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New Perspectives in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Program as of July 2023

Monday, October 16

Breakfast - 07:00 to 08:00

Session 1 - 08:00 to 09:30

Surgical Complications and Advanced Treatments

Vascular complications post-transplant

Blayne Sayed

SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada

Biliary complications post-transplant

Caroline Lemoine

CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada

Radiological interventions for biliary and vascular complications post-transplant

Shankar Rajeswaran

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

The role of ERCP post liver transplant

Trevor Laborda

Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Session 2 - 09:30 to 10:30

Fontan Associated Liver Disease - Lessons learned from Combined Heart Liver [Panel Discussion]

Considerations in heart:liver transplant

Alyssa Kriegermeier

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Debate 1: Heart and liver together & rebuttal

Andy Bonham

Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Palo Alto, CA,USA

Debate 2: Heart alone & rebuttal

Timucin Taner

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Session 3 - 10:45 to 12:00

Mental Health and Psychosocial Stressors Surrounding Transplant

Mental health and transplant

Jill M. Plevinsky

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Family perspective of managing the psychosocial aspects of transplant

Veronique Ouellette & son - Mathis Auclair

A teenager and his mother share their stories, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada

The role of palliative care in transplant

John Stroh

Children's Mercy, Kansas City, MO, USA

The role of palliative care in transplant

Kelstan Ellis

Children's Mercy, Kansas City, MO, USA

NIH AHRQ Study Update - App Utilization of PQL

Vicky Ng , SickKids, ON, Canada

Lunch Breakouts - 12:00 to 13:15

Breakout 1A - Fellows

Breakout 1B - Multi-Disciplinary/Registry

Session 4 - 13:15 to 14:15

Rejection Outside the Box

Micro-chimerism & graft tolerance

Nam-Joon Yi

Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Latest on pediatric liver transplant rejection

Udeme Ekong

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Georgetown, WA, USA

Breakout 2A - 14:30 to 15:30

Training the Future of Transplantation [Panel Discussion]

Julie Bonn

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Manuel Rodriguez-Davalos

Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Tamir Diamond

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Sara Rasmussen

Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA

Adam Griesemer

NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA

Riccardo Superina

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Breakout 2B - 14:30 to 15:30

Multi-Disciplinary

Post-transplant infection prophylaxis and monitoring

Melissa Semp

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Medication compliance

Courtney Kain

Nemours Children's Hospital, Wilmington, DE, USA

Session 5 - 15:30 to 16:00

Pediatric Families & Engaged Partners Group (PFEP)

Brittany Munn

Co-chair SPLIT Pediatric Families & Engaged Partners Group, NYU Langone, New York, NY, USA

Recipient mom & living donor

Vanessa Smith

SPLIT Pediatric Families & Engaged Partners Group SickKids, Toronto, Kilworthy, ON, Canada

Jennifer White

Co-chair SPLIT Pediatric Families & Engaged Partners Group

Session 6 - 16:00 to 16:35

UNOS/Advocacy Update

Emily Perito

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Welcome Reception & Poster Session - 17:00 to 19:00

Tuesday, October 17

07:00 to 08:00 Breakfast & Meet the SPLIT Council - Learn how to get involved!

Session 7 - 08:00 to 09:00

Improving Access to Pediatric Liver Transplantation

Pediatric living donor liver transplant recommendations

Oya M. Andacoglu

OU Health, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Social determinants of health in pediatric liver transplant

Sharad Wadhwani

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

The imperative to address health inequities in pediatric liver transplant

Peace Dike

Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Session 8 - 09:00 to 10:15

Renal Disease Associated with Transplant

Hepatorenal syndrome and renal insults pre-transplant

Steven Lobritto

CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY, USA

When to consider a liver-kidney transplant

Bhargava Mullapudi

Children's Mercy, San Diego, CA, USA

The role of CRRT/MARS peri-transplant

Anna Banc-Husu

Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX, USA

Effects of immunosuppresion on renal function

Vikram Raghu

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburg, PA, USA

Session 9 - 10:30 to 11:10

Oral Abstract Presentations & Travel Awards

Session 10 - 11:10 to 11:55

SPLIT President Update & Closing Remarks