IPTA 2027 Program

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Thursday, March 18, 2027

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Opening Plenary
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MOA 9 (Plenary Room)
Gene Therapy for Inherited Diseases: Where Do We Stand and How Will This Impact Transplantation?
Plenary Session PL1 MOA 9 (Plenary Room)
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Gene Therapy for Kidney Diseases
Stephanie Cherqui (US)
Bio
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Coffee Break
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Oral Abstract Session & Workshop Sessions
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PHTS/IPTA - Transplant Mythology:  Myth Busting in Pediatric Heart Transplantation: What Would You Do?
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Case 1: HLA Incompatibility – Expanding the Donor Pool
Heather Henderson (US)
Bio
Case 2: Vaccination & Transplant Candidacy
Melanie Everitt (US)
Bio
Case 3: Liver Disease—Heart‑Only or Combined Transplant?
Kathleen Simpson (US)
Bio
MOA 9 (Plenary Room)
Lunch Break/Symposium
Lunch Break MOA 9 (Plenary Room)
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IPTA/AST - Building a Transplant Transition Program with the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Transition Toolkit
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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
Real-life TOC: An International Perspective
Anna Brantmark (SE)
Bio
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Infection and Infection Mimics in Pediatric Transplantation
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Consideration of supplement usage for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Nicole Pilch (US)
Bio
MOA 9 (Plenary Room)
Pediatric Heart Transplantation across the world: Inequity, innovation and intervention
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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
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Coffee Break
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MOA 9 (Plenary Room)
SOTA Session 1 - (DEBATE) Robotic Surgery in Pediatric Liver and Kidney Transplantation: Current Evidence and Future Directions / Inspirational Keynote / UPMC
SOTA MOA 9 (Plenary Room)
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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
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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
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Cell free DNA: A world without biopsies for infection and rejection?
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Cell free DNA for rejection: CON (Debate)
Marc Richmond (US)
Bio
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Innovations in Pediatric Multi-Organ Transplantation: Expanding Possibilities
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Machine perfusion and DCD donors to expand multiorgan transplantation
Devprakash Choudhary (IN)
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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
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Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis
Zhejia Tian (DE)
Bio
Artificial Intelligence in Research and Publishing
Rupesh Raina (US)
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
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Pediatric transplantation in Australia and Albert Shun's legacy
Gordon Thomas (AU)
Bio
Machine perfusion: opportunities for paediatric donors and recipients
Adam Philipoff (AU)
Bio
Ethics and equity across borders
Helen Evans (NZ)
Bio
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Lunch Break
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Amplify Your Impact: A Leadership Accelerator Workshop
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The Mentorship Constellation: building your own board of directors
Hayley Gans (US)
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Making your Value known Visibility, Self-Advocacy & Graceful Self-Promotion
Andre Dick (US)
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The Art of the Ask: Introduction to Negotiation
Helen Evans (NZ)
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Ethics in Pediatric Transplantation: Foundations, Frameworks, and Global Perspectives
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Principles in Practice: A Bioethical Framework for Pediatric Transplant Decision-Making
Michael Freeman (US)
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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
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Coffee Break
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SOTA Session 2 - Normothermic Regional Perfusion After Circulatory Death: Organ Utilization and Posttransplant Outcomes focusing on pediatric recipients.
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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
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Coffee Break
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Multivisceral Transplantation: New Indications and Controversies
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Multivisceral or modified multivisceral transplantation in chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
Alba Jimenz (GB)
Bio
Surgical aspects of intestinal or multivisceral transplantation in patients with massive venous thrombosis
Ane Andres (ES)
Bio
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Protective Role of the Liver in Solid Organ Rejection and Its Impact on Therapeutic Decision Making
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Protective effect of the liver in kidney transplantation rejection
Irene Kim (US)
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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
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Incorporating Patients' Lived Experiences into Policy
Matthew Weiss (CA)
Bio
Fault Lines: When Private Grief Collides with Public Systems
Jennifer Woolfsmith (CA)
Bio
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Coffee Break
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SOTA Session 3 - Xenotransplantation in children
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Xenotransplantation in Children
Macey Levan (US)
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IPTA Awards and Business Meeting Pioneers in Transplantation
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SOTA Session 4 - CAR-T
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CAR-T therapy: Paving the way for desensitization
Tarek Alhamad (US)
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Coffee Break
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Concurrent & Oral Abstract Sessions
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Epidemics in the Mi[d]st: Emergent and Emerging Infections in Pediatric Transplantation
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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
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DDI US perspective -- Structure, Opportunities, and Challenges
Tanvi Sharma (US)
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DDI South African Perspective -- Structure, Opportunities, and Challenges
Mignon McCulloch (ZA)
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Poster Session 3
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Sunday, March 21, 2027

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Building Capacity, Expanding Access: Multidisciplinary Outreach in Pediatric Transplant
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Intercontinental Outreach: how surgical skills can be shared across borders
Mureo Kasahara (JP)
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Friends & neighbours - geographic proximity enhances transplant capacity building
Kinnari Vala (IN)
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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
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Consideration of supplement usage for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Nicole Pilch (US)
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When Saving a Life Becomes an Ethical Question: Transplantation in Suicidal and Treatment-Refusing Adolescents
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Urgent transplantation in setting of acute suicidality
Kelli Triplett (US)
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Transplantation in adolescents with depression
Katheryn Gambetta (US)
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Re-transplantation in the setting of nonadherence from depression
Helen Griffiths (US)
Bio
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Oral Abstracts Sessions
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Coffee Break
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SOTA Session 5
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Tackling the complicated pediatric anatomy with 3D printing
Nicos Kessaris (GB)
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Closing Plenary Session - Tolerance
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Current state of clinical trials: Where are we with tolerance?
Fadi Issa (GB)
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Can current tolerance protocols be achieved safely in children?
Rob Lowsky (US)
Bio

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