Welcome
Burcin Ekser, MD, PhD

12:15 PM

Health Disparities in Tribal Communities
Ryan Southworth, DO

The Evolving Role of OPOs in a Changing Environment
Moderated by: Julie Heimbach, MD & Tamer Shaker, MD

Future of OPO in the Era of CMS Metrics
Harry Wilkins, MD

Centralized DCD to Maximize Organ Donation & Allocation
Doug Butler, MBA, RN

What Can the American Board Surgery Offer Transplant Surgeons
Moderated by: Kim Olthoff, MD & Mike Rizzari, MD

ABS Intro & Explanation
Kim Olthoff, MD

Panel Discussion
Amy Evenson, MD
Kim Olthoff, MD
Jennifer Verbesey, MD

Oral Abstract Session I
Moderated by: Marc Melcher, MD, PhD

Programmatic Normothermic Machine Perfusion Improves Liver Transplant Waitlist Outcomes for Patients with Lower MELD Scores: A Multi-Center Study
Sangeeta Satish, MD

Alpha-Gal-KO Xenothymokidney Function in a Living Human Recipient with a Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support Device
Imad Aljabban, MD

Public Perceptions of Organ Donation by Determination of Death & Procurement Technique
Anji Wall, MD, PhD

Out of Sequence Liver Transplants: A Nationwide Analysis of Organ Utilization & Allocation Equity
Glenn Wakam, MD

Break

Najarian Lecture
David K.C. Cooper, MD, PhD

Novel Approaches in Transplant
Moderated by: Burcin Ekser, MD, PhD & Varvara Kirchner, MD

Everything Robotic: Robotic Donor Hepatectomy & Robotic Liver Transplant: World Largest Experience
Dieter Broering, MD, PhD, FEBS, FACS

Clinical Renal Xenotransplantation - The First Living Recipient & Current Challenges
Tatsuo Kawai, MD

Flip the Liver: Reduced Left Lateral & Monosegment Liver Transplants in Pediatric Recipients with Long Term Outcomes
Deniz Balci, MD

Applications of AI in Transplantation
Mamatha Bhat, MD, PhD

Optimizing Transplant Outcomes from Older Donors
Stefan Tullius, MD, PhD

Poster Session A
Location: Akimel Ballroom

Breakfast
Location: Akimel Ballroom

Advanced Transplant Provider Session
Location: Kave 1
Moderated by: Hailey Kessler, PA-C & Amy Ambrosini, AGACNP-BC, MSN, CCRN

APP Committee Updates & Welcome!
Heidi Sarumi, PA-C, MMS

We Are Burned Out, Now What?
Linday Powell, MSN, DNP, FNP-C, BSN, ACNP-C

Assessing the Impact of Health Literacy Interventions on Post-Transplant Outcomes
Colleen Chime Karkhang, CNP

Transplant Oncology: Current Indications & Future Directions
Kaitlyn Musto, MS, PA-C, MSPAS

Simultaneous Heart Kidney Transplant vs Safety Net Kidney after Heart Transplant
Loretta Phillips, NP

Normothermic Regional Perfusion: The Who’s, What’s, Where’s, When’s, Why’s & How’s
Georgeine Smith, MS, PA-C, MHS

APPs in Liver Transplant: Perception, Implementation & Effect
Sarah Nargiso, PA-C

Delayed Not Denied Graft Function – Strategies to Optimize Outcomes
Kimberly Sureau, DNP, APRN-BC, CCRN, RN

Increasing Access to Living Kidney Donation through Standardization & Removing Barriers
Dianne LaPointe Rudow, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN

About Face: Current Issues & Clinical Advances in VCA Facial Transplantation
Bruce Gelb, MD

Session A: So You Want to Be a Mentor?
Location: Komatke A/B/C/D
Moderated by: Anthony Watkins, MD, Kristina Lemon, MD & Katherine Klingenberg, PA-C, MMS

Becoming a Mentor & Staying a Mentor through the Years
David Mulligan, MD

Introduction to Cross Mentorship - Mentoring at All Levels
James Guarerra, MD, FACS

