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Invite your colleagues to join AST for 2017! We’re making it easier for you to refer new members with our new, easy referral form! You can quickly send a personal and professional email message to refer your colleagues by clicking here. Be sure to share how new members who join during the months of July and August receive pro-rated dues!
For every new member successfully recruited, your name will be entered to win one of the following great prizes:
- iPad and free membership for 2018
- $500 AST bucks
- $250 AST bucks
To view all 2016-2017 Member-Get-A-Member participants, click here.
Spread the word! Recommend colleagues for membership through the 2017-2018 year and get your chance to win! Visit the Member-Get-A-Member page for program details and more!
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The AST Career Center connects hiring organizations and transplant professionals searching for career opportunities. AST members with openings to fill can post them here at a significantly reduced rate. For answers to questions about the Career Center, click here.
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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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Two national webinars were held by UNOS this week to provide members an opportunity to learn about the proposals on the regional meeting non-discussion agenda and ask questions of the presenters. As a reminder, these proposals will not be presented or discussed during regional meetings. The seven public comment proposals on the non-discussion agenda were divided between two separate webinars. A link to each webinar recording was posted on the Transplant Pro website for review: http://transplantpro.org/community/regions/.
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In honor of former AST president, Dan Salomon, the AST and the Salomon family have established a memorial fund entitled the Frontiers in Transplantation Endowment (FITE). The AST hopes to create a sustainable award that memorializes Dr. Salomon and funds transformative research. At the 2017 ATC in Chicago, Dan’s son, Marc, delivered an incredible speech about his father and the legacy he left behind. The AST and the supporters of the FITE have continued to honor Dan’s legacy with this fund, which has raised nearly $50,000 for transformative research.
For more information on this fund, click here.
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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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The Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum (CTC) is AST's latest addition to its member benefits. This feature is an online educational platform that features dozens of webinars on various concentrations of transplantation.
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September 27, 2017 2 p.m. Online Activity
For more information, click here.
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"Obesity Increases the Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease Among Living Kidney Donors"
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September 19, 2017 | 12 p.m ET | Online activity
For more information: https://www.myast.org/education/astajt-journal-club
"Zbtb7a Induction in Alveolar Macrophages is Implicated in Anti-HLA–Mediated Lung Allograft Rejection"
November 20, 2017 | 12 p.m. ET | Online activity
For more information: https://www.myast.org/education/astajt-journal-club
"THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE OF LIVING KIDNEY DONOR FOLLOW-UP IN THE UNITED STATES"
December 7, 2017 | 2 p.m. ET | Online activity
For more information: https://www.myast.org/education/astajt-journal-club
ASN
Join ASN and more than 13,000 other kidney professionals from across the globe at Kidney Week 2017 in New Orleans, LA. The world's premier nephrology meeting, Kidney Week provides participants exciting and challenging opportunities to exchange knowledge, learn the latest scientific and medical advances, and listen to engaging and provocative discussions with leading experts in the field.
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American Journal of Transplantation
Prophylaxis for graft portal/splenic venous thrombosis following pancreas transplant varies between institutions. Similarly, treatment of venous thrombosis ranges from early re-exploration to conservative management with anticoagulation. We wished to determine the prevalence of graft splenic vein (SV) thrombosis, as well as the clinical significance of non-occlusive thrombus observed on routine imaging.
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American Journal of Transplantation
Whether diabetes after kidney donation is associated with an accelerated GFR decay in the remaining kidney has not been studied. We determined the incidence of diabetes in kidney donors, and compared GFR change over time in diabetic to nondiabetic donors, in addition to the effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) on the development of proteinuria, hypertension, and end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
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American Journal of Transplantation
Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) from spirometry is the most commonly used parameter to detect early allograft dysfunction after lung transplantation (LTx). There are concerns regarding its sensitivity. Nitrogen-multiple breath washout (N2-MBW) is sensitive at detecting early global (lung clearance index [LCI]) and acinar (Sacin) airway inhomogeneity.
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The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
With improving outcomes after thoracic transplantation, more children are surviving to adulthood and requiring specialized adult care. A systematic and effective program is essential to transition these patients from a pediatric to adult health care setting. In this review, we discuss the concept of transition and the factors leading to an effective transfer to an adult care provider, including administrative support, patient/provider preparation, and the navigation of potential barriers. Notably, there is a paucity of data for many details of transition, making this a significant opportunity for future research.
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Liver Transplantation
Hospitalization is known to occur frequently in the first 6 months following liver transplantation (LT). Using a novel data linkage between the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, our study has 2 objectives: (1) to determine risk factors for “early” hospitalization (ie, within 6 months of LT); and (2) to quantify the importance of hospitalization history in the first 6 months with respect to subsequent patient survival (ie, survival, conditional on surviving 6 months post-LT).
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