Abstract V: Risk vs. Reward: Innovations in Solid Organ Transplantation

Speaker(s)

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  Jenna Ko, BS

  Graduate Student
  Tulane University School of Medicine
  New Orleans, LA
• DZ

  Dan Zhang, MD, PhD

  General Pathology Resident
  University of Saskatchewan
  Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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  Adil Bhat, PhD

  Postdoctoral Trainee
  University of California
  Los Angeles, CA
• 

  Fang Li, PhD

  Director-in-Trainee
  Brigham and Women's Hospital
  Boston, MA
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  Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe, PhD, F(ACHI)

  Professor and Director, HLA Laboratory
  USC and CHLA
  Los Angeles, CA
• YZ

  Yizhou Zou, MD,PhD

  Professor
  Xiangya Medical School Central South University, Hunan, Changsha, China
  Euless, TX

Moderator(s)

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  Yan Li, PhD, F(ACHI) (he/him/his)

  Assistant Director of Histocompatibility Lab
  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  Boston, MA
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  Ryan Pena, MD, PhD, MS, F(ACHI)

  Tufts University School of Medicine

Presentations:

• 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM US EDT

  Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Protein A Immunoadsorption In Desensitization Therapy for Highly Sensitized Renal Transplant Recipients: A Prospective Cohort Study
  

  Speaker: Yizhou Zou, MD,PhD – Xiangya Medical School Central South University, Hunan, Changsha, China
• 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM US EDT

  HLA-B46 Homozygous Kidney Transplant Candidates Waitlisted with Bw4 and Bw6 Sensitization Have Not Been Transplanted Due to Limitations in US Allocation Policy
  

  Speaker: Jenna Ko, BS – Tulane University School of Medicine
• 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM US EDT

  One Transplant, Two Paths: PIRCHE-II and Epitope Mismatches Reveal Divergent Routes to Rejection
  

  Speaker: Dan Zhang, MD, PhD – University of Saskatchewan
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM US EDT

  Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Triggers Post-Transplant Cytokine Dysregulation and Donor-Specific Antibody Formation, Driving Poor Liver Graft Outcomes in Liver Transplantation
  

  Speaker: Adil Bhat, PhD – University of California
• 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM US EDT

  Improving Virtual Crossmatch (vXM) Accuracy: Impact of Lower DSA Thresholds, HLA-C Inclusion, and Epitope Analysis on T-Cell Flow Crossmatch Prediction
  

  Speaker: Fang Li, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
• 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM US EDT

  Characterizing HLA-DQ Expression in Transplanted Kidneys with PhenoCycler Spatial Imaging
  

  Speaker: Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe, PhD, F(ACHI) – USC and CHLA