Advances in Critical Care 2024

October 11-12, 2024 | LIVE EVENT + PANEL DISCUSSION

5th Annual Advances in Critical Care Symposium

Live Symposium | Friday-Saturday, October 11-12, 2024 | The Westin Houston Medical Center

The 5th Annual Advances in Critical Care Conference will feature speakers from the Texas Medical Center and around the country discussing all aspects of critical care. Topics will include the latest advances in sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), shock, trauma, and neurocritical care. Join us for cutting-edge discussions on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), mechanical circulatory support, and neuromonitoring. Breakout sessions will focus on ICU systems, team dynamics, and much more.

This multidisciplinary and multispecialty symposium allows the entire critical care team and care network to engage in a two-day meeting to discuss these topics. We hope to offer clinicians a better understanding of why they do what they do, evidence-­based presentations to modify their existing practice, a collaborative network to share and engage in ideas, and a thirst to acquire new knowledge to improve patient care at their institutions.

Latest Developments in Critical Care

Course Directors:
Subhasis Chatterjee, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP
José L. Díaz-Gómez, MD, MAS, FCCM, FASE, NCC (UCNS)

Course Co-Director:
Christopher Howard, MD

The symposium has been designed for critical care intensivists from all disciplines, pulmonologists, cardiologists, surgeons, interventionalists, and perfusionists; family and general practitioners; nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants specializing in critical care, cardiology, surgery, endocrinology, neurology, hepatology, transplantation, and obstetrics/gynecology.

Program Overview and CME Information

Program Overview

The 5th Annual Advances in Critical Care Conference will feature speakers from the Texas Medical Center and around the country discussing all aspects of critical care. Topics will include the latest advances in sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), shock, trauma, and neurocritical care. Join us for cutting-edge discussions on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), mechanical circulatory support, and neuromonitoring. Breakout sessions will focus on ICU systems, team dynamics, and much more. A number of advances are made in the broad field of critical care each year. The conference presents the opportunity to hear from experts in the field, discuss the developments with informed panelists, and allow for meaningful audience engagement, providing an opportunity for improved patient care. We will examine technological advances that will soon become routine practice.

This multidisciplinary and multispecialty symposium allows the entire critical care team and care network to engage in a two-day meeting to discuss these topics. We hope to offer clinicians a better understanding of why they do what they do, evidence­based presentations to modify their existing practice, a collaborative network to share and engage in ideas, and a thirst to acquire new knowledge to improve patient care at their institutions.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this symposium, the participant should be able to:

• Demonstrate improved understanding on the latest advances in sepsis management.
• Recognize and provide fundamental management for hemoptysis with improved ability to coordinate for higher level interventions.
• Identify patients with ARDS who are candidates for advanced therapies and interventions.
• Recognize patients in cardiogenic shock who need mechanical circulatory support.
• Identify obstetrical patients in need of critical care and the fundamentals of management.
• Recognize biomarkers highlighting early identification of acute kidney injury.

Target Audience

The symposium has been designed for critical care intensivists from all disciplines, pulmonologists, cardiologists, surgeons, interventionalists, and perfusionists; family and general practitioners; nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants specializing in critical care, cardiology, surgery, endocrinology, neurology, hepatology, transplantation, and obstetrics/gynecology.

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College of Medicine. The Texas Heart Institute is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

The Texas Heart Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.50 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Credit

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 18.50 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Successful completion is a passing grade of 70% on the assessment in the CME evaluation.

The deadline to complete the MOC section of the CME evaluation is 2 weeks after the day of the symposium.

Ethics

This activity has been designated by The Texas Heart Institute for 1.00 hours of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.

CEU Information

CHI St. Luke’s Health Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Louisiana State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. LSNA Provider No. 4002068. Nurses can receive up to 16.75 CNE.

