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.
LiDO is a world-renowned and well-established hands-on masterclass on live donor nephrectomy designed according to education-on-demand principles.
The 2024 edition of LiDO will take place in a blended format, combining preparatory online activities that participants can fit into their own schedule, and a dynamic and interactive 3-day in-person programme – to be held in Rotterdam, from 14 to 16 October – with a focus on hands-on operating sessions (utilising unique human corpses), where participants are mentored by internationally recognised leaders in the field in a state-of-the-art Skills Lab facility within a leading European transplant unit.
Online activities include lectures, readings, and self-assessment quizzes. In- person activities include short interactive theoretical and practical lectures on living donation and various operation techniques, including tips and tricks for live donor nephrectomy. But the majority of the in-person event is dedicated to the hands-on sessions, where multiple techniques of live donor nephrectomy can be practised.
The last day of the course is dedicated to moderate live surgery cases, during which participants can see various live donor nephrectomy techniques applied in clinical practice in parallel, and a robot-assisted live donor kidney transplantation can be witnessed.
By taking this course, participants will be able to: explain the differences in the various live donor nephrectomy techniques including their pros and cons, and how they can be applied in a tailor-made fashion; describe the technical details of every step of the live donor nephrectomy, robot-assisted live donor nephrectomy and robot-assisted kidney transplantation; compare the different techniques applied in real living donors with reflections on their own hands-on experiences in the skills lab.
Transplant surgeons or urologists in a transplant fellowship or consultant position who want to start a live kidney donation programme and enrich their surgical skills for live donor nephrectomy.
Please note that the maximum number of participants for this course is 18 (12 standard participants and 6 observers).
The 2024 edition of the LiDO will be held in a blended format, combining online preparatory activities and a 3-day in person programme to be held in Rotterdam from 14 to 16 October.
The preliminary scientific programme is available below.
SCIENTIFIC ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Frank Dor, London, United Kingdom
Khe Tran, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Venue:
SkillsLab (click here for the directions)
Erasmus MC
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Accreditation:
The online preparatory activities of the 2024 edition of LiDO are accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) to award 5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s).
An application for EACCME® accreditation will be submitted also for the in-person programme of this masterclass.
ORGANISER CONTACT DETAILS
Laura Contessi
ESOT Team – Education Manager
Valentina Ricci
ESOT Team – Head of Governance and Education
Denise De Salvo
ESOT Team – Project Coordinator
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Her direct email address is irene.garcia@esot.org
Registration fees:
All fees are VAT included
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Invoices
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Cancellation Policy
There will be no refunds once your registration has been confirmed. Refunds will be issued only if the Organiser elects to cancel the event due to force majeure. Should ESOT decide to cancel in-person courses, this will be communicated to all registered participants a month before the start date of the event.
***We recommend that participants purchase insurance to cover any losses resulting from the inability to attend the course for any reasons that may occur.***
