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Trainee and Young Faculty

The TYF COP was created to empower transplant professionals throughout their training and early development of their careers, to participate actively and represent their unique needs in AST.

AST members can join TYF COP.

What We’re Working on Now

TYF COP Controversies Conference

Host a controversies conference on “Transplantation in Elderly.” Post-conference materials will include recommendations and a white paper.

ATC Travel Grants

Offer two travel grants to ATC.

Offer a Trainee and Medical Student Grant to ATC

Explore supporting trainee attendance to ATC by offering a trainee grant to medical students interested in transplant careers. This is a joint effort between TYF COP and WHCOP.

TYFCOP Mentor-Mentee Program

Foster professional development of TYF COP members through the TYF COP Mentor-Mentee program.

Contact the TYF COP

Staff Liaison | Victoria Marino

If you have questions related to the Trainee and Young Faculty Community of Practice, please contact interim staff liaison, Victoria Marino.

2024-2025 Executive Committee

Manpreet Samra, MD MBA FAST

Chair
Term ending: 2025

Medical Director
Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital

Sarthak Virmani, MD

Co-Chair
Term ending: 2025

Transplant Nephrologist
University of Virginia

Anshul Bhalla, MD

Past Chair
Term ending: 2025

Transplant Nephrologist
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center

Shweta Anjan, MD

Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2025

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Miami

Julia Bini Viotti, MD

Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026

MD
University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital

Jeanne Kamal, MD

Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2025

Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Laila Lakhani, MD

Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2025

MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Divyanshu Malhotra, MD

Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026

Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University

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