Please join us at the following lunch symposium – Beyond Preservation: Redefining Liver Transplantation with Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion
Location: Room 820
Time: Friday, March 6, 2026
12:00 – 13:00
Presentation Topics
Clinical Outcomes & Practical Implementation
Bridge to HOPE: Translating Evidence into Contemporary U.S. Practice
Speaker: David Foley, MD, University of Wisconsin
Mitochondrial Biomarkers & Metabolic Intelligence
From Physiology to Decision-Making: Biomarker-Guided Hypothermic Perfusion
Speaker: Andrea Schlegel, MD, MBA, Cleveland Clinic
Economics & Program Sustainability
Machine Perfusion and Value-Based Transplantation
Speaker: David Axelrod, MD, University Hospital of Cleveland
Presentations, Abstracts and Posters
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Late Breaker: Impact of Machine Perfusion on Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Liver Transplantation: A Donor Age-Stratified Analysis, Marco Maria Pascale, Francesco Frongillo, Giorgia Selvaggi, Giuseppe Bianco, Anna Caltabellotta, Erida Nure, Salvatore Agnes, Policlinico Universitario Fondazione Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy
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Late Breaker: Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplantation: A Game Changer for Middle-Volume Centers?, Marco Maria Pascale, Francesco Frongillo, Giorgia Selvaggi, Giuseppe Bianco, Anna Caltabellotta, Erida Nure, Salvatore Agnes, Policlinico Universitario Fondazione Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy
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Use of HOPE Machine Perfusion for Transplantation in Unusual Scenarios – A Case Report, Alba Bueno, Chris Neophytou, George Clarke, Keith Roberts, Khalid Sharif, Rebeca S. Mateos, Hector Vilca-Melendez, Liver Units, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion (HOPE) in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Preliminary Results, Ane Andrés, María Velayos, Javier Serradilla Rodríguez, Alba Sánchez-Galán, José Luis Encinas, Paula Burgos, Iñigo Velasco, Jorge Utanda, Esteban Frauca y Francisco Hernandez-Oliveros, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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HOPE for Hepatocellular Carcinoma – Recurrence Analysis in Patients Transplanted with Grafts Submitted to Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion, Maria João Amaral; Mariana Duque; Júlio Constantino; Pedro Oliveira; João Simões; Ricardo Martins; António Pinho; Emanuel Furtado; José Guilherme Tralhão; Dulce Diogo, Coimbra University Hospital Centre, Coimbra, Portugal
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The Impact of HOPE on Liver Transplantation for ACLF and ALF: A Promising Perspective, Pedro Pinto, Mariana Lobo, Andreia Matos, Pedro Oliveira, Dulce Diogo, José Tralhão; Coimbra University Hospital Centre, Coimbra, Portugal
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Results of Implementation of Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion (HOPE) for Human Liver Grafts before transplantation in a Tertiary Hospital, Andrea González De Godos, Francisco Javier Tejero Pintor, Martín Bailón Cuadrado, José Carlos Sarmentero Prieto, Pilar Pinto Fuentes, Enrique Asensio Diaz, Paloma Lourdes Rodríguez Vielba, Fernando Labarga Rodríguez, David Pacheco Sánchez, Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain
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HOPE for combined Heart and Liver Transplant, Mireia Caralt, José Andrés Molino, Jesús Quintero, Núria Montferrer, Joan Balcells, Cristina Padrós, Maria Margaret Mercadal, Raul Feline Abella,Ferran Gran, Ernest Hidalgo, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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HOPE for the hopeless grafts. Experience from a single center, Mireia Caralt, Laura Vidal, Sandra Torres, José Andrés Molino, Marta Martos, Piero Alberti, Cristina Dopazo, Concepción Gómez, Itxarone Bilbao, Ramon Charco, Ernest Hidalgo, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
Additional HOPE Material
Clinical Resource Library
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