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ITNS 34th Annual Symposium - Where Compassion Meets Innovation: Bringing the World of Transplant Nursing Together


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Add to Calendar ITNS 34th Annual Symposium - Where Compassion Meets Innovation: Bringing the World of Transplant Nursing Together 9/25/2026 7:00:00 AM 9/27/2026 1:00:00 PM America/Chicago For More Details: https://umncpd.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?EID=7561 Description: Discover and be inspired by the innovative work of transplant professionals from across the globe. Engage with a diverse community of experts, build meaningful connections, and exchange knowledge ground in real-world experience. Through collaboration and shared learning, gain practical insights into proven strategies, emerging best practices, and successful approaches to overcoming the common challenge... Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Friday, September 25, 2026, 7:00 AM - Sunday, September 27, 2026, 1:00 PM CT, Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

Overview

Discover and be inspired by the innovative work of transplant professionals from across the globe. Engage with a diverse community of experts, build meaningful connections, and exchange knowledge ground in real-world experience. Through collaboration and shared learning, gain practical insights into proven strategies, emerging best practices, and successful approaches to overcoming the common challenges faced in transplantation today.

This course is planned and organized by the International Transplant Nurses Society (ITNS). Contact [email protected] or visit www.itns.org. 


Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, learners should be able to:

  1. Identify the key disciplines involved in transplant care for patients and explain how each discipline contributes to the optimal outcome for the patient.
  2. Explore emerging strategies and technologies that multidisciplinary teams can adopt to enhance personalized approaches and improve patient outcomes.
  3. Evaluate best practices for multi-disciplinary collaboration to enhance outcomes for long-term transplant recipient success.
  4. List the challenges and opportunities encountered by transplant nurses in all phases of care and across a variety of healthcare systems.
  5. Discuss emerging therapies to mitigate post-transplant complications.
  6. Examine the technological advances that impact organ donation, improve organ utilization, and advance graft survival.
  7. Identify the impact that emerging pharmacological treatments have on post-transplant care.

Registration

Full Conference Registration

Register Early and Save! Early Bird Rates Available through August 14th, 2026

  • ITNS Members: $425

  • ITNS Non-Members $560 (includes one year of ITNS membership)

  • Individuals living outside North America $225

Standard Registration Rates effective August 15th, 2026

  • ITNS Members: $500

  • ITNS Non-Members $635 (includes one year of ITNS membership)

  • Individuals living outside North America $250

Single Day Registration

Single Day Registration is available. You must indicate which date you will attend at the time of registration.

  • ITNS Members: $275

  • Non-Members: $300

Registration Policies

  • A 10% discount is available for organizations registering five (5) or more participants. To qualify, please email [email protected] before starting the registration process. We will issue a single organizational invoice for payment. Once payment is processed, you will receive a unique registration code and instructions for your participants to self-register. Group registrations are final; no refunds or partial refunds will be issued, though registrant substitutions are permitted. 

  • On-site registration will be allowed as space permits. All on-site registrants must use their own device to submit their registration and payment by credit card via CE Portal (cash/check not accepted).

  • Registration through CE Portal is required even if attendance is free-of-charge.

  • Special needs, such as dietary restrictions, lactation room, etc., should be requested in advance. These requests cannot always be honored on site.

  • Cancellation Policy: In the event you need to cancel your registration, 50% of the registration fee will be refunded if you notify us by 4:30 p.m. Central Time 9/21/26. No refunds will be made after this date.


Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Minnesota, Interprofessional Continuing Education and the International Transplant Nurses Society (ITNS). University of Minnesota, Interprofessional Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 Credit Designation Statements

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
This activity is eligible for ANCC contact hours; the number of hours is pending.

American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC)
This activity is eligible for Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification (CEPTCs); the number of hours is pending.

Other Healthcare Professionals
Other healthcare professionals who participate in this CE activity may submit their certificate of participation to their appropriate accrediting organizations or state boards for consideration of credit. The participant is responsible for determining whether this activity meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education.

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The Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland
300 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
Parking & Directions

Hotel(s) offering a special group rate:

  • Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Tower for 229.00 USD per night - Last Day to Book : Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

University of Minnesota Continuing Professional Development adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education and has policies in place to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities; individuals who fail to complete the disclosure in advance of the course are not eligible to be involved in this course. Specific disclosure information will be shared with learners prior to the start of the course. All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Member Information
Role in activity
Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)
Christine L Shay-Downer, BSN
Transplant Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Course Director, Faculty
Faculty Photos
Ihechi Alilionwu, DNP, APHN, RN, CMSRN, CHES, NE-BC.
Nurse Manager Multi-Organ Transplant Unit
Houston Methodist Hospital
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Elissa Berman, MA, LPCC-S
Manager of Bereavement Services
Lifebanc
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Kayla Berry, MSN
Transplant Coordinator
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Stacey Cote, MSN, RN, CPN, CCTN
Clinical Manager
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Karina Dal Sasso Mendes, PhD
Doctor Professor
University of São Paulo
Brazil
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Sabrina Dollar Kopf, DNP
Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Barkley and Associates (Relationship has ended)
Faculty Photos
Lei Dong, PhD
the School of Nursing, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Karen Emmett, BSN
Clinical Transplant Coordinator ll
University of PIttsburgh Medical Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Jiaxin Fang, MSN
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Faculty
Jennifer Gander, PhD
Faculty
Kristen Graf, BSN
Transplant Coordinator
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Kuniko Hagiwara, PhD
professor
Jikei University of Health Care Sciences
Japan
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Nicole Hamons, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP
Clinical Pharmacist
University of Toledo Medical Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Allison Hayes, CRNP
UAB Hospital
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Yingtian Jia
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Sindhu Joseph, DNP, RN, CVRN, CV-BC
Education Resource Specilaist
Memorial Hermann
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Naurin Kajani, BSN, RN, CVRN-BC, CLSSWB
Memorial Hermann TMC
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Hanan Khalil, BSN, PSYCM, CCTN, CPPS
Transplant nurse clincian
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and research center
Saudi Arabia
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Kesha Levesque, PhD
PhD, RN, MBA
Medical University of South Carolina
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Keke Lin, PhD
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Susan Little, RN
Senior Transplant Coordinator
UW Health Transplant Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Hongxia Liu, PhD
Professor
Beijing University of Chineses Medicine
China
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Linding Liu, PhD Candidate
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Mark B Lockwood, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Zhang Meiqi, BSN
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
China
Faculty
Jennifer Miller, MSN
University Hospitals
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Darnell Mompoint-Williams, DNP, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Marie Morgievich
Faculty
Martina Mueller, PhD
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Susan D Newman, PhD, RN, CRRN, FAAN
Health Sciences Endowed Professor
University of South Carolina
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Homero Paniagua, DNP
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Sima Patel, APRN
Loyola University Medical Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Vera Prince, APRN-CNP, MSN, BSN, RN
APRN, BSN, RN
UH Hospitals
Faculty
Leonora Salonga
Faculty
Amina Silva, PhD, RN
Faculty
Vanessa Silva e Silva, PhD
Associate Professor
Brock University
Canada
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Zoe Stewart Lewis, MD, PhD
Transplant Institute Director
University Hospitals Case Western Reserve University
Faculty
Consulting Fee-CareDx
Shalini Suneel, RN, BSN, MBA
Education & Clinical Manager
KIMS - Heart & Lung Transplant Programme
Faculty
Susan Teer, MSN
Director
Houston Methodist Hospital
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Seena Thomas, MSN, RN, CCRN-CSC
Education Resource Specialist
Memorial Hermann Hospital System
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Andrea Tietjen
Faculty
Kristin Visentin, DNP, FNP-BC
Transplant Nurse Practitioner
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Xinran Yang, MSN
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
China
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Jongwon Yoo, PhD, Ph.D., APRN
Assistant Professor
Seoul National University
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Aminat Yusuf, RN
Houston Methodist Hospital
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Rongmei Zhao, MD
Faculty
Faculty Photos
Alison Heil, BSN
Staff Nurse, Solid Organ Transplant Unit
MHealth Fairview, University of Minnesota Medical Center
Faculty, Planning Committee Member
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Whitney Holland, DNP
Lead NP Transplant Coordinator
UAB
Faculty, Planning Committee Member
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Margaret Schuster, BSN, RN, CCTC
University Hospitals
Faculty, Planning Committee Member
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Lecia W Snell Kinen, MSN
Manager, Transplant Quality and Compliance
Keck Medical Center at USC
Faculty, Planning Committee Member
Nothing to disclose
Melissa Zatek, MSN, RN, CCTC, CCM, AATMC, LSSGB
Transplant Quality Manager
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Faculty, Planning Committee Member
Nothing to disclose
Peggy Higby, RN
Director, Heart Transplant and VAD
Providence Sacred Heart
Planning Committee Member
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Michael Petty, PhD
Clinical Nurse Specialist
M Health Fairview, University of Minnesota Medical Center
Planning Committee Member
Nothing to disclose

