The aim of the Education Committee (EC) is to coordinate ESOT’s efforts to advance multidisciplinary education for transplant professionals at all career levels and to contribute to their professional development.
The Basic Science Committee promotes scientific issues and transplantation research within ESOT. An active basic science community and an efficient translation of innovation into the clinic are crucial for the future of transplantation medicine.
The European Transplant Allied Healthcare Professionals (ETAHP) reaches out to allied healthcare professionals throughout Europe in order to ensure the best care possible for all transplant patients, with the aim to optimize patient outcomes.
The Young Professionals in Transplantation (YPT) is the Network for Junior Transplant professionals of ESOT, representing all young transplant clinicians and scientists who are beginning a career in transplantation and organ donation.
The mission of ECTORS is to provide a forum for discussing and stimulating novel developments in the fields of cellular therapies in organ transplantation, organ regeneration and generation of new organs from stem cells and biomaterials.
ECTTA is the forum for experience exchange on treatment of patients with end-stage heart and lung failure. Our aim is to improve outcomes for the patients.
EDTCO aims to support health care professionals to provide clinically effective programmes on organ and tissue donation, procurement and transplantation.
EKITA is the Organ Expert Section of ESOT on kidney transplantation in Europe, providing a forum for kidney transplantation professionals to exchange scientific information and views aimed at providing the best service to European patients .
The European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association (ELITA), previously known as the European Liver Transplant Association (ELTA), is a section of ESOT. Its membership represents the expertise on liver and intestinal transplantation in Europe.
ELPAT is a European platform that brings continuity and progress in European research and dialogue on "Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of organ Transplantation". ELPAT currently consists of over 160 experts from more than 25 European countries.
EPITA is established to provide a forum for those working in the field of pancreas and islet of Langerhans transplantation or any other alternative form of beta cell replacement in Europe, to exchange scientific information and views related primarily to providing the best service for patients in Europe requiring pancreas or islet transplantation.
VCA has opened a new era in the field of transplantation, reconstructive and restorative surgery. This Section brings together 10 representatives of major European teams at the forefront in this field.
A new paper published in Transplant International, titled “Patient Selection for Downstaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Prior to Liver Transplantation—Adjusting the Odds?”, discusses these additional parameters in further detail.
To mark the publication of this article, we are delighted to host a webinar with authors of the paper and leading experts from the field.
Are you one of our industry partners and you would like to gain an endorsement from ESOT for your learning activities? ESOT has a commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and promoting best practice for learning activities for professionals and stakeholders involved in Solid Organ Transplantation. ESOT members and its broader community have actively engaged in CPD for
In the last 8 weeks, specialised paediatric liver centres in the UK identified more children with acute liver failure due to hepatitis of an unknown cause than would be expected over a similar period.
Read a statement on the outbreak from ELITA
As part of ESOT’s commitment to education, and in close collaboration with Astellas, ESOT has developed an educational curriculum to address these unmet needs through a multidisciplinary learning programme across key topics within kidney transplantation.
We announce the release of the Open Letter prepared with the European Donation and Transplant Coordination Organisation (EDTCO) to support the modification of the Swiss transplant law to reform the national organ consent system (votation May 15, 2022), moving from explicit to presumed consent. Read here the full Open Letter to Swisstransplant.
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN for the 2nd Workshop for Young Professionals in Transplantation on Living Organ Donation on June 16 in Gubbio, Italy The Workshop is organised in combination with the 10th Living Donor Abdominal Transplant Conference on June 17-18 in Gubbio, Italy The first edition of this Workshop was held in 2018 in Matera, Italy, and turned out to be a
We are delighted to launch a dedicated TLJ 3.0 website which provides more information on this exciting initiative, including the nine topics due to be discussed, debated and explored.
The ESOT Congress 2023 journey has started! We invite you to browse our new dedicated website to find out more about the leading transplantation event in the European calendar.
ESOT is delighted to announce the new dedicated platform for HLA desensitisation. Building on the work that has been initiated within the WS06 of the TLJ event on HLA desensitisation, ESOT developed a comprehensive education programme, to create awareness around the work done and progress made to manage better sensitised transplant patients. We wish to
As part of our 40th Anniversary, we are launching a new ESOT Action Day on Thursday 28th April 2022. As part of this event, we would like to invite you to sit in and contribute to our exciting Think Tank on ‘Tackling Inequalities in Organ Transplantation – A Pathway Forward’!
