The American Transplant Congress (ATC) is the annual international meeting for the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS). Heart transplant physician researchers from the Center for Advanced Heart and Lung Disease at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas (Baylor Dallas) played a prominent role in ATC 2024, which was held in early June in Philadelphia, PA.
J. Sebastian Danobeitia, MD, PhD, has joined the medical staff at Baylor Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute. An abdominal transplant surgeon specializing in liver, kidney, pancreas and islet transplantation, Dr. Danobeitia is part of the transplant team at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, part of Baylor Scott & White Health.
For patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, getting a preemptive kidney transplant may lead to a longer and healthier life. A preemptive kidney transplant is when a patient receives a new kidney before he or she needs to go on dialysis.
Eric Martinez, MD, a fellowship-trained, multi-organ abdominal transplant surgeon, has been named surgical director of kidney and pancreas transplant at Baylor University Medical Center (Baylor Dallas), part of Baylor Scott & White Health. He is fluent in both English and Spanish.
Sumeet Asrani, MD, MSc, has been promoted to chief of hepatology and liver transplantation, Baylor Scott & White Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute. Dr. Asrani has served as the medical director of the Center for Advanced Liver Disease since 2016. In addition, he has provided clinical care at both Baylor University Medical Center (Baylor Dallas), part of Baylor Scott & White Health, and Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Waxahachie.
