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2025 SATA SE Regional Meeting – Thoracic Transplantation Part 2
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Learning objectives
- Discuss strategies to enhance interdisciplinary communication and coordination between anesthesia and surgical teams during transplant procedures.
- Describe the anesthetic challenges associated with complex or unusual transplant cases.
- List common thrombotic complications in the post-liver transplant period.
- Identify key components for resident education in transplant anesthesia.
- Evaluate potential challenges in transplant anesthesia fellowship training.
- Describe techniques and benefits of regional anesthesia in liver transplant surgery.
- Identify challenges in heart transplant patients supported by Ventricular Assist Devices.
- Analyze common complications and their management in lung transplant recipients supported by Extracorporeal Life Support.
- Identify key preoperative considerations and patient optimization strategies for orthotopic heart transplantation.
- Recognize and manage flash pulmonary edema in the context of heart transplant.
Target audience
This program is designed for Transplant Anesthesiologists, Intensivists, Transplant Surgeons, Residents, Fellows, and Medical Students.
Credit Statement
The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Registration Fee: 25 $. Free for trainees, medical students, speakers.
Registration: https://sata2022.wufoo.com/forms/r16gmotn0lxgnjq/
Meeting Location:
University of North Carolina
Roper Hall
150 Medical Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Accommodations
Guestrooms have been reserved at the AC Hotel Chapel Hill Downtown, 214 West Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill, 27516. Details and booking link are provided below.
Event Summary
2025 SATA Conference
Start Date: Friday, November 14, 2025
End Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025
Rate: $249/night
Last Day to Book: Friday, September 26, 2025
Book your group rate for 2025 SATA Conference
Parking
Conference participants may park at the Bell Tower Parking Deck on the day of the event. A map link is provided below.
Visitor Parking – Maps – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Educational Program
Abdominal Transplantation
Moderator: Bryant Tran, MD (University of North Carolina)
- 8:00-8:20 10 Things I Wish an Anesthesiologist Would Do Differently – Dr. Sorabh Kapoor (UNC Transplant Surgery)
- 8:20- 8:40 Challenging Transplant Anesthesia Cases: Lessons Learned Cyanocobalamin- Dr. RJ Krom (UNC)
- 8:40- 9:00 Thrombotic Complications After Liver Transplantation- Dr. Vadim Shatz (Univ of Miami)
Q&A 9:00-9:15
Moderator: RJ Krom, MD (University of North Carolina)
- 9:15- 9:35 Resident Education in Transplant Anesthesia – Dr. Beth Ladlie (Mayo Clinic)
- 9:35- 9:55 The Future of Transplant Anesthesiology Fellowships – Dr. Beth Wilson (Duke University)
- 9:55- 10:15: Percutaneous hepatic perfusion for liver malignancy- Dr. Ezekiel Egan (UNC)
Q &A 10:15- 10:30
Break 10:30-10:50
10:50-11:00: SATA Presidential Address- Lorenzo De Marchi, MD (Georgetown Univ) (Virtual)
Thoracic Transplantation
Moderator: Jake Rachiele, MD (University of Miami)
1.11:00- 11:20 Heart Transplant in VAD Recipients: Practical Challenges – Dr. Charles Ahene (Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi) (Virtual)
- 11:20- 11:40 Lung Transplant on ECLS: The Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Experience – Dr. Binu Easaw (Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi) (Virtual)
- 11:40- 12:00 Flash Pulmonary Edema During Heart Transplant: A Rare Intraoperative Crisis with Lasting Impact- Dr. Hong Liang (Mayo Clinic) (Virtual)
Q&A 12:00- 12:15
Lunch 12:15- 13:15
Moderator: Ariana Cook, MD (UNC)
- 13:15- 13:35 Special Considerations for Orthotopic Heart Transplant- Dr. Jake Rachiele (Univ of Miami)
- 13:35- 13:55 EVLP from organ evaluation to regeneration- Dr. Jorge Mallea (Mayo Clinic)
- 13:55- 14:15 Intraoperative strategies to improve graft function postoperatively – Dr. Mariya Geube (Cleveland Clinic)
Q & A 14:15- 14:30
Break 14:30-14:40
Regional Lecture & Workshop
- 14:40-15:00 Regional techniques for Liver Transplant- Dr. Hari Kalagara, MD (Mayo Clinic) (Virtual)
- 15:00-16:00 Regional Workshop and Discussion of Strategies- Dr. Alex Doyal (UNC)
The 2025 Symposium of the Society for Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia
Sunday, March 23 to Monday, March 24, 2025
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu, HI 98101
Registration (with CME credit): https://sata2022.wufoo.com/forms/r1n184420f1w9d7/
$50 for SATA, SOCCA and SCA members, $150 for non-members, free for trainees
We are grateful for the support for all our sponsors
Sunday, March 23, 2025
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Registration
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Welcome and Introduction
Gebhard Wagener, President SATA – Columbia University, New York, NY
o 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm: Session 1: International Session of the Korean Society of Transplantation Anesthesiologists (KSTA), the Japanese Transplant Anesthesia Society and the Chinese Society of Transplant Anesthesia
Moderators: Gebhard Wagener – Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY Tetsuro Saka – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
Jiapeng Huang – University of Louisville, KY
Korean Society for Transplant Anesthesia: Lung Transplantation in Korea
