TMF abstracts
Abstract submissions
Deadline guidelines
We are no longer accepting abstract submissions for the 2025 UNOS TMF.
All abstracts will be reviewed and considered for mini-oral presentation, poster presentation and award.
How to submit
- All abstracts must be submitted using the online form
- Final deadline for all abstract submissions was December 13, 2024
- Abstracts will not be accepted past midnight Eastern Time of the stated deadline
TMF 2025 abstract resources
Award-winning TMF abstracts • Thank you to our abstract sponsors
2024
Financial Operations
Financial implications of Robotic Living Donor Nephrectomy
- John Martens, MPH
- University of Rochester Medical Center
- Sponsored by Transplant Management Group
QAPI, Safety and Regulatory
Real-world Clinical Experiences Implementing Donor-derived Cell-free DNA for Detection of Acute Lung Allograft Dysfunction after Lung Transplantation
- Reda Girgis, MD
- Richard DeVos Lung Transplant Program, Spectrum Health
- Sponsored by CareDx
Clinical Operations
Fast Pass to Evaluation: Streamlining Referral to Evaluation in a High-Volume Kidney Program
- Afton Glander, MHA
- Mayo Clinic Arizona
- Sponsored by eHealth Technologies
Strategy, Marketing, and Leadership
Win-Win: Transforming safety culture and turnover through staff empowerment.
- Diesa Samp, DNP, MHA, RN, CCTC, NEA-BC
- Texas Children’s Hospital
- Sponsored by Cincinnati Children’s
Advancing Organ Donation
A Comprehensive, Multi-Faceted Strategy to Increase Pediatric Donor Heart Utilization
- Seth A Hollander, MD
- Stanford University
- Sponsored by TransMedics
Best of the Best
The Case for a Dedicated Transplant Call Team
- Heather Wertin, BSN, RN, MPH
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Sponsored by AST – Transplant Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice
2023
Financial Operations
To Pump or Not To Pump — Financial Considerations of Pulsatile Perfusion
- Andrea Tietjen, MBA, CPA; Marie Morgievich, MS, RN. APN-C, CCTC; Briana Marcantonio, MHA
- Cooperman (Saint) Barnabas Medical Center
- Sponsored by Transplant Management Group, LLC
QAPI, Safety and Regulatory
Reimaging the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) — A “Good” RCA?
- Zeynep Tulu, MS, MEM, CCTC, Jennifer Woo, MD, Christiane Haeffele, MD, Tami Daugherty, MD, Andy Bonham, MD, JW MacArthur, MD, Heather Packard, RN, BSN, MSN, Lupe Hogan, RN, MSN, CCTC, Nichole Cote, RN, MSN, Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD, George Lui, MD, FACC, FASE
- Stanford Health Care
- Sponsored by CareDx
Clinical Operations
Living Donor Process Re-design: Strategies to Improve Living Donor Transplant Opportunities
- Emily Warren, RN, BSN, Katherine Lemke, MHA, Kristine Hinton, RN, BSN, CCTC, Leza Warnke, RN, BAN, CCTC
- M Health Fairview
- Sponsored by StatLine
Strategy, Marketing, and Leadership
Improving access to transplant centers by leveraging advancements in web technology and a contactless dynamic transplant card (dot card)
- Raul Domrique, MHA; Co-Author: Kelly Dunn, MSN
- Tufts Medical Center
- Sponsored by Cincinnati Children’s
Advancing Organ Donation
Innovative Partnerships: How donor hospitals and OPOs can collaborate to Increase Early and Effective Referrals for Organ Donation
- Susan Fogus, RN, BSN; John Bedsworth; Scott Bennett, MS; Calli Johnson, BSRC, RCP, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, LSSBB; Madhukar S. Patel MD, MBA, ScM; Heather Wigley, BS; Cayley White, MBA
- UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Sponsored by Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network
Best of the Best
Utilization and Safety Of Covid-19 Positive Allografts In Liver and Kidney Transplantation
- Jenna N. Whitrock and Ralph C. Quillin, MD
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center
- Sponsored by AST – Transplant Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice
2022
Financial Operations
Transplant Patient Evaluation Education Packets: Why Can’t We Do This Electronically
- Kelsey Breecher, MPA; Denice Graham, MSL, MBA; Shawn Reyes; Sena Wilson-Sheehan, MA
- Mayo Clinic/Phoenix, AZ
- Sponsored by Transplant Management Group, LLC
QAPI, Safety and Regulatory
The CAP Project (Phase 1): A High Volume Transplant Program’s Approach to Reimaging the Journey from Referral to Listing for Kidney Transplant Candidates
- Anna Mello, MHA, CPHQ; Deborah Adey, MD; Chris Freise, MD; Ryutaro Hirose, MD; Jennifer Kerney, NP; Carolyn Light, MPA
- University of California San Francisco Health
- Sponsored by Cincinnati Children’s
Clinical Operations
Hospital Administration Considerations for Implementation of NormothermicRegional Perfusion DCD Heart Transplant Program
- Amanda Cole RN, BSN, MPH; Kathleen CaweltiRN, BSN; Brandon Jackson BS, CTP; DeepaKurupRN, MSN, MBA; TamraMagee RN, MSN; Victor Pretorius MBChB
- University of California San Diego Health
- Sponsored by eHealth Technologies
Strategy, Marketing, and Leadership
Multichannel Communications Strategy to Promote Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Transplant Program While Raising Awareness of Addiction Medicine and Treatment
