Preliminary Program
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About The Conference
The second annual Advances in Critical Care Conference brings together all members of multidisciplinary teams that care for critically ill patients, both surgical and medical, on a virtual platform. This conference provides an opportunity to connect with colleagues, network and collaborate with critical care experts around the country, and explore state-of-the-art tools, technologies, and care pathways. Highlighting the broad critical care necessary for COVID-19 management there will be engaging speakers and panel sessions on sepsis, ARDS, trauma, ECMO, shock, acute kidney injury, and other cutting-edge topics.
Target Audience
This course is designed for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and other medical care providers who must maintain the state-of-the-art knowledge required to care for medical and surgical critical care patients.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the activity the participant should be able to:
- Use the skills gained to implement more efficient/accurate diagnosis processes and treatment techniques to provide improved care for critically ill patients.
- Utilize ECMO, percutaneous mechanical support devices, REBOA, and other tools in the management of critically ill patients.
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 Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College of Medicine. Texas Heart Institute is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Texas Heart Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 12.00 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.
CHI St. Luke’s Health Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association – Approver, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Up to 13 contact hours will be awarded for successful completion of this activity. To receive a certificate of completion with awarded contact hours, you are required to sign-in at registration each day, attend the entire program or partially for topics listed on the tracker and return the completed evaluation form each day.
Conference Organizers
Subhasis Chatterjee, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Thoracic Surgical ICU & ECMO Program Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli, MD
Professor of Medicine-Pulmonary
Frances K. Friedman and Oscar Friedman, M.D. ‘36 Endowed Professorship for Pulmonary Disorders Baylor College of Medicine
Chief of Pulmonary,
Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Section Ben Taub Hospital
S. Rob Todd, MD
Senior Vice President
Chief, Acute Care Surgery Grady Health System
José L. Díaz-Gómez, MD
Section Chief, Cardiothoracic, Circulatory Support, and Transplant Critical Care
Director, Critical Care Echocardiography and Point of Care Ultrasonography
Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Service Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
James P. Herlihy, MD
Professor of Medicine-Pulmonary Baylor College of Medicine
Chief of Critical Care, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Organizing Committee
- Elaine Allbritton
- Ashley Benning
- Ronnetta Etter
- Brenda Jones
- Stephanie Jackson
- Scott Holmes
- Susan Ressler
- Todd K. Rosengart, MD
Scientific Program
| Welcome | |
|---|---|
| 7:55am - 8:00am | Drs. Subhasis Chatterjee & Rob Todd |
| Session I: COVID-19 - Respiratory Challenge | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am - 8:10am | Talk 1.1: The Challenge of COVID-19 | Dr. James P. Herlihy |
| 8:10am - 8:20am | Talk 1.2: Strategies to Avoid Mechanical Ventilation (High Flow, Awake Proning, etc.) | Dr. Amy Sharon Arrington |
| 8:20am - 8:30am | Talk 1.3: ARDS Management in COVID-19 | Dr. Chris Howard |
| 8:30am - 8:40am | Talk 1.4: Role of ECMO in COVID-19 | Dr. Bindu Akkanti |
| 8:40am - 8:55am | Panel Discussion | Moderators - Drs. James P. Herlihy & Muhammad Siddique |
