8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
PLENARY 1 – General Session I
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Multi

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
SESSION 01 – A Bridge Too Far? Ethics of Organ Procurement using Thoracic Normothermic Regional Perfusion
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 02 – Diving Into the Role of Mitochondria in Heart Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Research & Immunology

SESSION 03 – Back to the Future of AMR: A Multidisciplinary Symposium
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 04 – Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension is Risky Business!
Primary Core Therapy: PVD | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 05 – Shots! Shots! Shots! COVID-19 Vaccines in Heart Transplant Recipients
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Infectious Disease

SESSION 06 – Pediatric M.C.S. = Multi-center Collaborative Success!
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Pediatrics

SESSION 07 – There and Back Again: Science of Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury and Primary Graft Dysfunction
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Research & Immunology

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
SPECIAL SESSION 01 – ISHLT en Español: Abordaje del Shock Cardiopulmonar (Strategies to Manage Cardiopulmonary Shock)
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Multi

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 08 – JHLT Year in Review
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 09 – Diagnosis of Heart Transplant Rejection: Out With the Old, In With the New
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 10 – Multidisciplinary Avengers: Defeating The Lung Primary Graft Dysfunction Hydra
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

SESSION 11 – A Mile High in Denver: Elevating Our Understanding and Management of Pediatric and Adult MCS Infections
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Infectious Diseases

SESSION 12 – Four to Go: WHO Group 4/CTEPH
Primary Core Therapy: PVD | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 13 – Rings of Power: Cardiopulmonary Effects of EVLP
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

SESSION 14 – MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING? Using Artificial Intelligence for the Best Heart Transplantation Outcomes
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.
SESSION 15 – La Vida Loca: Expanding the Heart Donor Pool with DCD – Pearls and Pitfalls
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

SESSION 16 – If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again! Heart Failure and Transplantation in Fontan Patients
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 17 – Donor Lung Allocation: Prioritizing Urgency, Access or Outcomes - What Matters Most?
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

SESSION 18 – Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: A Decade of Progress
Primary Core Therapy: PVD | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 19 – A Short Bridge to Heart Transplantation: Are We Building It Right?
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 20 – CLAD the Inhaler: Novel Biomarkers of CLAD Pathogenesis
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Research & Immunology

SESSION 21 – Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: From Bench to Bedside
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

4:15 – 5:15 p.m.
SESSION 22 – Pregnancy and Beyond: Reproductive Health in Heart and Lung Failure
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 23 – Different Continents, Same Problems: Global Perspective on Cardiogenic Shock
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 24 – Top Lung: I Feel the Need for Speed -- to Get You Eating and Drinking
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

SESSION 25 – Transplants and Pulmonary Hypertension
Primary Core Therapy: PVD | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

SESSION 26 – Organ Allocation Strategy: Algorithms to Implement Equity
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 27 – New Tools for the Kids: Diagnosis of Heart Transplant Rejection and Registries for Heart Function in Pediatrics
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Pediatrics

SESSION 28 – The Fifth Element: Genetic Engineering in Lung Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Research & Immunology

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
MINI ORAL 01 – Scanning the (Rocky Mountain) Horizon: Biomarker Discovery and Understanding Outcomes in Heart Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Research & Immunology

MINI ORAL 02 – THE FORCE AWAKENS: Advances in Lung Preservation to Improve Donor Selection and Recipient Outcomes
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

MINI ORAL 03 – Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs: Fighting Infection in VADs Any Way We Can
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Infectious Diseases

MINI ORAL 04 – Outcomes, Predictions, and Monitoring, Oh My! In the Wonderful World of Heart Transplant
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

MINI ORAL 05 – After the Dust Settles: Long-term MCS Outcomes
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

MINI ORAL 06 – THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Progress in Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD)
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
POSTER SESSION 01 – Cardiology
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

POSTER SESSION 01 – Cardiothoracic Surgery
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

POSTER SESSION 01 – Infectious Diseases
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Infectious Diseases

POSTER SESSION 01 – Pediatrics
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Pediatrics

POSTER SESSION 01 – Pulmonology
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology
 

7:00 – 7:45 a.m.
SPECIAL SESSION 02 – The Wonderful World of Early Career: How to Get that Grant
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SPECIAL SESSION 03 – The Wonderful World of Early Career: Jumpstart Your Future
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Multi

8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
PLENARY 2 – General Session II
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Multi

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
SESSION 29 – The Right MCS Devices for the Right Patients
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

SESSION 30 – Exploring the Limits in Heart Transplantation in Children and Adults
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Pediatrics

SESSION 31 – Winter Soldier: Merging Basic and Clinical Science to Overcome Perioperative Challenges
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

SESSION 32 – Medical Management of PH: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Primary Core Therapy: PVD | Primary Practice Area: Pharmacy

SESSION 33 – THE TEMPEST: Infections in Heart Transplant Donors and Recipients
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Infectious Diseases

