2nd National UK HOPE Meeting

The HOPE Revolution: More Organs. More Lives. More Time.

The Composer’s Suite, Edgbaston Park Hotel, Birmingham
Tuesday 4th November, 2025, 10:00 – 16:00

Free Registration*

*Delegates will need to cover their own travel and accommodation costs

In collaboration with

Morning Session

Introduction

Nigel Hircock, Bridge to Life

Machine Perfusion Data Deep Dive

Analysis of the latest Machine Perfusion data from Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Birmingham; how practice has changed since the introduction of HOPE; subsection focused on prolonged perfusion (4 hrs+)
George Clarke, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham

HOPE alone/ NRP+HOPE / NRP / NRP+NMP: What is best for DCD livers?

HOPE alone

Rebeca Sanabria Mateos, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham

NRP+HOPE

Damiano Patrono, Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino

NRP

Carlo Ceresa, Royal Free Hospital, London

NRP+NMP

Rohit Gaurav, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge

Debate: ‘What is best for DCD livers?’ – interactive round table session

Moderator: Rebeca Sanabria Mateos, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham

Paediatric outcomes with HOPE

UK multi-centre data. Reviewing split liver results including right lobe outcomes.
Alba Bueno, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Miriam Cortes Cerisuelo, King’s College Hospital, London

Debate: ‘Future potential of HOPE in paediatric transplant’

Moderator: Barbara Fiore, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds

Afternoon Session

UW vs HTK data

Abdul Hakeem, King’s College Hospital, London

Novel Approach to Viability Assessment of Split Liver Grafts using Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion

Rebecca Paconesi, Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino

The economics of implementing HOPE

US data from Bridge to HOPE study: Chase J Wehrle, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA
UK data: Russ Bolton, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham

Liver resection on HOPE?

Olivier Scatton, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris