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
2025
Financial Operations – Sponsored by Transplant Management Group
Reducing Costs and Enhancing Efficiency with Virtual Crossmatching
- Andrea Tietjen, MBA, CPA
- Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
QAPI, Safety and Regulatory – Sponsored by CareDx
A Transplant Center Response to Monitor and Improve Pre-Transplant Waitlist Mortality Utilizing
- Teresa Ambrosino, BBIS
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Clinical Operations – Sponsored by Texas Children’s Hospital
Accelerating Kidney Transplants: An Innovative Referral Screening Tool
- Molly Maxwell, MSN, RN, CCTC
- Ohio State University
Strategy, Marketing and Leadership – Sponsored by Forvis Mazars
Boldly Promoting Health Equity Through Novel Transplant Patient Navigator Services
- Kelsey Breecher
- Mayo Clinic Arizona
Advancing Organ Donation – Sponsored by Perfusion Solution, Inc.
Avoiding Closed Referrals for Stability and Family Decline through Efficient Rapid and Expedited Organ Processes while Maximizing Organs Transplanted
- Sherry Quire, RN, MBA, BSN
- Indiana Donor Network
Best of the Best – Sponsored by AST – Transplant Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice
Matching the Future: Leveraging AI and Machine Learning to Optimize Organ Allocation
- Margaret Coakley, MBA, MSN, RN, DNP(c)
- Sanofi
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