Description

This session will address lung transplant access for patients with Medicaid, a contrast between US & Canadian policies, common complications after transplant, issues of survival prediction in patients with end-stage CF & effect of infection on transplantation outcomes. A lung transplant recipient also will share perspectives about quality of life & what to expect with transplantation.

Educational Objectives:

1. Describe current lung allocation in the United States & issues with access to the waiting list.  
2. List common complications in CF patients after lung transplantation.  
3. Discuss issues with difficult to manage infections in patients with CF undergoing lung transplantation.

Speaker(s):

• Robert Aris, M.D., University of North Carolina
• Jordan Dunitz, M.D.
• Denis Hadjiliadis, M.D., M.H.S., FRCP(C)
• Allison Hall
• Leonard Lobo, M.D.