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.
Valeria Mas, PhD, MSc, FAST Joseph and Corinne Schwartz Endowed Professor Surgical Sciences Research in Transplantation, Professor of Surgery, Chief Surgical Science Division, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland. Dr. Mas is the former Director and founder of the Transplant Research Institute, which is part of the Methodist University Transplant Institute associated with University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Previously, she was the Director of the Molecular Transplant Research Laboratory at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA and the Director of the Transplant Genomics Laboratory at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Dr. Valeria Mas is a cellular and molecular transplant researcher with expertise in high throughput molecular applications and big data analyses aimed to evaluate epigenetics modifications and regulation of gene expression in conditions associated with kidney, liver, and lung transplantation. She has extensive experience with NIH and industry funded investigator-initiated studies. She has been conducting studies in genomics and proteomics related to kidney and liver transplant recipients during the last 18 years. In addition to her continued participation in lectures, classes, wet-bench training, grand-rounds and national and international courses; during the last 15 years Dr. Mas mentored 24 undergraduate students, 12 medical students, 15 medical residents, 5 graduate PhD students, 8 post-doctoral fellows, and 6 junior faculty—most of them already independent researchers and/or established medical scientists. She has been a mentor for three T32 grants and is currently a member of the External Advisory Committee of T32 CA163177.
She plays critical roles in multiple national and international committees (e.g., International Liver Transplant Society Councilor, AST Community of Basic Scientists Executive Committee (2015-2017), AST Programming Committee, Chair AST Research Network Translational Scientific Review Committee (2019-2020), Secretary General ILTS (2022-2025). Dr. Mas’ specific activities related to education and training include being a member of the Education Committee at The Transplant Society (TTS), the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week Education Committee 2021, mentor in Women in Transplantation TTS Program, mentor in Step-Up Summer Research Program NIH Summer Program, mentor for Undergraduate NIH diversity supplement award, and mentor for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (USOAR). She will also act in helping recruit and retain women and minorities in the Program. Dr. Mas was part of the Senate, Faculty Recruitment, Retention, Retirement, & Welfare Committee, Co-Chair of the Diversity Recruitment and Retention workforce, and a member of the Diversity Committee at the Department of Surgery at the University of Virginia. She has more than 120 peer review publications and she has extensive experience as a grant reviewer for federal and non-federal funding agencies, being a member of the PBKD study section at NIDDK-NIH and starting at KUDF study section in the next cycle. Dr. Mas is an external reviewer for the European Science Foundation, Research Grants Council Hong Kong, among other international funding agencies.
