Lung Transplant Patient Education Seminar

The lung transplant program provides two-hour educational seminars approximately three times per month (see schedule below), and lung transplant candidates are required to attend 12 lectures per year. There are usually two lectures per seminar. These seminars offer invaluable information to help you and your loved ones to learn more about transplant and to know what to expect. The professional staff of the lung transplant team provides interactive lectures about organ donation, post-transplant medications, the role of exercise, organ rejection, psychological factors, nutrition, research in transplant, ethics, and infection control.

Twice a year we offer a two-hour panel comprised of post-transplant patients that give pre-transplant patients an opportunity to hear their experiences. Post-surgical patients are encouraged to participate, not only because the sessions continue to be helpful but also because they can offer a unique and very helpful perspective to candidates waiting for a donor organ.

The program also offers non-mandatory, specialized support group meetings for: (1) caregivers — those responsible for seeing to it that the recovering transplant patients are taking their medications, moving about and getting the necessary care they require at home — and for (2) pre-transplant patients to give them an opportunity to share their experiences and concerns with one another.

See Also: Post-Transplant Patient Support Groups

Lung Transplant Program Educational Seminar Meetings

Download the 2025 Meeting Schedules Flyer »

Please Note: Patients Are Required to Attend 12 Seminar Meetings per Year.
One visit counts for 2 seminars.

February – June 2025

  • Wed February 26 @ 12pm
    Acute and Chronic Rejection
    Lori Shah, MD
     
  • Wed March 12 @ 11am
    Types of Donors/Q&A
    Altagracia Taveras, BSN, RN
     
  • Tues March 25 @ 3pm
    Non-Pulmonary Complications of Transplant
    Hilary Robbins, MD
     
  • Tues April 8 @ 3pm
    Post-Transplant Hospitalization
    Diana Walsh, PA-C, MPAS
     
  • Tues April 22 @ 2pm
    Post Transplant Medications
    Nicholas Lange, PharmD
     
  • Mon May 5 @ 2pm
    Financing My Lung Transplant
    Stemmiejoi Haynes, BS, MHA
     
  • Mon May 19 @ 2pm
    Mindfulness Practices to Reduce Stress, Relax, and Heal
    Soren Glassing, Chaplain
     
  • Thursday May 29th @ 1pm
    Post-Transplant Panel
    (Pre-registration required, separate Zoom ID and password will be sent)
     
  • Tuesday June 10 @ 11am
    Fundraising: Help Hope Live Presentation
    Katherine LaCouture, outreach coordinator with Help Hope Live

Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Meeting ID: 953 7266 3531
Passcode: 876751

A Zoom link will also be sent to you via mychart or email 2-3 weeks before each meeting. If you do not get these invitations please call or email to be added to the list.

Melinda Greene, LCSW
(212) 342-1364
MMG7002@nyp.org

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