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2019 CEoT Program

 

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Updated on 02/06/2019


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Thursday, February 21, 2019


12:30 PM                            

Welcome Remarks

Anil Chandraker, MD, FASN, FAST, FRCP

Kenneth Newell, MD, PhD, FAST

 

12:45 – 2:00 PM              

Satellite Lunch Symposium Presented by One Lambda Inc., A Thermo Fischer Scientific Brand†

This is not an official function of the CEoT meeting and is not endorsed by the AST.

 

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM         

Session 1:  Personalized Medicine – How Do We Catch Up? *

Moderators:  Michelle Josephson, MD

Kenneth Newell, MD, PhD, FAST

2:00 PM                      The Role of the Intestinal Microbiome in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

                                   Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD                     

2:20 PM                      Use of Genetic Information to Direct Personalized Care of Individuals with Cardiovascular Disease

                                   Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD

2:40 PM                      What Are the Barriers and Opportunities to Developing Technology to Direct the Personalized Care of the Transplant Recipient?

                                   Allan Kirk, MD, PhD, FACS

3:00 PM                      Dicussion

 

Break

 

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM      

Session 2: Shark Tank: George Lucas Foresees the Future of Transplantation – All Things Omics

Moderators:   Kenneth Newell, MD, PhD, FAST

Roslyn Mannon, MD, FASN, FAST

4:00 PM                       The Force is in the Blood

                         Minnie Sarwal, MD, MRCP, FRCP, DCH, PhD

4:20 PM                      The Force is in the Urine

                         Peter Heeger, MD

4:40 PM                      The Force is in the cf DNA

                         Roy Bloom, MD

5:00 PM                      The Force is in the Tissue

                                    Michael Mengel, MD

5:20 PM                      Discussion         

 

5:45 PM – 7:30 PM         

Poster Walk & Reception

                          

                    

Friday, February 22, 2019


7:30 AM – 10:15 AM     

Session 3: Select One of Three Sessions

Option 1

Personalized Organ Allocation - The Right Organ, For the Right Recipient, at the Right Time*

Moderators:  Richard Formica, MD

Jon Friedman, MD, FAST

When the Clock is Ticking

7:30 AM                      Brevity Matching for Kidney Transplant

              Richard Formica, MD  

7:45 AM                      Who Can Tolerate a Marginal Donor Graft?

              David Foley, MD, FACS 

8:00 AM                      Expedited/Batch Allocation for Kidney

              John Friedewald, MD, FAST

8:15 AM                      Expedited/Batch Allocation for Liver

              David Foley, MD, FACS

Only If You Have a Living Donor 

8:45 AM                      Who is the Optimal Recipient for a Living Donor Liver Transplant?

             Giuliano Testa, MD, MBA, FACS       

9:00 AM                      Which Recipients Should Only Receive a Living Donor Kidney Transplant?

              John Gill, MD, MS

Organ Transplantation Is Not Appropriate for You

9:15 AM                      Who Will Not Benefit from a Kidney Transplant?

              Dierdre Sawinski, MD, FAST        

9:30 AM                      Who Will Not Benefit from Liver Transplantation?

              Kim Brown, MD

9:45 AM                      Discussion

Option 2

Heart Track: To Infinity and Beyond - Moving Past the Biopsy in Heart Transplantation*

Moderators:  Jon Kobashigawa, MD

MaryJane Farr, MD

8:15 AM                      Donor Derived Cell Free DNA - Has the Answer Been There All Along?

              Kiran Khush, MD

8:35 AM                      Epigenetics - Does miRNA Ask the Right Questions?

                                   Palak Shah, MD, MS

8:55 AM                      Gene Expression Profiling - Advantages and Disadvantages of Monitoring Immune Activity Rather Than Injury

                                   Geetha Bhat, MD, PhD, FACC, FAST, FHFSA

9:15 AM                      Measuring Immunoresponsiveness - What Tools Do We Have in Our Arsenal?

              Shelley Hall, MD

9:35 AM                      Molecular Signals of Intragraft Rejection:  Is INTERHEART true NORTH?   

                                   Phillip Halloran, MD, PhD

9:55 AM                      Discussion          

Option 3

Lung Track: Who's Monitoring the Monitor in Lung Transplantation Rejection Surveillance? *

Moderators:  Sangeeta Bhorade, MD

Marty Zamora, MD

8:15 AM                      Donor Derived Cell Free DNA - Has the Answer Been There All Along?

