Confirmed Speakers
State-of-the-Art Speakers
Saturday, March 25, 2023 – 16:15-16:45
Robotic 3D living donor hepatectomy and living donor liver transplant
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Nam-Joon Yi, South Korea
Professor of Surgery
Seoul National University College of Medicine
Seoul National University College of Medicine
Sunday, March 26, 2023 – 16:30-17:00
Transplantation of children: Stories from the war zone-Ukraine
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Dmytro D. Ivanov, Ukraine
Chief of Nephrology
RRT Shupyk National Medical Academy of Post-graduate Education
Kyiv, Ukraine
RRT Shupyk National Medical Academy of Post-graduate Education
Kyiv, Ukraine
Monday, March 27, 2023 – 12:45-13:15
Improving disparities in pediatric transplant research
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Sharad Wadhwani, United States
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Oakland, CA
University of California, San Francisco
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Oakland, CA
Monday, March 27, 2023 – 14:45-15:15
Partial heart transplant
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Taufiek Raab, United States
Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 – 12:00-12:30
Precision Medicine in Pediatric Transplantation
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Seema Mital, Canada
Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Hospital for Sick Children,
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 – 12:30-13:00
Initial experience in pig-to-human kidney and heart xenotransplantation
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Robert Montgomery, United States
Director, NYU Langone Transplant Institute
H. Leon Pachter Chair and Professor of Surgery
New York, NY, United States
H. Leon Pachter Chair and Professor of Surgery
New York, NY, United States
Plenary Speakers
Saturday, March 25, 2023 – 15:00-16:30
Plenary Session on Innovations in Pediatric Transplantation
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Genetics of transplant outcomes
Marc Abramowicz, Switzerland
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Increasing the pediatric donor pool by using robotics surgery
Dieter Broering, Saudi Arabia
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Organoids and transplantation
Burcin Ekser, United States
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Artificial Intelligence to predict transplant outcomes
Javier Briceño, Spain
Sunday, March 26, 2023 – 08:00-09:30
Plenary session on Advancing Tolerance in the Clinic
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One Study: Unified approach to evaluating cellular immunotherapy in solid organ transplantation
Edward K. Geissler, Germany
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Two Study: Transplantation without over immunosuppression
Fadi Issa, United Kingdom
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Tolerance in pediatric patients
Paul Grimm, United States
Sunday, March 26, 2023 – 17:00-18:30
Plenary session on Special Considerations for Transplantation in Infants < 1 year
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Heart Transplantation
Anne Dipchand, Canada
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Kidney Transplantation
Amy Gallo, United States
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Liver Transplantation
Srinath Chinnakotla, United States
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Intestine Transplantation
Carmen Capito, France
Monday, March 27, 2023 – 08:00-09:30
Plenary session on COVID in Pediatric Transplantation
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Can we use COVID positive donors for pediatrics
Lara A. Danziger-Isakov, United States
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COVID Vaccination in pediatric patients
Arnaud G. L'Huillier, Switzerland
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COVID 19 management in pediatric transplant recipients: Current and what’s on the horizon
Upton Allen, Canada
Monday, March 27, 2023 – 15:30-17:00
Plenary session on Bridging Disparities in Pediatric Transplantation
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Challenges for minorities transplantation in USA
Manuel Rodriguez-Davalos, United States
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Bridging barriers in access to transplantation in special pediatric populations Central America
Randall Lou Meda, Guatemala
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Gender disparities in access to pediatric transplantation
Anette Melk, Germany