Faculty

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Surgery
Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Thoracic Surgical ICU & ECMO Program
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Insitute Chair, Critical Care
Departments of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Disease, and Pulmonary Medicine
Vice-Chief, Integrated Hospital Care Institute at Cleveland Clinic Health System
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Christopher Howard, MD, FCCP Course Co-Director

Assistant Professor
Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director, Respiratory Care
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Medical Director, Heart Failure ICU, Heart & Vascular Institute
McGovern Medical School
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas

Acute Care Surgical Services / Trauma
Department of Surgery
Virginia Commonwealth University
VCU Health
Richmond, Virginia

Assistant Professor
Medicine-Pulmonary
Program Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, Texas

Instructor
Surgery/HCHD Division
Baylor College of Medicine
Physician Assistant
Ben Taub General Hospital
Houston, Texas

Physican Assistant
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions
St. David's South Austin Medical Center
Austin, Texas

Connie Arrington, AGACNP-BC

Critical Care Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Professor Emeritus, Critical Care Medicine
Co-Director, Neurovascular ICU, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
Program Director, Global Health, Department of Critical Care Medicine
Department Liaison, UPMC Quality and Improvement Initiative Committee
University of Pittsburgh
Clinical Associate Professor, Chatham University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Assistant Program Director, Education Research
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division
University of Minnesota Medical School
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Associate Medical Director, Center for Resuscitation Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Kristin Beck, DPT

Senior Physical Therapist
CHI St. Luke's Health
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Department of Advanced Heart Failure
Director ICU, Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation
McGovern Medical School
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas

Olga Keith Weiss Endowed Professor in Surgery
Executive Director, Lung Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Adult Congenital Heart Program
Fontan Go! Program
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas

Amy Westwick Butcher, MS, PA-C Conference Organizer

Physician Assistant
Cardiothoracic and Thoracic Surgery/CTICU
South Shore University Hospital
Northwell Health
Bayshore, New York

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Cardiology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
CVICU and Hemostasis/Thrombosis Clinical Pharmacist II
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Memorial Hermann
Houston, Texas

Russell Clark, PharmD, BCOP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Hematology and Oncology
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Holly Clayton, MPAS, PA-C Conference Organizer

Assistant Professor
Surgery
General Surgery / Surgical Oncology
Director, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Clinical Services
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Director, Center for Device Innovation at the Texas Medical Center
Professor of Surgery, Transplant and Assist Devices, Baylor College of Medicine
Academic Professional Staff, The Texas Heart Institute
Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, University of Houston
Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University
Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, Texas A&M University
Houston, Texas

Instructor/PA
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Group
Baylor College of Medicine
CHI St. Luke's Health – Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Section Head, General Thoracic Surgery
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor
Neurology and Neurosurgery
Vascular Neurology & Neuro-Critical Care
Faculty, Space Medicine
Program Director, Neurocritical Care Fellowship
Associate Program Director, Neurology Residency
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Professor, Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Director, Emergency & Critical Care
Medical Director, Advanced Practice Provider Program
Department of Internal Medicine
McGovern Medical School
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Burn, Trauma, Acute and Critical Care Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Associate Trauma Medical Director
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Dallas, Texas

Professor
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Medical Director, Critical Care UWMC
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Director, Michael E. DeBakey Summer Surgery Program
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Director, Placenta Accreta Spectrum Program
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Galveston, Texas

Associate Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Intensivist
University of Miami Hospital and Clinics & Jackson Memorial Hospital
Medical Director for Quality Data Analytics & Critical Care Quality
Medical Director for Sepsis
University of Miami Hospital
Miami, Florida

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Division
Critical Care Medicine Division
Clinical Research Unit (CRU)
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Integrated Residency
Associate Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Independent Fellowship
Olga Keith Wiess Professor of Surgery II
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief, Cardiac Surgery
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine
Director, Cardiopulmonary Research Laboratory
Faculty, Program for Critical Care Nephrology
Associate Program Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Fellowship
Faculty, CRISMA Center
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Academic Institute
Associate Clinical Member, Research Institute
Weill Cornell Medical College
Critical Care Medicine
Houston Methodist Academic Medicine Associates
Houston Methodist
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor and Chief
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Associate Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Integrated Residency and Independent Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine
Director of Esophageal Surgical Services
St. Luke’s Health - Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Medicine - Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Critical Care Specialist/Intensivist
Baptist Health
Jacksonville, Florida

Professor
Medicine - Pulmonary
Director, Airways Clinical Research Center
Member, Vice Chair of Research Group
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief, Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Medicine
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Medicine - Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Texas Children's Hospital
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, Texas

Professor
Medicine-Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Neurology
Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Assistant Program Director for UME - SIM
Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Director, General Surgery Clinical Clerkship
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health - Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
General Surgery
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
Clinical Ethicist
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, Texas

