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Help your COP(s) achieve their goals in the 2018 COP giving contest: The Donation Derby. This is the perfect way to help your COP(s) fund their projects. All donations made by COP members until the end of the year will count towards this contest, so be sure to check it out today.
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Join us for an interactive discussion on personalized medicine at the 2019 Cutting Edge of Transplantation (CEoT) meeting in Phoenix, AZ. The deadline for early bird registration is December 31.
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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. For answers to questions about the Career Center, please visit: https://jobs.myast.org/.
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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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In keeping up with our patient initiatives, we spent 2018 updating our current patient education brochures, including Spanish translations to ensure more patients have access to educational materials. We are looking to our Spanish speaking members to volunteer their time to review the documents for accuracy. There are a total of 16 brochures that are in need of review, so the more volunteers, the better! Please contact Mrs. Rae Massi, AST's Patient Education Program Managers, by email to show your interest: rmassi@myAST.org.
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The AST sponsors a variety of Achievement Awards in recognition of AST members' achievements and contributions to the field of transplantation. The AST encourages members to nominate deserving candidates for consideration. Make your nominations by January 31.
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The Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation (FAST) designation application is now open to all members who meet the eligibility criteria. Instructions for the application can be found here. The deadline to apply is January 15, 2019. Don't miss out on joining this prestigious program and be recognized for your contributions to transplantation.
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The study is designed to explore an investigational drug-maribavir-in stem cell transplant and solid organ transplant recipients whose CMV infections are not responding to current treatments. This investigational drug is given as an oral pill. Please visit to learn more about the SOLSTICE study.
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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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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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Transplant professionals have increasing demands on their time. Finding time in one’s day to attend conferences or to read journals is challenging. Transplant in 10 is intended to provide transplant professionals with short, easily accessible videos on key and updated topics in 10 minutes.
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Optimizing Informed Consent to Inform Donors and Recipients about Possible Psychological and Financial Risks
January 16, 2019 | 2 pm ET | Online Activity
For more information, click here.
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Are you a diplomate of the ABIM? Confused on the new options for testing and re-certification?
Here are a few important things to know:
- Sign into the ABIM physician portal – what you personally need to do to re-certify should be clearly spelled out for you.
- Two options exist for testing to stay certified – the 2 year KCI (knowledge check-in) test and the standard every 10 year test. The 2 year KCI can be done at home and should take about 2-3 hours to do whereas the 10 year test is an all-day test at a testing center.
- To stay certified, you need to earn 100 MOC points every 5 years after certification or re-certification; and every 2 years you’ll need to complete at least one MOC activity of any point value. Some of the sessions at ATC offer MOC points! This year, we will make it clear in the program which sessions offer MOC points.
For more information, click here.
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The articles included in this email are for informational use only and are not endorsed by the AST.
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American Journal of Transplantation
Earlier this year, Medicare Part D insurers implemented a new rule that seriously affects immunosuppression in lung transplant recipients. The program is now following the directive of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that no drug should be dispensed or be covered by insurance for any indications other than those approved by the FDA (1, 2).
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Increasing recipient and donor age are independently associated with survival after liver transplantation (LT). Whether donor age differentially impacts post-LT outcomes based on recipient age is unknown.
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Liver transplantation (LT) is a lifesaving procedure for patients with end-stage liver disease. Refinements in surgical techniques and postoperative care have improved allograft and patient survival. Formerly marginal donors, such as hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers and steatotic liver donors, have been successfully and increasingly used as donors. Nevertheless, the number of patients waiting for a donor liver greatly exceeds the number of available grafts, and many death without LT have been reported due to the shortage of donated organs.
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American Journal of Transplantation
The Transplant Therapeutics Consortium (TTC) is a public‐private partnership between the Food and Drug Administration and the transplantation community including the transplantation societies and members of the biopharmaceutical industry.
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The potential for clinical trials to impact patient care may be limited if the outcomes reported vary by trial and lack direct relevance to patients. Despite the many trials conducted in kidney transplantation, premature death due to cardiovascular disease, infection and malignancy remains high. We aimed to assess the range and consistency of outcomes reported in trials in kidney transplantation.
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