COVID-19 and it's impact on the landscape of transplantation

Vasilis Kontozamanis

Deputy Minister for Health

“The planning of the Ministry of Health for the next day of transplantation”

The State’s master plan for the recreation of the transplantation field.

Sotiris Tsiodras

Professor of Pathology and Infectious Diseases (ID) at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

“The latest data on the vaccine and treatment of COVID-19”

Research developments in the battle against the pandemic.

Elias Mossialos

Professor of Health Policy and Head of Department in the LSE Department of Health Policy, Greece’s representative to international organizations dealing with COVID-19

“Health Policy for the handling of COVID-19 and the National Action Plan on organ donation and transplantation”

The benefits and challenges in the handling of COVID-19. The impact of the pandemic on the National Action Plan on organ donation and transplantation.

Vassileios Papalois

Professor of Transplantation Surgery at the Imperial College London, Secretary General of the European Society of Organ Transplantation

“The impact of COVID-19 on transplants at European level – what does the future look like?”

An account of the pandemic’s impact on the area of transplantation in Europe.

George Papatheodoridis

President of the Hellenic Transplant Organization, Professor at the Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Director of the Academic Gastroenterology Department and Head of the Hepatic Transplant Unit at the “Laiko” General Hospital of Athens.

“The impact of COVID-19 on the landscape of transplantation in Greece and the policy of the Hellenic Transplant Organization”

Transplantation activity and the actions of the Hellenic Transplant Organization during the pandemic. How can the future be different?

Anastasia Kotanidou

Professor of Pulmonology–Critical Care at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, President of the Hellenic Intensive Care

“Intensive Care Units after the Coronavirus: A new landscape for transplantations?”

The plan for the Intensive Care Units’ number increase and the degree to which this plan is anticipated to affect transplantation activity.

Smaragdi Marinaki

Assistant Professor of Nephrology

“COVID-19 and Transplantation: Handling patients”

Transplantation and COVID-19: The medical data on the disease and the way in which it affects the area of transplantation, but also the life of patients recovering from transplant surgery.