SPLIT-TTS Virtual Meeting - A Huge Success!
On October 1, 2020, SPLIT and TTS co-hosted SPLIT’s 1st Virtual Annual Meeting with support and sponsorship from Astellas and Plexision. The meeting was a huge success! Over 400 participants from 6 continents and 20 countries participated. It was a true multi-disciplinary conference with representatives from hepatology, nephrology, cardiology, surgery, anesthesia, infectious diseases, intensive care, interventional radiology, rehabilitation, nursing and nutrition as well as transplant recipients and their family and friends. Excellent talks were delivered on timely topics in transplantation including COVID-19, transplant for small babies, ABO incompatible liver transplant, use of surveillance biopsies, sarcopenia, segmental graft use, acute liver failure and hepatopulmonary system (recordings of these talks as well as Session 2 Q and A responses are now available HERE). There was also a break-out educational session for current and upcoming transplant fellows to provide guidance on interviewing, mentorship and job opportunities. We look forward to SPLIT 2021.
TTS 2020 Virtual Congress - Thank You!
TRANSPLANTATION - WEEK'S MOST DOWNLOADED PAPER
ISN-TTS Webinar: Donor/Recipient pair - Risks vs. Gains - Cancer
Women in Transplantation Virtual Event – October 21, 2020
Join WIT and ASHI for a virtual presentation by Dr. Lara Danziger-Isakov (Director, Immunocompromised Host Infectious Disease; Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics) on "Uneven Ground: Finding Your Feet during a Pandemic".
The event will be co-moderated by Dr. Elaine Reed (Woman Leader in Transplantation Award Winner 2020 and ex WIT Chair) and Dr. Roslyn Mannon (WIT Co-Chair).
Click here to register for the event
FREE REGISTRATION for WIT & TTS Members!
You will receive an email to confirm that your interest has been registered and will receive precise details on how to access the event closer to the time.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS IDENTIFIED BY TTS EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON COVID-19
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATES
INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE
Dear Members,
Researchers at McGill University are currently conducting a study entitled LIST-COVID-19 to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on transplantation activity, volumes and immunosuppression practices on a global scale. The study will also help better understand the current and anticipated risks to transplantation during the pandemic and inform clinical practice during the “ramp-up” phase. The Transplantation Society is supporting the project, as well as several National and International Societies.
They are looking for physicians who take care of patients with a solid organ transplant to take a 10-15 minute survey on behalf of their center and program. Please note this is not a patient registry and no specific patient-level data is being collected. Please be assured they will only perform a collective analysis of the survey questions and no personal information identifying the participants will be divulged. The survey responses will be confidential. If you are interested in participating, please contact them at the emails listed below.
Investigators: Shaifali Sandal, MD and Marcelo Cantarovich, MD
Contact: shaifali.sandal@mcgill.ca and marcelo.cantarovich@muhc.mcgill.ca
The Transplantation Society (TTS) and our journal Transplantation have developed online resources to keep you informed on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
- TTS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard
www.tts.org/covid-19 - Transplantation Global Transplantation COVID Report
www.tts.org/txjcovid19
We are also requesting contributions and news from the transplant community to be sent to covid-19@tts.org for inclusion on our resources page.
In this dashboard, you will find links to TTS and other global and regional resources, as well as interactive maps, publications and webinars. We encourage you to explore this dashboard and share with your colleagues.
Editors and contributors to Transplantation have shared their thoughts on how they are dealing with the current crisis. While we understand that the information of today may be quite different tomorrow in this fast-moving pandemic, this report will open our forum of an international exchange on COVID for the transplant community.
Website - www.tts.org/txjcovid19
Please send your own contributions and news to covid-19@tts.org for inclusion on our resources page.
IN THE NEWS
A BREAKTHROUGH ON THE HORIZON: HUMANS COULD BEGIN RECEIVING TRANSPLANTED PIG HEARTS BY 2021
Oct. 8 - After years of dedicated research, surgeons could be transplanting pig hearts into humans within the next year, according to a new analysis published in Circulation.
SILK FIBERS IMPROVE BIOINK FOR 3D-PRINTED ARTIFICIAL TISSUES AND ORGANS
Oct. 8 - Researchers processed silk fibers into a versatile component of bioink for 3D cell printing technology. Printed objects retain their shape better than those produced without the silk additive, and the cells are not further damaged. This development will help advance regenerative medicine and drug discovery, and potentially reinvigorate the silk industry.
FECAL TRANSPLANT SAFE, EFFECTIVE FOR C. DIFFICILE THROUGH SIX MONTHS
Oct. 6 - Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is effective for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) through six months and has a good safety profile, according to a study published online Oct. 1 in Gastroenterology.
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAS PERFORMED THE WORLD’S FIRST HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANT OF A COVID-19 PATIENT
Oct. 9 - Vanderbilt University Medical Center revealed that a COVID-19 patient was the recipient of a heart-lung transplant at the hospital, located in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sept. 24, 2020 - marking “the world’s first dual heart-lung transplant of a COVID-19 patient.”
UPCOMING MEETINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
3rd IPITA/JDRF/HSCI Virtual Summit on Stem Cell Derived Beta Cells
The International Pancreas & Islet Transplant Association (IPITA) Conference Organizing Committee is committed to bringing the community together virtually.
International Transplantation Science Meeting (ITS 2021)
IPITA-IXA-CTRMS Joint Congress
FOCIS 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting
TTS members are invited to attend the FOCIS 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting – THE meeting in translational immunology!
The Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies exists to improve human health through immunology.
The FOCIS 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting on October 28-31, 2020, brings together an interdisciplinary group of world-renowned physicians and researchers to share the latest findings on diseases impacting the immune system.
Asian Transplantation Week (ATW) 2020
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