Key Dates
6 May 2008
Notification of Acceptances
26 May 2008
Early Registration Cut-off Date
9 June 2008
Late breaking Abstract Submission Date
2 July 2008
Pre & Post Congress Tours
2 July 2008
Social Program Bookings
2 July 2008
Congress Day Tours
9 July 2008
Accommodation Bookings
9 July 2008
Accommodation Deposit deadline
9-10 August 2008
Postgraduate Weekend Courses
10-14 August 2008
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With thanks to
Dr. Christian P. Larsen, MD, DPhil
Dr. Larsen is an expert in transplantation surgery, immunology and immunotherapy. With the aid of significant grant funding, his research with colleagues in the Emory Transplant Center works to establish true immune tolerance among transplant recipients. This research strives to free patients from the toxic side effects of daily immunosuppressant medicines and achieve permanent, long-term acceptance of organs.
Dr. Larsen graduated from the Emory University School of Medicine and completed his training in general surgery at this institution. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Transplantation Immunology in the Nuffield Department of Surgery in Oxford, England being mentored by Professor Sir Peter Morris and Dr. John Austin. Upon completion of his training, he joined the faculty in the Department of Surgery here at Emory in 1991. He is currently the Carlos and Marguerite Mason Professor of Surgery and Director of the Emory Transplant Center, the largest and most comprehensive transplant center in Georgia.
Dr David H. Sachs, M.D.
David H. Sachs was born on January 10, 1942 in New York City, New York.
He graduated from Harvard College in 1963, Summa Cum Laude, with an A.B. in Chemistry. In 1964 he received a Diplome d'Etudes Superieures de Sciences in organic chemistry from the University of Paris, where he studied as a Fulbright fellow. In 1968 he received an M.D., Magna Cum Laude, from Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Sachs is currently the Director of the Transplantation Biology Research Center, MGH and Professor of Surgery and Immunology, HMS. His research achievements include:
- discovery of Ia (Class II) antigens in 1973;
- development of monoclonal anti-bodies to MHC antigens;
- development of a unique large animal model for transplantation using miniature swine;
- use of mixed marrow reconstitution as a means of inducing specific transplantation tolerance; and
- studies of specific transplantation tolerance to allografts and xenografts in animal models and in the clinic.
Dr. Sachs is an Editor of Transplantation and the founding Editor of Xenotransplantation. He was a Councilor of the Transplantation Society from 1988-1994 and from 1998-2002 and Vice-President from 2002-2006. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 1996. Among his awards are the Jean Borel Award in Transplantation in 1998, the Roche Roche AST Distinguished Achievement Award in 2005 and an honorary degree from the University of Nantes in 2006.
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