Pre-Congress Courses

Course directors: Laurens Ceulemans, Joshua Weiner

• Intestinal reconstructive surgery – Ruy Cruz, USA
• Indications for visceral transplantation –Jennifer Garcia, USA                     
• Interventional radiology before and after visceral transplantation – TBD
• Donor selection, procurement and preservation – Irum Amin, UK         
• Intestinal Transplantation: surgical technique – Masato Fujiki, USA          
• Multivisceral transplantation: patient selection and technique – Jacques Pirenne, Belgium
• Immunosuppression after visceral transplantation – Joshua Weiner, USA
• Early management after visceral transplantation – Tim Vanuytsel, Belgium
• Late complications & post-transplant management of the visceral transplant recipient – Charlotte Rutter, UK

Course directors: Simon Lal, Mattias Soop

• Introduction and case presentation – Simon Lal, UK & Mattias Soop, Sweden
• Pathophysiology of different types of short bowel syndrome: implications for oral fluids & diet – Tim Vanuytsel, Belgium
• Medications in short bowel syndrome – Simon Lal, UK
• Central venous access and intravenous support. – Arun Abraham, UK
• Management of central venous access devices and their complications – TBD
• Chyme reinfusion: Roles in short bowel syndrome – Ian Bissett, New Zealand
• Surgical reconstruction – Mattias Soop, Sweden
• Peptide therapy – Tim Vanuytsel, Belgium
• Indications and timing of intestinal transplantation – TBD

Course director: Tomoaki Kato
Chairs: Gerard Dijkstra, Syed-Mohammed R Jafri

• Basics of intestinal graft immunology – Alexander Kroemer, USA
• Understanding the Hurdles and Tackling the Challenges of Intestinal graft Preservation – Liara Gonzalez, USA
• Immunological Tolerance in Intestinal Transplantation: The Chimeric Connection – Maria Virginia Gentilini, Argentina
• Immunogenomics and its application in transplantation – Jianing Fu, USA
• How to set up a large animal model – Francisco Hernandez, Spain          
• The small animal model: possibilities and limitations – Pablo Stringa, Argentina      
• Intestinal organoid technology from basic to pre-clinical research – Eiji Kobayashi, Japan

Course directors: Beverly Kosmach-Park, Karin Edlund

• The only time I back off, is before I leap: a patient story – Inéz Norberg-Delgado, Sweden
• Person Centered Care with the goal to achieve Self-management – Anna Forsberg, Sweden
• Nursing care of adults with chronic intestinal failure: Focus on home parenteral support and intravenous access – Sophie Vrang, Ingela Johansson, Sweden
• Family centered care in the pediatric team – Christina Belza, Canada
• 20 years of visceral transplantation: A physiotherapist´s perspective on family-centred rehabilitation – Jemma Mears, UK
• Self-management skill development: Supporting our patients – Anna Forsberg, Sweden
• Nutritional evaluation in intestinal care: Tools and follow-up – Kirstine Farrer, UK
• Home parenteral support: Educational strategies for patients and children – Anna-Carin Gullander, Lisen Andersson, Sweden
• Home parenteral support: Care issues for adult patients – Viktoria Westerlund, Sophie Vrang, Ingela Johansson, Sweden
• Clinical dilemmas: The high output stoma – Eva Carlsson & Anna Bjerklund, Sweden
• Transition: Bridging the gap – Beverly Kosmach-Park, USA, Karin Edlund, Sweden

Round table discussions – Christina Belza, Canada, Anna Brantmark, Sweden