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5th Annual International Symposium on Advances in Critical Care Medicine - LIVE (In-Person) Attendee + In-Person Breakouts
LIVE (In-Person) attendance
**Registration gives learner live access to conference on Friday, March 24th, 2022 3:00 PM-6:30 PM and Saturday, March 25th, 2022 7:00 AM-4:30 PM and INCLUDES the breakout sessions "Picking the Brain: Neurocritical care Hot Topics" and "Sleepless in the ICU." See below for descriptions. LEARNERS MUST ATTEND THE ENTIRETY OF BOTH BREAKOUT SESSIONS TO RECEIVE FULL CE CREDITS.**
Picking the Brain: Neurocritical care Hot Topics
Live Breakout session
Session Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm
This 1.5-hour breakout session will provide you a practical approach that focuses on issues for the critically-ill neurological patient such as, post cardiac arrest management, subarachnoid hemorrhage, subdural hemorrhage, Ischemic stroke, status epilepticus and more. Through case presentations carefully selected to illustrate the difficulties of diagnosing and managing these patients, participants will learn how recent advances in the field can be applied in their practices. You will also have the opportunity to participate in interactive case-based discussions followed by Q&A.
Sleepless in the ICU
Live Breakout session
Session Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm
This 1.5-hour breakout session will focus on creating and Implementing a Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Sleep Bundle to Evaluate Quality of Sleep, CAM-ICU Rates, and Length of Stay. You will also have the opportunity to participate in interactive case-based discussions followed by Q&A.
FEES
REGISTRATION TYPE | FEE |
Physician (HM, MPAQ, ACO PCP) | $50 |
Physician (Private physician located within the Greater Houston Area) | $385 |
Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area) | $180 |
Allied Health Care Professionals | $35 |
Nurses | $35 |
Residents/Fellows | $10 |
Students | Complimentary |
* In compliance with HM’s policy on Physician Non-Monetary Compensation regarding “Stark Law,” private physicians who reside and/or practice medicine within the Greater Houston Area are required to pay the full Fair Market Value registration fee.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
- Summarize the key principles and concepts of critical care medicine, including assessment and management of critically ill patients.
- Describe the latest advances in critical care medicine, including new treatments, diagnostic tools and technologies.
- Cultivate critical thinking and decision-making skills related to patient care in a critical care setting, including nutrition in the ICU, advanced heart failure, and other complex medical conditions.
Friday, March 24, 2023 | ||
TIME | PRESENTATION | SPEAKER(S) |
2:00 PM | Registration | |
3:00 PM | Welcome | Atiya Dhala, MD, FACP and Faisal N. Masud, MD, FCCP, FCCM |
3:15 PM | Deresuscitation after fluid Resuscitation – Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask! *Not certified for CE credit* | Manu L.N.G. Malbrain, MD, PhD |
4:00 PM | Q & A Discussion *Not certified for CE credit* | |
4:05 PM | BREAK, EXHIBITS AND ABSTRACT VIEWING | |
4:35 PM | Breaking News and Updates on Sepsis | Imrana Malik, MD, DABSM, FCCP |
5:05 PM | Q & A Discussion | |
5:10 PM | Deconstructing Hyponatremia | Peter Nguyen, MD, FACP, FASN |
5:40 PM | Q & A Discussion | |
5:45 PM | Quick Take on Hypertensive Emergencies | Gabriella Hernandez, Pharm D |
6:15 PM | Q & A Discussion | |
6:30 PM | Adjournment | |
* Presentation is not certified for CME/CNE credit * | ||
Saturday, March 25, 2023 | ||
TIME | PRESENTATION | SPEAKER(S) |
6:30 AM | Registration and Breakfast | |
7:00 AM | Welcome | Atiya Dhala, MD, FACP Faisal N. Masud, MD, FCCP, FCCM |
7:15 AM | Keynote Presentation: Nourishing the Catabolic ICU Patient: Our Time is Now! | Ainsley Malone MS, RDN, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN |
8:00 AM | Q & A Discussion | |
8:05 AM | Critical Care Controversies – An Unfiltered Conversation | Sarah Cammarata, MSN, RN-BC, CCRN Thalia Casimire, MD, FCCP Megan Gooch, MD Steven Hsu, MD Asma Zainab, MD |
9:10 AM | BREAK, EXHIBITS AND ABSTRACT VIEWING | |
