September 2022

Your current ASHI Membership will expire on December 31, 2022. Log-in to your account on the ASHI website to renew today for the 2023 year!

Your membership benefits include: 

• Online subscription to the ASHI Quarterly and ASHI’s bimonthly e-newsletter, ASHI Insights. 
• Access to free CE credits through the ASHI Quarterly quiz. 
• Discounted registration fees for ASHI’s Annual Meeting and Educational Workshops. 
• Free access to ASHI University where you can earn free CE credits. 
• Eligibility to apply for and receive a travel award. 
• And much more! 

Please be advised that our membership pricing and categories for the 2023 year have changed. Click here to learn more. 

A message from the 2022 ASHI Annual Meeting Keynote speaker, Pere Santamaria, MD, PhD, Professor.

The Asian Transplantation Week 2022 (ATW 2022) will be held on Thursday, November 17 through Saturday, November 19, 2022 at the Conrad Seoul Hotel in Korea. Under the theme “Dream Bigger: Moving to the Next Level of Asian Transplantation” the ATW 2022 Organizing Committee is preparing an exciting scientific program including Plenary Sessions, Special Sessions, Postgraduate Courses, and Concurrent Symposiums. ATW 2022 will cover hot topics and the latest findings in the various fields of transplantation and offer all participants with the chance to not only hear renowned speakers and delegates, but also share their thoughts and ideas with the community. Register Today

The deadline to submit applications for the ISHLT/Enduring Hearts Pediatric Heart Transplantation Innovation Challenge Award has been extended to September 30th!

This $30,000 USD award will fund one year of research that focuses on improving outcomes for pediatric patients who undergo heart transplantation, particularly:

• Reducing/eliminating rejection and/or cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) through innovative management of children/adolescents waiting for, and immediately after receiving, a heart transplant.
• Innovations and/or new technologies for early detection and/or treatment of rejection and/or CAV applicable to children and adolescents.

Consider submitting an application or spreading the word to your colleagues that there is still time to apply! The award is designed to support researchers at academic institutions who are

active members of ISHLT, and the selected recipient will be recognized at the ISHLT Annual Meeting. Research must commence on January 1, 2023 and conclude by December 31, 2023. 

ASHI has continued its fierce advocacy to prevent regulation of LDTs used in support of transplantation shifting from CMS to the FDA as proposed by the Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act. You will recall that the proponents of the VALID Act are attempting to include this bill into the broader FDA user fee reauthorization legislation, which Congress must pass by September 30, 2022. As overviewed in the last edition of ASHI on the Hill, the Congressional committees with jurisdiction over the FDA user fee reauthorization legislation and the VALID Act are the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Read More

HT-1 Survey

The HT-1 survey is scheduled to ship on Tuesday, September 13, 2022.

2022 AC-1 Report

The AC-1 report was released in late August and is available in the ASHI PT Lab Center.

2022 VXM-1 Challenge

Results submitted for the optional, educational Virtual Crossmatch (VXM-1) Challenge are being reviewed. Analysis of the data will be provided once available.

Final 2022 Shipments

• EMO-2 shipment: Tuesday, October 11, 2022
• AC-2 shipment: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 (the week of the ASHI Annual Meeting)

ASHI & the ACHI would like to congratulate the following laboratories for launching Director Training Fellowship Programs in the past year:

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

under the direction of Dr. Mohamed Elrefaei

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center

under the direction of Dr. Moheeb Al Awwami 

"I'm looking forward to being able to use my experience and knowledge in a more fulfilling way."

Check out our featured Tech on the Move, Runying Tian! View Now

Are you a technologist that has recently accepted a new job opportunity? Click here to answer a few short questions about your new position and we will feature you in the next ASHI News issue!

"I find it gratifying to contribute, even if only indirectly, to patient welfare."

Check out our featured member spotlight, Dr. Neil S. Greenspan! 

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