Join us at the 2025 Cutting Edge of Transplantation (CEoT) – Transforming Tomorrow: Leading the Way in Organ Transplantation Modernization – from February 27 to March 1 in Scottsdale, AZ. Register today to be part of the future of transplantation.

The Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation (FAST) designation application is now open to all members who meet the eligibility criteria. Don't miss out on joining this prestigious program and be recognized for your contributions to transplantation!

Self-nominations are now being accepted for open positions on the COP Executive Committees. The deadline to submit your nomination is 11:59 p.m. ET on February 3, 2025. Check out our website to learn more.

For a limited time, the AST is offering an exclusive membership discount to transplant trainees. We're on a mission to help trainees boost their careers using the AST's benefits.

Through March 31, 2025, trainees can join the AST for just $60. To join with this promotion, you must qualify as a transplant trainee and be approved for membership. To receive the discount, use code TRAINEE2025.

The AST invites members to participate in exclusive Focus Groups at CEoT 2025! These sessions offer a unique opportunity for our industry partners to gather direct feedback from key stakeholders in transplantation – you. By fostering open dialogue, Focus Groups generate valuable insights that help improve services, inform decision-making, and shape future strategies.

The AST is forming a task force on Living Donation Incentives to explore ethical, social, and financial considerations around incentivizing living donation in the United States. Learn more about this opportunity today. 

On behalf of the PSECOP and WHCOP, we would like to invite you to participate in a quick survey entitled Gender Identity Knowledge Among Transplant Professionals.

The aim of the survey is to understand providers’ knowledge and experience providing care to LGBTQ+ identifying patients. Providers include all those who participate in the transplant process, including but not limited to advanced care providers (APPs), coordinators, ethicists, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, physicians, and surgeons.

The survey has been approved by the AST Education Committee. It will take 5-10 minutes to complete.

Thank you in advance for your time and participation.

The AST Public Policy Committee is pleased to introduce the AST Public Policy Form, a survey aimed at soliciting your perspectives on legislative and regulatory issues that significantly influence both patient care and professional practice. With this new initiative, our goal is to establish a platform for our membership to actively engage with the Public Policy Committee by sharing their invaluable ideas and perspectives. We look forward to your input as we navigate the dynamics of our ever-evolving landscape of transplant care and practice.

The current allocation system for liver transplantation (LT) is based on the sickestfirst policy, using objective variables to ensure equal priority. However, under-prioritization of female patients for LT, compared to males, is well demonstrated and new scores have been proposed to overcome this systematic bias.

The importance of mental toughness on lung transplant outcomes is unknown. We performed a pilot study to assess whether pretransplant grit and resilience are associated with short-term posttransplant outcomes.

The use of donor kidneys with acute kidney injury (AKI) aims to expand the organ pool, but uncertainty remains regarding their outcomes across different Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) groups and preservation methods.

Use of normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) to enable organ reconditioning and assessment in donation after circulatory determination of death is controversial.