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After the success of the ISHLT 44th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions in Prague, ISHLT invites members to begin developing content for the ISHLT 45th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions to be held 27-30 April, 2024, in Boston, MA USA.

Look back on the ISHLT’s gathering in Prague with an online photo gallery from ISHLT2024. View and download photos online now.

The May episode of JHLT: The Podcast explores two studies, one on racial and gender disparities in hep C+ hearts and lungs, and the other on metabolomic profiling during NRP before heart transplantation—and its correlation to markers of allograft injury.

Wiebke Sommer, MD, a cardiac surgeon at the University of Heidelberg in Germany is featured in this installment of Early Career Stories. Learn about what intrigues her about cardiothoracic surgery, how she pursued her career, the importance of mentorship, and how the Society keeps her connected to a global community.

ISHLT en Español llevará a cabo un webinar sobre los temas más polémicos en trasplante pulmonary el 14 de junio próximo. El evento es totalmente gratuito y todos son bienvenidos a participar.

As the ISHLT gears up for another exciting year of groundbreaking symposia, you can play a pivotal role in evaluating the quality and diversity of the ISHLT2025 program. Your expertise and insights are crucial, and the Program Planning Committee is seeking a robust reviewer pool that reflects the varied perspectives within the ISHLT community. If you’re interested in getting involved, apply to serve as an ISHLT2025 Symposium Proposal Reviewer by Friday, 17 May.

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), which publishes The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (JHLT) with Elsevier, has named Joseph Rogers, MD, as the new editor-in-chief of the Journal. Dr. Rogers is the President and CEO of the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, TX USA.

ISHLT announced recipients of $175,000 USD in funding for research designed to improve care for patients with advanced heart and lung disease. The grants were funded by the ISHLT Foundation, and announced at the 44th ISHLT Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, held 10-13 April in Prague.

From among the 1,400 presentations from the 44th ISHLT Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions in Prague, three abstracts were selected to receive awards to recognize excellence from early career investigators.

A new ISHLT Standards & Guidelines Consensus Document, ISHLT 2024 Infection Definitions for Durable and Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, has been published in JHLT and is available to read online! Led by Saima Aslam and Ezequiel Molina, this document provides updated definitions for infections associated with durable MCS devices and new definitions for infections in acute MCS.

Seven ISHLT members volunteered as Roving Reporters at ISHLT2024, covering pivotal educational sessions and areas of interest in their respective Interdisciplinary Networks.

Two weeks ago, more than 3,500 people from the ISHLT global community gathered in Prague to exchange ideas, reconnect, and collaborate over the latest science.

The ISHLT has endorsed the 2024 World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension taking place 29 June – 1 July, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.

The 45th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions will take place at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, MA, USA from Sunday, 27 April - Wednesday, 30 April, 2025, with Pre-Conference Day occurring on Saturday, 26 April.

Final Day of ISHLT2024

Re-perfusing the lungs of an organ donor after the heart has irreversibly stopped beating with a technique called normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) could potentially increase the number of patients receiving lung transplants, according to researchers at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) in Prague.

Friday at ISHLT2024

Glen Kelley’s journey as a heart transplant recipient came full circle today in Prague, as he addressed attendees of the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), including members of his own care teams.

While debating the pros and cons of robotically assisted lung transplantation, Albert Jauregui, MD, PhD told attendees at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), today in Prague that the time for robotic surgery is now.

Ready for Day Two of ISHLT2024?