2013 ISHLT Academy Core Competencies in Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplantation
23 April, 2013 7:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Montreal, QC, Canada
The course consists of focused presentations covering a broad array of topics for both inpatient and outpatient management with an emphasis on a practical approach to patient care, implementing best practices and clinical problem solving. The course will highlight particular areas of interest in pediatric heart and lung transplantation, including management of patients with congenital heart disease, ABO incompatible heart transplantation and antibody-mediated rejection in children. All lectures will be delivered by internationally recognized experts in the field of pediatric thoracic transplantation and include cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and transplant coordinators.
While all members are invited to enroll, this course is primarily designed to be of benefit for clinicians and allied professionals who are in the early stages of their careers or who are in training, are part of a new program or desire an update on the current state of the field.
Scientific ProgramAcademy Chairs
Christian Benden, MDUniversity Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Debra Dodd, MDVanderbilt Children's Hospital
Nashville, TN USA
Kimberly Gandy, MDUniversity of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Daphne Hsu, MDChildren's Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, NY USA
Linda Addonizio, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
Christian Benden, MD, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich
Daniel Bernstein, MD, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA USA
Gerald Boyle, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH USA
Charles Canter, MD, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO USA
Lara Danziger-Isakov MD, MPH, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH USA
Anne Dipchand, MD, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON Canada
Debra Dodd, MD, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, Nashville, TN USA
Daphne T. Hsu, MD, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY USA
Kirk Kanter, MF, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
Paul Kantor, MD, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, AB Canada
Beth Kaufman, MD, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA USA
Shaf Keshavjee, MD, FRCSC, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON Canada
Richard Kirk, FRCP, FRCPCH, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Michael Kuhn, MD, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA USA
David Morales, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH USA
Elfriede Pahl, MD, Ann and Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL USA
Bart Rottier, MD, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
TP Singh, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA USA
Brigitte Stiller, MD, PhD, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
Stuart Sweet, MD, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO USA
Simon Urschel, MD, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, AB Canada
Steven Webber, MBChB, MRCP, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, Nashville, TN USA
Connie White-Williams, RN, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL USA