Harvard Optimizing Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care 2024

1. Defining “Successful” Transition of Young Adults in 2024 and Current Assessment from Got Transition® – Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH and Susan Shanske, LICSW

2. Teaching Self-Management Skills: Strategies and Best Practices Gleaned from Diabetes Care – Katharine Garvey, MD, MPH

3. Maximizing Independence: Valuable Lessons from Care of Patients with Epilepsy – Tracey Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN

4. Ensuring Adherence: Strategies and Best Practices Gleaned from Cystic Fibrosis – Gregory S. Sawicki, MD, MPH

5. Faculty Q&A – Dr. Niraj Sharma; Drs. Garvey, Milligan, and Sawicki

6. The Use of Quality Improvement (QI) in Transition Care: Overview – Kitty O’Hare, MD

7. Preparing Women with Chronic Conditions for Pregnancy: Strategies and Best Practices Gleaned from Congenital Heart Disease Care – Anne Marie Valente, MD

8. Parent Guidance for Transitional Age Youth – Yoshio Kaneko, MD

9. Substance Use Disorder in Transition-Age Youth – Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, MS

10. Faculty Q&A – Dr. Niraj Sharma; Drs. Hadland, Kaneko, and Valente

QI Workshops 1A–1C

1A Transition Care Policy Writing – Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH and Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH

1B Transition QI: Creating a Current State Process Map – Madeline Chiujdea, BA, CPHQ, CLSSGB and Natalie Mann, BSE

1C Gap Analysis: Current State vs. Ideal State – Staci R. Eisenberg, MD, Colleen A. Monaghan, MD and Kitty OHare, MD

QI Workshops 2A–2C

2A Inpatient QI Project Cycle Development – Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH and Susan Shanske, LICSW

2B Outpatient QI Project Cycle Development (Beginners) – Colleen A. Monaghan, MD and Staci R. Eisenberg, MD

2C Outpatient QI Project Cycle Development (Advanced) – Kitty OHare, MD

1. Systems-Based Approach to Preparing Youth for Transition: A Care Management Model – Katherine H. Schiavoni, MD, MPP

2. Embedding Health Equity in a Population Health Approach – Alexy D. Arauz Boudreau, MD, MPH

3. Lessons of Twenty Years on Your Own Feet: Transition Care in the Netherlands – Dr. Jane Sattoe

4. Faculty Q&A – Susan Shanske, LICSW; Drs. Boudreau, Schiavoni, and Sattoe

5. Building a Road Map for Change: Improving Transitions to Adulthood – Elaine Gabovitch, MPA

6. Inpatient Consult Service Models: Real World Lessons – Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH

7. Preparation Basics: How to Create a Medical Summary/Emergency Plan – Kristina Taylor, BS, BSN, RN

8. Faculty Q&A – Dr. Niraj Sharma; Ms. Gabovitch, Dr. Uluer, and Ms. Taylor

9. Building and Sustaining a Comprehensive Transition Program – Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH

10. Navigating College with Chronic Conditions: Patient Perspectives – Janis Arnold, MSW, LICSW and Sneha Dave

Roundtables 3A–3C

3A Connecting Patients Using Social Media and Technology – Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD

3B Finding Adult Providers: Creating the Warm Handoff into the Soft Landing – Margaret E. Threadgill, MD, MBA

3C Approach to Transition Care in a Community Health Center – Meaghan Hamilton, PNP, C. Alexis Hopkins, MPH, and Caitlin Erwin, BSN, RN

Roundtables 4A–4C

4A Connecting Patients Using Social Media and Technology – Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD

4B Finding Adult Providers: Creating the Warm Handoff into the Soft Landing – Margaret E. Threadgill, MD, MBA

4C Approach to Transition Care in a Community Health Center – Meaghan Hamilton, PNP, C. Alexis Hopkins, MPH, and Caitlin Erwin, BSN, RN

1. Perspectives: Patients, Parents, and Providers – Navigating the Complexities of Communication – Laurie N. Fishman, MD

2. Down Syndrome through the Lifespan – Stephanie L. Santoro, MD

3. Faculty Q&A – Colleen A. Monaghan, MD; Laurie N. Fishman, MD, Ellen Brown, Stephanie L. Santoro, MD

4. Autism in Transition – Sarah J. Spence, MD, PhD

5. KIND Clinic: Gynecologic Care for Women with Intellectual Disabilities – Kathleen Nolan, NP

6. Faculty Q&A – Colleen A. Monaghan, MD; Dr. Spence and Ms. Nolan

7. Educational Advocacy for Youth with Intellectual/Developmental Disability – Alison D. Schonwald, MD

8. Assessing for Independence and Support Needs – Jennifer Turek Queally, PhD

9. Faculty Q&A – Drs. Queally and Schonwald

10. Transition Medicine and National Health Policy – Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH

11. Promoting Self-Management and Self-Advocacy – Sneha Dave and Colleen Huysman, MSW, LICSW

Breakouts 5A–5C

5A Outpatient Billing for Transition – Colleen A. Monaghan, MD

5B Comorbid Mental Health Conditions: Lessons from Transplant – Kristine McKenna, PhD

5C Outpatient Clinic for Children/Young Adults with Complex Medical Conditions – Kristin M. Farias, MD

1. Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Coping with a Chronic Condition – Sarah N. Flier, MD

2. Lessons from Care of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease – Maureen M. Achebe, MD

3. Creating a Transition Program for Solid Organ Transplant – Dawn Freiberger, RN, MSN, CCTC, Lynne Helfand, MSW, LICSW, MPH, and Brendan Kimball, MBA

4. Solid Organ Transplant and Navigating Chronic Care Transitions – Scott A. Elisofon, MD

5. Cancer Survivorship and Adult Screening Guidelines – Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH

6. Measuring Care Coordination and Care Integration – Richard C. Antonelli, MD, MS

7. Building Your Team: Lessons from Care of Patients with Spina Bifida – Erin McNamara, MD, MPH and Arda Hotz, MD, MPH

8. Pregnancy and Women with Mobility Disabilities – Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc

9. Chronic Pain – Rachael B. Coakley, PhD

10. Palliative Care: Approaching Conversations in Youth with Life-Limiting Conditions – Elisabeth Dellon, MD, MPH and Ashley Allen, MD, MSPH

11. Obesity in Adolescents and Young Adults with Shared Patient Perspectives – Fatima Cody Stanford, MD

12. HIV in Teens – Anne M. Neilan, MD, MPH

13. Sexual Health in Chronic Illness (including Fertility) – Julia C. Roboff, MSN, FNP-BC