TTS Social Media Ambassadors

Urmila Anadh


About Urmila Anadh
Clinician Researcher in one of India's largest hospitals, interested in learning all aspects of clinical kidney transplantation. Took up social media mostly to learn. Now I am part of ISN Education and have been part of WCN 2019,2020,2021 and 2022. Founder President of Women in Nephrology -India (a vibrant organisation involved in various aspects of training of Nephrology and issues of women.)

Carla Baan

Transplantation Journal Executive Editor

About Carla Baan
I am Head of the Nephrology & Transplantation Laboratory at Erasmus Medical Center, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The position involves the supervision of doctorate research related to the role of cytokines, T cells and B cells, and immunosuppressive drugs in clinical organ transplantation. The primary objective of my research is to develop and exploit new technologies for the diagnosis of transplant rejection using blood and urinary biomarkers. I am a member of TTS, ESOT, ISHLT, and the Dutch Transplant Society.

Stephanie Lariviére


About Stephanie Lariviére
Stéphanie has a background in Biotechnology and Applied Arts. In 2017, she joined the Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM) as a research coordinator in kidney transplantation. In 2019, she joined the Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP) as the Communications and Data Manager. In this role, Stéphanie manages the CDTRP’s website, the various social media platforms, and all the visual and technical aspects of the virtual and in-person conferences. She is the creative mind of CDTRP and a fervent behind the scene worker. Stéphanie is based out in Montréal, where she lives with her cat. She is passionate about culture (music, books, movies) and is a fancy natural wine and craft beer drinker.

Macey Levan

Transplantation Journals Social Media Editor

About Macey Levan
I am an Associate Professor of Surgery and Population Health at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and the Director of the Center for Surgical and Transplant Applied Research Qualitative Core at the NYU Langone Transplant Institute, with an NIH and DoD funded research program.

Hector Madariaga


About Hector Madariaga
Hector M. Madariaga, MD is a transplant nephrologist at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Madariaga completed his nephrology fellowship at Upstate Medical University Hospital in Syracuse, NY followed by a transplant fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Madariaga’s clinical interests include racial and ethnic disparities in kidney transplantation and access to care, as well as medically complicated transplant candidates and recipients and simultaneous liver kidney transplant recipients. He also has an interest in social media and medical education and serves on the Executive Committee of NephJC (Nephrology Journal Club) a twitter-based, twice-a-month journal club and as a faculty member for the Nephrology Social Media Collective (NSMC) internship. Dr. Madariaga is also a social media editor for the Kidney Medicine Journal.

Ana Cecilia Pastor Ludeña


About Ana Cecilia Pastor Ludeña
Nephrologist specialized in Kidney Transplantation
Nephropathology
Member of International Society of Nephrology
Peruvian Socierty of Nephrology
interests: kidney transplantation

Dorry Segev

TTS Councilor (North America)

About Dorry Segev
Dorry is a TTS Councilor and has been a proponent of TTS and contributor for TTS for many years. His currently Professor of Surgery and Population Health & Transplant Surgeon, NYU. Director, NYU Center for Surgical and Transplant Applied Research.

Arunkumar Subbiah


Arunkumar Subbiah
Nephrologist & Transplant Physician – Interest in transplant infectious disease, transplant immunology ISN-ANIO Indukaka Ipcowala Advanced Scholar in Renal Transplantation (Cincinnati, USA) ISOT- Novartis Transplant Fellow 2018 Editorial Fellow – Indian Journal of Organ Transplantation Contributor and reviewer of multiple PubMed indexed journals in Nephrology and book chapters Active interest in nephrology education – NSMC graduate, #NephJC

Leonie van Leeuwen


About Leonie van Leeuwen
My name is Leonie van Leeuwen and I am a basic scientist and Post-Doctoral researcher, affiliated with the University of Groningen in The Netherlands and the University of Oxford in The United Kingdom.  I have a background in Biomedical Sciences and Medical Pharmaceutical Drug Innovation. My research focus is on renal fibrosis, targeted drug delivery using ex-vivo machine perfusion, and renal protein degradation during transplantation. My aim is to help improve organ preservation, perfusion, and repair.

MARCEL R. M. VAN DEN BRINK

TTS Councilor (North America)

Marcel R. M. van den Brink

Alan N. Houghton Chair
Head, Division of Hematologic Malignancies
Attending Physician, Department of Medicine
Member, Immunology Program

Marcel van den Brink is a physician scientist and medical oncologist who performs both laboratory and clinical research related to allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and immuno-oncology. He is the Head of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and holds a joint appointment in the Immunology and Transplantation Program of the Sloan Kettering Institute. He is the Co-Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at MSKCC and Chairman of the Board of DKMS, an international nonprofit organization devoted to bone marrow donor registration. As a clinical scientist, he is involved in immunotherapeutic trials of cytokines, cell therapies, as well as strategies to manipulate the intestinal microbiome for patients with hematologic malignancies. His laboratory is devoted to the immunology of BMT and he studies immune reconstitution, pathophysiology of graft-versus-host disease, the intestinal microbiota, and chimeric antigen receptor T cells in patients and preclinical models. Both as a Division Head and a laboratory Principal Investigator, he mentors junior faculty members, hematology oncology fellows, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students.

Interested in becoming a TTS Social Media Ambassador?

TTS International Social Media Ambassadors

Share your TTS experience with thousands of international healthcare professionals and scientists by applying to be a Social Media Ambassador (SMA) for TTS!
What do TTS International Social Media Ambassadors do?
  • Work closely with our leadership and the TTS IHQ team to produce digital content (tweets, posts, blogs, vlogs, podcasts, interviews, calls to action, opinions, manuscript / article reviews and commentaries, etc.) to be posted on your own and TTS media channels. The over-arching theme is to drive engagement.
  • Promote TTS and its mission through social media channels.
  • Promote the TTS Congress and events through social media.
Requirements / Qualifications
We are looking for dynamic and passionate transplant professionals to be SMAs for the TTS. We plan to recruit numerous individuals for a period of one year, with a possibility of renewal thereafter. Each applicant would need to allocate 1-2 hours per week to advance this initiative and participate in TTS 2022 congress. Each applicant should have an active social media presence and excellent working knowledge of at least one social media platform; dedicated training/course preferable. We ask all interested applicants to provide a short description of why you would make a great social media ambassador and present a strategy to promote TTS and the upcoming congress in 500 words or less. Please mention a list of platforms currently used with social media handles and number of followers. TTS primarily posts in English however we are looking to expand our reach to better reflect the diversity within our membership.
Benefits of becoming a TTS-SMA
  • Recognition on the TTS website with photo, bio and links to social media accounts
  • Free registration at TTS 2022 Congress in Buenos Aires.
  • Opportunity for interaction with our leadership and the key-opinion leaders in transplantation
  • Opportunity to grow your own audience and career advancement

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Webinar tomorrow 📣 Join the Declaration of Istanbul (DICG) Workshop with speakers from the UNODC: Trafficking in Persons for Organ Removal. Register here 👉 bit.ly/3yxZJev #OrganTrafficking #Transplantation #OrganDonation @DoICustodianGp

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Webinar this Friday 📣 Join the Declaration of Istanbul (DICG) Workshop with speakers from the UNODC: Trafficking in Persons for Organ Removal. Register here 👉 bit.ly/3yxZJev #OrganTrafficking #Transplantation #OrganDonation @DoICustodianGp

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Call for abstracts 📣 IPITA-IXA-CTRMS Joint Congress abstract and scientific congress award submissions are now open! Abstract Submission Deadline: April 13, 2023

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Save the date - April 25 - Join the CTRMS webinar on "How to Grow a Regenerative Medicine Society on the International Stage" with Giuseppe Orlando, Alice Tomei, Anthony Weiss, and Jacques Galipeau. #RegenerativeMedicine #TransplantationTwitter

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ICYMI - Have you heard about the TTS Research Grants Program? TTS will provide funding to three individual investigators to support their research in transplantation. 💸 📖 🔬 Find more info 👉 bit.ly/3Tf9mrK #researchgrants #transplantation

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Don't miss this week's #TTSPulse for the latest #transplantation news, webinar and congress updates, and @TransplantJrnl top published picks. Read here 👀 👉 bit.ly/3TrnWNh #transplanttwitter #transplantation #organdonation

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Have you heard about the TTS Research Grants Program? TTS will provide funding to three individual investigators to support their research in transplantation. 💸 📖 🔬 Find more info 👉 bit.ly/3Tf9mrK #researchgrants #transplantation

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Will you be at WCN in Bangkok? TTS President Elmi Muller and TTS Executive Director Marcelle McPhaden will be attending and would love to meet you! Email us at initiatives@tts.org for details! @ISNkidneycare #KidneyDisease #Bangkok

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Webinar announcement 📣 Join the Declaration of Istanbul (DICG) Workshop with speakers from the UNODC: Trafficking in Persons for Organ Removal. Register here 👉 bit.ly/3yxZJev #OrganTrafficking #Transplantation #OrganDonation @DoICustodianGp

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Women in Transplantation @WIT_TTS is now accepting applications for its Early Career Trainees - Pillars Initiative. If you're interested in advancing and inspiring women transplant professionals, as well as advocating for equity in transplantation, DM us for more info.

