Novel Approaches to the Assessment of Frailty

Date: March 24, 2021

Time: 03:00PM - 04:00PM

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After participating in this webinar, the learner 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 common nomenclature for frailty within solid organ transplantation
  3. Establish recommendations for the assessment of frailty in solid organ transplant candidates
  4. Establish guidelines for including a frailty assessment in candidate selection
Moderators:
  • Lianne Singer, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto
Speakers:
  • Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
  • Dr. Mara McAdams DeMarco, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery and Epidemiology, Director of Clinical and Outcomes Research, New York University Langone Health
  • Evan Kransdorf, MD, PhD, Assistant Director, Heart Transplant Research and Education, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center