9:30 AM | Introduction to "Awake and Walking ICUs" | Kali Dayton, DNP, AGACNP |
10:15 AM | Q & A Discussion | |
10:20 AM | Keynote Presentation Cultivating a Peak Mind: Optimizing Attention with Mindfulness Training | Amishi Jha, PhD |
11:05 AM | Q & A Discussion | |
11:10 AM | How to Make Medical AI More Trustworthy | James Zou, PhD |
11:40 AM | Q & A Discussion | |
11:45 AM | Interventional Pulmonology in Critically Ill patients | Fernando Santacruz, MD, FACP, DAABIP |
12:15 PM | Q & A Discussion | |
12:20 PM | The Nexus of Heart Failure and Critical Care Medicine | Mahwash Kassi, MD |
12:50 PM | Q & A Discussion | |
12:55 PM | Abstract Winner Announcement | |
1:00 PM | BREAK, EXHIBITS AND ABSTRACT VIEWING | |
Breakout Sessions | ||
1:30PM - 3:00PM | Neurocritical Care JEOPARDY! | Wamda Ahmed, MD Kevin A. Immanuel, MD Ibrahim Malik, MD Anh T. Nguyen, MD Michael E. Zwillman, MD |
3:00PM - 4:30PM | Sleepless in the ICU | Michelle Moreno Lee, MN, RN, CCRN Merrilee Littlewood, BSN, RN, CCRN Nicole Olmstead, BSN, RN, CCRN |
Hands-On Workshops | ||
1:30PM - 4:30PM | POCUS BASIC | Kabir Rezvankhoo, MD Asma Zainab, MD Bassel Akbik, MD Matthew M. Taitano, MD Location: Walter Tower - Colombia |
1:30PM - 4:30PM | POCUS ADVANCED | Aditya Uppalapati, MD Deepa B. Gotur, MD, FCCP, FCCM Mohamad Z. Bitar, MD Location: Walter Tower - Atlantis/Linn |
1:30PM - 3:00PM 3:00PM - 4:30PM | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) | Divina M. Tuazon, MD Faisal S. Uddin, MD D Mohi U. Syed, MD Location: Dunn Rio Grande |
1:30PM - 3:00PM 3:00PM - 4:30PM | Difficult Airway Including Cricothyroidotomy | Hina Faisal, MD Joseph Nguyen-Lee, MD Stephanie Morris, MD Yifang Wang, MD Vincent Wang, MD Jonathan Munoz, MD Location: Dunn Guadalupe and Pecos |
1:30PM - 3:00PM 3:00PM - 4:30PM | Case-Based Hemodynamics | David Baker, PA Misty Mendoza, RN, BSN Location: Walter Tower - Endeavor/Discovery |
1:30PM - 3:00PM 3:00PM - 4:30PM | Patient Ventilator Asynchrony | Chris Martinez, MSHA, RCP, RRT-NPS Raymond Wolff Chidinma Ejikeme, MD Location: Dunn Comal |
4:30 PM | Adjournment |
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In-person attendance will be held in the John F. Bookout Auditorium, 2nd Floor, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Avenue.
COURSE DIRECTORS |
Atiya F. Dhala, MD, FACP |
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine Houston Methodist Hospital |
Faisal N. Masud, MD, FCCP, FCCM |
Mary A. and M. Samuel Daffin, Sr. Centennial Chair in Anesthesia and Critical Care Medical Director, Center for Critical Care Houston Methodist Hospital Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology Weill Cornell Medicine |
GUEST FACULTY |
Kali Dayton DNP, AGACNP |
Critical Care Consultant Host of the "Walking Home From the ICU" podcast Spokane, Washington |
Amishi Jha, PhD |
Professor and Director of Contemplative Neuroscience University of Miami |
Manu L.N.G. Malbrain, MD, PhD |
Professor Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Brussels, Belgium |
Imrana Malik, MD, DABSM, FCCP |
Chair of the GSA Advance Committee Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
Ainsley Malone MS, RDN, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN |
Clinical Practice Specialist, ASPEN Nutrition Support Dietitian Mt. Carmel Health System Columbus, OH |
James Zou, PhD |
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Data Science and Computer Science Stanford University |
HOUSTON METHODIST FACULTY |
Wamda Ahmed, MD |
Medical Director Comprehensive Stroke Houston Methodist |
Sarah Cammarata, MSN, RN-BC, CCRN |
Critical Care Registered Nurse Houston Methodist |
Thalia Casimire, MD, FCCP |
Pulmonoloist Pulmonary Critical Care Houston Methodist Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine Specialists |
Megan E. Gooch, MD |
Critical Care Internal Medicine Houston Methodist |
Gabriella Hernandez, Pharm D |
Pharmacy Clinical Specialist Houston Methodist |
Steven H. Hsu, MD |
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Academic Institute Houston Methodist |
Mahwash Kassi, MD |
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute Assistant Clinical Member, Research Institute Houston Methodist |
Michelle Moreno Lee, MN, RN, CCRN |
ICU Registered Nurse Houston Methodist |
Peter T. Nguyen, MD, FACP, FASN |
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Academic Institute Houston Methodist |
J. Fernando Santacruz, MD, FCCP, DAABIP |
Interventional Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Consultants Houston Methodist |
Asma X. Zainab, MD |
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Academic Institute Assistant Clinical Member, Research Institute Houston Methodist |
Michael E. Zwillman, MD |
Instructor in Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Academic Institute Houston Methodist |
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP FACULTY |
Bassel Akbik, MD |
Critical Care Medicine Houston Methodist |
David X. Baker, PA |
Critical Care Anesthesia Physician Assistant Houston Methodist |
Mohamad Z. Bitar, MD |
Pulmonary Critical Care Fellow Houston Methodist |
Hina Faisal, MD |
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Academic Institute Houston Methodist |
Deepa B. Gotur, MD, FCCP, FCCM |
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Academic Institute Associate Clinical Member, Research Institute Houston Methodist |
Chidinma P. Ejikeme, MD |
Pulmonary Medicine Resident Houston Methodist |
Merrilee Littlewood BSN, RN, CCRN |
NTW Registered Nurse Houston Methodist |
Christopher G. Martinez, MSHA, RCP, RRT-NPS |
Respiratory Care Coordinator Houston Methodist |
Muhammad I. Malik, MD |
Neuro - Critical Care Fellow Houston Methodist |
Misty Mendoza, RN, BSN |
ICU Registered Nurse Houston Methodist |
Stephanie Morris, MD |
Critical Care Resident Houston Methodist |
Jonathan E. Munoz, MD |
Pulmonary Medicine Resident Houston Methodist |
Nicole Olmstead BSN, RN, CCRN |
Surgical ICU ICU Education Committee Co-Chair Medication Safety Council Co-Chair |
Kabir Rezvankhoo, MD |
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Academic Institute Houston Methodist |
Mohi U. Syed, MD |
Pulmonary Critical Care Fellow Houston Methodist |
Matthew M. Taitano, MD |
Pulmonary Critical Care Fellow Houston Methodist |
Divina Tuazon, MD |
Critical Care Pulmonologist Houston Methodist |
Faisal Uddin, MD |
Instructor in Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Academic Institute Houston Methodist |
Aditya Uppalapati, MD |
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Academic Institute Houston Methodist |
Vincent Y. Wang, MD |
Internal Medicine Resident Houston Methodist |
Yifang Wang, MD |
Critical Care Resident Houston Methodist |
Raymond Wolff, Jr. |
Respiratory Care Coordinator Houston Methodist |
Asma Zainab, MD |
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Academic Institute Assistant Clinical Member, Research Institute Houston Methodist |
Available Credit
- 10.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 10.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 11.00 Attendance
- 10.41 Nursing Contact Hours
Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Houston Methodist will award 10.41 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.
- 11.00 Occupational Therapy5th Annual International Symposium on Advances in Critical Care Medicine - LIVE (In-Person) Attendee + In-Person Breakouts is a TOTA Approved Course from Tue, 01/17/2023 - 10:00am to Tue, 04/25/2023 - 12:35pm
- 11.00 Physical TherapyThis activity has been approved by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 11.00 CCUs for PTs and PTAs.
- 11.05 Respiratory TherapistsThis program has been approved for a maximum of 11.05 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063
Price
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- STEP 2 - Once enrolled, click the link of the activity format for which you enrolled (the Status should say "In progress") and then click the "Take Course" button to begin the activity.
FEES
REGISTRATION TYPE | FEE |
Physician (HM, MPAQ, ACO PCP) | $50 |
Physician (Private physician located within the Greater Houston Area) | $385 |
Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area) | $180 |
Allied Health Care Professionals | $35 |
Nurses | $35 |
Residents/Fellows | $10 |
Students | Complimentary |
* In compliance with HM’s policy on Physician Non-Monetary Compensation regarding “Stark Law,” private physicians who reside and/or practice medicine within the Greater Houston Area are required to pay the full Fair Market Value registration fee.