Pediatrics Committee

Mission Statement

The mission of the Pediatric Perfusion Committee of AmSECT is to improve the care of children undergoing the application of extracorporeal circulation and associated techniques.

Chairman

• Talya Frey
  freyt@email.chop.edu

Members

• Ron Angona
• Christopher Brabant
• Richard M. Ginther, Jr.
• Ashley Hodge
• Andrea Hudacko
• John St. Onge
• Tom Preston
• Joseph Timpa
• Neale Zingle

Advisory Board to the Pediatric Committee

• Edward Darling
• Gary Grist
• Eric Jenkins
• Scott Lawson
• Brian Mejak
• Vince Olshove

E-mail: peds@amsect.org

Committee Goals

• Body of Knowledge: To define expand, and document a body of knowledge for pediatric perfusion.

• To develop guidelines of practice and qualifications for performing pediatric perfusion.

• To encourage and promote the sharing and dissemination of knowledge and information regarding pediatric perfusion.

• To define, develop, and make available appropriate pediatric education experiences for perfusion students, practicing perfusionists and other medical professionals.

• To represent the interests of pediatric perfusion to other organizations affecting the field.

• To encourage original research into problem areas not well defined.