6th Liver Transplant School

September 23 - 26, 2026
Hannover, Germany

General Information

General Information

The ESPGHAN Paediatric Hepatology Committee will organize the 6th Paediatric Liver Transplantation School in Hannover in September 2026. The ESPGHAN Liver Transplant School is success story. 

The Faculty of the Liver Transplant School 2026 aims to provide many interactive sessions and case discussion. Beside all important aspects around pediatric liver transplantation including surgical and ethical aspects one focus will be the early post- transplant time, since mortality and morbidity at this time is still high, whereas overall outcome improved over the last years.

This meeting should not only attract younger gastroenterologists and hepatologists who have an ambition to develop transplantation programs locally, but also more senior established clinicians who would like to get a state-of-the-art update in an informal setting.

This school is supported by the ESPGHAN Education Partner Programme and it ia also funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – 577205919

Application & Fees

Application is open. Deadline extension: July 26th, 2026

Course fees: 
Member : 300 
Trainee Member AHP: 250 
Non Member: 400 

Kindly use the online application form on this page. Applications submitted by email cannot be accepted. If you experience any issues with the tool, please contact us at office@espghan
Candidates will be selected based on their CV, motivation letter and an abstract. Abstracts may have been submitted to other public meetings previously. Trainees who are not members of ESPGHAN need to submit a proof of their trainee status to office@espghan.org together with their application to benefit from the reduced fee.

The number of participants is limited and a selection will be made by the school organisers after the deadline. Priority will be given to ESPGHAN Members and abstract submitters. Please do not make travel arrangements before receipt of a formal confirmation of acceptance from the ESPGHAN Office.

Preliminary Programme

Day 01 - September 23

Session1a (Opening, Epidemiology; (contra)-Indication)

14:45-15:00     Opening Session  Chair HEPCOM/ Norman Junge

15:00-15:10     Introduction Faculty - Norman Junge

15:10-15:40     Introduction Group Work      

15:40-16:00     Epidemiology of pLT -  Norman Junge

16:00-16:15     Differences in allocation depending on region - Ulrich Bauman

16:15-16:45     Discussion Epidemiology and Allocation  - Tudor Pop

16:45-17:00     BREAK

17:00-17:20     Indications+Contraindications for LT, Difficult indications for LT  -  Tassos Grammatikopoulos

17:20-17:30     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

17:30-17:50     Indication combined LT - Jesus Quintero

17:50-18:00     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

18:00-18:30     Difficult cases (indication/ethical/combine) interactive discussion -  Ulrich Bauman

18:30-18:45     Wrap up of the day and Q+A                

19:30 Dinner

Day 02 - September 24

Session 1b  (Pre-LT aspects, combined LT)

8:30-8:50   LD vs DD liver transplantation

                  Tandem?  Jesus Quintero +Hubert van der Doef

8:50-9:00           Q+A, interact. Discussion    

9:00-9:20           anesthesiological  Aspects during LT  - Christiane Beck

9:20-9:30           Q+A, interact. Discussion    

9:30-9:50           Pre LT care/preparation  - Giusy Ranucci

9:50-10:00        Q+A, interact. Discussion    

10:00-10:20     Psychosocial Evaluation, Problems and Support before LT  - Bethany Tucker

10:20-10:30     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

10:30-10:45     Break  

10:45-11:00     ABSTRACT I: Jessica Naso Onofrio

11:00-11:15     ABSTRACT II: Sinead Cunningham

11:15-11:30     Image Quiz - Norman Junge

 

Session 2 (transplant surgery)

 

11:30-11:50     Is the organ offer appropriate for my patient? (Size, Age, HCV, marginal donor)              - Eva Pfister

11:50-12:00     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

12:00-12:20     Machine perfusion (HOPE)  - Hermien Hartog

12:20-12:30     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

12:30-13:15     Lunch Break   

13:15-14:25     LT technique   Hermien Hartog + Philipp Felgendreff

                  -                Fullsize               

                  -                Split     

                  -                HA+PVAnastomosis 

                  -                biliary anastomosis  

                  -                portal Hypertension

                  -                LD LT   

                  -                Combined LT (sequence)      

14:25-14:40     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

14:40-14:50     ABSTRACT: Vangelis Giamouris

15:00-15:15     BREAK

 

Session 3 (early post LT care)

 

15:15-15:35    -PICU aspects (Heparin/bleeding, Transfusion/Fluid management, Diuretics, antibiotics, catecholamines);

-the heart post LT  - Thomas Jack

15:35-15:45     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

15:45-16:00     peri-/early post-operative Problems and Solutions ( bleeding, infection, Graft mismatch) - JQ

16:00-16:10     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

16:10-16:25     Vascular complications   -  Hubert van der Doef

16:25-16:40     Vascular Interventions    -  Christoph Happel

16:40-17:00     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

17:00-17:15     Biliary complications   -  Tassos Grammatikopoulos

17:15-17:25     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

17:25-17:40     Specific Aspects of early post LT care depending on disease  - Giusy Ranucci

17:40-17:55     Wrap of the day, Q+A, interact. Discussion               

18:00-19:30     Group Work Initiation, 5 groups

How to improve first year outcome (one group vascular, one group biliary, one group infection, one group cardiovascular, one group size mismatch)

20:00 Dinner

Day 03 - September 25

Session 4 (post LT care)

 

8:30-8:50           IS principles/ protocols/ drugs after pLT (surveyr-resutls)  -   Imeke Goldschmidt

8:50-9:00           Q+A, interact. Discussion    

9:00-9:15           Abstract IV : Milad Rezvani       

9:15-9:35           Graft fibrosis/protocol biopsies/late reaction (DSA?) (survey results)        

9:35-9:45           Q+A, interact. Discussion             

09:45-10:00     BREAK

10:00-10:20     PTLD (survey results)   -  Britta Maeker-Kohlhof +Eva Pfister

10:20-10:30     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

10:30 - 10:45  Recurrence -Norman Junge

10:45 - 10:55  Q+A, interact. Discussion

10:55-11:15   Infections (incl CMV+EBV) and Immunizations (Survey results) - Cristina Goncalves

11:15-11:30      ABSTRACT V : Marc Garcia Lorenzo   

11:30-11:45     Q+A, interact. Discussion about different immunizations protocols (Survey results) CG

11:45-13:00      Group Work II

13:00-14:00     LUNCH BREAK              

14:00:14:20     LT in countries with low resources or no LT program   -  Tudor Pop

14:20-14:30     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

14:30-14:50     Special aspect for inherited diseases   -  Hubert van der Doef

14:50-15:00     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

15:00-15:20     CV disease and Kidney disease after LT - AM

15:20-15:30     Q+A, interact. Discussion    

16:00 -17:00    Network and City tour     

17:30-19:00     Zoo

19:00 -24:00    Networking dinner

                           Personal lessons learned - Hubert van der Doef, Imeke Goldschmidt

 

 

 

 

Day 04 - September 26

Session 6

08:30-9:00        School, profession, family, transition   -   Bethany Tucker

9:00-10:00        Group Work III(Take home messages)          

10:00-10:15     BREAK

10:15-12:15     Presentation Group Work and own take home messages               

 

Session 7 (closing)

 

12:15-12:30     Evaluation of LT School and closing remarks           

12:30   END     

Cost Coverage

ESPGHAN will arrange and cover the following for registered delegates: 

  • Accommodation up to 3 nights (organised by ESPGHAN)
  • Pre-arranged dinners and social programme  
  • Catering throughout the course   
  • Course Material 

CONTACT

If you have any questions, please contact the ESPGHAN Office for details.
Phone: +41 (0)22 9000 401
Email: office@espghan.org

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