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Welcome to TSANZ

TSANZ aims to promote research, best clinical practice and advocacy to improve outcomes and increase access to organ transplantation in Australia and New Zealand. The Society brings together transplantation professionals in medicine and science that share common ideals and principles.

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Upcoming Events

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2025
26-30 April 2025 ISHLT 45th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions details
3-6 May 2025 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 93rd ASM 2025 details
16-21 May 2025 American Thoracic Society International Conference ATS 2025 details
4-7 June 2025 62nd European Renal Association Congress details
15-18 June 2025 The International Pancreas & Islet Transplant Association 19th World Congress details
21-24 June 2025 43rd TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting details
29 June-2 July 2025 European Society for Organ Transplantation Congress 2025 details
2-6 August 2025 World Transplant Congress details
1-3 September 2025 ANZSN 60th Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 details
5-9 November 2025 Kidney Week 2025 details
2026
20-24 June 2026 American Transplant Congress ATC 2026 details
20-23 September 2026 31st International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS 2026)

New Resources

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Updated National SOP · Posted Sep 18

Updated version 4.2 National SOP, Organ Allocation, Organ Rotation, Urgent Listing

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New release: TSANZ Clinical Guidelines Version 1.13 · Posted Sep 4

Updated TSANZ Clinical Guidelines available now

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Donor age criteria · Posted Aug 23

Quick reference tables to be used in alignment with TSANZ Clinical Guidelines for upper and lower donor age criteria across AU & NZ

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The survival benefit of deceased donor kidney transplantation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, 2006-20: a retrospective national cohort study · Posted Jul 1

Survival benefit of deceased donor kidney transplantation relative to remaining on dialysis.

www.mja.com.au

Decoding the hallmarks of allograft dysfunction with a comprehensive pan-organ transcriptomic atlas · Posted Jun 24

A comprehensive analysis of omics data from biopsies and blood samples from more than 12,000 cases of heart, lung, liver and kidney transplants provides insights into shared mechanisms of allograft dysfunction across organs

www.nature.com

New version 1.12 TSANZ Clinical Guidelines · Posted Jan 30

Updated clinical guidelines now available

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New version 4.1 National SOP - Organ Allocation, Organ Rotation, Urgent Listing · Posted Jan 30

Access the updated National SOP now

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New version 1.1 Surgical Technique for deceased donor abdominal organ retrieval - available now · Posted Aug 15

Revised guidance on surgical techniques for retrieval of abdominal organs for transplantation

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New version 1.11 TSANZ Clinical Guidelines - available now · Posted Jun 14

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New version 4.0 National SOP - Organ Allocation, Organ Rotation, Urgent Listing · Posted Mar 16

Revised Standard Operating Procedure for all donation & transplant clinicians.

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New version 1.10 of TSANZ Clinical Guidelines - available now · Posted Oct 14

Updates to Chapters 4, 6 & 8

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Changes to Australian Deceased Donor Kidney Allocation · Posted Apr 28

Review of kidney allocation has been undertaken by RTAC and RAWG.

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More information of the Kidney Algorithm v2 (KAv2) · Posted May 3

Principles of the Kidney Matching Algorithms SOP

donatelife.gov.au

Online Workshops · Posted Jun 16

What do patients and their families think about telehealth in Kidney Transplantation? - Register for online workshops here

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Implementing Virtual Cross Matching in Australia · Posted Jun 15

Implementing Virtual Cross Matching in Australia

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Uluru Statement · Posted Jun 15

TSANZ supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart

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TSANZ Ethical Statement regarding executed prisoners · Posted Jun 19

Read the TSANZ Ethical Statement regarding executed prisoners

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Statement on Unproven Stem Cell Interventions for Lung Disease · Posted Jun 19

Follow the link to view the statement

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Annals ATS editorial · Posted Jun 19

Click on the link to view the editorial

www.atsjournals.org