How to Engage with Mentees. Where Do You Start?
Rachel Forbes, MD, MBA, FACS

How the ATP Committee Has Grown Mentorship in ASTS
Katie Brodahl, PA-C, MPAS

Session B: Pancreas Transplantation: Improving Our Workforce, Training, and Mentorship
Location: Komatke E/F
Moderated by: Ken Chavin, MD, PhD, MBA & David Aufhauser, MD

Pancreas Procurement & Backbench
Karthak Ramanathan, MD

Training Future Pancreas Transplant Surgeons
Ty Dunn, MD, MS

Post-Operative Management of Pancreas Transplant Recipients
Jon Odorico, MD

Islet Transplantation: Current Updates & FDA Approval in the United States
Piotr Witkowski, MD, PhD

Session A: LDLT Training and Certification – Is It Time To Move Forward?
Location: Komatke A/B/C/D
Moderated by: Liz Pomfret, MD, PhD, FACS & Madhukar Patel, MD, MBA, ScM

How Did We Do It?
Abhinav Humar, MD

Utilizing Innovative Techniques? Can We Go Virtual?
Adeel Khan, MD

Who is Responsible for Certification Oversight & Quality Metrics?
Tim Pruett, MD

Session B: No Kidneys Left Behind
Location: Komatke E/F
Moderated by: Jacqueline Garonzik Wang, MD, PhD, FACS & Tamer Shaker, MD

HBV & HCV to Naive
Kristina Lemon, MD

Peds En Bloc/Dual Kidneys
Obi Ekwenna, MD, FACS

How to Handle High KDPI/Bad Biopsies or Pump Numbers
Nitin Katariya, MD

Transplant Oncology
Location: Komatke A/B/C/D
Moderated by: Arpit Amin, MD, & Varvara Kirchner, MD

Liver Transplantation for Colorectal Liver Metastasis in the US & World
Roberto Hernandez, MD

Role of Liver & Multivisceral Transplants for Treatment of Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Akin Tekin, MD

Current Protocols in Liver Transplantation for Intrahepatic & Hilar CCA
Majella Doyle, MD, MBA

Current Perspectives in Transplantation for Liver Malignancies
Nicolas Goldaracena, MD

Lunch Symposium Sponsored by: CareDx
Location: Komatke E/F

Lunch Symposium Sponsored by: Paragonix
Location: Kave 2/3

Exhibit Hall Open
Location: Akimel Ballroom

Creating Future Surgeon Scientists
Moderated by: Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD & Burcin Ekser, MD, PhD

Support from the Chair: Creating Future Surgeon-Scientists
Allan Kirk, MD, PhD

How to Manage a Busy Practice & Successful Research Laboratory?
Keri Lunsford MD, PhD, FACS

Maximizing Collaboration Between Surgeons & Scientists and Societies
Valeria Mas, PhD, MS

How the ASTS Surgeon-Scientist Committee Can Propel Your Career
Satish Nadig, MD, PhD

Research Grants Session
Moderated by: Sunil Karhadkar, MD & Lisa McElroy, MD

2022 ASTS-Veloxis Fellowship in Transplantation Grant Update
Mohammed Akhtar

2022 ASTS Collaborative Scientist Grant Update
Heidi Yeh, MD

2021 ASTS-Natera Socio Economic and Racial Disparity Grant SERD Update
Praise Matemavi, DO

Award Ceremony I
Presented by Christopher Marsh, MD, FACS
Recognition of ATP, ATP Travel, AAKP, Pipeline, & Vanguard Awards

Hume Lecture
Allan Kirk, MD, PhD

Break

Oral Abstract Session II
Moderated by: Andre Dick, MD, MPH & Justin Steggerda, MD

Prolonged Time from Cross Clamp until Normothermic Machine Perfusion Start is Associated with Increased Risk of Early Allograft Dysfunction Following DCD Liver Transplant
Charles Lee

U.S. Organ Procurement Organization Donor Care Unit Model Comparisons
Richard Pietroski, MS, CTBS, CPTC

Rising Trends of Alcohol-Induced Liver Disease-Associated Hospitalizations and Liver Transplants in the United States
Vrishketan Sethi

Expedited Lung Allocation in the Era of Continuous Distribution
Aleem Siddique, MBBS

