Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice (TxPharm COP)
2024-2025 Executive Committee
Chair: Mary Chandran (2025)
Co-Chair: Matt Harris (2025)
Past Chair: Barrett Crowther (2025)
Board Liaison: Josh Levitsky (2025)
Karen Khalil (2025)
Helen Sweiss (2025)
Jennifer Byrns (2025)
Ann Kataria (2026)
Alicia Lichvar (2026)
Idris Yakubu (2026)
Early Career: Hannah Roppo (2025)
Interim Staff Liaison: Olivia Snow (osnow@myast.org)
Transplant Pharmacy Specialty Resources
- Medicare Part B Immunosuppressive Drug Benefit Information - Developed by the AST Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice
- Medicare Part B Immunosuppressive Drug Benefit Information - One Pager - Developed by the AST Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice
- Specialty Pharmacy Mandates: Common Questions and Answers - Developed by the AST Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice
- Building a business plan to support a transplantation pharmacy practice model (PDF download) - Developed by the AST Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice
- Transplant Recipient Adherence Monitoring and Management Tool (TR-AMMT) (PDF download) - Developed by the AST Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice
2023-2024 Activities
- Appoint a DEI Ambassador to focus on ongoing advocacy for DEI with all TxPharm activities.
- Host Controversies Conference on Evaluation of Medication Adherence.
- Create a Research & Innovation Workgroup.
- Continue to develop educational offerings and resources for the field of transplant pharmacy.
- Develop interventions to improve adherence in transplant recipients and develop tools to detect non-adherence and risk for non-adherence.
- Provide medication access resources and tools to facilitate patient care and clinical practice.
- Update Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) with updated indications to obtain Medicare recognition for off-label transplant immunosuppressive agents.
- Create opportunities to foster leadership development.
- Highlight TxPharm COP members for their contributions through TxPharm specific awards and AST nominations.
- Use social media and networking opportunities to educate, promote, and engage the Transplant Pharmacy work force.
- Develop a TxPharm COP and VCA AC Joint “Vascular Composite Allograft Survey.”
- Promote organ donation awareness and education.
- Develop a Workforce Survey.