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Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesia
Riley Hospital for Children
Indianapolis, IN
Bio
Rania K. Abbasi, MD is an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesia and Vice Chair of Pediatric Anesthesia at Indiana University and Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at Riley Children's Health. She practices pediatric cardiac anesthesia at Riley Children's Health in Indianapolis, Indiana. She completed her medical degree, anesthesia residency, and pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Indiana University, and her pediatric cardiac anesthesia fellowship at Stanford University. She is an active member of the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS), for which she serves on the Annual Program Planning Committee and previously on the Board of Directors.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:35 PM - 3:55 PM
Important Articles of the Past Year in Congenital Heart Care: What Have We Learned?
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Clinical Instructor
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Bio
Dr. Alrayashi is an associate in perioperative anesthesia and pain medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. He completed his medical school at Northwestern University in Chicago and then residency at NYU. He later went on to complete his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children’s, and completed an additional year in regional anesthesiology at the same institution. He has a special interest in the use of ultrasound in the perioperative care of pediatric and young adult patients. This includes the use of ultrasound for the therapeutic treatment of acute pain as well as the diagnosis for acute pathologies. He has published on clinical outcomes in various regional anesthesia outcomes and reported on the use of ultrasound in clinical care. He has lectured at various national and international conferences and taught workshops in regional anesthesia and point of care ultrasonography. He founded the home analgesia program at Boston Children’s Hospital, the only of its kind in the northeastern United States. At present he is developing a comprehensive POCUS training program for clinicians at his institution and is the director of Regional Anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital of the Harvard Medical School.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Regional Anesthesia for Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Location: Meeting Room 201 - 202: 2nd Floor
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Bio
Director of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology at Duke University. Clinical interests in hemostasis and regional anesthesia in children with congenital heart disease.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Patient Blood Management: When One Size Doesn't Fit All - What's New in Hemostasis and Coagulation Management for Congenital Cardiac Surgery Patients
Location: Meeting Room 211 - 212: 2nd Floor
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Bio
Dr. Elena Swan, M.D., Ph.D., is a dual-trained pediatric and adult cardiac anesthesiologist. Before her U.S. training, she spent seven years as an intensivist in a cardiac intensive care unit in Russia, delivering high-acuity care to critically ill cardiac patients.
She came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar, a prestigious recognition of her academic and clinical excellence, and successfully repeated her residency and completed two cardiac anesthesia fellowships at Harvard-affiliated hospitals: Adult Cardiac Anesthesia at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital.
For the past decade, Dr. Swan has served as an anesthesiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, specializing in congenital cardiac anesthesia and perioperative hemostasis management. She currently chairs the Hemostasis Special Interest Group within the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society, following her previous role as Vice Chair. Her research focuses on strategies to reduce transfusion of allogeneic blood products in congenital cardiac patients.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Swan enjoys traveling and sharing the world with her 8-year-old son Ivan, exploring new cultures and destinations whenever possible.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Instructor in Anesthesia
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Bio
Dr. Atkinson is an Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Instructor in Anesthesia at the Harvard Medical School. After training in Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care, and Anesthesiology, Dr. Atkinson divides his clinical commitment between pediatric cardiac anesthesia and cardiac intensive care. His research focuses on post-bypass acute kidney injury and noninvasive respiratory monitoring in children.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
1:45 PM - 2:10 PM
PCICS Lecture - Too Much of a Good Thing: Oxygen Therapy in the Cardiac OR and ICU
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Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
RDT 3: Management of Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Artery Reconstruction
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Assistant Professor
Texas Childrens Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Bio
Dr. Bacigalupo received his M.D. degree from Universidad de San Martin de Porres in Lima, Peru. After three years of General surgery training, he completed his Anesthesiology residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He then pursued a Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, after which he completed a Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesiology fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital/ Baylor College of Medicine.
Now, as an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine, he is part of the Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesiology at Texas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Bacigalupo’s main interests reside in anesthetic neurotoxicity and neuroprotection, mechanical circulatory support, heart failure, and global health.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Extracorporeal Life Support: VAD Options, Decisions, and Management
Location: Meeting Room 205 - 2nd Floor
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Bio
Wenyu Bai- Bibliographic Notes
Peer-Reviewed
Journal Article
4. Bai W, Golmirzaie K, et al. Evaluation of emergency pediatric tracheal intubation by pediatric anesthesiologists on inpatient units and the emergency department. Pediatric Anesthesia.26(4): 384-391, 04/2016. PM26738465
5. Bai W, Klumpner T, et al. Difficult airway management in children with trisomy 18: a retrospective single centre study of incidence, outcomes, and complications. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 130 (6), PMID: 36966022 doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.02.022
Book Chapters: Anesthetic management of an adolescent with Fontan physiology for a posterior spinal fusion. P 207, chapter 28: Lateral Tunnel Fenestrated Fontan in Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia- A Case-Based Approach. Edited by Laura K. Berenstain and James P. Spaeth. first, Cambridge,2021.
Online Platform for Peer Education
1. Bai W, Question of the week-Syndromes- Trisomy 18, 08/2021, Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society/ education/
2. Bai W, SPA Case Guide- Atrioventricular Septal Defect, 03/2023, Society of Pediatric
3. Bai, Ductus arteriosus dependency in newborns with congenital heart disease, 03/2024, Open Anesthesia
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
WORKSHOP: Toward Safe Transport for Children with Complex Critical Illness and /or CHD Requiring Ventilatory Support
Location: Meeting Room 203 - 204: 2nd Floor
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ICF Certified Leadership Coach
Berenstain Coaching & Consulting
Ambler PA
Bio
After 30 years as a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist, Laura Berenstain is now an International Coaching Federation certified Coach, coaching physicians for personal and professional development and well-being. She is an Advisory Board member and Coach for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia's Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative. Laura has traveled worldwide on mission trips teaching physicians how to care for children with complex congenital heart disease and has recently edited and published Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia: A Case-Based Approach. She has three amazing daughters who inspire her daily.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Staying Alive: Professional Development and Well-being for Career Sustainability
Location: Meeting Room 208 - 2nd Floor
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
RDT 3: Management of Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Artery Reconstruction
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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
Dr. Brown is an associate professor and the clinical director of the division of cardiac anesthesia at Boston Children's Hospital. She takes care of children and adults with congenital heart disease and has an interest in quality improvement and safety in these patients.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
WORKSHOP: Toward Safe Transport for Children with Complex Critical Illness and /or CHD Requiring Ventilatory Support
Location: Meeting Room 203 - 204: 2nd Floor
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Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Bio
I am currently a congenital cardiac anesthesiologist with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and provide care primarily at Golisano Children's at UK. I am very interested in regional anesthesia for cardiac surgery as well as early extubation following cardiac surgery.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Regional Anesthesia for Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Location: Meeting Room 201 - 202: 2nd Floor
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Bio
I am a clinician, educator and scientist dedicated to advancing cardiac critical care medicine (CCM). My training in both adult and pediatric CCM provided an excellent synergy to serve as Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Director for the Texas Children’s Hospital’s Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) ICU where I was recruited in Summer 2020. This followed nearly a decade at the University of Pittsburgh and 2 years at the University of Miami. I now care for adults in the ACHD ICU and children in the pediatric cardiac ICU as well as adults in the St. Luke's cardiothoracic ICU. In the past, I have attended in adult and peds ICUs focused on cardiac, medical, surgical, neurological, trauma/burn and obstetric disease.
My prior translational research has focused on understanding the pathophysiology of cardiac and brain injury after global ischemia (cardiac arrest) with the goal of translating drug therapies into clinical use. I have developed multiple rodent and pig models of cardiac arrest and benchtop assays of ischemic heart, brain, mitochondrial injury which I used to test my hypotheses. My expertise was in free radical signaling/damage and nitric oxide biology. I have received funding from NIH K08, R21 and R01 mechanisms as well as industry awards. I have conducted two clinical trials in cardiac arrest using INDs under exception from informed consent. I have over 100 peer reviewed journal articles, several textbook chapters and 2 patents.
With the AHA, I have served within 3CPR as past Early Career chair, on the leadership council and SCILL committees. I serve on the Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Science subcommittee for the past 5 years and presently act as co-chair of the 2023 AHA/AAP drowning guidelines focused update and 2025 ECC systems of care CPR guideline writing groups. I routinely moderate or present sessions at the annual meetings of AHA, the Resuscitation Sciences Symposium, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Christian Medical Dental Association.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Optimizing Outcomes for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease within a Children's Hospital
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Bio
Natalia Diaz-Rodriguez, M.D./M.H.S., is an Assistant Professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She specializes in pediatric cardiac anesthesia. Dr. Diaz-Rodriguez earned her degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed residencies in Pediatrics and Anesthesia at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She then received advanced training through a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology as well as pediatric cardiac anesthesiology at Hopkins. Certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology, and by the American Board of Pediatrics on Pediatrics, Dr. Diaz-Rodriguez joined the Hopkins faculty in 2018. Her research interests include pulmonary hypertension (PH) and the perioperative management of patients with PH presenting for surgery.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
PBLD 2: Anesthetic Considerations in an Infant with Alagille Syndrome and Pulmonary Valve and Branch Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Undergoing Cardiac Repair
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Bio
Dr. Divekar is professor of Pediatrics at University of Texas Southwest Medical Center in Dallas Texas. He is trained in and practices pediatric and adult congenital heart catheterization. He currently co-leads the pulmonary vein stenosis program at UTSW, Children's Medical Center, Dallas. His research interests include developing large animal models for studying cardiovascular physiology. He holds a US patent for developing method to deliver vectors with selective catheterization.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Optimizing for Success in the Congenital Catheterization Laboratory
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Bio
Laura Downey, MD is a Professor at Emory University in the Department of Anesthesiology and a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Her research focuses on understanding the role of fibrinogen and platelets in hemostasis in children after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. She was awarded the 2019 SPA Young Investigators Grant to complete a clinical trial comparing fibrinogen concentrate to cryoprecipitate in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery. In 2021, she was awarded the 2021 International Anesthesia Research Society Mentored Research Award to study platelet function in neonates. She is currently the Secretary for the CCAS, Chair of the CCAS Research Committee, a member of the CCAS Hemostasis Interest Group, and a member of the ASA Patient Blood Management Committee. She enjoys traveling, triathlons, and hiking with her dog and husband.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:50 PM - 1:45 PM
Session IV: Best Posters and Research Award Update
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Update on Coagulation: Blood, Drugs and Monitors
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Patient Blood Management: When One Size Doesn't Fit All - What's New in Hemostasis and Coagulation Management for Congenital Cardiac Surgery Patients
Location: Meeting Room 211 - 212: 2nd Floor
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Bio
Dr. Evans attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in Houston, Texas, before matriculating to anesthesiology residency at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. After completion of his residency, he completed fellowships in both Pediatric Anesthesia and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He joined the faculty as an attending physician in 2018 as a member of the Cardiac Anesthesia team. He is currently the Associate Program Director for both the Pediatric Anesthesia and the Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship programs. His research interests include medical education, regional anesthesia in pediatric cardiac surgery, and high fidelity perioperative monitoring.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Regional Anesthesia for Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Location: Meeting Room 201 - 202: 2nd Floor
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Professor of Surgery, Director Center for Fetal Research
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Bio
Alan Flake is an attending surgeon in the Division of General Thoracic & Fetal Surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where he holds the Ruth and Tristram C. Colket, Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery, is Vice Chair of Surgical Research, and acts as Director of the Center for Fetal Research. He is also Professor of Surgery tenured track at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Dr. Flake has led a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research laboratory directed toward surgical correction of fetal anomalies and fetal stem cell and gene therapy for over 20 years. Under Dr. Flake's leadership, the Center for Fetal Research is exploring innovations in prenatal treatment, particularly in the areas of gene and stem cell therapy, and for life-threatening anatomic malformations and diseases. Recently, the Center has developed new technology for physiologic support of the extreme premature infant, a development that could have major implications for the treatment of prematurity.
Dr. Flake has published extensively with authorship of over 450 peer-reviewed publications and over 150 review articles and book chapters. Among other awards, he is the recipient of the 2021 March of Dimes Richard B. Johnson, Jr., MD Prize in Developmental Biology. Clinically, Dr. Flake actively participates as a Fetal Surgeon in the Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Program at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with interests in fetal diagnosis and therapy, in utero stem cell and gene therapy, extracorporeal support of the extreme premature infant (the artificial placenta/uterus), and minimally invasive neonatal and pediatric surgery.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
8:20 AM - 8:50 AM
Arthur Keats Lecture:
The Artificial Womb and New Approaches to Extreme Prematurity
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Assistant in Perioperative Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
Instructor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Assistant in Perioperative Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Regional Anesthesia for Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Location: Meeting Room 201 - 202: 2nd Floor
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Bio
Pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist .
Division Chief and Vice Chair Pediatric Anesthesia.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
7:35 AM - 9:10 AM
Session I: Prematurity and Congenital Heart Disease
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Bio
Dr. Stephen Gleich is serving as a Moderator for the Webinar. Dr. Gleich completed medical school at Mayo Clinic, followed by residencies in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology and fellowships in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Anesthesiology. He is currently Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics within the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and practices in both Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Bio
I am a pediatric anesthesiologist and critical care physician at Johns Hopkins Medicine, where he serves as Division Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine and Co-Director of the BTTHC Heart Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.