Jesmi Jacob, MSN, RN, CCRN Conference Organizer

Registered Nurse
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor
Medicine - Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medical Education
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Consultant
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Critical Care
Co-Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Christi Knapp, RN

CHI St. Luke's Health - Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor of Surgery
Acute and Critical Care Surgery
Department of Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Staff Physician, Medical Care Line
Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology - BSLMC
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health - Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

President
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Faculty
Medicine-General Med/Ben Taub
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Jennifer Leonard, MD, PhD Conference Organizer

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Barnes Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri

Associate Professor
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Neurological Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Professor
Department of Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief, Critical Care Service
St. Luke’s Health - Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Academic Institute
Medical Director, Center for Critical Care
Mary A. and M. Samuel Daffin, Sr. Centennial Chair in Anesthesia and Critical Care, Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College
Vice Chair, Quality and Patient Safety
Medical Director, CVICU
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Houston Methodist
Houston, Texas

Nurse Practitioner
MICU
CHI Baylor Anesthesia and Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Professor and Chief
Medicine
Hematology & Oncology
Associate Director of Clinical Research
Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dan L. Duncan Professorship
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Lead APP, Critical Care Services
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Nurse Director
NeuroSurgical, Medical-Surgical ICU & Progressive Care Unit
Rapid Response Department
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Medicine - Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor/Nurse Practitioner
Department of Surgery
David J. Sugarbaker Division of Thoracic Surgery
Assistant Director of Advanced Practice Providers - Inpatient Surgery Services
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Chief of Critical Care Medicine
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor
Medicine - Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Baylor St. Luke's Advanced Heart Failure Clinic
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Professor of Surgery
Director, Clinical Research
Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
Department of Surgery
Member, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP)
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Medicine
Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Ben Taub Hospital
Critical Care
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor and Critical Care Physician
Critical Care Medicine
Medicine - Pulmonary / Critical Care and Sleep
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director of Critical Care, ICU
St. Luke's Sugarland Hospital
Houston, Texas

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Assistant Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Integrated Residency
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Professor of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Cornell University
Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training & Research Programs
Vice-Chair of Education
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation and Critical Care Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Associate Professor
Neurology and Neurosurgery
Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care
Section Head, Neurology
Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care
Program Director, Neurology, Neurocritical Care Fellowship
Faculty, Center for Space Medicine
William T. Butler, MD, Endowed Chair for Distinguished Faculty
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director, Neuroscience Critical Care Unit
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Vice President of Medical Operations
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Academic Professional Staff
Director, Electrophysiology Clinical Research & Innovations
The Texas Heart Institute

Associate Professor
Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Hall-Garcia Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
HCA Houston Healthcare
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor
Pathology
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director, Transfusion, Coagulation, and Point of Care Testing
CHI St Luke's Health
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Psychiatry & Behavorial Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health - Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Medicine - Hematology & Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Co-Director, Thoracic Oncology Working Group
Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director of General Thoracic Surgery Research
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Meyer-DeBakey Chair in Investigative Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Mesothelioma Treatment Center
St. Luke’s Health - Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
McGovern Medical School
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Memorial Hermann
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Section of Colorectal Surgery
Assistant Program Director for GME - SIM
Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Medicine - Interventional Pulmonary
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Cardiology Fellow
The Texas Heart Institute Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Texas Heart & Vascular Specialists
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Assistant Professor
Medicine - Cardiology & Critical Care Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director of CICU
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Surgery, Cardiothoracic Transplant & Circulatory Support
Jimmy and Roberta Howell Professor in Cardiovascular Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology/Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Medicine/Division of Pulmonary Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine
Maternal Fetal Medicine Center
Texas Children’s Fetal Center
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor, Radiology
Neurointerventional Radiology
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor
Internal Medicine
Chief of Clinical Operations
Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, ICU
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Chief, Adult Care Critical Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Abdominal Transplantation
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director, Liver Transplantation
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Medical Director, Liver Transplantation
St. Luke’s Health - Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology - BSLMC
CV Anesthesia & Critical Care Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Renal Specialists of Houston, PA
Kidney Transplant Program Director
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Memorial Hermann Health System
Houston Methodist
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Medicine-Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Cardiovascular, Transplant & MCS
Critical Care Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency - SIM
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Emergency General Surgery
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, Texas

