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

3:51pm-4:03pm: Characteristics of Anonymous Living Donors and Their Recipients. Appropriate Use of a Rare and Valuable Gift

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

Kidney Living Donor: Selection • Virtual

3:51pm-4:03pm: Characterizing the Landscape and Impact of Infections Following Kidney Transplantation

K. R. Jackson, J. Motter, R. Avery, W. Werbel, A. Massie, J. Garonzik-Wang, D. Segev

Infection Potpourri • Virtual

3:51pm-4:03pm: Comparison of Specificity and Sensitivity of Clinical Viability Criteria to Assess Transplantability of High-Risk Donor Livers

H. Mergental¹, J. Hodson², R. W. Laing¹, Y. L. Boteon¹, J. Attard¹, L. Wallis³, A. Schlegel¹, P. Muiesan¹, M. Abradelo¹, M. P. Perera¹, D. Mirza⁴, S. C. Afford³

All Organs: Organ Preservation/Ischemia Reperfusion Injury • Virtual

3:51pm-4:03pm: Deceased Donors in Kidney Paired Donation

J. D. Kalbfleisch¹, W. Wang¹, M. A. Rees², A. B. Leichtman³, P. X. Song¹, V. Ashby¹, T. Shearon¹

Kidney Paired Exchange • Virtual

3:51pm-4:03pm: Delayed Kidney Transplant (KT) up to 2 Days in Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation (CLKT) Offers Similar Renal Function as KT Alone: Comparison Analysis with Mate Kidneys

B. Ekser¹, E. Taber-Hight², P. Mihaylov¹, C. A. Kubal¹, R. S. Mangus¹, J. A. Fridell¹, A. J. Lutz¹, O. Adebiyi³, T. E. Taber³, A. Sharfuddin³, M. S. Yaqub³, D. P. Mishler³, M. D. Anderson³, J. A. Powelson¹, W. C. Goggins¹

Kidney Issues in Liver Transplantation • Virtual

3:51pm-4:03pm: Did the 250 Nautical Mile Circle Work? Geographic Disparities in Lung Transplantation Before and after the Policy Change

M. Kosztowski¹, Y. Yu², A. Massie², D. L. Segev², S. E. Gentry²

Lung: Let's Start at the Beginning: Pre-Transplant Decision Making and Access to Lung Donors • Virtual

3:51pm-4:03pm: Does the New Heart Transplantation Allocation System Improve Access to Transplantation for Restrictive and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients? A UNOS Database Analysis

R. Y. Loyaga-Rendon¹, D. R. Fermin¹, M. Jani¹, R. L. Grayburn¹, S. Lee¹, M. G. Dickinson¹, M. Gonzalez¹, N. K. Shrestha², T. Boeve³, S. Jovinge², M. Leacche³

Heart Transplantation: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation • Virtual

3:51pm-4:03pm: Donor Derived Cell Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) and Gene Expression Signatures of Antibody-Mediated Rejection (ABMR) May Improve Accuracy of ABMR Diagnosis (Dx)

H. Zhang¹, C. C. Nast², E. Huang³, N. Ammerman³, A. A. Vo³, S. C. Jordan³, M. Toyoda¹

Kidney Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection • Virtual

3:51pm-4:03pm: Donor Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Combination with Co-Stimulation Blockade Prolong Allograft Survival

A. J. Matar, B. P. Lovasik, S. C. Kim, C. A. Breeden, D. A. Faber, D. V. Mathews, J. Regenold, A. Ghosh, A. Stephenson, W. H. Kitchens, A. B. Adams

Cellular Therapies, Tissue Engineering / Regenerative Medicine • Virtual

3:51pm-4:03pm: Early Post-Transplant Infusion of Ex Vivo-Expanded Autologous Polyclonal Regulatory T Cells (Treg) Prolongs Kidney Allograft Survival in Non-Lymphodepleted, CTLA4Ig-Treated Rhesus Monkeys

K. Sasaki, Y. Wang, R. Nakano, L. Lu, J. Hughes, V. Vujevich, A. J. Ganoza, M. Wijkstrom, A. Humar, A. W. Thomson, M. B. Ezzelarab

Immunosuppression Preclinical Studies • Virtual