Advanced Practice Providers
APP COP represents Advanced Practice Providers (Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants) who practice within the transplant community.
AST members can join APP COP.
What We’re Working on Now
Transplant APP Handbook
Develop a comprehensive handbook for new transplant APPs to serve as a resource guide. This will include organ-specific sections written by members of the COP with various expertise across organ groups and specialties.
APP COP Mentoring Program
Provide individualized career mentorship to trainees and early junior faculty who are committed to pursuing a career as an APP through the APP COP mentor-mentee program.
Educational Infographics
Create and share educational infographics to the APP COP social media every six months.
APP COP ATC Travel Grants
Send out call for applicants and Executive Committee reviews applications. Three members will be selected for the grant opportunity and will be recognized at the APP COP Annual Meeting.
Specialty Resources
Contact the APP COP
Staff Liaison | Victoria Marino
If you have questions related to the Advanced Practice Providers Community of Practice, please contact Victoria Marino.
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EMAIL:
vmarino@myAST.org
2026-2027 Executive Committee
Lindsay Powell, DNP MSN FNP-C ACNPC-AG
Co-Chair
Term ending: 2028
Nurse Practitioner
Duke University Hospital
Zachary Sutton, DHA MS MSPAS PA-C DFAPPA FACHDM
Co-Chair
Term ending: 2028
Physician Assistant
Medical University of South Carolina
Gina Jamero, MSN, ACNP
Past Chair
Term ending: 2028
Lead Nurse Practitioner
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
Darnell Mompoint-Williams, DNP
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2027
Kidney Transplant Nurse Practitioner
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ayda Menjugas-MacDuff, FNP
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2028
Nurse Practitioner
Prisma Health Transplant Center
Lauren Lasker, PA-C
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2028
Physician Assistant
Penn Medicine
Michael Hulburt, DNP
Early Career Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2027
Nurse Practitioner
Rush University Medical Center
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