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Reproductive Health and Options for Transplant Recipients

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 14:00 to 15:00

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After participating in this webinar, the attendee will be able to:

  1. Describe the barriers that some transplant recipients and their healthcare providers may have regarding high-risk pregnancy.
  2. Outline the issues that transplant recipients may have with access to safe abortion and implications of unplanned pregnancy.
  3. Review current contraceptive options and counseling for transplant recipients.

Speakers:

  • Monika Sarkar, MD, MAS • Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
  • Jillian Casale, PharmD, BCTXP • Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Transplant, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ

Moderator:

  • Michelle Kittleson, MD, PhD • Professor of Medicine, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA

Discussant:

  • Lisa Coscia, RN, BSN, CCTC, FAST • Senior Nurse Research Coordinator, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA
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The AST Education Committee would like to thank WHCOP, PSECOP, APPCOP, TxPharm COP, and PCOP for suggesting this topic as part of the 2023-2024 T3 webinar series. Learn more about AST's COPs at www.myast.org/cops .

Series: 
Timely Topics in Transplantation Webinar Series
Education Category: 
Post-transplant patient management
Series category: 
T3: Timely Topics in Transplantion

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