Vaccination in Thoracic Transplant Populations: Clinical, Ethical, and Global Perspectives
12 November, 2025 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
This webinar will explore the complex challenges of vaccinating thoracic transplant candidates and recipients, with a special focus on pediatric patients and vaccine hesitancy. The session will begin with a brief overview of vaccine safety in transplant populations. A case vignette featuring a pediatric transplant candidate with a vaccine-hesitant family will set the stage for a roundtable discussion. Panelists—including infectious disease specialists, transplant cardiologists and pulmonologists, and an ethics expert—will each offer insights on the case and broader implications.
Watch Session RecordingModerators
Cameron Wolfe, MD
Dima Kabbani, MD, MSc
Presentations
Translational and Clinical Overview of Vaccines
Presented by Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH
Case Presentation: Pediatric Heart Transplant Evaluation & Vaccine Hesitancy
Presented by Dima Kabbani, MD, MSc
Roundtable Discussion: Pediatric Vaccine Hesitancy in the Pre-transplant Setting
With panelists Olivia Kates, MD, MA; Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH; Jacob Simmonds, MD, MA, MBB; and Peter Hopkins, FRACP
Q&A
