IPTA2027 Program

Programme

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Thursday, March 18, 2027

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Opening Plenary
Plenary Session

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Plenary Session 1 - Gene Therapy for Inherited Diseases: Where Do We Stand and How Will This Impact Transplantation?
Plenary Session

Presentations

Gene Therapy for Kidney Diseases
Stephanie Cherqui (US)
Bio
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Coffee Break
Coffee Break

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Oral Abstract Session & Workshop Sessions
Workshop

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PHTS/IPTA - Transplant Mythology:  Myth Busting in Pediatric Heart Transplantation: What Would You Do?
Workshop

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Case 2: Vaccination & Transplant Candidacy
Melanie Everitt (US)
Bio
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Lunch Break/Symposium
Lunch Break

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IPTA/AST - Building a Transplant Transition Program with the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Transition Toolkit
Workshop

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Components of TOC: How to Utilize the AST Transition Toolkit
Beth Logan (US)
Bio
Real-life TOC: A U.S Perspective
Corina Nailescu (US)
Bio
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Didactic or Interactive Workshops
Workshop

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Infection and Infection Mimics in Pediatric Transplantation
Workshop

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Consideration of supplement usage for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Nicole Pilch (US)
Bio
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Pediatric Heart Transplantation across the world: Inequity, innovation and intervention
Workshop

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Medical End Stage Heart Failure and MCSD around the Globe: State of the art vs. Real-world experiences in diverse resource settings
Anna Joong (US)
Bio
Pediatric Heart Transplantation around the Globe: State of the art vs. real-world experiences in diverse resource settings
Jonathan Johnson (US)
Bio
Call to Action: How do we improve access to pediatric heart transplant care to all children?
Estela Azeka (BR)
Bio
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IPTA/ILTS - Evolving Management of Pediatric Inherited Metabolic Diseases: From Novel Therapies to Transplantation
Workshop

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Oral Abstracts & Workshop Sessions
Workshop

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Coffee Break
Coffee Break

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SOTA Session 1 - (DEBATE) Robotic Surgery in Pediatric Liver and Kidney Transplantation: Current Evidence and Future Directions / Inspirational Keynote / UPMC
SOTA

Presentations

PRO: Robotic Surgery in Pediatric Liver and Kidney Transplantation: Current Evidence and Future Directions
Maria Doyle (US)
Bio
CON: Robotic Surgery in Pediatric Liver and Kidney Transplantation: Current Evidence and Future Directions
Mohamed Rela (IN)
Bio
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Poster Session 1

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Welcome Reception

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Friday, March 19, 2027

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Plenary Session 2 - Regenerative Medicine and the Future of Pediatric Transplantation: From Organoids to Organ Replacement
Plenary Session

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From Bench to Society: Ethical, Regulatory, and Clinical Integration of Regenerative Medicine in Pediatric Transplantation
Jayme Locke (US)
Bio
Cell-Based Liver Regeneration: Bridging Strategies Between Native Liver Recovery and Transplantation
John Hallett (GB)
Bio
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Coffee Break
Coffee Break

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Oral Abstracts & Workshop Sessions
Workshop

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Cell free DNA: A world without biopsies for infection and rejection?
Workshop

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Cell free DNA for rejection: CON (Debate)
Marc Richmond (US)
Bio
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Didactic or Interactive Workshops
Workshop

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Innovations in Pediatric Multi-Organ Transplantation: Expanding Possibilities
Workshop

Presentations

Machine perfusion and DCD donors to expand multiorgan transplantation
Devprakash Choudhary (IN)
Bio
Surgical planning and intraoperative considerations in combined organ transplantation.
Kyle Soltys (US)
Bio
How to improve the use of marginal donors in pediatric recipients
Francisco Hernandez Oliveros (ES)
Bio
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Research Skills Building for Pediatric Transplant Investigators: From Study Design to Publishing (responsibly) with Artificial Intelligence
Workshop

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Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis
Zhejia Tian (DE)
Bio
Accessing Registries/Databases and Studying Outcomes in Pediatric Transplantation
Margret Bock (US)
Bio
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IPTA/TSANZ - From the First Transplant to the Furthest Shore: Celebrating Albert Shun's Legacy
Workshop

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Machine perfusion: opportunities for paediatric donors and recipients
Adam Philipoff (AU)
Bio
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Lunch Break
Lunch Break

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Didactic or Interactive Workshops
Workshop

