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Virtual Conference Information & Agenda

Unable to join us in person for the AmSECT 57th International Conference? Get the content you need to help improve your practice by registering for the Virtual Conference today!

Virtual Conference Registration

AmSECT Members: $400
Non-Members: $550
Perfusion Training Programs: $200*

Single Day Virtual Conference Registration: Friday or Saturday
AmSECT Members: $200
Non-Members: $275

Single Day Virtual Conference Registration: Sunday
AmSECT Members: $100
Non-Members: $150

After your registration has been processed, you will receive instructions for accessing the virtual conference approximately two weeks before the conference.

*Active Perfusion Training Programs are eligible to register for the Virtual Conference at a discounted rate to allow for your classrooms to live stream the conference content. Perfusion Training Program registration includes access to all the sessions outlined below and the ability for one faculty member to claim ABCP credit for participation in the live stream event. Students are not eligible for ABCP credits. To register your program, contact kmaude@amsect.org for additional details or an invoice.

CEU Approval

The AmSECT International Conference activities have been approved for both SDCEs and Category 1 CEUs. Please see below for a breakdown of the credits offered in conjunction with the event:

AmSECTU Flipped Classroom Pre-Work: 7 Self-Directed Continuing Education Credits (SDCEs)*

The AmSECT Meeting has been approved by ABCP to offer the following Category 1 CEU credits for the virtual conference:

Friday: 8.1
Saturday: 9.9
Sunday: 4.0

Virtual Conference - Up to 22 ABCP Category 1 CEUs + 7 SDCEs

Virtual Conference Agenda

Note: virtual conference attendees may choose which session to attend when multiple sessions are available.

AmSECT U Flipped Classroom Pre-Work

As an attendee of the 57th International Conference, we are excited to let you know that AmSECT has been approved to offer 7 additional self-directed continuing education credits (SDCEs).

These credits can be earned through completion of online Flipped Classroom courses that focus on trending topics and are intended to serve as pre-work in preparation for the International Conference. Courses include:

Goal Directed Therapy in Critical Care
Is it Time for Goal-Directed Therapy in Perfusion
Is Timing Everything
Variance in Therapy and Registry Variables
The Goal Directed Perfusion Trial in Cardiac Surgery
AmSECT Adult Standards and Guidelines
AmSECT Pediatric Standards and Guidelines

Registered attendees will receive an email with login credentials and instructions directly from AmSECT University. Once you login, go to the "College of Education" section, select "Flipped Classroom Prep Classes", then click on the class you want to take.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8

Time	General Conference	Pediatric & Congenital Meeting
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Conference Welcome
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM	Presidential Address
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Flipped Classroom: Standards and Guidelines Update Standards and Guidelines 101 (8:30-8:40am) - Shahna Helmick, CCP Perfusion Standards and Guidelines (8:40-8:55am) - Shahna Helmick, CCP Paediatric Perfusion Standards and Guidelines (8:55-9:10am) - Ron Angona, MS, CCP, FPP Discussion (9:10-9:30am)
9:45 AM - 12:30 PM	ECMO Technical Fine Points CAVH on ECMO (9:45-10:05am) Clarke Thuys, CCP Going out on a limb (10:05-10:25am) Bill DeBois, MBA, CCP Cardiac Decompression (10:25-10:45am) Ashish Shah, MD Break (10:45-11:00am) Inefficiences of VV ECMO: Why is the Satuation Low? (11:00-11:20am) Matthew Warhoover, MSP, MMHC, CCP Harlequin Syndrome (11:20-11:40am) Cory Alwardt, PhD, CCP Anti-Coagulation Strategies (11:40-12:00pm) Jeff Riley, MHPE, CCT, CCP, PBMS, LP Panel for discussion (12:00-12:30pm)	Congenital Technical Fine Points How I…. RAP (a small baby) (9:45-10:05am) Daniel Gomez, MT, CCP, FPP How I…. Exit to ECMO (10:05-10:25am) Joseph Timpa, CCP, FFP How I…. Teach Pediatrics: Trends and observations from a clinical instructor (10:25-10:45am) Kerry Fair Break (10:45-11:00am) How I…. Use Nitric Oxide on CPB (11:00-11:20am) Clarke Thuys, CCP How I…. Do ABO incompatible transplants (11:20-11:40am) Ashley Hodge, MBA, CCP, FPP How I…. Use DO2 to guide my pediatric perfusion practice (11:40-12:00pm) Jim Reagor, MPS, CCP, FPP Panel for discussion (12:00-12:30pm)
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM	Industry Lunch Presentation
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM	Break (NO LIVE STREAM)
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Special Lecture: Ethics in the Workplace - Joyce Wahr, MD
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM	Perfusion without Borders/Awards/Business Meeting

