Function

Initiatives

• Committee review of mission and purpose of the Committee as well as a current overview of current projects and application for a new RFA
• 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
• Provide a plan to IPTA Council for a new call for applications
• Develop partnerships with other societies who may co-sponsor sister-program agreements
• Update outcomes assessment of Outreach program sites
• Update status and activity of all previous Outreach program sites

The application process for the 2025 Outreach Program will open soon.

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.

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The application process for the 2025 Outreach Fellowships will open soon.

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.

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Members

• 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
  
• Past Chair
  Raymond Reding, Belgium
• Ex-Officio
  Mignon McCulloch, South Africa