Baylor Scott & White Health played a leading role at the 43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), held April 19-22, 2023, in Denver, Colorado. More than 3,600 members from around the world gathered to exchange ideas and collaborate on the latest science.
Baylor Scott & White clinicians were responsible for more than 20 presentations on recent advances in the field of advanced heart failure and heart transplant. Topics included the use of extended criteria donors, new and more effective organ preservation technologies, a new surveillance method for heart transplant rejection and management of patients with left ventricular assist devices.
Presenters from Baylor Scott & White included Shelley Hall, MD, FACC, FHFSA, FAST, chief of transplant cardiology, mechanical circulatory support and advanced heart failure, Baylor University Medical Center (Baylor Dallas), part of Baylor Scott & White Health, Dan Meyer, MD, chief of cardiac transplantation and advanced cardiac circulatory support, Baylor Dallas, and Timothy George, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon on the medical staff at Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano.
Baylor Scott & White has substantial presence at AASLD The Liver Meeting 2023
Physician-researchers from Baylor Scott & White Health played a prominent role at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) The Liver Meeting 2023, held Nov. 10-14 in Boston.
J. Sebastian Danobeitia, MD, PhD, joins Baylor Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute
J. Sebastian Danobeitia, MD, PhD, has joined the medical staff at Baylor Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute. An abdominal transplant surgeon Dr. Danobeitia specializes in liver, kidney, pancreas and islet transplantation
Baylor Scott & White opens heart failure outreach in Shreveport
To provide advanced heart failure treatment to patients in north Louisiana, Baylor Scott & White Health has established an outreach clinic in Shreveport.
Baylor Scott & White – Fort Worth builds upon advanced heart failure program with mechanical device support
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth now offers comprehensive care for patients with advanced heart failure.