Monday, November 13, 2000
5:30p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Richardson Lecture Hall D1.502
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

This program will introduce the histology and immunology of transplantation in general then focus on heart transplants.  

Speakers 

Transplantation of Solid Organs and Bone Marrow
Dr. Michael Bennett
Professor of Pathology

Heart Transplantation: Current Status and Future Trends
Dr. Dan Meyer
Associate Professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery




A light meal will be served before the evening's program.  A certificate of completion will be provided for purposes of professional development credit. Please check with your school district to determine if credit will be accepted for this event.

Related Links

1) NOVA: The Electric Heart: Welcome to the companion Web site to the NOVA program "Electric Heart," scheduled for broadcast on December 21st, 1999. The program tells the story of a handful of brilliant, obsessed surgeons and researchers who have pursued the target of a practical artificial heart for decades. Here's what you'll find online: Map of the Human Heart, Amazing Heart Facts, The Artificial Human, Pioneering Surgeon: O. H. Frazier, Operation: Heart Transplant (Hot Science), and Resources. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart

2) CardioXenotransplantation: What is it, history, safety issues, pigs vs. baboons, current research, and the future of cardiac xenotransplantation. http://biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BI108/BI108_1999_Groups/Cardioxeno_Team/intro.html

3) Transplantation: Official Journal of the Transplantation Society  http://www.transplantjournal.com/

4) Jon's Place - Heart Transplant: The Straight Story http://www.jonsplace.org/CHF_tx/CHFtransplant.htm

5) Heart Failure Webcast Program: http://www.prous.com/cme/aha99/webcast_new.html

6) The USC Center for Liver Disease: A Patient's Guide to Liver Transplant Surgery: Contains a Liver Transplant Surgery Tour, guide to medications, process of surgery before, during and after, and the donation process.  http://www.surgery.usc.edu/divisions/hep/patientguide/index.html

7) Kidney Directions:  Kidney Directions is full of information that may help point you in the direction of better kidney health. There's basic information about kidney disease - causes, symptoms, tests - along with ideas to help you maintain your health, a comprehensive presentation of treatment choices, and many links to further reading and online support. Throughout the site, Kidney Directions also offers personal insights from kidney patients and caregivers, as well as tips from healthcare professional guides. And, you can link to the glossary for medical term definitions. http://www.kidneydirections.com/journal/index.htm

8) United Network for Organ Sharing: To advance organ availability and transplantation by uniting and supporting its communities for the benefit of patients through education, technology and policy development. http://www.unos.org/

9) UTSWMC Information: What is Histocompatibility: http://www.swmed.edu/home_pages/ASHI/aboutashi/lay.htm

10) American Heart Association: Heart Transplants and Statistics: http://www.americanheart.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/htrans.html

Classroom Activities and Articles

1) American Heart Association: Article on Selection and Treatment of Candidates for Heart Transplant  http://www.americanheart.org/Scientific/statements/1995/24959999.html

2) UTSWMC Health Watch Article: Breathless:   Okay, you're out of breath and feel tired and worn out. Does that mean you're about to have a heart attack? http://www3.utsouthwestern.edu/library/consumer/breath.htm

3) UTSWMC News Release:  UTSW Researchers move closer to explaining cyclosporine-induced hypertension. http://irweb.swmed.edu/newspub/newsdetl.asp?story_id=249

4) UTSWMC News Release: Organ and Tissue Donation: A mother's tragedy offers life to others awaiting organ donations. http://www.swmed.edu/news/organ.htm

5) UTSWMC News Release: A family's journey: Need for a new heart and tissues touches a father and his children.  http://www.swmed.edu/news/organ97.htm

6) UTSWMC Article: The Gift Of The Golden Key: From tragedy and the kindness of strangers springs a rebirth of life for organ transplant recipients - a key to immortality.  http://www.swmed.edu/home_pages/publish/magazine/transplant.html

7) UTSWMC Health Watch Article: Sharing Sight:  Some transplants save lives. Others change lives.  http://www3.utsouthwestern.edu/library/consumer/sight.htm

8) UTSWMC Surgery Department: Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Read about UTSWMC's heart and lung transplant history and program from W. Steves Ring, M.D., professor and chairman of division. http://www.swmed.edu/home_pages/surgery/thoracic.htm

9) Heart Information Network - HEART NEWS:

Committee Approves Bill Overturning Organ Transplant Rules http://www.heartinfo.org/reutersnews/t101410f.htm 

Surviving a Change of Heart - Proteins May Predict Transplant Failure http://www.heartinfo.org/survivin.htm 

Left Ventricular Assist Devices May Become Permanent Alternatives to Heart Transplants http://www.heartinfo.org/news97/lvad6597.htm

Proteins May Help Body Accept Transplanted Organs http://www.heartinfo.org/news97/transorg8797.htm

Why New Transplanted Hearts Go Bad http://www.heartinfo.org/science/transplant71598.htm

10) Scientific American Article: Growing New Organs: Researchers have taken the first steps toward creating semisynthetic, living organs that can be used as human replacement parts.   wysiwyg://215/http://www.sciam.com/1999/0499issue/0499mooney.html

11) National Institute of Health: Snap Shots of Science and Medicine

Xenotransplants: Using Animal Organs To Save Human Lives http://science-education.nih.gov/snapshots.nsf/story?openform&rtn~xenotransplantsritn

Xenotransplants: Better Luck With Animal Cells http://science-education.nih.gov/snapshots.nsf/story?openform&rtn~SB_Xenotransplants_Better_Luck_With_Cells
 
How Xenotransplants Might Dodge Immune Defenses http://science-education.nih.gov/snapshots.nsf/story?openform&rtn~SB_Xenotransplants_Sidestep_Defenses

Viruses Pose Problems For Xenotransplantation http://science-education.nih.gov/snapshots.nsf/story?openform&rtn~SB_Xenotransplants_Viruses_Pose_Problems

Animal Parts: Learning the Tricks http://science-education.nih.gov/snapshots.nsf/story?openform&sod~xenotransplantssod

12) National Institute of Health: Snap Shots of Science and Medicine :  Xenotransplantation: Using Animal Organs To Save Human Lives:   Download the Premier Issue and Classroom Activities: http://science-education.nih.gov/newsnapshots/TOC_Xeno/toc_xeno.html

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