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IPTA Section Distinguished Awards

Pioneer in Transplantation

Jean de Ville de Goyet

Head of Department of Surgery, Pediatric Surgeon, ISMETT UPMC IRCCS, Palermo, Italy
The IPTA Pioneer in Transplantation Award acknowledges individuals who are recognized by their peers as leading pioneering research or clinical initiatives in the field of pediatric transplantation. They are influential, ground-breaking, and at the forefront of pediatric transplantation.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Carlos Esquivel

Arnold and Barbara Silverman Professor in Pediatric Transplantation and Professor of Surgery (Abdominal Transplantation) and of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition), Stanford Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States
Recognizes an IPTA member who has made outstanding contributions to the field of pediatric transplantation over the course of their career.

Distinguished Allied Health and Nursing Professionals Award

Jenny Wichart

Pharmacy Clinical Practice Leader, Solid Organ Transplant, Nephrology & Ambulatory Clinics, Alberta Health Services, Calgary Zone, Calgary, Canada
The purpose of this award is to recognize an Allied Health and Nursing Professional member who has rendered years of faithful service to the Society and/or who has made a significant contribution to pediatric transplantation.

Future Leaders Career Development Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize future investigators who show leadership promises, encourage them in their careers in pediatric transplantation. This award is sponsored by Astellas.

Evgenia Preka

Postdoctoral Fellow, INSERM U970, Paris Institute for Transplantation and Organ Regeneration, Paris, France

Maria Julia Minetto

Garrahan Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Scientific Award Winners

IPTA Congress Scientific Award Winners

Amy Andrews

Advanced Clinician - Paediatric Dietitian, Starship Child Health, Auckland, New Zealand

Gani Kuttymuratov

Transplant Surgeon, General Surgery and Organ Transplantation, University Medical Center, Astana, Kazakhstan

Yuan Liu

Renji Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Carolina Magalhaes Costa

Hospital Sírio-Libanês, Sao Paulo, Brazil

IPTA-TTS Congress Scientific Award Winners

Devprakash Choudhary

Transplant Surgeon, Department of Renal Transplant Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
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Thozama Siyotula

Paediatric surgeon, Division of Paediatric surgeon, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Guang Peng Zhou

Liver Transplantation Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Ioannis Ziogas

General Surgery Resident, Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, United States
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IPTA Mentee Travel Grant

Andreea-Liana Bot Rachisan

Pediatric Nephrologist,Department of Pediatric Nephrology Cluj-Napoca, UMF Iuliu Hatieganu Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Gabriela Gutièrrez

Kidney Transplant Unit, Hospital JP Garrahan, Argentina
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Henny Puspitasari

Pediatric Nephrologist, Division of Nephrology, Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Indonesia
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Kinnari Vala

Head and Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Smt. GR Doshi and Smt. KM, Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center, Gujarat university of Transplantation Sciences, India
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IPTA-ESOT Award for Best Abstract in Pediatric Transplantation

Riccardo Cirelli

Surgeon, HPB Surgery and Liver and Kidney Transplantation Unit, OPBG, Rome, Italy
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CareDx Travel Awards

Daniel Turudic

Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Weihao Li

University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Marco Cugliari

Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Milan, Italy
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Zachary Oatley

Cleveland Clinic Akron General, North Canton, United States
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Shi Tang

Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Atessa Bahadori

The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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