My clinical expertise focuses on pediatric cardiac critical care and pediatric anesthesiology, providing perioperative and critical care for infants and children with complex cardiac conditions. My research expertise is in blood utilization and anti-coagulation for congenital cardiac patients.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
PBLD 2: Anesthetic Considerations in an Infant with Alagille Syndrome and Pulmonary Valve and Branch Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Undergoing Cardiac Repair
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Patient Blood Management: When One Size Doesn't Fit All - What's New in Hemostasis and Coagulation Management for Congenital Cardiac Surgery Patients
Location: Meeting Room 211 - 212: 2nd Floor
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Dr. Stephanie Grant is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. At Emory, she is the Program Director of the Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship and is committed to the education of trainees. She is currently on the CCAS Board of Directors and is the Chair of the Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Program Directors’ Committee. Her research includes evaluating thrombin generation in patients with congenital heart disease.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
1:20 PM - 1:30 PM
Research Award Updates
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Patient Blood Management: When One Size Doesn't Fit All - What's New in Hemostasis and Coagulation Management for Congenital Cardiac Surgery Patients
Location: Meeting Room 211 - 212: 2nd Floor
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Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Bio
Dr. Guzzetta has been a practicing pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta since completion of her fellowship in 1994. She is currently a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. She has performed extensive translational and clinical research focusing on: 1) understanding the maturational differences between the pediatric and adult hemostatic systems; 2) anticoagulation management of pediatric cardiac surgical patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass; 3) identification of factors associated with an increased risk of post-CPB bleeding; and 4) efforts to reduce bleeding in pediatric cardiac surgical patients after cardiopulmonary bypass. She is also active in the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society and served as President from 2017-2019.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Staying Alive: Professional Development and Well-being for Career Sustainability
Location: Meeting Room 208 - 2nd Floor
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Bio
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Regional Anesthesia for Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Location: Meeting Room 201 - 202: 2nd Floor
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Staying Alive: Professional Development and Well-being for Career Sustainability
Location: Meeting Room 208 - 2nd Floor
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Medical Director CVICU Toronto General Hospital, Associate Professor University of Toronto
Toronto General Hospital
University of Toronto
Bio
Medical Director CVICU, Peter Munk Cardiac Center
Staff Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Peri-operative Echocardiographer, Toronto General Hospital
Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
RDT 1: High Risk Sternal Reentry
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Assessing Risk in the Adult Cardiac Patient Prior to Anesthesia
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
RDT 1: High Risk Sternal Reentry
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
ACHD in the CVOR: More Than Just Conduit Replacements
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Medical Director Pediatric Pain Center, Associate Professor
Akron Children's Hospial
Akron, OH
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Regional Anesthesia for Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Location: Meeting Room 201 - 202: 2nd Floor
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Bio
Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, attended medical school at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Completed residency at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center before moving to Pittsburgh for fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Moved to Denver Colorado for advanced fellowship in Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia after which stayed on as faculty and currently practice. Research interests include pediatroc pulmonary hypertension, hemostasis, and physican wellness.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Staying Alive: Professional Development and Well-being for Career Sustainability
Location: Meeting Room 208 - 2nd Floor
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Bio
I am a pediatric cardiovascular anesthesiologist working at the Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. After completing residency at The University of Pittsburgh, I was lucky enough to do both my pediatric and pediatric cardiac anesthesia fellowships at Nationwide Children's Hospital. My particular interests are in ultrasound-guided line placement, adult congenital cardiac anesthesia, and in provision of cardiac surgery services in low-resource settings.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
RDT 2: Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery (ERAS) in ACHD. Good Selection is Key for Success
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Attending, Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
Shawn Jackson is a staff physician at Boston Children’s Hospital who practices in both pediatric critical care medicine and pediatric anesthesiology. His research interests center on elucidating interactions between sedation, neurotoxicity, and long-term outcomes in critically ill children. His clinical time is divided between the ICU and OR, where his interests include transplant anesthesia, critical care transport, and anesthetics for high-risk ICU patients.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
PBLD 3: Is Trisomy 18 the Next "Baby Doe?": PDA Ligation in a Neonate with Trisomy 18, Tetralogy of Fallot, and Necrotizing Enterocolitis
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Bio
Dr Edmund Jooste is a Professor of Anesthesiology at Duke University and practices as a pediatric and pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist. He is Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia at Duke Children’s Hospital and until recently was the head of the Anesthesiology Clinical Research Unit, a unit focused on facilitating excellence in research and the practical implementation of both NIH and Industry funded research. His initial bench research focus was investigating the effects of non-depolarizing muscle relaxants on smooth muscle airway. He has also done significant clinical research, investigating the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of anesthetic agents in children, and particularly the cardiovascular effects of dexmedetomidine. His current research focuses on studying the coagulation system during cardiopulmonary bypass.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Clinical Assistant Professor
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
PBLD 1: Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a 1 Kg Preterm Newborn
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Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY
Bio
Riva R. Ko is an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. She completed her training at Columbia, and has been a practicing pediatric anesthesiologist since 2003. She is a member of the cardiac anesthesia team, as well as director of major pediatric orthopedic anesthesia.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Preterm Perioperative Care: Challenges and Optimization
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Bio
Interest in congenital heart disease, acute pain, wellness and technology/equipment
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
WORKSHOP: Toward Safe Transport for Children with Complex Critical Illness and /or CHD Requiring Ventilatory Support
Location: Meeting Room 203 - 204: 2nd Floor
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Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesia
Cincinnati Children's Hosptial Med Ctr.
