ISHLT/ABTO Joint Educational Workshop This Month

Published 06 October 2025
  • Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation
  • Advanced Lung Failure & Transplantation
  • Collaborative
  • Education

The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) will host a joint educational workshop with the Associação Brasileira de Transplantes de Órgãos (ABTO) at the Pre-Congress of their 2025 Annual Congress. The Current Status of Heart and Lung Allocation workshop will take place on 15 October in Fortaleza, Brazil. The workshop will be moderated and led by notable ISHLT members and leaders.

Moderators

Juan Mejia, MD
Estela Azeka, MD

Program

Heart Allocation Criteria: Impact on Clinical Practice
Presented by Josef Stehlik, MD

Lung Allocation Criteria: Impact on Clinical Practice
Presented by Christian Benden, MD, MBA, FCCP

Current Situation of Brazilian Allocation
Presented by Paulo Pego-Fernandez

Current State of Brazilian Registry / ISHLT Heart and Lung
Presented by Fernando Atik