SATURDAY, MARCH 9

Time	General Conference	Pediatric & Congenital Meeting
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Industry Breakfast Presentation
8:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Scientific Oral Abstract Sessions To view the oral abstracts selected for presentation at the International Conference, click here. Sessions will run concurrently.	Pediatric Perfusion Survey & Topics in Coagulation Pediatric Perfusion Survey Results Presentation - Bob Groom, CCP, FPP Use of PCCs post-CPB - Alexander Hughes, MD Use of ATIII supplementation with regard to HDR/slope - Isaac Chinnappan, MS, CCP, LCP, FPP, CPBMT Heparin alternatives in pediatric perfusion - Ashley Hodge, MBA, CCP, FPP
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM	Break (NO LIVE STREAM)
10:30 AM - 12:15 PM	Flipped Classroom: Strategic-Directed Perfusion: Focused to improve outcomes Strategic-Directed Perfusion: Current status (10:30-10:45am) - Rob Baker, PhD, CCP Challenges to adopting a goal directed perfusion paradigm (10:45-11:00am) - David Fitzgerald, MPH, CCP How to run a PDSA QI change project? (11:00-11:15am) - Donny Likosky, PhD Adopting change in a large centre (11:15-11:30am) - Nicholas Mellas, CCP Adopting change in a community practice (11:30-11:45am) - Mark Martin, CCP Discussion (11:45am-12:15pm)	Multidisciplinary Session The Role of ECHO - Future Advancements in Pediatric Cardiac Diagnostics (10:30-10:50am) - David Parra, MD Continuous and Pulsatile Flow VAD’s in Pediatrics (10:50-11:10am) - Bret Mettler, MD Post CPB Challenges in Pediatrics in the Intensive Care Unit (11:10-11:30am) - Andrew Smith, MD Leadership in Pediatric Perfusion (11:30-11:50am) - Tami Rosenthal, CCP, MBA, FPP Panel for Discussion (11:50-12:15pm)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Legends Luncheon
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM	Break (NO LIVESTREAM)
2:15 PM - 4:00 PM	Adult & Pediatric Perfusion Session: The Conundrum of Ultrafiltration Physiology and Pathophysiology of Ultrafiltration (2:15-2:35pm) - Michael Manning, MD, PhD Controversies of Pediatric Modified Ultrafiltration (2:35-2:50pm) - Bharat Datt, MSc, CCP, CPC, FFP What the data is telling us: Analyses of Ultrafiltration Data (2:50-3:05pm) - Michael Manning, MD, PhD What the data is telling us: Analyses of Ultrafiltration Data (3:05-3:20pm) - Al Stammers, MSA, CCP What the data is telling us: Analyses of Ultrafiltration Data (3:20-3:35pm) - Donny Likosky, PhD Discussion (3:35-4:00pm)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Industry Symposium Presentation

SUNDAY, MARCH 10

Time	General Conference	Pediatric & Congenital Meeting
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Awards
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM	Documentation, Research, and the Future	Controversies in Pediatric Perfusion Optimal administration of Del Nido Cardioplegia (common mistakes) (8:25-8:45am) - Richard Ginther, Jr., CCP, FPP Is Del Nido the right way to go? (8:45-9:05am) - Clarke Thuys, CCP Comprehensive Neuro Monitoring (9:05-9:25am) - John Miller, CCP VAVD - yes/no? (9:25-9:45am) - Tami Rosenthal, CCP, MBA, FPP Panel discussion (9:45-10:00am)
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Break (NO LIVE STREAM)
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Hot Topics Risks and benefits of off-label product usage in perfusion (10:15-10:30am) - Jeff Riley, MHPE, CCT, CCP, PBMS, LP HIPEC: an overview and clinician exposure risk (10:30-10:45am) Del Nido Cardioplegia in adults (10:45-11:00am) - Seenu Reddy, MD The latest on heater cooler devices and infection risk (11:00-11:15am) - Al Stammers, MSA, CCP Panel discussion (11:15-11:30am) Perfusion pet peeves moderated discussion (11:30-12:00pm) - Richard Ginther, Jr., CCP, FPP	Blood Management Blood Banking and Pediatric Perfusion (age of blood, directed donor, irradiation) (10:15-10:45am) - Alecia Solomon Trends in Bloodless management (JW, Fontan, optimal transfusion triggers single vs. BiV) (10:45-11:15am) - Bharat Datt, MSc, CCP, CPC, FFP Optimization of neonatal prime (steroids, hyper/hyponatremia, COP, lactate) (11:15-11:45am) - Isaac Chinnappan, MS, CCP, LCP, FPP, CPBMT Panel (11:45-12:00pm)