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: Immune-Mediated Injury and Eplet Mismatches – Profiling Population-Level Interactions

H. Mohammadhassanzadeh¹, W. Zhang², W. Klement³, H. Gebel⁴, P. Keown⁵, K. Oualkacha⁶, R. Sapir-Pichhadze¹

Poster Session C: Non-Organ Specific: Public Policy & Allocation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Immuno-Modulation of Primed Xenogeneic T Cell Response by mTOR Blockade of T Cells and Porcine Endothelial Cells

S. Li, A. Kirk, H. Xu

Poster Session A: Xenotransplantation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Immunohistochemical and Molecular Detection of NK Cells in Kidney Allografts with Antibody Mediated Rejection

E. Farkash, J. Barnes, S. Anand

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Immunomodulation During Normothermic Ex Vivo Machine Perfusion of the Rat Liver

K. Carlson¹, F. Najmabadi¹, J. Pavan-Guimaraes¹, W. J. Burlingham¹, C. M. Capitini², D. P. Al-Adra¹

Poster Session A: Biomarker Discovery and Immune Modulation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Immunosurveillance with Donor Derived Cellular Free DNA Assay Plus Donor Specific Antibody, an Alternative to Renal Allograft Biopsy

S. Machado, G. Agarwal, F. Ahmed, B. Julian, R. Mannon, S. Mehta, V. Kumar, S. Ong, S. Thaduri, G. Towns, C. Kew

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Impact and Outcomes of Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection in Seronegative Abdominal Solid Organ Transplant Recipients of Cytomegalovirus Unexposed Donors (D-/R-)

M. Jorgenson¹, M. Hillis¹, N. Friedlander¹, A. Gracon², D. Yang², G. Leverson², J. Smith², R. Redfield²

Poster Session C: Kidney Infectious Excluding Polyoma & Viral Hepatitis • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Impact of a De Novo Belatacept Based Immunosuppressive Regimen on Kidney Transplant Outcomes

K. Joyal, T. Vanhove, B. Schreiber, M. Cote, S. Shao, N. Elias, H. Gilligan, K. Safa, E. Heher, W. Williams, C. Rogers

Poster Session C: Kidney Immunosuppression: Novel Regimens and Drug Minimization • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Impact of a Pharmacist Led Outpatient Tacrolimus Monitoring Protocol in Renal Transplant Recipients

K. L. Owen, M. Palettas, H. Winters, T. E. Pesavento, A. Rajab, O. Witkowsky

Poster Session D: Kidney Immunosuppression: Novel Regimens and Drug Minimization • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Impact of Alemtuzumab Induction on Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients

M. Plazak¹, X. Gao², S. Gale², B. Reed², R. Madathil¹, S. Hammad¹, B. Ravichandran¹

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

3:30pm-4:00pm: Impact of Allograft Nephrectomy on Outcomes in Second Kidney Transplantation

N. Sato, Y. Kakuta, T. Kanzawa, K. Unagami, M. Okumi, H. Ishida, K. Tanabe

Poster Session D: Kidney Complications: Immune Mediated Late Graft Failure • Virtual