87 - Xenotransplantation: The Next Frontier in Transplant ID

Thursday, October 12, 2023

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

Location: 156 ABC

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Maricar Malinis, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery (Transplant)
Section of Infectious Diseases
Yale University
New Haven, CT, United States
Sapna Mehta, MD

Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
New York, NY, United States

Faculty(s)

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Anoma Nellore, MD

Associate Professor
University of Alabama Birmingham
Birmingham, AL, United States

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Jayme Locke, MD MPH (she/her/hers)

Professor of Surgery | Arnold G. Diethelm MD Endowed Chair in Transplant Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL, United States
Jay Fishman, MD (he/him/his)

Professor of Medicine, Director Transplant Infectious Disease
Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, United States

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Disclosure(s):

Maricar F. Malinis, MD: Shire/Takeda: Advisor/Consultant (Terminated, March 4, 2023)

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-23-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe the basic immunobiology of xenotransplantation that are relevant to infection risk;
recognize the surgical aspect of xenotransplantation and potential challenges interim after transplantation;
explain the infectious complications of xenotransplantation and strategies to prevent such infections

Presentations:

3:15 PM – 3:40 PM US ET

Understanding the Immunobiology of Xenotransplantation
Speaker: Anoma Nellore, MD – University of Alabama Birmingham
3:40 PM – 4:05 PM US ET

Xenotransplantation 101: What an ID Doctor Should Know
Speaker: Jayme Locke, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine
4:05 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

Infectious Risks of Xenotransplantation
Speaker: Jay A. Fishman, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School