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Workshop State of Art Scientific Session Abstract Session Lunch Symposium Coffee break/
Exhibition
Other Consensus
Day 2: November 13 (Thursday)
12:30 PM

01:30 PM

 Opening Ceremony HALL A + HALL B
Patron of the Congress: Mostafa Madbouly (Prime Minister of Egypt)
Khaled Abdel Ghaffar (Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Health and Population)
Mohamed Ayman Ashour (Minister of Higher Education)
Honorary presidents DLE 2025

(Alphabetical)

International:

John Fung (University of Chicago, USA)

Dieter Broering (KFSHRC, KSA)

Kareem Abu-Elmagd (Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA)

Mark Ghobrial (Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA)

Medhat Askar (Baylor University, USA)

Mehmet Haberal (Başkent University, Turkey)

Osama Gaber (Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA)

National:

Alaa Elhadad (Cairo University, Egypt)

Gamal Saadi (Cairo University, Egypt)

Hanaa Elkaraksy (Cairo University, Egypt)

Fatina Fadel (Cairo University, Egypt)

Mahmoud El-Meteini, (Ain Shams University, Egypt)

May Hassaballa (Cairo University, Egypt)

Magda El-Monayeri (Ain Shams University, Egypt)

Mohamed Sobh (Mansoura University, Egypt)

Mohammed Hany Hafiz (Cairo University, Egypt)

Mostafa El Shazly (Cairo University, Egypt)

Rasha Refai (Helwan University, Egypt)

Refaat Kamel (Ain Shams University, Egypt)

Tarek Ibrahim (Menoufia University, Egypt)

01:30 PM

02:00 PM

 State of Art Lecture (4) HALL A + HALL B
Chairpersons
(Alphabetical)
Ahmed Elsabbagh (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
John Fung (University of Chicago, USA)
Medhat Askar (Baylor University, USA)
01:30 PM
02:00 PM
Matching Theory and Medicine: From Kidney Exchange to Global Health
Alvin Roth (Stanford University, USA)
02:00 PM

03:30 PM

Session 1

(Plenary Session: One World, One Standard: The Global Call to Action)

HALL A + HALL B
Chairpersons
(Alphabetical)
Abhinav Humar (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Ahmed Elgendi (Alexandria University, Egypt)
Gamal Esmat (Cairo University, Egypt)
Nadey Hakim (Cleveland Clinic London, UK)
02:00 PM
02:20 PM
Global Minimal Standards for Transplant Programs: A Pathway to Universal Access & Democratizing Excellence
Medhat Askar (Baylor University, USA)
02:20 PM
02:40 PM
Shaping the Dialogue on Incentives in Organ Donation: Opportunities and Challenges
Thomas Müller (University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland)
02:40 PM
03:00 PM
Lessons Learned from the US Organ Distribution System: Starting with the End in Mind

Osama Gaber (Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA)

03:00 PM
03:15 PM
Building Sustainable Decreased Donation Program: UAE, Regional & Global Prospective

Ali Alobaidli (Chairman of UAE National transplant committee, UAE)

03:15 PM
03:30 PM
Global Bridges: Building Transplant Capacity Through Knowledge Exchange and Shared Experience

Eyüp Kahveci (Turkish Transplant Foundation, Turkey)

03:30 PM

04:30 PM

 Lunch Symposium HALL C + HALL D + HALL E
04:30 PM

06:00 PM

Session 2

(A Joint Session with King Faisal Hospital: Minimally Invasive Frontiers in Organ Transplantation)

HALL A
Chairpersons
(Alphabetical)
Ahmed Abdelraouf (Mansoura University, Egypt)
Ahmed Nabil (Cairo University, Egypt)
Ashwin Rammohan (Rela Hospital, Chennai, India)
Volkan Ince (İnönü University, Malatya, Turkey)
04:30 PM
04:50 PM
Enhanced Recovery Pathways in Solid Organ Transplantation: The Road Less Travelled
Ahmed Elsabbagh (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
04:50 PM
05:10 PM
Fully Robotic Living Donor Liver Transplantation (Donor and Recipient)
Dieter Broering (KFSHRC, KSA)
05:10 PM
05:30 PM
International Recommendations from the Minimally Invasive Organ Transplant Consensus Conference (MIOT.cc) 2024
Dimitri A. Raptis (KFSHRC, KSA)
05:30 PM
05:50 PM
The Robotic Revolution: Safer, Smarter Kidney Transplantation
Mohammed Eltamimy (Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA)
05:50 PM
06:00 PM
Discussion
04:30 PM

06:00 PM

Session 3

(Kidney Transplant: Multidisciplinary Approaches in Kidney Transplantation : From Genetics to Patient Care)

HALL B
Chairpersons
(Alphabetical)
Ghada El Kanishy (Mansoura University, Egypt)

Martin Mai (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)

Yasser Abdelhamid (Cairo University, Egypt)

04:30 PM
04:45 PM
From Genes to Grafts: Timing Genetic Testing in Kidney Transplantation
Ahmed El Korai (Alexandria University, Egypt)
04:45 PM
05:00 PM
Two Minds, One Mission: Bridging to Transplant in Acute Liver Failure
Rasha Darwish (Cairo University, Egypt)
05:00 PM
05:15 PM
PRAKI and Women’s Access to Transplantation: Insights from the Egyptian Experience and Comparisons with Global Data
Rasha Samir (Mansoura University, Egypt)
05:15 PM
05:30 PM
Psychosocial Dimensions of Kidney Transplantation: Patient-Centered Care
Radwa Said Abdelazim (Cairo University, Egypt)
05:30 PM
05:45 PM
Dialysis Vintage Before Kidney Transplant: How Long is Too Long?
Emad Magdy (Mansoura University, Egypt)
05:45 PM
06:00 PM
Discussion
06:00 PM

07:30 PM

Session 4

Liver Transplant: Liver Cancer at the Crossroads: Precision Technologies Shaping the Future of Treatment

HALL A
Chairpersons
(Alphabetical)
Amr Helmy (Menoufia University, Egypt)

Ashraf Omar (Cairo University, Egypt)

Juan Francisco Guerra (University of Virginia, USA)

Omar Abdelaziz (Cairo University, Egypt)

06:00 PM
06:20 PM
Keynote Lecture: Transplant Oncology: Redefining Indications Beyond Tumor Size

Mark Ghobrial (Methodist Hospital, Houston USA)

06:20 PM
06:35 PM
Bridging the Gap: Novel Neoadjuvant Therapies and Liver Transplantation for Challenging Liver Cancers

Kunlin Xie (West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China)

06:35 PM
06:50 PM
Downstaging HCC: Locoregional Therapies as a Bridge to Liver Transplant

Mohammed Sahker (Ain Shams University, Egypt)

06:50 PM
07:05 PM
After the Cure: Surveillance Strategies for HCC Recurrence Post-Transplant

Daniel Maluf (University of Maryland, USA)

07:05 PM
07:20 PM
From Biopsy to Transplant: AI Innovations in Liver Oncology

Mohammad Alexanderani (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

07:20 PM
07:30 PM
Discussion
06:00 PM

07:30 PM

Session 5

Intestine Transplant: Restoring Gut Function: Advances in Intestinal Failure and Transplant

HALL B
Chairpersons
(Alphabetical)
Kareem Abu-Elmagd (Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA)

Manal Abdelgawad (Alexandria University, Egypt)

Yasmin Saad (Cairo University, Egypt)

Tharwat Kandil (Mansoura University, Egypt)

06:00 PM
06:20 PM
The Role of Endoscopy in Pediatric Intestinal Failure and Transplant Surveillance

Feras Alissa (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

06:20 PM
06:35 PM
From Vision to Reality: Building a Multivisceral Transplant Program

Ehab Abufarhaneh (KFSHRC, KSA)

06:35 PM
06:50 PM
Small Patients, Big Surgeries: Multivisceral Transplantation in Children

Alba Bueno (Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK)

06:50 PM
07:05 PM
Beyond the Graft: The Critical Role of Nutrition and the Gut Microbiome in Pediatric Transplant Success

Mamoun Elawad (Sidra Medicine, Qatar)

07:20 PM
07:30 PM
Discussion
07:30 PM

09:30 PM

 Opening Reception