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AST
The AST values its members and consistently works to improve member experience. The AST is launching an improved Member Portal. Due to this transition, users will not have account access from Monday, Feb. 25–Tuesday, March 5.
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AST
The 2019 Cutting Edge of Transplantation (CEoT) meeting will be held Feb. 21–23 in Phoenix, Arizona. Don't miss the opportunity to virtually attend this meeting through our complimentary live stream.
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AST
We are very excited to share with you that AST's patient education brochures have been updated! Over the past two years, the Education Committee and COP's worked to update and review all written brochures, as well as create new content for the transplant patient community. Please feel free to share with your patients and institutions.
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The Thompson Liver / Oncology System provides surgeons with the ability to obtain stable, versatile retraction for liver transplants, liver resections, oncology, and obesity cases. Multi-planed retraction and unlimited flexibility for the most complex abdominal and pelvic cases. Call 1-800-227-7543 to start your free trial.
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The nomination window for the AST Community of Practice (COP) election is now open. To learn more about the available positions, click here. All nominations must be submitted by February 25.
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The newly developed Travel for Techniques in Transplantation Research (T3R) Program supports the travel of a scientist to the laboratory of another scientist to acquire a new technique. This program fulfills a goal of the AST Research Network to facilitate bringing novel, cutting edge techniques to transplant biology research labs and clinical scientists. Recipients will receive up to $2,000 for travel. The deadline to apply is March 15, 2019.
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The first and only clinically and analytically validated blood test that measures donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA), a direct indicator of kidney injury
Covered by Medicare
AlloSure 101 – Development & Summary Webinar – view
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AST
The AST Career Center connects hiring organizations and transplant professionals searching for career opportunities. AST members with openings to fill can post them here. For answers to questions about the Career Center, please visit: https://jobs.myast.org/.
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Join thousands of transplant professionals at this year's American Transplant Congress (ATC), June 1–5, 2019, in Boston, Massachusetts. From cutting-edge science that's transforming the field, to in-depth workshops and hot topic sessions, the ATC is quickly becoming the most recognized transplant Congress in the world.
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OPTN/UNOS
OPTN/UNOS is offering nine proposals for public comment. You are encouraged to post comments on their website during the public comment period that runs January 22 – March 22, 2019. Your voice is important and considered during the OPTN/UNOS policy development process. During the public comment period, UNOS offers national webinars to provide members an opportunity to learn about proposals on the upcoming regional meeting agenda and ask questions of presenters/subject matter experts. For information about these webinars, click here.
The COPs will be reviewing the proposals and providing feedback for the AST's Policy Committee to develop a Society response for Board approval. If you would like to also submit your individual comments to AST for consideration as part of this process, please email them to scovington@myast.org with the subject line PUBLIC COMMENT.
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As an AST member, access to free or discounted educational resources are included in your membership. These diverse educational resources offer materials relevant to the transplant professional in every stage of their career—from basic trainee lessons to webinars on specialized topics. LEARN MORE
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Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum (CTC) is a great way to expand your transplant knowledge. This feature is an online educational platform that features dozens of webinars on various concentrations of transplantation.
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Geographic disparities in lung transplant rates
March 5, 2019 | 2 p.m. ET | Online Activity
For more information, click here.
Case-Based Multidisciplinary Approach to Cardiac and Pulmonary Vascular Disease Risk Assessment in Liver Transplantation
March 20, 2019 | 2 p.m. ET | Online Activity
For more information, click here.
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The Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute is accepting nominations for the 2020 Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology, awarded annually to a national or international leader in the field of organ transplantation and immunology. The prize consists of a crystal award, an honorarium of $10,000, and travel expenses to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the spring of 2020 to formally receive the award and to present the Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology lecture. The winner will also participate in related activities and meet informally with faculty, post-doctoral fellows and students.
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ASTS
The goal of the ASTS Cellular Transplantation Committee is to advance the knowledge and promote clinical and research work in the field of cellular transplantation. One of this year’s initiatives that was set forward by the ASTS Cellular Transplantation Committee is to conduct the survey of ongoing research and clinical work in the areas of cellular products and therapies. The purpose of the project is to assess areas of interest of research within the transplant community. This survey should take approximately 10 minutes.
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The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Antibody-mediated rejection is a principal cause of acute and chronic failure of lung allografts. However, mechanisms mediating this oftentimes fatal complication are poorly understood. Here, we show that Foxp3+T cells formed aggregates in rejection-free human lung grafts and accumulated within induced bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue of tolerant mouse lungs.
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AASLD via Wiley Online Library
Colorectal cancer screening with colonoscopy is commonly used in candidate patients for liver transplantation. We initiated this study to define the risk‐benefit ratio of performing screening colonoscopy in this population. A retrospective observational study of all consecutive patients undergoing colonoscopy during pre-liver transplantation screening between 2004–17 was conducted.
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AST via Wiley Online Library
Donation before circulatory death for imminently dying patients has been proposed to address organ scarcity and harms of non‐donation. To characterize stakeholder attitudes about organ recovery before circulatory death we conducted semi‐structured interviews with family members who had experienced a loved one's unsuccessful donation after circulatory death and focus groups with professional stakeholders.
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AASLD via Wiley Online Library
Acute‐on‐Chronic Liver Failure characterized with extra‐hepatic organ failures in cirrhosis carries a high mortality. Outcomes of patients listed for liver transplant after ACLF and after LT are largely unknown. North American Consortium for the Study of End‐Stage Liver Disease prospectively enrolled 2,793 non-electively hospitalized patients with cirrhosis; 768 were LT-listed.
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
In several countries, patients with end-stage renal disease who are ineligible for dialysis are considered urgency priority for kidney transplantation through distinct allocation rules. There are scarce published data on clinical features and outcomes after KT of these patients.
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