SURG - Meeting the unmet need in pediatric liver transplantation: normothermic machine perfusion of pediatric donors - John Goss, MD (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX)
Meeting the unmet need in pediatric liver transplantation: Normothermic Machine Perfusion of pediatric donors
Led By
John Goss, MD
At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:
Number of children that do not receive pediatric liver transplantation annually
Methods used to increase pediatric liver allografts
Potential benefit of machine perfusion
About this presenter:
Dr. John Goss Professor & Chief, Division of Abdominal Transplantation Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Dr. John Goss specializes in adult and pediatric liver transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, and surgical management of liver tumors. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgery. Dr. Goss has performed many surgical "firsts" in Houston, including the first split liver adult and pediatric transplants, the first adult living donor liver transplant, the first dual organ lung-liver transplant, and the first dual organ heart-liver transplant.
