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Episode 38: Safeguarding Transplant Recipients_ Measles Risk Reduction Strategies

Original Air Date: Friday, March 14, 2025 Moderators John W. Baddley, United States Stephanie Pouch, United States Speakers Ricardo La Hoz, United States Camille N. Kotton, United States Lara Danziger-Isakov, United States 📑 Outline Multiple measles cases have recently been reported globally, representing a unique threat to transplant patients. This webinar plans to describe clinical features of measles in the immunosuppressed, current epidemiology and prevention and treatment options available 🎯 Learning Objectives -- Understand risk of exposure to measles -- Consider best timing for measles vaccination (pediatric and adults) -- Review post exposure prophylaxis approaches 📖 Further Reading -- Measles Symptoms and Complications (https://www.cdc.gov/measles/signs-sym...) -- Prevention of Measles, Rubella, Congenital Rubella Syndrome, and Mumps, 2013: Summary Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwr...) -- Ayman Al Jurdi, Camille N Kotton The Next Outbreak Looms on the Horizon: Measles and Potential Impacts on Transplant Recipients. Transplantation 2024 Oct 1;108(10):2012-2014. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005083. Epub 2024 May 17. (https://journals.lww.com/transplantjo...) -- Patient facing webinar ( • Update in Transplantation: Measles Prevent... ) 🔔 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to the TTS channel for more education content. ℹ️ About The Transplantation Society (https://www.tts.org): The Transplantation Society is a non-profit NGO providing global leadership in transplantation. Our core mission includes the development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education and guidance on the ethical practice. The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - Twitter: https://x.com/ttsorg Linkedin: / thetransplantationsociety
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Episode 37: Xenotransplantation Updates from the Transplantation Journal

Original Air Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Moderators Jennifer Li, Australia Jonathan Bromberg, United States Muhammad Mohiuddin, United States Speakers Wayne J. Hawthorne, Australia Raphael Meier, United States Jay Fishman, United States Robin K. Avery, United States Leo Bühler, Switzerland 📑 Overview Join our panel of experts who discuss important topics in Xenotransplantation. This panel discussion is complemented by a series of related articles recently published in Transplantation Journal. 🎯 Outline Wayne J. Hawthorne, Australia International Xenotransplantation Association (IXA) Position Paper on the History, Current Status, and Regulation of Xenotransplantation (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40198...) -- How xenotransplant research started and what are the major barriers to success. -- Research and innovation – haem & immunological barriers, genetic engineering etc. Raphael Meier, United States International Xenotransplantation Association (IXA) Position Paper on Kidney Xenotransplantation (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40197...) -- Key clinical trials in xenotransplantation. -- Issues with rejection and infection. -- Promise and what are the questions still to be answered moving forward. Jay Fishman, United States International Xenotransplantation Association (IXA) Position Paper on Infectious Disease Considerations in Xenotransplantation (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40198...) -- What are the major zoonotic infections which have been encountered so far? -- What challenges exist in diagnosis/treatment of these? -- What are the current tools and research pipelines to help address this problem? Robin K. Avery, United States Optimizing IVIg in Xenotransplantation: A Call to Action (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40164...) -- What role does IVIG have in xenotransplantation? -- What is the concern about using IVIG and what can be done to address these? Leo Bühler, Switzerland The International Human Xenotransplantation Inventory: Current Data and Future Directions (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40197...) -- How can global efforts be best focused to moving the field forward? -- Discussion around key aspects of a xenotransplantation inventory and data harmonisation. -- Development of guidance, regulatory oversight and ethics in the field. 🔔 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to the TTS channel for more education content. ℹ️ About The Transplantation Society (https://www.tts.org): The Transplantation Society is a non-profit NGO providing global leadership in transplantation. Our core mission includes the development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education and guidance on the ethical practice. The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - Twitter: https://x.com/ttsorg Linkedin: / thetransplantationsociety
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Episode 36: Global Adventures after Pandemic_ Ensuring Safe Travels for Transplant Patients

