- 29 APRIL - 01 MAY 2025
- Fairmont Riyadh Hotel, Saudi Arabia
- 08:00 - 09:00 - Registration
- 09:00 - 09:20
Organ Donation and Transplantation in the view of vision 2030 and health transformation
Dr. Talal Turki Al Goufi
General Director at Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SCOT)
Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterologist Transplant Hepatology
- 09:20 - 10:20
Keynote Presentation (1)
Innovating for Impact: Opportunities for Global Transplant Innovation
Dr. Andrew Klein
Chief Medical Officer
United Network For Organ Sharing (UNOS)
USA
- 10:20 - 11:40
Plenary session 1A: Programmatic Models for Organ Offer Acceptance and Procurement: Challenges and Solutions:
Chairmen: Dr. Bandar Aljudaibi, Dr. Khalid Qattan, Dr. Mansour Tawfeeq
- 10:20 – 10:40 | GCC’s Vision : Unified Laws and Waitlist Implications
Dr. Ali Alobaidli - 10:40 – 11:00 | The Spanish Model for Organ Offer Acceptance and Procurement: Challenges and Solutions
Dr. Beatriz Domínguez-Gil - 11:00 – 11:20 | Lessons from the US Organ Procurement and Transplant System
Dr. Andrew Klein - 11:20 – 11:40 |Q/A
Dr. Bandar Al-Judaibi
Chairman Of Liver And Smal Bowel Health Centre
King Faisal Specialist Hospitala And Research Centre
Dr. Beatriz Domínguez-Gil
General Director
Organización Nacional De Trasplantes
Spain
Dr. Andrew Klein
Chief Medical Officer
United Network For Organ Sharing (UNOS)
USA
Dr. Ali Alobeidli
Chairman of UAE National Transplant Committee
Ministry of Health and Prevention UAE
Shakbout City, UAE
- 11:40 - 12:40 | Prayer & Lunch
- 12:40 - 01:40
Keynote Presentation (2):
Transplant safety management system: A human factors and dynamic systems risk management approach to patient and staff safe practices
Prof. Paul Barach
Professor
Thomas Jefferson University; Imperial College London
USA
- 01:40 - 03:00
Plenary session 2A: Optimizing the Logistics of Organ transportation and preservation: From Living to Deceased Donors
- 01:40 – 02:00 | Living Donation Unveiled: Challenges and Breakthroughs
Dr. Khalid abdulah - 02:00 – 02:20 | Synergy in Action: OPOs and Transplant Centers, Shaping the Outcomes of transplants
Dr. Ryutaro Hirose - 02:20 – 02:40 | Enhancing Organ Viability: Impact of Machine Perfusion on Transplant Outcomes and Future Directions (current practice, challenges)
Dr. Sandra Lindstedt - 02:40 – 03:00 | Q/A
Prof. W Ray Kim
Professor Of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
USA
Prof. Sandra Lindstedt
Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation
Lund University Hospital
Sweden
Dr. Ryutaro Hirose
Surgeon
Uwmc
USA
- 03:00 - 03:20 | Coffee Break & Prayer
- 03:20 - 04:40
Plenary Session 3A: The Safety in Organ Transplantation
- 03:20 – 03:40 | Shaping the Future: Innovations and Breakthroughs in Liver Transplant Oncology
Dr. Talia Baker - 03:40 – 04:00 | Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases in Transplant Recipients and donors
Dr. Reem Maghrabi - 04:00 – 04:20 | Emerging Pathogens: Adapting to New Challenge
Dr. Chadi Hage - 04:20 – 04:40 | Q/A
Dr. Chadi Hage
Professor of Medicine- Director of Lung Transplant
Upmc
USA
Dr. Talia Baker
Transplant Surgeon
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
USA
- 04:40 - 05:00 | Closing Remarks
- 10:20 - 11:40
Session 1B: Unlocking the Potential of HLA in Transplantation: Immunological and Clinical Considerations
- 10:20 – 10:40 | Towards national standardization of histocompatibility and immunogenetics reporting and diagnosis (Standardizing HLA practice on a national level)
Dr. Moheeb Al-Awwami - 10:40 – 11:00 | Importance of Ischemia/ Reperfusion Injury in Allosensitization: Pathways to Prevention
Dr. Stanley Jordan - 11:00 – 11:20 | Transplant Tolerance: New Insights and Strategies for Long-Term Allograft Acceptance
Dr. Ryutaro Hirose - 11:20 – 11:40 | Q/A
Dr. Ryutaro Hirose