             Mark Nicolls, MD

8:35 AM                      Molecular Signals of Intragraft Rejection - Is INTERLUNG the Answer?

              Phillip Halloran, MD, PhD

8:55 AM                      Epigenetics - Does miRNA Ask the Right Questions?

                                   Thalachallour Mohanakumar, PhD

9:15 AM                      Gene Expression Profiling - Advantages and Disadvantages of Monitoring Risk Rather Than Injury

                                   Sangeeta Bhorade, MD

9:35 AM                      Measuring Immunoresponsiveness - What Tools Do We Have in Our Arsenal?

                                   Jeffrey Edelman, MD

9:55 AM                      Discussion  

 

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM   

Session 4:  Select One of Three Sessions

Option 1    

With all Our Drugs Why Can’t We Develop Evidence-Based, Individualized Immunosuppression? *

Moderators:  John Gill, MD, MS

Andrew Adams, MD, PhD

10:30 AM                    Precision Medicine and Not Individualized Therapy is Required for Successful Novel Drug Development

              Flavio Vincenti, MD

10:50 AM                    Belatacept - A Lesson in Personalized Immunosuppression

              Andrew Adams, MD, PhD

11:10 AM                    Biomarkers to Assess Risk and Guide Immunosuppression in Kidney Transplantation

                                   Peter Heeger, MD

11:30 AM                    Biomarkers of Rejection and Tolerance in Liver Transplantation

                                   Josh Levitsky, MD, MS

11:50 AM                    Panel Discussion

Option 2

Heart Track: Customized Immunosuppression - Why Didn't I Think of That? *

Moderators:  Shelley Hall, MD

Geetha Bhat, MD, PhD, FACC, FAST, FHFSA

10:30 AM                    To Treat or Not to Treat - What Induction Therapy is Beneficial?

              David Nelson, MD         

10:50 AM                    Circulating Antibodies - What, When, Why to Use Desensitization Therapy?

              Jignesh Patel, MD, PhD

11:10 AM                    Using Genomics to Guide Immunosuppression Therapy

              David Baran, MD                                            

11:30 AM                    Cardiac iBox to Assess Rejection Risk and Customized Immunosuppression           

              Alexandre Loupy, MD, PhD

11:50 AM                    Immune Approach to Primary Graft Dysfunction

              Barry Fine, MD, PhD

12:10 PM                    Discussion

Option 3

Lung Track: Individualizing Immunosuppression - Will We Get There in Lung Transplantation?*

Moderators: Marie Budev, DO, MPH

Daniel Dilling, MD

10:30 AM                    To Treat or Not to Treat - Which Patients May Benefit from Induction Therapy?

                                    Ramsey Hachem, MD

10:50 AM                    Renal Sparing Protocols - Minimizing Risk and Maximizing Benefit in Individual Patients

                                   Marie Budev, DO, MPH

11:10 AM                    Early CNI-Free Strategies and/or Eliminating the Antimetabolite - Balancing Safety and Efficacy

                                   Cynthia Gries, MD, MSc

11:30 AM                    Donor Specific Antibodies - Different (Immunosuppressive) Strokes for Different Folks

                                   Deborah Jo Levine, MD

11:50 AM                    Immune Approach to Primary Graft Dysfunction

              Ankit Bharat, MD

12:10 PM                    Discussion

 

Break

 

12:45 PM – 2:00 PM     

Satellite Lunch Symposium Presented by CareDx, Inc. †

This is not an official function of the CEoT meeting and is not endorsed by the AST.

 

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM         

AST Innovation Award Presentation

Dianne McKay, MD

 

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM         

Session 5: Personalized Aftercare – Can It Be That Hard? *

Moderators:  Roy Bloom, MD

Michelle Josephson, MD                          

2:30 PM                      From Many to One - Applying Big Data to the Individual Patient in Front of You

                                   Titte Srinivas, MD

2:50 PM                      Is the ibox as Good as a Crystal Ball or Better?

              Alexandre Loupy, MD, PhD

3:10 PM                      What Does Personalized Care Mean to Patients?