Original Air Date: Thursday, February 6, 2025 Moderators Cameron Wolfe, United States Peter Chiodini, United Kingdom Wanessa Trindade Clemente, Brazil Speakers Michele I. Morris, United States Oriol Manuel, Switzerland Siriorn Watcharananan, Thailand 📑 Outline The number of solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients continues to grow and as their overall health improves, they are increasingly traveling to areas with endemic and tropical infections. SOT recipients remain at increased risk of developing opportunistic and non-opportunistic infections, and are less likely to develop a robust response to vaccines against routine and travel related pathogens. In the webinar, the approach and evidence for prevention and treatment of travel related infections for adult and pediatric SOT patients will be discussed. 🎯 Learning Objectives -- Provide participants with updated background information and a practical approach to the emerging problem of infections in mobile populations, including travel and migration, with a special focus on SOT recipients. -- Through interactive sessions, participants will have the opportunity to discuss different practical problems with leading experts in the field. -- Education of healthcare workers from different backgrounds 🔔 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to the TTS channel for more education content. ℹ️ About The Transplantation Society (https://www.tts.org): The Transplantation Society is a non-profit NGO providing global leadership in transplantation. Our core mission includes the development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education and guidance on the ethical practice. The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - Twitter: https://x.com/ttsorg Linkedin: / thetransplantationsociety
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Episode 35: The Perspectives and Experiences of Women with a Kidney Transplant on Access to Healthcare

Original Air Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Moderators Germaine Wong, Australia Bianca Davidson, South Africa Speakers Zibya Barday, South Africa Nicole Scholes-Robertson, Australia Maleeka Ladhani, Australia 📑 Overview This webinar will provide an overview of the qualitative multinational study that was conducted by WIT Pillar Ill and will include some personal stories of women with transplants. 🎯 Learning Objectives -- To disseminate findings of the qualitative study conducted by WIT Pillar 3 looking at perspectives and experiences of women with kidney transplants (see reference in further reading). -- To gain greater understanding of the journey through transplantation, specifically from the lens of being a woman (ie pregnancy, fertility, motherhood and hormonal changes) from the patients perspectives. -- Share multinational strategies to improve access and quality of multidisciplinary care for women. 📖 Supporting Material Ladhani M, Jaure A, Davidson B, Barday Z, Lerminiaux L, Bandolo NV, Gomez MP, Matus-Gonzalez A, Narasimhan G, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Soki K. A multinational qualitative study examined the perspectives and experiences of women with a kidney transplant on access to healthcare. Kidney International. 2025 Aug 25. https://kidney-international.org/arti... 🔔 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to the TTS channel for more education content. ℹ️ About The Transplantation Society (https://www.tts.org): The Transplantation Society is a non-profit NGO providing global leadership in transplantation. Our core mission includes the development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education and guidance on the ethical practice. The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - Twitter: https://x.com/ttsorg Linkedin: / thetransplantationsociety
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Episode 34: Immune Biomarkers for CMV Infection

Original Air Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Moderators Camille N. Kotton, United States Stefan G. Tullius, United States Speaker Bradley J. Gardiner, Australia 📑 Overview Presentation of recently published manuscript in Transplantation Gardiner, B. J., et al. (2025). Global Immune Biomarkers and Donor Serostatus Can Predict Cytomegalovirus Infection Within Seropositive Lung Transplant Recipients. Transplantation. 🎯 Learning Objectives -- Discuss the role of immune biomarkers in the prediction of CMV and other infections in lung transplant recipients -- Explore the advantages and disadvantages of the absolute lymphocyte count as a predictor -- Review the data from a recently published study by Gardiner et al. exploring ALC and mitogen values as predictors of CMV in R+ lung transplant recipients -- Highlight recent TTS CMV guidelines on this topic 🔔 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to the TTS channel for more education content. ℹ️ About The Transplantation Society (https://www.tts.org): The Transplantation Society is a non-profit NGO providing global leadership in transplantation. Our core mission includes the development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education and guidance on the ethical practice. The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - Twitter: https://x.com/ttsorg Linkedin: / thetransplantationsociety
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Episode 33: Case-Based Approach to Fungal Infections in Transplant Patients_ Management Across Regions

