Special Session: Innovations in Biotechnology
ILTS selected 8 technologies and therapies to be presented in front of a specialist audience.
Expert panelists challenged each presentation and the audience were asked to vote for a winner in 3 categories:
- The most relevant innovation for your practice and outcomes today
- The most promising innovation for further development and the outcomes of tomorrow
- The most disruptive innovation
Participating Companies and Related Technologies:
Biom’up: Hemostasis
ERBE: Applicator
Integra: Ultrasonic Tissue Ablation System
Medistim: Quality Assessment
Novartis: Medicines in Liver Transplantation and Hepatology
Organ Assist: Organ Transplant Pathway
OrganOx: Preservation technology
SMICES: AI in graft quality assessment
Transmedics: Organ Care
Symposium Chair:
Mark Ghobrial, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States
Panelists:
Nancy Kwan Man, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
John Roberts, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
Marina Berenguer, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
Yaman Tokat, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Nazia Selzner, Toronto General Hospital Toronto, Canada
Key Facts:
Session Room: John Bassett Theatre
May 16, 2019, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM