This manuscript titled The Elusive Definition of Type 2 Diabetes in the Context of Pancreas Transplantation: Summary of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association Pre-Congress Meeting is a review article published in Transplantation that summarizes the presentations and discussions from the pre-congress meeting titled Definition and listing guidelines for pancreas transplantation in type 2 diabetes mellitus: don’t hype the type from the 19th World Congress of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association held in Pisa, Italy in June, 2025.

The topics covered include diabetes endotyping, a definition of T2DM for publication, research, registries, and program monitoring, appropriate listing criteria for patients with T2DM, outcomes of kidney transplantation alone in recipients with T2DM, and expanded candidate criteria for pancreas transplantation in patients with T2DM.