Surgeon
Uwmc
USA
Dr. Moheeb Al-Awwami
Director, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Saudi Arabia
- 11:40 - 12:40 | Prayer & Lunch
- 01:40 - 03:00
Plenary session 2B: Cross Border Collaboration Towards Developing Organ Donation and Transplant
Chairmen: Dr. Adel Qutub, Dr. Meteb AlBugami, Dr. Amira AL Abbasi
- 01:40 – 02:00 | Eurotransplant, benefits in organ sharing in 8 European countries
Dr. Erwin de Buijzer - 02:00 – 02:20 | GCC organ sharing experience
Dr. Ali Alobaidli - 02:20 – 02:40 | Bridging Beliefs: Global perspective on how Cultural and Religious beliefs Influences in Donation Practices
Dr. Chadi Hage - 02:40 – 03:00 | Q/A
Dr. Ali Alobeidli
Chairman of UAE National Transplant Committee
Ministry of Health and Prevention UAE
Shakbout City, UAE
Dr. Erwin De Buijzer
Medical Director
Eurotransplant
Netherlands
Dr. Chadi Hage
Professor of Medicine- Director of Lung Transplant
Upmc
USA
- 03:00 - 03:20 | Coffee Break & Prayer
- 03:20 - 04:40
Plenary session 3B: New Horizons in Transplantation: Tissue and Vascular Composites
Chairmen: Dr. Saleh Alabbad, Dr. Khalid Alwadi, Dr. Khalid Abdullah
- 03:20 – 03:40 | Facial and Hand Allotransplantation
Prof. Laurent Lantieri - 03:40 – 04:00 | Tissue Biobanking in Saudi Arabia , A New Era
Dr. Fahad Alfardan - 04:00 – 04:20 | Uterus transplantation
Dr. Liza Johannesson - 04:20 – 04:40 | Q/A
Prof. Laurent Lantieri
Head of Department
Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou Assistance Publique Hopitaus De Parisq,
France
Dr. Fahad Alfardan
Consultant
Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Liza Johannesson
Medical Director Uterus Transplant
Baylor University Medical Center
USA
- 10:00 - 11:00
Workshop 1: Harnessing Big Data in Transplantation: Opportunities and Challenges
Dr. Ajay Israni
Division Chief of Nephroloogy
University of Texas Medical Branch
USA
- 11:00 - 12:00
Workshop 2: Introducing SCOT new legislations for healthcare practitioners
SCOT team
- 12:00 - 01:00 | Lunch Break
- 01:00 - 02:00
Workshop 3: Model for Organ offer Acceptance and Procurement: Challenges and Solutions (European Experience)
Dr. Beatriz Domínguez-Gil
General Director
Organización Nacional De Trasplantes
Spain
- 02:00 - 03:00
Workshop 4: Brain base definition of death: new Canadian guidelines
Dr. Sonny Dhanani
Chief, Critical Care, CHEO
Professor, University of Ottawa
Canada
- 03:00 - 04:00
Workshop 5: Managing Quality at Your Transplant Center: Know Your Data and Use Your Tools
SCOT team
- 08:30 - 09:30
Keynote presentation (3):
Revolutionizing Organ Transplantation with Robotic Surgery
Prof. Dieter Broering
Chairman of Liver and Small Bowel Health Centre
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Saudi Arabia
- 09:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break
- 10:00 - 12:00
THE HONORING CEREMONY UNDER
THE PATRONAGE OF HIS EXCELLENCY
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
- 12:00 - 01:00 | Prayer and Lunch
- 01:00 - 02:20
Plenary session 4A: Enhancing Governance in Organ Transplantation: The Role of Data Registries and AI in Shaping Allocation and Outcomes
- 01:00 – 01:20 | Big Data, Novel Analytics, and Real Impact
Dr. Andrew Klein - 01:20 – 01:40 | Lessons from The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients in the United States
Dr. Ajay Israni - 01:40 – 02:00 | Managing Quality at Your Transplant Center: Know Your Data and Use Your Tools
Dr. Ryutaro Hirose - 02:00 – 02:20 | Q/A
Dr. Ajay Israni
Division Chief of Nephroloogy
University of Texas Medical Branch
USA
Dr. Ryutaro Hirose
Surgeon
Uwmc
USA
- 02:20 - 03:40
Plenary session 5A: The dilemma of Organ Allocation: Decision making on organ donation
Chairmen: Dr. Salem Alqurashi, Dr. Alanoud Alshami, Dr. Mohammed Shaheen
- 02:20 – 02:40 | Current allocation policies and some of the challenges they pose?
Dr. Dechu Puliyanda - 02:40 – 03:00 | Lessons learned from the development of the Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) program
Dr. Sonny Dhanani - 03:00 – 03:20 | The model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) 3.0
Prof. W. Ray Kim - 04:40 – 05:00 | Is it permissible to use neurodevelopmental status as criterion for pediatric organ transplant?
Dr. Aaron Wightman - 03:20 – 03:40 | Q/A
Dr. Andrew Klein
Chief Medical Officer
United Network For Organ Sharing (UNOS)
USA
Prof. W Ray Kim
Professor Of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
USA
Dr. Sonny Dhanani
Chief, Critical Care, CHEO
Professor, University of Ottawa
Canada
- 03:40 - 04:00 | Coffee Break & Prayer
- 04:00 - 05:00
Plenary session 6A: Navigating Ethical Challenges in Organ Transplantation
Chairmen: Dr Abdullah Adlan, Dr. Faisal Al Suwaidan, Dr. Saleh A. Al Khunein
- 04:00 – 04:20 | Beyond Limits: The Future of Donation
Dr. Mohammed Al Qahtani - 04:20 – 04:40 | Navigating ethical challenges of end-of-life decisions
Dr. Sonny Dhanani - 04:40 – 05:00 | Is it permissible to use neurodevelopmental status as criterion for pediatric organ transplant?
Dr. Aaron Wightman - 05:00 – 05:20 | Q/A
Dr. Mohammed Al Qahtani
Executive Director, Multi-organ Transplant Center of Excellence
King Fahad Specialist Hospital – Dammam
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Sonny Dhanani
Chief, Critical Care, CHEO
Professor, University of Ottawa
Canada
- 05:00 - 05:15 | Closing Remarks
- 01:00 - 02:20
Plenary session 4B: Pediatric Transplantation in Focus: Challenges and opportunities
Chairmen: Dr. Majed Alofi, Dr. Yasser Kazzaz, Dr. Mohamemd Almaghrabi
- 01:00 – 01:20 | Overcoming Barriers in Organ donation and transplantation for Pediatric Patients
Dr. Sonny Dhanani - 01:20 – 01:40 | Breaking Barriers: ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation in Pediatrics – Expanding donor pool for Young Recipients
Dr. Alanoud Alshami - 01:40 – 02:00 | Desensitization strategies in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: Overcoming Barriers to Improve Outcomes
Dr. Dechu Puliyanda - 02:00 – 02:20 | Q/A
Dr. Sonny Dhanani
Chief, Critical Care, CHEO
Professor, University of Ottawa
Canada
Dr. Dechu Puliyanda
Director
Cedars Sinai Guerin Children’s
USA
- 02:20 - 03:40
Plenary session 5B: The crucial role of Donor Coordinators and Transplant Coordinators
Chairmen: Dr. Ahmed Almustafa, Mr. Ahmed Jaafari
- 02:20 – 02:40 | Scrolling for Change: Innovative Social Media Strategies to Advance Living Donor and Deceased Organ Donation Awareness and Education
Dr. Talia Baker - 02:40 – 03:00 | Role and Impact of the Transplant Coordinators in the Transplant Program – Shared Best Practice
Mr. Ali Ali - 03:00 – 03:20 | Role of the Donor Coordinator in the National Transplant Program: without Donation there is no Transplantation
Dr. Jose Luis Escalante Cobo - 03:20 – 03:40 | Q/A
Dr. Brian Alvarez
MD (Critical Care), Organ Donation & Transplantation Specialist
Head of International Cooperation Programs-DTI Foundation, Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain
European Councilor-International Society for Organ Donation & Procurements (ISODP)
Spain
Ali Alali
Transplant Coordination Team Leader
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Talia Baker
Transplant Surgeon
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
USA
- 03:40 - 04:00 | Coffee Break & Prayer
- 04:00 - 05:00
Plenary session 6B: Shaping the Future: Innovative Approaches and Cutting-Edge Technologies in Transplantation
- 04:00 – 04:20 | Living Donation and Applications for Amniotic Membrane, with Particular Focus on Wound Care Application
Dr. Valerie Cruz - 04:20 – 04:40 | Clinical Deployment of Machine Learning Tools in Transplant Medicine: What Does the Future Hold? Dr. Mamatha Bhat
- 04:40 – 05:00 | Q/A
Dr. Mamatha Bhat
Associate Professor
University Health Network
Canada
- 09:00 - 10:00
Workshop 6: Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death (DCD)
Dr. Brian Alvarez
MD (Critical Care), Organ Donation & Transplantation Specialist
Head of International Cooperation Programs-DTI Foundation, Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain
European Councilor-International Society for Organ Donation & Procurements (ISODP)
Spain
- 12:00 - 01:00 Lunch Break
- 01:00 - 02:00
Workshop 7: Masterclass in Transplant Patient Safety and Risk Management
Prof. Paul Barach
Professor
Thomas Jefferson University; Imperial College London
USA
- 02:00 - 03:00
Workshop 8: Bridging Beliefs: Global perspective on how Cultural and Religious beliefs Influences in Donation Practices
Dr. Chadi Hage and Dr. Faisal alswaidan
Dr. Chadi Hage
Professor of Medicine- Director of Lung Transplant
Upmc
USA
- 03:00 - 04:00
Workshop 9: Implementing cPRA calculator in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Moheeb Al-Awwami
Director, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Saudi Arabia
- 08:30 - 09:30
Keynote Presentation (4)
Eurotransplant – 57 years of international collaboration in organ transplantation
Dr. Erwin De Buijzer
Medical Director
Eurotransplant
Netherlands
- 09:30 - 10:50
Plenary session 7A: Transplanting Hope: Donor & Recipient Criteria in Cancer Survivors
Chairmen: Dr. Khalid Bzeizi, Dr. Hamad Albahli, Dr. Salem Alqurashi
- 09:30 – 09:50 | Weighing the Risks: Donors with a Cancer History
Dr. Brian Keller - 09:50 – 10:10 | Pretransplant solid organ malignancy: recipient perspective
Dr. Talia Baker - 10:10 – 10:30 | Cancer Survivors as Organ Donors, Navigating Clinical Insights and Decision-Making
Dr. Brian Keller - 10:30 – 10:50 | Q/A
Dr. Talia Baker
Transplant Surgeon
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
USA
Dr. Brian Keller
Medical Director of Lung Transplantation
Massachusetts General Hospital
USA
- 10:50 - 11:10 | Coffee Break
- 11:10 - 12:30
Plenary session 8A: Innovation in Transplantation: The Digital Era
Chairmen: Dr. Abdulrahman Altamimi, Dr. Abdulrahman Altheabi, Dr. Mohammed Jawad
- 11:10 – 11:30 | Artificial Intelligence in Transplant Medicine: Enhancing Decision-Making and Outcome
Dr. Mamatha Bhat - 11:30 – 11:50 | AI in Organ Transplants: Shaping the Future of Medicine
Dr. Mohamad-Hani Temsah - 11:50 – 12:10 | The Donation Advisor tool, an AI algorithm to predict time to death and standardizing Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) eligibility assessment
Dr. Sonny Dhanani - 12:10 – 12:30 | Q/A
