ELPAT

February 2012 issue of the Transplant Trial Watch available now

To keep the transplantation community informed about recently published level 1 evidence in organ transplantation ESOT and the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation have developed the Transplant Trial Watch.

The Transplant Trial Watch is a monthly overview of 10 new randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and includes a brief description of each RCT, an assessment of the reporting of some methodological quality features and the main conclusions of the report written by the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation (CET). RCTs are selected by the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation on the basis of quality or interest. Electronic publications ahead of print are listed as [record in progress].

The first issue of the Transplant Trial Watch was published in September 2009. For all published RCTs in organ transplantation from 1970 and selected systematic reviews from 2008 go to the Transplant Library by logging onto the member avenue using your username and password.

To view the latest issue of the Transplant Trial Watch, click here.

Dear ESOT members,

Unfortunately, I received the very sad news of the death of Gil Thiel.
Professor Thiel was one of the first to recognize the importance of living donors in kidney transplantation community in Europe. Gil Thiel was pensioned some years ago after many years as the head of nephrology and kidney transplantation in the University hospital in Basel, Switzerland. After his retirement he carried on taking care of the Swiss living donor health registry which he had founded in the 90’s – during his professional life he was always a pioneer for new approaches and the mentor of many nephrologists and transplant physicians in Switzerland
He had many contacts with European transplant specialists, had been active in the ESOT particularly as the Swiss representative for the Hesperis course.
He will be sadly missed.

Carla Baan,
President of ESOT

We are writing to announce another addition to the ESOT Joint Membership Scheme. We are pleased to inform you that FOCIS, the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies, has just introduced a new individual membership option. Members of ESOT will be able to enjoy individual membership of FOCIS at a discounted rate (the Member Society rates).

For example in 2012 an ESOT Member will pay just $ 50 for Regular FOCIS membership with online journal only, and just $ 170 for Regular FOCIS membership with print & online journal. Special trainee rates are just $ 20 for ESOT members with online journal only.

Please click on the below link to find out more about FOCIS and to join today.

Benefits of FOCIS membership include:
• Early access and reduced registration for the Annual Meeting and FOCISed courses
• Access to the FOCIS journal Clinical Immunology
Please do not hesitate to contact us at membership@esot.org or to contact FOCIS at info@focisnet.org for more information.

We hope you take up this opportunity to further extend your network in the arena of clinical immunology.

Minutes and attachments are available for the 15th General Assembly Meeting which took place during ESOT Glasgow Congress. You may view the minutes and attachments through your member avenue in the 'What's New' tab filed under 'ESOT files'.

We are happy to inform you that the intended merger of the European Transplant Coordinators Organisation (ETCO) with the European Donation Committee (EDC) and integration into ESOT has been agreed upon.

During the last Council Meeting and assemblee of ESOT in September 2011 in Glasgow the plans for the intended merger were approved.

The new section of ESOT will be the platform for professionals active in donation, coordination and the procurement process.
The definitive structure of the section as well as the name will be settled in the next year.

In the enclosed Communication you will find more information on the background of this initiative and plans on how to proceed.

We look forward to a challenging future for this new ETCO - EDC section which we expect will undoubtedly benefit all members.

As part of our commitment to provide “A MEETING WITH A DIFFERENCE” several sessions of the meeting will be streamed live.

Please connect and benefit of free education and scientific updates at ESOT 2011 website!

Session live programme (connection opens 15’ prior to session start):

Sunday 4 September
18:10 – 19:15 OPENING ESOT 2011 Congress & PLENARY SESSION 1

Monday 5 September
09:00 – 10:30 Joint Session ESOT & AST
Challenges in kidney transplantation

LIVE STREAM also from www.a-s-t.org
at 04:00am EDT/ 01:00am PDT and repeated at 5:00 pm EDT/ 02:00 pm PDT

14:00 – 15:30 PLENARY SESSION 2
Making the most of the marginal organ

16:00 – 17:00 NEW CONTROVERSIES 1:
The treatment for chronic antibody mediated rejection is…
LIVE STREAM also from www.a-s-t.org at 11:00am EDT/ 08:00am PDT

