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

 

Registration

  • In-Person Attendance: To attend the symposium in person, registration for STS 2024 is required.
  • Livestream/Virtual Attendance: Those unable to travel to San Antonio may register to attend the symposium as a stand-alone, livestreamed event. 
    • The event recording will be made available to all registrants following the conclusion of STS 2024.
       

Fees

  STS Member Non-Member
Surgeons and Physicians $250 $300
Allied Health (Non-Physicians) $150 $200
Trainees (Med. Student, Resident, Fellow) $50 $100