“THE DONOR SURGEON”VI Edition

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
International Course
“THE DONOR SURGEON”VI Edition
Padua 4-6 November 2015
4th of November
13.30 – Participants registration
14.00 – Welcome from local Authorities and Course presentation
Chairmen: U. Cillo – P. Rigotti
14.30 – 15.10 – A Multi-organ Retrieval: details of surgical technique – A. G. Baransky – Università di
Leiden –Olanda)
15.10 – 15.50 – Immunology and organ transplantation – Emanuele Cozzi – Università di Padova
15.50 – 16.20 – Donor preconditioning and NH beating donors – technical features – Gabriel Oniscu –
University of Edinburgh – Scozia
16.20 - 16.40 – Coffee break
16.30 – 17.10 – An Overview on Organ Preservation – F. Citterio – Policlinico Gemelli – Roma
17.10 – 17.50 – Donor infective status and potential impact on recipients – M. Giannella – Sant’Orsola
Malpighi – Bologna
17.50 – 18.30 – Pathology recalls in organ donation – Antonia D’Errico – Sant’Orsola Malpighi – Bologna
18.30 - 18.45 – Question and remarks
5th of November
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Gruppo A (‘Heart +Lung’)
9.00 – 11.00 – Practical session on Cadavers: TUTORS –T. Bottio – Università di Padova – G. Marulli –
Università di Padova – C. Amarelli – Ospedale Monaldi di Napoli
11.00 – 12.00 – Transfer and Pocket Luch
13.00 – 18.00 – Practical session on Pigs: TUTORS – T. Bottio – G. Marulli – C. Amarelli
Endorsed by
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Gruppo B (‘Liver – Small Bowel’)
9.00 – 11.00 – Theoretical session
9.00 – 9.40 – “Tip and Tricks” in Liver procurement – P. Muiesan – University Hospitals Birmingham, UK
9.40 – 10.00 – Technical challenges in splitting, and what to care of – when splitting – Massimo Malagò
– Royal Free Hospital, London
10.00 – 10.30 – Evolution of techniques and results in split liver for two adults – L. De Carlis – Ospedale
Niguarda di Milano
10.30 – 11.00 – LDLT: Techniques and Outcomes in adult and pediatric with comparison to the
available cadaver options – N. Heaton – King's College Hospital London, UK
11.00 – 11.30 – Coffee Break
11.30 – 15.30 – Practical session on Cadavers: TUTORS – P. Muiesan, M. Spada, U. Cillo
15.30 – 16.00 – Late lunch
16.00 – 19.00 – Theoretical session
16.00 – 16.40 – Allocation System – U. Cillo, Università di Padova
16.40 – 17.00 – Extended Donor Criteria in Liver transplantation – M. Oliverius
17.00 – 18.00 – Minimally invasive approach in LDLT (VLS and Robotics) – M. Spada – ISMETT di
Palermo
18.00- 19.00 – Difficult Technical Scenarios 1,2,3 – F. Calise, Napoli
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Gruppo C (‘Kidney – Pancreas”)
9.00 – 13.00 – Practical session on Pigs: TUTORS – A.G. Baransky – Università di Leiden, Olanda, D.
Casanova – Università di Cantabria - Santander (ES), L. Furian – Università di Padova, C.
Silvestre – Università di Padova
13.00 – 14.30 – Pocket Lunch and transfer
15.30 – 19.00 – Practical session on Cadavers: TUTORS – A.G. Baransky, D. Casanova, L. Furian, C.
Silvestre
6th of November
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Gruppo A (‘Heart +Lung’)
9.00 – 13.00 - Theoretical session
9.00 – 9.30 – Heart retrieval techniques – Michiel Morshuis – Department of Thoracic and
Cardiovascular Surgery – Bad Oeynhausen – Germania
9.30 – 10.00 – Extended criteria and DCD heart donors – Steven Tsui – Department of Cardiothoracic
Surgery – Papworth Hospital – Cambridge – UK
10.00 – 10.30 Heart transplantation in the era of donor organs shortage: interactions between
transplantation and MCS – G. Gerosa, Università di Padova
10.30 – 11.00– Pediatric heart transplantation – Adriano Carotti – Ospedale Pediatrico – Bambino Gesù
– Roma
11.0 – 11.30 – Coffee Break
12:00 – 12.00 – Lung retrieval techniques – F. Rea, Università di Padova
12:00 – 12.30 – Preservation techniques in lungs preservation: ELP – VS – Transmedics – F. Valenza –
Università di Milano
12.00 – 13.00 – A difficult Technical Scenarios 1,2,3 – C. Amarelli – Ospedale Monaldi di Napoli
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Gruppo B (‘Liver – Small Bowel’)
9.00 – 13.00 - Practical session on Pigs: TUTORS – P. Muiesan, M. Spada, F. D’ Amico, M. Malagò
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Gruppo C (‘Kidney – Pancreas”)
09.00 – 13.00 - Theoretical session
09.00 – 09.30 – Kidney and Pancreas retrieval from cadaveric donor: iatrogenics lesion – D. Casanova
09.30 – 10.00 – Donor risk factors and graft evaluation: kidney - L. Furian – Università di Padova
10.00 – 10.30 – Donor risk factors and graft evaluation: pancreas - V. Papalois – St. Mary's and the
Hammersmith Hospitals, Londra, UK
10.30 – 11.00 – Kidney evaluation in NHBD – Abelli – Ospedale S. Matteo - Pavia
11.00 – 11.30 – Coffee Break
11.30 – 11.45 – Kidney and pancreas techniques of bench reconstruction – L. Furian – Università di
Padova
11.45 – 12.00 – Mini invasive technique for living donor nephrectomy – U. Boggi – Università di Pisa
Endorsed by
12.00 – 13.00 – A difficult Technical Scenarios 1,2,3 – J. Romagnoli – Policlinico Gemelli di Roma
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
Final Session
14.30 – 15.00 – Communication skills in the Operating room – U. Cillo
15.00 – 15.45 – UEMS Certification and European prespectives:
V. Papalois , D. Casanova, U. Cillo, J. Romagnoli, P. Burra
16.00 – Final discussion and remarks
Course Director
Prof. Umberto Cillo, Prof. Paolo Rigotti
Scientific Committee
A. Nanni Costa, F. Calise, P. Burra, G. Gerosa, R. De Caro , V. Papalois, F. Rea, C. Rago
Course Secretariat:
SSP Foundation – Padova: [email protected] - T. +39 049 8763392 int. 201
SabiWork – Padova: [email protected] – T. +39 049 7387069
Education Committee:
Training Office – Italian National Transplant Centre
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