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Vijay Gorantla, MD, PHD

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Vijay Gorantla, MD, PHD

Director, Reconstructive Transplantation, Atrium Health Wake Forest
AST Member Since 2002

Events and Announcements

CEoT 2025

CEoT 2025

The 2025 Cutting Edge of Transplantation (CEoT) meeting will focus on transplant modernization. Don't miss out!

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Now Accepting Board Nominations

Now Accepting Board Nominations

Interested in joining the AST board of directors? Learn more about the nomination process.

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Get to Know the AST

We continue to expand and find new ways to support our community

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Countries Represented  

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Transplant Specialties Included 

Membership Benefits

  • Innovative Meetings

    AST members receive discounts to meetings including the American Transplant Congress (ATC) and Cutting Edge of Transplantation (CEoT).

  • Networking and Collaboration

    Expand your network beyond your institution with our Communities of Practice, member directory, and more.

  • Transplant Education

    Access webinars, courses, and curriculum created by subject-matter experts.

Member Benefits

Communities of Practice Spotlight

Communities of Practice (COPs) are unique, specialty-area groups created with your needs in mind. Each COP is dedicated to exchanging knowledge, offering networking opportunities, advocating for patients, and developing resources.

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Transplant Diagnostics

TxDx COP supports, develops, and advances the knowledge and practice of transplantation pathology, immunogenetics, histocompatibility, and HLA antibody testing aiming to improve outcomes for transplant recipients.

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Thoracic and Critical Care

The TCC COP is a community of professionals dedicated to advancing the field of heart transplantation, lung transplantation, and donor management, and to improving patient care by promoting research, education, advocacy, and organ donation.

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Infectious Disease

IDCOP leads the transplant infectious diseases community by fostering academic collaboration, developing clinical guidance and educational materials, promoting diversity and inclusion in the field, and mentoring.

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Pediatric

PCOP represents and advocates for those who dedicate their careers to advancing transplantation through clinical care, research, and education for pediatric populations.

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Living Donor

LDCOP represents multidisciplinary members who are involved in the care of living kidney or liver organ donors throughout the donation continuum. LDCOP works to enhance the quality, effectiveness, access, and integrity of living donation.

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Transplant Administration and Quality Management

TxAQM COP represents individuals responsible for the administration and management of transplant programs including transplant center managed care contracting, financial oversight, and quality management.

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Psychosocial and Ethics

The PSECOP represents a multidisciplinary group who are involved in the assessment and care of the recipient and living donor throughout the transplant process.

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Advanced Practice Providers

APP COP represents Advanced Practice Providers (Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants) who practice within the transplant community.

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Kidney Pancreas

KPCOP represents those in kidney and pancreas transplantation and advances the field through activities focused on education, research, public policy, and collaboration.

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Recovery and Preservation

RAP COP represents and serves scientists interested in ex vivo organ and tissue preservation through advocacy, support, and development of activities that will advance the preservation of organs and tissues in the field of transplant.

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Transplant Pharmacy

TxPharm COP provides a forum for transplant pharmacists to network and collaborate on best practice solutions while promoting the growth and development of the transplant pharmacy discipline.

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Liver and Intestinal

LICOP represents transplant professionals engaged with liver or intestinal transplantation and advances the field through research, education, collaboration, and mentoring.

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Community of Transplant Scientists

COTS represents and serves scientists interested in transplant research by developing and supporting activities that will enhance research in the field of transplantation.

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Women's Health

WHCOP represents male and female members interested in gender-related transplant issues and supports the leadership and career advancement of women and other underrepresented communities within the transplant field.

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Trainee and Young Faculty

The TYF COP was created to empower transplant professionals throughout their training and early development of their careers, to participate actively and represent their unique needs in AST.

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Donation and Transplantation Optimization

DTO COP aims to create and sustain effective and facilitated collaboration between donation and transplant professionals to drive continuous performance improvement of the system.

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Upcoming: Webinars

Check out our upcoming online webinars.

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This webinar is part of a joint series on regenerative medicine, "Joining Forces to Shape Our Mutual Future."

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

AST in Action

Take Action: Living Donor Protection Act

Take Action: Living Donor Protection Act

This legislation seeks to protect living organ donors from discrimination in areas of life and disability insurance. We need your help to get this legislation passed.

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Save the Date: World Transplant Congress

Save the Date: World Transplant Congress

Don't miss the 2025 World Transplant Congress - August 2-6, 2025, in San Francisco, CA.

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Transplant Medication Adherence Videos

Transplant Medication Adherence Videos

This four-video series was created by the Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice for solid organ transplant patients and caregivers to help ensure optimal adherence post-transplantation.

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Living Donor Circle of Excellence

Living Donor Circle of Excellence

When you join the AST Circle of Excellence, your organization affirms its dedication to improving the lives of transplant patients through living donation.

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This content was developed independently by AST and supported by a financial contribution from Sanofi