Joint SATA/ILTS Perioperative Care in Liver Transplantation Meeting

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Please join us on October 18th for the 2024 Perioperative Care in Liver Transplantation meeting, jointly organized by the International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS) and the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA) at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jefferson University – Jefferson Alumni Hall
Eakins Lounge
1020 Locust St. Philadelphia, PA, 19107 Map

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Registration feesBefore October 18, 2024On October 18, 2024
ILTS and SATA members (SCA, SOCCA)$150$180
Non-members$200$250
Reduced fee for non-physician attendees$100$120

2024 ILTS/SATA Perioperative Care in Liver Transplantation

7:15 am – 7:50 amRegistration
7:50 am – 8:00 amWelcome and Introduction
8:00 am – 8:55 amNew Standards of Care for LT recipients and donors
Moderators: Marina Moguilevitch – Montefiore Medical Center, NY, USA
Natalie Smith – Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
8:00 am – 8:15 amLiving donation for patients with porto-pulmonary hypertension
Andrew Gold – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
8:15 am – 8:30 amHow do we treat hepato-pulmonary syndrome?
Sergio Navarrete – MedStar-Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C., USA
8:30 am – 8:45 amStandards for Donor Care worldwide
Varun Goyal – University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA
8:45 am – 8:55 amDiscussion
8:55 am – 9:15 amBreak
9:15 am – 10:10 amPerioperative Management Challenges
Moderators: Eva Rivas – Barcelona Clinic, Barcelona, Spain Marina Gitman – University of Miami, FL, USA
9:15 am – 9:30 amLiver transplantation for patients on anticoagulation
Linda Liu – UCSF, San-Francisco, CA, USA
9:30 am – 9:45 amThe role of the perfusionist in transplantation
Kathryn Gray – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
9:45 am – 10:00 amPerioperative pain management and fast track anesthesia
Michael Ander -Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA
10:00 am – 10:10 amDiscussion
10:10 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 11:30 amPro/Con Debate:
Moderators: Govind Randgrass – St. Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
Christine Nguyen-Barkley – UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
10:30 am – 10:50 amPro: We should do machine perfusion for all LT, not just DCD
Eduardo Fernandes – Clinic, Weston, FL, USA
10:50 am – 11:10 amCon: Machine perfusion for all LT is not necessary, even for DCD
Erika Fagelman – Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
11:10 am – 11:20 amDiscussion
11:20 am – 1:00 pmLunch Break and Workshops
1:00 pm – 2:00 pmCase Presentations
Moderators: Ryan Chadha – Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Coridalia Wald – University of Massachusetts, MA, USA
1:00 pm – 1:30 pmCase 1: Ryan Nazemian – University of Massachusetts, MA, USA
1:30 pm – 2:00 pmCase 2: Elizabeth Townsend – University of Wisconsin, WI, USA
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Break
2:15 pm – 3:15 pmILTS Cardiovascular Special Interest Group (SIG)
Moderators: Taylor Lloyd – MGH, Boston, MA, USA
Christopher Wray – UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2:15 pm – 2:30 pmLVOT obstruction (dynamic + anatomical): When is it too much?
Jacek Cywinski – Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
2:30 pm – 3:00 pmCCTA should replace the stress test for pre-transplant cardiac evaluation of liver transplant candidates (Pro/Con)
Pro: Dempsey Hughes – Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Con: Sahi S. Banka – Jefferson Einstein Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
3:00 pm – 3:15 pmEstablishing cardiac risk for liver transplant candidate: the building and implementation of an algorithm
Stephen Possick – Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
3:15 pm – 3:30 pmDiscussion
3:30 pm – 3:45 pmBreak
3:45 pm – 4:40 pmSearching for Ways to Improve Outcome
Moderators:
Thomas Verbeek – Penn State University, Hershey, PA, USA
Fuat Saner – King Faisal Specialised Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh/KSA
3:45 pm – 4:00 pmAre we running out of indications for liver transplants now that hepatitis C is gone?
Hoteit Maarouf – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
4:00 pm – 4:15 pmDoes it really matter? How anesthesiologists affect outcome
Samuel Demaria – Mount Sinai, NY, USA
4:15 pm – 4:30 pmDo we care about fibrinolysis? Antifibrinolytics, cryoprecipitate, PCC and thrombosis?
Uzung Yoon – Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
4:30 pm – 4:40 pmDiscussion
4:40 pm – 5:15 pmThe Future of Liver Transplantation
Moderator: Dmitri Bezinover – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
4:40 pm – 4:55 pmXenotransplantation
Emily Vail – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
4:55 pm – 5:05 pmThe future of ILTS: A message from the ILTS President
Nazia Selzner – University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
5:05 pm – 5:15 pmClosing remarks
Gebhard Wagener – Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

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