| Short Break |
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| 5 Minutes |
| Session II: COVID-19 - Multiorgan Challenge | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9:00am - 9:10am | Talk 2.1: Combatting the Coagulopathy in COVID-19 | Dr. Michele Loor |
| 9:10am - 9:20am | Talk 2.2: Cardiac Manifestations of COVID-19 | Dr. Reynolds Delgado |
| 9:20am - 9:30am | Talk 2.3: Acute Kidney Injury and COVID-19 | Dr. Michael Shashaty |
| 9:30am - 9:40am | Talk 2.4: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children | Dr. Lara Shekerdemian |
| 9:40am - 9:55 am | Panel Discussion | Moderators - Drs. Sergio Trevino & Kartik Valluri |
| Short Break |
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| 5 Minutes |
| Session III: COVID 3 - Therapeutics | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10:00am - 10:10am | Talk 3.1: The Role for Steroids in COVID-19 | Dr. Steve Pastores |
| 10:10am - 10:20am | Talk 3.2: When to Use Remdesivir in COVID-19 | Dr. Sergio Trevino |
| 10:20am - 10:30am | Talk 3.3: Convalescent Plasma in COVID-19 | Dr. Meredith Reyes |
| 10:30am - 10:40am | Talk 3.4: Promising Therapeutics on the Horizon | Dr. James Cutrell |
| 10:40am - 11:00am | Panel Discussion | Moderators - Drs. Lavanya Pandit & Chris Howard |
| Exhibitor Break | |
|---|---|
| 11:15am - 1:00pm | Exhibitor Hall |
| Session IV: Cardiac | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1:00pm - 1:10pm | Talk 4.1: Catheter Directed Therapy for Massive Pulmonary Embolism | Dr. Biswajit Kar |
| 1:10pm - 1:20pm | Talk 4.2: Cardiac Arrest: Role for ECMO in 2020 | Dr. Subhasis Chatterjee |
| 1:20pm - 1:30pm | Talk 4.3: Acute Right Ventricular Failure – Medications and Mech Circ. Support | Dr. Andrew Civitello |
| 1:30pm - 1:40pm | Talk 4.4: Wide Complex Tachycardia in the ICU- Now What? | Dr. Ramesh Hariharan |
| 1:40pm - 1:55pm | Panel Discussion | Moderators - Drs. Subhasis Chatterjee & Anju Bharadwaj |
| Short Break |
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| 5 Minutes |
| Session V: Neurocritical Care | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2:00pm - 2:10pm | Talk 5.1: Recent Advances for Thrombolytics for Ischemic Stroke | Dr. Eljim Tesoro |
| 2:10pm - 2:20pm | Talk 5.2: Upcoming Advances for Intracerebral Hemorrhage | Dr. Claude Hemphill |
| 2:20pm - 2:30pm | Talk 5.3: Managing Delirium & Encephalopathy in COVID | Dr. Aarti Sarwal |
| 2:30pm - 2:40pm | Talk 5.4: Determining Brain Death | Dr. David Greer |
| 2:40pm - 2:55pm | Panel Discussion | Moderator - Drs. Chethan Rao & Jose Diaz-Gomez |
| Short Break |
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| 5 Minutes |
| Session VI: Sepsis | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3:00pm - 3:10pm | Talk 6.1: Rapid Diagnostics and the Syndromic Approach to Sepsis | Dr. Laila Woc-Coburn |
| 3:10pm - 3:20pm | Talk 6.2: Biomarkers to Guide Antibiotic Therapy | Dr. Galant Chan |
| 3:20pm - 3:30pm | Talk 6.3: How I Use Lactate and SCVO2 in Sepsis Resuscitation | Dr. Krysta Wolfe |
| 3:30pm - 3:40pm | Talk 6.4: POCUS is the Key to Sepsis Resuscitation | Dr. Jose Diaz-Gomez |
| 3:40pm - 3:50pm | Talk 6.5: Refractory Septic Shock - Vasoplegia Strategies | Dr. Ashish Khanna, Wake Forest School of Medicine |
| 3:50pm - 4:05pm | Panel Discussion | Moderators - Drs. James P. Herlhy & Chris Morgan |
| Welcome | |
|---|---|
| 7:55am - 8:00am | Day 2 Kick-Off |
| Session VII: Gastrointestinal | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am - 8:10am | Talk 7.1: When to Call the Surgeon for Acute Pancreatitis | Dr. Dan Bonville |
| 8:10am - 8:20am | Talk 7.2: Management of Esophageal Perforation | Dr. Shawn Groth |
| 8:20am - 8:30am | Talk 7.3: Graft Dysfunction after Liver Transplantation | Dr. Ron Cotton |
| 8:30am - 8:40am | Talk 7.4: C Diff Colitis - Diagnosis and Optimal Management | Dr. Jennifer Kwon |
| 8:40am - 8:55am | Panel Discussion | Moderators - Drs. Robert Southard & Michele Loor |