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Amplify Your Impact: A Leadership Accelerator Workshop
Workshop

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Making your Value known Visibility, Self-Advocacy & Graceful Self-Promotion
Andre Dick (US)
Bio
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Ethics in Pediatric Transplantation: Foundations, Frameworks, and Global Perspectives
Workshop

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Justice, Utility, and the Child: Ethical Dimensions of Pediatric Organ Allocation 
Aviva Goldberg (CA)
Bio
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Oral Abstracts Sessions
Oral Abstract

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Coffee Break
Coffee Break

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SOTA Session 2 - Normothermic Regional Perfusion After Circulatory Death: Organ Utilization and Posttransplant Outcomes focusing on pediatric recipients.
SOTA

Presentations

The Spain Experience
Belen Estebanez-Montiel (ES)
Bio
The Canadian Experience
Matthew Weiss (CA)
Bio
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Poster Session 2

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IPTA Social Networking Event

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Saturday, March 20, 2027

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Plenary Session 3
Plenary Session

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Coffee Break
Coffee Break

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Oral Abstracts Sessions
Oral Abstract

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Didactic or Interactive Workshops
Workshop

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Multivisceral Transplantation: New Indications and Controversies
Workshop

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Multivisceral or modified multivisceral transplantation in chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
Alba Jimenz (GB)
Bio
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Protective Role of the Liver in Solid Organ Rejection and Its Impact on Therapeutic Decision Making
Workshop

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Protective effect of the liver in kidney transplantation rejection
Irene Kim (US)
Bio
Inclusion of the liver in intestinal transplantation
Alba Jimenz (GB)
Bio
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ISODP/IPTA: Pediatric Deceased Donation from the Personal to the Global
Workshop

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Fault Lines: When Private Grief Collides with Public Systems
Jennifer Woolfsmith (CA)
Bio
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Coffee Break
Coffee Break

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SOTA Session 3 - Xenotransplantation in children
SOTA

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IPTA Awards and Business Meeting Pioneers in Transplantation
Lunch Break

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SOTA Session 4 - CAR-T
SOTA

Presentations

CAR-T therapy: Paving the way for desensitization
Tarek Alhamad (US)
Bio
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Coffee Break
Coffee Break

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Concurrent & Oral Abstract Sessions
Workshop

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Epidemics in the Mi[d]st: Emergent and Emerging Infections in Pediatric Transplantation
Workshop

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Measles, Mumps, Varicella, Oh My
Arnaud L'huillier (CH)
Bio
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Going Global: Donor Derived Infection (DDI) Surveillance Across the World
Workshop

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DDI US perspective -- Structure, Opportunities, and Challenges
Tanvi Sharma (US)
Bio
DDI South African Perspective -- Structure, Opportunities, and Challenges
Mignon McCulloch (ZA)
Bio
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Poster Session 3
Posters

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Sunday, March 21, 2027

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Didactic or Interactive Workshops
Workshop

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Building Capacity, Expanding Access: Multidisciplinary Outreach in Pediatric Transplant
Workshop

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Intercontinental Outreach: how surgical skills can be shared across borders
Mureo Kasahara (JP)
Bio
Friends & neighbours - geographic proximity enhances transplant capacity building
Kinnari Vala (IN)
Bio
Friends & neighbours - geographic proximity enhances transplant capacity building
Nayan Chaudhuri (IN)
Bio
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Integration of Complementary Practices in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation
Workshop

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Consideration of supplement usage for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Nicole Pilch (US)
Bio
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When Saving a Life Becomes an Ethical Question: Transplantation in Suicidal and Treatment-Refusing Adolescents
Workshop

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Urgent transplantation in setting of acute suicidality
Kelli Triplett (US)
Bio
Transplantation in adolescents with depression
Katheryn Gambetta (US)
Bio
Re-transplantation in the setting of nonadherence from depression
Helen Griffiths (US)
Bio
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Oral Abstracts Sessions
Oral Abstract

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Coffee Break
Coffee Break

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SOTA Session 5
SOTA

Presentations

Tackling the complicated pediatric anatomy with 3D printing
Nicos Kessaris (GB)
Bio
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Closing Plenary Session - Tolerance
Plenary Session

Presentations

Current state of clinical trials: Where are we with tolerance?
Fadi Issa (GB)
Bio
Can current tolerance protocols be achieved safely in children?
Rob Lowsky (US)
Bio
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