2024 ISHLT/PHTS Academy Core Competencies in Pediatrics
9 April, 2024 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. CEST
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Core Competencies in Pediatric Transplantation is a unique course that will be applicable to pediatric transplant team members that participate in either heart or lung transplantation. There will be sessions applicable to both pediatric heart and lung transplantation and then a Heart Pathway breakout and a Lung Pathway breakout. The course was developed for those new to the profession or who need a refresher in best practices. The Academy offers a unique opportunity to learn from some of the world’s experts in pediatric heart and lung transplantation and to interact with colleagues in the field.
Academy Chairs
Melanie Everitt, MDAcademy Chair (AHFTX)
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO USA
Jeffrey Feinstein, MD, MPHAcademy Chair (PVD)
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA USA
Martin Schweiger, MBA, FABS, FEBSAcademy Chair (AHFTX)
Children's Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Brigitte Willemse, MD, PhDAcademy Chair (ALFTX)
University Medical Center Groningn
Groningen, Netherlands
Samantha Anthony, PhD, MSW, PhD, MSW, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON Canada
Scott Auerbach, MD, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO USA
Nicholas Avdimiretz, MD, FRCPC,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA
Christian Benden, MD, MBA, FCCP, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Rossa Brugha, BMBCh, MA(Oxon), MRCPCH, PhD, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London,
United Kingdom
Charles Canter, MD, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO USA
Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH USA
Ryan Davies, MD,
Children's Health / UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX USA
Shriprasad Deshpande, MD, MS, Children's National Hospital / George Washington University, Washington, DC USA
Anne Dipchand, MD, The Hospital for
Sick Children, Toronto, ON Canada
Francis Fynn-Thompson, MD, Boston’s Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA USA
Megan Greene, PharmD, Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO USA
Don Hayes, MD, MS, Med,
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH USA
Rachel Hopper, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA
Claire Irving, MBChB, MRCPCH, MD, Children's Hospital Westmead, Westmead, NSW Australia
Steven Ivulich, PhD, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC Australia
Beth Kaufman, MD, Stanford University, Stanford CA USA
Amy Kiskaddon, PharmD, MBA, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital,
St. Petersburg, FL USA
Ernestina Melicoff-Portillo, MD, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX USA
Nagarajan Muthialu, FRCSEd, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Stephan Schubert, MD,
Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
Nicolaus Schwerk, MD, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Tajinder Singh, MD, MSc, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA USA
Brigitte Stiller, MD,
University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Stuart Sweet, MD, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO USA
Adriana Zeevi, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA