What's hot, what's new: Report from the American Transplant Congress 2018

The American Transplant Congress (ATC) 2018 event brought over 5000 attendees to Seattle, WA in June 2018. As the joint meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) and the American Society of Transplantation (AST), the Congress provides exposures to cutting-edge scientific research findings for a diverse mix of physicians, surgeons, scientists, nurses, organ procurement personnel, advanced transplant providers, pharmacists, administrators, and other transplant professionals. The 5-day event featured nearly 1800 abstracts, over 500 oral presentations, and more than 1200 poster presentations, all delivered in a way that encouraged the exchange of new clinical and scientific information and supported an interchange of opinions regarding care management and socioeconomic, ethical, and regulatory issues relevant to organ and tissue transplantation. We present here the outstanding abstracts presented at ATC2018 divided into 3 categories of basic, translational, and clinical research.