Cincinnati, OH
Bio
Renee Kreeger is an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesia at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. A congenital cardiac anesthesiologist since 2009, she has special interests in peer support, physician wellbeing and patient safety. Dr. Kreeger serves on the SPA well-being committee and is the committee’s liaison to CCAS. She has been a peer supporter since the inception of the Peer To Peer support program at Cincinnati Children’s in February 2020 and became the program’s medical director in 2021.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Peer Support: Small Effort, Big Impact
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Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
I am a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. I attended the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School in South Africa. I completed anesthesiology residency at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, followed by fellowships in pediatric anesthesia and cardiac anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital and the Beth Israel Hospital, respectively. I have an FFA(SA) from the College of Medicine of South Africa and am board certified in anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology. My research interests include neuromonitoring during pediatric cardiac surgery and measurement of pain in patients under general anesthesia.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
PBLD 3: Is Trisomy 18 the Next "Baby Doe?": PDA Ligation in a Neonate with Trisomy 18, Tetralogy of Fallot, and Necrotizing Enterocolitis
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Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Med
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA
Bio
Dr. Gregory Latham is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Washington and an attending pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He serves as Director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesiology and Co-Director of the Seattle Children’s Heart Center. His clinical work focuses on the care of children with complex congenital heart disease. Dr. Latham has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in pediatric and cardiac anesthesiology and is active in editorial responsibilities with journals and long-standing involvement with the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:50 PM - 1:45 PM
Session IV: Best Posters and Research Award Update
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Bio
I have been working as an Anesthesiologist in the Congenital Cardiopathies Unit in the
American Hospital in Uruguay for 20 years and another 4 years in the Children's Cardiology
Institute. I was an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology from 1999 to 2004 at the Republic
University of Uruguay. I have been a member of the Uruguayan Society of Anesthesiology since
1991 and member of the Latin American Consortium of Anesthesiologists for Congenital
Cardiopathies since 2021.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
PBLD 5: Child with Congenital Heart Disease and Obstructive Hydrocephalus (Offered in Spanish Only)
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Extracorporeal Life Support: VAD Options, Decisions, and Management
Location: Meeting Room 205 - 2nd Floor
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Bio
Dr. Lindsey Loveland is a Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and is the Associate Chief for Education and Professional Development and division Well-being lead. Dr. Loveland also serves as an ABA Applied Examiner and enjoys this immensely. Throughout her career, her focus has been on pediatric cardiac anesthesia and education. While acting as the associate and then program director for the pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin she has served as a member and on the board of the Pediatric Anesthesiology Program Directors Association (PAPDA) and as a Councilor on the Association of Anesthesiology Subspecialty Program Directors (AASPD) board. She has been a member of The Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS) and served on the database committee. Currently her focus is on working with her division to attain advanced pediatric cardiac anesthesiology subspecialty accreditation in the newly created track by the ACGME in pediatric cardiac anesthesiology. She currently is a member of the Well-Being Committee. She also serves as a regular contributor to the Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (PAAD).
Dr. Loveland completed medical school at The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and residency at The University of Chicago. Following residency, she was a pediatric anesthesiology fellow at Children’s Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin where she fell in love with pediatric cardiac anesthesia prior to joining as faculty. Following approximately ten years in Wisconsin change and challenge called and she moved to CHOP.