SESSION 34 – Balancing the Scales: Healthcare Disparities in Heart Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

SESSION 35 – An Unexpected Journey: Perfusion Science in Lung Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
SESSION 36 – The Achilles Heel: Frailty in Heart Transplant and LVAD Candidates
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 37 – I Spy With My Little Eye: Multimodal Imaging in Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

SESSION 38 – The Unusual Suspects: Immune and Tissue Drivers of Lung Allograft Pathologies
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Research & Immunology

SESSION 39 – Righting a Wronged Ventricle
Primary Core Therapy: PVD | Primary Practice Area: Anesthesiology & Critical Care

SESSION 40 – Early Career Clinical Case Dilemmas: The Best of the Best Award Session
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 41 – As Good as It Gets: Patient Centered Outcomes in Lung Transplant
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

SESSION 42 – Current Challenges in Pediatric Heart Transplant Selection and Outcomes
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Pediatrics

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
SESSION 43 – Would You Rather: Choices at the End of the Shock Road
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 44 – Mountain for Every Miracle! Field of Cardio-Oncology: The High-Yield Tips
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 45 – PTLD After Thoracic Organ Transplantation: New Considerations and Novel Therapies
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

SESSION 46 – Suspicious Minds: Immunizations in the Pre- and Post-Transplant Period
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Pediatrics

SESSION 47 – Predicting the Future: Impact of Various Factors on Outcomes After Heart Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 48 – Sex, Race and Social Determinants of Health in MCS Care
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 49 – Days of Our Lives: Lung Donor-Recipient Allocation and Outcomes
Primary Core Therapy: Lung | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

4:15 – 5:15 p.m.
MINI ORAL 07 – Waste Not Want Not: Pushing the Boundaries in Donor Heart Selection!
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

MINI ORAL 08 – A NEW HOPE: Lung Transplant Candidate Selection
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

MINI ORAL 09 – A Quick Trip Through the Pediatric Heart Function and Transplant Journey
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Pediatrics

MINI ORAL 10 – Mechanical Circulatory Support: We Like To Move It, Move It!
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

MINI ORAL 11 – ATTACK OF THE CLONES: Infectious Threats after Lung Transplant
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Infectious Diseases

MINI ORAL 12 – A New Frontier: Emerging Approaches for Diagnosis and Immune Modulation in Heart Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Pediatrics

POSTER SESSION 02 – Anesthesiology & Critical Care
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Anesthesiology & Critical Care

POSTER SESSION 02 – Cardiology
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

POSTER SESSION 02 – Cardiothoracic Surgery
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

POSTER SESSION 02 – Pulmonology
Primary Core Therapy: PVD | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

POSTER SESSION 02 – Research & Immunology
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Research & Immunology
 

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
SESSION 50 – Assessment of COVID-19 Positive Donor for Heart Transplant
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 51 – High Yield Tips for LVAD or Heart Transplant in Cause-Specific Cardiomyopathies
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 52 – Immune Checkpoints in Thoracic Transplantation: Lessons Learned from Cancer
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 53 – It Takes a Village: The Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Durable LVAD Candidacy
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 54 – Hiding in Plain Sight: Science of Lung Antibody-Mediated Rejection
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pathology

SESSION 55 – THE TAMING OF THE SHREW: All About Antibodies: Desensitization, AMR, and More in Heart Transplant
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 56 – The Curious Case of CLAD Phenotypes
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
SESSION 57 – Novel Desensitization Approaches to Facilitate Transplantation for Highly Sensitized Candidates
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 58 – For All Ages: MCS Support in Congenital Heart Disease in Children and Adults
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Pediatrics

SESSION 59 – Die Hard: Preventing and Managing Hard-to-Treat Fungal and Bacterial Infections in the Perioperative Setting
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 60 – What's New with the ESC/ERS Guidelines 2022 for Pulmonary Hypertension
Primary Core Therapy: PVD | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 61 – Philip K. Caves Award Candidate Presentations
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 62 – Deus Ex Machina: Transformation of Heart Transplantation by Machine Perfusion
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

SESSION 63 – How Long is My Bridge? ECMO and Durable VAD Outcomes
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 64 – At the Limits of Care: Sailing the Rough Seas with Awake Patients on Pumps
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 65 – Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy – What Does the Future Hold?
Primary Core Therapy: HEART Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 66 – Catch Me If You Can: Successful Patient Transitions from Pediatric into Adult Thoracic Transplant Programs - A Center-Based Approach
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Nursing & Allied Health

SESSION 67 – Challenges of PH Management in Special Populations
Primary Core Therapy: PVD | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 68 – How It Started...How It's Going: Omics and AI in Heart Transplant Biopsies and Rejection Surveillance
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Pathology

SESSION 69 – MCS: Bleeding and Clotting - We Just Can't Win!
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Pharmacy

SESSION 70 – Lost in Translation: Molecular Tools in Lung Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

