Scientific Societies and Foundations


Fundació Catalana de Trasplantament
The Catalan Transplant Foundation was established as a complementary body to the Catalan Transplant Society to help with research work, training and transplantation promotion.
www.fctransplant.org
 
European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA)
A European scientific association whose main objective is to promote and spread news about progress in the field of clinical nephrology, dialysis and renal transplantation.
www.era-edta.org
 
European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Associations / European Renal Care Association (EDTNA/ERCA)
Multi-disciplinary organisation open to nurses, technicians, social workers, dieticians, unit managers, tranplant co-ordinatiors, and any other professionals working with renal patients for the exchange of information and experience.EDTNA/ERCA has 4000 members from 63 countries.
www.edtna-erca.org
 
Sociedad Española de Diálisis y Trasplante
Society established in 1987 by urologist, nephrologist and other professionals by the aim to increasing awareness about the diagnosis and treatment of renal diseases in Spain.
www.sedyt.org
 

Sociedad Española de Cardiología
The Spanish Cardiology Society is a non-profit scientific and professional organisation dedicated to increasing awareness about the heart and the circulatory system, making progress in the prevention and treatment of heart disease and improving the survival rate and quality of life of heart patients.
www.secardiologia.es
 
The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
An association of professionals from 45 countries representing more than 10 different disciplines related to the management and treatment of terminal heart and lung disease.
www.ishlt.org
 
International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)
An international organisation created with the aim of improving care for patients requiring a liver transplant and promoting education and research through the dissemination and exchange of information on this treatment among the medical community and the general public.
www.ilts.org
 
Tras Net. Web Española de Trasplantes
The Spanish Transplantation website provides information on different issues relating to organ transplantation (indications, registries, annual reports, bibliography) and features events, news items, activities, discussion forums, etc.
www.trans-net.org
 
Asociación Española de Bancos de Tejidos (AEBT)
The Spanish Association of Tissue Banks is a scientific association of Spanish professionals who work on procuring, processing, preserving and sharing human tissue for transplantation.
www.aebt.org
 
British Association Tissue Banks (BATB)
A scientific association of British professionals engaged in procuring, processing, preserving and sharing human tissue for transplantation.
www.batb.org.uk
 
European Association Musculo Skeletal Transplantation (EAMST)
A scientific association of Belgian professionals devoted to procuring, processing, preserving, sharing and transplanting bones and tendons.
www.eamst.org
 
American Association Tissue Banks (AATB)
A scientific association of American professionals who work on procuring, processing, preserving and sharing human tissue for transplantation.
www.aatb.org
 
Josep Carreras Foundation
A foundation that works on promoting clinical research and bone-marrow transplantation by promoting bone-marrow and umbilical-cord blood donations and looking for compatible donors for patients waiting for a transplant. It also has an information service and offers social services for patients and their families, including free accommodation near the transplant centre.
www.fcarreras.es
 
The European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)
A non-profit organisation founded in 1974 with the aim of promoting haematopoietic stem-cell transplants and disseminating information on clinical research. It focuses considerably on education and regulatory matters, including the preparation and updating of quality and accreditation standards and measures for all kinds of transplantation procedures.
www.ebmt.org
 
American Society for Bone Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT)
A national organisation of professionals who promote new advances in bone-marrow transplantation. Its members are devoted to clinical practice and research in this field.
www.asbmt.org
 
Belgian Transplantation Society
This organisation was founded in 1993 by the aims to be an organism with whom the government or other organisation can discuss all transplantation issues and to stimulate the study of all matters related to transplantation of organs, tissues and cells by organising scientific meetings,etc.
www.transplant.be
 
The Canadian Association of Transplantation (CAT)
The CAT was officially founded in 1987 with the aims to educate the membership (health professionals and lay public) to improve the transplant process,communication and promote organ/tissue donation. www.transplant.ca
 
American Society of Transplantation (AST)
An organisation dedicated to research, education and treatment of patients in the area of transplantation. The information provided by the AST to healthcare professionals working in transplantation makes new scientific progress and improvements in this field possible.
www.a-s-t.org
 
American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
A society that works with public and private organisations to promote training and research in organ and tissue transplantation. It also participates in coordinating transplant programmes to ensure the best results and increase the quality of life of patients affected by organ insufficiency.
www.asts.org
 
TransWeb
A non-profit website dedicated to the international transplantation community and created by the University of Michigan. It features news, events, real-life experiences, myths about donation and an extensive list of questions and answers, as well as articles and videos. The website includes a multimedia trip through donation and transplantation for adults and teenagers.
www.transweb.org
 
Trillium Gift of Life Network
Organ and Tissue Donation
An organisation created by the Government of Ontario (Canada) with the aim of increasing organ and tissue donation for transplantation in this area and to promote and provide support to donation-related training and research activities.
www.transplant-ontario.org
 
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
A leading international organisation of medical professionals working with cancer patients. It is made up of 19,000 members from 100 different countries.
www.asco.org
 
International Society for Cellular Therapy (formerly ISHAGE)
The ISCT is an organisation of professionals working or interested in cell-based research, processing, manipulation, and clinical translation
www.celltherapy.org
 
American Society for Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (ASHI)
A professional society dedicated to scientific progress, practice and the impact of immunogenetics on the quality of life.
www.ashi-hla.org


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