Clinical Operations Coordinator and Nurse Practitioner
Houston Methodist Critical Care Recovery Clinic
Houston Methodist
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor
Medicine - Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director, Trauma Surgical ICU
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, Texas

Clinical Assistant Professor
Physician Assistant Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Critical Care/Anesthesia
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacy
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Critical Care Pharmacist
Cardiothoracic Surgery ICU and ECMO Program
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology - BSLMC
CV Anesthesia & Critical Care Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Ellen B. Yin, PharmD, BCCP

Ellen B. Yin, PharmD, BCCP
Department of Pharmacy
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Sergio Zanotti-Cavazzoni, MD, FCCM

Critical Care
Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care
Memorial Hermann
Houston, Texas

Chief Medical Officer
Sound Critical Care
Sound Physicians
Bellaire, Texas

Chief, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Agenda - Day 1

Agenda Subject to Change

Friday, October 11, 2024

7:00 – 7:30      Registration & Breakfast
7:30 – 7:45       Welcome | Subhasis Chatterjee, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP

Session I: Latest Advances in Sepsis

Christopher Howard, MD, and Sergio Trevino Castillo, MD (Moderators)

7:45 – 7:55      Two Sepsis Trials From 2023 You Should Know | Christina Kao, MD
7:55 – 8:05      Status of Steroids for Sepsis – Latest Evidence | Deepa Gotur, MD
8:05 – 8:15      Vasopressor Management in Septic Shock: Escalation Strategies | Patrick Wieruszewski, PharmD, RPh
8:15 – 8:25      Next Generation Biomarkers in Sepsis | Fatima Adhi, MD
8:25 – 8:35      Sepsis Guidelines: Where We Go Next | Laura Evans, MD, MSc
8:35 – 8:55      Panel Discussion With Q & A

Session II: GI & Nutrition

Yesenia Rojas-Khalil, MD, FACS, and Muhammad Hayat Syed, MD (Moderators)

9:00 – 9:10      Interventions on the Gut Microbiota in Critical Care | Jennifer Leonard, MD, PhD
9:10 – 9:20      Esophageal Perforation Non-Surgical Management | Shawn Groth, MD
9:20 – 9:30      ICU Considerations in the Bariatric Patient | Juliet Holder-Haynes, MD
9:30 – 9:40      Latest Advances in the Management of Acute Liver Failure | Rise Stribling, MD
9:40 – 10:00    Panel Discussion With Q & A

10:00 – 10:15   Break & Exhibits

Session III: Pulmonary Emergencies

Philip Alapat, MD, and Lorraine Cornwell, MD, FACS (Moderators)

10:15 – 10:25    Massive Hemoptysis | R. Taylor Ripley, MD
10:25 – 10:35    Clinical Pearls in the Management of Asthma/COPD Exacerbation | Nicola Hanania, MD, MS
10:35 – 10:45    Latest in Pneumothorax Management | Donald Lazarus, MD
10:45 – 10:55    Prostacyclin vs Inhaled Nitric Oxide | Kamrouz Ghadimi, MD, MHSc
10:55 – 11:15     Panel Discussion With Q & A

Session IV: Healthcare Systems

Laura Evans, MD, MSc, and Subhasis Chatterjee, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP (Moderators)

11:15 – 11:25     How Do We Define Value in Healthcare? | Bradley Lembcke, MD, MBA
11:25 – 11:35     The Lean ICU | Sergio Zanotti-Cavazzoni, MD, FCCM
11:35 – 11:45     The Future of the ICU Is Green | Faisal Masud, MD, FCCP, FCCM
11:45 – 11:55     Cyberthreats in Healthcare: The System Responds | Syed Raza, MD
11:55 – 12:15     Panel Discussion With Q & A

12:15 – 1:10       KEYNOTE SPEAKER and LUNCH | A Fresh Perspective on Vasoactive Medications | Eddy Gutierrez, MD

Session V: ICU Liberation (Concurrent)

Christi Knapp, RN, and Christopher Howard, MD, FCCP (Moderators)

1:15 – 1:25        Physical Therapy Involvement for Early Movement | Kristin Beck, DPT
1:25 – 1:35        Delirium Management: Advice From Psychiatry | Jose Ribas Roca, MD
1:35 – 1:45        Effective Family Communication and Engagement | Prasad Manian, MD, MBBS
1:45 – 1:55        Earlier Extubation – Strategies That Work | Scott Leikin, DO
1:55 – 2:15        Panel Discussion With Q & A

