OPTIMIZING TRANSITION FROM PEDIATRIC TO ADULT CARE 2025 TOPICS
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, FAES, FANA
4. Ensuring Adherence – Strategies and Best Practices Gleaned from Cystic Fibrosis – Gregory S. Sawicki, MD, MPH
5. Faculty Q&A – Drs. Garvey, Milligan, and Sawicki
6. The Use of Quality Improvement (QI) in Transition Care – Overview – Kitty O’Hare, MD
7. Workshop – Transition Care Policy Writing – Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH and Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH
8. Workshop – Transition Quality Improvement (QI) – Creating a Current State Process Map – Madeline Chiujdea, BA, CPHQ, CLSSGB and Natalie Mann, BSE
9. Workshop – Gap Analysis – Current State vs. Ideal State – Staci R. Eisenberg, MD, Colleen A. Monaghan, MD, and Kitty O’Hare, MD
10. Workshop – Inpatient QI Project Cycle Development – Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH and Susan Shanske, LICSW
11. Workshop – Getting Your Transition Project Started – Outpatient QI Project Cycle Development – Colleen A. Monaghan, MD and Staci R. Eisenberg, MD
12. Workshop – Quality Improvement for Transition – Outpatient QI Project Cycle Development (Advanced) – Kitty O’Hare, MD
13. Preparing Women with Chronic Conditions for Pregnancy – Strategies and Best Practices Gleaned from Congenital Heart Disease Care – Anne Marie Valente, MD
14. Parent Guidance for Transitional Age Youth – Yoshio Kaneko, MD
15. Substance Use Disorder in Transition-Age Youth – Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, MS
16. Faculty Q&A – Drs. Hadland, Kaneko, and Valente
17. Systems-Based Approach to Preparing Youth for Transition – A Care Management Model – Katherine H. Schiavoni, MD, MPP
18. Embedding Health Equity into Transition of Care – Alexy D. Arauz Boudreau, MD, MPH
19. Lessons of Twenty Years on Your Own Feet – Transitional Care in the Netherlands – Jane N.T. Sattoe, PhD
20. Faculty Q&A – Drs. Boudreau, Schiavoni, and Sattoe
21. Building a Road Map for Change – Improving Transitions to Adulthood – Elaine M. Gabovitch, MPA
22. Inpatient Consult Service Models – Real World Lessons – Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH
23. Preparation Basics – How to Create a Medical Summary – Emergency Plan – Kristina Taylor, BS, BSN, RN
24. Faculty Q&A – Ms. Gabovitch, Dr. Uluer and Ms. Taylor
25. Establishing and Maintaining a Comprehensive Transition Program – Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH
26. Roundtable – Connecting Patients Using Social Media and Technology – Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD
27. Roundtable – Finding Adult Providers – Creating the Warm Handoff into the Soft Landing – Margaret E. Threadgill, MD, MBA
28. Roundtable – Approach to Transition Care in a Community Health Center – Meaghan Hamilton, PNP, C. Alexis Hopkins, NP and Caitlin M. Erwin, BSN, RN
29. Navigating College with Chronic Conditions – Patient and Provider Perspective – Janis H. Arnold, MSW, LICSW and Sneha Dave
30. Perspectives – Patients, Parents, and Providers – Navigating the Complexities of Communication – Laurie N. Fishman, MD
31. Health Care for Individuals with Down Syndrome – Diagnosis to Adulthood – Stephanie L. Santoro, MD
32. Faculty Q&A – Drs. Fishman and Santoro
33. Autism in Transition – Sarah J. Spence, MD, PhD
34. The KIND Clinic – Gynecologic Care for Women with Intellectual Disabilities – Kathleen Nolan, NP
35. Faculty Q&A – Dr. Spence and Ms. Nolan
36. Educational Advocacy for Youth with Intellectual-Developmental Disability – Alison D. Schonwald, MD
37. Assessing for Independence and Support Needs – Jennifer Turek Queally, PhD
38. Faculty Q&A – Drs. Queally and Schonwald
39. Breakouts – Outpatient Billing for Transition Care – Colleen A. Monaghan, MD
40. Breakouts – Comorbid Mental Health Conditions – Lessons from Transplant – Kristine McKenna, PhD
41. Breakouts – Developing an Outpatient Transition Clinic for Patients with Medical Complexity – Kristin M. Farias, MD
42. Transition Medicine and National Health Policy – Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH
43. Promoting Self-Management and Self-Advocacy – Sneha Dave and Colleen Huysman, MSW, LICSW
44. Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Coping with a Chronic Condition – Sarah N. Flier, MD
45. Lessons from Care of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease – Maureen Okam Achebe, MD, MPH
46. Creating a Transition Program for Solid Organ Transplant – Dawn Freiberger, RN, MSN, CCTC, Lynne Helfand, MSW, LICSW, MPH, and Brendan Kimball, MBA
47. Solid Organ Transplant and Navigating Chronic Care Transitions – Scott A. Elisofon, MD
48. Cancer Survivorship and Adult Screening Guidelines – Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH
49. Measuring Care Coordination and Care Integration – Richard C. Antonelli, MD, MS
50. Building Your Team – Lessons from Care of Patients with Spina Bifida – Erin McNamara, MD, MPH and Arda Hotz, MD, MPH
51. Pregnancy and Women with Mobility Disabilities – Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc
52. Young Adults with Chronic Pain – Rachael B. Coakley, PhD
53. Palliative Care – Approaching Conversations in Youth with Life-Limiting Conditions – Elisabeth Dellon, MD, MPH and Ashley Allen, MD, MSPH
54. Obesity in Adolescents and Young Adults with Shared Patient Perspectives – Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FAMWA, FTOS, DABOM
55. HIV in Teens – Anne M. Neilan, MD, MPH
56. Sexual Health in Chronic Illness – Including Fertility – Julia C. Roboff, MSN, FNP-BC
