JHLT: The Podcast

JHLT: The Podcast returns for July with a paper entitled " Comparing DSA-negative and DSA-positive antibody-mediated rejection in heart transplants: Results from the Trifecta-Heart study ," available online now and in the July print issue of JHLT . Today's guests are first author Katelynn S. Madill-Thomsen, PhD and senior author Philip F. Halloran, MD, PhD , both from the Alberta Transplant Applie...

For the first time, JHLT: The Podcast welcomes a patient onto the podcast. The Digital Media Editors are pleased to welcome heart transplant recipient and patient advocate Payton Herres for a discussion about her recent perspective piece in JHLT . In this compelling, moving discussion, Payton shares: Her treatment story—from her congenital diagnoses to her life-changing transplant—and her donor's...

On JHLT: The Podcast , we kick off June with a paper entitled " Serial assessment of modified Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions SHOCK classification in post-cardiotomy patients ," which is available online now and in the June issue of JHLT . Today's guests are first author Ufuk Baldan, MD and senior author Patrick Klein, MD, PhD , both of the Amsterdam University Medical Cen...

On this special episode of JHLT: The Podcast , the Digital Media Editors take a look back at the exciting science that was on display at ISHLT2026, the ISHLT 46 th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. Topics include: Artificial intelligence and machine learning in transplantation, especially in assessing donor lungs and EVLP Cardiogenic Shock science at ISHLT2026, including a well-attended, all-n...

JHLT: The Podcast starts May with an important ten-year update to a keystone document—the " ISHLT Consensus Conference on Graft Dysfunction within the First 72 Hours after Heart Transplantation ." The consensus summary—and a perspective piece by the authors —appears in the May issue of JHLT, and is available in full on ISHLT.org . The podcast is happy to host conference leader and first author Jon...

In this episode, JHLT: The Podcast highlights a special issue of the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation that's just been released. The issue focuses on innovations in Device Therapies, and was edited by JHLT Deputy Editor Manreet Kanwar, MD, FACC , of the University of Chicago. Dr. Kanwar joins Digital Media Editor Van-Khue Ton, MD, PhD for a discussion about the special issue. The discussi...

JHLT: The Podcast kicks off April with a discussion of the paper, " Lung Cancer After Lung Transplantation: Early Detection and Curative Surgery Drive Long-Term Survival ," which appears in the April issue of JHLT. Senior author Pauline Pradère, MD , of Hôpital Marie Lannelongue in Paris, joins the episode to talk about the paper. The conversation includes discussion of: The overall survival of pa...

JHLT: The Podcast continues a themed month on HIV infection in solid organ transplant, building on our last episode's exploration from Dr. Saeed at Montefiore in New York. Our guest this episode is infectious diseases expert  Cameron Wolfe, MD , Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He joined us while on sabbatical with his family in Brisbane Australia for a conversation about h...

This month on JHLT: The Podcast , the Digital Media Editors host two themed discussions around HIV in solid organ transplantation. The conversation begins with a discussion of the paper, " Early experience in heart transplantation utilizing donors with HIV ," which appears in the March issue of JHLT . First author  Omar Saeed, MD, MSc , of the Division of Cardiology at Montefiore Medical Center in...

JHLT: The Podcast returns with an episode  for our heart transplant colleagues, discussing the paper, " Barriers and opportunities in donation after circulatory death heart transplantation ," from the February issue of JHLT . Featured on this episode is first author, Katherine G. Phillips, MD , of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at NYU Langone, and co-author, Brian Wayda, MD , from the Di...

In this episode of JHLT: The Podcast , the Digital Media Editors host a discussion on a new consensus statement from ISHLT on Short Telomere Syndrome (STS) and Lung Transplantation . The document was first published last month. They're joined by document leads Andrew Courtwright, MD, PhD , of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia; Dr. John Mackintosh of Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane...

JHLT: The Podcast returns with an episode discussing the paper, " Impact of evolocumab on coronary physiology and microstructure in de-novo heart transplant recipients ," from the January issue of JHLT . Featured on this episode is early career guest host Bin Yang, MD , of Massachusetts General Hospital. Mentored by Digital Media Editor Van-Khue Ton, MD, PhD , Dr. Yang shares hosting duties this e...

