Comprehensive Insights into Transplant Imaging

 

This Categorical Course is a must for radiologists involved in transplant care, offering a deep dive into imaging techniques and management for all major organ transplants. From pretransplant evaluations to postoperative monitoring, this course equips you with the knowledge to detect graft rejection and other complications early, ensuring better patient outcomes. With the growing demand for transplants, this course is vital for radiologists seeking to stay at the forefront of transplant imaging.

Learning Outcomes

  • Apply advanced imaging techniques for the assessment of transplant candidates
  • Improve diagnostic accuracy in identifying posttransplant complications
  • Explain how radiologists can contribute to multidisciplinary collaborations in the care of transplant patients
  • Identify the latest imaging protocols for transplant evaluation

Due to the nature and granularity of this course, a separate registration fee is required in addition to your general registration fee that includes the accompanying book, featuring a corresponding chapter for each scheduled presentation. An electronic copy of the book is also included.

Course Directors

Kimberly Kallianos, MD

Stacy J. Kim, MD

Zhen Jane Wang, MD

Benjamin M. Yeh, MD

Schedule

Tuesday, April 29, 2025
1:00 PM — 3:00 PM
Categorical Course: Comprehensive Insights into Transplant Imaging: Heart Transplant
This session covers heart failure evaluation, mechanical support devices like LVADs as bridges to transplant, and a surgeon's perspective on orthotopic heart transplantation. It also highlights the critical role of pretransplant imaging for heart and lung recipient.

M. Cham Congestive Heart Failure: A Review of Severity Classification, Imaging, and Pre–Heart Transplant Planning
T. Henry Bridges to Heart Transplant: Ventricular Assist Devices
M. Kearns Orthotopic Heart Transplant: A Surgeon’s Perspective
K. Kallianos Recipient Imaging Before Heart Transplant and Lung Transplant: What the Surgeon Needs to Know
3:30 PM — 5:30 PM
Categorical Course: Comprehensive Insights into Transplant Imaging: Posttransplant Cardiac and Lung Complications
This session covers the recognition of early and late post-heart-transplant complications and management. It also includes a surgeon’s perspective on lung transplant procedures and techniques. The session emphasizes the importance of imaging in identifying early postoperative complications following lung transplants.

M. Wu Recognition of Early Post-Heart Transplant Complications
S. Martinez-Jimenez Recognition of Late Post Heart Transplant Complications
V. Puri Lung Transplant Procedure and Technique: Surgeon's Perspective
S. Kim Imaging of Early Postoperative Lung Transplant Complications
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
7:30 AM — 9:30 AM
Categorical Course: Comprehensive Insights into Transplant Imaging: Miscellaneous Topics in Cardiac and Lung Transplant
This session focuses on the imaging and identification of late postoperative lung transplant complications, including the detection and management of posttransplant ion malignancies. It also cover critical aspects of lung donor imaging and wraps up with and interactive unknown case presentations.

C. Javidan Late Complications of Lung Transplant
L. Azour Posttransplant Malignancies
A. Bierhals Imaging Potential Lung Donor: What to Look for to Add Value to the Transplant Team
B. Little Five Unknown Transplant Case Presentations
10:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Categorical Course: Comprehensive Insights into Transplant Imaging: Abdominal Transplant Imaging: Complications and Evaluations
This session provides an overview of liver and renal transplantation, including with indications and preoperative evaluation from both a hepatologist's and surgeon's perspective. It also covers imaging techniques and recognition of postoperative complications for both liver and kidney transplants. The session concludes with a review of unknown liver and kidney transplant cases.

G. Schnickel Liver Transplant: Indications and Preoperative Evaluation— A Hepatologist’s and Surgeon’s Perspective
J. Leach Imaging and Recognition of Postoperative Liver Transplant Complications
J. Liau Renal Transplant: Indications and Preoperative Evaluation
A. Kamath Imaging and Recognition of Postoperative Renal Transplant Complications
S. Houshmand Unknown Liver and Kidney Transplant Case Presentations
1:00 PM — 3:00 PM
Categorical Course: Comprehensive Insights into Transplant Imaging: Abdominal and GU Transplants
This session will cover indications and preoperative evaluation of bowel transplants, along with imaging techniques and the recognition of postoperative complications. Talks will address the preoperative and postoperative evaluation, as well as complications of pancreas transplants. The session will conclude with a case presentation focusing on bowel and pancreas transplants.

E. Remer Bowel Transplant: Indications and Preoperative Evaluation
A. Borhani Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplant: Surgical Techniques and Complications
S. Lewis Pancreas Transplant: Indications and Preoperative Evaluation
A. Kambadakone-Ramesh Imaging and Recognition of Postoperative Pancreas Transplant Complications
A. Dasyam Bowel Pancreas Multivisceral Case Presentations
3:30 PM — 5:30 PM
Categorical Course: Comprehensive Insights into Transplant Imaging: Bone Marrow Transplant
This session provides a comprehensive overview of clinical indications and evaluation of eligible bone marrow and CAR-T therapy patients. It cover posttransplant and post -CAR-T therapy complications, detailing imaging findings across pre-engraftment, early, and late post-engraftment stages, and highlights key immunosuppression-related imaging findings.

C. Mulroney Clinical Indications and Evaluation of Eligible Patients for Bone Marrow Transplant: A Clinician’s Perspective
M. Beal Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Complications and Imaging Findings in the Preengraftment, Early Postengraftment, and Late Postengraftment Periods
G. Botta CAR-T Therapy: Clinician Indications and Evaluations of Eligible Patients
M. Lubner Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy: A Cell-Based Therapy Alternative to Transplant
Thursday, May 1, 2025
7:30 AM — 9:30 AM
Categorical Course: Comprehensive Insights into Transplant Imaging: Lung Transplant and Liver Transplant Interventions
This session covers clinical evaluations for single, double and combined heart-lung transplants, interstitial lung disease in transplanted lungs, and essential pre-liver and post-liver transplant interventions.

A. Perez A Clinical Perspective: Evaluation for Single Lung, Double Lung, and Combined Heart-Lung Transplant
B. Elicker Radiology-Pathology Correlation: Interstitial Lung Disease in the Transplanted Lung
Z. Berman Pre–Liver Transplant Interventions
S. Naidu Post–Liver Transplant Interventions
10:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Categorical Course: Comprehensive Insights into Transplant Imaging: Novel Transplants
This session addresses novel transplants, covering uterus transplant indications and imaging findings, as well as emergent complications in maternal assisted reproduction with multimodality imaging. The final talk focuses on clinical indications, success rates, and both preoperative and postoperative imaging evaluation for human face transplantation.

M. Feldman Uterine Transplant Imaging
D. Shum Multimodality Imaging Findings Associated with Emergent Complications of Maternal-Assisted Reproduction
C. Chung Human Face Transplant: Clinical Indications, Outcomes, and Pre- and Postoperative Imaging Evaluation

ARRS is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education activities for physicians.

The ARRS designates this other (live and enduring) activity for a maximum of 16.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.