2024 International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems & Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion

Day 1: Thursday, May 9

7 – 8 a.m | Breakfast and registration

8 – 8:30 a.m. | Opening remarks and welcome by Robert Niebler, MD, and Akif Undar, PhD

8:30 – 10:30 a.m. | Session 1: How Do We Get the Data We Need in Pediatrics?  –  20-minute oral presentations followed by panel discussion

• Adjudicating Registry Data: Benefits and Pitfalls, the ACTION Experience by David Kwiatowski, MD
• Leveraging the Electronic Health Record by Robert Niebler, MD
• Organizing and Fostering Academic Output from a Multicenter Learning Network Database – the ACTION Experience by Matthew O’Connor

10:30 – 11 a.m. | Break in the expo hall and poster viewing

11 – 11:40 a.m. | Keynote lecture – Topic TBD by Angela Lorts, MD

11:40 a.m. – noon | Presentation of Young Investigator Awards

Noon – 1 p.m. | Lunch break

1 – 3 p.m.| Session 2: Pediatric Device Development: Why Don’t We Have a New Pediatric Device?  –  20 min oral presentations followed by panel discussion

• Pumpkin: Lessons Learned From the Jarvik Experience by Iki Adachi, MD
• Pediflow Pump by James Antaki, PhD
• How Do We Get the Next Device to Help our Pediatric Patients by Shri Deshpande, MD
• Perspectives on Porting Adult Clinical MCS Outcomes to Pediatric Patients by Kevin Bourque, MSME

3 – 3:30 p.m. | Break in the expo hall and poster viewing

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Mini oral abstract session #1. – 6 X 10 minutes (7-minute presentation/3 minute question) oral abstract presentations

4:30 – 6 p.m. | Poster hall reception: Moderated poster session and poster viewing in the expo hall

7 – 9:30 p.m. | Dinner reception. –  Enjoy an evening connecting with conference attendees, dining with the finest culinary arrangement. Following dinner you’ll be entertained by NEW Dueling Pianos. This duo brings an interactive, hilarious, sing-along/clap-along, request-driven show that covers practically every music genre!

Day 2: Friday, May 10

7 – 8 a.m. | Breakfast and networking

8-10 a.m. | Session 3: Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease: Where are we? Where are we going?  –  20 min oral presentations followed by panel discussion

• VAD in Single Ventricle Anatomy: The ACTION Experience by Anna Joong, MD
• Can the Gainesville Experience be Duplicated? by Joseph Phillip, MD
• Should We Ever Support a Glenn as a Glenn? by Edon Rabinowitz
• Innovating Pediatric VADs in Latin America: Utilizing the HeartMate 3 in Failing Glenn Procedures Enhanced by 3D Printing, Hemodynamic Simulation and Virtual Reality by Luiz Fernando Caneo, MD, PhD

10-10:30 a.m. | Break in the expo hall and poster viewing

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Mini-oral abstract session #2  –  6 X 10 min (7 min presentation/3 min question) oral abstract presentations

11:30 – 1 p.m. |  Lunch break

1 – 3 p.m. | Session 4: Cardiopulmonary Perfusion in 2024 –  20 min oral presentations followed by panel discussion

• Impact of Perfusion Modalities on Cerebral Hemodynamics and Cerebral Gaseous Microemboli in Risk-stratified Congenital Heart Surgery Patients by Akif Undar, PhD
• DO2i on CPB Data for Pediatrics by Jim Reagor
• Spectrum Quantum HLM Data Collection by Caleb Varner
• TBD by Hideshi Itoh, CCP PhD

 3 – 3:30 p.m. |  Break in the expo hall and poster viewing

 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.  |  Mini-oral abstract session #3  – 6 X 10 min (7 min presentation/3 min question) oral abstract presentations

4:30 p.m. |  Closing remarks- and announcement for 2025 Conference

5:30 – 10:30 p.m. | Social event. – Take me out to the ball game! Join us for one of America’s favorite past times as we cheer on the Milwaukee Brewers against the St. Louis Cardinals at American Family Field. This event includes transportation to and from the stadium, a traditional baseball tailgate and ticket to the game.