HLA Virtual Scientific Symposium 2021
June 22 – 23, 2021
Seeing Beyond Limits: Enhancing Patient Care Throughout the Transplant Journey
DAY 1 - Register
Tuesday, June 22nd
11:00am – 1:30pm EST
Transplanting Sensitized Candidates: New Options for Overcoming DSA Barriers
Moderator: Joshua Lee, Director Medical Affairs – Transplant, Immucor
Presenter: Annette M Jackson, PhD, D(ABHI); Duke University
More Than Just Confirmation: Expanding Opportunities for Transplant using Immucor’s Antibody Assays
Moderator: Michael Gautreaux, Ph.D., F(ACHI) Wake Forest University
Presenter: Julie Houp MS CHS, University of Alabama of Birmingham
Utilization of HLA Antibody Testing to Monitor Efficacy of ABMR Treatment
Moderator: Michael Gautreaux, Ph.D., F(ACHI) Wake Forest University
Presenter: Anat Tambur, DMD, PhD, D[ABHI], Northwestern Transplant Immunology Laboratory
DAY 2 - Register
Wednesday, June 22nd
11:00am – 1:30pm EST
The Diagnosis of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in 2021: Antibodies, Biopsies, and Molecules
Moderator: Joshua Lee, Director Medical Affairs – Transplant, Immucor
Presenter: Michael Mengel, MD, Alberta Precision Laboratories
Correlating Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Patients with LIFECODES Non-HLA Antibody Kit
Moderator: Laurine Bow, PhD, Yale University
Presenter: Rajalingam Raja, Ph.D., FRCPath, D(ABHI), University of California, San Francisco
Risk Stratification of Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients Based on HLA Molecular Mismatch
Moderator: Laurine Bow, PhD; Yale University
Presenter: Massimo Mangiola, Ph.D., D(ABHI), NYU Langone Health
