1. Understand the background of the OPTN and UNOS
2. Define the OPTN Modernizaiton Initiative
3. Evaluate how these changes may impact pediatric patients and action items SPLIT/individuals can take
Dr. Amber Hildreth is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California San Diego and the Medical Director for Liver Transplant at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego. She is the current chair for the SPLIT (Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantaiton) Advocacy Committee.
Dr. Hildreth's clinical interests include a wide variety of pediatric liver disease including neonatal cholestasis, autoimmune hepatitis, genetic/metabolic liver disease, portal hypertension, and infectious hepatitis as well as care for pediatric patients before and after liver transplant.
She is a clinician scientist at the Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine where her research focuses on rapid whole-genome sequencing in children with liver disease. She is also a member of multiple national societies and research groups aimed at improving outcomes in pediatric liver disease and liver transplant.
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