Thank you for joining us at the 2026 International Congress of ILTS. You can view our ILTS symposium, abstracts, posters and additional product information below.
Symposium*
*The symposium recording will be available after the conference.
The Future of Machine Perfusion: Combining Strategies, Optimizing Care, and Expanding Possibilities
Moderator: Gonzalo Sapisochin MD, PhD, MSc Cap de Servei | Jefe de Servicio
Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo | Trasplante Hepático
Chief of Department Department of General and Abdominal Surgery | Liver Transplantation
Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron, Barcelona
Location: Palexpo Convention Centre 1, Room K Date/Time: May 7, 2026 | 12:45 – 13:45
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Speaker Topics
Combination Strategies for Machine Perfusion
Speaker: Damiano Patrono, MD, PhD, AOU Citta della Salute e della Scienza, Torino
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Pediatric and Adult Optimization Strategies for Machine Perfusion
Speaker: Rebeca Mateos, MD, University Hospitals Birmingham
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Viability and Future Opportunities for Machine Perfusion
Speaker: Andrea Schlegel, MD, MBA, Cleveland Clinic Ohio
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Oral Presentations
Late Breaking Presentation:
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Establishing Global Benchmark Standards for Pediatric Liver Transplantation: An International Multicenter Study
Session Title: Concurrent Oral Session 16: Late-Breaking Abstracts
Location: Hall A | Date/Time: Saturday, May 9, 10:30 – 11:45
Presenter: Sapana Verma, MD
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Donor Serum FMN Reflects Mitochondrial Injury and Predicts Outcomes After Liver Transplantation: A Metabolic Donor Signature of Graft Quality
Session Title: Concurrent Oral Session 4: Selection Criteria, Patient Selection, and Organ Allocation
Location: Room G | Date/Time: Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 13:45 – 15:00
Presenter: Fatma Selin Yildirim, MD, Cleveland Clinic
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A Donor Risk Factor-Inclusive Machine Learning Equation for Predicting Cholangiocarcinoma Recurrence After Liver Transplantation
Session Title: Concurrent Session 13 : Comorbidities and Liver Transplantation Outcomes II
Location: Room E | Date/Time: Friday, May 8, 2026 from 14:45 – 16:00
Presenter: Laura Batista de Oliveira, MD, Cleveland Clinic
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Prolonged HOPE Preserves Mitochondrial Function and Enables Logistical Flexibility in Liver Transplantation
Session Title: Concurrent Oral Session 5: Basic Science, Translational Research, and Tolerance Induction 1
Location: Room E | Date/Time: Thursday, May 7, 2026 15:15 – 16:30
Presenter: Omer Faruk Karakaya, MD, Cleveland Clinic
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Extended Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion in Paediatric Partial Liver Grafts: A Bicentric UK Experience
Session Title: Plenary Abstract Session 2
Location: Hall A | Date/Time: Saturday, May 9, 8:00 – 9:15
Presenter: Alba Bueno, MD, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
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Perfusate Microbiology Before and After Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion: A Missing Piece in Graft Assessment
Session Title: Concurrent Oral Session 7: Immunosuppression and Infection
Location: Room E | Date/Time: Friday, May 8, 10:45 – 12:00
Presenter: Marco Pascale, MD, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli
Poster Presentations
Poster Viewing from Wednesday, May 6 to Saturday, May 9, 2026
Late Breaking Presentation:
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Sequential Normothermic Regional Perfusion and Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion in Liver Grafts from Donors
After Circulatory Death Can Protect Against Ischemic Cholangiopathy
Poster Number: 984
Presenter: Sergio Cortese, MD, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid
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Poster Title: Perfusate-Derived Biochemical Markers During Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion Predict Early Allograft Dysfunction After Liver Transplantations
Poster Number: 594
Presenter: Marco Pascale, MD, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli
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Poster Title: Preliminary Single-Center Experience with Hypothermic Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplantation Using Extended-Criteria Donors
Poster Number: 627
Presenter: Óscar Caso, MD, from Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid
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Poster Title: Three Years of Experience in the Use of HOPE in a Single Center
Poster Number: 903
Presenter: Dora Gomez Pasantes, MD, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruna
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Poster Title: Recovering the Discarded Livers Using HOPE
Poster Number: 734
Presenter: Mireia Caralt, MD, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron
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Poster Title: Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion (HOPE) Expands Donor Acceptance Criteria with Optimal Outcomes: A Multicenter Matched-Cohort Study
Poster Number: 587
Presenter: Lluis Secanella, MD, Hopsital Universitario de Bellvitge
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Poster Title: Impact of HOPE on Very Old Dcd (>70 Years) Livers: Insights from a Belgian Bi-Centeric Experience
Poster Number: 493
Presenter: Maxime Foguenne, MD, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels. Saint-Luc, Brussels
