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.
Dr. Elvana Rista is the founder and current director of the Kidney Transplantation Program at International Hospital, Tirana, Albania. Dr. Rista graduated from the University of Tirana, with an MD in “General Medicine” and completed her specialty training in Renal Medicine at University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa” (UHCMT). She obtained her PhD degree at the University of Medicine Tirana with a focus on “Acute Kidney Injury”.
Dr. Rista has attended several advanced trainings in kidney transplantation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, and different post-graduate courses in kidney disease at Harvard Medical School. She has been actively involved in the field of kidney transplantation ever since it first started being performed in Albania. She is dedicated to raising awareness about transplantation, with a particular focus on promoting living pre-emptive kidney donation, especially in Balkan countries.
She has over 10 years of extensive experience in living-donor kidney transplants, and she currently oversees all kidney transplantations performed in her institution. In addition, she runs the Hemodialysis Program, bridging the gap in KRT options. She is the author of numerous publications on both acute, chronic kidney disease and kidney transplantation.