- Daniel A. Carrigan, BA; MannejaCordray, BS; Caitlin Winkler, MSN, RN, NE-BC
- VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center
- Sponsored by TransMedics
Advancing Organ Donation
Big Needs for the Littlest People – Improving Potential Donor Referral Rates at a Pediatric Hospital
- Laura Hulse, MSN, RN, CPHQ, CCTC
- The Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
- Sponsored by Emerging Therapy Solutions
Best of the Best
Lessons Learned from a Clinical Pathway on Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Heart Transplant
- Claudia Algaze, MD, MS; Seth Hollander, MD
- Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
- Sponsored by AST – Transplant Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice
2021
Financial Operations
Protocol Innovation – Renal Transplantation in Patients with AHUS
- Marie Morgievich, MS, RN, APN-C, CCTC, Kim Tibaldi, MD, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
- Category and award sponsored by Transplant Management Group, LLC
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QAPI, Safety and Regulatory
Utilizing Online Educational Modules and Flowcharts to Improve Organ Check-In and ABO Verification Compliance
- Lindsay Adamski, MPH, Fauzia K. Butt, MD, FACS, Susie Ceschini, RN, BSN, CNOR, Michelle Carraher, BS, Zakiyah Kadry, MD, FACS, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
- Category and award sponsored by CareDx
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Clinical Operations
Innovation Out Of Necessity: Launching an Internal Transplant Mobile Phlebotomy Service to Enhance Patient Safety In The Midst Of Covid-19
- Sharyn Kreitzer, MSW, Gabriella Boulton, BA, Sheril Johnson-Locke, BS, NYU Langone Health, New York
- Category and award sponsored by MedSleuth
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Strategy, Marketing, and Leadership
With the New Allocation Change, Should Transplant Centers Start Pumping Kidneys?
- Yuriy Yushkov, PhD, MBA, CTP, Benjamin Schleich, PhD, MBA, MSISE, CPPS, DSHS, Toni Carrea, CST, AAS, Vikram Wadhera, MD, Michael J. Goldstein, MD, FACS, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ
- Category and award sponsored by XVIVO Perfusion
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Advancing Organ Donation
Launching a National Living Donor Registry
- Jennifer Milton, BSN, CCTC, MBA, David Fleming, BS, MBA, Karen Headley, BS, Donate Life America, Richmond, VA
- Category and award sponsored by Emerging Therapy Solutions
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Best of the Best
Monitoring Transformation: Minimizing Financial Costs Associated with Surveillance Protocol for HCV+ Kidney Transplant Recipients
- Marie Morgievich, MS, RN, APN-C, CCTC, Colleen Dowling, RN, MS, APN-C, CCTC, Anup Patel, MD, Mary Collazo, RN, MSN, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
- Category and award sponsored by AST Tx Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice
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2020
Category 1-5 and Best of the Best winning abstracts
Finance category
Use of Six Sigma to Improve the HLA Billing Process Resulting in Substantial Recovery
- William Maixner, MHA; Luke McKinley, MBA; Adrian Thompson, B.S.; Pamela Kimball, Ph.D.; and Marlon F. Levy, M.D.; of VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center, Richmond, Va.
- Sponsored by Transplant Management Group, LLC
- Read all 2020 finance category abstracts
QAPI and safety category
Multidisciplinary Response to Donor ABO Discrepancy-Related Adverse Event
- Victoria Hunter, B.S.N, RN-C, CCTC; Arika Hoffman, M.D; Sue Miller, RN, CCTC; Scott Koepsell, M.D., Ph.D; Clifford Miles, M.D; of Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Neb. Kyle Herber, Live On Nebraska.
- Sponsored by CareDx
- Read all 2020 QAPI and safety category abstracts
Clinical, operations and innovation category
Changing Post-Transplant Care with Telemedicine
- Abhinav Rastogi, MBA, MIS; Nicole Patlakh, B.S., Temple Hospital, Philadelphia.
- Sponsored by LifeTrac Network
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Strategy and marketing category
Increasing Patient Referrals for Transplant Through a Combined Outreach/Referral/Scheduling Coordinator Position
- Janine Vallen, RN, MSN, CCTN, APN-C; Michelle Preziosa, of Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Transplant, Camden, N.J.
- Sponsored by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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Regulatory category
Improving Regulatory Readiness Through a Compliance Dashboard
- Jenna Lawson, M.S., M.S.N, RN; Lindsay Smith, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
- Sponsored by HCA Healthcare
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Best of the Best abstract
Early Extubation in Liver Transplant Patients
- Scott Bennett, M.S; Zachary Davis, B.S.N, RN; Bailor Hardman, M.D.; Keith Murray, B.S.N, RN, CCRN-K; Susan Neill-Fogus, B.S.N, RN; Chen Shi, M.D.; Leonor Sosa, RN, APRN, AGACNP-BC; Parsia Vagefi, M.D.; of UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
- Sponsored by Transplant Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice