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Educational Course on Lung Transplant Rejection 

21 - 22 May 2024

Vienna University Hospital, Vienna, Austria

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The Goal

The goal of the lung transplant rejection interactive course is to provide the latest trends and expert views on the treatment of lung BOS with GvHD and foster discussion between peers.

Agenda

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Day 1 - 21 May 2024

Arrival of participants


20:00 – 20:15
Meeting at hotel lobby

 

20:15
Dinner with the faculty

Day 2 - 22 May 2024

09:00 – 09:10
Welcome and course goals introduction - Prof Peter Jaksch


09:10 – 09:55
Extracorporeal photopheresis in lung transplantation ‘how did we get there?’ a historic perspective from Zürich - Prof Christian Benden

 

09:55 – 10:10
Interactive discussion

 

10:10 – 10:30
Coffee break

 

10:30 – 11:15
Patient selection under times of changing definitions – the Hannover approach; Patient selection and treatment algorithm - Dr Mark Greer


11:15 – 11:30
Interactive discussion

 

11:30 – 12:15
Vienna experiences and future directions - Prof Peter Jaksch


12:15 – 12:30
Interactive discussion


12:30 – 13:30
Lunch


13:30 – 14:30
Patient cases discussion- All

 

14:30 – 15:00
Final remarks and close - Prof Peter Jaksch


BOS: Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome, GvHD: Graft versus Host Disease, ECP: Extracorporeal Photopheresis

 

For this course, participants are required to submit one patient case for discussion 15 days in advance of the session.

 

All speakers are subject to contract.
This is a commercial programme run by Therakos (UK) Ltd, part of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals

This information is not intended for healthcare professionals based in the US and Canada.

Hosted by

Prof Peter Jaksch
Prof Peter Jaksch

Head of Lung Transplant Unit, Vienna Medical Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Brought to you by the Therakos Institute

This is a commercial programme run by Therakos (UK) Ltd, part of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals