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ISHLT is seeking nominations for the 2027 Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2027 Amanda W. Rowe Distinguished Service Award. Nominations will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. ET/21:00 UTC on Friday, 15 May, 2026.

The ISHLT has endorsed the 2026 International CTEPH Conference (ICC 2026), taking place 11-13 June in Warsaw, Poland.

The ISHLT supported the 2024 global survey on International Travel for Organ Transplantation (ITOT), conducted by the ITOT Research Collaborative. While the full study is currently under journal review, early findings provide a valuable snapshot of how transplant tourism is experienced in contemporary clinical practice, and why it matters for our community.

The ISHLT 46th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions in Toronto is the place to reconnect with your peers, meet colleagues, and dig deeper into the science of heart and lung disease and transplantation. Check out these events.

For the ISHLT’s 46th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, two travel awards were offered to support the attendance of ISHLT members in Toronto, ON Canada from 22-25 April.

Transplant infectious diseases expert Cameron Wolfe, MD, Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center, is the guest on JHLT The Podcast for a conversation on how transplant centers now consider HIV infection, including transplant recipients who are HIV positive.

The ISHLT Interdisciplinary Network (IDN) Steering Committees invite ISHLT members to take a brief survey to help guide the Society’s work in the coming year. Each IDN has a correlating survey that will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Complete the survey by Thursday, 26 March.

El comité de la ISHLT en Español te invita a formar parte de nuestra comunidad. La ISHLT es una de las sociedades internacionales más prestigiosas dedicadas al cuidado de pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca o pulmonar avanzada, trasplante torácico, asistencia circulatoria y enfermedad vascular pulmonar.

A new ISHLT Document, Summary of the ISHLT Consensus Conference on Graft Dysfunction within the First 72 hours after Heart Transplantation: A 10-year Update, has been published in JHLT and is available to read online!

Abstracts for the ISHLT 46th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions are now available to view online, alongside details of the invited lecture symposia that make up the full scientific program for ISHLT2026.

Trainee and early career attendees of ISHLT2026 are invited to attend the Early Career Mentor Meetup reception, supported by Natera, on Wednesday, 22 April. Learn more about the invited mentors who will be at the reception.

JHLT: The Podcast hosts the first of two themed conversations around HIV in solid organ transplant by discussions a paper on heart transplant using HIV+ donors with Omar Saeed of Montefiore Medical Center in New York.

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (JHLT), an official publication of the ISHLT, will release a special issue in June 2026 dedicated to manuscripts exploring all aspects of PGD. Submissions for this issue are now being accepted until 5:00 p.m. ET on Monday, 16 March.

As part of ISHLT’s social responsibility initiatives, the Society is hosting a donation drive at ISHLT2026 to support Not Just Tourists and its commitment to ending the waste of usable medical supplies by getting them to those in most need. Plan to bring wound care items to Toronto.

ISHLT Journal Watch explores topics in cardiothoracic transplant research and immunology this month, presented by Issue Editor Rupa Kanchi, PhD.

A new ISHLT Document, The 2026 ISHLT Consensus Statement on Clinical Cardiac Xenotransplantation, has been published in JHLT and is available to read online!

A new interactive experience inside the global gaming platform Fortnite is highlighting the pediatric heart transplant journey for millions of young players worldwide. Developed by Ghost Gaming in collaboration with Enduring Hearts, the limited-time experience was launched during Heart Month to build awareness and empathy around the challenges faced by children awaiting heart transplantation.

This episode features a paper from the latest issue of JHLT on improving DCD heart utilization.

The ISHLT has endorsed the 2026 Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics Conference taking place 2-4 March at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport in Boston, MA USA. THT 2026 is an international conference featuring the latest heart failure innovations, focusing on device- and technology-based treatments within the context of drug therapies.

This May, ISHLT Journal Watch, a periodic publication organized by the Early Career and Trainee Committee, will feature a selection of recent studies from early career and trainee members of ISHLT. To be considered for the issue, please submit a study by Monday, 16 March, or send this link to an early career professional or trainee you know.