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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.

AST members can join TCC COP.

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.

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.

2025-2026 Executive Committee

Maryjane Farr, MD MSc FACC FAST

Chair
Term ending: 2027

Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern

Andriana Nikolova, MD PhD

Co-Chair
Term ending: 2026

MD PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Deborah Levine, MD FAST

Past Chair
Term ending: 2027

Clinical Professor, Medicine
Stanford University

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

Ersilia DeFilippis, MD

Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2027

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Ann Nguyen, MD

Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2027

Assistant Professor
University of Chicago

Fatima Anjum, MD

Early Career Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026

MD
Temple University Health System / Lewis Katz School of Medicine

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