Program

ISVCA2025 - In Service of Our Patients
Friday June 27th - The Chauvet Meeting | |||
730 | 800 | Registration & Coffee | |
800 | 810 | Welcome & Introduction | |
Sheila Jowsey-Gregoire, Palmina Petruzzo, Martin Kumnig, Patrik Lassus, Hatem Amer | |||
810 | 850 | Session 1 | |
Moderators: David Fipps, Martin Kumnig | |||
Research Review and Update | Guest Speaker To Be Confirmed | ||
Psychosocial Research Presentations | Representatives from Mayo Clinic, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Temple University, University of Delaware, Northwestern University | ||
850 | 910 | Session 2 | |
Moderator: Maggie Bellew | |||
Ethics of Laryngeal Transplantation | Richard Sharp, David Lott, Girish Mour | ||
910 | 930 | Session 3 | |
Moderator: Stina Jarvholm | |||
Psychosocial Aspects of VCA in Helsinki | Benita Antas | ||
930 | 950 | Session 4 | |
Moderator: Benita Antas | |||
About Face: What Have We Learned? | Fay Bound Alberti | ||
950 | 1005 | Coffee break | |
1005 | 1035 | Session 5 | |
Moderator: Scot Tintle | |||
Developing Promis: Upper Extremity Outcome Measures Research | David Tulsky | ||
1035 | 1145 | Session 6 | |
Moderators: Sheila Jowsey-Gregoire, Stina Jarvholm | |||
1035 | 1045 | Paper Presentation: Integrating Bioethics and Psychosocial Data in VCA Candidacy Assessments | Anneke Farias-Yapur, Martin Iglesias |
1045 | 1145 | Current State and Opportunities for future VCA psychosocial research | Face/Upper extremity/Uterus/larynx-trachea/Abominal Wall/Urogenital – round table discussions |
1145 | 1245 | Lunch break - Presentation: “The Voice of Patients” Vasyly Rohovyy | |
1245 | 1315 | Session 7 | |
Moderator: Simon Talbot | |||
VCA and Alcohol and Substance Use Disorder – Assessment and Management | Terry Schneekloth | ||
1315 | 1345 | Session 8 | |
Moderator: TBC | |||
Outcomes in Face Transplantation: Lessons learned from the Lyon experience. | Palmina Petruzzo, Emmanuel Morelon / Sylvie Testelin, Bernard Devauchelle? | ||
1345 | 1400 | Coffee break | |
1400 | 1430 | Session 9 | |
Moderator: Emmanuel Morelon | |||
Assessing Factors Important in Developing an Interdisciplinary VCA program | Martin Kumnig | ||
1430 | 1545 | Session 10 | |
Moderators: Hatem Amer, Martin Kumnig | |||
1430 | 1440 | Paper Session: The Experience of Receiving a Hand Transplant in the UK: A Thematic Analysis | Brogan Kerr, Rachel Mandela, Gary Latchford, Jessica Faye Johansson |
1440 | 1540 | Are we ready for consensus on outcomes? | Round table discussions, Round table reports |
1540 | 1610 | Meeting Summary and Conclusion | |
Sheila Jowsey-Gregoire, Martin Kumnig, Palmina Petruzzo | |||
1610 | 1620 | Break | |
1620 | 1720 | Registry Discussions | |
1800 | 1930 | ISVCA Welcome Event / Cocktail Reception - Helsinki City Hall | |
Saturday June 28th - ISVCA Day 1 | |||
730 | 800 | Registration & Coffee | |
800 | 815 | Welcome & Congress Opening Ceremony | |
Patrik Lassus - Congress Chair, Welcome to Helsinki | |||
Hatem Amer - ISVCA President, Opening Remarks | |||
815 | 830 | Opening Keynote | |
Representative of Finnish Ministry of Health | |||
830 | 930 | Session 1. Immunology, Histopathology & Translational Research | |
Moderators Dr. Josef Kurtz, Dr. Timucin Taner | |||
8:30 | 8:42 | The Updated Banff Scoring System for VCA Rejection | Dr. Jean Kanitakis |
8:42 | 8:54 | HLA diagnostics & typing | Dr. Jouni Lauronen |
8:54 | 9:06 | Multi-omics & Spatial Analysis in VCA | Dr. Helen Stark |
9:06 | 9:18 | Translation research in VCA - ensuring validity in inter-species research | Dr. Josef Kurtz |
