The International Society of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation warmly welcome you to the combined ISVCA and Chauvet Workshop 2025 meeting in Helsinki, Finland, from June 27th to June 29th, 2025.
The meeting will take place in the heart of Helsinki in Pikku-Finlandia congress center, adjacent to Finlandia Hall, which will host the 30th congress of the Federation of European Societies for the Surgery of the Hand (FESSH) from June 25th to June 28th. On Saturday 28th of June, there will be a joint session with FESSH focused on hand transplantation.
The program will cover many aspects of VCA, including all clinical VCA’s as well as latest scientific work. This multidisciplinary meeting will explore new topics related to VCA such as dentistry, as well as provide sessions dedicated to laryngeal transplantation. We will kick off the congress on Friday, June 27th , with the Chauvet workshop.
The meeting coincides with the Finland's season of the midnight sun, when daylight extends through the night. Helsinki is a charming, walkable city situated on a peninsula, offering a perfect setting to connect with colleagues from our specialized field of medicine.
Sessions:
- Chauvet: Research Review and Update
- Ethics of Laryngeal Transplantation
- About Face: What have we learned
- Current State and Opportunities for future research
- VCA and Alcohol and Substance Use Disorder
- Informed Consent
- Health literacy
- Shared decision-making
- Are we ready for consensus on outcomes
Sessions ISVCA:
- World Updates : Abdominal wall
- Genitourinary transplantation
- Upper Extremity
- Face; FESSH Joint Session – Surgical & Therapy focus
- Hot Topics in Medical Management
- Histopathology in VCA & SOT What Can We Learn from Each Other?
- Emerging Technologies & Novel Applications in VCA
- Global Administrative Aspects in VCA
- LaryngealTransplantation
- Basic Science and Immunology