Banff Foundation for Allograft Pathology

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The Banff Foundation for Allograft Pathology also known as the Banff Foundation for Transplant Pathology is a nonprofit Swiss foundation which aims to "lead development and dissemination of the international Banff Classification of Allograft Pathology and to facilitate multidisciplinary, collaborative research to enhance its scientific basis and clinical utility to improve the care of transplant patients".{{cite web|title=Banff Foundation For Allograft Pathology|url=http://banfffoundation.org/|accessdate=3 September 2015}} Its predecessor group had organized transplant pathology meetings in every odd numbered year since 1991{{cite web|title= Banff Conferences|url= http://banfffoundation.org/conferences/|website= Banff Foundation For Allograft Pathology|accessdate= 3 September 2015}} and the Foundation has specific future meeting plans through 2025. The meetings establish and maintain the worldwide standards for tissue biopsy reporting and diagnosis of transplant rejection through consensus decision making. They thereby provide an essential service to the field of allotransplantation. The goals of the Banff foundation are to facilitate knowledge generation and translation in transplantation pathology with the ultimate aim of improving patient outcomes, maintaining the Banff meeting spirit of a multinational, multidisciplinary consensus group, raising funds for research and education in transplantation pathology, providing guidance and financial support for Working Group activities{{cite web|title= The Banff Conferences On Allograft Pathology|url= http://www.cybernephrology.ualberta.ca/banff/BWGs.htm|website= CyberNephrology |publisher= University of Alberta|accessdate= 3 September 2015}} and Banff meetings activities. Kim Solez is the Chair of the Banff Foundation for Allograft Pathology. The 2015 Banff Conference for Allograft Pathology was held in conjunction with the Canadian Society of Transplantation in Vancouver, BC,{{cite web |title= 2015 Annual Scientific Meeting |url= http://www.cst-transplant.ca/meetings_asm.html|website= Canadian Society of Transplantation |accessdate= 3 September 2015 }} and included consideration of molecular pathology {{cite journal| last1= Adam| first1 = B.| last2 = Mengel| first2 = M.| date = 7 August 2015| title = Transplant biopsy beyond light microscopy.| url= | journal = BMC Nephrol. | volume = 16| page = 132| doi = 10.1186/s12882-015-0136-z| pmid = 26249165| pmc = 4528359| doi-access = free}} and tissue engineering pathology{{cite AV media |people= Solez, K. |date= 5 October 2015 |title= Bridge Between Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine|medium= video |language=english |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU4jRQRP-CU |access-date= 19 November 2017|location= 2015 Banff Conference for Allograft Pathology in Vancouver, Canada}} as well as traditional light microscopy, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy. The 2017 Banff Conference was held in Barcelona, Spain. The 2019 Banff Conference {{cite web|title= ASHI/BANFF Joint Scientific Meeting September 23-27, 2019|url= https://2019.ashi-hla.org |website= ASHI |publisher= American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics|access-date= 16 February 2019}} was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the 2021 Banff Conference will be in Banff, Alberta, Canada.