Registration:

Registration is mandatory. Registrations are open until Friday, June 2nd.

Click here to register for the seminar Lung Transplantation: similarities and differences between East and West, on June 8 2023.

Venue:

University of Antwerp - Campus Drie Eiken

Building D.R - Aula R2

Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk

Program:

17h00: Reception with drinks & bites

17h45: Introduction

dr. Wen Wen - Thoracic surgeon, Dpt of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital (Edegem, Belgium)

prof. dr. Jeroen Hendriks - Head of Dpt of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital (Edegem, Belgium)

dr. Veronique Verplancke - Transplant physician, Dpt of Pulmonology, Antwerp University Hospital (Edegem, Belgium)

18h00: Lung transplantation: The Chinese experience

prof. dr. Chen Jingyu - Thoracic surgeon, Head of Wuxi Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi People’s Hospital Affiliated with Nanjing Medical University (Wuxi, China) 

18h30: Nightmares in lung transplantation

prof. dr. Ke Li - Thoracic surgeon, Dpt of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Hefei, China) 

19h00: The maintenance and utilization of marginal lung donors in China

dr. Jiang Xianliang - Thoracic surgeon, Dpt of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Hefei, China)

19h30: Coffee & sweets

20h00: Organ donation in Europe

prof. dr. Arne Neyrink - Anesthesiologist, Antwerp University Hospital (Edegem, Belgium), Leuven University Hospital (Leuven, Belgium) 

20h30: Research and transplantation, the value of a biobank

prof. Stijn Verleden - Researcher, ASTARC, University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium), Dpts of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Pulmonology, Antwerp University Hospital (Edegem, Belgium)

21h00: Closing remarks

prof. dr. Jeroen Hendriks - Head of Dpt of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital (Edegem, Belgium)

dr. Veronique Verplancke - Transplant physician, Dpt of Pulmonology, Antwerp University Hospital (Edegem, Belgium)