Kidney Immunosuppression: Induction Therapy • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Time-Trend of Metabolic Risks in Living Kidney Donors in South Korea

E. Kang¹, J. Park¹, S. Park¹, Y. Kim², J. Jeong³, J. An⁴, S. Lee⁵, S. Kim⁶, J. Cho⁷, M. Han⁸, H. Lee¹

Poster Session A: Kidney Living Donor: Other • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Time-Zero Histology Correlates with Donor Characteristics but Does Not Predict Short-Term Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation

S. Raza, G. Agarwal, D. Anderson, M. Deierhoi, H. Fatima, M. Hanaway, J. Locke, P. MacLennan, B. Orandi, C. Young, R. Mannon, M. Seifert

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: To Donate or Not to Donate? The Balancing Act of Apol-1 Genetic Testing in Potential Living Kidney Donors of African Descent in Resource Limited Countries

O. Ekwenna¹, C. Okwuonu², I. Thoms³

Poster Session A: Kidney Living Donor: Selection • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: To Wait or Not to Wait: The Survival Benefit of Preemptive Kidney Transplantation after Accounting for Lead Time Bias

S. Yu¹, A. Kernodle¹, J. Snyder², J. Garonzik-Wang¹, D. Segev¹, A. Massie¹

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Tolerant Liver Transplant Patients Have Higher Level of Y RNA Fragments in the Circulation

C. Kuscu¹, A. Wolen¹, A. Bajwa¹, C. Kuscu¹, J. Eason², B. Ramaswami³, D. Maluf¹, G. Mazariegos³, G. Chalasani³, V. Mas¹

Poster Session D: Tolerance / Immune Deviation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Torc1 Inhibition Protects Activated Human Regulatory T Cells from Self-Inflicted Damage via Granzyme B

J. B. Alhaddad, H. Allos, B. S. Al Dulaijan,, S. K. Eskandari, I. Sulkaj, G. Melhem, J. Y. Choi, J. R. Azzi

Poster Session C: Kidney Immunosuppression: Induction Therapy • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Torque Teno Virus Level for Risk Stratification of Subclinical Graft Rejection at 12 Months after Kidney Transplantation – An Prospective Observational Cohort Study

K. Doberer, E. Puchhammer, G. Böhmig, G. Bond

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