The VCA for the Transplant Community - The Need and the Achieved (Debunking the Myths) webinar series is designed to broaden the interdisciplinary interaction between those involved in VCA and those involved in non VCA transplantation. The objective of this series is to share with the wider transplant community, through the AST membership and beyond, the current unmet needs that VCA aims to address.
On December 1, 2020, the AST VCA Advisory Council (VCA AC) hosted an AST/AJT Journal Club discussing the AJT article: “Vascularized composite allotransplantation in the United States: A retrospective analysis of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data after 5 years of the Final Rule” (doi.org/10.1111/ajt.16086). From the discussion, it was evident that there is a need to raise awareness in the transplant community about what VCA is, what unmet patient needs it addresses, and what it can deliver as well as the challenges and risks. The VCA AC used the feedback from this session to develop a 4-part webinar series to address the three most commonly performed VCAs to date (Face, Upper Extremity, and Uterus) as well as one providing the international perspective for these transplants. In August 2023, the VCA AC has expanded the series to include new videos on "head and neck" VCA.
Webinar #1: "Uterus Transplantation"
Presented by Dr. Elizabeth Stewart (Mayo Clinic Alix College of Medicine) and Dr. Liza Johannesson (Baylor University Medical Center), and moderated by Dr. Paige Porrett (University of Alabama at Birmingham). Recorded live on Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
View On-demandWebinar #2: "Upper Extremity Transplantation"
Presented by Dr. Scott Levin (Penn Medicine) and Ms. Diane Atkins (Baylor College of Medicine), and moderated by Dr. Jaimie Shores (John Hopkins University School of Medicine). Recorded live on Friday, January 7th, 2022.
View On-demandWebinar #3: "Face Transplantation"
Presented by Dr. Samir Mardini (Mayo Clinic in Rochester) and Dr. Bohdan Pomahac (Yale School of Medicine), and moderated by Dr. Rolf Barth (University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences). Recorded live on Tuesday, June 21st, 2022, with additional content provided in Fall 2022.
View On-demandWebinar #4: "The International Perspective"
Presented by Dr. Patrik Lassus (Helsinki University Hospital, Finland), Dr. Subramania Iyer (Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, India), and Dr. Ibrahim Natalwala (Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom), and moderated by Dr. Linda Cendales (Duke University Medical Center). Recorded live on Tuesday, July 12th, 2022.
View On-demandWebinar #5: "Laryngeal Transplantation"
Presented by Dr. David Lott, MD (Mayo Clinic), and moderated by Dr. Eric Genden, MD (Mount Sinai). Recorded live on Monday, August 8th, 2023.
View On-demandWebinar #6: "Parathyroid Transplantation"
Presented by Dr. Karen Devon (Women's College Hospital, Toronto), Dr. Afshan Zahedi (Women's College Hospital, Toronto), and Dr. Kathryn Tinckam (University Health Network, Toronto), and moderated by Dr. Randall Owen (Mount Sinai, New York). Recorded live on Monday, October 2nd, 2023.
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