December 5, 2025 | Southwest Transplant Alliance Legacy Center, 8190 Manderville Lane, Dallas, TX 75231
Overview:
Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) is a procurement technique that increases the viability and quality of organs recovered from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors. Abdominal NRP (A-NRP) is a procurement strategy that perfuses only the abdominal organs and has the ability to expand beyond the traditional TA-NRP donor pool. Baylor University Medical Center and Southwest Transplant Alliance have partnered to successfully create a robust A-NRP program with standard policies and procedures, that has led to increased DCD organ utilization. This part didactic, part hands on workshop will teach attendees how to start and sustain an A-NRP program and how to develop strong collaborative A-NRP protocols and policies.
Who Should Attend:
Abdominal transplant and procurement surgeons, OPO clinical leadership and staff, perfusionists, and any clinician or administrative staff interested in learning more about utilizing A-NRP for organ recoveries.
Objectives:
Questions? Contact Education@asts.org.
Registration for this event is now officially closed as we are at full capacity. Thank you for your interest.
| Member: Associate/Trainee | $399 |
| Member: Regular | $499 |
| Non-Member | $599 |
Registrations cancelled by November 24 will receive a full refund minus a $100 fee. Cancellation requests must be made in writing to education@asts.org. After November 24, no refunds will be allowed.
Book your room at the Hilton Garden Inn Dallas North Central Expressway!
Address: 10350 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75231
ASTS hotel room block is limited at a special rate of $109+/night. The rate is available until November 6 or until the room block has been sold out.
By Phone: Reserve your room by phone at 214-696-3000 and reference the ASTS A-NRP Workshop.
Online: Reserve your room online by clicking here.
| 7:15 AM | Registration and breakfast | |
| 7:45 AM | Welcome | |
| 8:00 AM | Financial and Operational Consideration for A-NRP Program Implementation | Giuliano Testa, MD, MBA, FACS |
| 8:30 AM | OPO A-NRP Perspective: Hospital Outreach, Protocol Development, and Authorization Practices | Bradley Adams, JD, CPA |
| 9:00 AM | How to Start and Grow an Abdominal NRP Program | Anji Wall, MD, PhD, FACS |
| 9:30 AM | OR Set Up, Cannulation Techniques, and Troubleshooting | Kara Monday, MD, FACS |
| 10:00 AM | Panel Discussion and Q&A | Moderators:
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| 10:30 AM | Nuts and Bolts of Perfusion | Abdul Aziz Murad |
| 11:00 AM | Preoperative and Intraoperative Decision-Making for Liver Acceptance | Adeel Khan, MD, FACS |
| 11:30 AM | Combined Thoracic Rapid Recovery and Abdominal NRP | Aleem Siddique, MBBS, FACS |
| 12:00 PM | Combining NRP and Ex-Situ Machine Perfusion | Yanik Bababekov, MD |
| 12:30 PM | Panel Discussion and Q&A | Moderator: |
| 12:45 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:45 PM | Afternoon Wet Lab Kick-Off with NRP Stations and Ex-Situ Machine Perfusion Stations Groups will rotate through all five lab stations in different orders. | Anji Wall, MD Kara Monday, MD |
| Lab 1: Non-Perfused Cannulation Station | Anji Wall, MD | |
| Lab 2: Perfused Cannulation Station | Amar Gupta, MD Juan Danobeitia, MD | |
| Lab 3: Wet to Wet Review of Cannulae/Balloons | Kara Monday, MD Michael de Vera, MD | |
| Lab 4: Arterial Line and Root Vents | Eric Martinez, MD Yanik Bababekov, MD | |
| Lab 5: Perfusion Set Up and Mayo Set Up, Pulling Lines | Abdul Murad Saulat Sheikh, MD | |
| 4:45 PM | Wrap-Up Q&A and Adjourn | Adeel Khan, MD Yanik Bababekov, MD |