9:18 | 9:30 | Discussion | All Panelists |
930 | 1000 | Coffee & Transfer to FESSH Venue | |
1000 | 1100 | Session 2. ISVCA - FESSH Joint Session - Surgical Focus | |
Moderators. Dr. Jorma Ryhänen, Dr. David Leonard | |||
10:00 | 10:12 | World Experience in Upper Limb Transplantatoin | Dr. Mohit Sharma |
10:12 | 10:24 | Immunology, Rejection and Research Highlights | Dr. David Leonard |
10:24 | 10:36 | Building the Finnish Hand Transplant Program | Dr. Jorma Ryhänen |
10:36 | 10:48 | Regulation, Ethics and the Future of Hand Transplantation | Dr. Simon Kay |
10:48 | 11:00 | Discussion | All Panelists |
1100 | 1200 | Session 3. ISVCA - FESSH Joint Session - Therapy Focus | |
Moderators. Dr. Sarah Taplin, Dr. Stevan Hovius | |||
11:00 | 11:12 | UK Hand Transplant Programme: Functional outcomes | Dr. Joanna Burdon |
11:12 | 11:24 | Proximal versus distal hand transplants - challenges for rehabilitation | Dr. Sarah Taplin |
11:24 | 11:36 | Hand therapy considerations in establishing the Finnish hand & upper limb transplant service | Dr. Pia Nahi |
11:36 | 11:48 | Upper limb prosthetic replacement: Innovations and limitations | Dr. Jim Ashworth-Beaumont |
11:48 | 12:00 | Discussion | All Panelists |
1200 | 1300 | Lunch - Introducing the ISVCA Specialism Chapters | |
1300 | 1415 | Session 4. World Updates: Hand & Upper Extremity | |
Moderator. Dr. Steven Moran, Dr.Simon Talbot | |||
13:00 | 13:10 | Update from India | Dr. Mohit Sharma |
13:10 | 13:20 | Update from USA - Recent Activity | Dr. L Scott Levin |
13:20 | 13:28 | Update from USA - Longterm Results | Dr. Christina Kaufman |
13:28 | 13:36 | Update from France | Dr. Aram Gazarian |
13:36 | 13:44 | Update from United Kingdom | Dr. David Leonard |
13:44 | 13:52 | Update from Poland | Dr. Adam Chelmonski |
13:52 | 13:58 | Update from Turkey | Dr. Özlenen Özkan |
13:58 | 14:04 | Update from Taiwan | Dr. Yur-ren Kuo |
14:04 | 14:10 | Update from Korea | Dr. Jong-won Hong |
14:10 | 14:15 | Discussion | All Panelists |
1415 | 1445 | Coffee break | |
1445 | 1600 | Session 5. Hot Topics in Medical Management of VCA Patients | |
Moderators. Dr. Hatem Amer, Dr. Raymond Razonable | |||
14:45 | 15:00 | Preservation of renal function | Dr. Emmanuel Morelon |
15:00 | 15:15 | What is new in transplant infectious disease? | Dr. Ilkka Helantera |
15:15 | 15:30 | Post transplant diabetes and obesity | Dr. Harini Chakkera |
15:30 | 15:45 | Fertility and pregnancy following transplantation | Dr. Andrea Kattah |
15:45 | 16:00 | Discussion | All Panelists |
1600 | 1700 | Session 6. Warren C. Breidenbach III - In Memoriam | |
Moderators. Dr. Vijay Gorantla, Dr. Scott Levin, Dr. Hatem Amer | |||
1700 | 1715 | Coffee break | |
1715 | 1800 | Session 7. The Nakos Keynote Lecture | |
Moderators. Dr. Hatem Amer, Dr. Patrik Lassus | |||
Dr. Nady Hakim | |||
1800 | 1930 | Poster Viewing & Cocktail Hour | |
2000 | Congress Dinner - Restaurant Fat Lizard | ||
June 29th Sunday - ISVCA Day 2 | |||
630 | 730 | Helsinki Harbourside Walk or Run (Optional!) | |
730 | 800 | Registration & Coffee | |
800 | 830 | ISVCA Business Meeting | |
830 | 945 | Session 8. World Updates: Face Transplantation | |
Moderators. Dr. Samir Mardini, Dr. Ömer Özkan | |||
8:30 | 8:42 | Face Transplantation - Update from USA & Canada | Dr. Bohdan Pomahac |
8:42 | 8:54 | Face Transplantation - Update from Europe | Dr. Juan Barret |
8:54 | 9:02 | Introduction of New Face Transplant Unit in Spain | Dr. Bermejo Segu |
