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Nominate your colleagues for a 2016 AST Achievement Award! AST awards provide prestigious recognition according to faculty rank. You can start a nomination at any time. All nominations are due by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.
AST
AST members: are you or your colleagues interested in serving on the AST Board of Directors? Check out the qualifications or submit a nomination by 5 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. Open positions include President-Elect, Treasurer (two-year term), and three Councilors-at-Large (three-year term). The term of service begins with the rotation of the board at the Town Hall during the 2016 American Transplant Congress in Boston, Massachusetts.
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"Navigating the ILDA Role: Challenges and Responsibilities" is the next webinar in the Education and Clinical Tools for the Independent Living Donor Advocate (ILDA) webinar series, and takes place Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 1 p.m. EDT. The entire nine-webinar series, developed by the AST Live Donor Community of Practice, is free to AST members and their associates: just register with an AST member username and password at www.myAST.org/ILDA.
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AST
Join the American Society of Nephrology, in cooperation with the American Society of Transplantation, for the Kidney Transplantation Early Program on Nov. 3-4 prior to the start of the Kidney Week 2015 Annual Meeting (Nov. 3-8) in San Diego, California. Visit the ASN website for more details and to register.
Transplant Quality Institute
AMFDT
Oct. 7-9, 2015 | Dallas, TX
For more information: http://www.amfdt.org/
ASN Kidney Week
ASN
Nov. 3-8, 2015 | San Diego, CA
For more information: https://www.asn-online.org/education/kidneyweek/
AASLD Liver Week
AASLD
Nov. 13-17, 2015 | San Francisco, CA
For more information: http://www.aasld.org/events-professional-development/liver-meeting
CEOT 2016 – Cutting Edge of Transplantation
AST
Feb. 25-27, 2016 | Phoenix, AZ
For more information: http://2016.ceot.myast.org/
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The UCLA Immunogenetics Center (UIC) provides comprehensive testing for organ and tissue transplantation. Transplant testing has a long history at UCLA. HLA typing was pioneered here in the 1960's. The development of the microcytoxicity test in 1964 marked the beginning of international testing and standardization of HLA typing. The UCLA Immunogenetics Center has retained its leadership position in HLA research, and in the development of accompanying diagnostic testing. MORE
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American Journal of Transplantation
A better understanding of the course and risk factors for impaired long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL; ie, physical, psychological, and social–relational functioning) after kidney donation might help clinicians improve the care of live kidney donors. This systematic review and meta-analysis summarizes prospective studies about the course and predictors of HRQoL in living kidney donors.
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Liver Transplantation
With increasing attention being paid to optimizing patient outcomes, it has been proposed that liver transplantation (LT) for individuals with elevated body mass index (BMI) values and high Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores may adversely affect post-LT outcomes. We investigated the impact of BMI on post-LT outcomes in the context of MELD at LT.
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American Journal of Transplantation
Cold ischemia time (from flush to out-of-ice) and warm ischemia time (from out-of-ice to reperfusion) are known to impact delayed graft function (DGF) rates and long-term allograft survival following deceased donor kidney transplantation. We propose an additional ischemia time, extraction time, beginning with aortic cross-clamp and perfusion/cooling of the kidneys, and ending with removal of the kidneys and placement on ice on the backtable.
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Annals of Pharmacotherapy
Transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) is a rare complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Because sirolimus (SIR) and calcineurin inhibitor—either cyclosporine (CsA) or tacrolimus—have become more common as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis, we are witnessing a higher frequency of this complication.
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Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
The transplantation process is complex and often not well-understood by health care providers outside of such programs/ Therefore, we review the roles of medical personnel, mental health specialists, and key administrators who work together to follow federal regulations and program policies to provide quality patient care.
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