January, 2013
Share your Passion for Transplantation
Collaborate, discover and network during the first annual
Cutting Edge of Transplantation meeting in Scottsdale, AZ.
Share your passion with experts in the field as they deliver over 30 talks about the various controversies in B cells and antibodies.
Escape to the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass
This Valentine's Day weekend, join us for the opportunity to advance your career during the meeting at the
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The association of center performance evaluations and kidney transplant volume in the US
Source: American Journal of Transplantation (subscription required)
Report cards evaluating transplant center performance have received significant attention in recent years corresponding with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issue of the 2007 Conditions of Participation. The primary aim was to evaluate the association of report card evaluations with transplant center volume. Researchers utilized data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) along with six...
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November, 2012
PLEASE NOTE:
The AST and ASTS have changed their policy regarding member discounted registration for the American Transplant Congress. Membership dues must be paid by April 1, 2013 in order to receive the discounted member registration rate. All members that plan to attend the 2013 ATC, May 18-22, 2013 in Seattle, WA must pay membership dues prior to April 1, 2013 in order to be eligible to receive the member discounted registration rate.
The member discounted rate will not be available to members who submit membership dues after April 1st. Members who pay dues after April 1st will be...
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The AST and ASTS have changed their policy regarding member discounted registration for the American Transplant Congress. Membership dues must be paid by April 1, 2013 in order to receive the discounted member registration rate.
All members that plan to attend the 2013 ATC, May 18-22, 2013 in Seattle, WA must pay membership dues prior to April 1, 2013 in order to be eligible to receive the member discounted registration rate.
The member discounted rate will not be available to members who submit membership dues after April 1st. Members who pay dues after April 1st will be required to...
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The World Transplant Congress encourages you to submit an abstract today!
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All accepted abstracts for oral or poster presentations will be published online as supplements to the American Journal of Transplantation, the joint journal of the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS, and Transplantation, the official journal of The Transplantation Society (TTS).
The abstract site is available now through Friday, January 10, 2014, 11:59 PM CST....
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The Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute at the University of Pittsburgh is accepting nominations for the 2015 Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology. Nominees should be national or international leaders who have made significant contributions to the field of organ transplantation.
Previous prize recipients are Paul I. Terasaki, Carl-Gustav Groth, Henri Bismuth, Sir Gustav J.V. Nossal, Francis D. Moore, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Sir Roy Y. Calne, Robert S. Schwartz, Norman E. Shumway, Richard L. Simmons, Nancy L. Ascher, Christian P. Larsen, Herman Waldmann, Clyde F. Barker, Ralph...
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