Moderators: 

• Debra Sudan, MD
• Amit Mathur, MD, FACS 

Presentations:

• Welcome | Amit Mathur, MD, FACS
• Don’t Stop Believin': An overview of the year from the Legislative & Regulatory Committee | Caroline Rochon, MD, FACS
•  "'I want in on the action!' - How Do I Get Involved in Advocacy?" | Bruce Gelb, MD
• Congress and the Politics of Transplant | Peggy Tighe, JD
• Regulatory Developments Affecting Transplantation | Diane Millman, JD
• Change is the Only Constant: The Present and Future of Allocation Out of Sequence | Steve Potter, MD, FACS
• Q&A | All Session Speakers & Moderators

Moderators:

• Sunil Geevarghese, MD, MSCI, FACS
• Kiara Tulla, MD

Presentations:

• Surgeons Get Sick and Injured Too: Health Maintenance, Prevention, Managing Life after Illness | Meredith Barrett, MD
• What I Wish I Knew: Preventative Strategies to Avoid Ergonomic Pitfalls | Dennis Sonnier, MD
• Defining, Recognizing, Managing Microaggressions in Clinical Practice | Anthony Watkins, MD
• Discussion Panel | All Session Speakers & Moderators

Moderators:

• Linda Cendales, MD
• Matthew Holzner, MD, MSCR

Presentations:

• Achieving Reproducibility in Total Robotic Liver Transplantation: A U.S. Program’s Stepwise Experience with Deceased and Living Donors | Juan Rocca, MD, FACS
• Intraabdominal Versus Thoracic Cannulation Techniques for Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion | Olivia Walker
• Continuous Multiparametric Monitoring of Donor Livers During Normothermic Perfusion | Michelle Nguyen, MD, MPH
• Delayed Immune Tolerance via Donor Stem Cell Infusion Years after Kidney Transplantation: A Case Series | Jonathan Jou, MD

Najarian Lecturer: Dixon B. Kaufman, MD, PhD

Moderators:

• Varia Kirchner, MD
• Elizabeth Pomfret, MD, PhD, FACS

Presentations:

• Path to Robotic Heart Transplant | Kenneth Liao, MD, PhD, FACS
• Bioengineered External Liver Support with Porcine Scaffold and Human Cells | Christopher Danford, MD
• Stem Cell-Derived Islets for Type I DM | Trevor Reichman, MD, PhD, FACS
• First Human Bladder Transplant | Nima Nassiri, MD
• Panel Discussion | All Session Speakers & Moderators

Moderators:

• Jim Markmann, MD, PhD
• Aleah Brubaker, MD, PhD

Presentations:

• What is the Benefit of Research to a Transplant Program and Academic Institution | Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD
• Building Versatile Research Team in Basic Science World | Sylvester Black, MD, PhD
• Building Versatile Research Team in Healthcare Outcomes World | Lisa McElroy, MD, MS
• Creating Financial Security in Transplant Research in an Era of Federal Funding Uncertainty | Daniela Ladner, MD, MPH
• The Transplant Surgeon Inventor: Intellectual Property | James Guarrera, MD, FACS

Moderators:

• Tomoaki Kato, MD, MBA
• Henry Randall, MD, MBA, FACS

Presentations:

• Leading Organization Change | Wayne Frederick, MD, MBA
• Multigenerational Leadership and Team Dynamics in Transplant Surgery | Kristin Mekeel, MD 
• The EQ of Transplantation (Emotional Intelligence From the Conference Room to the Operating Room) | Robert Montgomery, MD, PhD, FACS
• What Do You Need To Know About Transplant Finances | Rajeev Sharma, MD, MS
• Panel Discussion | All Session Speakers & Moderators

Moderators:

• Lisa McElroy, MD, MS
• Heidi Yeh, MD

Presentations:

• ASTS-Veloxis Fellowship in Transplantation Grant | Mohammad Zeeshan Akhtar, MD, PhD
• Jon Fryer Resident Scientist Scholarship | Qimeng Gao, MD
• 2024 Socio Economical & Racial Disparity Grant | Nassir Thalji, MD, PhD

Moderator: Thomas Peters, MD

Award Recipients:

• 2026 AAKP Medal of Excellence | Peter Stock, MD, PhD 
• Sherilyn Gordon Memorial Travel Award - ATP | Heidi Sarumi, PA-C, MMS 
• Advanced Transplant Provider Award | Daryle Blackstock, PA-C, MPH, CCTC 
• Vanguard Prize | Michelle Nguyen, MD, MPH 
• Pipeline Award | Heidi Yeh, MD

Speaker: Gabriel Danovitch, MD