Webinar on
Transplantation
September 30, 2021
Scientific Program
Keynote Session:
Title: Utilization of expanded criteria donors in liver transplantation
Biography:
Reza Saidi earned his medical degree at Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran in 1997. He moved to US in 1999 and since then has remarkable achievements. Before joining UMass as Assistant Professor of Surgery, Dr. Saidi did a 3 year clinical and research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He has made outstanding contributions to the field of transplantation. His unique work on tolerance is outstanding because it touches upon critical issues while developing a unique and novel framework (elaborate). As a result, Dr. Saidi has been published more that 60 abstracts, papers and book chapters. Dr. Saidi has continuously distinguished himself for his scholarly work. This is evidenced by his publication record and multiple prestigious award such 2009 ASTS Vanguard award for the best paper published by a junior member and Ruth L. Kischstein National Research Service Award to mention a few.
Abstract:
Utilization of expanded criteria donors in liver transplantation Improvements in surgical techniques, immunosuppression, and post-transplantation patient care have led to the optimization of liver transplantation outcomes. However, the waiting list for liver transplantation is increasing at a greater pace. The large gap between the growing pool of patients waiting for liver transplantation and the scarcity of donor organs has fueled efforts to maximize existing donors and identify new sources. This article will be focused on the current state of liver transplantation using grafts from extended criteria donors (elderly donors, steatotic donors, donors with malignancies, donors with viral hepatitis) and from donation after cardiac death (DCD), as well as the use of partial grafts (split grafts and living-donor liver transplantation) and other suboptimal donors (donors with hypernatremia, infections, hypotension and inotropic support). Overall, broadened criteria for acceptable donor livers appear to lessen graft survival rates somewhat compared with rates for standard criteria organs.
Title: Organ Donation
Biography:
Zoya Zabeen is a student pursuing my carrier with a Bachelor's degree in “Cardiology Techniques “at Jamia Hamdard University, India.
Abstract:
- Organ donation is a surgical process, depends upon which organ is donated as per the patient’s requirements.
- Most organs survive outside the body for only few hours. So, the transplantation process been already prepared without any obstruction and complication to be proceed with allowance of the patient receiver and the donor who agree with it.
- In case of a dead body transplantation
- The family being asked about the transplantation if they get agree, then only the organ from a dead body can be transplant to a required or a needy person who is looking for the organ. For organ donation there are some important matching criteria like: blood typing, tissue typing and cross- matching.
