Workshop 2: Addressing International Challenges to Transplant Laboratory Practices

Speaker(s)

• 

  Xiangjun Liu, PhD (he/him/his)

  CEO
  BFR Gene Diagnostics
  Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic)
• 

  Amir Hamidieh, MD

  Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation,
  Tehran University of Medical Sciences
  Tehran, Tehran, Iran
• 

  Olga Gerova, MD

  Medical director
  National Bone Marrow Donors Registry named after Vasya Perevoshchikov
  Saint-Petersburg, Saint Petersburg City, Russia

Moderator(s)

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  Medhat Askar, MD, PhD

  Associate Vice President For Clinical Affairs | Professor of Immunology
  Qatar University
  Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar
• 

  Chang Liu, MD, PhD, A(ACHI)

  Medical Director, the HLA Laboratory of Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
  St. Louis, MO

Histocompatibility laboratories outside North America and Europe face multiple challenges of different nature. To properly support the established regional and neighboring stem-cell and solid-organ transplant programs, these laboratories have devised creative solutions to efficiently and effectively function under different pressures. In this workshop, the audience will learn about some of the challenges histocompatibility laboratories face in China, Iran and South Africa, three regions with prominent and long-established transplant programs. Creative solutions will be described with some lessons learned that can benefit practices outside of these regions.

To learn more please click here.

Histocompatibility laboratories outside North America and Europe face multiple challenges of different nature. To properly support the established regional and neighboring stem-cell and solid-organ transplant programs, these laboratories have devised creative solutions to efficiently and effectively function under different pressures. In this workshop, the audience will learn about some of the challenges histocompatibility laboratories face in China, Iran and South Africa, three regions with prominent and long-established transplant programs. Creative solutions will be described with some lessons learned that can benefit practices outside of these regions.

To learn more please click here.

Presentations:

• 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM US EDT

  Histocompatibility Practices in China – Solving real-world problems
  

  Speaker: Xiangjun Liu, PhD (he/him/his) – BFR Gene Diagnostics
• 5:15 PM - 5:45 PM US EDT

  Histocompatibility Practices in Iran – Solving real-world problems
  

  Speaker: Amir Hamidieh, MD – Tehran University of Medical Sciences
• 5:45 PM - 6:15 PM US EDT

  Histocompatibility practices in Russia – Solving real-world problems
  

  Speaker: Olga Gerova, MD – National Bone Marrow Donors Registry named after Vasya Perevoshchikov