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  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Assessment of a Medication Education Program Among New Transplant Recipients at a Large Academic Health Center.

    G. Meadows,1 J. Kyle,1 A. Dodson,1 K. Gutierrez,1 P. MacLennan,2 F. Iqbal,2 L. Weldon,1 D. Jones,1 A. James.1

    1Department of Pharmacy, University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL; 2Division of Transplantation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    To help patients understand their medications and for adjustment post-transplant, we have implemented a self-medication (self-meds) program as a method of teaching patients their medications…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Development of an Anti-HLA Antibody-Producing Humanized Mouse Model.

    S. Yanagawa, H. Tahara, H. Ohdan.

    Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Chronic antibody-mediated rejection due to anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies (Abs) is an important problem in organ transplantation. The spleen has been reported to be…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Inhibition of Memory T Cell Alloresponses by TIM-1+ B Cells.

    B. Gonzalez-Nolasco, H. Tector, J. Markmann, G. Benichou.

    Department of Surgery, Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Background:Alloreactive memory T cells mediate accelerated rejection of allografts and prevent tolerance induction. While regulatory B cells (Bregs) can promote tolerance induction through suppression of…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Implementing a New Specialist Requester Role to the United Kingdom to Address Consent Rates.

    S. Duncalf, M. Ryan.

    Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHSBT, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Organ donation consent rates in the UK have been stagnant over the last 10 years or more, despite the implementation of the taskforce recommendations, a…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Initial Experince with Total Pancreatectomy-Islet Auto-Transplantation (TP-IAT) for Chronic Pancreatitis at the University of Louisville.

    M. Hughes,1 E. Davis,1 S. Mokshagundam,2 W. Tucker,1 G. Logananthan,1 S. Williams,3 B. Appakalai.1

    1Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; 2Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; 3Physiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

    Chronic pancreatitis (CP) represents a highly significant healthcare challenge in Kentucky. To address this need, we created a TP-IAT program to cure patients of this…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Pilot Study on Acupuncture in Living Liver and Kidney Donors.

    M. Jesse, M. Kulas, J. Unitis, N. Beltran, M. Abouljoud.

    Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit

    Pain is an important concern in living donation. The purpose of this study was to test feasibility of integrating an acupuncture intervention pre/post-living donation and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Dendritic Cells That Highly Express SOCS1 Induce T-Cell Hypo-Responsiveness and Prolong Islet Allograft Survival.

    R. Deng, X. Lu, M. Chen, Z. Xue, X. Zhang, J. Xu, L. Wu, Y. Ma.

    Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

    The capability of dendritic cells (DCs) to induce an immune response or immune tolerance is dependent on their status. Suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1)…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Age and Education Level Are Predictors of Patient Preferences for Educational Formats in ESRD Patients Undergoing Transplant Education.

    K. Leick,1 J. Jones,1 S. Witte,2 L. Hunsicker,3 Z. Stewart.1

    1Dept of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; 2Dept of Social Services, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; 3Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

    Background: Health literacy impacts hospitalizations and mortality. ESRD patients have reduced health literacy due to a high proportion of lower educational background and socioeconomic resources.…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplants Following Simultaneous Solid Organ and Vascularized Composite Allograft Procurements.

    M. Alhefzi,1 M. Aycart,1 G. Sharma,2 N. Krezdorn,1 E. Bueno,1 S. Talbot,1 M. Carty,1 B. Pomahac,1 S. Tullius.3

    1Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 2Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 3Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

    Background: Current knowledge of the impact of facial vascularized composite allograft (VCA) procurement on the transplantation outcomes of the concomitantly recovered life-saving organs is limited…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    A Multi-Center Study of Factors That Increase Cognitive Load in Living Donor Liver Transplants.

    A. Lee,1 R. Khorzad,1 E. Pomfret,2 J. Guarrera,3 R. Fisher,4 M. Simpson,2 A. Skaro,1 A. Daud,1 N. Salehitezangi,1 D. Woods,1 D. Ladner.1

    1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; 2Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA; 3Columbia University, New York, NY; 4Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy, Richmond, VA.

    Background: Studies have shown that distractions in the operating room (such as phones/pagers, irrelevant conversations, ins and outs) can negatively affect concentration and performance, and…
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