9:02 | 9:10 | Virtual surgical planning in face transplantation | Dr. Samir Mardini |
9:10 | 9:18 | Heart beating vs. asystole (Maastricht III) face retrieval | Dr. Juan Barret |
9:18 | 9:26 | Dental challenges in face transplantation | Dr. Jari Mauno |
9:26 | 9:34 | Update on Face & Whole Eye Transplantation | Dr. Bruce Gelb |
9:34 | 9:45 | Discussion | All Panelists |
945 | 1000 | Coffee break | |
1000 | 1115 | Session 9. Emerging Technologies & Novel Applications in VCA | |
Moderators. Dr. Vijay Gorantla, Dr. Siba Haykal | |||
10:00 | 10:15 | Overview of Technology Funding Opporunities in VCA | Dr. Vijay Gorantla |
10:15 | 10:30 | Metabolic control and mitochondria targeted agents in ischemia and reperfusion injury - applications in VCA | Peter W. Wipf |
10:30 | 10:45 | Endothelial stabilization and immunological modulation in VCA | Dr. Juho Jalkanen |
10:45 | 11:00 | Theranostics in VCA? The need for multifunctional nano and biomaterials for true treatment personalization | Dr. Jelena Janjic |
11:00 | 11:15 | Discussion | All Panelists |
1115 | 1200 | Session 10. Best Scientific Abstracts | |
Moderators. Dr. Jelena Janjic, Dr. Patrik Lassus | |||
1200 | 1230 | Lunch | |
1230 | 1315 | Session 10. Best Scientific Abstracts continues | |
Moderators. Dr. Jelena Janjic, Dr. Patrik Lassus | |||
1315 | 1445 | Session 11. Global Administrative Aspects in VCA | |
Moderators. Dr. Hatem Amer, Dr. L Scott Levin | |||
13:15 | 13:23 | Report from NASEM | Dr. Linda Cendales |
13:23 | 13:31 | Framework of VCA within the Scope of the NASEM reports on Organ Transplantation | Dr. Kenneth Kizer |
13:31 | 13:39 | CONSORT Trial | Dr. Vijay Gorantla |
13:39 | 13:46 | Hand Transplant UK - Funding & Guiding Principles | Dr. Simon Kay |
13:46 | 13:53 | Helsinki VCA Center - The Finnish Model | Dr. Patrik Lassus |
13:53 | 14:00 | The Indian Model | Dr. Subu Iyer |
14:00 | 14:07 | The Mexican Model | Dr. Martin Iglesias |
14:07 | 14:14 | The Turkish Model | Drs. Ömer & Özlenen Özkan |
14:14 | 14:21 | The Taiwanese Model | Dr. Yur-ren Kuo |
14:21 | 14:28 | The Korean Model | Dr. Jong-won Hong |
14:28 | 14:45 | Discussion | All Panelists |
1445 | 1500 | Coffee break | |
1500 | 1615 | Session 12. Laryngeal Transplantation | |
Moderators. Dr. Siba Haykal, Dr. George Kurian | |||
15:00 | 15:12 | Building a Laryngeal transplantation program in Helsinki | Dr. Antti Mäkitie |
15:12 | 15:24 | Gliwice insights on neck transplantation and long term results | Dr. Adam Maciejewski |
15:24 | 15:36 | Lyon insights on laryngeal transplantation | Dr. Bertrand Baujat |
15:36 | 15:48 | Mayo insights on laryngeal transplantation | Dr. Girish Mour & Dr. David Lott |
15:48 | 16:00 | Tracheal transplantation | Dr. Eric Genden |
16:00 | 16:15 | Discussion | All Panelists |
1615 | 1715 | Session 13. World Updates: Abdominal Wall, Genital & Sentinel Flap Transplantation | |
Moderators. Dr. Henk Giele, Dr. Jun Araki | |||
16:15 | 16:25 | Abdominal Wall - Oxford & World Update | Dr Henk Giele |
16:25 | 16:35 | World update on genital transplant | Dr Curt Cetrulo |
16:35 | 16:43 | Sentinel flaps for solid organ transplant monitoring | Dr Henk Giele |
16:43 | 16:51 | Sentinel flaps in VCA | Dr Siba Haykal |
16:51 | 16:59 | Technical and regulatory aspects of bladder transplant | Dr Julie Heimbach |
16:59 | 17:07 | Why a bladder transplant? | Dr Carl Cramer |
17:07 | 17:15 | Introducing Anorectal Transplantation | Dr Jun Araki |
1715 | 1730 | Congress Closing Remarks | |
1900 | Löyly Sauna & disperse for dinner |
