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ASRT PROGRAM 2024
VCA on the Cutting Edge: Pathways to Success
Thursday, November 21, 2024 Download Program
7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration
7:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast
7:00 am – 8:15am Board of Directors Meeting (closed)
8:15am – 8:45 am Opening Ceremony
Welcome from Program Co-Chairs: Liza/Hari (10 min)
Outgoing President Address: Bohdan Pomahac (20 min)
9:00 am – 10:00 am Nakos Symposium
Samir Mardini
10:00 am – 11:00 am Plenary Session I - Rejecting Rejection
Moderator: Curtis Cetrulo
Chronic Rejection: Christina Kaufman
Panel debate: Mono or Quad Therapy? Gerald Brandacher vs Richard Formica
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Plenary Session II – Progress in VCA
Moderator: Richard Formica
VCA outcomes assessment update: David Tulsky
Pipeline of Prospective Extremity/Face Transplants: Bruce Gelb
Reconstructive VCA updates
Abdominal wall: Kadiyala Ravindra
Larynx Tx: David Lott
Airway: Eric Genden
Eye and Face Tx – Update on novel neural recovery – Bruce Gelb
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm LUNCH with exhibitors
12:30 – 1:00 pm CDMRP Adress
1:00PM – 1:30 PM KEYNOTE: Sami Tuffaha
1:30pm – 2:30 pm Plenary Session III – Panel “Tips and Tricks” on starting/growing VCA
Moderator: OPO (Alexandra Glazier)
4-8 panelists, round-table discussion style
Bruce Gelb; Scott Levin, Bohdan Pomahac, Samir Mardini, Frank Papay, Rick Redett, Alexandra Glazier
2:30-2:45PM Updates from ISVCA – Amer Hatem
2:45 – 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm – 4:15pm Oral Abstract Session I
Moderators: Hari
4:15 pm – 6:00 pm Plenary Session IV – Speed Updates (30 seconds per patient)
Moderator: need moderator
6:00pm – 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception
Friday, November 22, 2024 – UTERUS FOCUSED
7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration
7:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast
Concurrent Session – CONSORT Meeting
8:00 am – 9:40 am Plenary Session IV – How to get started/lessons learned
Moderator: Amanda N. Fader
Designing a program: clinical vs IRB: Kim Olthoff
Registering with UNOS: Nicole Johnson – tentative yes
Funding: institutional support, grants, transition to commercial program: Giuliano Testa
Recipient selection and prioritization of limited transplants: Nawar Latif
Donor selection: Liza Johannesson
Concurrent Session – Tissue Engineering Techniques in VCA (10 min each)
Moderator: Siba Haykal
1 Cell Therapy in Transplantation – Nina Hadzimustafic
2 Innovation in Perfusion Techniques – Golnaz Karoubi
3 Biological Scaffolds – Cagdas Duru
Q&A
9:45 am – 10:45 am Oral Abstract Session II
Moderator: Jessica Walters
10:50 am – 12:00 pm Speed Updates (Uterus Focused)
Moderator: Liza Johannesson
Grab list of uterus centers
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm LUNCH
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Business Meeting Lunch (Members Only)
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Incoming Presidential Address
Christina Kaufman
1:30pm – 3:00 pm Plenary Session V – Future Directions in Uterus Transplantation
Moderator: Giuliano Testa
IVF Best Practices/Pearls: Elliott Richards
Obstetrical considerations: Uma Perni
Future potential recipients: Kate O’Neill
Opportunities for research: Paige Porrett
Transgender: Loren Schechter
Concurrent Session – Medical Students & Trainees Educational Forum
Round-table: Scott Levin, Bruce Gelb, Samir Mardini, Curtis Cetrulo (names not advertised on program)
3:00pm – 3:10 pm Break
3:10pm – 5:00 pm Plenary Session VI -Sustainability in Uterus Transplantation
Moderator: Nawar Latif
Tracking success and metrics: Kate O’Neill
Update on CPT progress: Elliott Richards – tentative yes
Challenges of uterus transplant in the current political climate: Paige Porrett
USUTC meeting: TBD
5:30pm – 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception