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Whole-Child Transplantation: Multidisciplinary Care in Pediatric Transplantation

Invited Speakers

Tarek Alhamad

Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Transplant Nephrology, Division of Nephrology, St. Louis, MO, USA
CAR-T therapy: Paving the way for desensitization

Stephanie Cherqui

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Gene Therapy for Kidney Diseases

Maria Doyle

Washington University Director, Liver Transplant Program, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital; Division of General Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
PRO: Robotic Surgery in Pediatric Liver and Kidney Transplantation: Current Evidence and Future Directions

Belén Estébanez

Head of the Organ Donation and Transplant Coordination Unit, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Normothermic Regional Perfusion After Circulatory Death: Organ Utilization and Posttransplant Outcomes focusing on pediatric recipients. – The Spain Experience

John Hallett

Clinical Senior Research Fellow, The Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Cell-Based Liver Regeneration: Bridging Strategies Between Native Liver Recovery and Transplantation

Fadi Issa

Professor of Transplantation, Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Current state of clinical trials: Where are we with tolerance?

Nico Kessaris

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, England, United Kingdom
Tackling the complicated pediatric anatomy with 3D printing

Jayme Locke

Vice President, Medical Development Xenotransplantation, United Therapeutics & Professor of Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
From Bench to Society: Ethical, Regulatory, and Clinical Integration of Regenerative Medicine in Pediatric Transplantation

Rob Lowsky

Director, Apheresis Unit, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Can current tolerance protocols be achieved safely in children?

Mohamed Rela

Transplant Surgeon, Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chennai, India
CON: Robotic Surgery in Pediatric Liver and Kidney Transplantation: Current Evidence and Future Directions

Matthew Weiss

CHU de Québec–Université Laval, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Normothermic Regional Perfusion After Circulatory Death: Organ Utilization and Posttransplant Outcomes focusing on pediatric recipients. – The Canadian Experience