2022 American Transplant Congress

Monday, June 6, 2022

4:40pm-4:50pm

The Feasibility of Changing HCC MELD Exception Criteria to an Exclusive DCD-Only Option: A Strategy to Increase DCD Utilization

G. J. McKenna, P. Schultz, M. Finotti, M. Rosenzweig, A. Gupta, S. H. Lee, A. Wall, E. Martinez, J. Bayer, H. Fernandez, N. Onaca, R. Ruiz, G. Testa

Expanding the Donor Pool (MELD Allocation/Donor Issues)  •  Hynes Room 312

4:40pm-4:50pm

The Price of Cold Ischemia Time

A. Massie¹, J. Scalea², D. Segev¹

Kidney Deceased Donor Selection I  •  Hynes Ballroom C

4:50pm-5:00pm

Assessment of Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses to Sars Cov-2 Vaccination in Immunocompromised Renal Allograft Recipients

B. Shin, R. Zhang, T. M. Gadsden, A. Petrosyan, A. Vo, N. Ammerman, S. Sethi, E. Huang, A. Peng, R. Najjar, J. Atienza, I. Kim, S. C. Jordan

COVID-19 Infections Part 2: All Organs  •  Hynes Ballroom B

4:50pm-5:00pm

Clinical Relevance of Absolute BK Polyoma Viral Load Kinetics in Patients with Biopsy Proven BK Polyomavirus Associated Nephropathy

H. Omic¹, J. P. Kläger¹, H. Herkner¹, S. W. Aberle¹, H. Regele¹, L. Weseslindtner¹, T. A. Schrag¹, G. Bond¹, K. Hohenstein¹, B. Watschinger¹, J. Werzowa², R. Strassl¹, M. Eder¹, Z. Kikic¹

Kidney: Polyoma Infections  •  Hynes Room 309

4:50pm-5:00pm

Combined Genome Wide and Single Nuclei Transcriptomics in Posttransplant Acute Kidney Injury Identifies Early Proinflammatory/Profibrogenic Cell Origin

J. McDaniels¹, T. Rousselle¹, E. Bardhi¹, A. Shetty¹, E. Akalin², D. Maluf¹, V. Mas¹

Ischemia Reperfusion  •  Hynes Room 302

4:50pm-5:00pm

CoVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy in Heart Transplant Recipients, a Single Center Experience

M. Yu¹, S. B. Sharmin², C. Joyce³, Z. Pieters¹, S. DeSirkar¹, M. Thomas¹, S. Kim¹, E. Bruno¹, M. Liebo¹, A. Heroux⁴, N. Clark¹, G. Reid¹, S. Uprichard²

Heart and VADs: All Topics II  •  Hynes Room 210

4:50pm-5:00pm

Donor Kidneys from Communities with Higher Deprivation Are Significantly More Likely to be Discarded

J. Schold¹, A. Huml¹, E. Poggio¹, E. Dewey¹, R. Buchalter¹, S. Husain², S. Mohan²

Kidney Deceased Donor Selection I  •  Hynes Ballroom C

4:50pm-5:00pm

Effects of Race, Previous CoV2 Exposure and the Length and Type of Maintenance Immunosuppression on Protective Immunity to COVID19 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

A. Choudhary¹, M. Lerman², S. Khan², J. Hunt², A. Nikaein³, D. Calianese¹, E. Kalu², D. K. Jaijyan⁴, W. Honnen¹, A. Pinter¹

B-cell / Antibody /Autoimmunity  •  Hynes Room 310

4:50pm-5:00pm

Generation Of Insulin Producing Cells From Pancreatic Tissue With Long Standing Type 1 Diabetes

Y. Garciafigueroa, J. B. Pollett, N. L. Thai, R. Bottino

Late Breaking: Basic / Translational  •  Hynes Room 313

4:50pm-5:00pm

OPTN Required SARS-CoV-2 Lower Respiratory Testing for Lung Donors: Early Impact on Patient Safety and Organ Utilization

S. E. Booker¹, C. Martinez¹, C. Fox¹, C. Jett¹, D. Klassen¹, L. Danziger-Isakov², R. M. La Hoz³

Non-Organ Specific: Public Policy & Allocation  •  Hynes Room 311