Panel on Heart and Lung Transplant Patients, Part 2

Welcome back to this special two-part series. <p>Part 1 covered various topics, including:  pulmonary conditions that could lead to the need for a transplant; if the recent resurgence of the coronavirus and its continued display of new emerging variants has affected the ability to furnish care for patients; kinds of contributions physiatry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology clinicians can make in preparing patients for transplantation and in optimizing function; whether rehabilitation settings differ based on the kinds of health problems that patients have; and prevention of the occurrence of hospital readmissions. </p> <p>Part 2 covers many new areas, including: how patients requiring rehabilitation services may differ according to personal characteristics, such as age and how such differences are taken into account when providing treatment; kinds of physiological changes patients can experience post-transplantation; prevention of the risk of infection; steps taken to deal with the issue of nonadherence of recommended treatment protocols; use of rehabilitation notebooks and peer support groups; comparison of telehealth and face-to-face interactions with patients; and kinds of key rehabilitation questions to address.</p> <p><strong>Megan Carroll</strong> is a Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatric physical therapy. She has been an intensive care unit physical therapist working at NYU Langone Health since 2015.</p> <p><strong>Camille Magsombol</strong> works on developing occupational therapy programs to support patients' successful health management of their chronic diseases, including medication management.<strong><br /></strong></p> <p><strong>Christina Moriarty's</strong> work focuses on speech/swallow assessment and treatment with head and neck cancer as well patients in the surgical intensive care unit, including those with heart and lung transplants. </p> <p><strong>Sofia Prilik</strong> is a physiatrist who serves as clinical director of inpatient cardiac and p