The Fall 2022 issue marks the U.S. reaching 1 million organ transplants, recaps the first two years of the acuity-circles allocation policy, and previews the rollout of the UNOS Organ Tracking Service. Inside: research updates on anesthetic choice and reperfusion syndrome, bariatric surgery in transplant candidates, normothermic machine perfusion, and HCC cell salvage; a special topic on intrapulmonary shunting and paradoxical air embolism during liver transplantation; a program spotlight on Saint Louis University Medical Center; and the announcement of SATA’s new Accessibility & Inclusion Committee and the inaugural Seed Grant funding cycle.
Inside This Issue
- UNOS News — Acuity-circles policy expands access for the highest-acuity patients, the UNOS Organ Tracking Service rolls out across 26% of OPOs, and the U.S. crosses the 1 million transplant milestone
- Research Updates — Sevoflurane vs. propofol and post-reperfusion syndrome, bariatric surgery before/during/after solid organ transplant, full-length porcine intestinal transplant after normothermic perfusion, cell salvage safety in HCC liver transplantation, and two-decade trends in adult living donor liver transplantation
- Special Topics — Dr. Alex Stoker on intrapulmonary shunting and paradoxical air embolism during liver transplantation, with intraoperative TEE imaging
- Program Spotlight — SSM Health / Saint Louis University Hospital with Dr. Govind Rangrass, covering high-risk cardiac evaluation, alternative portal flow techniques, hepatitis C-positive donor utilization, and a $1.8M AI-allocation research grant
- Announcements — Launch of the SATA Accessibility & Inclusion Committee and the new SATA Seed Grant (one-year, $5,000) with applications opening December 1, 2022
