ISHLT2026: Early Career & Trainee Clinical Case Dilemmas - The Best of the Best Award Session
22 April, 2026 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. EDT
This award recognizes excellence by early career and trainees from top abstracts submitted in the Early Career Clinical Case Reports category. Expert senior clinicians are invited to discuss the intricacies of these cases and share clinical pearls. At the conclusion of the session, the best case presentation is selected by a panel of judges.
The winner will be announced during the General Session on Saturday, 25 April.
Award Finalists
Nitish Dhingra, MD
University Health Network
Toronto, ON Canada
Abstract Title: Heart Transplantation with Donation After MAiD
Takuya Ikushima, MD
Tohoku University Hospital
Sendai, Japan
Abstract Title: Two Successful Cases of ABO-Incompatible Living-Donor Lobar Lung Transplantation
Akira Matsumoto, MD
Kyoto University Hospital
Kyoto, Japan
Abstract Title: Improved Management for Native Lung Complications After Unilateral Living Donor Lung Transplantation Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation from the Identical Donor
Satoshi Miyairi, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN USA
Abstract Title: Is Bad Biventricular Support Better Than Good Single Ventricular Support?
Pieter Neef, MD, BPharm
Golden Jubilee University National Hospital
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Abstract Title: Successful Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in a Patient with Cold Agglutinin Disease: A Structured Perioperative Management Framework
Sowmith Rangu, MD, FRCPC
University of Texas
Austin, TX USA
Abstract Title: Successful Berlin EXCOR Explantation and Long-Term Survival in a Stage 1 Single Ventricle Patient: Expanding the Limits of Myocardial Recovery
Devika Sindu, MD
Creighton University School of Medicine
Phoenix, AZ USA
Abstract Title: Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma in a Lung Transplant Recipient
Aradhana Verma, MD
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA USA
Abstract Title: Genetic Heart Disease After Heart Transplantation: Implications for Donor Evaluation and Recipient Care
Sofía Vila-Sanjuán, MD
Vall d'Hebron University Hospital
Barcelona, Spain
Abstract Title: Successful Kidney Transplantation in a HeartMate3 Destination Therapy Patient: Expanding the Boundaries of Continuous-Flow LVAD Support
Filip Wetterberg, MD
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Gothenborg, Sweden
Abstract Title: Successful Lung Transplantation After Pulmonary Artery Rupture in End-Stage Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Case Report