Virtual Roundtable to Focus on the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare

May 12, 2022

An online roundtable discussion titled “Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Transition Roundtable: The Medically Complex as a Model of Systems Barriers and Potential Solutions,” will be held June 14 from 1 to 4 p.m.  

At the end of the discussion, attendees should be able to: 

  • Identify systemic barriers to transition in their own practice. 

  • Develop language to have conversations with their health system to put in place a process to support transition to adulthood for patients with complexity or rare diseases. 

Scheduled panelists include: Nathan Chomilo, MD, medical director, Minnesota Medicaid and MinnesotaCare; Kurt Elting-Ballard, MD, MPH, regional medical director, Minneapolis Region and Abbott Northwestern Market; Gretchen Karstens, MD, pediatrician, St. Luke's Pediatric Associates; Tom Kelly, vice president marketing and innovation, UnitedHealth Group; and Pat Lang, PACER Center. 

Moderators include: Tori Bahr, MD, internal medicine, Pediatrics Complex Care Clinic, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare; and Sheldon Berkowitz, MD, FAAP, pediatrician, Children's Minnesota, and president, Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. 

Register here. The activity is approved for 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM

Along with Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, the event is sponsored by Chloe Barnes Advisory Council on Rare Diseases, Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Minnesota Department of Health. 

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