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.
Advancements in molecular biology technology allowed the development of promising biomarkers, such as Peripheral blood gene expression profiling (GEP) and cell-free DNA (cfDNA), for minimally invasive characterisation of allograft rejection.
The use of circulating GEP and cfDNA may offer advantages over invasive tissue biopsy as a quantitative measure for detection of transplant rejection and immunosuppression optimisation.
However, there is no standard recognition of the usage of this new technology. As such, ESOT will drive and coordinate a whitepaper about molecular biomarkers for the non-invasive diagnosis of rejection that is aimed at providing a full European landscape and address unmet clinical needs.
Topic Chairs: John Friedewald (Kidney) Marina Berenguer (Liver) & Luciano Potena (Heart)
Steering Committee for Kidney: Dany Anglicheau, Oriol Bestard, John Friedewald, Claire Tinel, Sook Park, Joana Sellares
Steering Committee for Heart: Maria Crespo Leiro, Kiran Khush, Ingvild Birschmann, Javier Segovia, Andriana Nikolova, Annamaria Minervini
Steering Committee for Liver: Amelia Heissheimer, Eleonora de Martin, Valeria Mas, Josh Levitsky, Haseeb Zubair, Alina Lutu, Nabeel Wahid
Steering Committee for Lung: Sean Agbor-Enoh, Robin Vos
Heart and Lung
Kidney
Liver
