33rd Annual Antonio Palladino Memorial Lecture and Resident Research Symposium

Spotlight Speaker

Paige Porrett, MD - “Uterus Transplantation: From Experimental Therapy to Standard of Care”

Dr. Porrett was born in Port Huron Michigan and grew up in a farming community outside the suburbs of Detroit. She attended Northwestern University where she obtained a B.A. in French and then her M.D. at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Porrett subsequently completed a PhD in immunology as well as her general surgical residency and transplant surgery fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. As an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Porrett started the third uterus transplant program in the United States in conjunction with colleagues in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

In 2020, Dr. Porrett joined the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) as the Director for Clinical & Translational Research for the Comprehensive Transplant Institute. She is the inaugural director for vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) for the UAB CTI and has been named the Vera Hauptfeld-Dolejsek Endowed Professor in Transplant Immunology. At UAB, Dr. Porrett began the fourth uterus transplant program in the United States and is recognized as a national and international leader in the field of uterus transplantation. She currently serves as the secretary of the International Society of Uterus Transplantation (ISUTx), a section of The Transplantation Society. Dr. Porrett also serves on the VCA Committee for the Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network (OPTN/UNOS).

Dr. Porrett has diverse intellectual interests and expertise. Her NIH-funded immunology laboratory studies maternal immune cell fate and function during pregnancy in both human and animal models. These studies aim to improve pregnancy outcomes in transplant recipients and have focused on multiple immune subsets including T cells, B cells, NK cells, ILCs and macrophages. Recently, Dr. Porrett expanded her portfolio to include xenotransplantation and has published the world’s first experience of a clinical-grade, gene-edited porcine kidney transplant into a human being.

CME Credit

The West Virginia University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide Continuing Medical Education for Physicians.

The WVU Office of CME designates this live activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits . Physicians should claim only the credit that commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This continuing education activity has been provided by the WVU School of Nursing for 6 contact hours. The WVU School of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing education by the State of West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, Legislative Rule #19CSR11-4 under provider number 50-26086.

Target Audience

Our Academic and Clinical Faculty, Residents, Midwives, Nurse Practitioners and Medical Students who are doing their Clerkship in our Department. In addition, outside Family Medicine and Ob/Gyn Physicians are invited to attend.

Disclosure

All those in position to control content have indicated that they have no relevant interests to disclose.

Contact Information

For more information contact Kristy Ward, MD.

Antonio Palladino, MD

A native of Italy, Dr. Antonio Palladino received his Medical Degree with Highest Honors from the University of Naples, Italy and served his Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baltimore City Hospital; University of Maryland Division.

As a faculty member in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at West Virginia University from 1964-1974, Dr. Palladino served as Vice-Chairman and Director of the Student Teaching Program. He later served as a Clinical Professor and was on the staff at Monongalia General Hospital. From 1974 until his death in June 1991, Dr. Palladino practiced with Dr. Walter A. Bonney and Dr. Kamal M. Behnam in Morgantown. He was certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Italian Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

A special ‘thank you’ to the Palladino family for making this a successful Annual Event. Through your endowed funding, we have been able to share with many from WVU School of Medicine and throughout the community. This will be our 33rd Annual Lecture Series; we are very proud to be able to continue this.

Past Speakers

• 2016, Loretta P. Finnegan, MD, LLD

• 2017, Haywood Brown, MD

• 2018, Daniel Clarke-Pearson, MD

• 2019, Philip Samuels, MD

• 2021, Halina Zyczynski, MD

• 2022, Jame Abraham, MD

• 2023, Rick Burney, MD

• 2024, Hala Sabry, MD

• 2024, Sarah Taylor, MD

• 2025, Brian Casey, MD

• 2025, Rachel Sinkey, MD