Workshops
Workshop 1
Workshop Name
Description
Workshop description.
Pre-Congress Workshop:
Thursday 23 October 2025
Machine Perfusion Workshop Programme
Registration fee: R1500
LIMITED SPACE 40 PAX
Venue: Indaba Hotel & Conference Centre - Lethabo, Winnie Mandela Drive, Pieter Wenning Road, Fourways, Johannesburg
A certificate of attendance will be issued.
08h30 - 09h00
Registration and tea
Session 1
Organ Preservation and Clinical Experience
Speakers
Tinus du Toit, Natercia da Silva, Chima Ofoegbu, Sanju Sobnach,
Ernst Buiter, Emma Offringa, Sharan Rambarran
09h00 - 12h00
- Welcome, introduction and workshop objectives
- Kidney perfusion overview
- Liver perfusion overview
- Heart perfusion overview
- Lung perfusion overview
- Panel Discussion: Case reports, local experience, ethical considerations
- Q&A
12h00 - 12h45
Lunch break
Session 2
Practical Machine Pump Simulation and Setup Troubleshooting
Speakers
Tinus du Toit, Natercia da Silva, Chima Ofoegbu, Sanju Sobnach,
Ernst Buiter, Emma Offringa
12h45 - 13h00
Multiorgan Procurement (DBD/NRP/DCD discussion) - David Thomson
13h00 - 15h00
Set-up and priming Stations:
- Station 1: Heart perfusion
- Station 2: Lung perfusion
- Station 3: Kidney perfusion
- Station 4: Liver perfusion Q&A (common pitfalls, troubleshooting, clinical translation)
Back-table stations:
- Station 1: Heart
- Station 2: Lung
- Station 3: Kidney
- Station 4: Liver
15h00
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