Concurrent Session I - LIVER TRANSPLANT
Moderators: Mercedes Martinez, MD, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Sanjiv Harpavat, MD, PhD, Texas Children's Hospital

Care of liver transplant recipients for the gastroenterologist
Elizabeth Rand, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Objectives:
  • Identify routine follow up needs for liver transplant recipients
  • Recognize GI luminal complications of liver transplant
  • Differentiate complications requiring return to transplant center
Elizabeth Rand
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222  THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC MEASURES AND A NOVEL BIOMARKER OF NONADHERENCE: RESULTS FROM A MULTI-CENTER COHORT. Sharad Wadhwani1, John Bucuvalas2,3, Cole Brokamp1,4, Ravinder Anand5, Ashutosh Gupta6, stuart taylor1, Eyal Shemesh2, Andrew Beck1,4. 1Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; 2Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; 3Kravis Children's Hospital, New York, NY, USA; 4University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA; 5The Emmes Corporation, Rockville, MD, USA; 6The Emmes Corporation, Bangalore, India. 
Sharad Wadhwani
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Choosing a liver transplant center: Aspects to consider
Evelyn Hsu, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital
Objectives:
  • Understand what center-dependent factors influence morbidity and mortality on the pediatric liver waitlist
  • Understand what center-dependent factors influence long-term pediatric outcomes following liver transplantation
Evelyn Hsu
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223  LIVER DISEASE ASSESSMENT AND POST-TRANSPLANT LIVER DISEASE EVOLUTION IN ISOLATED HEART TRANSPLANTATION FOR FONTAN FAILURE AS DETERMINED BY CLINICAL SCORING, MRI AND LIVER BIOPSY. Dellys Soler-Rodriguez1,2, Chad Mao4,2, William Mahle4,2, Adina Alazraki6,2, Kiery Braithwaite6,2, Shelley Caltharp5,2, Heather Rytting5,2, Joseph Magliocca3,2, kirk kanter7,2, Rene Romero1,2. 1Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA; 3Division of Transplantation, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 4Sibley Heart Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 5Division of Pediatric Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 6Division of Pediatric Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 7Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. 
Rene Romero
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