Tuesday 6 September
09:00 – 10:30 STATE OF THE ART 6
Biomarkers of Tolerance/Rejection
LIVE STREAM also from www.a-s-t.org
at 04:00am EDT/ 01:00am PDT and repeated at 5:00 pm EDT/ 02:00 pm PDT

14:00 – 15:30 PLENARY SESSION 3
Transplantation tomorrow

16:00 – 17:00 NEW CONTROVERSIES 3
The big advances in transplantation have come from…
LIVE STREAM also from www.a-s-t.org at 11:00am EDT/ 08:00am PDT

Wednesday 7 September
08:00 – 09:00 Late breaking oral session 42

09:00 – 10:30 STATE OF THE ART 8
Optimizing organ quality

11:00 – 13:45 PRESIDENTIAL SESSION
What’s hot – What’s new –
Best presentation – Honorary Members and
Awards Ceremony

To see the full programme of the ESOT 2011 Glasgow Congress please check out our Congress homepage at www.esot.org

These sessions will be made available after the meeting on the ESOT website, for ESOT Members only.

www.esot.org

A book with the proceedings of the ELPAT conference, April 2010 has been published May 2011 by Pabst Science Publishers. The book contains high quality contributions from authors all over the world.

The title of the book is:

Organ Transplantation: Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects, Vol. II.
Expanding the European Platform.

The editors of this book are:

Willem Weimar, Dutch Transplant Foundation,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Michael Bos, The Health Council of The Netherlands,
The Netherlands.
Jan van Busschbach, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam,
The Netherlands.

All attendants of the 2010 ELPAT conference will automatically receive a free copy of the book.

(Publication May 2011, ISBN 978-3-89967-639-6)

To order the book go to www.ELPAT.org
or
www.pabst-science-publishers.com/index.php?30&backPID=30&swords=ELPAT&tt_products=137

This is to draw your attention to new potential EU funding opportunities in the field of transplantation/transfusion within the 2012 Health Research Theme of the EU-funded 7th Framework Programme.

The health topics will be presented during an the Open Information Day organised by DG Research and Innovation to be held on 9 and 10 June 2011 in Brussels.

The Open Information Day, in which the calls to be published in July will be presented, may provide clarifications, guidance on proposal preparation and management.

The link to register for this event is below.

You may also consult the Orientation Paper for the calls to be published in 2011 (projects to be funded starting with 2012), available at the same link.

As you will see it includes some interesting topics for specialists in the transplantation area, and thus may provide significant additional funding to enhance knowledge in this field.

More concretely, funding schemes are foreseen for:
- Health.2012.1.4-1: Innovative approaches to solid organ transplantation
- Health.2012.1.4-2: Medical technology for transplantation and bioartificial organs
- Health.2012.3.2-2: New methodologies for health technology assessments, in which transfusion and transplantation are mentioned among examples.

More information can be found at the website link below.

The ELPAT article 'New Classification of ELPAT For Living Organ Donation'has been accepted for publication in Transplantation. It is now online in the section: Published ahead of print. It will appear in the May 15th issue(scheduled).

You can download the PDF file enclosed or if you click on the link hereunder.

The EFRETOS project is reaching it’s conclusion. For two years, experts from all over Europe have joined forces to develop a European Framework for the Evaluation of Organ Transplants. Their work enables the creation of a European Registry of Registries, thus enhancing our knowledge about organ transplantation.

During a symposium in Brussels, the EFRETOS project team will present the outcomes. Keynote speakers will share their experiences and present a vision for the Registry of Registries.

The final program and a subscription form will follow in due time. For now, we kindly invite you to the symposium and ask you to already mark your calendar:

May 17, 2011, 10 a.m. till 4 p.m.
EFRETOS Symposium 'Unifying data collection - creating new knowledge'

Arie Oosterlee, Project leader EFRETOS, General director Eurotransplant International Foundation
Alessandro Nanni Costa, Member of the Project board EFRETOS, Director CNT

A moving new book containing the letters sent to organ donor families by patients who have received donated organs has been published for the first time. The book can be purchased on the RCP Bookshop web site indicated here following.
The book will be offered to the families of organ donors at an appropriate time after donation has taken place. It will also be used as an educational tool for discussing and promoting organ donation in the UK. Previous donor relatives can approach their donor coordinators to request a free copy.

Abstract Submission
New Deadline:
Sunday, 14 November 2010, 23:59 CET



ABSTRACT SUBMISSION available
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME available



Abstracts Categories:
1. Acute Liver Failure
2. Eltr-Studies
3. Intestinal Transplantation
4. My Worst Case

ESOT is offering you the opportunity to have Joint-Membership of ESOT with your National Transplant Society, giving you a significant discount on ESOT membership.
ESOT supports its members through an extensive education and training programme, both in clinical practice and basic science, and promotes excellence by funding several grants and awards. The concept is to promote ongoing educational activity in various countries and regions to improve knowledge, skills and
sometimes structural support, tailor-made to the specific demands of the various regions.
Seeing cohesion as our solution, ESOT wishes to build solid bridges with and amongst European Countries, by launching a membership campaign linking all transplantation professionals.
Because we believe that Europe and ESOT need you, we invite you to become part of our Society by taking
advantage of a very special offer, and discover how this can benefit you.
ESOT, in agreement with several national transplant societies, promotes a Joint-Membership fee scheme, reducing by 50% the ESOT regular membership, for the 3 years. This means that you can become an ESOT member just by paying 50 Euro (per year for the first 3 years).
You can benefit from this offer, also if you are already a member.

For further information about of this offer, please visit now the link Joint Membership listed herein.

For assistance, feel free to contact our membership service at:

Membership Associate
Mr Gary Jones
membership@esot.org
phone + 39 049 3005796 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              + 39 049 3005796      end_of_the_skype_highlighting
fax +39 049 2106306.

ISTANBUL DECLARATION

We, the representatives of the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank,
recognise that while our societies have become more complex, they are more closely linked than ever. Yet they retain differences in history, culture, and in economic and social development.
We are encouraged that initiatives to measure societal progress through statistical indicators have been launched in several countries and on all continents. Although these initiatives are based on different methodologies, cultural and intellectual paradigms, and degrees of involvement of key stakeholders, they reveal an emerging consensus on the need to undertake the measurement of societal progress in every country, going beyond conventional economic measures such as GDP per capita. Indeed, the United Nation’s system of indicators to measure progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is a step in that direction.
A culture of evidence-based decision making has to be promoted at all levels, to increase the welfare of societies. And in the “information age,” welfare depends in part on transparent and accountable public policy making. The availability of statistical indicators of economic, social, and environmental outcomes and their dissemination to citizens can contribute to promoting good governance and the improvement of democratic processes. It can strengthen citizens’ capacity to influence the goals of the societies they live in through debate and consensus building, and increase the accountability of public policies.
We affirm our commitment to measuring and fostering the progress of societies in all their dimensions and to supporting initiatives at the country level. We urge statistical offices, public and private organisations, and academic experts to work alongside representatives of their communities to produce high-quality, facts-based information that can be used by all of society to form a shared view of societal well-being and its evolution over time.
Official statistics are a key “public good” that foster the progress of societies. The development of indicators of societal progress offers an opportunity to reinforce the role of national statistical authorities as key providers of relevant, reliable, timely and comparable data and the indicators required for national and international reporting. We encourage governments to invest resources to develop reliable data and indicators according to the “Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics” adopted by the United Nations in 1994.
To take this work forward we need to:
• encourage communities to consider for themselves what “progress” means in the 21st century;
• share best practices on the measurement of societal progress and increase the awareness of the need to do so using sound and reliable methodologies;


• stimulate international debate, based on solid statistical data and indicators, on both global issues of societal progress and comparisons of such progress;
• produce a broader, shared, public understanding of changing conditions, while highlighting areas of significant change or inadequate knowledge;
• advocate appropriate investment in building statistical capacity, especially in developing countries, to improve the availability of data and indicators needed to guide development programs and report on progress toward international goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals.

