Objectives:
After participating in this webinar, the attendee will be able to:
- Describe the barriers that some transplant recipients and their healthcare providers may have regarding high-risk pregnancy.
- Outline the issues that transplant recipients may have with access to safe abortion and implications of unplanned pregnancy.
- 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.www.myast.org/cops .