TTS 2022 - Abstract Deadline Extended to March 30!

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Extended Submission Deadline March 30

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  • Our abstract submission is free and registration payment is not required at the time of submission
  • TTS 2022 welcomes the submission of abstracts previously presented at national, regional or international meetings in the two years preceding the congress, as long as a manuscript has not been published
  • Accepted abstracts by a presenter registered to attend the Congress will be published in an online supplement of the Transplantation Journal
  • Abstracts are accepted under 22 topics for Oral, Mini-Oral, Campfire and Poster presentations
  • By submitting a high-quality abstract, young investigators, AHPs and members from emerging economies can apply for a Congress Scientific Award which includes a monetary grant to help offset expenses incurred to attend the Congress

TTS 2022 Elections Are Now Open!

We are pleased to announce the start of the 2022 TTS Elections. We encourage all TTS full members to participate in this election to help determine your representatives for TTS Council.

Candidates

President-Elect
(one vote in this category)

John J. Fung

United States

Minnie Sarwal

United States

Stefan G. Tullius

United States
Treasurer
(running unopposed)

Medhat Askar

United States
Councilor-at-Large - Europe
(running unopposed)

John Forsythe

United Kingdom
Councilor-at-Large - Latin America
(running unopposed)

José Medina Pestana

Brazil
Councilor-at-Large - Middle East / Africa
(one vote in this category)

Seyyed Ali Malek-Hosseini

Iran

Ahmed M. Elsabbagh

Egypt

Riadh Fadhil

Qatar

Marwan Masri

Lebanon

Bassam Saeed

Syria

David Thomson

South Africa
Councilor-at-Large - North America
(one vote in this category)

Fuad Shihab

United States

Peter G. Stock

United States
Councilor-at-Large - Oceania
(one vote in this category)

Dominique Martin

Australia

Germaine Wong

Australia

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Spotlighted News

Kidney Transplant Populations at High Risk for Allograft Loss Identified

March 16 Article in Renal & Urology News Highlighting Recent Publication in Transplantation DIrect

Investigators have identified 2 distinct populations at high risk for graft loss after kidney transplantation. Risk factors at baseline suggest approaches to management, according to investigators.

Among 5752 solitary kidney transplants performed 2006-2018, graft loss occurred in 21.6% of patients, including 9.6% with graft failure and 12.0% with death with a functioning graft (DWFG).

Reference: Merzkani MA, Bentall AJ, Smith BH, et al. Death with function and graft failure after kidney transplantation: Risk factors at baseline suggest new approaches to management. Transplantation Direct. 8(2):e1273. doi:10.1097/TXD.0000000000001273

How a game-changing transplant could treat dying organs

National Geographic - March 16, 2022
Early success with a procedure called a mitochondrial transplant offers a glimmer of hope for people fighting for survival after cardiac arrest, stroke, and more.

Young Stroke Victims' Hearts Might Not Be as Good for Transplantation

by Crystal Phend, Contributing Editor, MedPage Today March 14, 2022

UNOS data suggest interaction by age and mode of brain death

Hearts donated after death from stroke presented a higher mortality risk to the recipient if the donor was under age 40, a study showed.

In terms of recipient mortality, an analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) registry showed no overall effect of stroke as a cause of donor brain death on outcomes, similar to what other contemporary series have shown.

However, there was more to it, with a "nonintuitive" interaction by donor age (P=0.008), reported Shinobu Itagaki, MD, MSc, of Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, and colleagues in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

3D Planning Cut Post-Op Complications in Kids' Liver Transplants

by Zaina Hamza, Staff Writer, MedPage Today March 15, 2022

— But little effect on graft, patient survival rates

Use of advanced preoperative 3D planning for pediatric liver transplant patients receiving larger grafts was associated with lower risk of postoperative complications, a small retrospective study in Taiwan found.

What Happens in the Brain When an Organ Transplant is Rejected?

By Christian Thorsberg - Discover - Mar 14, 2022 8:00 AM

— The brain-organ connection is complex. Here’s what surgeons look for before, during and after a transplantation.

Livers outnumber people in Catherine Kling’s operating room at the University of Washington Medical Center. On this particular day, the extra organ — the only one ex-vivo, cleaned and sitting on ice — arrived just hours before the transplantation, the culmination of a thoughtful and time-consuming process of diagnoses, donor locating, evaluations and transportation, all sequenced by many expert pairs of eyes and hands.


NEW! TTS Research Grants Program

TTS will provide funding to three individual investigators to support their research in transplantation. The spectrum of studies includes basic, clinical/epidemiological and translational. This individual should have spent five years or less performing research in transplantation (and/or immunology relating to transplant) since obtaining their last doctoral degree (PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent). One of these research grants will be preferentially designated to TTS members from a low- or middle-income country.
General Information
  1. The three seeding grants, at $25,000 each, will provide support to clinical, basic and translational scientists working within the field of transplantation. Research must commence on September 1st 2022 and conclude on 31st October, 20, 2024.

  2. Up to $25k per year for up to 2 years with requirement for annual reporting. The extra 2 months is intended to provide buffer for start-up, i.e. 14 months first period and 12 months second period

  3. The research start date cannot be deferred for any reason.

  4. Applications must be submitted in full by June 1st 2022 in order to be reviewed.

  5. The recipient will sign a letter of agreement with TTS. Payments will be issued to the recipient’s institution by TTS, and the recipient will report to the TTS Research Grant Committee.
Research Focus
The 2022 TTS Research Grant will fund research that encompasses epidemiologic, clinical, translational, and basic studies as well as studies to expand access to transplantation, including, but not limited to: Improving global access to transplantation and outcomes of transplantation.

TTS Call for Award Nominations - Deadline May 1

2022 Awards Call for Nominations

Medawar Prize

Call for nominations

Recognized as the world's highest dedicated award for the most outstanding contributions in the field of transplantation.

The Medawar Prize

The Medawar Prize, named after Society co-founder Sir Peter Medawar, is recognized as the world's highest dedicated award for the most outstanding contributions in the field of transplantation. The Medawar Prize has been awarded at each of our Society's biennial Congresses since 1990.

The award recognizes the outstanding investigators whose contributions have had such a profound influence on the field of organ transplantation. The Medawar Prize is universally considered to be commensurate with the most outstanding world prizes for scientific achievement.

Application Extended Deadline

May 1, 2022

Eligibility to Award

All full members in good standing will be eligible to be nominated for this award.

Frequency of Award

The Award will be given at each of the TTS Biennial congresses.

Selection of the Recipient

The selection committee consists of the previous five Past Presidents of The Transplantation Society.

Monetary Award

The monetary award will be $25,000.

Past Medawar Laureates

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Starzl Prize

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Application Deadline

May 1, 2022

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Early in his career, Dr. Starzl recognized the importance of deceased donation. He pioneered many facets of transplantation, including immunosuppressive drug development, organ preservation, tissue matching, surgical transplant technology, and developed the team approach to organ transplantation; thus paving the way for the success and acceptance of heart, lung, pancreas, intestinal, liver, and kidney transplantation. The international impact of the fruits of seven decades of commitment to transplantation is shown by estimates of over 600 000 Americans and millions of patients around the world that have received a life-saving organ transplantation. He was also credited as having trained over 1,000 medical and surgical transplant specialists over his 50 years in clinical medicine, many of whom have gone on to successfully develop their own transplant

Eligibility to Award

All full members in good standing will be eligible to be nominated for this award.

Frequency of Award

The Award will be given at each of the TTS Biennial congresses.

Selection of the Recipient

The Chair of the Selection Committee will be the then current TTS President, who will choose a selection committee of 3 among the Council members.

Monetary Award

The monetary award will be $10,000.

Previous Winners

2020

Recognition Awards

Call for nominations

These awards recognize individuals who have made a major international impact in the field of transplantation. The awards are given out at each International Congress of The Transplantation Society and carry a monetary award of USD $2,000 each.

Available Awards for 2022

Outstanding Achievement Transplantation Science (Basic)

Outstanding Achievement in Transplantation Science (Clinical)

Outstanding Achievement in Transplantation Science (Developing Country)

Mentorship or Education and Training in Transplantation


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WIT Awards

WIT Awards

The Women in Transplantation Steering Committee have created the Woman Leader in Transplantation Award to recognize a woman who has helped further the field of transplantation through research, policies, leadership, initiatives or other regarded contributions. The Unsung Hero Award will be presented to one woman who has had an extraordinary impact in transplantation through community service, volunteering, mentorship or other community based activity. Both Awards are presented during the presidential address at the TTS International Congress.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
NOMINATION PACKAGE MUST INCLUDE:
AWARD DETAILS
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPLANTATION SCIENCE MENTEE-MENTOR AWARDS

THE TRANSPLANTATION SOCIETY (TTS), ALONG WITH COLLABORATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES, ACKNOWLEDGES THE CONTRIBUTION OF BASIC SCIENCE TO THE FIELD OF TRANSPLANTATION.

THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPLANTATION SCIENCE MENTEE-MENTOR AWARDS FOR THE 29TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE TRANSPLANTATION SOCIETY (TTS 2022) – BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, SEPTEMBER 10-14, 2022.

The Transplantation Society celebrates the contributions of basic science to the field of transplantation with the International Transplantation Science Mentee-Mentor Awards to recognize the efforts of scientists who have advanced our understanding of transplantation science and fostered the development of the young investigators who will be the future leaders in our field.

The application will open in January 2022. Deadline for submission is April 10, 2022.

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International Transplantation Science Mentee-Mentor Awards

2022 Mentee-Mentor Awards

The International Transplantation Science Mentee-Mentor Awards are designed to encourage dialogue and interactions between trainees and established investigators, and provide financial support for their joint participation in the Congress.

Statement of The Transplantation Society’s support to the people of Ukraine.

As the global leader in transplantation, committed to health and life for all, The Transplantation Society expresses grave concern over the escalating violence and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

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The protection of civilians and preservation of healthcare is imperative. TTS stands ready to support our colleagues, friends, families and patients impacted by this tragedy. As a non-State actor in official relations with the World Health Organization, we will seek collaborate with the WHO to provide our expert assistance on the Ukraine emergency

We are monitoring the situation and have setup a donation page (https://ukraine.tts.org) to collect funds to be distributed to support the maintenance of healthcare in the Ukraine and assist transplant patients as may be possible. We will also reach out to contacts to assess how we can assist to re-establish transplantation activities once the crisis has ended. TTS will match each contribution, dollar for dollar, up to $50,000 USD in total.

Individuals may also contribute to the WHO foundation directly using this link:

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Call for Social Media Ambassadors

TTS International Social Media Ambassadors

Share your TTS experience with thousands of international healthcare professionals and scientists by applying to be a Social Media Ambassador (SMA) for TTS!
What do TTS International Social Media Ambassadors do?
  • Work closely with our leadership and the TTS IHQ team to produce digital content (tweets, posts, blogs, vlogs, podcasts, interviews, calls to action, opinions, manuscript / article reviews and commentaries, etc.) to be posted on your own and TTS media channels. The over-arching theme is to drive engagement.
  • Promote TTS and its mission through social media channels.
  • Promote the TTS Congress and events through social media.
Requirements / Qualifications
We are looking for dynamic and passionate transplant professionals to be SMAs for the TTS. We plan to recruit numerous individuals for a period of one year, with a possibility of renewal thereafter. Each applicant would need to allocate 1-2 hours per week to advance this initiative and participate in TTS 2022 congress. Each applicant should have an active social media presence and excellent working knowledge of at least one social media platform; dedicated training/course preferable. We ask all interested applicants to provide a short description of why you would make a great social media ambassador and present a strategy to promote TTS and the upcoming congress in 500 words or less. Please mention a list of platforms currently used with social media handles and number of followers. TTS primarily posts in English however we are looking to expand our reach to better reflect the diversity within our membership.
Benefits of becoming a TTS-SMA
  • Recognition on the TTS website with photo, bio and links to social media accounts
  • Free registration at TTS 2022 Congress in Buenos Aires.
  • Opportunity for interaction with our leadership and the key-opinion leaders in transplantation
  • Opportunity to grow your own audience and career advancement
We may request a follow-up in-person meeting prior to our final selection.

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