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: Challenges to National Kidney Paired Donation Education and Opportunities for Improvement

A. Waterman¹, E. H. Wood¹, O. N. Ranasinghe¹, J. L. Beaumont², S. McGuire³, K. Miller⁴, V. Chipman⁵, J. Sinacore⁶, M. Cooper⁷

Poster Session A: Kidney Paired Exchange • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Change in Hypertension (HTN) Guidelines in Living Kidney Donors (LKDs) and Long-Term Renal Outcomes

M. Merzkani¹, A. Denic¹, M. D'Costa¹, L. Ricaurte¹, R. Narasimhan¹, X. Benavides¹, A. Mullan¹, J. Larson¹, W. Kremer¹, W. Park¹, M. P. Alexander¹, H. Chakkera², S. Textor¹, S. Taler¹, M. Stegall¹, N. Issa¹, A. Rule¹

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Changes in Body Composition One Year after Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy in Living Kidney Donors

H. Fukuhara¹, Y. Watarai¹, S. Narumi¹, N. Goto¹, T. Hiramitsu¹, M. Okada¹, K. Futamura¹, T. Tomosugi¹, A. Kanda¹, T. Nawano¹, N. Tsuchiya²

Poster Session A: Kidney Living Donor: Other • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Changes in Gut Microbiota and Acute Rejection after Kidney Transplantation

H. Cho¹, J. Kim², H. Kim², J. Park³, M. Kwak⁴, B. Kim⁴, D. Kim², J. Lee⁵, B. Kim⁶, H. Lee²

Poster Session A: Acute Rejection • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Changes in Risk Factors for Infections Post Liver Transplantation – A 16-Year Analysis

I. Bajjoka, S. Serra, J. Mourad, M. Callaghan, C. Crombez, S. Foley, M. Abouljoud

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Changes in the Development and Incidence of Bacterial Infections – A 16-Year Analysis

I. Bajjoka, S. Serra, M. Jade, M. Callaghan, C. Crombez, S. Foley, M. Abouljoud

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Characteristics and Outcomes of Acetaminophen Overdose Related Hospitalizations Requiring Liver Transplant

A. Khan¹, N. Saleem², M. Bilal³, R. Tariq⁴, S. Singh⁵

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Receiving Lung Transplant with and without ECMO Bridge – A Single Center Experience

J. Loeb, S. Pirrotta, P. Chung, S. Ganesh

Poster Session C: Lung: All Topics • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Characteristics Associated with Center Satisfaction in Management of the Inactive Kidney Transplant Waitlist

J. Hiller, J. Chen, W. Zhang, A. Massie, K. Covarrubias, K. Jackson, J. Long, S. DiBrito, D. Segev, J. Garonzik-Wang

Poster Session C: Kidney Deceased Donor Allocation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Characteristics of Early BK Viremia after Renal Transplantation at an Urban Academic Medical Center

K. Kurzweil, K. Lamartina, K. Svaflarska, D. Kutrzuba, N. Fayyaz, O. Piatek, P. West-Thielke, Z. Hajjiri, I. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti, A. Lichvar

Poster Session D: Kidney: Polyoma • Virtual