The aim of the Education Committee (EC) is to coordinate ESOT’s efforts to advance multidisciplinary education for transplant professionals at all career levels and to contribute to their professional development.
The Basic Science Committee promotes scientific issues and transplantation research within ESOT. An active basic science community and an efficient translation of innovation into the clinic are crucial for the future of transplantation medicine.
The European Transplant Allied Healthcare Professionals (ETAHP) reaches out to allied healthcare professionals throughout Europe in order to ensure the best care possible for all transplant patients, with the aim to optimize patient outcomes.
The Young Professionals in Transplantation (YPT) is the Network for Junior Transplant professionals of ESOT, representing all young transplant clinicians and scientists who are beginning a career in transplantation and organ donation.
The mission of ECTORS is to provide a forum for discussing and stimulating novel developments in the fields of cellular therapies in organ transplantation, organ regeneration and generation of new organs from stem cells and biomaterials.
ECTTA is the forum for experience exchange on treatment of patients with end-stage heart and lung failure. Our aim is to improve outcomes for the patients.
EDTCO aims to support health care professionals to provide clinically effective programmes on organ and tissue donation, procurement and transplantation.
EKITA is the Organ Expert Section of ESOT on kidney transplantation in Europe, providing a forum for kidney transplantation professionals to exchange scientific information and views aimed at providing the best service to European patients .
The European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association (ELITA), previously known as the European Liver Transplant Association (ELTA), is a section of ESOT. Its membership represents the expertise on liver and intestinal transplantation in Europe.
ELPAT is a European platform that brings continuity and progress in European research and dialogue on "Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of organ Transplantation". ELPAT currently consists of over 160 experts from more than 25 European countries.
EPITA is established to provide a forum for those working in the field of pancreas and islet of Langerhans transplantation or any other alternative form of beta cell replacement in Europe, to exchange scientific information and views related primarily to providing the best service for patients in Europe requiring pancreas or islet transplantation.
VCA has opened a new era in the field of transplantation, reconstructive and restorative surgery. This Section brings together 10 representatives of major European teams at the forefront in this field.
This handbook formalises the processes associated with the preparation of ESOT CPGs, including selecting topics for new guidelines, writing and reviewing approval, dissemination, and updating. Moreover, it defines the governance of the process.
Sir Roy Calne described himself as a ‘somewhat rebellious’ character. He stood the tide by performing many ‘firsts’, firsts that were previously dismissed as impossible. He was the first in Europe to prove that patients could survive following a liver transplant.
11.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) granted!
The abstract submission system will close on 14 January 2024.
ELITA – the European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association – would like to announce a call for nominations for five new Board members. The new ELITA Board Members will hold office for four years (2023-2027), starting at the ESOT Congress, September 2023. All ESOT/ELITA affiliates are eligible to submit their applications for the positions. You
ELITA 30th Anniversary Meeting & ELITA – EF CLIF Monothematic Conference about ACLF, Alcohol and Liver Transplantation Due to unforeseen circumstances, we regret to announce that the ELITA 30th Anniversary Meeting & ELITA – EF CLIF Monothematic Conference about ACLF, Alcohol and Liver Transplantation, due to take place in Madrid on 9-11 March 2023, has
ELITA – the European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association – would like to announce a call for nominations for new Board member. All ESOT/ELITA affiliates are welcome to send nominations for this position. You may nominate yourself or a colleague. The new ELITA Board Member will hold office for 4 years (2022-2026), starting September 2022.
In the last 8 weeks, specialised paediatric liver centres in the UK identified more children with acute liver failure due to hepatitis of an unknown cause than would be expected over a similar period.
Read a statement on the outbreak from ELITA
Building on the success of recent multi-society collaboration
This initiative builds on the recent success of our multi-society effort: a publication of the findings of a survey we held in 2020 and sent to 470 centres worldwide, serving to explore how patients, healthcare professionals, and liver transplant centres across the world were affected by the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hot off the press: findings of our survey on liver transplantation & COVID-19. Jointly run with ESOT, ELITA, EASL, ILTS and published in the Journal of Hepatology.
