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AST
In memory of former AST President and TIRN co-founder Daniel R. Salomon, the AST is partnering with the Salomon family to create a memorial fund entitled the Frontiers in Transplantation Endowment (FITE), designed to promote transformative science.
Learn more about FITE and how you can contribute.
University of Pittsburgh
The Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute is accepting nominations for the 2018 Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology, awarded annually to a national or international leader in the field of organ transplantation and immunology.
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AST
Check out AST's archived webinars and journal clubs, and watch educational content when it's convenient for you. The AST also offers a variety of resources for different transplant specialties, all available on our easy-to-search website.
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Sanofi Genzyme supports physicians in solid organ transplant through:
• Ongoing support of major professional societies
• Medical education
• Fellows conferences
• Professional education for community physician groups
We are investing in the present and future of transplantation
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CEOT
The 2017 Cutting Edge of Transplantation (CEOT) meeting, scheduled for February 23-25, is an intimate scientific meeting for discussion and debate about how to improve the longevity of transplanted organs.
AST is giving you another reason to register for this year’s CEOT event! Highlighted this week is Dr. Manikkam (Suthan) Suthanthiran along with other CEOT speakers here.
ATC
The American Transplant Congress (ATC) is coming! Scheduled for April 29- May 3 in Chicago Illinois, ATC is the foremost educational event in the field of basic and clinical transplantation.
Reserve your space and review the preliminary program.
American Journal of Transplantation
This issue of “The AJT Report” looks at what a Trump administration may mean for the field of transplantation. Also this issue, we discuss recent arrests for organ trafficking in Egypt.
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American Journal of Transplantation
Living donor solicitation can raise ethical concerns, regardless of the medium used: newspaper, television, pulpit, billboard or Internet. Moving the search for a living donor into the social media realm introduces the risk of unguided and coercive patient narratives as well as decoupling or even total absence of information that could aid the consent process.
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American Journal of Transplantation
Kidney transplantation has become more resource intensive as recipient complexity has increased and average donor quality has diminished over time. A national retrospective cohort study was performed to assess the impact of kidney donor and recipient characteristics on transplant center cost (exclusive of organ acquisition) and Medicare reimbursement.
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American Journal of Transplantation
The gap between supply and demand in kidney transplantation has led to increased use of marginal kidneys; however, kidneys with acute kidney injury are often declined/discarded. To determine whether this policy is justified, we analyzed outcomes of donor kidneys with acute kidney injury (AKI) in a large UK cohort. A retrospective analysis of the UK Transplant Registry evaluated deceased donors between 2003 and 2013.
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American Journal of Transplantation
This two-sequence, three-period crossover study is the first pharmacokinetic (PK) study to compare all three innovator formulations of tacrolimus (twice-daily immediate-release tacrolimus capsules [IR-Tac]; once-daily extended-release tacrolimus capsules [ER-Tac]; novel once-daily tacrolimus tablets [LCPT]). Stable renal transplant patients were dosed with each drug for 7 days, and blood samples were obtained over 24 h. Thirty subjects were included in the PK analysis set.
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