Program

ISVCA2025 - In Service of Our Patients
June 27th | Friday | The Chauvet Meeting | |
730 | 800 | Registration & Coffee | |
800 | 815 | Welcome & Introduction | Sheila Jowsey-Gregoire, Palmina Petruzzo, Martin Kumnig, Patrik Lassus, Hatem Amer |
815 | 900 | Session 1: Research Review and Update | Moderators: David Fipps, Martin Kumnig |
Research and Funding Opportunities | Guest Speaker To Be Confirmed | ||
Funded Research Presentations | Representatives from Mayo Clinic, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Temple University, University of Delaware, Northwestern University | ||
900 | 920 | Session 2: Ethics of Laryngeal Transplantation | Moderator: Maggie Bellew |
Presenters | Richard Sharp, David Lott, Girish Mour | ||
920 | 940 | Session 3: VCA in Helsinki | Moderator: Stina Jarvholm |
Presenter | Benita Antas | ||
940 | 1000 | Session 4: About Face: What Have We Learned? | Moderator: Benita Antas |
Presenter | Fay Bound Alberti | ||
1000 | 1015 | Coffee | |
1015 | 1045 | Session 5: Developing Promis: Upper Extremity Outcome Measures Research | Moderator: TBC |
Presenter | David Tulsky | ||
1045 | 1145 | Session 6: Current State and Opportunities for future research | Moderators: Sheila Jowsey-Gregoire, Stina Jarvholm |
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: VCA and Alcohol and Substance Use Disorder – Assessment and Management | Moderator: Simon Talbot |
Presenter | Terry Schneekloth | ||
1315 | 1345 | Session 8: Informed Consent, health literacy and shared decision-making | Moderator: Palmina Petruzzo |
Presenter | Elisa Gordon | ||
1345 | 1400 | Coffee | |
1400 | 1430 | Session 9: Assessing Factors Important in Developing an Interdisciplinary VCA program | Moderator: Emmanuel Morelon |
Presenter | Martin Kumnig | ||
1430 | 1530 | Session 10: Are we ready for consensus on outcomes? | Moderators: Hatem Amer, Martin Kumnig |
Round table discussions | |||
Round table reports | |||
1530 | 1600 | Meeting Summary and Conclusion | Hatem Amer, Patrik Lassus |
1600 | 1615 | Break | |
1615 | 1715 | Registry Discussions | |
1800 | 1930 | ISVCA Welcome Event / Cocktail Reception - Helsinki City Hall | |
June 28th | Saturday | 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 | Chair Persons: Dr. Josef Kurtz, TBC |
8:30 | 8:42 | The Updated Banff Scoring System for VCA Rejection | Dr. Jean Kanitakis |
8:42 | 8:54 | HLA antibodies in diagnostics | 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 | Chair Persons: Dr. Jorma Ryhänen, Dr. David Leonard |
10:00 | 10:12 | World Experience in Upper Limb Transplantation | 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 | Chair Persons: 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 | Chair Persons: Dr. Steven Moran, TBC |
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 | 1530 | Session 5: Hot Topics in Medical Management of VCA Patients | Chair Persons: Dr. Hatem Amer, Dr. Raymond Razonable |
14:15 | 14:30 | Preservation of renal function | Dr. Emmanuel Morelon |
14:30 | 14:45 | What is new in transplant infectious disease? | Dr. Ilkka Helantera |
14:45 | 15:00 | Post transplant diabetes and obesity | Dr. Harini Chakkera |
15:00 | 15:15 | Fertility and pregnancy following transplantation | Dr. Andrea Kattah |
15:15 | 15:30 | Discussion | All Panelists |
1530 | 1600 | Coffee | |
1600 | 1700 | Session 6: Warren C. Breidenbach III - In Memoriam | |
1700 | 1715 | Coffee | Chair Persons: Dr. Vijay Gorantla, Dr. Linda Cendales, Dr. Darla Granger |
1715 | 1800 | Session 7: The Nakos Keynote Lecture | Chair Persons: Dr. Hatem Amer, Dr. Patrik Lassus |
The Coming of Age of VCA | Dr. Nady Hakim | ||
1800 | 1930 | Poster Viewing & Cocktail Hour | |
2000 | Congress Dinner | Restaurant Fat Lizard | |
June 29th | Sunday | ||
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 | Chair Persons: 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 | |
1000 | 1115 | Session 9: Emerging Technologies & Novel Applications in VCA | Chair Persons: 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 | Dr. 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 | 1215 | Session 10: Best Scientific Abstracts | Chair Persons: Dr. Jelena Janjic, Dr. Patrik Lassus |
1215 | 1315 | Lunch | |
1315 | 1445 | Session 11: Global Administrative Aspects in VCA | Chair Persons: 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 | |
1500 | 1615 | Session 12: Laryngeal Transplantation | Chair Persons: Dr. Siba Haykal, TBC |
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 | Chair Persons: Dr. Henk Giele, Dr. Jun Araki |
16:15 | 16:25 | Abdominal Wall - Oxford & World Update | Dr. Henk Giele |
16:25 | 16:33 | Abdominal wall transplant - the abdominal transplant surgeon's perspective | Dr. Kadiyala Ravindra |
16:33 | 16:43 | World update on genital transplant | Dr. Curtis L Cetrulo Jr. |
16:43 | 16:51 | Sentinel flaps for solid organ transplant monitoring | Dr. Henk Giele |
16:51 | 16:59 | Sentinel flaps in VCA | Dr. Siba Haykal |
16:59 | 17:07 | Technical and regulatory aspects of bladder transplant | Dr. Julia Heimbach |
17:07 | 17:15 | Why a bladder transplant? | Dr. Carl Cramer |
1715 | 1730 | Congress Closing Remarks | |
1900 | Löyly Sauna & disperse for dinner |
