THE BUSINESS OF TRANSPLANTATION
Chairs: Michael Abecassis, MD, FRCS & Goran Klintmalm, MD, PhD

Physician Reimbursement Charles Mabry, MD, FRCS view
  Coding and Billing Workshop Frank Opelka, MD, FACS view  
  New Transplant Codes Michael Abecassis, MD, MBA view  
  Regulatory Aspects of Organ Acquisition Diane Millman, Esq view  
  Hospital Reimbursement - Cost Drivers Gwen McNatt RN, CNN, CFNP view  
  Transplant Pricing and Contracting Strategies Patti Pickering, MBA view  
  Payer's Perspective - Contractual Agreements Richard Migliori, MD view  
  "Show Me The Money" G. Taylor Wilson, CPA view  
And Then Some Points To Be Made ... Goran Klintmalm, MD, PhD view

CLINICAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
Organ Allocation: A Rational Approach to this Problem in 2005
Chairs: Francis L. Delmonico, MD & Robert Metzger, MD

Where Are We Today? Francis Delmonico, MD view
  Evidence-Based Allocation Policy Development: An Overview Robert Merion, MD view  
  The Opportunity Cost: What Would Changing Organ Distribution Patterns Do to the Cost of Transplantation? Mark Schnitzler, PhD view  
  How Do We Change Strategies? Implementing MELD & PELD Michael Lucey, MD view  
Kidney vs Liver: Where Are We Really with Allocation in Kidney Transplantation? Mark Stegall, MD view

BASIC SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
T-Cell Memory & Homeostatis
Chairs: Megan Sykes, MD & Douglas Hale, MD

Impact of Homeostatic Proliferation Helps by Competing for Cytokines Brigitte Stockinger, MD view
  Modulation of Islet Immunogenicity Autoimmunity Nora Sarvetnick, PhD view  
  T-Cell Memory and Homeostasis Charles Surh, PhD view  
  CD4 Memory T-Cells and Resistance to Transplant Tolerance Anna Valujskikh, PhD view  
       

CLINICAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
Immunosuppression Minimization & Withdrawal
Chairs: Mark D. Stegall, MD & Stuart Knechtle, MD

Immunosuppressive Minimization - Steroid Withdrawal in Kidney Transplant Recipients Arthur Matas, MD view
  Kidney Transplant Under Minimal Immunosuppression Following Pretransplant Lymphoid Depletion with Thymoglobulin or Campath 1-H Ron Shapiro, MD view  
Complete Immunosuppressive Withdrawal in Liver Recipients George Mazariegos, MD view

IN-DEPTH REVIEWS
Clinical
Chairs: Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD & Robin Avery, MD

Pregnancy Registry: Recipient Specific Issues Vincent Armenti, MD, PhD view
  Pathobiology of Polyomavirus Parmjeet Randhawa, MD view  
Polyoma (BK) Virus Ron Shapiro, MD view

IN-DEPTH REVIEWS
Basic - "NK & NK/T-Cells"
Chairs: Barbara Murphy, MD & Mark D. Pescovitz, MD

NK Cells Recognition David Raulet, PhD view
  NK T-Cells in Health and Disease Randy Brutkiewicz, PhD view  
       

 

BASIC SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
In Vivo Imaging of Immune System in Action
Chairs: Peter Heeger, MD & Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD

In Vivo Bioluminescence Imaging for Integrated Studies of Infection Chris Contag, MD view
  In Vivo Imaging in Islet Transplantation Anne Moore, PhD view  
  Visualizing Cell Dynamics in Inflammation and Transplantation Jackson Egen view  
  In Vivo Imaging in Transplantation Kenneth Newell, MD, PhD view