Original Air Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Moderator Wanessa Clemente, Brazil Speakers Shahid Husain, Canada Monica Slavin, Australia Emily Eichenberger, USA John Baddley, USA 📑 Overview The number of solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients continues to increase, and these patients remain at heightened risk for invasive and endemic fungal infections. This webinar will review current approaches and available evidence for the diagnosis and treatment of fungal infections in the transplant setting. The presentations and discussions will primarily focus on the management of transplant recipients. However, given that the risk of fungal transmission may involve both donors and recipients, speakers are encouraged to also address donor-related considerations where relevant. 🎯 Learning Objectives -- Recognize common clinical scenarios of fungal infections in transplant recipients. -- Apply a structured diagnostic approach based on clinical presentation, epidemiology, and risk factors. -- Select appropriate antifungal therapy, considering efficacy, toxicity, and drug–drug interactions. -- Integrate regional epidemiology into clinical decision-making. -- Avoid common diagnostic and therapeutic pitfalls in daily practice. 🔔 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to the TTS channel for more education content. ℹ️ About The Transplantation Society (https://www.tts.org): The Transplantation Society is a non-profit NGO providing global leadership in transplantation. Our core mission includes the development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education and guidance on the ethical practice. The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - Twitter: https://x.com/ttsorg Linkedin: / thetransplantationsociety
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Episode 32: Empowering AHP's Through Education in Organ, Tissue and Cell Donation & Transplantation

Original Air Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 Moderators Estephan Arredondo Córdova, Spain Anne Floden, Sweden Speakers Carmen Blanco, Spain Jon Boyd, United States 📑 Overview Educational webinar highlighting the essential role of Allied Health Professionals in organ, tissue and cell donation and transplantation, showcasing best practices and established international training programs. 🎯 Learning Objectives -- To enhance the knowledge and competencies of Allied Health Professionals involved in organ, tissue, and cell donation and transplantation through structured, practice-oriented education. -- To present and analyze established educational programs from different countries, highlighting best practices, outcomes, and transferable models for capacity building. -- To promote international collaboration and professional recognition of Allied Health Professionals, fostering multidisciplinary engagement and sustainable donation and transplant systems. 🔔 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to the TTS channel for more education content. ℹ️ About The Transplantation Society (https://www.tts.org): The Transplantation Society is a non-profit NGO providing global leadership in transplantation. Our core mission includes the development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education and guidance on the ethical practice. The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - Twitter: https://x.com/ttsorg Linkedin: / thetransplantationsociety
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Episode 31: AI Applications in Transplantation

Original Air Date: Friday, July 31, 2026 Moderators Jennifer Li, Australia Harry Robertson, Australia Speakers Artem Trotsyuk, United States Wisit Cheungpasitporn, United States Mamatha Bhat, Canada 📑 Overview The growing field of AI and its influence on the medical field is important to understand. A reasonable understanding of the AI framework is needed to harness the opportunities provided by LLM and generative AI for future use. 🎯 Learning Objectives -- Key concepts that medical professionals should understand about AI -- -- Buzzwords – AI vs machine learning etc -- -- How this differs from traditional statistical methods -- -- What goes on ‘under the hood’ for example when using LLM -- -- Advantages and limitations of using AI models -- Application(s) of artificial intelligence towards clinical transplantation -- Responsible and ethical considerations for responsible use of AI -- Framework for AI use in solid organ transplantation – does it exist? 🔔 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to the TTS channel for more education content. ℹ️ About The Transplantation Society (https://www.tts.org): The Transplantation Society is a non-profit NGO providing global leadership in transplantation. Our core mission includes the development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education and guidance on the ethical practice. The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - Twitter: https://x.com/ttsorg Linkedin: / thetransplantationsociety

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The Transplantation Society
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2025 - 2026
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Episodes

Episode 38: Safeguarding Transplant Recipients_ Measles Risk Reduction Strategies

Episode 37: Xenotransplantation Updates from the Transplantation Journal

Episode 36: Global Adventures after Pandemic_ Ensuring Safe Travels for Transplant Patients

Episode 35: The Perspectives and Experiences of Women with a Kidney Transplant on Access to Healthcare

Episode 34: Immune Biomarkers for CMV Infection

Episode 33: Case-Based Approach to Fungal Infections in Transplant Patients_ Management Across Regions

Episode 32: Empowering AHP's Through Education in Organ, Tissue and Cell Donation & Transplantation

Episode 31: AI Applications in Transplantation

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