🎉 The TYF COP Executive Committee is excited to share the third issue of the TYF COP Newsletter!
🗂️ ATC proposal updates +TYF COP accomplishments
💙 Donation Derby highlights
🚀 Professional development & leadership opportunities
📩 Help us spread the word !
@aimenliaqat.bsky.social
📢 November Member Spotlight!
Meet Rachel Dittrich, Pediatric SOT Pharmacist at Intermountain Primary Children`s Hospital 💉❤️🩹
Get to know more about her journey and passion for transplantation ⬇️
@clevelandclinic.bsky.social @primarychildrens.bsky.social @aimenliaqat.bsky.social
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social @vumedicine.bsky.social @ast-idcop.bsky.social @ast-tyfcop.bsky.social @idsainfo.bsky.social
📢 October Member Spotlight!
Meet Dr. Elizabeth Cho, MD, Transplant Nephrology Fellow at Mayo Clinic Arizona 🌵
Get to know more about her journey and passion for transplantation⬇️
@shwetanjan.bsky.social @aimenliaqat.bsky.social
@mayoclinic.org
🐎 We are thrilled to kick off Donation Derby 2025 with Junior this week! 🐎
💰Let’s make every donation (and every member) count
Even $5 adds member engagement %
Tag a friend, spread the word- Lets win this team🙌
Remember: Log in to your AST account first, then donate 💻:
👉 access.myast.org/s/derby
📢 Member Spotlight!
Meet Dr. Oscar Garcia, Transplant Nephrology Fellow at Mayo Clinic 🩺✨
Check out more about him ⬇️⬇️⬇️
📢 Don`t miss the TYF COP and WHCOP Webinar!
Gender Inequity in Leadership Roles in US Academic Med Centers
🗓 Sept 16 | 🕑 2–3 PM ET
📢Speakers:
- Morgan Levy, MD, MPH
- Marilyn Huang, MD, MS
📳Moderators:
- Jessica Davis, MD, MSCR
- Arundati Rao, MBBS
@ast-whcop.bsky.social
🌟 TYF COP Member Spotlight 🌟
Meet Dr. Aimen Liaqat
@aimenliaqat.bsky.social
— one of our new TYF COP Members-at-Large and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Tennessee!
✨ Get to know more about her below 👇
Meet your new TYF COP EC Members
👥Past Chair: Manpreet Samra
👥Chair: Sarthak Virmani
👥Co-chair: Shweta Anjan @shwetanjan.bsky.social
📷Members-at-Large:
- Somaya Zahran
- Divyanshu Malhotra
- Julia Bini Viotti
- Aimen Liaqat
- Payas Vasanth
🎉Big Thanks to our amazing outgoing Executive Committee members! 🙌✨
Your leadership, 💡 ideas, and 💪 hard work have shaped our community in incredible ways. 🌟
👥Past Chair: Anshul Bhalla
👥Member-at-Large: Jeanne Kamal & Laila Lakhani
🌟 The FAST designation (Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation) honors AST members who have shown exceptional dedication to transplantation and outstanding service to the society
Congratulations to our TYFCOP members receiving this prestigious recognition! 👏👏
🙌 The AST TYF COP Executive Committee is thrilled to recognize YOU as a valued member! 🙌
📣 Get ready to be featured on the COP Hub page and across our social media! 📸💻✨
Cheers to everyone who joined the TYF Happy Hour at #WTC2025! 🥂
Great vibes, real connections, and the perfect way to wrap up the day with our transplant community!
