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A new ISHLT Document, Summary of the ISHLT Consensus Conference on Emerging Understanding of Antibodies and Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Heart Transplantation, has been published in JHLT and is available to read online!

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.

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.

A new ISHLT Document, ISHLT Consensus Statement on the Perioperative Use of ECLS in Lung Transplantation: Part III - Postoperative Considerations, has been published in JHLT and is available to read online!

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.

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.

ISHLT is now accepting applications for three industry-supported research grants funded through the ISHLT Foundation and the new International Visiting Scholarship. Apply by Tuesday, 30 September at 11:59 p.m. ET/ Wednesday, 1 October, 2025 at 03:59 UTC.

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.

ISHLT Journal Watch typically features early career and trainee member insights on recent studies, but this special edition features research led or conducted by ISHLT early career and trainee members.

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.

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.

Next month, a one-hour webinar will bring together leading experts from Europe and the United States to discuss ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP).

In response to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) special call for public comment, the ISHLT has submitted official comments on a proposal entitled "Revisions to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Policies to Align with Federal Regulatory Updates.”

The ISHLT Governance Nominating Committee invites ISHLT members to submit self-nominations to serve on the ISHLT Board of Directors. Review the Call for Nominations and consider submitting a nomination packet for one of four open Director positions.

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.

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.

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 featured multidisciplinary science and global collaboration. This was the largest ISHLT Annual Meeting ever, where over 4,500 attendees gathered in Boston, MA USA. Catch up on all the meeting highlights.

ISHLT leadership is proud to endorse two joint sessions with the Heart Association of the Spanish Society of Cardiology which will be held during the annual congress of the Spanish Heart Failure Association in Zaragoza, Spain on 12 June, 2025.

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