Health Equity Across the Intestinal Failure Care Continuum (T20)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 25, 2025

9:45 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-058-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

Pediatric Content

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

  • Describe the health disparities that exist in adult and pediatric intestinal failure. 
  • Define the role of healthcare professionals in addressing intestinal failure disparities. 
  • List potential solutions to address health disparities across the intestinal failure care continuum.

Topics & Presenters

Intestine Transplantation: The Source of or Solution to Health Inequities in Intestinal Failure?

Vikram Raghu
MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Transplant Hepatologist

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Achieving Equitable Health Outcomes in Pediatric Intestinal Failure

Susan Gutierrez
MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow

University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

San Francisco, CA

Inequity in Adult Intestinal Failure: Does Decentralized Care Lead to Poor Clinical Outcomes?

Kishore Iyer
MBBS

Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Global Health

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Director of Adult and Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation

Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, NY

Moderators:

Simon Horslen

MBChB, FRCPCH

Professor of Pediatrics

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Director of Pediatric Hepatology

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Nicole Misner

MS, RDN

Clinical Pediatric Dietitian

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine

Tampa, FL