The IPTA Pioneer in Transplantation Award acknowledges individuals who are recognized by their peers as leading pioneering research or clinical initiatives in the field of pediatric transplantation. They are influential, ground-breaking, and at the forefront of pediatric transplantation.
S. Adibul Hasan Rizvi
Professor, Urology & Transplantation Director, SIUT (Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation)
2023 Recipient
Lifetime Achievement Award
Recognizes an IPTA member who has made outstanding contributions to the field of pediatric transplantation over the course of their career.
Burkhard Tönshoff
Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology Vice Chairman, Department of Pediatrics | University of Heidelberg (General Pediatrics, Neuropediatrics, Metabolism, Gastroenterology, Nephrology) University Children’s Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
2023 Recipient
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Distinguished Allied Health and Nursing Professionals Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize an Allied Health and Nursing Professional member who has rendered years of faithful service to the Society and/or who has made a significant contribution to pediatric transplantation.
Anna Gold
PhD., C.Psych. The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
2023 Recipient
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Future Leaders Career Development Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize future investigators who show leadership promises, encourage them in their careers in pediatric transplantation.
Amy Gallo
Assistant Professor, Surgery Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA
2023 Recipient
Julien Hogan
Professor of Pediatrics | Chief, Division of Pediatric Nephrology Hopital Robert Debre, APHP, Paris, France Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
2023 Recipient
Thozama Siyotula
Paediatric Surgeon, Division of Paediatric Surgery Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Cape Town, South Africa
2023 Recipient
IPTA Congress Scientific Award Winners
Richard Issitt
United Kingdom
Use of immunoadsorption in an ex vivo laboratory setting to provide a potential intraoperative desensitisation methodology for paediatric cardiothoracic transplantation
Evaluation of the implementation of a ‘paediatric feasibility assessment for transplantation’ (pFAT) form in children and adolescents at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH), Cape Town, SA
Graft loss due to isolated Angio-invasive Aspergillosis of Kidney Allograft following Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Neonatal En-bloc kidney after Uncontrolled Circulatory Determination of Death
Adherence and medical outcomes, in adolescents/young adults following pediatric kidney transplantation: a transition experience between two public tertiary hospitals in Argentina
Epstein-Barr virus-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders in pediatric transplantation: A prospective multicenter study in the United States
IPTA-ESOT Award for Best Abstract in Pediatric Transplantation
Luz Yadira Bravo Gallego
Spain
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 in paediatric transplant recipients: an international retrospective study of the European reference network on transplantation in children (ERN-TransplantChild)