Annual report 2021-2022 – special interest group (SIG) Transplantation Medicine of the EAPM
Co-chairs: Frank Vitinius, Istvan Mucsi, Britta S. Bürker
Meetings:
– Virtual SIG meeting during EAPM 2021
– Interim virtual SIG meeting by ZOOM spring 2022
– Face-to-face SIG meeting during EAPM 2022
Activities/future plans:
– The SIG aims at producing a publication regarding substance use/substance use
disorder in transplantation, possibly based on a survey on current practice at different
transplant centers. To this end, the SIG plans a virtual SIG meeting in the coming
months in order to discuss this project further and agree on the next steps in this
process.
Oslo, 14.6.22
On behalf of the SIG Transplantation Medicine
B.S. Bürker
2020
During the Covid 19 pandemia there was not any meeting at the EAPM congress which was postponed to 2021. The members of the SIG transplantation medicine submitted several abstracts for the EAPM congress which were accepted for presentation. In some cases they were published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research. The SIG members reached in two symposia proposals with abstracts dealing with transplantation topics. We are waiting for the decision regarding acceptance after abstract deadline of the EAPM congress in Vienna 2021. The SIG is planning an online conference of the SIG members in advance of the EAPM congress.
Short report – SIG Transplantation Medicine for 2018/2019
Chairs
– F. Vitinius
– I. Mucsi
– B.S. Bürker (since 6-2018)
– K.H. Schulz (until 6-2018)
Activities
- Several members of the SIG collaborated on a consensus statement regarding mental health assessment of altruistic non-directed kidney donors, which was published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research in 2018:
Potts et al. (2018): Mental health assessment of altruistic non-directed kidney donors: An EAPM consensus statement, J Psychosom Res 107:26-32 (doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2017.12.001) - Several members of the SIG collaborated on the submission of symposia, related to
Transplantation Medicine, for EAPM’s annual meetings in 2018 and 2019
Ideas for future activities - Collaborate on submission of symposia, related to Transplantation Medicine, for future annual meetings of the EAPM
- Collaborate on a consensus statement regarding psychiatric/psychosomatic follow-up of solid organ transplant recipients
- Collaborate on a survey on the use of cannabinoids in Transplantation Medicine
- Collaborate with the EAPM on establishing a communication platform, facilitating communication/group discussions within the SIG in between the annual meetings
On behalf of the SIG,
Britta S. Bürker, Frank Vitinius and Istvan Mucsi
