The American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
and the American Society of Transplantation (AST) will hold the
fourth joint American Transplant Meeting, known as the American
Transplant Congress (ATC). It will be held at the Marriott Wardman
Park Hotel in Washington D.C. from May 30 to June 4, 2003.
| Sunday, June 1 |
| Change in MELD Over Time (delta-MELD)
Predicts Liver Waitlist Mortality Better than MELD Alone |
RM Merion |
2:00 PM Marriott Ballroom Salon
3 |
| Waitlist Outcomes Before and After MELD/PELD |
DM Dykstra |
2:10 PM Marriott Ballroom Salon 3 |
| Analysis of Lifetimes for Adult and Pediatric
Split Liver versus Adult Whole Liver Transplant Recipients |
RM Merion |
2:50 PM Marriott Ballroom Salon 3 |
| MELD Component Effect on Posttransplant Mortality |
RA Wolfe |
3:00 PM Marriott Ballroom Salon 3 |
| Monday, June 2 |
| Improvements in Outcomes in Pediatric Renal
Transplantation: Children Less than 10 Years of Age Now Have
Best Survival of All Recipients |
WE Harmon |
9:15 AM Marriott Ballroom Salon 1/2 |
| Outcomes of Whole Deceased, Split Deceased,
and Living Donor Liver Transplants in Pediatric Recipients |
JP Roberts |
2:00 PM Wilson Suite A/B/C |
| Proposal for an Efficient and Equitable Kidney
Transplant Allocation System in the U.S. |
RA Wolfe |
2:30 PM Delaware Suite A |
| Difference in Health Insurance are Associated
with Access to the Kidney Transplant Waitlist |
RA Wolfe |
4:00 PM Marriott Ballroom Salon 2 |
| Kidney Transplantation Rates from the Waitlist
Reveal Disparities in Access by Insurance Status |
AB Leichtman |
4:10 PM Marriott Ballroom Salon 2 |
| Patient Survival for Varying Sequences of Kidney
and Pancrease Transplantation |
H Sollinger |
4:50 PM Cotillion South |
| Tuesday, June 3 |
| Initial Pulsatile Perfusion is Associated with
Better Outcomes Among Kidney Transplant Recipients |
SM Greenstein |
2:40 PM Cotillion South |
| The Impact of Cold Ischemic Time and Donor
Age on Liver Transplant Outcome |
M DebRoy |
4:00 PM Cotillion South |
| Identification of Expanded Cardiac Donors Using
Heart Posttransplant Mortality Outcomes |
R Bustami |
5:30 PM Exhibit Hall A |
| New Methods for Estimating Total Potential
(Organ) Donors in the U.S. |
JJ McGowan |
5:30 PM Exhibit Hall A |
