Pediatric and Congenital Committee

Mission & Vision

Mission: The Mission of AmSECT’s Pediatric and Congenital Committee is to define a body of knowledge consistent with evidence-based best practices, facilitate opportunities for collaboration among providers, and to improve quality of care as it relates to extracorporeal technology while contributing to the advancement of the sub-specialty.

Vision: The Vision of AmSECT’s Pediatric and Congenital Committee is to improve safety and quality of care for patients with congenital heart disease.

Responsibilities

Improve the quality of care for pediatric and congenital perfusion by producing evidence-based best practices and educational resources.
Plan and execute the Pediatric Perfusion Track at the International Conference, including any abstract submissions for oral or poster presentations.

Committee Resources

Get Involved

The Pediatric and Congenital Perfusion Committee is not currently accpeting new members. For more information on this committee or to submit a question for the committee, please email AmSECT at amsect@amsect.org.

Committee Charter

Committee Members

Dafne Chianella, CCP, FPP (Chair) Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC	Isaac R.K. Chinnappan, MS, CCP, LCP, FPP, CPBMT (Board Advocate) Johns Hopkins Medicine Baltimore, MD	Chelsea Capone, CCP, FPP Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Portland, OR
Ryan Cruz (Student Member) Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC	Leslie Gonzalez, CCP, RRT-NPS, BSRC Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH	Dorothy A. Holt, BS, CCP, FPP Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH
Tom Klein, CCP, FPP Cincinnati, OH	William (Mat) Medlin, CCP, CES-A, CPBMT, CES-P, FPP Wolfson Children’s Hospital Terry Heart Institute Jacksonville, FL	Mark Nuszkowski, CCP, FPP Children’s National Hospital Washington, D.C.
Molly Oldeen, MS, CCP, FPP Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY	David A. Palmer, EdD, CCP, FPP UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA