Transplantation Surgery

1. Organ Transplantation: an Historical Perspective.- 2. The Biology of the Major Histocompatibility Complex.- 3. Tissue Typing, Crossmatching and the Allocation of Cadaveric Kidney Transplants.- 4. The Immunobiology of Transplant Rejection and Acceptance.- 5. Immune Tolerance.- 6. Heart Transplantation.- 7. Lung Transplantation.- 8. Kidney Transplantation.- 9. Surgical Technique and Surgical Complications.- 10. Management of Graft Dysfunction .- 11. The Long-term Management of the Kidney Transplant Recipient.- 12. Liver Transplantation.- 13. Pancreas and Islet Transplantation.- 14. Small Bowel Transplantation.- 15. Non-heart-beating Cadaver Donors.- 16. Organ Preservation.- 17. Blood and Marrow Transplantation.- 18. Xenotransplantation.- 19. Anesthesia for Organ Transplantation.- 20. Immunosuppressive Drugs.- 21. Malignancies in Transplantation.- 22. Infection in the Organ Transplant Patient.- 23. Ethics and Legislation of Transplantation.- 24. Living Donor Liver Transplantation.- 25. Molecular Medicine and Transplantation.- 26. Robotics in Transplantation.- 27. Organ Bio-Engineering and Bio Banking.- 28. Liver Pump Perfusion Preservation.- 29. Composite Allograft Transplantation.- 30. Tissue and Organ Donation and Allocation.- 31. Paired Kidney Exchange Donor Exchange Programs in Kidney Transplantation.