International Organ Protection Symposium: The fusion of engineering and medicine

摘要

cqvip:The International Organ Protection Symposium was held in Toronto,Canada on May 15–16,2019.This symposium focused on the fusion of engineering and medicine,bringing together experts in organ transplantation,organ repair,artificial organs,precision medicine,automation,micro and nanotechnologies.This letter highlights some of the innovative and impactful presentations in this symposium.Dr.Mitesh Badiwala,Director of Heart Transplantation Program at University Health Network,gave a speech of“Cardiac transplant advances in donation after circulatory death”.Dr.Badiwala introduced the history of heart transplantation and the donor organ shortage crisis.He pointed out that ex-situ heart perfusion allows the resuscitation of donation after circulatory death and expand organ pool.He reviewed the contemporary heart transplant research after circulatory death and shared his experience.At the end of his speech he showed the current challenges and future directions in heart donation after circulatory death.