              Ulf Meier-Kriesche, MD, FAST

3:30 PM                      Discussion

 

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM         

Session 6: Persobalized Strategies to Improve Access and Outcomes in Patients of African Ancestry and Other Populations at Risk for a Poor Outcome*

Moderator: Neil Powe, MD, MPH, MBA

J. Keith Melancon, MD

4:00 PM                      Social Factors and Access to Transplantation in Populations at Risk for a Poor Outcome

                                   Jesse Schold, PhD, M. Stat, M. Ed

4:15 PM                      Biological Basis for Increased Risk of Graft Loss in AA - APOL1 and Beyond

                                   Jonah Odim, MBA, MD, PhD

4:30 PM                      Use of Contemporary Technologies to Improve At-Risk Candidate and Recipient Engagement

                                   Elisa Gordon, PhD, MPH

4:45 PM                      Liver Transplant Access in Underserved Populations - Opportunity for Targeted Interventions

                                   Juan Carlos Caicedo, MD

5:00 PM                      Taking House Calls to a New Level - Applying Telemedicine in Transplantation

              Marina Serper, MD, MS

5:15 PM                      Discussion

 

 

Saturday, February 23


7:00 AM – 8:15 AM        

Breakfast Symposium Presented by CSL Behring †

This is not an official function of the CEoT meeting and is not endorsed by the AST.

 

Break

 

8:30 AM – 10:30 AM     

Session 7: Select One of Two sessions

Option 1

Back to the Future – Beginning with HLA to Personalize Care*                                     

Moderator:  Anat Tambur, DMD, PhD

Mandy Ford, PhD, FAST

8:30 AM                      HLA Antibody Complement Based Assays

                                   Howard Gebel, PhD, D(ABHI)

                                   Robert Bray, PhD

8:50 AM                      HLA Antibody Attributes

                                   Nicole Valenzuela, PhD, D(ABHI)

9:10 AM                      Discussion

9:30 AM                      HLA Molecular Mismatch Assessment

                                   Peter Nickerson, MD, FRCPC

9:50 AM                      Discussion

10:00 AM                    Risk Assessment for Alloimmune Memory – Beyond Antibodies

                                   Mandy Ford, PhD, FAST

10:20 AM                    Discussion

Option 2

Thoracic Cases: Applying Personalized Medicine in the Real World of Thoracic Transplantation

Moderators:  Sangeeta Bhorade, MD

Kevin Shah, MD            

8:30 AM                      Treatment of the Sensitized Heart Patient Pre-Transplant - What's the Right Thing?

                                   Jignesh Patel, MD, PhD

                                   Kevin Shah, MD

8:50 AM                      Donor Specific Antibodies after Lung Transplantation

                                   Ramsey Hachem, MD

                                   Amit Bery, MD

9:10 AM                      CNI-Free Immunosuppression

                                   Kiran Khush, MD

                                   Yas Moayedi, MD

9:30 AM                      Primary Graft Dysfunction and Autoantibodies in Lung Transplantation

                                    Ankit Bharat, MD

                                   Chitaru Krihara, MD

9:50 AM                      PGD in a Heart Transplant Recipient

                                   MaryJane Farr, MD

                                   Kevin Clerkin, MD

10:10 AM                    Discussion

                               

Break

 

10:45 AM – 11:45 AM   

Keynote†

Matthew Albert, MD, PhD, ScB

Principal Scientist, Cancer Immunology, Genentech

 

Break to Get Lunch

 

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM      

Session 8: Transplant Center Practice – Is Variety the Spice of Life? *

Moderators:  John Gill, MD, MS

Nicole Turgeon, MD

12:00 PM                    Variability in Center Level Acceptance of Complex Patients

              Jesse Schold, PhD, M. Stat, M. Ed

12:30 PM                    The Centers of Excellence Model – Do They Work and How to Make Them Work

              Julio Montaner, MD

1:00 PM                      Discussion

 

 

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM         

Session 9: Trailblazers - Programs with Specialized Programs of Patient Care*

Moderator: Emily Blumberg, MD, FAST

1:30 PM                      Transplantation of Patients with Kidney Failure and Diabetes

              Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD

2:00 PM                      Bariatric Surgery for Morbid and Super Obese Transplant Candidates

              Julie Heimbach, MD

2:30 PM                      Desensitization to Increase Access for Highly Sensitized Patients

             Stanley Jordan, MD, FASN, FAST

3:00 PM                      Discussion

                                               

3:30 PM                              

Summary Heart/Lung Track

Jon Kobashigawa, MD

Sangeeta Bhorade, MD                                            

 

3:45 PM                               

Summary of Meeting/Closing

Anil Chandraker, MD, FASN, FAST, FRCP

Kenneth Newell, MD, PhD, FAST

 

5:00 PM                              

Closing Reception