Events

2022 ISHLT Academy Core Competencies in Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation

Enhance your experience in Boston with the full day HFTX Core ISHLT Academy course, available on Tuesday, 26 April, one day before ISHLT2022 begins. Created for those new to the profession or who need a refresher in best practices, ISHLT’s HFTX Core Academy course offers a unique opportunity to learn from some of the world’s leading experts in advanced heart disease about the latest advances in the management of advanced heart failure.

2022 ISHLT Acadmey Core Competencies in Lung Transplantation

Enhance your experience in Boston with the full day LTX Core ISHLT Academy course, available on Tuesday, 26 April, one day before ISHLT2022 begins. Created for those new to the profession or who need a refresher in best practices, ISHLT’s LTX Core Academy course offers a unique opportunity to learn from some of the world’s leading experts in advanced lung disease for a detailed examination of the clinical practice of lung transplantation.

42nd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions

John B. Hynes Memorial Convention Center

Xenotransplantation–Crossing the Final Frontier?

The session provides insight into the challenges encountered, the genetic manipulations undertaken to overcome these, surgical concerns and solutions, insight into the clinical course of human xenotransplantation in present and past and discussion around ethical and infectious concerns.

Casos Desafiantes de Trasplante

El objetivo del presente webinar es el análisis y discusión de casos difíciles y desafiantes de trasplante pulmonar y cardiaco. Se busca un debate sobre casos que se salen de la zona de confort tanto de los clínicos como de los cirujanos. El primer caso será sobre hipertensión pulmonar y las indicaciones de trasplante de pulmón y corazón simultáneo. El segundo tocará será sobre temas de la creciente población de pacientes con cardiopatía congénita en adulto con enfoque en las indicaciones del trasplante de corazón e hígado.

2022 ISHLT Academy on Mechanical Circulatory Support (North America)

This Academy is perfect for clinicians in programs providing mechanical circulatory support, providing a concise review of clinical knowledge and an outline of the essential professional skills for candidate assessment and longitudinal support for mechanical circulatory support patients.

Immunosuppressant Sparing in Solid Organ Transplantation

Solid organ transplant webinar presented by Doctor James Hutchinson. The webinar is free to attend for all members of the Therakos Institute.

ISHLT/Enduring Hearts Pediatric Heart Transplantation Innovation Challenge Grant Finalist Presentations

Five selected finalists present their research proposals to expert judges to determine the 2022 recipient of the ISHLT/Enduring Hearts Pediatric Heart Transplantation Innovation Challenge Grant Recipient.

Nursing & Allied Health Professional Community Town Hall

The Nursing & Allied Health Professional Community Leadership Committee invites all members of the Nursing & Allied Health community to attend the Professional Community Town Hall. Hear the latest updates from ISHLT and participate in discussion about important upcoming events.

Review of the HVAD Landscape Since June 2021

More than a year has passed since Medtronic announced their decision to stop the distribution and sale of the HeartWare™ HVAD™ System. Our distinguished faculty will discuss the current HVAD landscape to include an update on HVAD patient management, best practices, and the UNOS policy change.

Donor Lung Management From the ICU Onwards

The webinar discusses strategies for donor organ optimization prior to organ retrieval and consider the role for centralized donor management. Regulatory, legal, and ethical barriers to deceased organ donor intervention will also be explored.

Escalating and De-Escalating Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support: Pragmatic Approaches to the Patient in Cardiogenic Shock

When confronted with a patient who presents in cardiogenic shock, as care providers we are faced with persistent high mortality that has not changed appreciably in the last few decades despite the use of temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS). During this webinar, speakers iscuss the pragmatic considerations in the escalation and de-escalation of tMCS in patients with cardiogenic shock. Additionally, speakers propose standardized approaches to the use of tMCS. Lastly, the role of tMCS in LV recovery is discussed.

What’s in the Pharmacist Toolbox? Tricks Up Our Sleeves in the Care of Thoracic Transplant Patients

Speakers will discuss a variety of topics, providing clinical pearls and caveats in the care of thoracic transplant patients. Each presentation will be 15 minutes in length, followed by a Q&A discussion with our moderators and panel of speakers.

Sequencing the Future

The ISHLT Research and Immunology Professional Community is organizing a webinar of experts in the field to discuss future roles for next-generation sequencing in heart and lung transplant diagnostics. These talks are intended to present a broad overview of these complex fields and to highlight emerging technologies that might provide inspiration for novel research directions in thoracic transplantation.

All That Jazz: When the Right Heart Fails in Heart Transplant, Durable VAD and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Experts across the world from the cardiology professional community will integrate knowledge to describe tailored strategies to right heart failure across different clinical scenarios including heart transplantation, durable VAD and PAH.

Transplantation in Children with Marginal Pulmonary Vasculature

This interactive webinar will explore the management and transplant considerations for children with congenital heart disease and marginal pulmonary vasculature. After a case presentation, invited experts will provide insights into available mechanical support options, heart versus heart-lung transplantation considerations, and potential surgical strategies for this challenging population of patients.

An International Update on Perioperative Lung Transplantation Management

In the spirit of collaboration, ISHLT has invited speakers from fellow cardiothoracic transplantation anesthesiology societies, with representation from Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA), Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA), and the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (EACTAIC). Additionally, to represent ISHLT multidisciplinary care, a non-A&CC PC colleague was invited to represent ISHLT within the webinar. This multi-societal, multidisciplinary approach will highlight the mission of ISHLT to anesthesiology colleagues from around the world.

Insuficiencia Cardiaca: El Puente de la Etapa Terminal a las Terapias Avanzadas

Este webinar tiene como objetivo mostrar tanto el manejo médico, así como las indicaciones de terapias avanzadas en el paciente con insuficiencia cardiaca estadio D. Se presentará bajo la perspectiva del ISHLT en colaboración con la Sociedad Mexicana de Cardiología.

Donor Lung Acceptance and Recipient-Donor Matching

This webinar will focus on donor lung acceptance, and a transplant surgeon, a pulmonologist, and a transplant coordinator will discuss their perspectives about the practical considerations of donor lung acceptance. The speakers will also discuss donor-recipient matching including factors such as donor quality, recipient severity of illness and clinical condition, and size. Finally, we will have a speaker give a brief overview on the potential role for AI/ML for organ allocation and donor-recipient matching in the future.

The Future is Now: Use of Hepatitis B Virus and HIV Positive Donors for Thoracic Transplant

This session, presented by ISHLT and the Transplant Infectious Diseases Section (TID) of The Transplantation Society (TTS), will educate providers on how best to weigh the opportunities and challenges of these organs, summarize the available data for HBV-mismatched transplants and transplantation of organs from HIV+ donors to recipients living with HIV, and share experiences from two centers conducting transplants using the HBV+ and HIV+ donor pool.