Cedars-Sinai Experts Available for Media Interviews at 2025 World Transplant Congress
Transplant Pioneer Stanley Jordan, MD, Honored for Advancing Transplant Medicine
Transplant experts from the Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center and Smidt Heart Institute will present research at the 2025 World Transplant Congress, a global gathering of transplant investigators and clinicians Aug. 2-6 in San Francisco.
Cedars-Sinai experts will be available for media interviews throughout the international conference, jointly organized by the American Society of Transplantation, American Society of Transplant Surgeons and The Transplantation Society. The meeting unites transplant leaders from around the globe to share research, discuss advancements and address challenges in organ transplantation.
“The World Transplant Congress is an opportunity for Cedars-Sinai to showcase our innovative research across all programs globally, while collaborating with colleagues from around the world to shape the future of transplant medicine,” said Irene Kim, MD, director of the Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center and current community engagement officer on the American Society of Transplant Surgeons council.
Cedars-Sinai completed 682 solid organ transplants in 2024, placing it among the top 10 transplant centers in the U.S. by volume, according to data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.
“It is amazing to see how far the field of transplantation has come, especially in how 
institutions like Cedars-Sinai are able to take on very complicated cases,” said Jon Kobashigawa, MD, a medical cardiologist who directs the Heart Transplant Program in the Smidt Heart Institute. Kobashigawa is the current president of the American Society of Transplantation (AST).
During the conference, the AST also will recognize Stanley Jordan, MD, Cedars-Sinai director of Nephrology and medical director of the Comprehensive Transplant Center’s Kidney Transplant Program, with the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award, the society’s highest honor.
Cedars-Sinai experts are available to discuss an array of topics and research being presented at the World Transplant Congress, including:
- Machine perfusion for preserving organs for transplantation
- Xenotransplantation, the process of transplanting an organ from one species to another
- Advances in minimally invasive lung transplants
- Immunosuppression and organ rejection
To arrange interviews with Cedars-Sinai experts, contact Jillian Scholten at [email protected] or 949-244-2561.
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