
ISHLT 45th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions
Sunday, 27 April – Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center
Boston, MA USA
Annual Meeting News
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WATCH NOW: 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Honorary Session9 June 2025
The 2025 ISHLT Lifetime Achievement Award presentation honoring Allan Glanville, MBBS, MD, FRACP’s legacy is now available online. learn more about Professor Glanville’s achievements and contributions to the field of advanced lung failure and lung transplantation.
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Assess Excellence: Call for ISHLT2026 Symposia Reviewers27 May 2025
As the ISHLT gets ready for another exciting year of groundbreaking symposia, you can play a pivotal role in evaluating the quality and diversity of the ISHLT2026 program. If you’re interested in getting involved, apply to serve as an ISHLT2026 Symposium Proposal Reviewer by Monday, 9 June.
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Two Thresholds, One Powerful Solution; Enhancing Overall dd-cfDNA Testing Accuracy in Heart Transplantation Using Fraction and Donor Quantity Score (DQS)5 June 2025
This session will highlight the exciting new data in support of noninvasively monitoring for rejection risk post heart transplantation. Watch this symposium recording from Natera to learn more.
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ISHLT2026 Symposium Proposal Submission Site Now Open2 June 2025
Submissions are now being accepted for ISHLT2026 Symposia Proposals! ISHLT members are welcome to submit 75-minute symposia proposals to the ISHLT 46th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, to be held 22-25 April, 2026 in Toronto, ON Canada.
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ISHLT2025 Event Photos Now Available30 May 2025
Look back on the ISHLT’s gathering in Boston with an online photo gallery from ISHLT2025. You can now view and download photos from the event.
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ISHLT2025 Attendees Give Back to Boston Children in Need23 May 2025
At ISHLT2025, ISHLT collaborated with Cradles to Crayons®, a nonprofit in Newton, MA USA providing kids with free essentials. ISHLT attendees made more than 350 donations of clothing for kids in need in the greater Boston area.
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A Look Back on ISHLT2025 on JHLT: The Podcast22 May 2025
On this special episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors put their heads together to explore a few interesting topics from ISHLT2025, the ISHLT's 45th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions.
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ISHLT Recognizes Excellence at the ISHLT2025 Awards Presentation30 April 2025
During the final General Session of the ISHLT’s 45th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, ISHLT recognized outstanding achievements in research and groundbreaking scientific contributions.
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ISHLT Foundation Funds Research in AI + Biomarkers in Heart and Lung Transplantation, and ECP16 May 2025
During the 45th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions in Boston, ISHLT announced $250,000 USD in grants funded by the ISHLT Foundation to support research to advance heart and lung disease.
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ISHLT Appoints Pediatrics Transplant Leader Melissa Cousino as Scientific Program Chair for ISHLT20279 May 2025
As announced at the ISHLT2025 meeting in Boston last month, Melissa Cousino, PhD, will serve as the Scientific Program Chair for the ISHLT’s 47th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. Dr. Cousino will be the first non-physician ISHLT member to hold this position.
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Thoracic Transplantation Around the Globe: An ISHLT2025 Registry Special Session Recap15 May 2025
The ISHLT International Thoracic Organ Transplant (TTX) Registry hosted a special session at ISHLT2025 in Boston to highlight the recent progress in international data sharing with the ISHLT Registry following the challenges of evolving privacy regulations.
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Daniel Goldstein, Leader in Cardiothoracic Surgery and MCS, Honored by ISHLT14 May 2025
On 30 April, at the closing General Session at the ISHLT 45th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions in Boston, the ISHLT Foundation announced Daniel Goldstein, MD from Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY USA as the 2025 recipient of the Francis D. Pagani, MD Endowed Mentorship Award.
ISHLT2025 Roving Reporters
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