Outside of medicine, her time is primarily spent keeping her five children from finding ways to hurt themselves, get an education, stay curious, and learn to navigate the world for themselves. She enjoys horseback riding, dressage in particular when she has a few moments to herself. Additionally, she has been married to her husband Andrew, for 20 years, who provides constant support (and reality checks), and all the free technology, code, computer, and analytical advice she could ever dream of.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Staying Alive: Professional Development and Well-being for Career Sustainability
Location: Meeting Room 208 - 2nd Floor
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Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Interventional and Adult Congenital Cardiology,
Children's Heart Institute, Memorial Hermann Hospital
Associate Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Thursday, March 30, 2023
7:55 AM - 8:20 AM
Palliation in Prematurity: Non-CPB Cardiac Surgery vs. Cath intervention: New Challenges and New Solutions
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Professor
Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY
Bio
Dr. Mittnacht is the Vice Chair and Associate Director, Department of Anesthesiology at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, and the Chief of Pediatric and Adult Cardiac Anesthesia. Aside from administrative responsibilities, Dr. Mittnacht is actively engaged in the clinical practice of adult and pediatric cardiac anesthesia, including transesophageal echocardiography, Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery (ERACS), regional anesthesia for cardiac surgery and related procedures, and teaching residents and fellows. Dr. Mittnacht is the Vice Chair of the National Board of Echocardiography Advanced PTEeXAM Writing Committee. His clinical and research interests include hemodynamic monitoring, pediatric and adult Enhanced Recovery after Cardiac Surgery (ERACS), transesophageal echocardiography, anesthesia-related contributions to electrophysiology procedures, and pediatric and adult congenital heart disease surgery related outcomes.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
RDT 2: Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery (ERAS) in ACHD. Good Selection is Key for Success
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Regional Anesthesia for Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Location: Meeting Room 201 - 202: 2nd Floor
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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Bio
Dr. Pablo Motta earned his MD from the Universidad de la República (UDELAR) School of Medicine in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he also completed his residency in intensive care medicine. He then pursued advanced training in adult and pediatric cardiac anesthesia at the Cleveland Clinic, beginning his career there before joining Baylor College of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Motta is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine and practices at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. He leads the Anesthesia Section for Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) and serves as Chair of the ACHD Special Interest Group within the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS). He is actively involved in resident and fellow education and in ongoing clinical research. Additionally, Dr. Motta serves as Associate Medical Director of the Heart Center International Program, where he leads pediatric cardiac medical mission trips and advises congenital anesthesia teams worldwide.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
9:40 AM - 10:55 AM
Session II: Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Extracorporeal Life Support: VAD Options, Decisions, and Management
Location: Meeting Room 205 - 2nd Floor
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Dr. Viviane Nasr is the Chief of Cardiac Anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. She. Her work is mostly related to patients with congenital heart disease and the perioperative risk assessment of pediatric patients. She has written more than 140 publications, multiple textbook chapters and a handbook on pediatric cardiac anesthesia. In addition to her active academic career, she is the President of the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:55 PM - 4:15 PM
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Workforce: An Update
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Bio
Dr Manchula Navaratnam is a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at Stanford Children's Hospital. Manchula’s clinical and academic interests revolve around the peri-operative care of pediatric patients with heart failure, cardiac transplantation, ventricular assist devices and single ventricle physiology. Manchula is a passionate educator and is the founder and director of the pediatric cardiac anesthesia learning (PCAL) weekend workshops at Stanford. Manchula is actively engaged in faculty development for pediatric cardiac anesthesia faculty at Stanford and beyond and serves on the board of directors for the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Lifetime Achievement Award - Chandra Ramamoorthy, MBBS, FRCA
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Patient Blood Management: When One Size Doesn't Fit All - What's New in Hemostasis and Coagulation Management for Congenital Cardiac Surgery Patients
Location: Meeting Room 211 - 212: 2nd Floor
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Clinical Instructor
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Stanford University/Palo Alto/California
Bio
I am currently a fellow in Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology at Stanford University and will be graduating in July 2023. I completed my anesthesiology residency at University of Florida Gainesville and my Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship at Stanford University.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Patient Blood Management: When One Size Doesn't Fit All - What's New in Hemostasis and Coagulation Management for Congenital Cardiac Surgery Patients
Location: Meeting Room 211 - 212: 2nd Floor
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Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology/Pediatric Cardiology
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Bio
Asif Padiyath is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as an attending physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, in the divisions of cardiothoracic anesthesiology and cardiology. His research interests are in the anesthetic care and monitoring of patients with Fontan physiology and the application of perioperative informatics in caring for patients with congenital heart diseases.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Beyond Function and Residual Lesions: What can Echo Say Today and Tomorrow to the CV Anesthesia Team?
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Assistant Professor
Mott Children's Hosp - The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Bio
Pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan
Thursday, March 30, 2023
9:40 AM - 10:55 AM
Session II: Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
WORKSHOP: Toward Safe Transport for Children with Complex Critical Illness and /or CHD Requiring Ventilatory Support
Location: Meeting Room 203 - 204: 2nd Floor
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Bio
Anesthesiologist from de Congenital Cardiac Center in Sanatorio Americano and from the Pediatric Hospital in Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell in Uruguay
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
PBLD 5: Child with Congenital Heart Disease and Obstructive Hydrocephalus (Offered in Spanish Only)
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Associate Clinical Professor
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Bio
I have an interest in enhanced recovery and regional anesthesia in patients undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease. I currently work to develop models to predict outcomes for patients undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
7:35 AM - 9:10 AM
Session I: Prematurity and Congenital Heart Disease
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Regional Anesthesia for Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Location: Meeting Room 201 - 202: 2nd Floor
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Bio
I am a dinosaur about to be extinct . i was given special Koolaid so I could share the younger generation what I see through the looking glass
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
PBLD 1: Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a 1 Kg Preterm Newborn
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Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Bio
board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist and pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist , completed training in both anesthesia and pediatric critical care , currently at Texas Children’s Hospital, dual practice in pediatric cardiac anesthesia and pediatric cardiac critical care
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Extracorporeal Life Support: VAD Options, Decisions, and Management
Location: Meeting Room 205 - 2nd Floor
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Bio
Professor of Anesthesiology, Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia, University of Michigan, Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
WORKSHOP: Toward Safe Transport for Children with Complex Critical Illness and /or CHD Requiring Ventilatory Support
Location: Meeting Room 203 - 204: 2nd Floor
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Bio
Faith Ross is an associate professor at Seattle Children's Hospital and Director of the Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
1:45 PM - 3:05 PM
Session V: Minimizing Morbidity in the CVOR and Beyond
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Clinical Associate Professor
Stanford University - Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University - School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Bio
Dr. Alexander Schmidt graduated from Med-School at the Justus-Liebig University Giessen (Germany) in 2007 and completed Anesthesia Residency in Switzerland. After completing a Pediatric Anesthesia as well as a Cardiac Anesthesia fellowship, he received board certification for Anesthesiology in 2014.
Dr. Schmidt worked as a Pediatric Anesthesia attending for 4 years at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich (Switzerland) before going to Stanford in 2019 where he specialized in Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia. Since 2020, Dr. Schmidt has been a faculty member of the Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia division at Stanford. His main research interest is in preoperative fasting in children and coagulation management.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Patient Blood Management: When One Size Doesn't Fit All - What's New in Hemostasis and Coagulation Management for Congenital Cardiac Surgery Patients
Location: Meeting Room 211 - 212: 2nd Floor
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Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Bio
Dr. McElrath Schwartz is a Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Her clinical practice is as a senior cardiac anesthesiologist and intensivist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where she is Associate Division Chief for Faculty Affairs in the Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology. Dr. Schwartz is passionate about leadership, program building, and faculty development in support of clinical excellence.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
10:55 AM - 11:55 AM
Session III: Perioperative Care at the Extremes
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Associate Professor
University of California San Francisco
San. Francisco, CA
Bio
Dr. Sharma is a professor of anesthesiology at the University of California, San Francisco. He is also the chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology at Benioff Children's Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
7:35 AM - 7:55 AM
Anesthesia and the Premature Patient: Challenges in the OR and Beyond
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Bio
Dr. Smith completed medical training at the University of California, San Francisco. Additional he took a gap year to obtain a Masters of public health. He completed his anesthesia residency at Massachusetts General Hosptial, and went on to complete pediatric and regional anesthesia fellowships at Lucile Packard Children's hospital.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Regional Anesthesia for Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Location: Meeting Room 201 - 202: 2nd Floor
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Pediatric Anesthesiologist; Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
Bio
Education:
University of Tennessee- BS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 2013
Indiana University School of Medicine, MD 2017
Training:
Internship/ Residency: University of Michigan- Anesthesiology- Completed 2021
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship: University of Michigan- Completed 2022
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship: Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital- Completed 2023
Work:
Nationwide Children's Hospital Department of Anesthesiology- 2023- present
Bio:
I joined the Nationwide Children's Hospital Department of Anesthesiology in 2023, where I have worked as a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist and general pediatric anesthesiologist and also hold a clinical assistant professor position with The Ohio State University School of Medicine. Since 2024, I have acted as the co-director of education for the department of anesthesia at nationwide children's, where I oversee education for faculty, fellows, residents, and medical students. This role also encompasses the role of rotation director for both residents and medical students. In addition to the medical education, I have a professional interest in pharmacology, physiology, POCUS, regional anesthesia, and regional anesthesia for cardiac surgery.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Regional Anesthesia for Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Location: Meeting Room 201 - 202: 2nd Floor
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Bio
Dr. Mary Lyn Stein grew up in Atlanta, GA and then completed her undergraduate and medical degrees at Stanford University. She stayed at Stanford for combined residency training in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology. She moved to Boston for her pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. She then joined the anesthesia faculty in the main operating room division at Boston Children's Hospital for a number of years before pursuing additional training and joining with the cardiac anesthesia group. Her research interests include difficult airway management in pediatric patients and perioperative management and risk assessment of patients with pulmonary hypertension. Outside the hospital, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two young children and running by the Charles River.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
PBLD 4: "Not Afraid of Dying, but Damn Well Want to Live" - Cardiovascular Disease and Emerging Interventions in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
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Immediate Past President of the CCAS.
