Optimizing Vaccination in Transplant Candidates and Recipients
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 14:00 to 15:00
Q&A Handout: Covering speaker responses to questions not addressed during the live session.
After participating in this webinar, the attendee will be able to:
- Describe implementation and optimization of vaccination in the pre- and post-transplant settings.
- Review current recommendations for vaccination of the transplant population.
- Recognize the pipeline of vaccine development that impacts transplant patients including COVID vaccines.
Speakers:
- Michael Green, MD, MPH • Professor of Pediatrics and Surgery, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- Deepali Kumar, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FAST • Professor of Medicine, Transplant Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON
Moderator:
- Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH • Professor of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
AST would like to thank the Infectious Disease Community of Practice (IDCOP) and the Pediatric Community of Practice (PCOP) for recommending "Optimizing Vaccination in Transplant Candidates and Recipients" as a topic for the 2020-2021 T3 series. Learn more about AST's COPs at www.myast.org/cops.
Education Category:
Series category:
T3: Timely Topics in Transplantion