PFEP - About Us

Mission Statement

Bridging the gap between patients, families, doctors and the community to help improve the outcome of pediatric liver transplantation.

Leadership

Brittany Munn

NYU Langone

Current Chair 2023-Present & Former Co-Chair 2022

Biography

Brittany Munn

Brittany Munn, resides in Western NY, and happily married. She is a mother to three beautiful children: Noah (b. 2011), Elise (b. 2013) and Caleb (b. 2014). Her youngest child, Caleb, was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia and Stage Four Liver Disease in January 2015. He was transplanted at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in March 2015, where his father was his living donor. In April 2023, they transferred their care to NYU Langone in order to follow their liver doctors, where she currently represents as a family advocate for SPLIT PFEP. She joined PFEP in 2018, and slowly started work in pediatric advocacy. In October 2023, she officially stepped into the role as Chair for PFEP. She has helped develop the SPLIT PFEP Caregiver Mentorship Program that Nemours, Michigan Med, and Wisconsin are helping pilot, with the hopes to expand in the near future to more SPLIT Centers. She also served as a Board Director for BARE Inc. (Biliary Atresia Research and Education), and she is a volunteer Public Speaker for her local OPO, ConnectLife, promoting Blood, Organ and Tissue donation within her community. She is an advocate for The STARZL Network. Brittany holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Marketing from Buffalo State University, and has owned and operated her own photography business, Take Heart Studios, since 2017.

Jen Lau

Lurie Childrens

Former Chair 2019-2022

Biography

Jennifer Lau

Jennifer Lau is the mom of two children. Jen’s professional background is in Human Resources. Her oldest son, Nate, was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia (BA). At 9 months old he received a liver transplant from a living donor in 2012, at Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Illinois.

Jen joined PFEP in 2018 to help in advocacy and bring the patient and family voice to transplant. She served as Chair from 2019-2021. During that time, she also served on the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Pediatric Committee, championing causes such as the liver geographic redistribution policies giving children priority on the transplant list. 

Jen is the Co-Founder and President of a national organization called BARE (Biliary Atresia Research and Education), formed in 2022 to help facilitate connections and empower physicians and scientists to find answers for children and families affected by BA. She sits on the OPTN Board of Directors, and Expeditious Task Force, as well as the Siragusa Transplant Center Board at Lurie Children’s. Jen also collaborates with organizations such as the Starzl Network For Excellence, and the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION), to work on quality improvement projects that help amplify the parent voice to help shape the future of medical care.

Jennifer White

Children's Mercy Kansas City

Former Chair 2023 & Former Co-Chair 2019-2022

Sherrie Logan

Sick Kids Toronto

Former Chair 2017-2019

Areas of Interest

  • Education
  • Research
  • Quality Improvement and Clinical Care
  • Mentorship
  • Advocacy

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Contact

Staff Directory
+1-514-874-1717 x210
katie.tait@tts.org

Address

Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation
c/o The Transplantation Society
740 Notre-Dame Ouest
Suite 1245
Montréal, QC, H3C 3X6
Canada