Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation

Part I: Renal Transplant.- Pediatric Transplantation Historical View.- Transplant Immunobiology.- Deceased Donor Allocation Policy and Kidney Allocation System on Young Pediatric Recipients.- Donor-Recipient Size Mismatch in Pediatric Renal Transplantation .- Medical Evaluation of Living Kidney Donor in Childrens.- Surgical Management of Renal Transplant Patient.- Management of the Pediatric Renal Transplant with Posterior Urethral Valves for Successful Transplantation.- Induction Therapy in pediatric Transplantation Current Guideline.- Transition in Renal Trasnplant Patients.- Induction in Highly Sensitized Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients.- Pediatric ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation.- Immune Monitoring after Pediatric Renal Transplant and Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Rejection.- Overview of Immunosuppressive Therapy in Pediatric Renal Transplantation.- Pediatric Immunosuppression Adherence.- Diagnosis and Treatment of Antibody MeditatedRejection.- Acute Vascular Rejection.- Infectious Complication in Pediatric Renal Transplant.- Hypertension post Renal Transplantation.- Recurrent Renal Disease after Transplant.- Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders.- Management of Chronic Renal Allograft Dysfunction and when to Re-transplant.- Part II: Intestinal Transplant.- Indications and Management of Pediatric Intestinal Transplantation.- Intestinal and Multivesicular Transplantation in Children outcomes and Complications.- Long-term Management of Intestinal Transplant.- Part III: Pancreatic Transplant.- Pancreatic Transplant in Children.- Islet Auto Transplantation (TPIAT) and Management.- Pancreas: Autologous Islet Cell Transplantation in Children with Chronic Pancreatitis.- Part IV: Heart Transplant.- Pediatric Heart Transplantation-Indications and Outcomes.- Heart Transplantation Immunosuppression.- Heart: Combined Heart/Lung and Abdominal Transplantation.- Part V: Liver Transplant.- Perioperative management of Liver Transplantation.-

Dr. Ron Shapiro is the Surgical Director of the kidney and pancreas transplant program at Mount Sinai's Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, New York, USA. Dr. Shapiro, a leading surgeon with more than 30 years of experience in the field of transplantation, trained at the University of Pittsburgh under Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, a transplant pioneer. Prior to returning to Mount Sinai, Dr. Shapiro was a professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and the Robert J. Corry Chair in Transplantation Surgery at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, USA. After 26 years with the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Shapiro left his endowed chair in Pittsburgh to return to The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he had completed his internship and residency. Dr. Shapiro graduated with his medical degree from the Stanford School of Medicine. He is board certified in surgery with special expertise in renal transplant and pancreas transplantation.He is also Secretary of the Transplantation Society, and former president of the International Pediatric Transplantation Association (until March 2015). He is also on the editorial boards of Pediatric Transplantation, and is Editor in Chief of Clinical Transplantation.

Dr. Shapiro has co-authored four books: Atlas of Organ Transplantation, Renal Transplantation, Pancreatic Transplantation and Living Donor Organ Transplantation. He has published more than 440 articles, and 75 book chapters, and has given more than 560 lectures. Dr. Shapiro has been repeatedly named by Castle Connolly, Ltd. as one of "America's Top Doctors."

Dr. Minnie Sarwal is Medical Director of the Kidney Pancreas Transplant Program at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a Professor in Residence in Surgery, with courtesy appointments in Medicine and Pediatrics at UCSF. She is the Director of the Precision Transplant Lab, an NIH and Chan Zuckerbergfunded