Much work remains to be done, and the commitment of all partners is essential if we are to meet the demand that is emerging from our societies. We recognise that efforts will be commensurate with the capacity of countries at different levels of development. We invite both public and private organisations to contribute to this ambitious effort to foster the world’s progress and we welcome initiatives at the local, regional, national and international levels.
We would like to thank the Government of Turkey for hosting this second OECD World Forum on “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy.” We also wish to thank all those from around the world who have contributed to, or attended, this World Forum, or followed the discussions over the Internet.
Istanbul, 30 June 2007

We have extended the deadline for receiving applications to the new ESOT course - The Hepatologist in a Liver Transplant Programme (HTLP). Please put in your application today.

The 4th exam for awarding the European Diploma in Transplantation Surgery is organised by the Division of Transplantation of the Union Européene des Medecins Spécialistes (UEMS) Section of Surgery and the European Board of Surgery (EBS) in collaboration with the European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT)

The exam will take place in Porto, Portugal on the 1st of October 2010. Deadline for applications: 17th of June 2010.

For more information regarding the eligibility criteria, application and examination process please visit: http://www.uemssurg.org or contact:

Mr. Vassilios E. Papalois MD, PhD, FICS, FRCS, FEBSChairman, Division of Transplantation UEMS-EBS
e-mail: vassilios.papalois@imperial.nhs.uk

Sponsored by ESOT

Target group
PhD students, young scientists and physicians directly involved in laboratory research involving or planning to use DCs are encouraged to enroll. Previous basic knowledge on flow cytometry and cell culture techniques are necessary.

You can apply for this course in the ESOT Member Avenue. You have to be either a Temporary or a Full ESOT Member to receive access to the Member Avenue. Temporary Membership is free and lasts six months. When the course application of a Temporary Member is accepted a Temporary Member has to become a Full ESOT Member. More information on ESOT Membership can be found at www.esot.org.
Deadline for application is March 31st 2010.

€500 Basic Science Travel Grants available (to apply visit Grant/Award section on website.

February issue of the Transplant Trial Watch available now

To keep the transplantation community informed about recently published level 1 evidence in organ transplantation ESOT and the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation have developed the Transplant Trial Watch.

The Transplant Trial Watch is a monthly overview of 10 recently published randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and includes a brief summary of each trial. RCTs are selected by the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation on the basis of quality or interest. The first issue of the Transplant Trial Watch was published in September 2009.

For all published RCTs in organ transplantation from 1970 and selected systematic reviews from 2008 go to the Transplant Library by logging onto the member avenue using your username and password.

To view the latest issue of the Transplant Trial Watch, click here

From ATC Today, June 3rd, 2009:
"This is the first year that ATC has reached out to the Europeans,” said ATC 2009 Chair Anthony M. Jevnikar.

On behalf of ESOT, European transplantation scientist Frans H. J. Claas, PhD, of the Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands, addresses the “Impact of the Acceptable Mismatch in Europe on the Transplantation Rate of Highly Sensitized Patients.”
Read more in the pdf.

GRANTS ARE OPEN NOW FOR APPLICATIONS UNTIL MARCH 2010.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Systematic reviews of good quality have now been added to the Transplant Library. The Transplant Library contains all randomised controlled trials in organ transplantation from 1970 to the present (over 6500 references).

Other features of the Transplant Library include:

* A simple and intuitive search interface on the OvidSP platform, allowing rapid and comprehensive searches on focused topics without any professional search skills
* The search interface includes unique limits specific to organ transplantation to make searching even faster and more effective
* Randomised controlled trials published from 2004 onwards have been given a methodological quality rating which helps users assess their potential value
* The library is updated every two weeks, keeping users abreast of newly reported RCTs

You can access the Transplant Library through the Member Avenue of the ESOT website using your member User name and Password

To keep the transplantation community informed about recently published level 1 evidence in organ transplantation ESOT and the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation have developed the Transplant Trial Watch.
The Transplant Trial Watch is a monthly overview of 10 recently published randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and includes a brief summary of each trial. RCTs are selected by the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation on the basis of quality or interest. The first issue of the Transplant Trial Watch was published in September 2009. For all published RCTs in organ transplantation go to the Transplant Library by logging onto the member avenue using your username and password.

Please, view the latest issue of the Transplant Trial Watch

Introductory Program for Transplantation

Objective
This is a new e-learning course established to teach all the multi-disciplinary staff involved in transplantation about the basics of transplant. IPT has been designed to take trainees from elementary knowledge to the more advanced level where they may be able to take on the ESOT Hesperis Course or ETFW. IPT should be considered as a first step to learning in organ transplantation.

Target Group
The course is open to all of those involved in a multi-disciplinary team. This includes young doctors as well as those who need basic knowledge in organ transplantation for their daily work, nurses working in transplant units, transplant co-ordinators, laboratory staff as well as general practitioners who look after transplant recipients.

Application & deadline
There is no limitation in number and those trainees noted above can apply.

Information is available on the ESOT website www.esot.org

The cost is only 400 Euros for physicians and reduced to 300 Euros for other staff working within the transplant unit.

Course Programme
The course programme of the IPT Course can be found here http://www.esot.org/Content.aspx?item=182

The Donor's Surgeon will take place from October 14-16, 2009, at Cardarelli Hospital in Naples, Italy.
6 seats are available for ESOT members !

The course is free and subscription and lodging are granted by CNT and OCST, travel expenses are on charge of participants.
The registration includes the following:
- Admission to "The Donor's Surgeon" theoretical and practical course;
- Programme book;
- Certificate of attendance;
- 2 lunches;
- Coffee breaks;
- Welcome dinner, Congress dinner and social programme;
- Hotel accomodation for 3 nights, including breakfast

The Transplantation Tree of Life Academy with ESOT was created to address the science and management of organ procurement in order to raise standards and increase organ donation awareness in Europe. The Academy with ESOT will be rolled out throughout Europe, and will be available to other countries around the world via partnerships with regional and local transplantation societies.

The Transplantation Tree of Life Academy with ESOT is a continuously growing comprehensive program which provides medical education to transplant healthcare professionals through different educational modules. The curriculum was developed to address the various steps of the organ procurement and transplantation process, which include: donor detection and identification; donor screening; donor management; brain death and legal or social requirements; consent to organ donation; organ retrieval; and organ allocation and organizational issues.

Through local partnerships, Transplantation Tree of Life Academy events recognize donors, their families and the impact their gift of life has made for organ recipients, while the Academy with ESOT is a comprehensive medical educational program designed to help transplant healthcare professionals in their on-going quests for new and cutting edge knowledge in transplantation.

FOCIS Member Society Benefits
FOCIS does not represent a competing membership organization to its member societies, but a way to bring interested clinician scientists together, enhancing the benefits you provide to your members.

Professional Development
* FOCIS is a CME accredited association, offering CME accredited courses and the annual meeting.
* FOCIS provides your members with the opportunity to collaborate with a concentrated group of clinician scientists to educate the community, physicians, trainees, and patients in the broad discipline of clinical immunology.
* FOCIS offers travel awards for trainees, fellows and junior faculty to attend the annual meeting. New investigators receive the opportunity to present their findings in oral presentations and poster presentations.

Financial Savings
* There is no membership fee associated with becoming a FOCIS Member Society; for the society or its individual members.
* FOCIS Member Society members will receive discounted registration fees for the FOCIS annual meeting.
* FOCIS Member Societies receive complimentary exhibition booth space and discounted fees for registration bag inserts for the FOCIS annual meeting.

Member Society Recognition and Promotion
* ESOT will be listed on the FOCIS website as a Member Society with a link to the society website.
* ESOT will be listed on all promotional materials for the FOCIS annual meeting and other initiatives.
* ESOT will be a member of a federation representing roughly 40,000 clinician scientists providing a powerful voice for the creation of policy.

For more information, please, contact:
Michelle L. Reed
FOCIS Meetings & Membership Manager
Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies
11950 W Lake Park Drive, Suite 320, Milwaukee, WI 53224, P: (414) 359-1670 ext. 101 / F: (414) 359-1671

See you at FOCIS 2010 in Boston, June 24-27 !

Late breaking abstract submission is now open. Late breaking abstract deadline: June 1, 2009, 23:59 CET

June 29 - 30, 2009 Ghent (Belgium). Registration is now open for the Symposium and the practical course.

ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS BEEN PROLONGED UNTILL MARCH 9, 2009. DO NOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK.

As part of the collaboration between ESOT and the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation (CET; www.transplantevidence.com), ESOT has obtained access to the Transplant Library for all its members. The Transplant Library has been created by the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation, which is directed by Professor Sir Peter Morris. The aim of the CET is to provide high quality, evidence-based information on all aspects of solid organ transplantation. The Transplant Library is one of its projects. The library contains all randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in organ transplantation from 1970 to the present (over 6000 references). References mostly come from electronic databases such as MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library (with permission) but the library also contains nearly 3000 references to abstracts of RCTs in conference proceedings. Systematic reviews will be added later this year.
Features of the library include:
• A simple and intuitive search interface on the OvidSP platform, allowing rapid and comprehensive searches on focused topics without any professional search skills
• The search interface includes unique limits specific to organ transplantation
• Studies published from 2004 onwards have been given a methodological quality rating
• The library is updated every two weeks

The following paper provides further guidance on how to search the library:
Barcena L, Pengel L, Morris PJ (2008). Searching the transplantation library. Transplantation 85(8):1068-74.

Access the Library now through the Members Avenue of the ESOT website using your member User name and Password.

The Meeting was granted 17 European CME credits (ECMEC)by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME). Credits are recognized by the American Medical Association towards the Physician Recognition Award (PRA).

ESOT is committed to enhancing the quality of clinical studies in donation and transplantation in Europe. As part of this commitment, a two-day course is organised by the Clinical Effectiveness Unit and the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation, The Royal College of Surgeons of England – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. This new course entitled "TRANSPLANTING ORGANS AND USING EVIDENCE", will take place on March 13-14, 2009, in London, U.K.

The course aims at young professionals (not older than 40 years of age) actively involved in organ and tissue transplantation who want to increase their skills in evidence-based decision-making. A nominal fee of Euros 150 will be charged and participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses. Accommodation for the Thursday and Friday nights at the Royal College of Surgeons Hotel and all meals are provided free. Arrival on Thursday evening will be essential.

Programme:
Friday 13 March 2009
09.30 Introduction to evidence-based transplantation Lecture (Peter Morris)
10.15 Evaluating a therapeutic intervention Lecture (Jan van der Meulen)
10.45 Coffee/tea break
11.00 Appraising a paper on a therapeutic intervention
Small groups (Faculty tutors)
12.30 Feedback small groups, Plenary session
01.00 Lunch
02.00 Choosing a study design to evaluate a diagnostic test
Lecture (Jan van der Meulen)
02.30 Appraising a paper on a diagnostic test Small groups (Faculty tutors)
03.15 Coffee/tea break
03.30 Feedback small groups, Plenary session
04.00 Trials and Tribulations: Machine-perfusion versus cold storage in kidney transplantation: a multi-centre trial
Lecture (Rutger J. Ploeg)
06.00 Drinks in Hunterian Museum and address by the Curator, Simon Chaplin
07.30 Dinner in the College Library
After dinner address by Peter Morris (Past President of the Royal College of Surgeons)

Saturday 14 March 2009
09.30 Carrying out a systematic literature review Lecture (Simon Knight)
10.15 Appraising a systematic review Small groups (Faculty tutors)
11.45 Coffee/tea break
12.00 Assessment and Feedback (Jan van der Meulen)
01.00 Close – lunch will be available

To apply for a seat on this course, please, visit the ESOT website (www.esot.org). Please, note that during the application procedure applicants
have to submit:
- a CV,
- a motivation letter explaining why you want a place on this course and how it will help you in your clinical area, and
- a letter from your institution confirming that you have a permanent position as a trainee or specialist in transplantation,.
In addition, the applicant's photo has to be uploaded.

The course will be restricted to approximately 20 participants; we therefore ask you to apply as soon as possible.
The application deadline is Monday February 16th, 2009, 00:00 h.