| Short Break |
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| 5 Minutes |
| Session VIII: Renal | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9:00am - 9:10am | Talk 8.1: Are Biomarkers Ready for Prime Time in Acute Kidney Injury | Dr. Jay Koyner |
| 9:10am - 9:20am | Talk 8.2: How I Choose Between RRT Modalities for AKI | Dr. Kianoush Kashani |
| 9:20am - 9:30am | Talk 8.3: Can Contrast Nephropathy Be Prevented? | Dr. Rajeev Raghavan |
| 9:30am - 9:40am | Talk 8.4: How I Approach AKI in the Heart & Lung Transplant patient? | Dr. Kevin Finkel |
| 9:40am - 9:55 am | Panel Discussion | Moderator - Drs Subhasis Chatterjee & Katherine Timmins |
| Short Break |
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| 5 Minutes |
| Session IX: ICU Systems | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10:00am - 10:10am | Talk 9.1: The Evolving Role of Decision Support in the ICU | Dr. Brian Pickering |
| 10:10am - 10:20am | Talk 9.2:Telemedicine in the ICU | Dr. Corey Scurlock |
| 10:20am - 10:30am | Talk 9.3:How the COVID Experience will transform ICU Care | Dr. Greg Martin |
| 10:30am - 10:40am | Talk 9.4: Collaboration across the Texas Medical Center | Liz Youngblood, MBA, RN |
| 10:40am - 10:50am | Talk 9.5: Five Key Takeaways from the COVID Experience | Dr. Bela Patel |
| 10:50am - 11:00am | Talk 9.6: How Close Are We To A Vaccine for COVID-19 | Dr. Peter Hotez |
| 11:00am - 11:15am | Panel Discussion | Moderator - Drs J Patrick Herlihy & Kalpalatha K. Guntapalli. |
| Exhibitor Break | |
|---|---|
| 11:15am - 1:00pm | Exhibitor Hall |
| Session X: Trauma | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1:00pm - 1:10pm | Talk 10.1: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: Is it Relevant in 2020? | Dr. Chad Wilson |
| 1:10pm - 1:20pm | Talk 10.2: Surgical Rib Fixation: Panacea or False Hope | Dr. Robert Southard |
| 1:20pm - 1:30pm | Talk 10.3: The Utility of Tranexamic Acid (TXA) | Dr. S. Rob Todd |
| 1:30pm - 1:40pm | Talk 10.4: Timing of DVT Prophylaxis in Solid Organ, Spine, and Traumatic Brain Injury | Dr. Michelle McNutt |
| 1:40pm - 1:55pm | Panel Discussion | Moderators - Drs. S. Rob Todd & Jeremy Ward |
| Short Break |
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| 5 Minutes |
| Session XI: POTPOURRI (HEME, NUTRITION, ENDOCRINE) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2:00pm - 2:10pm | Talk 11.1: Enteral, Parenteral, or Both - How to Feed? | Dr. Juan Ochoa Gautier |
| 2:10pm - 2:20pm | Talk 11.2: Optimal Management of Adrenal Insufficiency? | Dr. James Suliburk |
| 2:20pm - 2:30pm | Talk 11.3: The Bleeding Patient on DOACS. Now What? | Dr. Art Bracey |
| 2:30pm - 2:40pm | Talk 11.4: Systematic Approach to Thrombocytopenia in the ICU | Dr. Martha Mims |
| 2:40pm - 2:55pm | Panel Discussion | Moderators - Drs. S. Rob Todd & Marcus Hoffman |
| Short Break |
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| 5 Minutes |
| Session XII: The Hard Discussions | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3:00pm - 3:10pm | Talk 12.1: Staff Well Being - COVID and Beyond | Dr. Kalpalatha K. Guntapalli |
| 3:10pm - 3:20pm | Talk 12.2: The Post Intensive Care Syndrome after COVID | Dr. Dharani Narendra |
| 3:20pm - 3:30pm | Talk 12.3: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of End-of-Life Decisions | Dr. Silvia Perez-Protto |
| 3:30pm - 3:35pm | Talk 12.4: The Difference between a Good and Great Intensivist - Nursing Perspective | Marilia I. Diaz Correa, MSN, RN |
| 3:35pm - 3:40pm | Talk 12.5: The Difference between a Good and Great Intensivist - Respiratory Therapist Perspective | John Sabo, RRT, RN |
| 3:40pm - 3:45pm | Talk 12.6: The Difference between a Good and Great Intensivist - Pharmacy Perspective | Dr. Ellen Yin |
| 3:45pm - 3:55pm | Panel Discussion | Moderators - Drs. Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli & Merisa Mery |
| Closing Remarks | |
|---|---|
| 3:55pm - 4:00pm | |