Annual Transplant Infectious Diseases Symposium. An educational event featuring 6medicaland research experts in the fields of Infectious Diseases, Transplant Surgery, Immunology, and Cellular Therapy 6 - 30 minute intensive lecture sessions with Q&A sessions TITLE: Next Generation Diagnostics in the Immunocompromised Host. Our topics and speakers are Topic1: Introduction to next-generation diagnostics in transplant recipients, Speaker: Robin Patel, MD, Professor, Mayo Clinic Topic 2: Genomic biomarkers during allograft rejection and injury in heart transplantation, Speaker: Palak Shah, MD, MS, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, George Washington University, Topic 3: Use of cell-free DNA to diagnose non-infectious complications after lung transplant, speaker: John Reynolds, MD, Professor, Duke University, Topic 4: Use of cell-free DNA to diagnose infections in the immunocompromised host, Speaker: Mady Heldman, MD, Assistant Professor, Duke University, Topic 5 Infectious diseases diagnostics in xenotransplantation – Jay Fishman, MD, Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard, Topic 6: Artificial Intelligence and transplant diagnostics - Adrian Egli, MD, PhD, Professor, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich