Community physicians’ role in patient care

• Ongoing patient care and case management
• Referral to UCHealth for transplant evaluation
• Provide patient clinical records for transplant evaluation
• Co-manage plan of care after initial surgical recovery

Transplant specialists’ role in patient care

• Pre-transplant evaluation (clinical, psychosocial and surgical suitability for transplant)
• Listing patient on national waiting list
• Coordinate care plan in tandem with community physician
• Ongoing communication with community physician after every pre-transplant visit with patient
• Transplantation and surgical recovery management
• Implement immunosuppression protocols
• Calibrate care and medications for 30-90 days post transplant
• Provide progress reports to community physician during peri- and post-op phases