Improvements, new discoveries and new technologies in all aspects of organ transplantation make this dynamic field one of continued interest and excitement. The 2009 Cutting Edge Conference focused on alternative to deceased organ donors, devices used prior to transplant in children and adults, extended-criteria trends in transplantation, and biological and therapeutic interventions as treatment modalities for transplant complications. The conference was presented by the Transplant Center at Univerisity of Minnesota Medical Center and University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital.

Click on one of the following links for a videocast of each presenation.

• Ten Years of Transplantation: Looking Back and to the Future in Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Ten Years of Transplantation: Looking Back and to the Future in Adominal Transplantation
• Xenotransplant and Its Clinical Implications
• Itty-Bitty (and Not-So-Small) Circulatory Assist Devices
• Growing Hearts
• Extended Donor Criteria Trends
• Living Donors: Not Just Family Anymore
• Transplant Tourism
• Donor Specific Antibodies and Rejection
• Post-Operative Glycenic Management