Ashesh Piyush Shah is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University and the Surgical Director of Kidney Transplantation for the Jefferson Transplant Institute. He is board-certified in general surgery. Dr. Shah earned his medical degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He remained at Indiana University to complete his general surgery training. He completed his Multi-organ Abdominal Transplant Fellowship at Indiana University, training in liver, kidney, pancreas, and intestinal transplantation.

Dr. Cataldo Doria graduated Magna cum Laude from the University of Perugia, Italy, in 1990, where he was, also, resident in surgery from 1990 to 1995. He completed a research fellowship in small bowel transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh Transplantation Institute and a clinical fellowship in multi-organ transplantation at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute of the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Doria has Ph.D. in surgery biotechnology and transplant immunology and M.B.A. Cataldo Doria, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., is the Cancer Center Medical Director at Capital Health in Pennington, NJ. Prior to joining Capital Health, Dr. Doria was Professor of Surgery at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Doria is the inaugural Nicoletti Family Professor of Transplant Surgery at Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He is also the Director of the Jefferson Transplant Institute, the Director of the Division of Transplantation, and the SurgicalDirector of the Jefferson Kimmel Cancer Center, Liver Tumor Center, at the same institution. Dr. Doria is the Chairman of the Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Committee of the Jefferson Transplant Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He is a multi-organ transplant surgeon who has extensive expertise in cadaveric and living-related liver and kidney transplant, pancreas transplant, small bowel transplant, as well as hepatobiliary and robotic surgery. Prior to Jefferson, Dr. Doria was at the Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (ISMETT, UPMC Italy) - a partnership between the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Italian National Government - where he served as Chief of Abdominal Organ Transplant. He also served as Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and the US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center of Pittsburgh, PA. His research interest focuses primarily on cancer of the liver, pancreas, and bile duct. Dr. Doria's biography has been listed in Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, and Who's Who in America. Dr. Doria, in year 2005, was named Honorary President of the Italian Association for OrganDonation of the Province of Taranto, Italy. In 2008, he was named "Surgeon of the Year" by the Mid-Atlantic Division of the American Liver Foundation. In 2009, he was the recipient of the Career Achievement Award by the International Association "Pugliesi nel Mondo." In 2010, he was awarded with the seal of the University of Foggia, Italy. In 2012, he was named "Knight of the Italian Republic" by the President of the Italian Republic. In 2016, he was named Chairman, Board of Directors, American Liver Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Division. Doria authored 277 scientific publications. Dr. Doria is a member of numerous professional and scientific societies wherein he has covered several official positions. Most importantly, Aldo has been, for the past 10 years, the leader of one of the most successful transplant institutes in North America and now leads one of the rising stars' cancer center in the northeast of the United States. Dr. Doria's plans include making Capital Health the most competi

History of Multivisceral Transplantation.- Modern TPN.- Central line management and intestinal failure.- Intestinal rehab v intestinal transplantation.- MVT: Indications and contraindications.- MVT: Complications.- MVT: The operation.- The donor operation.- Pathology of Intestinal Transplantation.- Viral infections after intestinal transplantation.- Post multivisceral malignancy.- Graft v host disease after multivisceral transplant.- Autotransplantation.- UNOS and bowel transplantation.- NET and Multivisceral Transplantation.- Cell therapy, tissue engineering and intestinal failure.- Live donor intestinal transplantation.- The role of the Transplant Coordinator.- Psychosocial issues in intestinal transplantation.