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ISHLT2023 Meeting Final Program Announced20 January 2023
The Final Program for the 43rd International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions is now available. Attendees will meet in-person in Denver, CO USA on 19-22 April, 2023. The program features presentations spanning a breadth of clinical practice and research concerning heart and lung transplantation, advanced heart and lung disease, mechanical circulatory support, and pulmonary vascular disease.
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ISHLT Announces 2024 and 2025 Chairs for Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee10 January 2023
As the ISHLT community looks forward to the ISHLT2023 Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, ISHLT announces the Chairs for the 2024 and 2025 Annual Meetings of the Society.
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A Look Back at 2022 on JHLT: The Podcast10 January 2023
JHLT: The Podcast kicks off 2023 with a look back at 2022. Daniel R. Goldstein, MD, Editor-in-Chief of JHLT, joins the JHLT Digital Media Editors for a recap of the past year of The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.
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ISHLT Elects New Board Members and Professional Community Leaders1 December 2022
ISHLT has announced the results of the 2022 member election for the 2023 Board of Directors as well as leadership positions in the Professional Communities. The Society will welcome six members to the Board of Directors and 14 leaders across various specialties to serve as representatives to the 4 ISHLT Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committees and the Early Career & Trainee Committee beginning 1 May, 2023, immediately following the ISHLT 43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions.
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ISHLT and ESOT Partner on MCS Academy in Prague5 September 2022
ISHLT and the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) have collaborated to offer an Academy course on Mechanical Circulatory Support on 13 November, concurrently with the first day of the ESOT TLJ 3.0 Consensus Conference.
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Submit Your Best Science: ISHLT Accepting Abstracts for its 2023 Annual Meeting1 August 2022
ISHLT has opened abstract submissions for its 43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions in Denver, Colorado on 19-22 April, 2023. This event will feature educational content spanning the breadth of clinical practice and research concerning heart and lung transplantation, advanced heart and lung disease, mechanical circulatory support, and pulmonary vascular disease.
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Next Generation Advances Science with Research at ISHLT Annual Meeting21 July 2022
Abstracts presented at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting gathers the latest research from around the world on caring for and improving outcomes for patients with advanced heart and lung disease.
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ISHLT Statement on Access to Abortion and Reproductive Health14 July 2022
Recognizing that abortion is a controversial issue approached in many ways around the world, the June 24, 2022, United States Supreme Court decision overturning Roe vs. Wade provides an important opportunity to remind those making health policy decisions of the added complexities end-stage heart and lung diseases bring to the reproductive decisions facing women of child-bearing potential, particularly those who have received a heart and/or lung transplant.
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Rebecca Cogswell, MD, Named Incoming Medical Director of the International Thoracic Organ Transplant11 July 2022
The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) named Rebecca Cogswell, MD, the Medical Director of the Society’s International Thoracic Organ Transplant (TTX) Registry. Dr. Cogswell succeeds Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH, who concludes eleven years of service as Registry Medical Director, during which he expanded the registry’s international participation, use and citations, and recently completed a process to ensure data collection is robust and GDPR compliant.
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JHLT: Tops in Transplantation29 June 2022
For the eighth year in a row, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation’s Impact Factor earned the publication the number one ranking in the transplantation category. JHLT has also maintained its ranking of 4th in Surgery and 5th in Respiratory, and increased its rank to 10th in the highly competitive Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems category (from 13 in 2020).
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ISHLT Drives Innovation with Research Grants6 May 2022
The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) awarded grants to three researchers its 2022 Annual Meeting. ISHLT grants fund research to improve the care of patients with advanced heart and lung disease through transplantation, mechanical circulatory support (MCS), and innovative therapies.
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ISHLT Presents Xenotransplantation Webinar on 25 May2 May 2022
The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) will follow the xenotransplantation presentation from its Annual Meeting opening plenary session with an in-depth xenotransplantation webinar, 25 May at noon EDT on ISHLTv, the online education platform for the international heart and lung transplantation community.
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ISHLT Honors Hannah Valantine for Lifetime Achievement in Treating Advanced Heart Disease28 April 2022
During its 42nd Annual Meeting in Boston, the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation honored the recipient of the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award, Hannah Valantine, MD, FRCP, MBBS.
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ISHLT Launches Foundation to Fund Research in Thoracic Transplantation, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Pulmonary Hypertension27 April 2022
ISHLT has established a new sister organization: the ISHLT Foundation. This new entity serves as the charitable arm of ISHLT, and will fund a global portfolio of research grants and fellowship awards to improve patient care for advanced heart and lung disease.
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ISHLT Professional Communities Elect Leaders Across Seven Specialties1 April 2022
ISHLT has announced the results of the 2022 member elections for Professional Community leaders, who serve as representatives to the four ISHLT Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committees. Seventeen leaders across seven professional specialties were elected to serve three-year terms beginning 1 May, 2022, immediately following the 2022 ISHLT Annual Meeting.
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ISHLT Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions to Convene International Transplant Community Next Month1 March 2022
The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) will host its 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions on 27-30 April, 2022. Attendees will meet in Boston, MA USA, marking the first time the ISHLT community has met in person since 2019.
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ISHLT Core Academies in Heart and Lung Transplantation Precede Annual Meeting in Boston15 February 2022
Two International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Academies will be held on 26 April in Boston, the day before the 42nd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, 27-30 April.
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ISHLT Opens Registration for ISHLT2022 Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions14 January 2022
ISHLT will host its 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions on 27-30 April, 2022. Attendees will meet in-person in Boston, MA USA, and the event will include educational content spanning the breadth of clinical practice and research concerning heart and lung transplantation, advanced heart and lung disease, mechanical circulatory support, and pulmonary vascular disease. Virtual access to selected education will also be available.
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ISHLT Elects New Board Members to Take Office in April 20221 December 2021
ISHLT has announced the results of the member election for the 2022 Board of Directors. The Society will welcome six members of the Board of Directors at the 42nd Annual ISHLT Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions on 27-30 April, 2022.
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Preliminary Program Now Available for ISHLT’s 2022 Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions16 November 2021
ISHLT will host its 42nd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions on 27-30 April, 2022 in Boston, MA USA. The preliminary program for the meeting is now available to browse at ishlt.org/ishlt2022, and currently features three plenary sessions, 18 sunrise symposia, and 35 invited symposia sessions.