Division Chief of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Co-Director of the Cardiac Center, Nemours Children's Hospital, Wilmington, Delaware.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
7:15 AM - 7:35 AM
Welcome/Board of Directors Change/Outline of Educational Program
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
3:35 PM - 5:10 PM
Session VII: Cardiac Anesthesia: The Present and the Future
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
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Bio
After completing his anesthesia training in the UK and the States, Dr. Ullah did a cardiac anesthesia fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. He was staff cardiac anesthesiologist at Arkansas Children’s Hospital for 12 years before moving to the Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. He is Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center and program director for the advanced pediatric cardiac anesthesia fellowship. He is a member of the CCAS Communication Committee.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Extracorporeal Life Support: VAD Options, Decisions, and Management
Location: Meeting Room 205 - 2nd Floor
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Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Texas Children's Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Bio
I have practiced as a Pediatric and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist since July 1994 beginning at All Children's Hospital in St Petersburg FL from 1994 through 2004 followed by 3 years at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland Ohio until landing back home in Houston at Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine where I have been since 2008. Beyond always trying to extend my clinical skills for the benefit of my patients I have been deeply involved in the development of the CCAS database for patients undergoing heart surgery in conjunction with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. I have served on the CCAS Board of Directors for many years and am currently the Vice-President of the Society.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
7:15 AM - 7:35 AM
Welcome/Board of Directors Change/Outline of Educational Program
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
1:45 PM - 3:05 PM
Session V: Minimizing Morbidity in the CVOR and Beyond
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Bio
Dr. Lisa Vitale, MD is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan and her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Vitale trained at the University of Michigan for Anesthesiology residency and completed her Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship there as well. Dr. Vitale’s primary areas of interest are quality improvement and pediatric regional pain management. She is the director of the root cause analysis program for the Anesthesiology residency and pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship. Dr. Vitale is the University of Michigan pediatric ASPIRE Champion, representing the institution at a national level for quality improvement initiatives.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
WORKSHOP: Toward Safe Transport for Children with Complex Critical Illness and /or CHD Requiring Ventilatory Support
Location: Meeting Room 203 - 204: 2nd Floor
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Dr. Peggy Vogt, MD is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Emory University School of Medicine and a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. She completed both advanced fellowships, pediatric anesthesiology and pediatric cardiac anesthesiology in Atlanta. Her academic work focuses on improving perioperative outcomes in congenital heart disease. She has authored peer-reviewed publications in Pediatric Anesthesia, Cardiology in the Young, and Children. Dr. Vogt is Co-Director of the Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Quality Improvement Course and serves on the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society Quality and Safety Committee.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Patient Blood Management: When One Size Doesn't Fit All - What's New in Hemostasis and Coagulation Management for Congenital Cardiac Surgery Patients
Location: Meeting Room 211 - 212: 2nd Floor
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Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology at UCDavis
Thursday, March 30, 2023
10:55 AM - 11:55 AM
Session III: Perioperative Care at the Extremes
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
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Associate Professor
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Bio
Karla Wyatt-Thompson serves as the Director of Post-surgical pain and Regional Anesthesia at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, OH. Her areas of focus include opioid sparing perioperative analgesia and imploring standardized pain care to reduce healthcare inequities.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP: Regional Anesthesia for Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Location: Meeting Room 201 - 202: 2nd Floor
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Professor of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
UT-Southwestern Dallas / Children's Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Bio
Dr. Luis Zabala is Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine in Dallas. He is the Medical Director of the Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia program at Children’s Medical Center, Dallas and the current President of the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
7:15 AM - 7:35 AM
Welcome/Board of Directors Change/Outline of Educational Program
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
3:35 PM - 5:10 PM
Session VII: Cardiac Anesthesia: The Present and the Future
Location: Lone Star D - 3rd Floor
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Session VIII: Professor Poster Rounds
Location: Grand Salon 6 - 4th Floor
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Raza Zaidi, MD has been a faculty member and assistant professor in the Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan since 2014. He is currently the Director of Simulation Education for the Division of Pediatric Anesthesia. He also serves as an instructor for the Maintenance of Certification for Anesthesiology (MOCA) Simulation Course at the ASA-endorsed center at the University of Michigan. He is actively involved in educational innovations related to simulation and has a grant-funded project for teaching the management of the difficult airway using immersive reality (XR) technology. He was a recipient of the 2020 RISE COVID-19 Education Innovation Award for work on an immersive extended-reality curriculum for Anesthesia education, which addressed education gaps created by the pandemic with novel education interventions and adjustments to teaching.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
WORKSHOP: Toward Safe Transport for Children with Complex Critical Illness and /or CHD Requiring Ventilatory Support
Location: Meeting Room 203 - 204: 2nd Floor
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Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
Dr. Zaleski is an Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia in the Boston Children's Hospital's Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine as well as an Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Zaleski completed her residency training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital followed by fellowships in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is board-certified in both Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesiology and currently cares exclusively for patients with congenital heart disease.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
PBLD 4: "Not Afraid of Dying, but Damn Well Want to Live" - Cardiovascular Disease and Emerging Interventions in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
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