Agenda Subject to Change
Times Scheduled – Central Daylight Time
Thursday, May 29, 2025
7:55 – 8:00 Welcome | ECMO Kickstart | Syed Raza, MD
8:00 – 11:00 VA ECMO in Cardiogenic Shock – When the Heart is On the Line | Subhasis Chatterjee, MD
8:00 – 8:20 Cardiogenic Shock: Fundamentals and the Spectrum of Mechanical Circulatory Support
8:20 – 8:40 Indications and Contraindications to VA-ECMO
8:40 – 9:00 Cannulation Strategies & Avoiding Complications in VA ECM
9:00 – 9:15 Break
9:15 – 9:35 Management Fundamentals of VA ECMO
9:35 – 10:00 Post Cardiotomy Cardiogenic Shock and E-CPR Considerations
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 10:35 Weaning Process and Post-ECMO Management Outcomes | Cesar Castillo, MD
10:35 – 11:00 Q&A Time! | Mary Worden, BSN, RN, CCRN, CMC, CSC (Moderator)
11:00 – 11:20 ECMO and Palliative Care: The Ethical Tightrope We All Walk | Astrid Grouls, MD
11:20 – 11:40 ECMO Patients on the Move: How Early Mobilization Is Changing the Game | Patricia Han, PT, DPT
11:40 – 12:00 Drugs on Pump: ECMO Pharmacokinetics Explained (Without the Headache) | Ramya Castillo, PharmD, BCCP
12:00 – 12:15 Because You Know You Have Questions (and We Have the Coffee) Q & A Time
12:15 – 1:00 Lunch Break and Exhibits | Circuit on Standby: Let’s Eat!
1:00 – 3:40 VV ECMO in Respiratory Failure – Keeping Lungs (and Hope) Alive | Orlando Suero, MD
1:00 – 1:20 Who, When and How to Give New Breath of Life | Adeola Omojola, MD
1:20 – 1:40 VV ECMO for Pulmonary Hypertension and Lung Transplant | Sri Kartik Valluri, MD
1:40 – 2:00 Break
2:00 – 2:20 VV ECMO Management and Monitoring | Brian Chinai, DO
2:20 – 2:40 Anticoagulate or Not? | Orlando Suero, MD
2:40 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:20 Surviving VV ECMO: Can we predict success or are we just guessing? | Orlando Suero, MD
3:20 – 3:40 Burning Questions? Let’s Clear the Air! | John Park, BSN, RN, CCRN (Moderator)
3:40 – 4:00 ECMO Troubleshooting 101 | Toni Duculan, MBA, BSN, RN, CCRN
4:00 – 4:15 Optimizing Respiratory Management in ECMO: Strategies for Success | Jeffrey Collins, MHA, BSRC, RRT, RRT-ACCS
4:15 – 4:30 Wildest ECMO Case Yet | Alexandra Waits, MD
4:30 – 4:45 Jaw-dropping ECMO Case Presentation and What We Learned | Sathish Kottaisamy, MD
4:45 – 5:00 Last Call for Questions: Before We Clamp the Discussion
5:00 Closing Remarks | Subhasis Chatterjee, MD, and Orlando Suero, MD | Jennifer Bruno, BSN, RN, ACM-RN (Emcee)
NON-CME Activities
Breakout Room 2 (17th Floor Sim Room 1753)
9:00 – 5:00 The ECMO Orchestra | Rashied Moody
Instruments/ Tuning the Instruments/ Performance Begins
Breakout Room 3 (17th Floor Sim Room B 1754)
9:00 – 5:00 The ECMO Gauntlet: Can You Handle the Flow? | Cresencio Castro
Houston, We Have a Problem: ECMO Troubleshooting 101
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