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.
Jason (Benjamin) Doppenberg, PhD, is a technical medicine researcher and head organ perfusionist/coordinator of the Organ Preservation and Regeneration unit (OPR) at the Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, the Netherlands. Dr. Doppenberg completed his master’s degree in technical medicine, track reconstructive medicine, in 2012. Hereafter, he began studying pancreatic islet isolation and transplantation as a doctoral student, focusing on donor organ quality, organ preservation, and standardization/automation of islet isolation. During this tenure, he received a travel grant, a poster prize, and a presentation prize for his work. His thesis is entitled “Functional Islets and Where to Find Them” for which he received the Dr.-F.-Gerritzen-prize for best Dutch doctoral thesis in the field of diabetes mellitus research. In 2018 he started as head of the OPR in Leiden, tasked with implementing clinical machine perfusion techniques. In parallel, he continued to develop a key project from his PhD research: creating an automated islet isolation machine called PRISM. This technology has been licensed to a commercial enterprise to exploit other centres. He is also a co-inventor on a patent application. His research currently focuses on several technical aspects of islet isolation and transplantation in addition to organ preservation and evaluation techniques of the pancreas, liver, and kidney. Dr Doppenberg acts as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed publications and has participated in opinion leaders’ workshops regarding pancreas and islet transplantation. Furthermore, he is a member of the Dutch Society for Technical Physicians (NVvTG), the Dutch Kidney Transplant Study Group, and the International Liver Transplant Society.
