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

4:03pm-4:15pm: Gene Expression Dynamics Demonstrate Perturbations in Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Kidney Transplantation Patients with Cytomegalovirus Viremia

R. Ahn, J. Schaenman, Z. Qian, V. Groysberg, M. Rossetti, A. Hoffmann, D. Gjertson, M. Deng, E. F. Reed

Biomarker Discovery and Immune Modulation • Virtual

4:03pm-4:15pm: Glomerular Filtration Rate Based on Cystatin C Provides the Best Prediction of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Compared to Measured GFR and Creatinine Based GFR in Kidney Transplant Recipients

L. Galapia¹, J. Lieske², A. Rule², H. Amer², N. Zhang¹, D. Butterfield¹, M. Keddis¹

Kidney: Cardiovascular and Metabolic Complications II • Virtual

4:03pm-4:15pm: Gut Commensal Microbiota are Associated with a Decreased Risk for Enterobacteriaceae Bacteriuria

J. R. Lee¹, M. Magruder¹, L. Zhang¹, D. Dadhania¹, E. Edusei¹, S. Albakry¹, M. Lubetzky¹, E. Pamer²

Kidney Infections Excluding Polyoma & Viral Hepatitis • Virtual

4:03pm-4:15pm: Hepatic Artery Reconstruction in Living Donor Liver Transplantation Using Surgical Loupes: Achieving Low Rate of Hepatic Arterial Thrombosis in Consecutive 1000 Recipients- Tips and Tricks to Overcome the Poor Hepatic Arterial Flow

A. Thorat, L. Jeng, S. Hsu, P. Li, H. Yang, T. Chen, K. Poon

Liver: Living Donors and Partial Grafts II • Virtual

4:03pm-4:15pm: High Laminin Alpha 5 Expression is Observed in the Pancreas of Chronic Pancreatitis Patients and Correlates with Poor Autologous Islet Transplant Outcome

Y. Liu, K. Kumano, S. Vasu, C. M. Darden, M. Lawrence, B. Naziruddin

Pancreas and Islet: All Topics II • Virtual

4:03pm-4:15pm: Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion vs Static Cold Storage: Preliminary Clinical Experience from a Prospective, Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial

G. G. Panayotova¹, R. Quillin III², F. Paterno¹, K. Lunsford¹, M. A. McCarty¹, A. Bailey², G. Dikdan¹, J. Rosado¹, S. Shah², J. V. Guarrera¹

All Organs: Organ Preservation/Ischemia Reperfusion Injury • Virtual

4:03pm-4:15pm: Impact of Belatacept Conversion on Renal Function, Histology and Gene Expression in Kidney Transplant Patients with Chronic Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection

D. Kumar¹, I. Yakubu¹, S. Paluri¹, A. Chachar¹, J. Chang², I. Moinuddin¹, L. Kamal¹, M. Levy¹, C. Bhati¹, A. King¹, P. Kimball¹, P. Halloran², G. Gupta¹

Kidney Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection • Virtual

4:03pm-4:15pm: Impact of Center Volume and MELD on Textbook Outcome Rates in Liver Transplantation

A. D. Schenk, J. L. Han, A. J. Logan, J. M. Sneddon, G. L. Brock, W. K. Washburn

Quality Assurance Process Improvement & Regulatory Issues II • Virtual

4:03pm-4:15pm: Impact of Extended- versus Immediate-Release Tacrolimus on One-Year Development of De Novo DSA and Chronic Immune Activation in Kidney Transplantation (ASTOUND Study)

A. Wiseman¹, D. Kaufman², A. Patel³, D. Wojciechowski⁴, A. Tambur⁵, J. Kim⁶, J. Schwartz⁶

Late Breaking Oral Abstract • Virtual

4:03pm-4:15pm: Impact of Pretransplant Malignancy on Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients

W. Kang¹, C. T. Sparrow², M. Kim¹, M. Rachid³, S. M. Soriano³

Heart Transplantation: It's All About the Outcomes • Virtual