2:15 – 3:15 p.m.
SESSION 71 – Around the World in 60 Minutes: Approaches to Infected Donors - Heart and Lung Transplant Considerations
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 72 – Now Is Not the Time to Relax: Vasoplegia after Heart Transplant
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 73 – Rejecting the Old Ways: The Future of CLAD Monitoring From Infancy to Adulthood
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pediatrics

SESSION 74 – Connecting the Clots: Journey of an Acute to Chronic Pulmonary Embolism
Primary Core Therapy: PVD | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

SESSION 75 – THE COMEDY OF ERRORS: New Allocation Policy, DCD Donors...What About Primary Graft Dysfunction?
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 76 – Spotlight on Nursing and Allied Health MCS Intervention Science
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Nursing & Allied Health

SESSION 77 – New Frontiers in Biomarker Development: Antibodies, Omics, and Graft Injury
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Research & Immunology

3:45 – 4:45 p.m.
SESSION 78 – Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support: Guidelines, Consensus and Practical Issues
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 79 – Unravelling Deaths in Heart Transplantation: Turning Tragedy into Triumph
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Pathology

SESSION 80 – Rocky Mountain High: Scaling New Heights in CMV
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 81 – Novel Imaging Modalities: Tools to Assess Long Term Prognosis After Heart Transplant
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 82 – More Than A Number: Navigating the Complexities of Psychosocial Support in Heart Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Nursing & Allied Health

SESSION 83 – What's Drugs Got To Do With It: Medication Highlights in Heart Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Pharmacy

SESSION 84 – One for the Money: WHO Group 1/Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Primary Core Therapy: PVD | Primary Practice Area: Multi

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
MINI ORAL 13 – Analyzing the Present and Improving the Future in Heart Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

MINI ORAL 14 – THE PHANTOM MENACE: Basic Science Mechanisms of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD)
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Research & Immunology

MINI ORAL 15 – The Full Spectrum of Innovation in MCS
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Multi

MINI ORAL 16 – THE WINTER'S TALE: Hypothermic Machine Preservation of Donor Hearts
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

MINI ORAL 17 – THE CLONE WARS: OR and Peri-operative Improvements in Lung Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

MINI ORAL 18 – The COVID-19 Beat: COVID-19 and Heart Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Infectious Diseases

POSTER SESSION 03 – Cardiology
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

POSTER SESSION 03 – Cardiothoracic Surgery
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

POSTER SESSION 03 – Nursing & Allied Health
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Nursing & Allied Health

POSTER SESSION 03 – Pathology
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Pathology

POSTER SESSION 03 – Pediatrics
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Pediatrics

POSTER SESSION 03 – Pharmacy
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Pharmacy

POSTER SESSION 03 – Pulmonology
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

POSTER SESSION 03 – Research & Immunology
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Research & Immunology
 

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
SESSION 85 – AS YOU LIKE IT: Predictors of Post Transplant Mortality Between Donor and Recipient Factors
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Research & Immunology

SESSION 86 – Medicine is a Science of Uncertainty and an Art of Probability: Patient Selection for Heart Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 87 – Durable MCS: Staying Alive!
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 88 – Contagion Meets Outbreak: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 in Lung Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

SESSION 89 – Medications and Machines: Which Ones Improve Pediatric Heart Transplant Outcomes?
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Pediatrics

SESSION 90 – ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL: The Three P's to Transplant Success: Protection, Preservation, and (em)Powering the Donor Heart
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
PLENARY 3 – General Session III
Primary Core Therapy: MULTI | Primary Practice Area: Multi

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
SESSION 91 – Multi-Organ Transplant Outcomes: When are Two Organs Better Than One in Heart Transplantation?
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Multi

SESSION 92 – A Fungus Among Us: Advances in Fungal Biology
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Infectious Diseases

SESSION 93 – A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM: From Mitochondria to Xenotransplantation: Novel Research Coming to You!
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 94 – Friday Night Lights: Lung Transplantation Peri-operative Medicine
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

SESSION 95 – Bad Medicine on the Edge of a Broken Heart: Adverse Events in MCS
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 96 – Unbreak My Heart: Recovery and Weaning in MCS Patients
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
SESSION 97 – MEASURE FOR MEASURE: Rejection Surveillance: All That Glitters is Not Gold
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 98 – Andromeda Strain: Human-Viral Interactions in Lung Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology

SESSION 99 – ECMO is a Four-Letter Word: Strategies and Destinations For Patients on Support
Primary Core Therapy: MCS | Primary Practice Area: Cardiology

SESSION 100 – Cutting to the Heart of the Matter: From Procurement to Implant
Primary Core Therapy: HEART | Primary Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Surgery

SESSION 101 – Brave New World: Improving EVLP Science
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Research & Immunology

SESSION 102 – Love, Actually: Rejection in Lung Transplantation
Primary Core Therapy: LUNG | Primary Practice Area: Pulmonology