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Patel MS, Shankar S, Tejedor M, Barbas AS, Kim J, Mao S, Ivanics T, Shaji Mathew J, Shingina A, Khan MQ, Wilson EA, Syn N, Alconchel F, Patel D, Liu J, Nasralla D, Mazzola A, Tanaka T, Victor DW, Yoon YI, Vinaixa C, Mi Kyaw AM, Galante A, Magistri P, Kathirvel M, Aliseda D, Moral K, Di Maira T, De Martin E, Chadha R, Hakeem AR, Bonaccorsi-Riani E, Rammohan A. Proceedings of the 29th Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society. Liver Transpl 2025:01445473-990000000-00574. [PMID: 40062745 DOI: 10.1097/lvt.0000000000000593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2025] [Indexed: 04/17/2025]
Abstract
The 2024 Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) was from May 1-4 in Houston, Texas, USA, under the theme "Liver Disease and Transplantation: Breaking Barriers and Exploring New Frontiers." In addition to a robust scientific program, the congress also hosted a hands-on cadaveric robotic liver surgery course, a machine perfusion workshop, and a transesophageal echocardiography course. In this report, the ILTS Vanguard and Basic Sciences Committees present a summary of the congress proceedings.
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Affiliation(s)
- Madhukar S Patel
- Division of Surgical Transplantation, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Dr Rela Institute Medical Centre, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
| | - Marta Tejedor
- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
| | - Andrew S Barbas
- Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
| | - Joohyun Kim
- Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
| | - Shennen Mao
- Department of Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
| | - Tommy Ivanics
- University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Johns Shaji Mathew
- Multi-Organ Transplant & HPB Surgery, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
| | - Alexandra Shingina
- Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
| | - Mohammad Qasim Khan
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
| | - Elizabeth A Wilson
- Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
| | - Nicholas Syn
- Division of Biomedical Informatics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
| | - Felipe Alconchel
- Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital (IMIB-Pascual Parrilla), Murcia, Spain
| | | | - Jiang Liu
- Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
| | - David Nasralla
- Department of HPB and Liver Transplant Surgery, The Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
| | - Alessandra Mazzola
- Sorbonne Université, Unité médicale de transplantation hépatique, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
| | - Tomohiro Tanaka
- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
| | - David W Victor
- Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
| | | | - Carmen Vinaixa
- Hepatology and Liver Transplantation Unit, IIS La Fe and Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
- CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
| | | | - Antonio Galante
- Istituto mediterraneo per i trapianti e terapie ad alta specializzazione-IRCCS ISMETT, UPMC Italy, Palermo, Italy
| | - Paolo Magistri
- Hepato-pancreato-biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
| | - Manikandan Kathirvel
- Department of HPB and Liver Transplant Surgery, The Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
- Department of Surgery, The Whittington Health NHS Trust, London, UK
| | - Daniel Aliseda
- HPB and Liver Transplant Unit, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Navarra, Spain
| | - Kenan Moral
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
| | - Tommaso Di Maira
- Hepatology and Liver Transplantation Unit, IIS La Fe and Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
- CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
| | - Eleonora De Martin
- AP-HP, Hôpital Paul-Brousse, Centre Hépato- Biliaire, Unité INSERM 1193, Villejuif, France
| | - Ryan Chadha
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Transplantation and Abdominal Surgery Section, Department of Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
- Institute de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique-IREC, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
| | - Ashwin Rammohan
- Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Dr Rela Institute Medical Centre, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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