Published for Members of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Passing the Summer 2013 Gavel We aim to be the authoritative resource in the fields of organ and cell transplantation by representing our members and their patients, as we advocate for comprehensive and innovative solutions to their needs. –ASTS Vision ASTS Council May 2013 – July 2014 Vol. XVIII, No. 2 Summer 2013 President Division of Transplant Alan N. Langnas, DO (2014) 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0780 University of Nebraska Medical Center San Francisco, CA 94143-0780 PO Box 983280 nd 415-353-8725 600 South 42 Street [email protected] Omaha, NE 68198 402-559-8390 John C. Magee, MD (2014) [email protected] University of Michigan Medical Center 2926 Taubman Center Box 0331 President-Elect 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, #1904 Peter G. Stock, MD, PhD (2014) Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0331 University of California - San Francisco 734-936-9623 Department of Surgery [email protected] Division of Transplant 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0780 Jean C. Emond, MD (2015) San Francisco, CA 94143-0780 Columbia University Medical Center 415-353-1551 622 West 168th Street [email protected] New York, NY 10032 212-305-9691 Immediate Past President [email protected] Kim M. Olthoff, MD (2014) Editor’s Letter 3 University of Pennsylvania Hospital Abhinav Humar, MD (2015) Department of Surgery Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute President’s Letter 4 3400 Spruce Street, 2 Dulles UPMC Montefiore - 7th Floor Suite N725 Philadelphia, PA 19104 3459 Fifth Avenue 215-662-6136 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 ASTS News 5 [email protected] 412-692-4553 [email protected] Business Practice Past President Mitchell L. Henry, MD (2014) Services 8 Lloyd E. Ratner, MD, MPH (2015) The Ohio State University Medical Center Columbia University Department of Surgery Department of Surgery ASTS Grants Ceremony 10 Division of Transplantation 622 West 168th Street 395 W. 12th Avenue, Room 130 New York, NY 10032 Columbus, OH 43210 212-342-3539 The Future of ASTS 614-293-4627 [email protected] Fellowship Training 13 [email protected] Douglas G. Farmer, MD (2016) Secretary Across the Field 18 Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Charles M. Miller, MD (2014) Surgery-Liver & Pancreas Transplant, MC7054 Cleveland Clinic Foundation 757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 8501 OPTN/UNOS Corner 21 9500 Euclid Avenue, Mail Code A-110 Los Angeles, CA 90095-9574 Cleveland, OH 44195 310-267-9612 216-445-2381 [email protected] NLDAC 22 [email protected] James F. Markmann, MD, PhD (2016) Treasurer ODTA 23 Division of Transplantation Timothy L. Pruett, MD (2015) 55 Fruit Street, 503 White Building 2013 ATC: University of Minnesota Boston, MA 02114 Department of Surgery Success in Seattle 25 617-643-4533 420 Delaware Street, SE MMC 195 [email protected] Minneapolis, MN 55455 Corporate Contributors 29 612-626-7282 Mark D. Stegall, MD (2016) [email protected] Mayo Clinic 200 First Street, SW Foundation Contributors 30 Councilors-At-Large Rochester, MN 55905 Marwan S. Abouljoud, MD (2014) 507-266-2812 Calendar 31 Henry Ford Hospital [email protected] 2799 W. Grand Boulevard New Members 32 Division of Transplant Surgery National Office Detroit, MI 48202 Kimberly A. Gifford, MBA 313-916-2941 Executive Director/CEO [email protected] 2461 South Clark Street, Suite 640 Arlington, VA 22202 Sandy Feng, MD (2014) 703-414-7870 University of California - San Francisco [email protected] www.ASTS.org Department of Surgery 2 Chimera Summer 2013 www.ASTS.org Published for Members of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Passing the Summer 2013 Editor’s Letter Gavel Anniversary Welcome to the summer issue of the Chimera—my first as Chair of the ASTS Communi- cations Committee. I’m pleased to have this opportunity to continue the work my prede- cessor Ken Chavin began with the new website and adding member-focused features to We aim to be the authoritative resource in the fields of organ and cell the Chimera. My goal is to continue making this a member magazine you eagerly antici- transplantation by representing our members and their patients, as we advocate for comprehensive and innovative solutions to their needs. pate and enjoy reading, and I welcome your thoughts and suggestions. –ASTS Vision In this issue, you’ll find a recap of the 2013 American Transplant Congress held in Se- About the Cover attle this past May (page 25), as well as news from the Council meeting held in conjunc- Outgoing ASTS President tion with ATC (page 5). Details about the new Fellowship Training Strategic Plan are Kim M. Olthoff, MD (right) on page 13. In addition to featuring the National Living Donor Assistance Center (page 22) and news from UNOS/OPTN (page 21), this issue marks the Organ Donation and passed the gavel to incoming Transplant Alliance’s debut (page 23). President Alan N. Langnas, DO, at the ASTS Business And, of course, if you haven’t been to the new website yet, please take a look and let me Meeting on Tuesday, May 21, know what you think. We are in the process of making adjustments and adding content in Seattle, Washington. and would appreciate any suggestions you have. Stay connected! If you have a photograph Sander S. Florman, MD you would like displayed on the cover of Chimera, please email it, along with a brief description, to Be Part of the The American Society 1974 of Transplant Surgeons 2014 Diane Mossholder, Celebration! Communications Manager, at ASTS turns 40 next year, [email protected]. and to commemorate this milestone, a workgroup led by the ASTS Historian Thomas G. Peters, MD, is compiling a companion publication to the History of the ASTS – 20th Anniversary book that will be ready for the World Transplant Congress in July 2014. Planning is also underway for a Published by the American Society of gala event at the 2014 Winter Symposium, Transplant Surgeons which will feature a photo wall representing the past 20 years. Sander S. Florman, MD Chair, Communications Committee We need your help finding photos from the [email protected] past 20 years for both the anniversary book and the gala photo wall. If you have any Diane L. Mossholder photos or remembrances of members from ASTS Communications Manager Chimera Managing Editor the past 20 years, please send them to [email protected] [email protected]. If you have photos you wish to mail, please send them to the Karol A. Keane ASTS National Office Design & Communications, Inc. attn: Diane Mossholder www.keanedesign.com 2461 S. Clark St., Suite 640 Arlington, VA 22202. © Copyright 2013 American Society of Transplant Surgeons. Original photos will be scanned and All rights reserved. returned to submitters. www.ASTS.org Chimera Summer 2013 3 President’s Letter Alan Langnas, MD Change and Challenge Change is one of the inevitabilities of Under the guidance of our Immediate life. For many of us change represents Past President, Kim Olthoff, our opportunity, while for others anxiety program directors met last year to lay and fear. Today more than ever we the groundwork for a five-year strategic must embrace the process of change as plan to overhaul our fellowship training much as its possible outcomes. I would programs, and I intend to ensure we keep suggest that for all of us change is usually moving forward with that plan. accompanied by challenge, and that is where we find ourselves as a Society We’re also going a step further, today. implementing a strategic planning process for ASTS as a whole. The Council will The field of transplantation has be meeting in New York this month to undergone dramatic transformation discuss the issues facing our Society and since our founding in 1974, and we can the entire field of transplantation today expect more in the future. Our field has and the role of the Society in tackling expanded to new countries around the Many changes these issues. We will map out a series globe and now encompasses not just of goals and milestones that will ensure abdominal and cardiothoracic organs but and challenges lie we continue to adapt to our changing also vascularized composite allografts. environment and thrive. Tissue engineering, genomics, and ahead, but the ASTS proteomics are also potential sources But even in the midst of change, some of major change for transplantation, to leadership is making things must remain the same: our mission name a few. Quality improvement has every effort to position as a Society to serve our members and gone from a buzzword to a systematic way train the next generation of transplant of doing business. the Society to meet surgeons, and our commitment to advancing the field through advocacy and As the field adjusts to a new healthcare them effectively and education. The process we are undergoing landscape, so do the skills and tools you will sharpen our focus on our mission need to operate effectively. That is why creatively. and core activities and better position us we offer the Leadership Development to meet our members’ needs. Program and this year launched the Advanced Leadership Development I couldn’t have chosen a more exciting Program. Our committees are also specific reporting designed to link pay time to be President of ASTS, and I hope continually working on helpful tools, to performance and implementation you are also excited by the changes that such as the Reimbursement Committee’s challenges within the Affordable Care lie ahead. I will keep you up to date in Professional Coding Guide and Major Act. Keeping up with the government my monthly email messages, and please Complicating Co-Morbidities Worksheet.