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Thoracic and Critical Care

The TCC COP is a community of professionals dedicated to advancing the field of heart transplantation, lung transplantation, and donor management, and to improving patient care by promoting research, education, advocacy, and organ donation.

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What We’re Working on Now

Host Online Programming

The Online Education Workgroup within TCC COP plans journal clubs, case discussion, and webinars on thoracic and critical care related topics.

WTC Programming Development

Host “office hours” for members to brainstorm and workshop WTC submissions and symposia.

ACHD Working Group

Bring together a diverse multidisciplinary group of experts with a focus on multi-organ transplantation in adults with congenital heart disease to create education and guidance documents.

Consensus Statement

Create consensus statement on renal monitoring and renal protective strategies in thoracic transplant recipients.

Specialty Resources

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Contact the TCC COP

Staff Liaison | Olivia Snow

If you have questions related to the Thoracic and Critical Care Community of Practice, please contact Olivia Snow.

2024-2025 Executive Committee

Jignesh Patel, MD PhD FAST

Chair
Term ending: 2026

Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute

Maryjane Farr, MD MSc FACC FAST

Co-Chair
Term ending: 2026

Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern

Deborah Levine, MD FAST

Past Chair
Term ending: 2026

Clinical Professor, Medicine
Stanford University

Michael Duncan, MD

Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2025

Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Baylor University Medical Center

Adrian Christopher Lawrence, MD MACM

Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026

Assistant Professor
University of Texas Southwestern

Erin Lowery, MD MS

Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026

Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Wisconsin Madison

Andriana Nikolova, MD PhD

Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2025

MD PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Bhavadharini Ramu, MD

Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026

Associate Professor
University of Minnesota

Manu Varma, DO

Early Career Member
Term ending: 2025

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
NYU Langone Health

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