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This 9th annual multi-disciplinary CME conference is dedicated to further advancing knowledge and expertise in the complex field of Cardiovascular-Thoracic (CVT) Critical Care. It is designed to bring together the entire team of health care professionals that provide care for patients undergoing CVT operations and procedures, including now endovascular procedures.
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This 9th annual multi-disciplinary CME conference is dedicated to further advancing knowledge and expertise in the complex field of Cardiovascular-Thoracic (CVT) Critical Care. It is designed to bring together the entire team of health care professionals that provide care for patients undergoing CVT operations and interventional procedures.
The conference is directed to:
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Surgeons, Cardiologists, Interventionalists
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Intensivists & Anesthesiologists
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The conference addresses the unique physiology, operations, procedures, and potential complications of CVT patients. Latest management strategies for challenging clinical problems will be presented and current controversies discussed. Experts and world authorities will focus on the latest concepts, technology, management protocols, and clinical experience in their specialties.
The program includes faculty presentations, symposia regarding major issues, audience-panel discussions and workshops. Approaches and specific protocols will be related to clinical data, so that participants can structure their clinical practice on evidence-based medicine.
With the field of CVT critical care continuing to change rapidly, it is anticipated that participation in the conference will lead to implementation of new concepts, protocols, and technology. The overall goal is to make the recovery of patients from CVT surgery and interventional procedures faster, safer, and more comfortable.
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Fee Structure »
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Take advantage of Early Bird pricing and register by September 1, 2012. FACTS-Care Members receive a 15% discount of all prices below. Become a Member today!
Members of these organizations also receive a 15% discount on both the early and full conference registration fees: AATS, STS, SCA (Soc of CV Anes).
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Allied Health Professionals
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Full Conference (Early Bird- register by 8/22)
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Full Conference (After 8/22)
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Thursday and Saturday only
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Contact Us »
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For additional information please contact:
Nevin Katz, MD
President & Executive Director, FACTS-Care
Email: info@facts-care.org
Mowahib Vermillion
Administrative Assistant, FACTS-Care
Email: mvermillion@facts-care.org or
info@facts-care.org
FACTS-Care
2175 K Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20037
PH: (202) 775-9379
FAX: (202) 775-1599
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Practice Gaps and Needs Assessment »
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Practice Gaps and Needs Analysis
Practice Gaps
In the last few years, there have been important new developments in the specialty of CVT critical care which have the potential to enhance the quality and safety of CVT critical care. Practice gaps are identified in recent articles such as the one focused on The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 Cardiac Surgery Risk Models. Overall the actual cardiac surgical outcomes are clearly below ideal performance, with the recent analyses documenting importance incidences of : mortality, stroke, reoperation, renal failure, deep sternal wound infection, prolonged ventilation, composite major morbidity, and prolonged length of stay.
At the 2011 Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Shannon and colleagues from the University of Michigan presented important new data in regard to reducing complications and mortality in cardiac surgical patients. Their presentation was entitled "A Novel Method to Evaluate Mortality in Cardiac Surgery: Phase of Care Mortality Analysis, POCMA - A Statewide Quality Collaborative Initiative." They reported that 41% of the mortality during the ICU phase of care is "potentially avoidable." This study emphasizes that important practice gaps still exist.
This conference addresses the major need to highlight the new knowledge in CVT Critical Care so that the developments can be integrated into the practices of the specialty to narrow the practice gaps.
References:
Shahian DM and Edwards FH. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Introduction. Ann Thor Surg 2009;88:S1 and related articles Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:S2-62.
Nast PA, Avidan M, Harris CB, Krauss MJ, Jacobsohn E, Petlin A, Dunagan WC, Fraser VJ. Reporting and classification of patient safety events in a cardiothoracic intensive care unit and cardiothoracic postoperative care unit. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg2005;130:1137-43.
Toumpoulis IK, Anagnostopoulos CE, Swistel DG, DeRose J. Does EuroSCORE predict length of stay and specific postoperative complications after cardiac surgery? Eur J Cardiothoracic Surg 2005;27:128-133.
Needs Assessment
Cardiovascular-thoracic (CVT) critical care is being recognized as an emerging specialty within the frameworks of CVT surgery, interventional cardiology, interventional radiology and general critical care. The overall field of CVT critical care is broadening to include care of patients undergoing not only classical cardiac surgical operations, but also endovascular and minimally invasive surgery, interventional cardiology procedures, and interventional radiological procedures.
Although the CVT surgeon has traditionally provided perioperative care with the assistance of residents and fellows, the organization of the CVT critical care team is changing. CVT critical care is increasingly being provided by a multi-disciplinary team. The team includes: CVT surgeons, intensivists and anesthesiologists, hospitalists, critical care nurses and nurse practitioners, physician assistants, perfusionists, cath lab technicians, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and nutritionists. It is essential that these multi-disciplinary professionals share a broad understanding of the care, so that they can function well as a team to enhance speed of recovery, quality, safety, and patient comfort.
The increasing complexity of CVT critical care requires a new level of critical care performance. This new critical care specialty is faced with major challenges:
- A rapid evolution in critical care concepts, pharmacology and technology.
- The unique physiologic states and complications experienced by CVT patients.
- The aging CVT patient population with more advanced primary disease and associated conditions.
- Major advances in surgical techniques, interventional procedures and the accompanying technology.
- National regulations limiting house staff work hours that accentuate the shortage of critical care staff.
- The difficulty in providing comfortable care with patients subjected to multiple negative sensory inputs including monitoring sounds, alarms, technical language, and procedures.
- The increasing number of disciplines included on the CVT critical care team.
- The well-documented compromises in medical practice safety.
This 8th annual multi-disciplinary conference, “Cardiovascular-Thoracic (CVT) Critical Care 2011,” addresses these challenges as follows:
- The conference is dedicated to presenting the latest information and innovative concepts and technology in CVT Critical Care.
- Basic approaches and specific protocols will be related to clinical data so that participants can structure their clinical practice on “evidence based medicine.”
- The program agenda has been designed with the assistance of multi-disciplinary specialists.
- Experts and world authorities will present the latest concepts, protocols and clinical experience in their specialties.
- Participants will be encouraged to add their perspectives to the dialogue via a Luncheon Symposia on “Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines: Process of Implementation to Ensure Quality Care” and through audience-panel discussions throughout the program.
- The Keynote Address will focus “The Future of Cardiac Surgery in Academic Centers and Community Hospitals.”
- The importance of the multi-disciplinary approach to CVT critical care will be emphasized.
In the last few years, there have been important new developments in the specialty which have the potential to enhance the quality and safety of CVT critical care. This conference addresses the major need to highlight this new knowledge so that these developments can be widely known and integrated into the practices of the specialty. Examples of such developments include:
- New methods of hemodynamic monitoring which are less invasive. An important consideration to be addressed is how well the new methods guide hemodynamic management.
- There is an evolution in cardiovascular therapeutic agents to address the challenges of low cardiac output, right heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension. New pharmacologic approaches for impaired hemodynamics will be presented and discussed in the audience panel discussions.
- Surgery for severe congestive heart failure continues to evolve. The latest techniques, postop care and results will be presented.
- Catheter-based aortic valve replacement is a new approach to aortic valve disease. Techniques and early results will be presented.
- New approaches to resuscitation after cardiac arrest are being developed and will be the subject of a workshop.
- The development of bedside ultrasound technology now makes possible early bedside diagnosis of mechanical hemodynamic problems and increased safety in the placement of deep catheters. The use of bedside ultrasound in the CVT ICU as a unique modality to assess hemodynamics will be presented.
The workshop dedicated to this area will facilitate integration of these techniques into clinical practice.
- The management of acute lung injury continues to challenge the ICU team. Latest techniques and protocols will be presented.
- The use of the latest modes of mechanical ventilation for difficult weaning problems will be presented in the Newest Ventilatory Support Technology
workshop.
- The technology to provide circulatory support continues to evolve rapidly and now includes a variety of percutaneous devices. The postoperative management of patients on such devices is complex and will be addressed through a presentation and a workshop.
- Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has increasingly been employed for the treatment of acute respiratory failure. New information regarding the application of ECMO will be the subject of a presentation and will be addressed in a workshop.
- New pharmacologic agents are being used to anticoagulate CVT patients. Latest anticoagulation protocols for interventional procedures and ventricular assist devises will be presented.
- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) continues to be a challenging clinical issue. An update on diagnosis and management will be presented.
- Cerebral function monitoring has become a unique means to monitor brain perfusion and protect neurologic function. Latest technology in this area will be presented.
- Adequate, safe pain control and sedation in CVT patients and the prevention and treatment of delirium are continuing challenges in the CVT ICU. Latest data and management protocols will be presented.
- Management of patients after pneumonectomy continues to challenge the CVT ICU team and will be discussed.
- Management of patients after lung transplantation continues to evolve. Latest postop protocols will be presented.
- Traumatic flail chest continues to be a challenging clinical problem. Latest techniques and protocols will be presented.
- Indications and protocols for enteral and parenteral nutritional support continue to evolve and will be presented.
- Good communications between health care personnel and their patients are challenging especially in sedated and ventilated patients. To help critical care personnel understand the patient’s perspective, a discussion led by the patient organization Mended Hearts will be presented.
- Acute renal failure associated with cardiac surgery continues to be a major challenge and is associated with an important increase risk of mortality and prolonged hospitalization. A presentation and workshop will focus on the early use of renal replacement therapy.
- Antibiotic resistant organisms continue to complicate the care of CVT patients. The latest concepts of antibiotic stewardship will be discussed.
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Educational Objectives »
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The educational objectives of “Cardiovascular-Thoracic (CVT) Critical Care 2012” are:
- Evaluate the latest developments and challenges in CVT critical care.
- Recognize the importance of the multi-disciplinary team approach in CVT critical care and how the team works together.
- Evaluate the pharmacologic approach to postoperative hemodynamic impairment.
- Integrate into practice the latest approaches to resuscitation after cardiac arrest.
- Assess the latest surgical approaches to severe CHF and aortic valve disease and the postoperative management.
- Obtain a perspective of how evidence-based practice guidelines are implemented.
- Gain an understanding of the future of cardiac surgery in academic centers and community hospitals.
- Assess how the latest modes of mechanical ventilation are used for acute lung injury and difficult weaning situations.
- Evaluate how current ventricular assist devices and ECMO technology are employed in CVT critical care.
- Understand how the latest bedside echocardiography - ultrasound technology is used to diagnosis hemodynamic mechanical problems and to guide placement of deep catheters.
- Assess the latest advances in anticoagulation for interventional procedures and ventricular assist devices.
- Integrate into practice the latest analgesia, sedation and physical therapy protocols to minimize delirium.
- Understand the patient’s perspective in regard to receiving CVT critical care.
- Integrate into practice principles of managing pneumonectomy patients and patients with a flail chest.
- Evaluate the latest methods of enteral and parenteral nutritional support.
- Integrate into practice management protocols to prevent and treat infections caused by antibiotic resistant organisms.
- Assess how renal replacement therapy is employed for acute renal failure after cardiac surgery.
- Understand the latest concepts and management strategies in the management of GI complications in CVT surgical patients.
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Group Rate Hotel Information »
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Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, DC
The Omni Shoreham Hotel welcomes attendees of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Critical Care 2010. To reserve your room now and receive the special conference rate simply click on the "book now" button below.
Conference Dates: Oct 4, 2012 - Oct 6, 2012
Additional Dates: October 1 - 3
Special Rate: $248 per night Book Now »
Book By: September 1, 2012
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Agenda »
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This is the agenda from 2011. 2012 Agenda and Faculty will be posted once available.
Thursday, September 22
7:00am - 8:00 am
Light Breakfast & Registration
Session I – CVT Critical Care & Cardiovascular
8:00 am - 8:10 am
Welcome and Introduction to the Program
Nevin M. Katz, MD
8:10 am – 8:30 am
CVT Critical Care: Its Continuing Evolution & Challenges
Nevin M. Katz, MD
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Pharmacologic Support for Impaired Hemodynamics – Latest Concepts & Data
Jerrold H. Levy, MD
9:00 am – 9:30 am
Surgery for Severe CHF – Latest Techniques & Results
John V. Conte, MD
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Catheter-Based Aortic Valve Replacement – Techniques & Early Results
Michael J. Mack, MD
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Refreshment Break - Exhibit Hall
Session II – Cardiovascular
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Ultrasound in the CVT ICU – Unique Modality to Assess Hemodynamics
Yanick Beaulieu, MD
11:00 am – 11:45 am
Audience Panel Discussion – Cardiovascular Issues
Moderator: Nevin M. Katz, MD
Panelists: Yanick Beaulieu, MD, John V. Conte, MD, Regina Deible, RN, Marsha Holton, CCRN, RCIS, Jerrold H. Levy, MD, Michael J. Mack, MD,Robert E. Molyneaux, PA-C, Densese Sabatino, CCRN, and Robert Warhurst, PharmD
11:45 am – 12:00 pm
Intermission - Exhibit Hall
Professional Networking Luncheon Symposium
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines: Process of Implementation to Ensure Quality Care
Mary J. Zellinger, CCRN
Audience Discussion
Moderators: Glenn Whitman, MD and Mary J. Zellinger, CCRN
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Exhibit Hall and Networking
Session III – Respiratory & Cardio-Pulmonary Mechanical Support
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Development of Ventricular Assist Device Programs in Community Hospitals
Jonathan W. Haft, MD & David C. Fitzgerald, CCP
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Latest Respiratory Management for Acute Lung Injury
James P. Lamberti, MD
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Adult ECMO – Latest Techniques & Community Programs
William R. Lynch, MD & William E. Harris, CCP
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Audience Panel Discussion – Respiratory & Cardio-Pulmonary Mechanical Support
Moderator: John V. Conte, MD
Panelists: Jonathan W. Haft, MD, David C. Fitzgerald, CCP, William E. Harris, CCP,
James P. Lamberti, MD, Robert E. Molyneaux, PA-C, and William R. Lynch, MD
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Refreshment Break - Exhibit Hall
Session IV Multi-Disciplinary Break Out Workshops
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Bedside Echocardiography & Ultrasound Guided Procedures
Director: Yanick Beaulieu, MD & Co-Directors: Haney Mallemat, MD & Fred Mollenkopf, PA-C
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation – Techniques & Protocols
Director: Keith Lurie,MD; CoDirector: Densese Sabatino, CCRN
Renal Replacement Technology
Director: Lakhmir S. Chawla, MD & Co-Director: Derek M. Fine, MD
Friday, September 23
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Light Breakfast and Registration
Session V – Renal, Hematologic & Andrew Foster “Young Investigator” Presentation
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Renal Replacement Therapy: Early vs. Late, Intermittent vs. Continuous
Derek M. Fine, MD
8:30 am- 9:00 am
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) – Update on Diagnosis & Management
Jerrold H. Levy, MD
9:00 am – 9:30 am
Audience Panel Discussion – Renal, Hematologic
Moderator: Nevin M. Katz, MD
Panelists: Derek M. Fine, MD, Jerrold H. Levy, MD, & TBA
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Andrew Foster “Young Investigator” Presentation
Award Recipient & Joseph M. Giordano, MD
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Refreshment Break - Exhibit Hall
Session VI – Neurologic & The Patient’s Perspective
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Cerebral Function Monitoring
Karel Fuentes, MD
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Pain Management& Physical Therapy to Decrease Delirium
Namrata Patil, MD, MPH
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
The Patient’s Perspective Panel
Mended Hearts Moderator & Representatives & Barbara Jacobs, CCRN
12:00 pm – 12:15 pm
Intermission - Exhibit Hall
Luncheon Symposium
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Future of Cardiac Surgery in Academic Centers & Community Hospitals
Duke E. Cameron, MD
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm
Exhibit Hall with Demonstrations
Session VII – Thoracic Surgical
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm
ICU Management of the Pneumonectomy Patient
Daniel L. Miller, MD
2:20 pm – 2:40 pm
ICU Management of the Traumatic Flail Chest
Daniel L. Miller, MD
2:40 pm – 3:10 pm
Lung Transplantation – Latest Postop Management
Ashish S. Shah, MD
3:10 pm – 3:30 pm
Audience-Panel Discussion – Thoracic Surgical Issues
Moderator: Daniel L. Miller, MD
Panelists: Kevin J. DuBree, PA-C, Namrata Patil, MD, MPH, Ashish S. Shah, MD, Tammy M. Slater, CRNP & Mary J. Zellinger, CCRN
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Poster Session - Refreshment Break - Exhibit Hall
Session VIII Multi-Disciplinary Break Out Workshops
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Hemodynamic Simulation – Case Scenarios
Director: Nevin M. Katz, MD
Newest Ventilatory Support Technology
Director: Natalie Napolitano, RRT, MPH & TBA
Temporary Circulatory Support / ECMO
Co-Directors: Jonathan W. Haft, MD, William R. Lynch, MD, David C. Fitzgerald, CCP
Saturday, September 24
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Light Breakfast and Registration
Session IX – GI, Renal, Metabolic, ID & Controversies
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Enteral & Parenteral Nutritional Support – Latest Indications & Protocols
Marcia Kalista-Richards, CNSC, MPH
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Latest Anticoagulation Protocols for Interventional Procedures & VADS
Danielle Blais, PharmD
9:00 am – 9:30 am
GI Complications & Abdominal Catastrophes
Philip S. Barie, MD
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Audience-Panel Discussion with Refreshments
Moderator: Michael G. Seneff, MD
Panelists: Philip S. Barie, MD, Danielle Blais, PharmD, Barbara Jacobs, CCRN,
Marcia Kalista-Richards, CNSC, MPH
10:00 am – 10:30 pm
Antibiotic Stewardship in the CVT ICU: Patient Safety
Michael G. Seneff, MD
10:30 am – 11:15 am
Best Practices & Controversies: Atrial Fibrillation & Selected Topics from Conference Participants
Audience - Multi-Disciplinary Panel Discussion
Moderator: Nevin M. Katz, MD
Panelists: Danielle Blais, PharmD, Regina Deible, RN , Marsha Holton, CCRN, RCIS,
Barbara Jacobs, CCRN, Robert E. Molyneaux, PA-C, Densese Sabatino, CCRN, & Michael G. Seneff, MD
11:15 pm
Closing Comments
Nevin M. Katz, MD
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Faculty »
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Faculty for the 2011 conference is listed below. 2012 Agenda and Faculty will be posted once available.