Session VI: Critical Care in OB (Concurrent)

Amir Shamshirsaz, MD, and David Muigai, MD (Moderators)

1:15 – 1:25        Amniotic Fluid Embolism | Marie Baldisseri, MD, MPH, FCCM
1:25 – 1:35       Post-Partum Hemorrhage | Karin Fox, MD, MEd, FACOG, FAIUM
1:35 – 1:45       Peri-Partum Cardiomyopathy | Christopher Broda, MD
1:45 – 1:55       Preeclampsia, HELLP Syndrome | Mary Tolcher, MD, MSc
1:55 – 2:15       Panel Discussion With Q & A

Session VII: Emergency Airway Management (Concurrent)

Edward Yang, MD, and Javeryah Safi, MD (Moderators)

2:15 – 2:25     Intubation in the ICU Versus the OR: The Anesthesiology/Intensivist Perspective | Cesar A. Castillo, MD
2:25 – 2:35     Pros and Cons/Evidence for Augmented Devices for Intubation | Dharani K. Narendra, MD
2:35 – 2:45     Tracheostomy Troubleshooting | Ramiro Fernandez II, MD
2:45 – 2:55     The Surgical Airway: Emergency Tracheotomy | N. Eddie Liou, MD, FACS
2:55 – 3:15      Panel Discussion With Q & A

Session VIII: HAT = Hematology, Anticoagulation, Thrombosis (Concurrent)

Christopher Morgan, MD, and Orlando Suero, MD (Moderators)

2:15 – 2:25      Tumor Lysis Syndrome | Karen Riggins, MD, PhD
2:25 – 2:35      Anticoagulation Monitoring (ROTEM, TEG, Quantra) | Meredith Reyes, MD
2:35 – 2:45      Cytokine Release Syndrome | Martha Mims, MD, PhD
2:45 – 2:55      ECMO and Anticoagulation: An Ongoing Challenge | Ellen B. Yin, PharmD, BCCP
2:55 – 3:15       Panel Discussion With Q & A

3:15 – 3:30      Break & Exhibits

Session IX: Cardiogenic Shock (Concurrent)

Alexis Shafii, MD, FACS, and Nikolaos Diakos, MD, PhD (Moderators)

3:30 – 3:40     Cardiogenic Shock Outcomes: What To Learn From Trials and Registries | Jason Katz, MD, MHS
3:40 – 3:50     Microaxial Flow Pumps in Cardiogenic Shock: Management & Troubleshooting | Aniket Rali, MD, FCCP, FACC
3:50 – 4:00     Prehabilitation and Temporary MCS | Anju Bhardwaj, MD, FACC, FHFSA
4:00 – 4:10     Liberation from VA ECMO | Bindu Akkanti, MD
4:10 – 4:20     Durable MCS: Today and Tomorrow | William E. Cohn, MD
4:20 – 4:40     Panel Discussion With Q & A

Session X: Neuro Critical Care (Concurrent)

Rahul Damani, MD, MPH (Moderator)

3:30 – 3:38      Neuroradiology for the Intensivist | Ravi K. Shastri, MD
3:38 – 3:46      Neurologic Complications and Acute Liver Failure: Neurologist Perspective | Tiffany R. Chang, MD
3:46 – 3:54      Management of Spinal Cord Trauma | Marcus Hoffman, MD, FACS
3:54 – 4:00     Spinal Drain Management | Connie Arrington, CNP
4:00 – 4:10     Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus in the ICU | Chethan Rao, MD, FNCS
4:10 – 4:40     Panel Discussion With Q & A

4:40 – 4:45     Closing Statement – DAY 1 | Subhasis Chatterjee, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP

4:45 – 6:15      Abstract Poster Session & Cocktail Reception

Agenda - Day 2

Agenda Subject to Change

Saturday, October 12, 2024

7:00 – 7:30      Registration & Breakfast
7:35 – 7:45       Welcome | Subhasis Chatterjee, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP

Session XI: Cardiac Critical Care

Alexander Schutz, MD, FACS, and Mourad Senussi, MD, MS (Moderators)

7:45 – 7:55       Takotsubo’s Cardiomyopathy: Acute Presentations and Management | Ajith P. Nair, MD, FACC, FAHA
7:55 – 8:05       VT Storm – How to Manage | Mehdi Razavi, MD, FACC
8:05 – 8:15       Type B Aortic Dissection – Management Strategies | Vicente Orozco-Sevilla, MD, FACS
8:15 – 8:25        Anticoagulation for Postop Atrial Fibrillation | Subhasis Chatterjee, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP
8:25 – 8:35       Type 2 Demand Ischemia: Cardiologist’s Role | Priyanka Sen, MD
8:35 – 9:00       Panel Discussion With Q & A

Session XII: Acute Respiratory Failure

Christina Kao, MD, and Muhammad Siddique, MD (Moderators)

9:00 – 9:10       Which Guideline for ARDS Should We Use Now/Impacts (Differences in ATS and ESCM Guidelines) | Hayley B. Gershengorn, MD, FCCM, ATSF
9:10 – 9:20       High Flow Is Not Just for Hypoxemia? | Pratik Doshi, MD, CMQ
9:20 – 9:30       Steroids and ARDS: Now for More Than Just COVID? | Stephen M. Pastores, MD, MACP, FCCP, FCCM
9:30 – 9:40       ICU Liberation – Making the Case for ICU and Hospital Leaders | Christopher Howard, MD, FCCP
9:40 – 10:00     Panel Discussion With Q & A

Session XIII: Acute Kidney Injury/Nephrology

Katherine Timmins, MD, and Subhasis Chatterjee, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP (Moderators)

10:15 – 10:25    Biomarkers in AKI | Kianoush Kashani, MD, MSc, FASN, FCCP
10:25 – 10:35    AKI in Sepsis: Latest Advances | Hernando Gómez Danies, MD, MPH
10:35 – 11:15     Fireside Chat with the Experts: Everything You Wanted to Know About AKI | Drs. Kashani and Gómez Danies

Session XIV: Support and Resilience

Astrid Grouls, MD, and José L. Díaz-Gómez, MD, MAS, FCCM, FASE, NCC (UCNS) (Moderators)

11:15 – 11:25      Finding Support for Patients and Providers | Shanda Blackmon, MD, MPH, FACS
11:25 – 11:35      Preventing Moral Injury: Protecting Providers | Claire Horner, JD, MA
11:35 – 11:45      Ethics Training for the Next Generation of Surgeons | Piroska Kopar, MD, MBA, FACS
11:45 – 11:55      Palliative Care Does Not Equal “Pull the Plug” | Syed Rizvi, MD
11:55 – 12:15      Panel Discussion With Q & A

12:15 – 1:15        KEYNOTE SPEAKER and LUNCH | The Transformative Capability of ECMO for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest | Jason Bartos, MD, PhD

Session XV: APP Networking Session (Concurrent)

Loyce Mofor, AGACNP-BC, and Blake Menchaca, AGACNP (Moderators)

1:20 – 1:30        APPs Leading Change: Tips for Organizations and Emerging Leaders | Holly Clayton, MPAS, PA-C
1:30 – 1:40        APP Critical Care Onboarding: Best Practices | Robert Webster, RN, BSN, MPAS, PA-C
1:40 – 1:50        Critical Communication Skills for Critical Care APP | Sarah Morrissey, MS, APRN, FNP-BC
1:50 – 2:00       Giving Back: APPs in Global Outreach and Service | Kwame Akuamoah-Boateng, DNP, ACNP-BC, BSN, FCCM
2:00 – 2:20       Panel Discussion With Q & A

Session XVI: Patient Centered Care: Artificial Intelligence, Wearable Technology, Latest Advances (Concurrent)

James P. Herlihy, MD, and Ravi K. Ghanta, MD, FACS (Moderators)

1:20 – 1:30        Noninvasive Hemodynamic Monitoring | Amy Westwick Butcher, MS, PA-C
1:30 – 1:40        Wearable Technology To Promote Mobility | Bijan Najafi, PhD, MSc
1:40 – 1:50        Wearable Monitoring: Real World Application | Lauren Barron, MD
1:50 – 2:00        Machine Learning in Critical Care | Matthew Segar, MD, MS
2:00 – 2:20       Panel Discussion With Q & A

2:20 – 2:45        Networking Break & Exhibits

Session XVII: Nursing Breakout Session (Concurrent)

