2025 ISHLT Lung Failure & Transplantation Core Academy
26 April, 2025 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT
Download the Preliminary Program for detailed course topics, learning objectives, and information on the target audience for this course.
Preliminary ProgramThis highly interactive course includes six sessions spanning the lung transplant journey from candidate selection to post transplant management and quality of life. Faculty are composed of highly experienced respiratory physicians, surgeons and intensive care specialists from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Session talks will review available scientific evidence and guidelines utilizing real life case-based discussions to connect participants to the content. Audience participation will be strongly encouraged as Q&A sessions are planned throughout the course will maximize learning through audience interaction with the experts. Each section of the course will be directed specifically to a transplant phase covering lung transplant candidacy, waitlist and bridging approaches, surgical and post-operative strategies, rejection, infections and important aspects of post-transplant care.
Academy Chairs
Rayid Abdulqawi, MD, PhDKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Erin Lowery, MD, MSUniversity of Wisconsin
Madison, WI USA
Federica Meloni, MD, PhDPoliclinico San Matteo di Pavia
Padova, Italy
Usman Ahmad, MD, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Selim Arcasoy, MD, MPH, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
Alberto Benazzo, PhD, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
Fay Burrows, BPharm, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW Australia
Silvia Campos, PhD, Heart Institute of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
Pedro Catarino, MD, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA USA
Andrew Courtwright, MD, PhD, Hospital of the University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
Ramsey Hachem, MD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA
Matthew Hartwig, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC USA
Shahid Husain, MD, MS, University Health Network, Toronto, ON Canada
Lorriana Leard, MD, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
Tereza Martinu, MD, MHS, Toronto General Hospital / UHN, Toronto, ON Canada