ASAIO | American Society for Artificial Internal Organs 2027
The ASAIO Annual Conference is the flagship scientific meeting of ASAIO (formerly the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs). <cite index="16-9,16-10">ASAIO's mission is to provide a forum that globally and collaboratively promotes the development of innovative medical device technology at the crossroads of science, engineering, and medicine, drawing an interdisciplinary membership of clinicians, scientists, engineers, industry, academia, the financial community, and representatives from the FDA, NSF, and NIH.</cite> The program spans organ-assist and organ-replacement therapies. <cite index="16-1">ASAIO members have advanced leading-edge devices used to treat patients for renal (dialysis), cardiac (ventricular assist devices), pulmonary (ECMO and respiratory assist), hepatic (liver assist), pancreatic (artificial pancreas), and neurologic (brain-motor prostheses) applications.</cite> <cite index="7-4,7-5,7-6">ASAIO is the ideal home for visionaries with innovative ideas and young investigators eager to advance their careers, providing a venue to present early-stage research to an international audience and a one-of-a-kind opportunity to get real-time clinical, engineering, and regulatory feedback on the viability of novel technology.</cite> It is a strong fit for researchers, device developers, and clinicians in the artificial-organ field.