ASTS-ESOT Exchange Grant ($ 40.000/1x/annual),
supported by ESOT and ASTS.
Purpose: Both, basic science and translational studies will be supported by an award of $ 40.000 for 1 year for a PhD student, post doc or junior faculty member in training or trained as a surgeon.
Exchange between ASTS and ESOT is mandatory. Awarded every year by ESOT and ASTS.
Applicants have to be ESOT and/or ASTS member and will carry out their project in a host institution in either North America (ESOT member) or Europe (ASTS member), respectively.
Duration: 1 year.
Amount: $ 40.000 plus $ 5.000 for travel reimbursement.
Requirements:
* Letter of support including confirmation of host and home institution,
* Project outline including background, hypothesis, research plan, time plan,
* CV, list of publications.
If additional/other funding is obtained during the process of reviewing, ESOT has to be notified. Failure to do so, can result in rejection of the grant application.
Criteria: the application will be assessed on the quality of the scientific proposal.
Deadline: March 1st.
Reporting: Applicants have to submit a satisfactory report within 2 months after completion.
ESOT membership is required for application.
Grant Committee: 2 ASTS Board Members and 2 ESOT Council Members score and decide, additional reviewers may be consulted.

ELITA-ELTR Wintermeeting, Are, Sweden, 19-21 March 21.

Are, Sweden, March 19-21, 2009

Publisher: Saunders, Elsevier.

Sir Peter J. Morris AC, FRS, FRCS
Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford
Honorary Professor, University of London
Centre for Evidence in Transplantation
Clinical Effectiveness Unit
Royal College of Surgeons of England
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PE
United Kingdom.

Phone +44 207 869 6604
Fax +44 207 869 6644
Email ntalawila@rcseng.ac.uk

Prominant ESOT member and member of the Education Committee Dr. Andre Baranski from the Leiden University Medical Centre has written a very instructive and complete book which focuses on one of the key topics in organ donation and transplantation: The quality and safety of organ procurement. As ESOT enhances training and certification in organ donation with a masterclass (EDSM) and a new e-learning module, we would like to attract your attention to this distinguished and important product of one of our ESOT members.

At present, most multi-organ donor (MOD) procurement procedures are performed by a local surgical team, which is not necessarily the same team as the one responsible for the transplantation. The accepting center, therefore, has to rely on the expertise and skills of the procurement team. Adequate training and standardization of the surgical techniques is therefore of vital importance, and this book aims to aid both with the most up-to-date information.

Encompassing Dr Baranski’s 20 years of experience in the filed of abdominal organ donation, this book is a comprehensive step-by-step guide to the field, with many colour photographs and clear drawings to aid the reader. The text concisely demonstrates the many difficult steps in the organ procurement process, also highlighting the major potential pitfalls and common surgical mistakes that have arisen during the author’s extensive career.

The success of organ transplantation starts with the optimal medical and surgical treatment of the donor as without good organ harvesting, there is a high mortality incidence in the patients on the waiting list and thus less space for new patients. Organ procurement is therefore now recognized as an essential part of organ transplantation. In most donors, the surgical procedure can be challenging for an inexperienced surgeon and so often a detailed walkthrough is required to prepare for the operation. This part of transplant surgery is critically important as inadequate preservation or surgical injury at this stage can lead to complete organ damage or to serious complications in the recipient. At present, most multi-organ donor (MOD) procurement procedures are performed by a local surgical team, which is not necessarily the same team as the one responsible for the transplantation. The accepting center therefore has to rely on the expertise and skills of the procurement team, meaning that adequate training and a standardization of the surgical techniques is of vital importance.

This title is a useful pocket guide for practicing surgeons or senior residents participating in organ procurement teams, wishing to learn abdominal organ procurement. The high illustrative content offers great worth as a step-by-step walkthrough, with clear diagrams further supplementing the text to provide the most detailed handbook available on abdominal transplantation.

Written for:
Surgeons and senior surgical residents and fellows

Keywords:
Donor
Retrieval
Transplant

2009, Approx. 150 p. 274 illus., 272 in color, hardcover, Due: September 2008, approx. € 92,95
ISBN 978-1-84800-250-0
For referral, please, click on the following link for additional information:
http://www.springer.com/medicine/surgery/book/978-1-84800-250-0