Friday, September 25, 2026
Check-In, Pre-Session Networking and Continental Breakfast
7:00AM - 7:45AM

Welcome Remarks & Introduction of Keynote - Christine Shay-Downer, MBA, BSN, RN, CCTC
7:45AM - 8:00AM


Room: Main Stage 205 AB
Keynote: TBD
8:00AM - 9:00AM
Zoe Stewart Lewis, MD, PhD


Room: Main Stage 205 AB
Game On: Using Gamification to Enhance Learning and Retention
9:00AM - 9:30AM
Sabrina Dollar Kopf, DNP
Alison Heil, BSN


Room: Main Stage 205 AB
Break - visit exhibit hall
9:30AM - 10:00AM


Room: Exhibit Hall
Cardiac Denervation Post Heart Transplantation: Implications for Post-Transplant Nursing Care
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Naurin Kajani, BSN, RN, CVRN-BC, CLSSWB


Breakout Abstract Presentation


Room: Main Stage 205 AB


Guiding the Liver Transplant Candidate Journey: Construction and Validation of an Educational Manual
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Karina Dal Sasso Mendes, PhD


Breakout Abstract Presentation


Room: Breakout Room 203


A Second Chance at Life: Clinical Perspectives on Heart-Lung Transplantation
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Seena Thomas, MSN, RN, CCRN-CSC


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Main Stage 205 AB


Assessment of Health Literacy in Liver Transplant Candidates
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Karina Dal Sasso Mendes, PhD


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Breakout Room 203


Improving Kidney Transplant Evaluation Efficiency through Monthly Nurse-Led Chart Reviews
11:00AM - 11:30AM
Kayla Berry, MSN
Kristen Graf, BSN


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Breakout Room 203


Reducing Early Readmissions After Heart and Lung Transplantation Through Nurse-Led Education and Remote Monitoring: A Quality Improvement Study
11:00AM - 11:30AM
Shalini Suneel, RN, BSN, MBA


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Main Stage 205 AB (virtual presenter)


Networking / Visit Exhibit Hall
11:30AM - 1:00PM


Room: Main Stage 205 AB / Exhibit Hall Open
Poster Session
12:30PM - 1:00PM


Room 202

Poster Details:

  • Early Kidney Transplant Referral: Why Does It Matter? – Jennifer Miller, MSN, RN; Vera Prince, APRN-CNP, MSN, BSN, RN
  • Design of a User-Centered Mobile Application for Physical Activity Intervention to Prevent Frailty in Kidney Transplant Recipients - Jiaxin Fang, PhD; Hongxia Liu, PhD; Linding Liu, PhD Candidate; Keke Lin, PhD; Xinran Yang, BS
  • Social Determinants of Health and Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplant Waitlist Activation: An Integrative Review - Kesha Levesque, PhD, RN, MBA; Martina Mueller, PhD, Jennifer Gander, PhD; Susan Newman, PhD, RN, CRRN, FAAN
  • A Cross-Sectional Study on Clinical Transplant Coordinators‚ Duties and Work Styles Suggestions - Kuniko Hagiwara
  • Timely Immunosuppressant Administration: A Critical Nursing Priority in Transplant Care - Naurin Kajani, BSN, RN, CVRN-BC, CLSSWB, Sindhu Joseph, DNP, RN, CVRN, CV-BC 



Implementing a Career Ladder and Structured Onboarding to Improve Clinical Transplant Coordinator Retention and Professional Development
1:00PM - 1:30PM
Margaret Schuster, BSN, RN, CCTC


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Breakout Room 203


Successful Kidney Transplantation Between an HIV-Positive Donor and an HIV-Positive Recipient: A Case Report 
1:00PM - 1:30PM
Sabrina Dollar Kopf, DNP
Darnell Mompoint-Williams, DNP, CRNP


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Main Stage 205 AB


The Value of Advanced Practice Providers in Solid Organ Transplantation: A Scoping Review Abstract
1:30PM - 2:00PM
Jongwon Yoo, PhD, Ph.D., APRN
Sima Patel, APRN


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Main Stage 205 AB


Utilizing a Patient Bathing Education Handout to Improve Patient Bathing Compliance
1:30PM - 2:00PM
Susan Teer, MSN
Ihechi Alilionwu, DNP, APHN, RN, CMSRN, CHES, NE-BC.
Leonora Salonga
Aminat Yusuf, RN


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Breakout Room 203


The Battle for the Graft: An Interactive Journey Through Transplant Immunology
2:15PM - 3:15PM
Lecia W Snell Kinen, MSN


Room: Main Stage 205 AB
End Of Day Wrap Up / Raffle Drawing
3:15PM - 3:45PM


Room: Main Stage 205 AB
 
ITNS Chapter Leader Meeting

ITNS Chapter Leader Meeting - Non-Accredited Session
4:00PM - 4:30PM

Room: Main Stage 205 AB
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Continental Breakfast
7:00AM - 7:45AM

Welcome Remarks & Introduction of Keynote Speaker - Christine Shay-Downer, MBA,BSN, RN, CCTC
7:45AM - 8:00AM


Room: Main Stage 205 AB
Keynote: GLP Use in Post-Transplant Patients
8:00AM - 9:00AM
Nicole Hamons, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP

Panel Introductions
9:00AM - 9:15AM


Room: Main Stage 205 AB
International Panel Discussion
9:15AM - 10:45AM


Room: Main Stage 205 AB
Break - visit exhibit hall
10:45AM - 11:15AM


Room: Exhibit Hall
Bridging Species, Saving Lives: Clinical Advances and Ethical Challenges in Xenotransplantation 
11:15AM - 11:45AM
Sindhu Joseph, DNP, RN, CVRN, CV-BC


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Main Stage 205 AB


Burnout in Transplant Professionals: State of the Art and Call to Action 
11:15AM - 11:45AM
Vanessa Silva e Silva, PhD
Amina Silva, PhD, RN


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Breakout Room 203


Organ Donation Coordinators’ Major Stressors and Satisfying Aspects of the Role: A Qualitative Study 
11:45AM - 12:15PM
Vanessa Silva e Silva, PhD
Amina Silva, PhD, RN


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Breakout Room 203


Reducing Length of Stay in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Delayed Graft Function Through Targeted Outpatient Management 
11:45AM - 12:15PM
Kristin Visentin, DNP, FNP-BC
Andrea Tietjen
Marie Morgievich
Homero Paniagua, DNP


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Main Stage 205 AB


Lunch and Networking - Visit Exhibit Hall
12:15PM - 1:45PM


Room: Ballroom A/Exhibit Hall
Poster Session
12:45PM - 1:45PM


Room 202

Poster Details

  • At Risk: Under One Year Kidney Recipient Monthly Review – Susan Little, RN, BSN, CCTC
  • Bloodless Medicine with Living Donor Liver Transplant - Karen Emmett, BSN, RN, CCTN
  • Risk Factors for Declining Health Resulting in Disqualification for Kidney Transplantation – Jongwon Yoo
  • Symptom experiences of lung transplant recipients: A qualitative study based on the Symptom Experience Model - Xinran Yang; Hongxia Liu, PhD
  • The Scoping Review of Patient Activation Among Kidney Transplantation - Meiqi Zhang, Yingtian Jia, Hongxia Liu, PhD

Development and Validation of a Machine Learning-Based Frailty Risk Prediction Model for Kidney Transplant Recipients 
1:45PM - 2:15PM
Lei Dong, PhD
Hongxia Liu, PhD
Jiaxin Fang, MSN
Rongmei Zhao, MD


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Main Stage 205 AB (virtual presenter)


Exploring Coping Strategies of Acute and Critical Care Nurses to Inform the Development of a Resilience Toolkit for Organ and Tissue Donation Coordinators (OTDCs)
1:45PM - 2:15PM
Vanessa Silva e Silva, PhD


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Breakout Room 203


Education and Training for Organ and Tissue Donation Coordinators: A Scoping Review
2:15PM - 2:45PM
Vanessa Silva e Silva, PhD


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Breakout Room 203


Construction of an Exercise Intervention Flowchart for Frailty Prevention in Kidney Transplant Recipients Based on the Best Available Evidence 
2:15PM - 2:45PM
Hongxia Liu, PhD
Xinran Yang, MSN


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Main Stage 205 AB


The Hidden Grief of Transplant Nursing: Understanding and Addressing Disenfranchised Grief
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Elissa Berman, MA, LPCC-S


Room: Main Stage 205 AB
End Of Day Wrap Up / Raffle Drawing
4:00PM - 4:30PM


Room: Main Stage 205 AB
Sunday, September 27, 2026
Continental Breakfast
7:00AM - 7:45AM

Welcom Remarks and Introduction - Christine Shay-Downer, MBA BSN RN CCTC
7:45AM - 8:00AM


Room: Main Stage 205 AB
Perturbations in Gut Microbiome Association with Pain Interference After Kidney Transplantation
8:00AM - 9:00AM
Mark B Lockwood, PhD

ITNS Business Meeting/Nursing Awards/Raffle Drawings
9:00AM - 10:00AM


Non-Accredited Session

Room: Main Stage 205 AB


Impact of Linguistically Diverse Nursing Care on Patient Satisfaction in a Renal Transplant Unit 
10:15AM - 10:45AM
Hanan Khalil, BSN, PSYCM, CCTN, CPPS


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Main Stage 205 AB


Length Matters: The Role of Short Telomeres in Lung Transplantation
10:15AM - 10:45AM
Sabrina Dollar Kopf, DNP
Whitney Holland, DNP
Allison Hayes, CRNP


Breakout Abstract Presentation 


Room: Breakout Room 203


Enhancing Detection and Review of Transplant Adverse Events Beyond Standard Hospital Triggers
10:45AM - 11:15AM
Melissa Zatek, MSN, RN, CCTC, CCM, AATMC, LSSGB


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Breakout Room 203


Standardizing Management of Overdue Laboratories and Missed Appointments to Improve Accountability in Pediatric Transplant Care 
10:45AM - 11:15AM
Stacey Cote, MSN, RN, CPN, CCTN


Breakout Abstract Presentation

Room: Main Stage 205 AB


Donor/Recipient Presentation
11:30AM - 12:30PM


Patient Perspective

Room: Main Stage 205 AB


Closing Remarks
12:30PM - 12:40PM


Room: Main Stage 205 AB

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