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The Community Behavioral Medicine Intern will complete one rotation with the Heart and Lung Transplant and Left Ventricular Assist Device Programs.\u00a0 They will join the Transplant Behavioral Medicine intern for this rotation. On this rotation, trainees have the opportunity to perform inpatient and outpatient psychological evaluations of adult candidates being considered for lung, heart, or heart\/kidney transplantation and LVAD surgery. Interns will consult with the physicians, nurses, physical therapists, and the social workers on the heart and lung transplant teams and LVAD teams. Interns can attend the multidisciplinary lung transplant and heart transplant\/LVAD team meetings to present their impressions and recommendations.\u00a0 Interns will provide individual and\/or couples therapy before and after transplantation and\/or LVAD surgery. Interns will consult with patients waiting in the hospital for transplant and then provide supportive therapy as they wait for and then recover from transplant. Interns can participate in a structured group for lung transplant patients and\/or co-lead an unstructured support group for lung or heart transplant patients. Interns also have the opportunity to shadow other professionals on the team (e.g., palliative care, cardiothoracic surgeon, pulmonologist) to gain an in-depth understanding of the transplant process. Interns will have the opportunity to supervise graduate students in mental health counseling who are completing practicum and internship with the transplant and LVAD programs.<\/p>\n
Supervisor: Eileen J. Burker, PhD, CRC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\n