Description:
This case-based webinar explores when and how to refer patients with advanced pulmonary disease for lung transplant evaluation. Expert faculty review evidence- based referral criteria, disease-specific considerations, and complex scenarios involving interstitial lung disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and critically ill patients in the ICU. This webinar emphasizes the importance of early referral to allow time for patient education, multidisciplinary evaluation, optimization of comorbidities, and shared decision-making.
Learning Objectives
- Apply evidence-based referral criteria to real-world cases to support early lung transplant referral decisions.
- Use an evidence-based approach to complex cases involving comorbidities to determine when referral remains appropriate despite perceived contraindications.
- Analyze clinical scenarios involving critically ill patients with advanced pulmonary disease to determine when lung transplant referral is appropriate despite clinical instability.
This activity is sponsored by United Therapeutics
Faculty Information:
Deborah Jo Levine MD, MS, FCCP
Professor of Medicine
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Richa Nahar, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell Health New York, NY
Bronwyn Small, MD, FCCP
Assistant Professor
Program Director, Lung Transplant Fellowship
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH