Event co-ordinator
Marie Allan
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+ 44 (0)131 247 3680
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m.allan@rcpe.ac.uk
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Thursday 22 May
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This online event will feature a comprehensive programme addressing advancements and challenges in transplantation. Sessions include discussions on trends in organ donation, frailty assessment, machine perfusion, antibody-mediated rejection, and ethical issues like xenotransplantation. Esteemed speakers from renowned institutions worldwide will present cutting-edge research, fostering knowledge exchange in the field of solid organ transplantation.
9:25 | Welcome and introductory remarks Dr Sue Pound, Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
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Chair: Professor Lorna Marson, Professor of Transplant Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
09:30 | Solid organ transplantation (SOT) in the UK in 2025 Ms Lisa Mumford, NHS Blood & Transplant * overview of SOT * numbers and trends: organ donation, heart, lung, liver, pancreas, kidney and islets * trends in living donor kidney sharing scheme * international comparators where possible |
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10:05 | Assessment of frailty in abdominal transplantation Dr Helen Usher, Transplant Anaesthetist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh * indices of frailty in abdominal transplantation * assessment of frailty for transplant candidates * frailty as a prognostic indicator * prehabilitation |
10:40 | Break |
Chair: Professor Andrew Fisher, Transplant Physician, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle
11:00 | Machine perfusion in solid organ transplantation Professor Gabriel Oniscu, Professor of Transplant Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm * overview of machine perfusion for all organs * potential of assessment and recovery centres in the UK * normothermic regional perfusion, normothermic and hypothermic perfusion * potential for therapeutic interventions |
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11:30 | Donation after cardiac death (DCD) heart transplantation Professor Stephen Large, Consultant Surgeon, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge * how we got here * challenges in DCD heart * lessons learnt |
12:00 |
SIR STANLEY DAVIDSON LECTURE Quantifying risk in lung transplantation (LT): lessons for prediction modelling in SOT |
13:00 | Break |
Co-Chairs: Dr Fiona Chapman, Specialist Registrar in Renal Medicine, Edinburgh & Dr Jonathan Dalzell, Consultant Cardiologist & Clinical Lead, Glasgow
13:45 | Personalised immunosuppression Professor Antoine Roux, Pneumologist, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France. * overview of molecular markers and immune monitoring * how can we translate this into personalisation of immunosuppression? |
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14:20 | Antibody mediated rejection in solid organ transplantation Professor Menna Clatworthy, Professor of Translational Immunology, University of Cambridge * clinical characteristics, prognosis and management * across all organs |
14:55 | Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder Dr Tobias Menne, Consultant Haematologist, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust * who is at risk? * clinical presentation and diagnosis * treatment and outcomes * new therapies? |
15:30 | Break |
Chair: Dr Andrew Bathgate, Transplant Hepatologist, Scottish Liver Transplant Unit
15:50 | Extracorporeal photophoresis (ECP) in solid organ transplantation (SOT) Professor Andrew Fisher, Professor of Respiratory Transplant Medicine, Newcastle University * what is ECP?, How does it work ? and why might it be a useful adjunct to management of SOT recipients? * what clinical evidence is there for use of ECP in SOT? * what clinical scenarios might ECP be useful for eg Induction therapy, acute rejection, AMR or chronic graft dysfunction? * what are the future opportunities for ECP in SOT? |
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16:25 | Ethical and regulatory challenges to xenotransplantation Dr Rommel Ravanan, Consultant Nephrologist, North Bristol NHS Trust * ethics of xeno * what would the regulatory framework look like in the UK? * public and patient perception * when will this happen? |
17:00 | Close |
Please note that on occasion event programmes may be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.
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Fee | |
Standard | £265 |
RCPE Fellow, Collegiate & Associate Member | £165 |
Allied Health Professional | £165 |
RCPE retired Fellow and RCPE Foundation Member | £70 |
RCPE Fellow in low or lower-middle income country, RCPE Student Member | £0 |
Long term / other leave – Fellows and Members, please contact the Symposium Co-ordinator as some discretion may be available.
Trainees – Scotland Deanery medical specialty trainees can attend any number of eligible symposia for a one-off payment from their study leave budget (block grant scheme).
Fellows Vouchers: If you’d like to use your Fellows Voucher to attend this Symposia please contact onlinebookings@rcpe.ac.uk.
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Unpaid post – Nil if confirmation of status provided a member of RCPE – please contact the Symposium Co-ordinator.
Refugee doctors – free places are available to refugee doctors who are Associate Members of the College. Associate Membership for refugee doctors is available free of charge. Please visit our website for instructions on how to join, and then apply to the Symposium Co-ordinator for your free place.
If you have to cancel your place within 14 days of this event, we regret that we are unable to provide a refund.
If you are no longer able to attend in-person, you can still view the event online. The event will be available to view on-demand for 28 days after the live event, therefore, there is still opportunity to view the talks if you are not able to attend on the day.
Please read the College’s full event booking T&Cs regarding event changes, CPD, and data protection.
All relevant events are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). To receive a CPD certificate delegates must have completed the online feedback survey. The survey will close 28 days after the original broadcast of the event, which took place on 22 May 2025, with certificates being issued shortly after this.
Please note that in order to obtain a CPD certificate you must have confirmed your attendance via the online feedback survey within the 28-day period
Certificates cannot be issued after the survey has closed.
Registered delegates can view this event on catch-up for up to 28 days following the live event until 19 June 2025. Please note that in order to obtain a CPD certificate you must have completed the online feedback survey within the 28-day period.
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