Jesmi Jacob, MSN, RN, CCRN, and Keegan Collins, MPAS, PA-C (Moderators)

2:45 – 2:55         ICU Nursing Retention: The Issue on All Our Minds | Cristina Montalban-Dimafiles, DNP, RN, CVRN-BC
2:55 – 3:05         Reducing Post Intensive Care Unit Syndrome | Sharon Vu, NP
3:05 – 3:15         The Difference Between a Good and Great Nurse: Intensivist Perspective | Sri Kartik Valluri, MD
3:15 – 3:25         The Difference Between a Good and Great Intensivist: Nursing Perspective | Blake Menchaca, AGACNP
3:25 – 3:45         Panel Discussion With Q & A

Session XVIII: ICU Pharmacology (Concurrent)

Helina Wakwaya, MD, and Sri Kartik Valluri, MD (Moderators)

2:45 – 2:55         Multi-Modal Analgesia and Minimizing Opioids | Ramya Castillo, PharmD
2:55 – 3:05         GLP-1, SGLT2 Inhibitors and Surgery | Stephanie Ibekwe, MD, MPH, MS, MBA
3:05 – 3:15          ECMO/CRT Pharmacology Considerations | Patrick Wieruszewski, PharmD, RPh
3:15 – 3:25          Immune-Related Adverse Events From Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors | Russell Clark, PharmD, BCOP
3:25 – 3:45         Panel Discussion With Q & A

Session XIX: Ultrasound Session (Concurrent)

Ali Omranian, MD, and Yangseon Park, MD (Moderators)

3:45 – 3:55          Current Controversy in Critical Care Ultrasound | José L. Díaz-Gómez, MD, MAS, FCCM, FASE, NCC (UCNS)
3:55 – 4:05          Resuscitative TEE | Orlando Suero, MD
4:05 – 4:15          US-guided Subclavian Access: A Skill for All | Mourad Senussi, MD, MS
4:15 – 4:25           NeuroPOCUS | Mohammad Hirzallah, MD
4:25 – 4:45          Panel Discussion With Q & A

Session XX: Advances in Traumatology (Concurrent)

Jennifer Leonard, MD, PhD, and Jeremy Ward, MD, FACS (Moderators)

3:45 – 3:55          Surgical Innovations in Chest Wall Trauma | R. Mario Vera, MD, FACS
3:55 – 4:05         Extenuating Circumstances – The Approach to the Trauma Patient With Unique Presentations | Sarah Allen, PA-C
4:05 – 4:15         Video Review for Trauma Quality Improvement | Ryan Dumas, MD
4:15 – 4:25          Whole Blood Transfusion – When, Why, How? | Martin Zielinski, MD, FACS
4:25 – 4:45         Panel Discussion With Q & A

4:45 – 5:00        Closing Statement – DAY 2 | Subhasis Chatterjee, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP

Location

The live symposium will be held at the:

THE WESTIN HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1709 Dryden Road
Houston, TX 77030

Registration

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Registration Fees

Early Bird Registration Fees Available Until July 31st:

Physician – $320.00
Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner – $160.00
Nurse – $120.00
Resident/Fellow – $80.00
Medical Student – $40.00

Registration Fees Beginning August 1st:

Physician – $400.00
Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner – $200.00
Nurse – $150.00
Resident/Fellow – $100.00
Medical Student – $50.00

Cancellation Policy

The Texas Heart Institute Office of CME must receive written notification of a refund request postmarked and dated no later than Friday, September 27, 2024.

A $75.00 processing fee will be assessed for each cancellation. Refunds cannot be made for those who register but do not attend the scheduled activities. Refunds will not be provided for cancellations made within 48 hours of the symposium. The Texas Heart Institute reserves the right to cancel this activity if registration is deemed insufficient.

Discounted Hotel Room Rate

A block of discounted hotel rooms is available at The Westin Houston Medical Center.

The last day to book rooms is September 20, 2024.

Click here for the discounted room rate: Group Rate for The Westin Houston Medical Center

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Since our founding by Dr. Denton A. Cooley in 1962, The Texas Heart Institute has remained dedicated to improving the standard of care through education and research. Located in the heart of the largest medical complex in the world—in one of the largest and most diverse cities in the United States—our trainees gain unparalleled experience through sophisticated local, national, and global training networks.

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