Scientific Output

Scientific Output from Eurotransplant includes extensive transplant registry data, research publications on organ allocation and transplant outcomes, and clinical studies on improving graft survival. It contributes to the development of best practices, ethical huidelines, and innovations in transplantation logistics.

The names of authors who work at Eurotransplant central office or at the Eurotransplant Reference Laboratory are indicated in Italic font.

Invited lectures - 2026

1. Interactive session: choose the donor: kidney, heart
HSCT Moderators: Zoet Y, Burek Kamernaric M, Montanic S.
18th East West Immunogenetics Conference, Slovenia, Zagreb February 26-28, 2026

2. Eurotransplant - Organallokation
De Buijzer E.
6. Intensivkurs Transplantationsmedizin, Essen, Germany vom 09.03.2026 bis 13.03.2026

3. Belgium’s position within Eurotransplant
De Buijzer E
GIFT Symposium, Belgium, Brussels, March 20, 2026

4. EPT results 2025, incl. information on pilot EPT for flow-crossmatch
Zoet Y
Eurotransplant Extramural meeting 2026, Belgium, Brussels, March 20, 2026

5. Patient based cases EPT 2025
Zoet Y
Eurotransplant Extramural meeting 2026, Belgium, Brussels, March 20, 2026

6. Improvement in ETKAS point system (vPRA-sliding scale, B-DR matching and matchability
De Ferrante H
Eurotransplant Extramural meeting 2026, Belgium, Brussels, March 20, 2026

Publications – Articles | 2026

1. Early Graft Loss in Solitary Pancreas Transplant Recipients Within Eurotransplant Region
Mensink JW, de Bakker JK, Mallat MJK, van Bruchem M, van der Helm D, van Meel M, de Vries APJ, Pol RA, Margreiter C, Huurman VAL on behalf of the Eurotransplant Pancreas Advisory Committee (EPAC).
Published January 8, 2026
Transplantology, 2026; 7(1):3

2. The changing landscape of intestinal transplantation: Insights from the first quarter of the 21st century of Eurotransplant experience
Filipe MD, Kalisvaart M, Maglione M, Jens A, Jadrijevic S, Haveman JW, Pascher A, Pirenne J.
Intestinal Failure Volume 9, 100349, January-March, 2026

3. Estimating conditional survival benefit for the allocation of scarce resources
Prosepe I, van Geloven N, de Ferrante H, Braat AE, Putter H.
Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 2026;0(0).

4. Unveiling Donor-Derived BKPyV DNAemia Through Analysis of Contralateral Kidney Transplant Recipients
Moest WT, Messchendorp AL, Dolmans H, Konijn-Janssen C, van den Eijnden S, van Bruchem M, Tieken I, Christiaans MHL, van Zuilen AD, Kho MML, et al. 
Biomedicines. 2026; 14(4):820. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines14040820

Invited lectures | 2025

1. Eurotransplant - Organallokation
E. de Buijzer
Intensivkurs Transplantationsmedizin 2025, Universitätsmedizin EssenWestdeutsches Zentrum für Organtransplantation (WZO)
Essen Germany, March 17, 2025

2. Desensitization program update
M. van der Linden-van Oevelen
Extra Mural Meeting
Berlin, Germany, April 11, 2025

3. EPT results 2024
Y. Zoet
Extra Mural Meeting
Berlin, Germany, April 11, 2025

4. Patient based cases ET 2024
Y. Zoet
Extra Mural Meeting
Berlin, Germany, April 11, 2025

5. Future directions in recipient and donor HLA typing in Eurotransplant
C. Kramer
Extra Mural Meeting
Berlin, Germany, April 11, 2025

6. News from the TTAC
G. Karahan
Extra Mural Meeting
Berlin, Germany, April 11, 2025

7. Was passiert, wenn nichts passiert?“ – Fallbeispiele aus der Organallokation
F. Esser, S. van der Zijden
Jahrestagung der Transplantationsbeauftragten DSO-Region Nord,
Hannover, Germany, April 28, 2025

8. Eurotransplant, benefits in organ sharing in 8 European countries
E. de Buijzer
The Saudi Transplant Congress 2025: 1st SCOT Annual Meeting Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia, April 29, 2025

9. Eurotransplant – 57 years of international collaboration in organ transplantation
E. de Buijzer
The Saudi Transplant Congress 2025: 1st SCOT Annual Meeting Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia, April 29, 2025

10. 35. Wilsede Biotest Workshop – Allokation von Spenderlebern: Kriterien und Verfahren
E. de Buijzer
30. Walter-Brendel-Kolleg, Harnack-Haus Schneverdingen,
Germany, May 14, 2025

11. Matchability in Eurotransplant
H. de Ferrante
38th European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference, May 14-17, 2025
Prague, Czech Republic, May 15, 2025

12. Eurotransplant
G. Karahan
38th European Immunogenetics & Histocompatability Conference, May 14-17, 2025
Prague, Czech Republic, May 16, 2025

13. Allokation – werden Organe gerecht verteilt?
E. de Buijzer
Fortbildungskurs „Transplantationsbeauftragter Arzt“ nach dem Curriculum der Bundesärztekammer in Kooperation mit der Deutschen Stiftung Organtransplantation und der Bayerische Landesärztekammer,
München, Germany, May 21, 2025

14. Aufgabe der Vermittlungsstelle (Eurotransplant) - Organallokation
E. de Buijzer
31. Walter-Brendel-Kolleg im Harnack-Haus der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft,
Berlin, Germany, May 23 – May 28, 2025

15. Toewijzing van nieren
E. de Buijzer
Nierfestival: Nierkracht, wat kan wel?
Nieuwegein, Netherlands, July 5, 2025

16. Eurotransplant – wie werden die Organe von kindlichen Spendern alloziert?
E. de Buijzer
2nd Symposium Organ Donation in Pediatrics - online LMU Klinikum Campus Großhadern,
Munich, Germany, July 23, 2025

17. HLA Matchability and Acces to Kidney Transplantation: Disparities in Eurotransplant
H. de Ferrante
WTC 2025 – World Transplant Congress
San Francisco, USA, August 6, 2025

18. Transplant allocation and virtual crossmatching – Quo Vadis
R. Laguna Goya
Plenary Lecture – 32nd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Immunogenetics (DGI)
Frankfurt am Main, September 3, 2025

19. I Intestinal Transplantation in Eurotransplant: A Five-Year Analysis Revealing Discrepancies Between Organ Reporting, Utilization, and Waiting List
M. Filipe
10.1016/j.intf.2025.100135 CIIRTA,
Sweden, September 12, 2025

20. Uitleg allocatie Eurotransplant
M. Filipe
Enschede

21. Kidney and Liver allocation for children becoming 18
De Buijzer E, Matera A.
34. Jahrestagung der DTG, Essen, Germany vom 09.10.2025 bis 11.10.2025

Publications – Articles | 2025

1. Combined Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation After Rescue Allocation: The Eurotransplant Experience: A Retrospective Multicenter Outcome Analysis
Volker Assfalg, Felix Stocker, Norbert Hüser, Daniel Hartmann, Edouard Matevossian, Milou van Bruchem, Serge Vogelaar, Lutz Renders, Christoph Schmaderer, Christian Margreiter, Andras Deak, Franka Messner, Michael Kammer, Dirk Ysebaert, Daniel Jacobs-Tulleneers-Thevissen, Dimitri Michalski, Steven van Laecke, Pieter Gillard, Andreas Kahl, Richard Viebahn, Carina Riediger, Bernd Jänigen, Moritz Schmelzle, Friedrich Alexander von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Dirk Stippel, Ana Harth, Martin Nitschke, Dionysios Koliogiannis, Andreas Pascher, Joachim Hoyer, Julia Weinmann-Menke, Mario Schiffer, Sebastian Hinz, Silvio Nadalin, Kai Lopau, Volkert Huurman, Miha Arnol, Gregor Miller
Transplantation, March 10, 2025.
Editorial on https://journals.lww.com/transplantjournal/abstract/9900/combined_pancreas_kidney_transplantation_after.1023.aspx

2. Leerboek Volksgezondheid en gezondheidszorg, 9.8 Donorgeneeskunde
Van den Burg P., Tieken C. en Abbink L.
10e druk Leerboek volksgezondheid en gezondheidszorg,
ISBN 9789036831024.

3. The nationwide impact of COVID-19 on lung donation and transplantation in Belgium
Van Slambrouck J, Vos R, Etienne I, Carlier F, Verplancke V, Jens A, Gernay G, Denaux K, Wauters J, De Saedeleer L, Godinas L, Bos S, Vander Kuylen M, Sokolow Y, Knoop C, Rondelet B, Evrard P, Yogeswaran SK, Smits J, Vogelaar S, Van Raemdonck D, Ceulemans LJ.
Journal of Medical Virology / Volume 97, Issue 7 / e70486

4. Equitable allocation through human leukocyte antigen matching: A promising strategy with several challenges
Karahan G., Haasnoot G.W., Heidt S.
Am J Transplant. 2025 Jun;25(6):1149-1151. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.01.028. Epub 2025 Jan 22. PMID: 39855343

5. Incidence and determinants of graft failure and death with functioning graft after re-transplantation
F. Coens 1, D. Reynders 2, E. Goetghebeur 2, I. Tieken 3, S. Vogelaar 3, K. Krupka 4 5, A. Raes 1, F. Claas 3, B. Tönshoff 4 5, A. Prytuła 6 P. Nephrol.
2025 Aug 7. doi: 10.1007/s00467-025-06898-9.

6. Allokation durch Eurotransplant “It’s more than a match”
Tieken I, Van Bruchem M, Aßfalg V.
Published October 5, 2025
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Thieme E-Journals - Nephrologie aktuell / Abstract

7. Repeat Human Leukocyte Antigen Mismatches Are Not Associated with an Increased Risk of Rejection and Graft Loss in Second Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Contemporary Nationwide Retrospective Cohort StudyTH-PO0949
Pipeleers, L.; de Ferrante, H.; Moreau, J.F.; Darius, T.; De Pelsmaeker, S.; Evenepoel, A.; Gambino, G.; Hellemans, R.; Holovska, V.; Kerkhofs, J.; Naesens, M.; Schmitt, J.; Streel, C.; Tieken, I.; Van Laecke, S.; Weekers, L.; Emonds, M.P.; Wissing, K.M.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 36(10S):10.1681/ASN.2025fc92x00f, October 2025. | DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2025fc92x00f

8. Cold Perfusion vs. Static Cold Storage of Deceased-Donor Kidneys — at 10 Years
Rianne Schutter, M.D., Ph.D.Cyril Moers, M.D., Ph.D., Ina Jochmans, M.D., Ph.D.. Anja Gallinat, M.D.Andreas Paul, M.D., Ph.D.Jürgen Treckmann, M.D., Ph.D.University Hospital Essen, Essen, GermanyJacques Pirenne, M.D., Ph.D.Diethard Monbaliu, M.D., Ph.D., Agita Strelniece, M.Sc., Ineke Tieken, M.D., Serge Vogelaar, M.D., Axel Rahmel, M.D., Henri G.D. Leuvenink, M.D., Ph.D., Rutger J. Ploeg, M.D., Ph.D.
Published November 5, 2025
N Engl J Med 2025; 393:1859-1861
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2406608 — VOL. 393 NO. 18

9. Vom Spender zum Empfänger: Organvermittlung und HLA-Kompatibilität verstehen
Matera A, de Buijzer E, Tieken I, Laguna Goya R, van der Linden-van Oevelen MJH, Angius F.
Published November 5, 2025
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