8^th Cardiff Transplant Symposium

Looking to the Future of Organ Donation and Transplantation

8:30	Registration

Session 1

Chair: Elijah Ablorsu & Laszlo Szabo

9:15	Welcome Usman Khalid, Cardiff
9:30	Where are We in Wales re: Organ Donation and Transplantation? Michael Stephens, Cardiff
9:45	Organ Recovery Michael Nicholson, Cambridge
10:15	From Haphazard to a Sustainable Normothermic Perfusion Service Fiona Hunt, Edinburgh

11:00

Coffee Break

Session 2

Chair: Michael Stephens & Sian Griffin

11:20	Impact of Social Media in Transplantation Lisa Burnapp, NHSBT
11:45	Global Surgery in Transplantation: Setting up a Transplant Unit Abroad Nizam Mamode, London
12:10	Xenotransplantation Emanuele Cozzi, Padua, Italy
12:35	Ethical Implications of Future Innovations in Transplantation Hannah Maple, Guy’s Hospital, London

13:00

Lunch

Session 3

(parellel sessions)

Session 3A

Chair: Usman Khalid & Doruk Elker

14:00	Robotic Donor Nephrectomy Ioannis Loukopoulos, Guy’s Hospital, London
14:30	Robotic Transplantation Ivo Tzvetanov, Chicago, US
15:00	Training to Become a Robotic Transplant Surgeon in the UK Makis Laftsidis, Royal Free, London
15:30	Roundtable Discussion

Session 3B

Chair: Sharon Warlow & Lucy Barnes

14:00	Implications of NRP for SNODs and the Organ Donation Process Al Croose, Cardiff
14:30	Physical and Emotional Well-being – The Kidney Beam Trial Sharlene Greenwood, King’s College, London
15:00	Telemedicine in Transplantation Alison Smith, Oxford
15:30	Debate: This house believes that transplant recipients should not become pregnant FOR – Siân Griffin, Cardiff AGAINST – Helen Thomas, Cardiff

16:30

Closing remarks Rafael Chavez, Cardiff