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Deadline tomorrow 📣 March 8. Early-bird registration for IPITA/HSCI/JDRF Summit on Stem Cell Derived Beta Cells closes March 8. Register today 👉 betacells.org #TranplantTwitter #BetaCells #Transplantation #StemCell

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Call for abstracts 📣 IPITA-IXA-CTRMS Joint Congress abstract and scientific congress award submissions are now open! More info 👉 bit.ly/3k4w60J Abstract Deadline: April 13 Award Application Deadline: May 5

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TTS offers our continued support to the people affected by the devastating earthquake in Syria and Turkey. Please read this special report from TTS Past-President Mehmet Haberal 👉 bit.ly/3xWQiol #Earthquake #TransplantTwitter #TurkeyQuake #Syria_earthquake

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If you missed the joint TTS / @ISNkidneycare webinar on "COVID-19 Lessons Learned and Impact on Solid Organ Transplantation," watch the recording here 👉 bit.ly/3YViuDK #COVID19 #KidneyDisease #KidneyCare #Transplantation

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Check out this week's #TTSPulse for a report from Mehmet Haberal about the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Israel, as well as webinar and event announcements, @TransplantJrnl highlights, and transplantation news. Read here 👉 bit.ly/3XU44mx #TransplantTwitter

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Did you miss the IRTA webinar on "Physical Activity – Role in Intestinal Failure and Transplantation and Role for Guidelines"? Learn about the role physical activity plays in intestinal failure in pediatric transplantation. Watch here 👉 bit.ly/3ScATtI @IptaPedsTx

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Webinar tomorrow 📣 Don't miss the Asian WIT webinar on "Gender Inequity in Career Development in Transplantation in Asia." Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/3DxHRmU @womeninnephro @WIT_TTS #WomenInMedicine #ILookLikeaSurgeon

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#PTA2023 is a few weeks away! Join @IptaPedsTx to hear the latest scientific research in all fields of pediatric transplantation including organ donation and ethics. It's not too late to register! Learn more 👉 ipta2023.org #TransplantTwitter #Pediatrics #Austin

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Call for abstracts 📣 IPITA-IXA-CTRMS Joint Congress abstract and scientific congress award submissions are now open! More info 👉 bit.ly/3k4w60J Abstracts Due: April 13 Award Apps Due: May 5 #TransplantTwitter #SanDiego

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Don't miss this week's #TTSPulse for the latest #transplantation news, webinar and congress updates, and @TransplantJrnl top published picks. Read here 👀 👉bit.ly/3Eix3cG #TransplantTwitter #LiverDisease #OrganDonation #KidneyDisease

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ICYMI 📣 Join the Asian WIT upcoming webinar on "Gender Inequity in Career Development in Transplantation in Asia" on Feb. 23. Read more about this webinar 👉 bit.ly/3Hu832M Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/3DxHRmU

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Webinar tomorrow! Don't miss the IRTA webinar on "Physical Activity – Role in Intestinal Failure and Transplantation and Role for Guidelines" - tomorrow, Feb 14 at 12 PM ET. Sign Up 👉 bit.ly/3IS1Ik5

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📣 Don't miss tomorrow's joint TTS / @ISN webinar on "COVID-19 Lessons Learned and Impact on Solid Organ Transplantation." Sign Up 👉 bit.ly/3JrQhzL Scheduled tomorrow, Monday, 13 Feb at 11 am ET.

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Check out this week's #TTSPulse for the latest webinar announcements, @TransplantJrnl highlighted articles, meeting updates, and more! 👀 👉 bit.ly/3RVORzN

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ICYMI - Are you a TTS member? Please take our Needs Assessment Survey and help us better serve you! Take the survey here 👉 bit.ly/3vGDKAx

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Looking to network and learn from your transplantation colleagues? Check out the upcoming meetings in 2023 👉 bit.ly/3Z8SZQ5 #TransplantTwitter #Meetings #LearningAndDevelopment #Transplantation #kidneydisease @IptaPedsTx @SPLIT_TTS

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Webinar announcement 📣 Join the Asian WIT upcoming webinar on "Gender Inequity in Career Development in Transplantation in Asia" on Feb. 23. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3Hu832M Sign up 👉 bit.ly/3DxHRmU #TransplantTwitter @WIT_TTS

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ICYMI - Join IRTA's upcoming webinar "Physical Activity – Role in Intestinal Failure and Transplantation and Role for Guidelines." Scheduled Feb 14, 12 pm (ET) More info 👉 bit.ly/3IS1Ik5

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Abstracts due TOMORROW, Feb. 3, for the summit on Stem Cell Derived Beta Cells, held by International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (IPITA) and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI). Learn more 👉 betacells.org

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Webinar announcement 📣 Don't miss the joint TTS / @ISNkidneycare webinar on "COVID-19 Lessons Learned and Impact on Solid Organ Transplantation." Scheduled Monday, 13 Feb at 11 am ET. Sign Up 👉 bit.ly/3JrQhzL

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Looking for transplantation news? Check out the latest #TTSPulse to find meeting updates and deadlines, important webinars to attend, @TransplantJrnl news and more! Read It here 👀 👉 bit.ly/3JnVSqP #TransplantTwitter #TransplantWebinars #TransplantMeetings #Organ

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Don't miss this upcoming webinar by IRTA - Physical Activity – Role in Intestinal Failure and Transplantation and Role for Guidelines on Feb 14. More info 👉 bit.ly/3IS1Ik5 #TransplantTwitter #Transplantation #IntestinalFailure

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Abstract submission now open for the summit on Stem Cell Derived Beta Cells, held by International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (@IPITAgroup ) and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (@harvardstemcell). Abstracts due Jan. 27. Learn more 👉 betacells.org

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