Outreach Committee
Function
Initiatives
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Committee review of mission and purpose of the Committee as well as a current overview of current projects and application for a new RFA
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Review the status of the two most recently completed outreach trips to Sri Lanka and South Africa and determine next steps for these program participants
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Provide a plan to IPTA Council for a new call for applications
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Develop partnerships with other societies who may co-sponsor sister-program agreements
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Update outcomes assessment of Outreach Program sites
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Update status and activity of all previous Outreach Program sites
The mission of the IPTA Outreach Committee is to facilitate access for children with end-stage organ failure to safe, ethical, and high-quality solid organ transplantation worldwide, particularly in less medically developed areas. Outreach Committee tools to achieve this mission include the Outreach Program for support of individual centers, as well as developing Outreach Projects with a broader scope.
The aim of the Outreach Program is to contribute to new pediatric transplant center development, but also to help existing centers seeking to expand their activity, or improve quality of transplant services.
These competitive fellowship grants offer early career physicians, surgeons and allied health and nursing professionals from low or low middle income countries financial support (up to $5000 USD per fellow) to spend up to 3 months at a supporting transplant centre to gain new skills.
Become a Mentor Today!
We welcome hearing from those who are interested in becoming mentors for the Fellowship or being the key liaison for a supporting centre as part of the Program.
Members
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Chair
Priya Pais, India -
AHNP & Council Liaison
Jenny Wichart, Canada -
Fellow
Rebecca Mercedes, USA -
Members
Indira Agarwal, India
Irini Batsis, USA
Amrita Dosanjh, USA
Rouba Garro, USA
Vindya Gunesekara, Sri Lanka
Dominique Jan, USA
Gayathri Raman, Australia
Priya Walabh, South Africa
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Past Chair
Raymond Reding, Belgium -
Ex-Officio
Mignon McCulloch, South Africa
Contact
Address
International Pediatric Transplant Association
c/o The Transplantation Society
740 Notre-Dame Ouest
Suite 1245
Montréal, QC, H3C 3X6
Canada