Title: Transition to Focus on Longitudinal Care for Adults with Disabilities

Objectives:
1. Discuss Healthcare Transition.
2. List Barriers to Adult Health Care.
3. Discuss the Collaborative Nature of Successful Transition Including Promoting Autonomy.

Presenter: Jennifer M. LeComte, DO, FACP, FAAP- Director RISN Center; Founding Program Director, Inspira Internal Medicine Residency Program, Mullica Hill, Associate Professor Internal Medicine & Pediatrics

Dr. LeComte is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her Med-Peds residency in Delaware at Christiana Care Health System and Nemours A. I. duPont Hospital for Children and is double board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. She served as a pediatric chief resident at Nemours as she initiated her career in providing primary care for patients with complex conditions originating in childhood across the lifespan. She joined Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine in 2017 and is currently an Associate Professor at RowanSOM in the Internal Medicine and Pediatric departments. In 2019 she founded and became the Medical Director of the RISN Center (Rowan-Virtua Regional Integrated Special Needs Center). RISN Center is a primary care practice for patients with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities and their families with embedded behavioral health and care coordination services to help them thrive in their community. She is also the inaugural Program Director of the IM residency program at Inspira Mullica Hill.

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