Optimizing Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care

May 4, 2026 to May 6, 2026

In this special program, faculty from Harvard Medical School, the Brigham and Women's Hospital Transition Care Team, and the Boston Children’s Hospital BRIDGES Adult Transition Program provide strategies, best practices, and guidance to:

  • Identify adult care providers and successfully transfer patients with rare or complex health care needs.
  • Assess and improve the efficacy of your current transition processes.
  • Tailor transition strategies to patient age, disease type, and physical/ intellectual capability.
  • Develop transition policies to support your specific practice needs Significantly improve inter-practice care coordination.
  • Approach reimbursement in 2024 Ensure up-to-date, portable, and accessible medical summaries.
  • Build your transition team, processes, and consultation program Innovate transition processes with telehealth and social media.
  • Optimize care coordination and inter-practice communication Practical, Results-Focused Education.


Faculty share strategies and best practices that can be readily implemented by pediatric, pediatric subspecialty, and adult care providers to optimize how you:

  • Assess patient readiness for adult care.
  • Time patient transitions for the best outcomes.
  • Ensure adherence Teach self-care and self-management.
  • Promote medical and educational self-advocacy.
  • Address sexual health and fertility with young adults.
  • Strengthen family engagement Provide care for college students.
  • Screen for high-risk behaviors.
  • Help patients maximize their independence.
  • Meeting the Requirements of Special Patient Populations.

Education and workshops are led by nationally and internationally recognized experts with extensive expertise in the care, transition and transfer of patients with:

  • Developmental disabilities Intellectual disabilities.
  • Autism Common and complex chronic conditions, including: Diabetes IBD Cystic Fibrosis Congenital Heart Disease Epilepsy Sickle Cell Disease Spina Bifida Substance Use Disorder.
  • Cancer Survivorship Organ Transplantation.
  • Obesity Tools and Resources.

Participants will receive a variety of tools and resources, including:

  • Transition checklists.
  • Sample transition curricula.
  • Readiness assessments.
  • Transition plans and processes.
  • Transition policies.
  • Up-to-date transition coding and reimbursement tip sheets.
     

If you provide care for—or are preparing to accept—pediatric patients who are transferring to adult care, this course will prove invaluable. It will inform, update, and inspire you, and you will return to your practice empowered to be a more effective clinician in the care of these patients.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for Physicians, NPs, and PAs in: Pediatrics Internal Medicine Family Medicine Medicine-Pediatrics Pediatric Subspecialties Medical Specialties and Subspecialties as well as Psychologists, Social Workers, and Counselors who support young adults and their families.

 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the activity, participants will be able to:

  • Practice state-of-the-art care of chronic childhood conditions in adolescent and adult patients, including single system diseases, multisystem diseases, and intellectual/developmental disabilities.
  • Develop and implement practical strategies to successfully transfer and accept patients with chronic childhood conditions (including care coordination and integration, supported decision making, practice redesign and team-based care, and adolescent health and wellness.
  • Assess healthcare systems and their impact on transition to adult care, including quality improvement, reimbursement strategies, national health policy, and population health.
  • Design your approach to patient and family engagement in chronic condition management and help them to achieve health equity through communication, assessing self-management skills and readiness to transition to adult healthcare settings, coping with chronic illness, supports for community living.
  • Discuss the roles of members of an interprofessional team (e.g. MD/DO, NP, PA, SW, RN), and how each contributes to optimizing the transition of young adults with chronic conditions of childhood origin moving from pediatric to adult centered medical care.

POSTER SESSIONS

The faculty of Harvard Medical School, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Transition Care Team, and the Boston Children’s Hospital BRIDGES Adult Transition Program are pleased to announce that the 2026 program is hosting poster sessions. These will be held and live streamed during the midday breaks on Wednesday, May 5, and Thursday, May 6. These sessions will also be recorded and will become a part of the course's video archive, so that course registrants can review the presentations for 60 days after the course ends.

These sessions are an opportunity for investigators to share their work and for all attendees to learn about cutting-edge research and innovation in transition.

For more information on the abstract submission, please click here: PDF icon Call for Abstracts.pdf


MOC RECOGNITION STATEMENT

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 33.5 MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.


 

Additional Information

Provided by: 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 33.50 AAPA Category I CME
  • 33.50 ABIM Medical Knowledge
  • 33.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 23.00 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 33.50 Participation
  • 33.50 Continuing Education Credits for Social Workers
Course opens: 
12/18/2025
Course expires: 
06/04/2026
Event starts: 
05/04/2026 - 8:15am EDT
Event ends: 
05/06/2026 - 5:30pm EDT
Cost:
$795.00
Rating: 
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Day 1: Monday, May 4, 2026 | 8:15am - 5:40pm

8:15amWelcome Announcements and Introductions | Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH
8:30Defining Successful Transition in 2026 (includes Got Transition overview and updates) | Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH
9:15Teaching Self-Management Skills: Strategies and Best Practices Gleaned from Diabetes Care | Katharine Garvey, MD, MPH
9:45Maximizing Independence: Valuable Lessons from Care of Patients with Epilepsy | Tracey Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN
10:15Break
10:30Ensuring Adherence: Strategies and Best Practices Gleaned from Cystic Fibrosis | Gregory Sawicki, MD, MPH
11:00Faculty Q&A | Katharine Garvey, MD, MPH;  Tracey Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN; Gregory Sawicki, MD, MPH
11:30Poster Session
12:15pmLunch
1:00The Use of Quality Improvement (QI) in Transition Care Overview |
Kitty O'Hare, MD
1:30QI Workshops (1A - 1C) - Choose One
  • (1A) Transition Care Policy Writing | 
    Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH & Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH
  • (1B) Transition QI: Creating a Current State Process Map | 
    Madeline Chiujdea, BA, CPHQ, CLSSGB & Natalie Mann, BSE
  • (1C) Gap Analysis: Current State vs. Ideal State | 
    Staci Eisenberg, MD; Colleen Monaghan, MD; Kitty O'Hare, MD
2:30

QI Workshops: Getting Your Transition Project Started (2A - 2C) - Choose One

  • (2A) Inpatient QI Project Cycle Development | 
    Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH & Susan Shanske, LICSW
  • (2B) Outpatient QI Project Cycle Development (Beginners) |
    Colleen Monaghan, MD & Staci Eisenberg, MD
  • (2C) Outpatient QI Project Cycle Development (Advanced) |
    Kitty O'Hare, MD
3:25Break
3:40

Down Syndrome through the Lifespan Stephanie Santoro, MD

4:10Parent Guidance for Transitional Age Youth | Margo Funk, MD, MA, FACLP
4:40Substance Use Disorder in Transition Age Youth | TBD
5:10Faculty Q&A | Stephanie Santoro, MD; Margo Funk, MD, MA, FACLP; TBD
5:40pmAdjourn

 


Day 2: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 | 8:30am - 5:45pm

8:30amMorning Announcements | Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH
8:45A Population Health Approach to Preparing Youth for Transition |  
Alex Arauz Boudreau, MD & Katherine Schiavoni, MD, MPP
9:45

Lessons of Twenty Years on Your Own Feet: Transition Care in the Netherlands | Jane Sattoe, PhD

10:15Faculty Q&A | Alex Arauz Boudreau, MD; Katherine Schiavoni, MD, MPP & 
Jane Sattoe, PhD
10:45Break
11:00Building a Road Map for Change: Improving Transitions to Adulthood |
Elaine Gabovitch, MPA
11:30Building and Sustaining a Comprehensive Transition Program |
Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH
12:30pmFaculty Q&A |
Elaine Gabovitch, MPA; Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH & Kristina Taylor, BS, BSN, RN
1:00Poster Session
1:45Lunch
2:30

Roundtables (3A - 3C) - Choose One

  • (3A) Preparation Basics: How to Create a Medical Summary/Emergency Plan | Kristina Taylor, BS, BSN, RN
  • (3B) Finding Providers: Creating the Warm Handoff into the Soft Landing | 
    Margaret Threadgill, MD, MBA
  • (3C) Approach to Transition Care in a Community Health Center | 
    Meaghan Hamilton, PNP
3:15Break
3:30Transition Research Overview | Cecily Betz, PhD, RN, FAAN
4:00

Roundtables (4A - 4C) - Choose One

  • (4A) Generation Patient (engaging pts in research, young adults as specific cohort) | Sneha Dave
  • (4B) PATCH | Ashley Jenkins, MD, MSc & Rachel Peterson, MD
  • (4C) Transition Outcomes in IDD | Ellen Fremion, MD, FACP, FAAP
4:45Navigating College with Chronic Conditions: Patient Perspectives | 
Chris Ryan, MSW, LCSW
5:45pmAdjourn

 


Day 3: Wednesday, May 6, 2026 | 8:30am - 5:30pm

8:30amMorning Announcements | Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH
8:45Perspectives: Patients, Parents, and Providers - Navigating the Complexities of Communication | Laurie Fishman, MD
9:45Preparing Women with Chronic Conditions for Pregnancy: Strategies and Best Practices Gleaned from Congenital Heart Disease Care |
Anne Marie Valente, MD
10:15Faculty Q&A | Laurie Fishman, MD & Anne Marie Valente, MD
10:45Break
11:00Autism in Transition | Sarah Spence, MD, PhD
11:30KIND Clinic: Gynecologic Care for Women with Intellectual Disabilities | 
Kathleen Nolan, NP
12:00pmFaculty Q&A | Sarah Spence, MD, PhD & Kathleen Nolan, NP
12:30Lunch
1:15Educational Advocacy for Youth with Intellectual/Developmental Disability | Alison D. Schonwald, MD
1:45Assessing for Independence and Support Needs | Jennifer Turek Queally, PhD
2:30Faculty Q&A | Jennifer Turek Queally, PhD & Alison D. Schonwald, MD
3:00Break
3:15

Breakouts (5A - 5C) - Choose One

  • (5A) Outpatient Billing for Transition | Colleen Monaghan, MD
  • (5B) Comorbid Mental Health Conditions: Lessons from Transplant |
    Kristine McKenna, PhD
  • (5C) Outpatient Clinic for Children/Young Adults with Complex Medical Conditions | Kristin Farias, MD, MA
4:15Transition Medicine and National Health Policy | Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH
4:45Promoting Self-Management and Self-Advocacy |
Sneha Dave & Colleen Huysman, MSW, LICSW
5:15Closing Remarks | Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH
5:30pmAdjourn

 


Study Hall Sessions (Pre-Recorded)

Each pre-recorded session is about 45 minutes
Study Hall Topic TitleSpeaker
Connecting Patients Using Social Media & Technology

Jonathan Hausmann

Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Coping with a Chronic Condition

Sarah Flier

Lessons from Care of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

Maureen Achebe

Creating a Transition Program for Solid Organ Transplant

Dawn Freiberger, Lynne Helfand, Brendan Kimball

Solid Organ Transplant and Navigating Chronic Care Transitions

Scott Elisofon

Cancer Survivorship and Adult Screening Guidelines

Ann Partridge

Measuring Care Coordination and Care Integration

Richard Antonelli

Building Your Team: Lessons from Care of Patients with Spina Bifida

Erin McNamara, Arda Hotz

Pregnancy and Women with Mobility Disorders

Lisa Iezzoni

Chronic Pain

Rachael Coakley

Approaching Conversations in Youth with Life-Limiting Conditions

Elisabeth Dellon, Ashley Allen

Obesity in Adolescents and Young Adults with Shared Patient Perspectives

Fatima Stanford

HIV in Teens

Ann Neilan

Sexual Health in Chronic Illness (including Fertility)

Julia Roboff

Virtual, via Zoom
United States

Course Directors

Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School;
Director, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Unit,
Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine,
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Susan Shanske, LICSW
Director of Transitional Care Support,
BRIDGES Adult Transition Program,
Department of Medicine,
Boston Children’s Hospital
Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School;
Director, BRIDGES Adult Transition Program,
Department of Medicine,
Boston Children’s Hospital,
Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program,
Cystic Fibrosis Center,
Brigham and Women's
Boston Children's Hospital

Kristin M. Farias, MD, MA
Instructor in Medicine, Part-time,  Harvard Medical School;
Medical Director, Family Care Associates,
Brookline, MA

Kristina Taylor, BS, BSN, RN
Nurse Transition Coordinator,
BRIDGES Adult Transition Program,
Boston Children's Hospital

Anna MacNaughton PA-C
Physician Assistant in Family Medicine,
Brigham Family Care Associates and Emergency Medicine,
Cambridge Health Alliance 

Faculty

Alexy D. Arauz Boudreau, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School;
Associate Chief of Pediatrics for Primary Care, MGHfC;
Medical Director for Population Health Management, Department of Pediatrics & Pediatric Surgery,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Cecily Betz, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, 
Department of Pediatrics,
USC Keck School of Medicine;
Nursing Director and Research Director, 
USC University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities,
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Madeline Chiujdea, BA, CPHQ, CLSSGB
Senior Quality Improvement Consultant, Neuroscience Quality Improvement Program,
Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital

Sneha Dave
Executive Director, Generation Patient (Generationpatient.org)

Staci R. Eisenberg, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Part-time, Harvard Medical School;
Assistant Program Director, Harvard Medicine-Pediatric Residency Program,
Department of Medicine,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston Children’s Hospital

Laurie N. Fishman, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School;
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition,
Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital

Ellen Fremion, MD, FACP, FAAP
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics,
Section Chief, Medical Director of Adult Transition Medicine,
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

Margo Funk, MD, MA, FACLP
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School;
Director, Cardiovascular Psychiatry Program,
Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Elaine M. Gabovitch, MPA
Instructor, University of Massachusetts Medical School;
Director, Division for Children & Youth with Special Health Needs,
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Katharine Garvey, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School;
Clinical Chief, Diabetes,
Director, Diabetes Program;
Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics,
Boston Children's Hospital

Meaghan Hamilton, PNP
CATCH Program, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center

Colleen Huysman, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, BRIDGES Adult Transition Program and AWAKE Program,
Emergency Department, Boston Children’s Hospital

Ashley Jenkins MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics,
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Natalie Mann, BSE
Quality Improvement Data Analyst,
Neuroscience Quality Improvement Program,
Neuroscience Center, Boston Children’s Hospital

Kristine McKenna, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
University of Washington School of Medicine;
Attending Psychologist, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Services, Seattle Children's Hospital

Tracey Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN
Visiting Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School;
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, New York Medical College;
Director of Neurology, Westchester Medical Center

Colleen A. Monaghan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School;
Associate Medical Director, Brigham Health Primary Care,
Associate Program Director, Harvard Medicine-Pediatrics Residency,
Brigham and Women's
Boston Children's Hospital

Kathleen Nolan, NP
Nurse Practitioner, KIND Clinic Team, 
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Beth Israel Deaconess Lahey Health

Kitty O'Hare, MD
Senior Medical Director, Duke University Health System

Rachel Peterson, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics,
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Jennifer Turek Queally, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology,
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School;
Attending Neuropsychologist, Department of Psychiatry,
Boston Children's Hospital

Chris Ryan, MSW, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker, Department of Neurology,
Boston Children's Hospital

Stephanie L. Santoro, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School;
Clinical Geneticist, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children;
Director, Quality Improvement Research, MGH Down Syndrome Program, Division of Genetics and Metabolism,
Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital

Jane Sattoe, PhD
Associate Professor Life Course Care,
Research Centre Innovations in Care,
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Gregory S. Sawicki, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School;
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Division of Respiratory Diseases,
Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital

Katherine H. Schiavoni, MD, MPP
Instructor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School;
Medical Director of Clinical Operations, 
Mass General Brigham Population Health Services Organization;
Primary Care Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, MGB Revere Community Health Center

Alison D. Schonwald, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School;
Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician,
Founder, Touchstone Neurodevelopmental Center, Department of Pediatrics, Woburn, MA

Sarah Spence, MD, PhD
Assistant  Professor of Neurology, Part-time, Harvard Medical School;
Retired Co-Director, Autism Spectrum Center,
Neurologist, Department of Neurology,
Boston Children's Hospital

Margaret E. Threadgill, MD, MBA
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
Co-Founder, BWH Transition Care Team,
Medical Director for Pediatrics, BWH Primary Care,
Clinician Innovator Fellow and Staff Physician, Department of Medicine,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Hospital Medicine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital

Anne Marie Valente, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School;
Section Chief, Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH) and Pulmonary Hypertension Program,
Fellowship Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Senior Fellowship,
Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital;
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 

Credit Designation Statements

AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 33.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing
Mass General Brigham designates this activity for 33.5 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Assistants
Mass General Brigham has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 33.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Social Work
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Mass General Brigham is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Mass General Brigham maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 33.5 continuing education credit.

Available Credit

  • 33.50 AAPA Category I CME
  • 33.50 ABIM Medical Knowledge
  • 33.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 23.00 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 33.50 Participation
  • 33.50 Continuing Education Credits for Social Workers

Price

Cost:
$795.00
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Tuition type

Early Bird (on or before March 31, 2026)

Regular Tuition (after March 31, 2026)

Physician

$795.00

$895.00

Nurses (NPs; APRNs; RNs)

$695.00

$795.00

Physician Assistants

$695.00

$795.00

Mental Health Professionals (Psychologists; Social Workers; Counselors)

$695.00

$795.00

Other Health Care Professionals

$695.00

$795.00

Residents and Fellows

$595.00

$695.00

 

Cancellation Policy:
Registrations cancelled on or before April 20, 2026 will be refunded, less a $105 administrative fee. Registrations cancelled after April 20, 2026 will not be refunded.

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