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Navigating Change: Strategies for Successful Transition from Adolescent to Adult Care in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Navigating Change: Strategies for Successful Transition from Adolescent to Adult Care in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Learn about the barriers that AYA transplant recipients and their healthcare providers encounter during the transition from pediatric to adult care, explore the unique challenges, and compare strategies promoting continuity of care.

  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
  • Virtual
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Expected Objectives:

  1. Recognize and understand the barriers that adolescent and young adult (AYA) transplant recipients and their healthcare providers encounter during the transition from pediatric to adult care.
  2. Explore the unique challenges faced by this patient population in accessing and adhering to transplant-related healthcare in adult setting.
  3. Compare and contrast strategies and interventions aimed at optimizing the transition process and promoting continuity of care for the AYA transplant recipients.

Speakers: 

  • Melissa R. Meyers, MD, MSCE • Pediatric Nephrologist, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
  • Lindsay Y. King, MD, MPH, FAASLD, FAST • Associate Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • Beverly K. Kosmach-Park, DNP, RN, FAAN • Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Transplant Surgery, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Moderator: 

  • Seth A. Hollander, MD • Clinical Professor, Pediatrics (Cardiology), Stanford University, Stanford, CA

The AST Education Committee would like to thank the AST Pediatric Community of Practice (PCOP) and Women's Health Community of Practice (WHCOP), with support from KPCOP, LICOP, TCC COP, and PSECOP, for suggesting this topic as part of the 2025-2026 Timely Topics in Transplantation (T3) webinar series. Learn more about AST's COPs at www.myast.org/cops.

More about Timely Topics in Transplantation (T3) webinars:

  • T3 webinars are $25.00 but free for AST members!
  • All pre-registrants will have the on-demand recording automatically added to their AST account approximately 1 week after the live session.
  • There is no CE available for T3 webinars.
  • To learn more about upcoming T3 webinars and view past T3 archives, visit the T3 webinar series page on the myAST website.

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This content was developed independently by AST and supported by a financial contribution from Sanofi