@shwetanjan.bsky.social
Huge thanks to everyone who joined the TYF COP Annual Meeting at #WTC2025! 🙌✨
We’re proud to share our 2024–2025 Newsletter, highlighting all we accomplished over the past year. Much more to come! 🚀
Don't miss the new @amjtransplant.bsky.social #TxID blog led by Emily Blumberg ajt-transplant-id-exchange.squarespace.com #wtc2025 @ast-idcop.bsky.social @ast-tyfcop.bsky.social @astinfo.bsky.social
Honored to have the opportunity to speak about my two favorite topics, frailty and immune dysfunction with colleagues Dr Jennifer Lai and Stefan Tullius plus hard-working moderators at #wtc2025 @astinfo.bsky.social @ttsorg.bsky.social @ast-idcop.bsky.social @ast-tyfcop.bsky.social
Meet our Travel Grant Winners! ✈️🏅
We’re proud to support the next generation of transplant professionals:
Clayton Hicks, BA BS – Medical Student, Indiana University School of Medicine
Jacob Ingber, MMSc – Graduate Student, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Heading to WTC?
Don’t miss the TYF COP Annual Meeting – a key moment to connect with transplant peers and leaders!
🗓 Sunday, August 3, 2025
🕒 3:45 – 5:00 PM
📍 Room 151, Moscone Center
See you there!
@shwetanjan.bsky.social
▶️📷 Member Spotlight 📷◀️
Meet Dr. Eric Altneu, Assistant Professor at Temple University!
Get to know more about him 👇👇👇 @ealtneu.bsky.social
🚨 Check it out! The TYF COP Executive Committee is excited to share the 2nd issue of our TYF COP Newsletter! 🎉
Inside you'll find:
📅 Key events
🎥 Webinar highlights
🤝 Opportunities to connect, grow & lead
📩 Take a look & help spread the word!
Looking forward to #WTC2025 -- Always a great opportunity to learn new things, and to connect with old friends and new colleagues! @ast-idcop.bsky.social @astinfo.bsky.social @ast-whcop.bsky.social @ast-tyfcop.bsky.social @ttsorg.bsky.social !
▶️Member Spotlight ⬅️
Meet Dr. Adam Bregman, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Wisconsin- Madison!
Get to know more about his work and what inspires him 👇
🌉 Join us in San Francisco for #WTC2025!
We're thrilled to welcome you to the TYF COP Annual Meeting.
📅 Sunday, August 3
⏰ 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
🎉 Stick around after for a fun off-site networking event—we’d love to see you there!
Let us know if you’ll be joining: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Log into TYF COP Hub to register!
📢 Upcoming TYFCOP and LICOP Webinar: Building and Sustaining an Academic Career in Transplant Hepatology
🗓 Thursday, June 12 | 🕑 2:00–3:00 PM ET
📳Moderators:
Adam Winters, MD
Alan Hutchison, MD, PhD
📢Speakers:
Faruq Pradhan, MD
Alexandra Shingina, MDCM
@ashinginamd.bsky.social
🚨 Battle of the COPs: Fellows Symposium Edition 🚨
The AST Fellows Symposium is heading to Chicago — now open to med students!
🏆 Which COP can recruit the most?
🔗 Register by July 31 and list your COP — every referral counts!
🌟 Win AST recognition + promo perks for your COP
👋 Headed to #WTC2025 in SF? Peds trainee or young faculty? Join the TYFCOP/Peds COP mentor program!
☕ Connect. Chat. Learn.
📩 Dr. Spiwak: elizabeth.spiwak@ascension.org
Not in peds?
📩 Dr. Vasanth (payas.vasanth@gmail.com) or Dr. Lakhani (laila.s.lakhani@gmail.com)
Excited to announce the results of the recent TYF COP Executive Committee election! 🙌
👥 Co-Chair: Shweta Anjan
🗳️ Members-at-Large:
- Somaya Zahran
- Aimen Liaqat
- Payas Vasanth
Looking forward to what we’ll accomplish together!
Early Registration Open for #WTC2025!
Register by May 23 to take advantage of discounted rates.
What’s included?
✔️ Reduced fees
✔️ Access to sessions, exhibits & networking events
✔️ Welcome Reception and Congress materials
Register now: wtc2025.org/registration/
