Thanks @AATSHQ for an outstanding Thoracic Transplant and MCS Summit #MechSummit2026, and for the opportunity to serve as social media ambassador
Looking forward to connecting in New York and LA for the Aortic Symposium and Annual Meeting
Fascinating talk by @MuathBishawi at #MechSummit2026 on HALT for highly sensitized patients 🫀
🔹 The liver acts as an immunologic "sponge," absorbing circulating antibodies
🔹 Persistent suppression of DSA - except in cases of transient liver dysfunction
@AATSHQ
Day 2 at the #MechSummit2026
10°C donor heart & lung preservation ❄️🫀🫁
10°C storage seems to represent the fine line between cold cellular protection and maintaining vital metabolic pathways/mitochondrial function
@AATSHQ
R. Michael Reul retweeted
Excellent session by Victor Pretorius, MBChB, FRCSC, at @AATSHQ Mechanical Support & Thoracic Transplantation Summit, on advanced preservation strategies for challenging heart transplants for reducing risk, expanding donor utilization, and creating new opportunities for transplantation.
#MechSummit2026 #HeartTransplant #CardiacSurgery #MCS
Fascinating biology with real clinical implications 🫁 #MechSummit2026
Can combination of in-vivo recipient desensitization and ex-vivo donor organ modification overcome ABO incompatibility? Exciting results from @UHN @MarceloCypel 👏👏 @AATSHQ
Presenting our poster today at #MechSummit2026📍
TAVR for de novo aortic insufficiency after LVAD. Come say hi during the welcome session! @EmoryCTSurgery @MuathBishawi @JoshuaChanMD @DrManiCTSurgery @AATSHQ
Day 1 is well underway! Great to see @DrManiCTSurgery and Dr. Philip Spencer discuss Lung Bioengineering at the lunch session. Can outsourcing EVLP improve donor utilization, patient outcomes, cost, and program efficiency? #MechSummit2026 @AATSHQ
Made it to Toronto for the @AATSHQ Mechanical Support & Thoracic Transplantation Summit! 🇨🇦 🫀🫁Excited for two days of MCS and transplant innovation. #MechSummit2026
R. Michael Reul retweeted
#OnTheCover of our October issue: #TAVR for #LVAD-Associated #AorticRegurgitation
👉tinyurl.com/yucvbudv
#MechanicalCirculatorySupport #StructuralHeart #HeartValve
📱 We are excited to introduce the inaugural #MechSummit2026 Social Media Ambassadors! @aabha_divya, @BrianLimaMD, and @rmreul are covering all things #MechSummit2026. Follow their accounts to view their content. Congratulations, Ambassadors!
What is the impact of thoracic #aortic endograft explant on open descending and thoracoabdominal aortic replacement? Read outcomes from surgeons at @EmoryCTSurgery in #JTCVS Open: hubs.ly/Q04g8yNn0
@elnortonMD @YDuwayri
R. Michael Reul retweeted
Our Lab is hiring ! Looking for a post doc with background in gene therapy/editing. Our focus is cardiac and pulmonary diseases .
🧬❤️🫁 Know someone interested about gene therapy for heart/lung disease? @DukeSurgery Alum, DCP Associate Alum, and DCP portfolio company founder (Lacuna Medical), @MuathBishawi is hiring a Postdoc + Lab Tech at @EmoryMedicine/@GeorgiaTech. 👉APPLY HERE: tinyurl.com/5n6rceas
R. Michael Reul retweeted
We are so thrilled to match these incredible residents to our program!!! @JackKentMD, John Eisenga, Raza Ahmad, and Alexander Lu! 🥳🥳@EmorySurgery @EmoryThoracic #Match2025
R. Michael Reul retweeted
For our first ever tweet 🥁🥁🥁 we’ll share our sim lab photos with Dr. Farrington yesterday. Working on our coronary anastomosis skills! #CTS #emoryCTSresidents @EmoryCTSurgery
Very special didactic session this morning introducing our CT Box Trainers. Handmade by Dr. Guyton. Dedication to simulation and technical skills @EmoryCTSurgery @EmorySurgery
I’m going to be a cardiac surgeon! Happy to follow in the footsteps of these amazing men. Atlanta, here I come! @EmoryCTSurgery
R. Michael Reul retweeted
Trauma surgeons: chances Elsa can survive liver injury? @1883Official
R. Michael Reul retweeted
Dr. Bartley Griffith performed a “first-in-the-world surgery” that will offer “an important new option for #patients in the future.” The @UMmedschool & @UMMC team completed a transplant of a genetically modified pig’s heart, saving the patient’s life. bit.ly/3tfYDCM
R. Michael Reul retweeted
❗️A risk index with high correlation with deceased donor lung discard. By comparing discard risk to post-transplant outcomes, the authors identify potential targets for improved donor utilization. jhltonline.org/article/S1053…
@rmreul
R. Michael Reul retweeted
Greater donor utilization does not always mean greater adverse events sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @TheJHLT @BCM_ALD @COPDFoundation @LungTXfndtn @LungAssociation @AATSHQ @STS_CTsurgery








































