2024 SATA DMV Regional Meeting

Learning objectives:
1. Discuss the implications of normothermic perfusion on organ preservation
2. Describe the benefits of robotic-assisted laparoscopy for living donor hepatectomy
3. Explain the role of veno-venous bypass in liver transplantation
4. Identify criteria for consideration of simultaneous liver-kidney transplant
5. Understand the critical care management of hypo- and hypernatremia
6. Describe considerations for the heart transplant recipient presenting with cirrhosis
7. Recognize the challenges associated with simultaneous heart-kidney transplant
8. Discuss the critical care management of post-lung transplant recipients

Target audience:
Anesthesiologists, critical care physicians, surgeons, hepatologists, nephrologists, fellows, residents, medical students, certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), physician assistants, and nursing staff involved in the perioperative care of transplant patients.

Accreditation and CME credit designation:
The Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Program organizing institutions and planning committee members:
• University of Virginia: Katie Forkin, MD (2024 Meeting Chair)
• Georgetown University: Lorenzo De Marchi, MD
• Johns Hopkins University: Aliaksei Pustavoitau, MD, MHS
• Virginia Commonwealth University: Sergio Navarrete, DO
• George Washington University: Anita Vincent, MD

Platform: In-person meeting

Quayle Learning Center
Main Floor Battle Building at UVA Children’s Center
1204 West Main St.
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

Parking available at 11th St. Parking Garage next to Battle Building

Registration: https://sata2022.wufoo.com/forms/ms5gods00xbaez/

Registration Fee:
• US $50 at registration if requesting CME credits
• Free registration for:
o Speakers and moderators of the meeting
o Trainees (residents, fellows), medical students, or attendees not requesting CME credits

MEETING PROGRAM:

10:00-10:30 Registration/Coffee

10:30-10:45 Introduction/Welcome: Katie Forkin, MD (UVA)

10:45-11:45 Session 1: What’s New in Abdominal Transplant

Moderator: Sergio Navarrete, DO (VCU)

• Nomothermic ex vivo and in vivo perfusion – Yaz Al Adwan, MD (UVA)
• Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopy Technique for Living Donor Partial Hepatectomy – Seung Duk Lee, MD, PhD (VCU)

11:45-12:00 SATA President address – Gebhard Wagener, MD

12:00-1:00 Lunch Break

1:00-2:00 Session 2: Special Considerations for Abdominal Transplant Recipients

Moderator: Lorenzo DeMarchi, MD (Georgetown)

• Venovenous Bypass (VVB) – Devin O’Conor, MD (Georgetown)
• Simultaneous Liver Kidney Criteria/Challenges – Anita Vincent, MD (GWU)
• Management of Hypo- and Hypernatremia [Critical Care Medicine] – Pedro Mendez-Tellez, MD (Johns Hopkins)

2:00-3:00 Session 3: Cardiothoracic Transplant Topics

Moderator: Aliaksei Pustavoitau, MD, MHS (Johns Hopkins)

• Heart Transplant Recipient with Cirrhosis – Amanda Kleiman, MD (UVA)
• Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplant Criteria/Challenges – Megan Kostibas, MD (Johns Hopkins)
• Management of Post-Lung Transplant Recipient [Critical Care Medicine] – Joshua Roach, MD (UVA)

3:00-3:15 Coffee Break

3:15-4:15 Challenging Cases
Moderator: Anita Vincent, MD (GWU)

• Case Presentation #1: Bryant Tran, MD (VCU)
• Case Presentation #2: Jason Robart, MD and Akhil Patel, MD (GWU)
• Case Presentation #3: Beth Wilson, MD (Emory)

4:15-4:30 Closing Remarks: Aliaksei Pustavoitau, MD, MHS (Johns Hopkins)