Episodes

  • Episode 18: Beyond Feasibility: Critical Steps Toward Drone-based Organ Transport (January 5, 2026)

    Episode 18: Beyond Feasibility: Critical Steps Toward Drone-based Organ Transport (January 5, 2026)
    Jan 5 2026
    Behind the Paper with Robson Gilmour and Mekhola Hoff Robson Gilmour and Mekhola Hoff discuss the recent publication in Transplantation journal "Beyond Feasibility: Critical Steps Toward Drone-based Organ Transport" Drones, or uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), are becoming increasingly visible in healthcare logistics. In several countries, they already deliver blood, vaccines, and laboratory samples to remote areas, helping overcome geographic and infrastructure challenges. Trials in high-income countries also show that UAVs can deliver medicines faster and with lower emissions than conventional transport methods. Globally, transplant systems face common logistical challenges, particularly around time-critical organ delivery. Continue to view the full paper: https://journals.lww.com/transplantjournal/fulltext/2026/01000/beyond_feasibility__critical_steps_toward.2.aspx About the Journal The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - The Transplantation Society - Learn more about our journal: https://tts.org/journal/transplantation-journal
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    23 mins
  • Episode 17: Transplantation and Social Media:From Global Impact to Personal Practice (Oct 29, 2025)

    Episode 17: Transplantation and Social Media:From Global Impact to Personal Practice (Oct 29, 2025)
    Nov 1 2025
    Explore effective social media strategies to enhance transplant communication, education, and engagement with patients, professionals, and the public. - How Social Media Has Been Used in Transplantation - Macey Levan - Leveraging Social Media to Increase Organ Donation - Frank Dor - The Professional Edge: Do’s and Don’ts as a Transplanter on Social Media - Augusto dos Santos, Jr Objectives Understand the evolution and impact of social media in transplantation. Learn strategies to design and measure effective organ donation campaigns. Identify best practices for professional and ethical social media use. 🔔 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to the TTS channel for more education content. About the Journals The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) and is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. Transplantation Direct (https://tts.org/journal/transplantation-direct) is an open access portal for international transplantation with rapid electronic publication of peer-reviewed, high-quality basic research and clinical studies related to the field of transplantation. - The Transplantation Society (https://tts.org) provides focus for global leadership in transplantation through the advancement and development of both the science and clinical practice of transplantation throughout the world abd scientific communication, continuing education of its membership and guidance on the ethical practice of transplantation.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Episode 16: Outcomes in Sequential Solid Organ and Haematopoietic Cell Transplantation

    Episode 16: Outcomes in Sequential Solid Organ and Haematopoietic Cell Transplantation
    Sep 24 2025
    Moderators Jennifer Li (Australia) – TTS Education Co-Chair Shweta Anjan (United States) Speakers Rachel Phalen (United States) Meera Gupta (United States) Michelle Long Schoettler (United States) 📖 This webinar is based on two recent publications in Transplantation: Risk Factors for Solid Organ Graft Failure and Death in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Retrospective Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) and Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Study Publish Ahead of Print, June 23, 2025 | DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005377 👉 Read the article - https://www.ovid.com/journals/trans/a... Risk Factors for Solid Organ Graft Failure and Death in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients Undergoing Solid Organ Transplantation: A Retrospective Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research and Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Study Publish Ahead of Print, June 23, 2025 | DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005397 👉 Read the article - https://www.ovid.com/journals/trans/a... 🎯 Learning Objectives Understand the risks for solid organ transplant (SOT) failure in patients with prior hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Understand the risks for SOT failure in patients undergoing HSCT. 🔔 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to the TTS channel for more education content. About the Journal The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - The Transplantation Society - Learn more about our journla: https://tts.org/journal/transplantation-journal
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 15: Meet The Editor - Carla Baan- Transplantation Journal

    Episode 15: Meet The Editor - Carla Baan- Transplantation Journal
    Sep 16 2025
    Macey Levan sits down with Prof. Carla C. Baan (Transplantation Journals Executive Editor, Past ESOT President) to discuss highlights from WTC 2025 and what’s ahead for the transplant community. They cover Carla’s path as a basic scientist, mentorship and advice for future investigators, the Transplantation journals’ fellows program, and the upcoming call to recruit Editorial Fellowships.
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    9 mins
  • Episode 14: Meet the VCA Surgeon - Linda Cendales - Transplantation Journal

