School of Medicine faculty present new transplant research

Several School of Medicine faculty members figured prominently at the April International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation meeting, held this year in Philadelphia.

Vincent Armenti, professor of surgery in the abdominal organ transplant program and principal investigator of the National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry, delivered the symposium “Pregnancy Post-Transplant.” And Arun Singhal, assistant professor of surgery, moderated the session “Extending the Donor Heart.” Both faculty members also presented research findings at the conference.

Temple research presented at the conference:

Oral session: “Potential Suitability for Transplantation of Hearts from Human Non-Heart Beating Donors: Data Review from the Gift of Life Donor Program,” by Arun Singhal, Jun Mohara, Carol Fisher, Satoshi Furukawa and Bruce Goldman of the cardiac and thoracic surgery, pathology and laboratory medicine department, with colleagues from the Gift of Life Donor program.

Poster: “Pregnancy Outcomes in Female Lung Transplant Recipients,” by Lisa Coscia, Carolyn McGrory and Vincent Armenti of the surgery department, with colleagues from the Drexel University College of Medicine.

Mini oral session: “Effects of sensitization in LVAD recipients following heart transplantation,” by Mahender Macha, John Gaughan, Daniel Beltramo, Arun Singhal, James McClurken and Satoshi Furukawa of the cardiothoracic surgery and physiology department.

Poster: “Factors affecting survival post heart transplantation: Comparison of pre- and post-1999 listing protocols,” by Alfred A. Bove, R.C. Cross, Mohammed Kashem, Satoshi Furukawa, James McClurken and G.O. Berman of the cardiology department.

Mini oral session: “Local delivery of AIF-1 to rat carotid arteries increases restenosis, local G-CSF expression, and contributes to recruitment of bone marrow-derived cells,” by Sheri Kelemen, Chen Xing, Alexis Agelan and Michael Autieri of Temple’s Cardiovascular Research Center.

Poster: “Expression and anti-proliferative effects of interleukin-19 in allografted hearts and cultured smooth muscle cells,” Sheri Kelemen, Bruce Goldman and Michael Autieri of the Cardiovascular Research Center.