Dear colleagues and friends,

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the next ISVCA meeting in Taiwan May 8th- 9th 2027.

ISVCA meetings are being held every second year in different parts of the world. The previous meeting was in Helsinki last summer and before that in Los Angeles in 2023. The first time the ISVCA meeting was in Asia was in 2019 In New Delhi. For the first time our meeting is going to be in Far-East Asia.

ISVCA biennial meetings gather the experts on the field of reconstructive allotransplantation. Including hand and upper extremity, face, abdominal wall, larynx, urogenital and other novel allotransplantations. This time we will also have a session for uterus transplantation. The meeting will cover clinical, scientific as well as psychosocial aspects of reconstructive allotransplantation.

Our society is small but it lies on the cutting edge of medicine. We have made possible to help those patients that have previously been beyond help. We have overcome huge obstacles in surgery, immunology as well as in social acceptance. This meeting will be intense and highly focused with all the expertise in the world in one room.

Since Asia is the rising area of the world in reconstructive allotransplantation Taiwan is the perfect country for our next meeting. I hope to see you in Taipei!

Patrik Lassus
President of ISVCA