Dr. Mamatha Bhat
Associate Professor
University Health Network
Canada
Dr. Sonny Dhanani
Chief, Critical Care, CHEO
Professor, University of Ottawa
Canada
- 12:30 - 01:30 | Prayer and Lunch
- 01:30 - 02:30
Keynote Presentation (5)
Xeno Heart and Kidney Transplant: Its Happening , But Many Lessons Remain
Dr. Bartley Griffith – U of Maryland
- 02:30 - 03:50
Plenary session 9A: The Cutting Edge: Advances in Minimally Invasive Transplant Surgery
Chairmen: Dr. Dieter Broering, Dr. Mohammed Alqahtani, Dr. Ibrahim Alhassan
- 02:30 – 02:50 | Recommendations from the MIOT conference
Dr. Dimitri A Raptis - 02:50 – 03:10 | Advancements in Robotic Cardiac Transplant Surgery: Techniques and Benefits
Dr. Feras Khalil - 03:10 – 03:30 | The Future of Organ Transplantation: Ethical Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Bartley Griffith - 03:30 – 03:50 | Q/A
Prof. Dimitri Aristotle Raptis
Consultant
Organ Transplant Centre, KFSHRC
Saudi Arabia
- 03:50 - 04:10 | Closing Remarks
- 09:30 - 10:50
Plenary session 7B: Beyond Boundaries: Advancements and Challenges in Multi-Organ Transplant
- 09:30 – 09:50 | Dual Organ Transplants: Clinical Breakthroughs and Considerations
Dr. Marie Budev - 09:50 – 10:10 | Outcomes and Best Practices in Small Bowel Transplantation
Dr. Cal Satoshi Matsumoto - 10:10 – 10:30 | Policy Matters: Implications of Multi-Organ Allocation Strategies and policies
Dr. Erika Lease - 10:30 – 10:50 | Q/A
Dr. Cal Matsumoto
Director, Intestinal Care and Transplant
Georgetown University Hospital Transplant Institute
USA
Dr. Marie Budev
Medical Director Lung and Heart Lung Transplant Program
The Cleveland Clinic
USA
- 10:50 - 11:10 | Coffee Break
- 11:10 - 12:30
Session 8B: Oral Abstract Presentations
- TBD
- 12:30 - 01:30 | Prayer & Lunch
- 02:30 - 03:50
Plenary session 9B: Addressing Kidney Transplant Shortage and Expanding Donation’s Horizon: The Potential of Kidney Paired Exchanges (KPD)
- 02:30 – 02:50 | Increasing transplantability: the role of HLA matching and virtual crossmatching
Dr. Khalid Al Meshari - 02:50 – 03:10 | The benefit to waitlist patients in a national paired kidney exchange program: Exploring characteristics of chain end living donor transplants
Dr. Abdulrahman Altheabi - 03:10 – 03:30 | Breaking Down Barriers to Transplantation: Strategies to manage highly sensitized patients, desensitization therapies and their clinical outcomes
Dr. Brian Keller - 03:30 – 03:50 | Q/A
Dr. Khalid Al Meshari
Consultant, Adult Transplant Nephrology
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Brian Keller
Medical Director of Lung Transplantation
Massachusetts General Hospital
USA
- 08:00 - 09:00
Workshop 10 : pediatric allocation working group
Dr. Alanoud Alshami
- 09:00 - 10:00
Workshop 11: Burnout and Resilience in Coordinators BRIC
Dr. Sonny Dhanani
Chief, Critical Care, CHEO
Professor, University of Ottawa
Canada
- 10:00 - 11:00
Workshop 12: Every Donor Counts: Creating a Culture of Contribution
SCOT team
- 11:00 - 12:00
Workshop 13: Guide to Key OPO Metrics: Changing Metrics of Organ Procurement Organization Performance to Increase
Dr. Erika Lease
- 12:00 - 01:00 | Lunch Break
- 01:00 - 04:00
Organ Donation Forum
Chairman: Dr. Faisal alswaidan