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From among the more than 2,000 presentations at the Annual Meeting in Toronto, three abstracts were selected to receive awards to recognize excellence from early career investigators. Congratulations to these members!

The ISHLT International Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (IMACS) invites ISHLT members to turn key observations into impactful research through IMACS proposal submissions. Proposal submissions are due by Monday, 1 June.

ISHLT webinar recordings are open to the entire community any time you need a little extra insight. Watch past recordings and keep an eye on future programs.

ISHLT2026 featured multidisciplinary science and global collaboration. Attendees gathered in Toronto, ON Canada to share the latest research and work to transform care and outcomes for people with advanced heart and lung disease. Catch up on all the meeting highlights.

JHLT: The Podcast starts May with a discussion with Jon Kobashigawa, MD, on an important ten-year update to a keystone document—the “ISHLT Consensus Conference on Graft Dysfunction within the First 72 Hours after Heart Transplantation.”

It’s time to begin developing ideas for symposia proposals and abstract submissions for next year’s Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions taking place 14-17 April, 2027 in Sydney, NSW Australia. Review the timeline and key dates for ISHLT2027 to prepare now.

The ISHLT has endorsed the 9th Congress Spanish Transplant Society (SET), taking place 14-16 May in A Coruña, Spain.

Mechanical circulatory support and other device therapies are being increasingly used in the treatment of advanced heart and lung disease. Additional device therapies for diagnosis, serial monitoring, and/or treatment of patients are undergoing rapid innovations, and explored in a special issue of JHLT and on this episode of the JHLT Podcast.

Final Day of ISHLT2026

Friday at ISHLT2026

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Welcome to ISHLT2026!

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (JHLT), an official publication of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), will release a special issue in Q4 2026 dedicated to manuscripts exploring aspects of donor selection and organ preservation related to thoracic transplantation. Submissions for this issue are now being accepted until Tuesday, 30 June 2026.

All ISHLT members are invited to join Society leaders and fellow members for the 2026 ISHLT Annual Business Meeting on Wednesday, 6 May at 5:00 p.m. ET/21:00 UTC.

Explore the science coming to Toronto in your specialty and ISHLT Professional Community. These highlight sheets provide a glimpse into the ISHLT2026 symposia, oral, and mini oral sessions that may fit your interests.

The ISHLT is honored to announce the inaugural class of Fellows of the ISHLT (ISHLTF). Congratulations to these 67 members!

Meet the ISHLT2026 Roving Reporters. These eleven ISHLT members will be posting summaries and insights through ISHLT2026. Connect with them on social media to follow along!

In JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors bring on guest Pauline Pradère, MD, of Hôpital Marie Lannelongue in Paris, to discuss lung cancer after lung transplantation, and the management of these complex patients.

The webinar “From Insight to Action: Integrating Cell-Free DNA Testing into Daily Transplant Care”, presented by Natera, features leading voices in transplantation for a dynamic discussion on cell-free DNA (cfDNA) technology. Stream it online now.

Presented by the ISHLT Early Career and Trainee Committee, this month's ISHLT Journal Watch explores topics in critical care and transplant-related topics in anesthesiology.