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Nevin M. Katz, MD
President & Executive Director, FACTS-Care
Associate Professor of Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
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Daniel L. Miller, MD
Chief, General Thoracic Surgery
Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Michael G. Seneff, MD
Director, Intensive Care Unit
Professor of Anesthesiology
The George Washington University
Washington, DC
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Philip S. Barie, MD
Chief of Critical Care and Trauma
Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY
Yanick Beaulieu, MD
Director, Bedside Ultrasound Curriculum
Hopital Sacre-Coeur de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Danielle Blais, PharmD
Clinical Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, OH
Duke E. Cameron, MD
Cardiac Surgeon-In-Charge
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Professor of Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Lakhmir S. Chawla, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Medicine
The George Washington University Medical Center
The George Washington Hospital
Washington, DC
John V. Conte, MD
Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Professor of Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Regina Deible, BSN, RN
Suburban Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine
Bethesda, MD
Kevin J. Dubree, PA-C
Thoracic Surgical Physician Assistant
Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC
David C. Fitzgerald, CCP
Chief of Cardiovascular Perfusion
ECMO Coordinator
INOVA Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, VA
Karel Fuentes, MD
Medical Director of Neurocritical Care
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Baptist Hospital of Miami
Miami, FL
Joseph M. Giordano, MD
Professor
Department of Surgery
The George Washington University
Washington, DC
Jonathan W. Haft, MD
Director, Extra-Corporeal Life Support
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
William E. Harris, CCP, FPP
Chief Perfusionist, Extracorporeal Technology
Ochsner Medical Center
New Orleans, LA
Marsha Holton, CCRN, RCIS
President, Cardiovascular Orientation Programs
Clinical Coordinator
School of Cardiovascular Technology
Howard Community College
Columbia, MD
Barbara S. Jacobs, RN, MSN, CCRN, CENP
Senior Director, Nursing Operations
Suburban Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine
Bethesda, MD
Marcia Kalista-Richards, CNSC, MPH
Renal Dietician, Fresenius Medical Care
Whitehall, PA
Instructor, Cedar Crest College
Instructor, Pennsylvania State University
Allentown, PA
James P. Lamberti, MD
Critical Care Medicine & Pulmonology
INOVA Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, VA
Jerrold H. Levy, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology & Critical Care
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Keith Lurie, MD
Professor of Medicine & Emergency Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
William R. Lynch, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Michael J. Mack, MD
Medical Director of Cardiovascular Services
Director of Transplantation
Medical City Dallas Hospital
Dallas, TX
Haney Mallemat, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Daniel L. Miller, MD
Chief, General Thoracic Surgery
Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Fred Mollenkopf, PA-C
Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery & Critical Care
Thoracic & Cardiovascular Institute
Lansing, MI
Robert E. Molyneaux, PA-C
Chief Physician Assistant
Surgical Critical Care Services
Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC
Natalie Napolitano, MPH, RRT-NPS, AE-C
Pediatric Clinical Manager
Respiratory Care Services
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, VA
Namrata Patil, MD, MPH
Director, Thoracic Intermediate Care Unit
Associate Surgeon
Brigham & Womens’s Hospital
Instructor in Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Denese Sabatino, ARNP, NP-C, CCRN
Critical Care Services
Baptist Hospital
Miami, FL
Michael G. Seneff, MD
Director, Intensive Care Unit
The George Washington University Hospital
Professor of Anesthesiology
The George Washington University
Washington, DC
Ashish S. Shah, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Tammy M. Slater, CRNP
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Robert Warhurst, PharmD
CV Critical Care Pharmacist
Clarian Health – Methodist Hospital
Indianapolist, IN
Glenn Whitman, MD
Director, Cardiac SICU
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Mary J. Zellinger, RN, MN, ANP-BC, CCRN-CSC
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Cardiovascular and Critical Care Services
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA |
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Abstract Submission for Posters and Awards »
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Abstract Submissions for the General Poster Session are encouraged from all disciplines and age groups! Abstracts should be emailed to info@facts-care.org and adhere to the following guidelines.
All abstracts must include the following information:
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Name and degree(s) of all authors, with presenting author's name listed in upper case
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Brief title of the abstract, including the nature of the study only
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A concise statement of the investigation's purpose
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A brief explanation of the study's materials and methods
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A summary of the study's results
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Conclusions supported by the investigation's results
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Do not include references or graphics. Your abstract should not exceed 500 words. Deadline for the abstract is August 22, 2012.
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This award honors the memory of Andrew H. Foster, MD, former chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Associate Professor of Surgery at The George Washington University Medical Center. Dr. Foster lost his battle with lymphoma in July, 1999.
The Andrew H. Foster, MD Young Investigator Award will be given to a young investigator (aged less than 35 years) whose abstract describing research related to Cardiovascular-Thoracic Critical Care is selected best by the Research Conference Committee. Abstracts will be judged using a blinded format.
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Include the following contact information and if you would like to be considered for the Andrew Foster Award (you must meet the criteria as indicated below on this page) for the presenting author on a cover page.
The Program Committee members will review your abstract, and you will be notified of their decision by Sept 5, 2012.
If your abstract is selected, you will be asked to present it as either (a) a poster only or (b) a 10 minute conference presentation on date TBD, as the winner of the Andrew Foster Award . You will receive complete information (including poster dimensions, set-up times, etc.) after notification of the Program Committee's decision.
If accepted for presentation or display, your abstract will be printed in the course syllabus as submitted, so please edit and proofread carefully.
If you have any questions about the above guidelines, please contact:
Nevin Katz, MD
President & Executive Director, FACTS-Care
Email: info@facts-care.org
or
Mowahib Vermillion
Administrative Assistant, FACTS-Care
Email: info@facts-care.org
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Advisory Board »
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Connie Barden, RN, MSN,CCRN,CCNS
Mercy Hospital
Robert H. Bartlett, MD
University of Michigan
Danielle Blais, Pharm D
Ohio State University Medical Center
John V. Conte, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Philip C. Corcoran, MD
NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital
Priscilla Daetwyler
Mended Hearts
Joseph A. Dearani, MD
Mayo Clinic
David C. Fitzgerald, CCP
INOVA Fairfax Hospital
Michael A. DeGeorgia, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Farid Gharagozloo MD
Wash Institute Thoracic & CV Surgery
Guillermo Gutierrez, MD, PhD
George Washington University Medical Center
Jonathan W. Haft, MD
University of Michigan
William E. Harris, BS CCP
Ochsner Clinic
Dean R. Hess, PhD, RRT
Massachusetts General Hospital
Barbara Jacobs, RN, CCRN
George Washington University Hospital
Eric Jacobsohn, MBChB, MHPE, FRCP
University of Manitoba
C. David Joffe MD
Dayton Heart & Vascular Hospital
Jerrold H. Levy, MD
Emory University
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Fred Lough, MD
George Washington University Hospital
William R. Lynch, MD, MS
University of Iowa
Elizabeth A. Martinez, MD
JohnsHopkins University
Frederick P. Mollenkopf, PA-C
Thoracic Cardiovascular Institute
Claudio Pensa, MD
FLENI - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
James D. Rawn, MD
Harvard University
Charles A. Read, MD
Georgetown University
Dennis Rivard, CCP
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Claudio Ronco, MD
San Bortolo Hospital - Vicenza Italy
Gary Roth, DO
Thoracic Cardiovascular Institute
Michael G. Seneff, MD
George Washington University Medical Center
Tammy Slater, CRNP
Johns HopkinsUniversity
Manak Sood MD
Michigan Heart & Vascular Institute
Anthony C. Venbrux, MD
George Washington University Medical Center
Robert D. Warhurst, PharmD
Clarian Health
Mary J. Zellinger, CRNP
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Council for Excellence
We wish to thank our supporters who have made the society and this conference possible:
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2011 Exhibitors »
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We would like to thank the following companies for their exhibit support:
Gold Exhibitors:
Silver Exhibitors:
Bronze Exhibitors:
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