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: Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) Waiting List and Transplant Trends in the U.S

J. Wainright¹, C. Wholley², W. Cherikh¹, D. Klassen³

Poster Session D: VCA • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Vesicle-Associated Tweak is Increased During Acute Cellular Rejection and Contributes to Endothelial Inflammation

O. Gidlof, J. Sadrian, M. Grossi, S. Alcevska, J. Lundgren, G. Rådegran, G. Smith

Poster Session A: Acute Rejection • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Vira-ome: A Tool for an Unbiased Plasma Virome Analysis of SOT Recipients from Cell-Free DNA Sequences

R. Sinha, E. Bixler, J. Grantham, M. Altrich, S. Kleiboeker

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Viral Kinetics of De Novo HCV Infection and Response to Antiviral Therapy in Liver and Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving HCV-Viremic Donors

N. Terrault¹, J. Burton², E. Verna³, C. Mobley⁴, D. Victor⁴, J. Trotter⁵, C. Niemann⁶, R. Rubin⁷

Poster Session B: Non-Organ Specific: Viral Hepatitis • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Voriconazole Associated Adverse Drug Events and Drug Monitoring in Lung Transplant Recipients

C. Y. Luo¹, R. G. Nador², R. D. Levy², J. Yee², L. Wei², N. Partovi¹

Poster Session B: Lung: All Topics • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Wait Times in Pediatric Heart Transplant Candidates: Impact of Size and Blood Type Following the 2016 Allocation Policy Revision

R. J. Williams, M. Lu, L. A. Sleeper, S. Urbach, K. P. Daly

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Waiting List and Transplant Outcomes of Highly Sensitized Kidney Patients

R. Schmitz, O. K. Jawitz, S. J. Knechtle, A. M. Jackson

Poster Session C: Kidney Deceased Donor Allocation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Waiting List Mortality of Liver Tumors

V. G. Menon, Y. Chen, D. C. Chang, H. Yeh

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Waitlist Mortality and Transplant Probability for Inactively Listed Liver Patients Depends on Donor Service Areas’ Median MELD at Transplant

R. Batra¹, S. Noreen², D. Stewart², D. Haakinson¹, G. Gan³, Y. Deng³, S. Kulkarni¹

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Waitlist Times, Hospital Length of Stay, and Immediate Post-Operative Outcomes of HCV Positive Donors in HCV Negative Liver and Kidney Transplant Recipients

H. Elbeshbeshy¹, J. M. Ray¹, A. Befeler¹, R. Desai¹, K. Qureshi¹, C. Varma²

Poster Session C: Non-Organ Specific: Viral Hepatitis • Virtual