2025 ISHLT Thoracic Recovery Course
26 April, 2025 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT
Download the Preliminary Program for detailed course topics, learning objectives, and information on the target audience for this course .
This course is being held off site at Boston Bioskills Lab, 1 Hartwell Place, 1st Floor, Lexington, MA. Transportation, scrubs, and instruments will be provided for all attendees.
This comprehensive, hands-on training course is designed for cardiothoracic surgery trainees/fellows interested in a unique training experience. The program offers a unique blend of didactic education and hands-on practical training to enhance participants' proficiency in donor organ recovery, ex-situ preservation, and transplantation decision-making. Scrubs and instruments will be provided.
Didactic Sessions
Expert-led lectures covering standard and extended criteria donor hearts and lungs, DBD and DCD procurement techniques, and ex-situ preservation strategies, including the latest advancements in temperature-controlled static preservation and normothermic perfusion.
Hands-On Practical Training
Under the guidance of experienced Cardiothoracic Surgeons, participants will work in pairs to perform cadaver-based thoracic organ retrieval from both DBD and DCD models. The training will include rapid recovery techniques and cannulation for thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP), providing realistic, hands-on experience in donor management and organ preparation.
Aleem Siddique, MDUniversity of Nebraska
Omaha, NE USA
Marcelo Cypel, MDUniversity of Toronto
Toronto, ON Canada
Goran Dellgren, MD, PhDSahlgrenska University Hospital
Göteborg, Sweden