- Kyuho Lee – Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
Japanese Transplant Anesthesia Society: What is New in Fast-Track Recovery for Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients
- Chiaki Baba – National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
Chinese Society of Transplant Anesthesiology: Transplantation in China
- Xiangdong Chen – Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm: Pro/Con debate: Vanguard Committee
Moderators: Ranjit Depashande – Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
Arun Uthayashankar – Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA
Pro: We should revascularize severe coronary artery disease prior to liver transplant
- Yaroslava Longhitano – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Con: We can revascularize severe coronary artery disease before or after liver transplant
- Elizabeth Wilson – Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Sunday, March 23, 2025 (continued)
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm: Break
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm Cardiothoracic Transplant Anesthesia
Moderator: Kapil Gupta – University of Washington, Seattle, WA NN
VA ECMO for lung transplant
- Brandi Bottiger – Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Continuation of VA ECMO after lung transplant for primary pulmonary hypertension
- Barbara Wilkey – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Organ preservation and DCD for thoracic transplants
- Kathirvel Subramaniam – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Protek duo and ECMO configuration for RV failure
- Michael Franklin – University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm: Session 3: Research session
Moderators: Dieter Adelmann – University of California San Francisco, CA Elizabeth Townsend – University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Annual SATA research prize
- The winner of 2025 is…
- Last year’s winner: Tegal Vivek Desain – London Health Sciences Center, Ontario Canada
How do you use MPOG for research
- Nicholas Joseph Douville,
Donor research using MPOG
- Abhijit Lele – University of Washington, Seattle, WA
SATA Transplant Anesthesia Databases
- Heart: Joshua Knight- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
- Lung: Harikesh Subramanian – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
- Liver: Dieter Adelmann- University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
What did we learn last year from the transplant anesthesiology literature?
- Ryan Wang – Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
Monday, March 24, 2025
8:00 am – 10:00 am: Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Workshop for the Transplant Anesthesiologist This workshop requires a separate registration with a maximum of 20 participants. Some POCUS TTE/TEE skills/experience to optimize workflow and learning experience are requested.
Cost: $25/ person; Register here: https://sata2022.wufoo.com/forms/r1n184420f1w9d7/
Format:
Four Stations, approximately 30 minutes each:
- PoCUS for LV Function Assessment and Lung Ultrasound
- TEE for LV Function Assessment
- TEE for RV Function Assessment
- Case-Based Pathology Review
Faculty: Lorenzo De Marchi – Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Jiapeng Huang -University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; Jonathan Paul – Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY; Kapil Gupta – University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Nikhil Chawla – Yale University, New Haven, CT; Ryan Grell, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Oliver Panzer – Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY; Lev Driy – Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
10:00 am – 10:30 am: Break
10:30 am – 11:00 am: Case reports Vanguard Committee
Moderators: Natalie Smith – – Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY Susan Smith – Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Case 1: Management of ICP device insertion in Acute Liver failure
- Junior: Eduardo Mendoza – London Health Sciences Center, Ontario Canada
- Senior: Adrian Hendrickse – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Case 2: Unanticipated need for circulatory arrest in a combined Lung liver transplant
- Junior: Christy He – Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
- Senior: NN
10:00 am – 10:30 am: Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: The Future of Transplant Anesthesiology
Moderators: Lorenzo De Marchi – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC Ryan Nazemian – Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA
Prediction of the future of transplant anesthesiology
- Cara Crouch – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Transplant anesthesiology as part of a transplant institute
- Ted Sakai – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
What is happening with UNOS
- Scott Lindbergh – Houston Methodist Medical Center, Houston, TX
Xenotransplantation
- Philip Sommer – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
SATA REGIONAL DMV-P ANNUAL MEETING 2025
Learning objectives:
At the end of this session participants will be able to:
1. Describe contemporary approach to management of patients with alcoholic liver disease.
2. Discuss xenotransplantation as a novel approach to optimize organ supply.
3. Optimize intraoperative management of patients undergoing transplantation.
4. Develop systematic approach to using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in
managing patients undergoing lung transplantation.
