84 - Exploring Viral Infections in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation Through a New Lens

Speaker(s)

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  Sharon F. Chen, MD

  Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
  Stanford University Medical Center
  Stanford, California

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Ravi Jhaveri, MD

  Professor of Pediatrics
  Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  Chicago, Illinois

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Klara Posfay-Barbe, MD, MS

  Head of General Pediatrics and Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Médicine, University of Geneva
  Geneva, Switzerland

  Disclosure: MSD : Advisor or Review Panel member (Status: Ongoing); Pfizer : Advisor or Review Panel member (Status: Ongoing)

Learning Objectives:

• list new features and nuances to cytomegalovirus, epstein barr virus and adenovirus infection in pediatric solid organ recipients
• explain the clinical management and challenges of Hepatitis B infection in both the transplant donor and recipient and the use of Hepatitis C positive donors in negative recipients in pediatrics.
• identify prevention strategies focused on live viral vaccination before and after pediatric solid organ transplantation.

Presentations:

• 2:45pm – 4:00pm EDT

  A Tale of Three Viruses: What Is New in CMV, EBV and Adenovirus Infection in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
  Sharon F. F. Chen, MD – Stanford University Medical Center
• 2:45pm – 4:00pm EDT

  The Time Has Come: Bringing Live Viral Vaccination into the Post-transplant Period in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation
  Klara M. Posfay-Barbe, MD, MS – University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Médicine, University of Geneva
• 2:45pm – 4:00pm EDT

  What's a Little Hepatitis: Transplanting When Hepatitis B and C Are Present in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation
  Ravi Jhaveri, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago