Meeting Slides
  • Jennifer Iyengar, MD, University of Michigan Adult, welcomed the group and provided a brief history of the work group.
  • Jordan Ross, MD, University of Tennessee, introduced himself as well.
    • Participants provided brief introductions of themselves.
  • Cyndi Berg, PsyD, University of Utah, invited the work group to participant in a 10-15 minute survey that her center is administering.
  • Dr. Ross reviewed the Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition and how we will use this framework to guide this work group.
  • Katrina Hoch PhD, MS, RD, CDCES and Kate Weaver, MD, University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital, presented on the AHEAD Program, a collaboration between the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital to assist in transitioning to adult care.
    • The pogrom is externally funded by Breakthrough T1D. and bridges two institutions (one pediatric and one adult) to provide uninterrupted care.
    • Katrina shared details about the program model, multidisciplinary care, and the AHEAD Philosophy.
    • The AHEAD program works off adult and pediatric standard care but ads additional touchpoints and screenings to improve transition readiness.
    • Enrollment information and data were shared. The results are promising and the group requests Katrina returns and reports back in the future.
  • In the interest of time, Dr. Ross was unable to present the journal article below, but he did provide background information on the segment:

The Transition of Youth With Diabetes From Pediatric to Adult Diabetes Care Services: A Consensus Report of the Joint Working Group of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) | Diabetes Care | American Diabetes Association 

Next Meeting:
  • December 4, 2026
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