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ISHLT 30th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions April 21-24, 2010 Hilton Chicago 720 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL, USA SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM The Preliminary Program will be mailed in mid-December.  To view the Preliminary Program in PDF format:  Preliminary Program. The Full Scientific Program will be printed as a supplement to the February 2010 issue of the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Program Highlights One of the major themes of the Chicago Annual Meeting will be "Joint Action".  Despite an increasing trend for specialization in medicine, there is also the need of a very close interdisciplinary collaboration between the involved scientists with the main goal to further improve the results and quality of life of our patients before and after transplantation. In addition, the theme "Joint Action" also extends to the cooperation within the team and the training of our junior members. We therefore will further elaborate Resident- and Fellow-Symposia with the final goal to establish an ISHLT-Academy. We will also continue with recent programming ideas that have proven to be popular, including Wednesday Satellite Symposia, Invited Keynote Lectures, Featured Abstracts, Late-breaking Clinical Trials, meetings of the various Scientific Councils and Committees, as well as abstracts submitted for consideration of the Philip K. Caves Award, the Nursing and Social Science Excellence in Research Award, and the Branislav Radovancevic Memorial Best MCS Abstract Award.  The social highlight will be the Gala Reception on Friday night at the beautiful Grand Ballroom of the Chicago Hilton, known to many of us from the famous movie, "The Fugitive."  Due to our 30th Anniversary, several special "Surprise Events" can be expected! Schedule at a Glance All meetings and activities will take place at the Hilton Chicago unless otherwise specified. All papers will be presented in English. To view the full program, please click HERE (pdf).

TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM Exhibit Booth Installation/Set-up (Southeast Exhibit Hall) 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM ISHLT Board of Directors Meeting (Grand Tradition) Noon - 8:00 PM Poster Mounting (Southwest Exhibit Hall) 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Thoracic Registry Steering Committee Meeting (PDR-2) Education Committee Meeting (PDR-4) 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM ISHLT/ERS/ATS CLAD Meeting (Joliet) 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Communications Committee Meeting (PDR-2) Standards and Guidelines Committee Meeting (PDR-4) 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Registration Desk Open (8th Street Registration) Slide Ready Room Open (Grand Tradition)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2010 6:00 AM - 7:00 PM Registration Desk Open (8th Street Registration) Slide Ready Room Open (Grand Tradition) 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Corporate Council Breakfast Meeting (PDR-2) Sunrise Symposium 1: VADs Gone Bad Case Presentations (International Ballroom) Sunrise Symposium 2: Clinical Challenges in the Management of Right Ventricular Failure (Continental A/B) Sunrise Symposium 3: Surgical Approaches for Lung Transplantation - Is There Still A Debate? (Boulevard) Sunrise Symposium 4: Technical Issues in Mechanical Support in the Pediatric Patient Case Presentations (Continental C) Sunrise Symposium 5: Clinical Challenges for Nursing and Allied Health: What Would You Do? Case Presentations (Waldorf) 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Exhibitor Booth Set-up (Southeast Exhibit Hall) Poster Mounting(Southwest Exhibit Hall) 8:15 AM - 10:15 AM Satellite Symposium 1: The Ultimate VAD Symposium (International Ballroom Satellite Symposium 2: Innovations in Pulmonary Hypertension: Advances in Medical and Surgical Therapies (Continental A/B) Satellite Symposium 3: Getting to Yes - Increasing Lung Donors (Boulevard) Satellite Symposium 4: Management of the Sensitized Patient and Antibody Mediated Rejection: Part 1 (Continental C) Satellite Symposium 5: Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: From Bench to Bedside (Waldorf) Satellite Symposium 6: Emerging Infectious Diseases: Donor Management Issues and Recipient Sequelae (Marquette) 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Press Office Open (Continental Foyer Office 1) 10:00 AM - 7:30 PM Exhibit Hall Open (Southeast Exhibit Hall) Internet Cafe Open (Southeast Exhibit Hall) Poster Viewing (Southwest Exhibit Hall) 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break (Southeast Exhibit Hall) 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Satellite Symposium 7: Who Plays God? Ethics in Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (International Ballroom) Satellite Symposium 8: Universal Issues in Tackling Pulmonary Vascular Disease - Where Do We Stand? (Continental A/B) Satellite Symposium 9: The Significance of Airways Inflammation in Lung Allograft Dysfunction (Boulevard) Satellite Symposium 10: Management of the Sensitized Patient and Antibody Mediated Rejection: Part 2 (Continental C) Satellite Symposium 11: The ISHLT Guidelines for Heart Transplant Recipients: Towards an International Concensus (Waldorf) Satellite Symposium 12: Transforming Transplant Care Through Evidence-Based Practice (Marquette) 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Lunch Break Poster Viewing (Southwest Exhibit Hall) 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Registries and Databases Committee Meeting (Joliet) 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Thoracic Registry Advisory Board Meeting (tentative) (Joliet) 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Mini-Oral Session1 (Boulevard) Mini-Oral Session 2 (Continental C) Mini-Oral Session 3 (Waldorf) Mini-Oral Session 4 (Marquette) Mini-Oral Session 5 (PDR-2) 2:30 PM - 4:45 PM Opening Plenary Session (International Ballroom) 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM Coffee Break (Southeast Exhibit Hall) 5:15 PM - 6:45 PM Concurrent Session 1: Patients, Pumps and Outcomes (International Ballroom) Concurrent Session 2: Heart Transplant Outcome; Does the Donor Matter? (Continental A/B) Concurrent Session 3: Observations on Candidate Selection for Lung Transplant (Boulevard Room) Concurrent Session 4: Nursing Science: And Then We Were Done: Patient Experience Following Surgical Interventions for Heart and Lung Failure (Continental C) Concurrent Session 5: Improving Donor and Recipient Selection in Pediatric Transplantation (Waldorf) Concurrent Session 6: The AMR Story Continues (Marquette) 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Past President's Council Meeting (Joliet) 6:45 PM - 7:45 PM Exhibit Hall Opening/Reception (Southeast Exhibit Hall) Poster Viewing (Southwest Exhibit Hall)

THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Registration Desk Open (8th Street Registration) Slide Ready Room Open (Grand Tradition) 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Mechanical Circulatory Support Scientific Council Meeting (Marquette) Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Scientific Council Meeting (Joliet) Pathology and Basic Science Scientific Council Meeting (PDR-2) Infectious Disease Scientific Council Meeting (PDR-4) 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM Plenary Session (International Ballroom) 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Press Office Open (Continental Foyer Office 1) 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Exhibit Hall Open (Southeast Exhibit Hall) Internet Cafe Open (Southeast Exhibit Hall) Poster Viewing (Southwest Exhibit Hall) 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Coffee Break (Southeast Exhibit Hall) 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Concurrent Session 7: Battle of the Sexes - PT Selection (International Ballroom) Concurrent Session 8: Heart Transplantation Outcome (Continental A/B) Concurrent Session 9: Donor Influences on Outcomes After Lung Transplant (Boulevard) Concurrent Session 10: Novel Genomic, Proteomic & Clinical Risk Markers in PAH (Continental C) Concurrent Session 11: Stem Cells: Basic and Translational Approaches (Waldorf) Concurrent Session 12: Immunosuppression After Heart Transplantation: Is Less More? (Marquette) 12:15 PM - 2:15 PM Lunch Break Junior Faculty and Trainee   Council Mentor Lunch (PDR-2) (advance ticket purchase required) 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM IPLTC Meeting (Joliet) 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Concurrent Session 13: Device Disasters: Can We Avoid Them? (International Ballroom Concurrent Session 14: Heart Transplantation Post Op Dilemma (Continental A/B) Concurrent Session 15: Clinical Investigation in Acute and Chronic Rejection After Lung Transplantation (Boulevard) Concurrent Session 16: Every Breath I Take is Now Better (Continental C) Concurrent Session 17: Quality of Life and Social Sciences: Have We Done The Right Thing?: Assessing Quality of Life Following Cardiothoracic Transplantation (Waldorf) Concurrent Session 18: Tissue Gene Regulation and Protection From Injury (Marquette) 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Coffee Break (Southeast Exhibit Hall) 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Concurrent Session 19: Clinical Heart Transplantation and Immunology (International Ballroom) Concurrent Session 20: Getting Back to the Basics: MCSD and the Myocyte (Continental A/B) Concurrent Session 21: From Bench to Bedside Update in Transplant Infections (Boulevard) Concurrent Session 22: Immunosuppression After Lung Transplantation: From Mouse to Man (Continental C) Concurrent Session 23: Pediatric Transplantation in Unique Patient Populations (Waldorf) Concurrent Session 24: Heart Failure: Prognostication and Outcomes (Marquette) 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Pulmonary Transplantation Council Quality of Life Workforce Meeting (Joliet) Junior Faculty and Trainee Council Meeting (PDR-2) Mini-Oral Session 6 (Boulevard) Mini-Oral Session 7 (Continental C) Mini-Oral Session 8 (Waldorf) Mini-Oral Session 9 (Marquette)

FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM Registration Desk Open (8th Street Registration) Slide Ready Room Open (Grand Tradition) 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Pulmonary Transplantation Scientific Council Meeting (Waldorf) Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine Scientific Council Meeting (Marquette) Pediatric Transplantation Scientific Council Meeting (Joliet) Nursing, Health Science, and Allied Health Scientific Council Meeting (PDR-2) Basic Science Scientific Council Meeting (tentative) (PDR-4) 8:15 AM - 10:15 AM Plenary Session (International Ballroom 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Press Office Open (Continental Foyer Office 1) 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Exhibit Hall Open (Southeast Exhibit Hall) Internet Cafe Open (Southeast Exhibit Hall) Poster Viewing (Southwest Exhibit Hall) 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING (International Ballroom) ISHLT Members Only Coffee Break (Southeast Exhibit Hall) 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Concurrent Session 25: Cost Effectiveness and Long-Term Outcomes (International Ballroom) Concurrent Session 26: Assessing the Risk of Heart Transplantation (Continental A/B) Concurrent Session 27: Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome (BOS): Risk Factors and Prevention (Boulevard) Concurrent Session 28: Making a Better Breath (Continental C) Concurrent Session 29: Pulmonary Hypertension; Innovative Therapy (Waldorf) Concurrent Session 30: Clinical Case Dilemmas in Thoracic Transplantation (Marquette) 12:15 PM - 2:15 PM Lunch Break 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM JHLT Editorial Board Luncheon Meeting (Joliet Room) Scientific Council Chairs Luncheon Meeting (PDR-4) 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Concurrent Session 31: The Menu: Which Device When? (Continental A/B) Concurrent Session 32: Mechanisms of Inflammation and Repair in the Lung Allograft Airway (Boulevard) Concurrent Session 33: Heart Transplantation; Immunosuppression Controversies (Continental C) Concurrent Session 34: Healing My Broken Heart (Waldorf) Concurrent Session 35: New Approaches to the Evaluation and Treatment of Rejection in the Pediatric Transplant (Marquette) Concurrent Session 36: Autoimmunity, Tolerance and Inflammation (PDR-2) 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Coffee Break (Southeast Exhibit Hall) 4:30 PM - 11:59 PM Exhibit Hall/Poster Tear Down (Southeast/Southwest Exhibit Halls) 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Concurrent Session 37: Heart Transplantation Clinical Challenges (Continental A/B) Concurrent Session 38: Lung Transplant for Interstitial Lung Disease (Boulevard) Concurrent Session 39: Molecular Mechanisms of Organ Rejection (Continental C) Concurrent Session 40: Expert Consensus Definitions in Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Infections (Waldorf) Concurrent Session 41: Philip K. Caves Award Candidate Presentations (Marquette) 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM New ISHLT Board Members Orientation Meeting (PDR-4) 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Gala Anniversary Reception (Grand Ballroom)

SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2010 6:30 AM - 10:30 AM Registration Desk Open (8th Street Registration) 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Slide Ready Room Open (Grand Tradition) 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Sunrise Symposium 6: Linking Outcomes and Quality of Life After Lung Transplant (Boulevard) Sunrise Symposium 7: Crossing the Lines (Continental C) Sunrise Symposium 8: Disasters Early After Lung Transplant (Waldorf) Sunrise Symposium 9: Tough Cases in the Management of the Sensitized Patient Case Presentations (Marquette) 8:00 AM - 10:15 AM Plenary Session and Awards Presentations (Continental A/B) 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon Press Office Open (Continental Foyer Office 1) 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break (Registration Area) 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon Concurrent Session 42: Blood, Clots and Antibodies (Continental A/B) Concurrent Session 43: Lung Transplantation Complications (Boulevard) Concurrent Session 44: Late Complications Post Heart Transplantation (Continental C) Concurrent Session 45: Transplantation for Pediatric Cardiomyopathies (Waldorf) Concurrent Session 46: What's Hot! Best Abstracts from Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart Transplantation, Lung Transplantation (Marquette) 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM Council Reports to the   Membership and Board (Continental C) 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM ISHLT Board of Directors Meeting (Lake Erie Room)

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