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Center for Critical Care: 2025 Inaugural Green ICU Conference The Green ICU Initiative: Sustainability in Healthcare for a Healthier Future-September 17,2025
Overview
In-Person and Virtual attendance options are available.
CURRENTLY ACCEPTING ABSTRACTS. Click the Program tab for more details.
FEES
| REGISTRATION TYPE | FEE |
| Private physicians located within the Greater Houston Area* | $100 |
| Private physicians located within the Greater Houston Area (NO CME) | Complimentary Click here to register |
All others. Includes: | 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.
Target Audience
This conference is designed for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language therapists and residents/fellows in the neurological sciences will benefit from this course.
Program
| AGENDA |
| 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM | Arrival & Networking |
| · Light breakfast and coffee |
| · Networking |
| 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Welcome & Meeting Objectives |
| · Opening remarks by Dr. Faisal Masud |
| · Overview and agenda |
| 8:45 AM – 9:45 AM | Presentation/Panel- Session 1 (Jan De Waele, MD, PhD) President, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine- ESICM |
| Topic: Shades of Green: Establishing Sustainability in an ICU (“The green ICU: How to interpret green?”) Session hosts: Dr. Megan Gooch & Dr. Lilit Sargsyan |
| · Presentation followed by Q&A session |
| 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Coffee Break/Networking |
| 10:00 AM- 10:15 AM Abstract viewing and presentations |
| 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | SCCM Task Force Message (Michele Domico, MD, FCCM) Co-chair of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Environmental Sustainability Task Force |
| Topic: “The SCCM Sustainability Task Force: From inception to future plans” Session host: Dr. Megan Gooch |
| 10:30 AM– 11:30 AM | Session 2: - Houston Methodist Office of Sustainability Presents! |
| (Dr. Daniel Mahoney (TCH), Rock Morille, PE, MBA (Baylor College of Medicine) |
| Jason Fischer MBA (Office Of Sustainability), Coral Lozada, PhD (Office of Sustainability), |
| Moderator: Dr. Hardeep Singh (National Academy of Medicine) |
| Topic: Houston We Have a Vision: What If We Led Together? Reimagining Healthcare Through a Shared Sustainability Vision. |
| · Presentation |
| · Fireside Chat panel discussion |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Lunch Break (Catered) |
| · Abstract viewing/discussions continued |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Presentation/Panel- Session 3 (Deepak Bhonagiri MBBS, MD, FCICM, MHQS) Head of ICU Net Zero Hub, for the state of South Wales, Australia, |
| ANZICS Chair for Safety and Quality, Chair of the Joint ANZICS-ICS writing committee |
| Topic: Green Teams in the ICU: Creating the ICU Net Zero Hub in 41 ICUs and the programs promoting environmental sustainability. Session hosts: Laura Blackburn and Jason Fischer |
| · Presentation followed by Q&A session |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Presentation/Panel- Session 4 (Heather Baid BSN, PGCHSCE, PGCert, MSc, PHD) Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton, Lead for the |
| National Intensive Care Environmental Sustainability Recipe Book project with the Intensive Care Society, Faculty Intensive Care Medicine and |
| UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance |
| Topic: UK National Strategy, recipe book, gloves off campaign, public priorities with green initiatives, nursing education and sustainability competency. Session hosts: Mani Padmanabahn and Alisha Estay |
| · Presentation followed by Q&A session |
| 2:30 PM- 3:00 PM Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks |
| · Summary of discussions |
| · Announce abstract winners (TBD) |
| · Adjourn |
Abstract Submissions
The Houston Methodist Center for Critical Care invites abstract submission for poster presentation at the Inaugural Green ICU Conference.
Accepted abstracts will be presented as digital posters on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, during the Green ICU Conference. The purpose of the posters is to share innovative ideas, practical solutions, research findings, or quality improvement efforts related to sustainability in intensive care settings.
Submission Deadline: Friday, August 1
Click here to submit an abstract.
Venue
In-Person attendance will be held in the TMC-3 7255 Helix Park Ave, Houston,TX 77030.
Parking is available in nearby parking garages for a fee. Carpooling is encouraged.
Travel
Nearby Accommodations
Numerous hotel options are available within the Texas Medical Center and near the venue (TMC Helix Park).
The closest hotel is the Blossom Hotel Houston that is located directly across the street from the venue.
Faculty
A Message from SCCM from Dr. Domico
Michele Domico, MD, FCCM
Dr. Michele Domico is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and University of California, Irvine. She serves as the Associate Director of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at CHOC as well as the Associate Director of the ECMO program. Dr. Domico is fellowship trained in both cardiology and pediatric critical care and spent an additional year at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London as an ECMO fellow. In 2024, she was appointed co-chair of the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Environmental Sustainability Task Force and in 2025, will complete a Master of Sustainability Leadership degree from Arizona State University's School of Sustainability, with hopes to enhance environmental stewardship within the health care system.
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Price
FEES
| REGISTRATION TYPE | FEE |
| Private physicians located within the Greater Houston Area | $100* |
| Private physicians located within the Greater Houston Area (NO CME) | Complimentary Click here to register |
All others. Includes: | 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.