Workshop 3: AABB/ASHI Symposium: Exploring Transplant Uncertainties/Conundrums in ABO

Speaker(s)

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  Anne Halpin, PhD, A(ACHI)

  University of Alberta
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  Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, FACS

  NYU Langone Health
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  Amena Usami, MD, F(ACHI)

  UC San Diego Health

Moderator(s)

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  Robert Achram
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  Lori West, Professor

  University of Alberta

This workshop is designed to review policy and practice related to ABO-incompatible transplantation. ABO-histocompatibility and the current methods used to determine ABO immune risk assessment will be reviewed. The session will finish with a panel discussion related to current practice and potential future directions of ABO-incompatible practice in renal and pediatric heart transplantation.

Session developed by Anne Halpin, Chang Liu and Ryan Pena.

Presentations:

• 4:46 PM – 5:15 PM US PDT

  Overview of Glycobiology, Review of the Literature for Use of Red Cell Agglutination Titers in Transplantation 
  

  Speaker: Anne Halpin, PhD, A(ACHI) – University of Alberta
• 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM US PDT

  Overcoming Challenges in Performing Testing for ABO-incompatible Transplants
  

  Speaker: Amena Usami, MD, F(ACHI) – UC San Diego Health
• 5:45 PM – 6:15 PM US PDT

  ABO-Incompatible Transplantation from the Clinical Perspective 
  

  Speaker: Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, FACS – NYU Langone Health