    Episode 14: Meet the VCA Surgeon - Linda Cendales - Transplantation Journal
    Sep 16 2025
    Macey Levan interviews Linda Cendales about Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) . - About Linda Carime Cendales https://surgery.duke.edu/profile/linda-carime-cendales - About the Journal The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - The Transplantation Society - Learn more about our journla: https://tts.org/journal/transplantation-journal
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    10 mins
  • Episode 13: Behind The Paper - Kyle Jackson - Transplantation Journal

    Episode 13: Behind The Paper - Kyle Jackson - Transplantation Journal
    Sep 16 2025
    About Kyle R. Jackson, MD, PhD Kyle R. Jackson, MD PhD is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania and a Senior Scholar at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He is a clinically active transplant surgeon with a clinical practice focused on adult and pediatric kidney transplantation, pancreas transplantation, and laparoscopic kidney donation. His primary research interest is in characterizing the impact of climate change and environmental pollutants on human health, with a particular focus on healthcare utilization and disease burden. His clinical practice has also led to a special interest in understanding how these environmental factors impact transplant patients, who are uniquely susceptible to these effects due to the profound immunomodulation necessary to facilitate successful transplantation as well as highly prevalent place-based vulnerabilities. He also uses national registry and claims-based datasets to solve clinically relevant problems in solid organ transplantation - such as identifying optimal transplant strategies for the immunologically high-risk, quantifying and improving equity and access to organ transplantation, and characterizing the clinical and financial impact of post-transplant complications. Dr. Jackson has received direct research support as a Principal Investigator from both foundational and federal sources, such as the NIH/NIDDK and the Doris Duke Foundation. - About the Journal The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - The Transplantation Society - Learn more about our journla: https://tts.org/journal/transplantation-journal
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    9 mins
  • Episode 12: Behind The Paper - David K.C. Cooper - Transplantation Journal

    Episode 12: Behind The Paper - David K.C. Cooper - Transplantation Journal
    Sep 8 2025
    David K.C. Cooper discusses the recent publication "The Relative Roles of Inflammation in Kidney Allotransplantation and Xenotransplantation" The nature and severity of the inflammatory response influences the outcome of organ allotransplantation and xenotransplantation. In allotransplantation, the source of the allograft, for example, from a living, brain-dead, or circulatory death donor, influences the inflammatory response, as do such factors as the preexisting comorbidities and the length of the period of chronic kidney disease in the recipient and the management he/she has received. There is also inflammation associated with the transplant surgery, for example, as a result of ischemia-reperfusion injury. In xenotransplantation, inflammation associated with donor factors will be reduced and, as the patients will receive a pig graft at a much earlier stage of their chronic organ failure, the contribution of recipient factors should also be reduced. However, there is a well-documented systemic inflammatory response to the presence of a pig xenograft (probably associated with species molecular differences) that plays a role in activating the innate immune response. Indeed, there is a complex interaction between inflammation, coagulation dysfunction, and the innate and adaptive immune responses. Suppression of the inflammatory response, for example, by interleukin-6 receptor blockade, would appear to be beneficial after xenotransplantation. Several biomarkers of inflammation have been identified that may be valuable in assessing the response to therapy. Read the publication: https://journals.lww.com/transplantjournal/fulltext/9900/the_relative_roles_of_inflammation_in_kidney.1173.aspx - About the Journal The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - The Transplantation Society - Learn more about our journla: https://tts.org/journal/transplantation-journal
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    30 mins
  • Episode 11: Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network (OPTN) discussion with Richard Formica and Rexanah Wyse

    Episode 11: Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network (OPTN) discussion with Richard Formica and Rexanah Wyse
    Aug 30 2025
    Macey Levan sits down with Richard Formica and Rexanah Wyse Morrissette to discuss the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) . - More about Richard Formica https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/richard-formica/ - About Rexanah Wyse Morrissette https://spp.umd.edu/our-community/faculty-staff/rexanah-wyse-morrissette - About the Journal The official Journal of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation (https://transplantjournal.com) is published monthly and is a highly cited and influential journal in the field, with more than 25,000 citations per year. - The Transplantation Society - Learn more about our journla: https://tts.org/journal/transplantation-journal
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    10 mins