5. Evaluate the role of albumin administration in patients with end-stage organ disease.
6. Discuss challenges presenting to transplant anesthesiologist during complex cases.
Target audience:
Anesthesiologists, Intensivists, Surgeons, Hepatologists, Cardiologists, Fellows, Resident, Medical
Students, Nurse anesthetists, Advanced Practice Nurses, Anesthesiologist Assistants, Physician
Assistants, and Nursing staff who are involved in the perioperative care of transplant patients.
Core Faculty:
Aliaksei Pustavoitau, MD, MHS (Johns Hopkins University)
Lorenzo De Marchi, MD (Georgetown University)
Katherine Forkin, MD (University of Virginia)
Steve Frank, MD (Johns Hopkins University)
Andrew Gold, MD (University of Pennsylvania)
Samhati Mondal, MD (University of Maryland)
Sergio Navarrete, DO (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Anita Vincent, MD (Georgetown University)
Uzung Yoon, MD (Thomas Jefferson University)
Additional Faculty listing:
Juan Pablo Arab Verdugo, MD (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Erik Strauss, MD (University of Maryland)
Adam Seibert, MD (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Katherine Forkin, MD (University of Virginia)
Stephanie Cha, MD (Johns Hopkins University)
Lane Pope, MD (Johns Hopkins University)
Chris Simmons, CRNA (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Eryn Thiele, MD (University of Virginia)
Registration: https://sata2022.wufoo.com/forms/r1ikj4up1v6bykr/
Registration Fee: free to both faculty and participants
AGENDA
February 8, 2025: 10:25 am – 3:30 pm
Chevy Chase Auditorium, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
10:25 am – 10:30 am Welcome and Introduction
Aliaksei Pustavoitau, MD, MHS (Johns Hopkins University)
10:30 am -11:20 am Session one: Preoperative Evaluation and Optimization
Moderator: Samhati Mondal, MBBS (University of Maryland)
10:30 am – 10:50 am Alcoholic liver disease.
Speaker: Juan Pablo Arab Verdugo, MD (Virginia Commonwealth
University)
10:50 am – 11:10 am Xenotransplantation.
Speaker: Erik Strauss, MD (University of Maryland)
11:10 am – 11:20 am Q&A
11:20 am – 11:30 am Presidential Address – Gebhard Wagener, MD (Columbia University)
11:30 am – 11:35 am Break
11:35 am – 12:30 pm Session two: Intraoperative Challenges
Moderator: Uzung Yoon, MD (Thomas Jefferson University)
11:35 am – 11:55 am Analgesia for transplant.
Speaker: Adam Seibert, MD (Virginia Commonwealth University)
11:55 am – 12:15 pm What’s New in Coagulation Management in Liver Transplantation
Speaker: Katherine Forkin, MD (University of Virginia)
12:15 am – 12:35 pm Pulmonary complications of massive transfusion (including TRALI and
the need for ECMO). Speaker: Steve Frank, MD (Johns Hopkins University)
12:35 pm – 12:50 pm Q&A
12:50 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch break
1:30 pm – 2:20 pm Session three: Organ Support and Critical Care
Moderator: Steve Frank, MD (Johns Hopkins University)
1:30 pm – 1:50 pm Extracorporeal support during lung transplant.
Speaker: Stephanie Cha, MD (Johns Hopkins University)
1:50 pm – 2:10 pm Albumin: role in resuscitation and management in liver and thoracic
organ’s transplantation
Speaker: Lane Pope, MD (Johns Hopkins University)
2:10 pm – 2:20 pm Q&A
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 pm – 3:25 pm Session four: Challenging Cases
Moderator: Anita Vincent (Georgetown University)
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm Case 1
Speaker: Chris Simmons, CRNA (Virginia Commonwealth University)
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm Case 2
Speaker: Eryn Thiele, MD (University of Virginia)
3:10 pm – 3:25pm Q&A
3:25 pm – 3:30 pm Closing Remarks: Lorenzo De Marchi, MD (Georgetown University)