EPITA PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES AT ESOT 2009
 
 
EPITA PG COURSE
 
Date:                         Sunday, August 30, 2009
Time:                         09:00-12:30
 
Topics:                       Islet versus pancreas transplant alone:
                                 Different or identical indications ?
                                 Brittle diabetes only or extended indications ?
                                
                                 Pancreas or islet transplantation for type 2 diabetes:
                                 Pros and cons
 
                                 Why, how and when do we lose islet and pancreatic grafts ?
 
STATE OF THE ART EPITA SYMPOSIUM
 
Date:                         Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Time:                         09:00-10:30
 
Topics:                       Algorithms for islet versus pancreas transplantation
                                 Impact of immunosuppression on the risk profile of islet and pancreas
                                 transplantation
                                 Alternative sites for islet transplantation
                                 Alternative sources of insulin-producing tissue
                                
EPITA AWARDS
 
Two prizes of € 1,000 each, supported by ESOT, are awarded during the ESOT 2009 biannual Meeting to distinguish the best abstracts presented in the fields of islet transplantation and pancreas transplantation respectively. Award winners are selected by the EPITA Committee and announced during the Presidential Address plenary session.

The recipient of the Best Abstract in the fields of Pancreas transplantation is Anand Sivaprakash Rathnasamy Muthusamy: (LB -6) PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION FROM NON-HEART BEATING DONORS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. Anand Sivaprakash Rathnasamy Muthusamy, MRCS1, Alexander Hudson, MSc2, Lisa Mumford, MSc2 and Peter J Friend, MD FRCS1,3.
1Transplant Surgery, Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX3 7LJ; 2Statistics & Audit, NHS Blood & Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom and 3Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, OX3 9DU.

The recipient of the Best Abstract in the fields of Islet transplantation is Nadja Niclauss: (P-179) INFLUENCE OF DONOR AGE ON ISLET ISOLATION AND TRANSPLANTATION OUTCOME. Nadja Niclauss, MD1, Domenico Bosco, PhD1, Philippe Morel, MD1, Sandrine Demuylder-Mischler1, Coralie Brault2, Antonino Sgroi, MD1, Géraldine Parnaud, PhD1, Yannick Muller, MD1, Laurianne Giovannoni, PhD1, Pierre-Yves Benhamou, PhD3 and Thierry Berney, MD MSc1.
1Department of Surgery, Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; 2Department of Medical Information, Hospices Civils, Lyon, France and 3Department of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Center, Grenoble, France.
 
 
EPITA endorsed the "NAT 2009 Meeting", which took place in Nantes on June 18-19, 2009, where a very attractive meeting was presented dedicated to pancreas and islet transplantation.