Congress, the OPTN & ASTS: What to Expect from Capitol Hill in 2025
Moderated by: Kiran Dhanireddy, MD & Debra Sudan, MD

The Transplant Advocacy Landscape in a Post-Election Era
Peggy Tighe, JD

Post Election Congress: Leaders & Legislative Items to Watch
Amit Mathur, MD, MS, FACS

OPTN & Capitol Hill: What to Expect in the Year Ahead
Kiran Dhanireddy, MD
Diane Millman, JD
Debra Sudan, MD
Caroline Rochon, MD, FACS
Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD

Q&A Discussion

Poster Session B
Location: Akimel Ballroom

Outdoor Games Night!
Location: Akimel Lawn

Breakfast
Location: Akimel Ballroom

The Practical Implementation of NRP in Your Program
Moderated by: Matthew Levine, MD, PhD & Andrew Perry, MD

Technical Considerations
Charles Strom, MD

The Finances of NRP? What is the Cost & Benefit?
Shennen Mao, MD/em>

Should You Use In-House or Hire a Team?
Peter Abt, MD

Established Parameters for Use?
Yanik Bababekov, MD, MPH

Q&A Discussion

Biomarkers During Ex Situ Machine Perfusion
Moderated by: Matthew Levine, MD, PhD & Andrew Perry, MD

Introduction & Overview
David Foley, MD

Standardizing Viability Assessment in Normothermic Machine Perfusion
Kris Croome, MD

Is There Utility of Biomarkers in Hypothermic Machine Perfusion
Andrea Schlegel

Robotic Surgery in Transplantation
Moderated by: Leigh Anne Dageforde, MD, MPH & Adeel Khan, MD

Starting a Robotic Living Donor Hepatectomy Program: Considerations & Pitfalls
Trevor Nydam, MD

Starting a Robotic Kidney Transplant
Raquel Garcia-Roca, MD

Starting a Robotic Pancreas Transplant
Mario Spaggiari MD

Lunch Symposium Sponsored by: TransMedics
Location: Kave 2/3

Oral Abstract Session III
Moderated by: Bob Montgomery, MD, FACS, PhD & Stephanie Chartier-Plante, MD, FACS, FRCS

Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Young Biliary Atresia Recipients is Associated with Improved Outcomes in the Modern Era
Ioannis Ziogas, MD

Uncovering the Mechanisms of Delayed Graft Function (DGF) in Human Kidney Transplants Using Single-Cell Spatial Transcriptomics
Siyu Li

Awards Ceremony II
Presented by: Thomas Peters, MD
Mentorship, DEI, Travel & Rising Star Awards

President's Address
Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD

ATP/Ronald McDonald House Event
Location: Buzzard/Eagle

Pints with Professors for Resident & Medical Students
Location: Akimel Foyer

Reception & Dinner
Location: Hemapik Lawn

Breakfast
Location: Kave Foyer

Mini Oral Abstracts
Moderated by: Daniela Ladner, MD, MPH & Arpit Amin, MD

Outcomes By Epstein-Barr Virus Serostatus In Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Henry Landers

Early Post-Transplant Clinical Outcomes from the Largest Real-World Multi-Center Study of Controlled Moderate Hypothermic Preservation of Donor Livers
Kiran Dhanireddy, MD

Death Following Living Liver Donation: The National Experience Over Three Decades
Elizabeth King, MD

Transforming The Logistics of Liver Transplantation With Normothermic Machine Perfusion: Clinical Impact Versus Cost
Qimeng Gao

Rescuing Hard to Place Kidneys Using a Centralized Normothermic Machine Preservation and Assessment Service
Matthew Holzner, MD, MSCR

Preventing Connexin 43 Gap Junction Loss in Donor Graft Endothelium Enhances Allograft Protection
Dinesh Jaishankar

Preservation of Discarded Human Kidneys for 10 days at Subzero Temperature
McLean Taggart

Value Based Care in Transplantation
Moderated by: Will Chapman, MD, FACS & Madhukar Patel, MD, MBA, ScM

Roadmap to the Future - Introduction
Parsia Vagefi, MD

Regulatory Changes Impacting Transplant Patients
Burcin Taner, MD, FACS

Effect on Education & Clinical Care
Ken Andreoni, MD