Happy new year and welcome to a new season of JHLT: The Podcast ! In this year-end recap, the Digital Media Editors will each share one of their favorite studies from The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation in 2025. You'll get a look at some of the best science in advanced heart and lung failure from the past year.   Studies featured: Efficacy and safety of sotatercept across ranges of cardi...

JHLT: The Podcast returns with an episode discussing the paper, " High Antiphospholipid Antibody Titers and Outcomes of Pulmonary Endarterectomy: A Single-Center Retrospective Observational Cohort Study ," from the December issue of JHLT .   They are joined by the first author, Camille Miard, MD , and senior author, François Stéphan, MD, PhD , both from the cardiothoracic intensive care unit at Hô...

On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors host a discussion on the paper, " Lung transplant in patients with suspicious lung lesions: A single-center retrospective data analysis ," which appears in the December issue of JHLT . They are joined by the senior author, Stefan Schwarz, MD, PhD , of the Department of Thoracic Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna. The discussi...

On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors host a discussion on the paper, " Impact of donor specific antibodies on longitudinal lung function and baseline lung allograft dysfunction ."   They are joined by the first author, Muhtadi Alnababteh, MD , Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland and Staff Clinician at the National Institutes of Health, and senior author Mic...

On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast , the Digital Media Editors invite co-lead author Nir Uriel, MD , Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Columbia University. Dr. Uriel joins to discuss the work of the Cardiogenic Shock Working Group (CSWG) and their recent paper, " Outcomes of patients supported on Impella...

On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors invite author Dr. Ayumi Goda , from the Kyorin University Hospital in Tokyo, Japan, to discuss her team's paper, " Prevalence of occult HFpEF and age-specific efficacy of passive leg raise in pulmonary hypertension ." The discussion explores: How clinical observations led to the idea for a study on whether the passive leg raise could...

On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors invite first author Ahmet Bilgili , from the University of Florida's Congenital Heart Center, and senior author Eric I. Jeng, MD , from the University of Florida's MCS program. Bilgili and Dr. Jeng discuss their paper, " Optimal pretransplant duration with HeartMate III left ventricular assist device: A contemporary analysis ." The di...

On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors invite first author Luke Williams , a cardiothoracic surgery trainee at Royal Papworth Hospital, NHS Blood and Transplant Clinical Research Fellow, and a PhD student at Cambridge University in the UK. Luke discusses his paper, " The United Kingdom's experience of controlled donation after circulatory death direct procurement of lungs...

On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors invite first author Gaurav Sharma, PhD, MBA , from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Dr. Sharma discusses his paper, " Metabolic and transcriptomic insights into temperature controlled hypothermic preservation of human donor hearts ." The discussion explores: How donor hearts not offered or declined for tr...

On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors invite first author Joan Guzmán-Bofarull , and senior author, Marta Farrero , both of the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona in Spain. They join to discuss their paper, " Regional differences in primary graft dysfunction: A report from the international consortium on PGD ." The discussion explores: The international consortium on PGD, the c...

On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors invite first author Nikil Prasad, MD , a cardiology fellow in the Columbia University Medical Center in New York, to discuss the paper, " Can the grading of mild cardiac allograft vasculopathy be further refined? An angiographic and physiologic assessment of heart transplant recipients with ISHLT CAV 1 ." The discussion explores: The...

On this special episode of JHLT: The Podcast , the Digital Media Editors take a look back at the exciting science that was on display at ISHLT2025, the ISHLT 45 th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. Topics include: Telomere biology disorders and lung transplantation The meeting's special focus on cardiogenic shock The apixiVAD trial exploring low dose apixaban in HeartMate 3 LVADs Myocardial re...

On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors invite first author Peter Cho and senior author Abbas Ardehali, MD , to discuss the paper, " Severe primary graft dysfunction in heart transplant recipients using donor hearts after circulatory death: a United States Experience ." Peter is a third year medical student at Drexel University, and Dr. Ardehali is professor of surgery and...