canadian society of transplantation canadian society of transplantation the canadian society of transplantation (cst) is the professional organization for physicians, surgeons, scientists and allied health professionals working in the field of transplantation in canada. it was founded in 1980 and has grown to include over 600 members in 2008. description the mission of cst is to advance the practice and science of transplantation for the benefit of canadians and society. its annual scientific conference, which is usually held in the spring at a ski resort, brings together cst members, representatives from transplant centres, allied health professionals working in the field, personnel from organ and tissue retrieval organizations, and others from the canadian and international transplantation communities. the society has several special interest groups dedicated to organ specific transplantation such as heart, liver, kidney, lung, pancreas, or pediatric transplantation or to specific groups such as pharmacists or tissue typers. its committees are active in their special areas: education, ethics, scientific program, communication, membership, policy, grants and awards, donation, basic science. cst collaborates with the canadian institute for health information to maintain the canadian organ replacement registry (corr) pre.sidents current and past presidents of the canadian society of transplantation: 1980-1981 pierre robitaille 1981-1982 michael robinette 1982-1983 george deveber 1983-1984 john dossetor 1984-1985 allan macdonald 1985-1986 ronald guttman 1986-1987 pierre daloze 1987-1988 philip halloran 1988-1989 f. neil mckenzie 1989-1990 carl cardella 1990-1991 paul keown 1991-1992 phil belitsky 1992-1993 john jeffery 1993-1994 paul greig 1994-1995 david ludwin 1995-1996 norman kneteman 1996-1997 guy fradet 1997-1999 rolf loertscher 1999-2000 alan menkis 2000-2001 vivian mcalister 2001-2002 david rush 2002-2004 anthony jevnikar 2004-2005 heather ross 2005-2006 ken west 2006-2007 lori west 2007-2008 a.m. james shapiro 2008-2009 greg knoll 2009-2010 lee anne tibbles 2010-2011 marcelo cantarovich 2011-2013 tom blydt-hansen 2013-2015 steven paraskevas 2015-2017 atul humar 2017-2019 michael mengel 2019-2021 joseph kim 2021-(present) jeffrey schiff