Novel Approaches to the Assessment of Frailty

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

1. Educate the transplant community on the current understanding of frailty both pre and post solid organ transplantation.
2. Establish a standardized approach for the identification and treatment of frailty both pre- and post-transplantation, including:
   A) Establishing a common nomenclature for frailty within solid organ transplantation
   B) Establishing recommendations for the assessment of frailty in solid organ transplant candidates
   C) Establishing guidelines for including a frailty assessment in candidate selection

Speakers:

• Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA • Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
• Mara McAdams DeMarco, PhD • Associate Professor of Surgery and Epidemiology, Director of Clinical and Outcomes Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• Evan Kransdorf, MD, PhD • Assistant Director, Heart Transplant Research and Education, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Moderator:

• Lianne Singer, MD, FRCPC • Professor of Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON