| Thursday, 22 September |
| Pre-Congress Workshops |
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Venue: Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital |
| 08h00 - 12h30 |
Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Theatre & Ward 9A |
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Anesh Naidoo, Paul Whitaker, Peter Veitch, Andre van der Merwe
Live video streaming of laparoscopic procedures with commentary and discussion by experts
Review of Surgical Options
Live Procedures: Left Transperitoneal approach and Right Transperitoneal approach
What about the retroperitoneal approach? Andrι van der Merwe
RSVP Essential - seating is limited
Louise Esterhuizen
Covidien (Pty) Ltd
Tel: +27 11 542 9500
Fax: +27 11 542 9501
Cell: +27 83 271 7855
louise.esterhuizen@covidien.com
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REFRESHMENTS AND LUNCH |
| 13h00 - 16h30 |
Immunology for All Conference Centre, BOE Building, Clock Tower Precinct, V&A Waterfront |
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Chair - Derek Miller
Overview of Transplant Immunology - Megan Sykes (USA)
Nuts and Bolts of Tissue Typing and Cross matching - Derek Taljaard
Mechanisms of Rejection - Melinda Suchard
Selection of Immunosuppressives - John Forsythe (UK)
Approach to the highly sensitized patient - Graham Paget
RSVP Essential - seating is limited
Lunch will be served prior to commencement of workshop
Lunch: 12h30 - 13h00
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| Congress Opening |
| 11h00 - 19h00 |
Registration |
| 18h00 - 20h00 |
Official Opening Ceremony Chavonnes Battery, BOE Lower level |
| 19h00 |
Welcome Elmin Steyn, Chair, Organising Committee |
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Opening Address Russell Britz, President of SA Transplantation Society |
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Welcome Function & Trade Preview |
Friday, 23 September |
| 07h00 |
Registration |
| 08h00 - 08h10 |
Welcome Address - Elmin Steyn |
| 08h10 - 08h30 |
Keynote Address Dr Marius Barnard |
| 08h30 - 10h00 |
PLENARY SESSION I TRANSPLANT IMMUNOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY |
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Chair - Russell Britz & Elmin Steyn |
| 08h30 - 09h00 |
Mixed Chimerism for Tolerance Induction Translational studies Megan Sykes (USA) |
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FREE PAPERS |
| 09h00 - 09h10 |
Reliability of Luminex single antigen bead-based detection of weak anti-HLA antibodies - Melinda Suchard |
| 09h10 - 09h20 |
The inhibitory effect of plasma on T cell activation in kidney transplantation and its clinical implications - Alain Assounga |
| 09h20 - 09h30 |
Alloantibodies and humoral rejection in the renal allograft: A single centre experience - Malcom Davies |
| 09h30 - 09h40 |
Complement and transplantation - Errol Gottlich |
| 09h40 - 09h50 |
Humoral rejection in the renal allograft: A single centre experience of therapeutic outcomes - Malcom Davies |
| 09h50 - 10h00 |
Effect of Tacrolimus on regeneration of renal tubules after ischaemic injury - Delawir Kahn |
| 10h00 - 10h30 |
REFRESHMENTS |
| 10h30 - 13h00 |
PLENARY SESSION II CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION vs ORGAN PROCUREMENT CHALLENGES  |
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Chair - Delawir Kahn & Willie Koen |
| 10h30 - 11h00 |
Renal Transplantation in sub-Saharan Africa: Trials and Prospects - Saraladevi Naicker |
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FREE PAPERS |
| 11h00 - 11h10 |
Can we increase the supply of transplantable organs in South Africa whilst still respecting individual religious and cultural values? - Harriet Etheredge |
| 11h10 - 11h20 |
South Africa: Understanding the multi-cultural dynamics and the effect on organ donation - Alexia Michaelides |
| 11h20 - 11h30 |
Coercion: Assessing the risk in a multi-cultural environment in evaluating the motivation of the potential donor - Tobias le Roux |
| 11h30 - 11h40 |
Priority listing system in South Africa - Lizette Mouton |
| 11h40 - 11h50 |
A review of the Cape Province allocation system - Fiona McCurdie |
| 11h50 - 12h00 |
Port Elizabeth procurements: How fairly are the Port Elizabeth kidneys allocated? Marcia Faurie |
| 12h00 - 12h10 |
An eight year retrospective study of muscular skeletal donor data and statistics - Sandra van den Berg |
| 12h10 - 12h20 |
A quantitative study of the Organ Transplant Information System (OTIS) as a practical and usable educational tool for OTIS educators - Marlize de Jager |
| 12h20 - 12h30 |
Cadaver organ allocation: A proposal for an incentive based system - Elmin Steyn |
| 12h30 - 13h00 |
Ten Years of Lung Transplantation at Mayo Clinic, Florida: Lessons Learned - John Odell (USA) |
| 13h00 - 14h00 |
LUNCH |
| 14h00 - 15h30 |
PLENARY SESSION III TRANSPLANT RELATED INFECTION: DIFFERENT CHALLENGES IN AFRICA? |
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Chair Elmi Muller & John Forsythe (UK) |
| 14h00 - 14h30 |
Overview of Transplant Infectious Diseases for the Transplant Professional - Camille Kotton (USA) |
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FREE PAPERS |
| 14h30 - 14h40 |
Urinary tract infection following kidney transplantation: Frequency, risk factors and graft function - Christopher Esezobor |
| 14h40 - 14h50 |
EBV related malignant and non-malignant transformation (abnormal proliferation), presenting as significant gastrointestinal bleeds in two paediatric liver transplant patients - Priya Walabh |
| 14h50 - 15h00 |
BK (polyoma) nephritis: A South African single centre experience - Nina Diana |
| 15h00 - 15h30 |
HIV and Transplantation - Elmi Muller  |
| 15h30 - 16h00 |
REFRESHMENTS |
| 16h00 - 17h40 |
PLENARY SESSION IV PAEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION |
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Chair - Alp Numanoglu & Willij Zuidema (Netherlands) |
| 16h00 - 16h30 |
Whats new in Paediatric Transplantation? - Mignon McCulloch (UK) |
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FREE PAPERS |
| 16h30 - 16h40 |
Assessment for renal transplant feasibility: Validity of a scoring system based on selection criteria devised for use at the Red Cross Childrens Hospital - Priya Gajjar  |
| 16h40 - 16h50 |
Review of diabetes in paediatric transplant recipients - Jenisha Nandhlal |
| 16h50 - 17h00 |
Antithymocyte treatment of steroid-resistant acute rejection in children receiving a renal transplant at Red Cross Childrens Hospital - Deon Russion |
| 17h00 - 17h10 |
Urological complications following paediatric renal transplant - Priya Gajjar |
| 17h10 - 17h40 |
ABO incompatible Paediatric Renal Transplantation - Mignon McCulloch (UK) |
| 18h00 |
SA TRANSPLANTATION SOCIETY EXCO meeting |
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Evening at leisure |
Saturday, 24 September |
| 08h00 - 10h00 |
PLENARY SESSION V NEW TRENDS IN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION |
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Chair Jerome Loveland & Wendy Grant (USA) |
| 08h00 - 08h30 |
The Modern Surgeon in Renal Transplantation John Forsythe (UK) |
| 08h30 - 09h00 |
CMV Guidelines and Whats New in CMV? Camille Kotton (USA) |
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FREE PAPERS |
| 09h00 - 09h10 |
Slow early graft function: A neglected entity after renal transplantation - Delawir Kahn |
| 09h10 - 09h20 |
The histology of humoral rejection in the renal allograft: A single centre experience - Malcom Davies |
| 09h20 - 09h30 |
The Donor Kidney - Better in the body or the box? - Delawir Kahn |
| 09h30 - 10h00 |
The Dutch Living Donor Kidney Program - Marry de Klerk (Netherlands) |
| 10h00 - 10h30 |
REFRESHMENTS |
| 10h30 - 12h30 |
PLENARY SESSION VI LIVING KIDNEY DONATION |
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Chair Craig Joseph & Paul Whitaker |
| 10h30 - 11h00 |
Unspecified living kidney donors trigger Domino-paired Transplantation - Willij Zuidema (Netherlands) |
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FREE PAPERS |
| 11h00 - 11h10 |
Potential paired kidney transplant exchanges attending Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, South Africa - Verushka Reddy |
| 11h10 - 11h20 |
Post kidney transplant management in a community-based practice - Julian Jacobs |
| 11h20 - 11h50 |
Live donor nephrectomy open or laparoscopic? - Peter Veitch (UK) |
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FREE PAPERS |
| 11h50 - 12h00 |
Hand assisted transperitoneal related living donor nephrectomy: Completing the validation process - Markus Schamm |
| 12h00 - 12h10 |
Retroperitoneoscopic donor nephrectomy: Introduction into a developing world transplant programme with a safe, reproducible technique - Andrι van der Merwe |
| 12h10 - 12h20 |
Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy at Chris Barnard Memorial Hospital: An appraisal of donor morbidity and graft function - Anesh Naidoo |
| 12h20 - 13h20 |
LUNCH |
| 13h20 - 15h30 |
8th WORLD TRANSPLANT DAY |
| 13h20 - 13h30 |
Launch of 8th World Transplant Day and introduction of international speakers Elmi Muller |
| 13h30 - 13h40 |
The African/South African perspective on deceased donation Russell Britz |
| 13h40 - 14h00 |
WHO perspective on deceased donation and transplantation in Africa Luc Noλl (France) |
| 14h00 - 14h20 |
The history of the European and World days for organ transplantation and the impact on society Philippe Morel (Switzerland) |
| 14h20 - 14h40 |
Deceased donation - moving forward in Europe and the rest of the world Gόnter Kirste (Gemany) |
| 14h40 - 15h00 |
The role of the law in establishing deceased and living donation in Africa Alexander Capron (USA) |
| 15h00 - 15h10 |
The future of organ donation in South Africa Representative from Department of Health, South Africa |
| 15h10 - 15h30 |
Discussion and Summary Elmin Steyn |
| 15h30 - 16h00 |
REFRESHMENTS |
| 16h00 - 17h40 |
PLENARY SESSION VII THORACIC TRANSPLANTATION |
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Chair Otto Thaning & Greg Hammond |
| 16h00 - 16h30 |
Power for the failing heart John Odell (USA) |
| 16h30 - 17h00 |
Lung Transplantation: protocols that make a difference David Erasmus (USA) |
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FREE PAPERS |
| 17h00 - 17h10 |
Cardiac amyloidosis as a result of Multiple Myeloma: Case presentation of an unusual referral for heart transplantation Karen Seele |
| 17h10 - 17h20 |
Mechanical circulatory support - A necessity in any heart transplant program: A 10-year experience in Africa Willie Koen |
| 17h20 - 17h30 |
Dwindling cardiac transplant numbers at Groote Schuur Hospital: A referral or donor issue? Karen Seele |
| 17h30 - 17h40 |
Atrial tachycardia late after orthotopic heart transplantation: Role of radiofrequency ablation Graham Cassel |
| 17h45 |
SA Transplantation Society AGM |
| 19h30 - late |
CONGRESS DINNER Pigalle Restaurant |
Sunday, 25 September |
| 08h30 - 10h30 |
PLENARY SESSION VIII LIVER AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION |
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Chair Wendy Spearman & Megan Sykes (USA) |
| 08h30 - 09h00 |
Ensuring Donor Safety - Three Dimensional Imaging for LDLT Planning Nicholas Wendt (Germany) |
| 09h00 - 09h30 |
Training a Transplant surgeon Wendy Grant (USA) |
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FREE PAPERS |
| 09h30 - 09h40 |
Preliminary studies with a new bioartificial liver Delawir Kahn |
| 09h40 - 09h50 |
Combined liver and kidney transplantation: The Cape Town experience Wendy Spearman |
| 09h50 - 10h00 |
Combined liver-kidney transplantation in South Africa: 15 cases in 2 centres Bernd Strobele |
| 10h00 - 10h10 |
A surgical model of acute liver failure for testing A new bioartificial liver Delawir Kahn |
| 10h10 - 10h30 |
Transplantation Sports Health is not the only benefit Heilie Uys |
| 10h30 - 11h00 |
REFRESHMENTS |
| 11h00 - 12h30 |
PLENARY SESSION IX CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION |
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Chair Alain Assounga & Camille Kotton (USA) |
| 11h00 - 11h30 |
Renal function after liver transplant Wendy Grant (USA) |
| 11h30 - 12h00 |
Update of tacrolimus based combination therapies and long term outcome Nas Undre (UK) |
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FREE PAPERS |
| 12h00 - 12h10 |
Reforms in the organ transplantation laws and networking for increasing organ availability in India Sudhir Gupta |
| 12h10 - 12h20 |
Evidence for an endocrine signaling pathway in regeneration of renal tubules Delawir Kahn |
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CLOSURE Russell Britz |
Preliminary Scientific Programme