About the Course

The 2024 Lung Transplant Symposium: Surgical and Medical Insights for Transplant Assessment and Management, presented as a pre-conference activity on Friday, January 26, will provide insight to best-practice approaches for surgical and medical care of lung transplant patients, from assessment as candidates though post-surgical care as recipients. The program is intended for surgeons, pulmonologists, anesthesiologists, and other members of the transplant team. 
 

Agenda

Friday, January 26, 2024

All times Central (-0500 UTC). Agenda subject to change.

Time Session
7 a.m. –
7:45 a.m.		 Industry Symposium/Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m. Moderator:  Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, PhD, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Opening Remarks
Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD, Washington, DC, US
President, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
8:05 a.m. – 8:20 a.m. History of Lung Transplant
John H. Dark, MB, FRCS, Newcastle, UK
8:20 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.  Moderators: Norihisa Shigemura, MD, Philadelphia, PA, US; and Michael S. Mulligan, MD, Seattle, WA, US

Session 1: Recipient Selection 

  • Who to Transplant: Indication for Transplant, COPD, IPF, CF, Scleroderma, Sarcoidosis
    Shaf Keshavjee, MD, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Who Not to Transplant, Deconditioning/Reconditioning
    Matthew G. Hartwig, MD, Durham, NC, US
  • ECMO as Bridge to Lung Transplant
    Jasleen Kukreja, MD, MPH, San Francisco, CA, US 
  • Single vs Double, Lung vs Heart-Lung Transplant 
    John W. MacArthur Jr., MD, Stanford, CA, US
  • Unusual Challenges in Candidate Selection—Metastatic Cancers, Highly Sensitized Patients
    Ankit Bharat, MD, Chicago, IL, US
  • Panel discussion
9:50 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.  Break
10:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Moderators: Jasleen Kukreja, MD, MPH; and Matthew G. Hartwig, MD

Session 2: Donor Selection 

  • Size Matching and Donor Organ Quality Assessment
    Kewal Krishan, MD, Philadelphia, PA, US
  • Appropriate Use of Marginal Donors
    Michael S. Mulligan, MD 
  • Organ Procurement Techniques—DBD, DCD, or NRP
    Sandra Lindstedt, MD, PhD, Lund, Sweden
  • Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Platforms – XVIVO, Transmedics and Paragonix
    Kenneth McCurry, MD, Cleveland, OH, US
  • Hepatitis-C and Other Increased-Risk Donors
    Errol L. Bush, MD, Baltimore, MD, US
  • Panel discussion
11:50 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.     Industry Symposium/Lunch
12:50 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. Moderators: Kewal Krishan MD, and Errol L. Bush, MD

Session 3: Intraoperative Management 

  • Perioperative and Intraoperative Anesthesia Management
    Theresa A. Gelzinis, MD, Pittsburgh, PA, US
  • Surgical Approach: Clamshell, Posterolateral Thoracotomy, Median Sternotomy, Anterolateral Thoracotomy Including Concomitant Procedures
    Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, PhD
  • Off-Pump ECMO or Cardiopulmonary Bypass Support During Lung Transplant
    Konrad Hoetzenecker, MD, PhD, Vienna, Austria   
  • Techniques for Dealing with the Hostile Pleural Space—Tips and Tricks
    Michael S. Mulligan, MD
  • Panel discussion
2:05 p.m. – 2.20 p.m. Break
2:20 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Moderators: Kenneth McCurry, MD, and Aaron M. Cheng, MD, Seattle, WA, US 

Session 4: Postoperative Management 
  • Post-Op ICU Management with Multidisciplinary Approach
    Norihisa Shigemura, MD
  • Airway Complications and Their Management
    Bruce A. Johnson, MD, Pittsburgh, PA, US 
  • Diagnosis, Monitoring and Therapeutic Challenges – AMR, ACR
    Deborah J. Levine, MD, San Antonio, TX, US  
  • Critical Knowledge of Immunosuppression – Variants of Induction and Maintenance Immunosuppression
    Rebecca Florez, PharmD, San Francisco, CA
  • Unwelcome Visitors – Bacterial, Viral, Fungal Infections
    Erika D. Lease, MD, Seattle, WA, US 
  • Panel Discussion
3:50 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Moderators:  Shaf Keshavjee, MD, and Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, PhD

Session 5: Challenging Situations 
  • Re-Transplant
    Duane Davis, MD, Orlando, FL, US
  • Lobar and Segmental Transplantation Techniques Including Living Related Lung Transplant
    Hiroshi Date, MD, Kyoto, Japan
  • COVID ARDS
    Tiago N. Machuca, MD, PhD, Miami, FL, US
  • Management of Pleural Space Complications
    Daniel P. McCarthy, MD, Madison, WI, US
4:30 p.m. Adjournment

 

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Symposium Registrants: Complimentary access to the program's digital archive was included with your registration. You are able to access the recorded sessions in the STS Learning Center. 
 

Pricing

Category STS Member Rate Non-Member Rate
Surgeons, Physicians $250 $350
Allied Health Professionals $150 $200
Trainees and Medical Students $50 $100

 

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Accreditation

STS is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  

Physician Assistants (PAs) may claim a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for completing this activity. The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.