YPT: Workshop on Living Donation 2026

Latest update on 30/01/2026

Saturday, May 9, 2026

8:30am – 8:35am         Welcome

Rutger J.  Ploeg, MD, PhD, FRCS, FEBS (Hon)
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom

Giuliano Testa, MD, MBA, FACS
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, USA

Background and Overview

Chair: Rutger J. Ploeg, MD, PhD, FRCS, FEBS (Hon)
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

8:35am – 8:50am          Fake of Fact: Perception or Evidence in Risk Assessment to Either Accept or Decline Living Donors?
Dorry Segev, MD, PhD
NYU Langone Health, New York, USA

8:50am – 9:20am          Non-Directed Living Donation: Pros and Cons – The European Discussion

Pro:

Frank J.M.F Dor, MD, PhD, FEBS (Hon), FRCS
Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Con :

Bernadette Haase, BSc, MSc,
Past Director Dutch National Transplant Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands

Followed by an Interactive Discussion with Participants on Ethics, Experience and Solutions Across Countries

 Training of Surgical Skills in Living Donation

 9:20am- 9:35am           My Bespoke Steps, How to Teach My Technique to a Fellow: The Donor Kidney

Lloyd Ratner, MD, MPH, FACS, FICS(Hon)
Columbia University, New York, USA

9:35am – 9:50am          My Bespoke Steps. How to Teach My Technique to a Fellow: The Donor Liver

Amar Gupta, MD, FACS, FRCS
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, USA

Interactive Plenary MDT Session: Kidney

Chair: Lucrezia Furian, MD, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy

 9:50am – 10:20am        CASE no.1

FACULTY: Rainer Oberbauer, MD, PhD
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

PANEL: questions and moderation by first set of 3 YPTs

AUDIENCE interacts

10:20am – 10:50am      CASE no.2

FACULTY: Caterina Di Bella, MD
University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy

PANEL: questions and moderation by second set of 3 YPTs

AUDIENCE interacts

Panel of 3 YPTs and participants will ask questions and voice opinions whilst faculty is challenged to respond and explain. Panel will prepare several aspects worthwhile discussing as not always straight forward.

10:50am – 11:10am      Coffee and tea break

What is Challenging in Living Donation?

Chair: Frank J.M.F Dor, MD, PhD, FEBS (Hon), FRCS
Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands

11:10am – 11:25am      Immunogenicity in Living Donor Recipients: How to Reduce, Prevent Rejection, Initiate Regeneration?

Joseph Leventhal, MD, PhD, FACS
Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

11:25am – 11:40am      Concept and Relevance of Tolerance Induction in Living Donor Recipients

Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD, FACS
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

11:40am – 11:55am      Creating a Bioresource and Research Platform in Living Donation

Rutger J. Ploeg, MD, PhD, FRCS, FEBS (Hon)
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

11:55am – 12:55pm     Lunch

Interactive Plenary MDT Session: Liver

Chair: Giuliano Testa, MD, MBA, FACS, Baylor University, Dallas, USA

12:55pm – 1:10pm       How To Select and Prepare The Living Liver Donor: My Successful Recipe

Giuliano Testa, MD, MBA, FACS
Baylor University, Dallas, USA

1:10pm – 1:40pm         CASE no.1

FACULTY: Dieter Bröring, MD, PhD, FEBS, FACS

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

PANEL: questions and moderation by first set of 3 YPTs

AUDIENCE interacts

1:40pm – 2:10pm         CASE no.2

FACULTY: Presentation by a “Junior” from the YPT/ Fellows

PANEL: questions and moderation by second set of 3 YPTs

AUDIENCE interacts

Panel of 3 YPTs and participants will ask questions and voice opinions while faculty is challenged to respond and explain. Panel will prepare several aspects worthwhile discussing as not always straight forward.

2:10pm – 2:40pm         The Thinktank

Moderators:

Bernadette Haase, MSc, Leiden, Netherlands
Stan Benjamens, MD, PhD, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Madita Buch, MD, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

YPT views – blue sky thinking on challenges and solutions …

3 x 3 min pitches by YPTs: audience questions; audience elects ‘best pitch’

Award for Best Pitch and Closure

Stan Benjamens, MD, PhD & Madita Buch, MD

Who should apply?
The workshop is designed for junior transplant surgeons and physicians under 40 who are not yet in a Consultant or Attending role, with an active ESOT membership  + YPT affiliation.
Places are limited to 30 participants, creating an interactive and collaborative learning environment.

What’s included?

• Free registration for both the YPT Workshop and the main conference for all selected participants
• Travel grants of €500 available for 20 of the 30 selected YPTs to help cover travel and accommodation costs
• Affordable accommodation options in Murano are recommended by the Organising agency

Please note that travel grants will be reimbursed after on-site attendance and participation.

How to apply

Submit:

• A short motivation letter (maximum 1 A4 page)
• A brief CV (maximum 2 A4 pages), highlighting your involvement and interest in donation and transplantation

Send your application by email to ypt.murano.2026@gmail.com with the subject line:
“LD Workshop 2026 in Murano”

Application deadline: 25 February 2026
Priority will be given to applicants who have not attended previous YPT workshops.

Send your application by email to ypt.murano.2026@gmail.com with the subject line:
“LD Workshop 2026 in Murano”