2022 American Transplant Congress
The Impact Of Covid-19 On Pediatric Organ Donation And Transplantation
*Purpose: The global COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered delivery of healthcare. Hospital resource utilization has been impacted on multiple levels including solid organ transplantation and…2022 American Transplant Congress
Dual Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants: Maximizing Utilization of Suboptimal Kidneys
Renal Transplant, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV
*Purpose: To demonstrate that dual transplant of marginal kidneys is an underutilized strategy to minimize discard rates and mitigate organ shortage.*Methods: We compared dual kidney…2022 American Transplant Congress
Complex Donor Transfer and Organ Procurement Organization Collaboration to Reduce Ischemia Time in Combined Face and Bilateral Hand Transplant
*Purpose: We present a complex donor transfer protocol that places the donor at the recipient hospital prior to allograft procurement in order to reduce ischemia…2022 American Transplant Congress
Reducing Financial Burden for Living Donors: A Single Center Experience of Increased National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC) Support
Transplant Center, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
*Purpose: National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC) offers assistance to overcome some of the financial barriers associated with Living Donation. From 2015 to 2020, an…2022 American Transplant Congress
Establishing a New Hepatobiliary Surgery Program in a Level 1 Trauma Center Community Teaching Hospital (Our Open and Robotic Experience)
General Surgery, St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, Youngstown, OH
*Purpose: To improve access to quality care, the surgical outcomes and influencing factors were investigated for a new hepatobiliary surgery program established by a transplant…2022 American Transplant Congress
Costs Associated with Induction Therapy for Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Choice of induction agent for pediatric kidney transplantation (KTx) is often based upon patient characteristics and center practice; costs associated with this choice have…2022 American Transplant Congress
Quantification of Center Aggressiveness in Accepting Sub-Optimal Kidney Donations from Deceased Donors in the US
*Purpose: Understanding center-level differences in usage of marginal deceased-donor kidneys (suboptimal kidneys, SOK) can help centers increase their deceased-donor transplant rate (DDKT), and to direct…2022 American Transplant Congress
Patient and Provider Perspectives on Telehealth Clinic Visits Precipitated by the Covid-19 Viral Pandemic
*Purpose: The transplant community had to adjust to a new way of practicing medicine during the COVID-19 viral pandemic. Our transplant center quickly adapted to…2022 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends of Optn Hope Act Variance Participation
*Purpose: The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) created a research variance allowing for transplantation of HIV+ donor kidneys and livers into HIV+ recipients after…2022 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Advanced Practice Providers in Liver Transplant Centers
Keck Medical Center at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Care for the liver transplant (LT) recipient requires expertise and consistency. Due to the rotation of trainees and the emphasis on surgical experience for…
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