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The webinar “DREAMing Beyond Stage IVA: Lung Transplantation and Molecular Surveillance for Lung-Confined NSCLC”, presented by Natera, features findings from the Northwestern lung transplant team behind the groundbreaking DREAM study. Stream it online now.

This month's ISHLT Journal Watch features recent topics in pediatrics related to heart and lung failure and pulmonary arterial hypertension, led by issue editor Sowmith Rangu.

A new ISHLT Document, Engagement of Social Support Systems in Patients Being Considered for and Following Advanced Heart and Lung Surgical Therapies: An ISHLT Expert Consensus Statemen, has been published in JHLT and is available to read online!

The ISHLT will jointly sponsor the 3rd Eurasian Heart Failure Congress and Global Advanced Heart Failure Symposium, taking place 1–4 October at Swissôtel The Bosphorus in Istanbul, Türkiye.

The ISHLT Standards & Guidelines Committee is presenting a webinar next month. Join on 28 October at 2:00 p.m. ET/18:00 UTC for a guide to the ISHLT document development process. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how ISHLT guidelines and consensus documents go from an idea to published resources that help shape clinical practice.

Hiroto Shimokawahara of the Okayama Medical Center in Japan is the guest on this episode of the JHLT podcast, discussing outcomes for stent-based pulmonary angioplasty in peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis (PPAS).

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) is seeking applications and nominations for the role of IMACS Registry Medical Director. Applications are due before Wednesday, 30 September.

Applications for exhibit space and support opportunities at the ISHLT Annual Meeting are now open. ISHLT2027 is the largest, most influential interdisciplinary gathering for healthcare and allied professionals in advanced heart and lung disease.

In response to a public consultation from the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) has submitted official comments on the draft Global Strategy on Donation and Transplantation.

Paula Appenzeller of the National Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Unit at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge is the guest on the JHLT podcast, discussing how findings from the UK CURATE registry challenge assumptions about pre-operative therapy in CTEPH.

It's time to renew your ISHLT membership for 2027. The Society welcomes you back for another year of advancing the science and standards of care for advanced heart and lung disease. ISHLT now offers the opportunity for you to enroll in Auto Pay (automatic payments).

This month's ISHLT Journal Watch features recent topics in transplant and MCS nursing and allied health.

ISHLT leadership is proud to endorse the VI Pediatric & III Adult Latin American Pulmonary Hypertension Symposium, which will be held 25-26 September, 2026 in Lima, Peru.

A new ISHLT Document, Assessing and Addressing Frailty in Candidates for Lung Transplantation: An ISHLT Consensus Statement, has been published in JHLT and is available to read online!

Daniel Chambers of the The Prince Charles Hospital and Queensland Lung Transplant Service in Brisbane, Australia is the guest on the JHLT podcast, discussing what the ASSIST-CLAD study revealed about treatment for new-onset CLAD.

Join the ISHLT’s Early Career + Trainee Committee on 17 September for an event that will decode the organizational structure of ISHLT and describe how each component contributes to the ISHLT mission.

A new ISHLT Document, Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction: Definition, Timing, and Implications for Outcomes—An ISHLT Consensus Document, has been published in JHLT and is available to read online!

John Trahanas of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is the guest on the JHLT podcast, discussing how modifications in cold storage could improve heart transplant outcomes and organ utilization.

ISHLT leadership is proud to endorse the 17th International Congress on Lung Transplantation, which will be held 10-11 September, 2026 in Paris at the Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer

ISHLT en Español organizará un seminario web sobre perfusión regional normotérmica el 10 de septiembre. El evento es completamente gratuito y todos están invitados a participar.