The Winter 2025 issue marks two landmark milestones for SATA: official designation as an ASA-affiliated subspecialty society, and the awarding of the first-ever Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (FSATA) credential to Dr. Michael D. Kaufman. Inside: 2025 Council updates including the SATA Seed Grant award and the move of clinical resources to the C8 Health platform; a UNOS recap on 48,000+ transplants performed in 2024; a member feature with Dr. Kyota Fukazawa; research updates on DCD beating-heart transplant, glycemic control during liver transplant, and robotic donor hepatectomy; a special topic on RVSP estimation by TEE; and a program spotlight on Emory University Hospital.
Inside This Issue
- SATA Council Updates — SATA officially becomes an ASA-affiliated subspecialty society, the 2025 Symposium is set for Honolulu (March 23, 2025), Dr. Ryan Nazemian (Lahey Hospital) named the 2025 Seed Grant winner, and Dr. Michael D. Kaufman recognized as the first FSATA (Fellow of SATA)
- C8 Health Platform — SATA clinical resources, protocols, and guidelines move to C8 Health for real-time mobile and web access, with single sign-on via your SATA-registered email
- UNOS News — Record-breaking 48,000+ transplants performed in 2024, standardized six-minute walk test for lung candidates, and UNOS CEO’s four-point Congressional reform proposal (automated donor referrals, in-cabin airline transport, organ tracking, hard-to-place organ incentives)
- SATA Member Corner — Dr. Kyota Fukazawa (University of Washington), SATA founding member, Chief of Transplant Anesthesiology and Fellowship Director, on his path from Japan to U.S. transplant practice and his research on liver transplant outcomes
- Research Corner — 2024 Clinical Update in Liver Transplantation, beating-heart DCD transplant case series (JAMA Network Open), less restrictive glycemic control reducing early allograft dysfunction, simultaneous liver transplant + sleeve gastrectomy, and complication rates in robotic donor hepatectomy
