Program
University of Insubria School of Advanced Studies: School on Organ Transplantation, Como, Italy, May 27-29, 2026
Decision Making in a Complex Biological System: Schedule
Arrival | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
| Basics of Transplantation | Infectious Challenges in Transplantation and Ethics | New Challenges in Transplantation |
| 9:00-9:30 Welcome and Introduction: Jay Fishman/Paolo Grossi | 9:00-9:45 Infection in Transplantation Jay Fishman (USA) | 9:00-9:45 Bone Marrow Transplantation and CAR-T Cells: New Approaches Patrizia Comoli, Pavia |
| 9:30-10:00 Complexity & Chaos: Prof. Giulio Casati | 9:450-10:30 Measurement of Immune Function: Clinical Assays Martina Sester (Germany) | 9:45-10:15 Clinical Cases Maddalena Peghin (Varese) |
| 10:00-10:45 Organ Allocation Giuseppe Feltrin (Director of the CNT, Rome) | 10:30-11:00 Xenotransplantation and Infectious Risk Jay Fishman | 10:15-11:15 Cases from participants (Discussed by Grossi/Fishman o CMV o Bacterial (MDRO) o Fungal o COVID (or latest pandemic)
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| 10:45-11:30 Organ Preservation and Repair Joren Madsen (USA) | 10:45-11:15 Xenotransplantation Case: Clinical Case Cozzi/ Fishman | 11:15-11:45 Coffee |
| 11:30-12:00 Coffee | 11:00-11:30 Coffee | 11:45-12:15 Course Review |
| 12:00-12:45 Immunology of Graft Rejection Emanuele Cozzi (Padua) | 11:30-12:00 Donor Derived Infection Paolo Grossi (Varese) | 12:15 Lunch and Departure |
| 1:30-2:30 Lunch | 12:00-12:45 Tolerance in Transplantation Joren Madsen |
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| 2:30-3:00 Kidney and Liver Transplantation Salvatore Gruttadauria (UPMC Italy/ISMETT, Palermo) | 12:45-2:30- Lunch |
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| 3:00-3:30 Heart and Lung Transplantation Mauro Rinaldi (Torino) | 2:30-3:00 How to study viral infection: BK Virus Hans Hirsch (Switzerland) |
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| 3:30-4:00 Bowel Transplantation Michele Colledan (Bergamo) | 3:00-4:00 PTLD and Malignancy Umberto Maggiore (Parma)
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| 4:00-4:20 Coffee | 4:00-4:20 Coffee |
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| 4:20–4:50 Health Decisions: Cultural Sensitivity, Ethics and Education Alessandra Grossi (Varese) | 4:20-5:00 HCV in Transplantation Patrizia Burra (Padova) |
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| 4:50-5:30 Presumed Consent David Paredes (Barcelona) | 5:00-5:40 Respiratory viral infections Mike Ison (Bethesda, USA) |
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| 5:30-6:00 Transplantation in people living with HIV Jose M. Miro (Barcelona) |
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