International Conference

AmSECT 63^rd International Conference Agenda

* All times US Pacific Time. Sessions and topics are subject to change.

Virtual Pre-Conference Sessions — International Day
Included in Registration

March 6, 2025 // 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PT // International Day - Europe and South America // Virtual

March 13, 2025 // 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PT // International Day - Asia and Oceania // Virtual

During the pre-conference sessions, colleagues representing over 10 countries across the globe will gather to share their insights and best practices regarding patient care, our profession, and personal wellness such as ECMO, blood management, and more.

Countries represented: Indonesia, Japan, India, Iran, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Germany, Great Britain, Brazil.

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

1:30pm - 2:30pm

High-Fidelity Simulation

3:00pm - 4:00pm

High-Fidelity Simulation

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Speak Easy

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Speak Easy

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Reminder to participate in the AmSECT Blood Drive today!

8:00am - 8:30am

Soft Opening Session

8:30am - 10:00am

Protecting You

Risk Management, Francys Martin
Wellness, Work/Life Balance, Sven Gade

10:00am - 11:30am

Managing Catastrophes

Cyberattacks, Kim De La Cruz
Addressing Natural Disasters, Yawen Zhang
Strategies and Experiences from Community Hospitals
Strategies and Experiences from Academic Hospitals
Toolkits for Success/Mitigation, Dr. Myke Federman

Pediatric Track | CES-P (Certified ECMO Specialist - Pediatric) Session

CCP, Justin Sleasman
NR
RRT, John Priest
Q&A

11:30am - 12:30pm

Lunch

12:30pm - 12:45pm

President's Welcome

12:45pm - 1:00pm

Service Award Presentations

1:00pm - 2:30 pm

AmSECT Committee Updates

Quality, Tammy Atwood
Safety, Michael Colligan
Membership and Nominating, Molly Oldeen
IBBM
GRC, Shelley Brown
Q&A

2:30pm - 3:30pm

Adult Track: Adult Abstracts

Pediatric Track: Pediatrics Abstracts

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Adult Track | Establishing Center-Specific Performance Measures for Adult Perfusion

Discussion of Performance Measures
Structure, Shahna Helmick
Process and Outcomes, Rob Baker
Q&A

Pediatric Track | MAP Forum

MAP Management - Poll Audience
MAPS Per a Surgeon
NIRS - Comprehensive Neuro Monitoring, Aymen Naguib
Long-Term Results
Panel/Open Forum

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Transition

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Manufacturer's Reception

Friday, March 21, 2025

Reminder to participate in the AmSECT Blood Drive today!

5:30am - 7:00am

5k Fun Run

Join your fellow attendees on an invigorating morning 5K run or walk along Coronado’s scenic isthmus, where the sun rises over the water, and the excitement of the conference awaits! Sign up when you register! Participating is free. Any proceeds will be donated to the local Children’s Hospital.

7:00am - 8:00am

Breakfast

8:00am - 9:15am

Adult Track | Registries in Adult Perfusion

PERForm, Donny Likosky
PediPERForm, Molly Oldeen
ANZCPR, Rob Baker
JaSECT, Toshiko Atsumi
Q&A

Pediatric Track | Heart Failure

Update on ABPOi Parameters, Caitlin Milligan
Other Reasons to Perform an Exchange Transfusion for Transplants, Carrie Striker
NRP, Rachel Gambino
ProCur
Beating Heart OHtx, Kim De La Cruz
Q&A

9:15am - 10:15am

Adult Track | Manufacturers & Interactive Center of Education

Pediatric Track | Manufacturers & Interactive Center of Education

10:15am - 10:45am

Gibbon Award

10:45am - 12:00pm

ICEBP Committee

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Legends Lunch: Tim Willcox

Join us for an inspiring session honoring Tim Willcox, a pioneer in perfusion and a cornerstone of New Zealand's cardiac care advancements. With over five decades at Auckland City Hospital's Greenlane Cardiothoracic Unit, Tim has been instrumental in establishing critical programs in cardiac, lung, and liver transplantation, as well as ECMO services. A life member and past President of the ANZCP, Tim has shaped the profession through leadership, education, and innovation, including his stewardship of the Perfusion Improvement Reporting System (PIRS2) and contributions to the Australia and New Zealand Collaborative Perfusion Registry. Beyond his clinical and academic achievements, Tim has championed charitable missions, bringing life-saving surgery to Samoa. As he prepares to retire from clinical practice, this session celebrates his remarkable contributions and enduring legacy in perfusion safety and care.

1:30pm - 2:45pm

Adult Track | Advancing Perfusion-Specific Measures of Performance

Digital Biomarkers of Perfusion Workload and Stress, Dr. Lauren Kennedy-Metz
Advancing Precision-Guided Training for Perfusionists, Shahna Helmick
Performance Feedback and Coaching for Practicing Perfusionists
Q&A

Pediatric Track | Tour of Pumps

Spectrum - CPB, Alex Hank
Essenz - CPB, Brayden Jones, Holly Creel

2:45pm - 3:30pm

Coffee Break with Exhibitors

3:30pm - 4:45pm

Adult Track | Non-technical Skills in the Operating Room

Cognitive Workload and Stress, Dr. Lauren Kennedy-Metz
PINTS Talk, Shahna Helmick
Going on Bypass - Establishing Essential Verbal Communiation, Susana Stripling
Q&A

Pediatric Track | Pediatrics Oldies but Goodies

Drug Dosing - Why We Do It, Josie Anderson
External Filters - Integrated vs. Non-Integrated, Samantha Kollmann
Temperature Ranges During Cooling and Warming, Julie Fenske
Hyperoxygenation Prior to Circ Arrest, Carrie Striker
Zipties, Matt Medlin
Hemeaturia, Pink Urine, Sarah Gadille
Q&A

4:45pm - 6:00pm

Adult Track | Consensus Statement (NRP)

Pediatric Track | MCS

Caffeine Overdose on ECMO, Chelsea Capone
Impella
Berlin Heart New Driver, Nikah Hatcher
Bivalrudin, Carly Heyrend

6:00pm - 8:00pm

AmSECT's March Mingle Madness Mixer (M4X)

Bring your college pride to present where you're from as we meet, mingle, and network before dinner with a light fare and drinks. Additional fee required, pay during registration.

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Reminder to participate in the AmSECT Blood Drive today!

7:00am - 8:00am

Breakfast

8:00am - 8:15am

Transition

8:15am - 8:30am

Perfusionist of the Year

8:30am - 8:45am

Award of Excellence

8:45am - 9:45am

Adult Track | Manufacturers & Interactive Center of Education

Pediatric Track | Manufacturers & Interactive Center of Education

9:45am - 10:30am

Keynote

10:30am - 12:00pm

Developing & Transitioning to a Heart Center

A Surgeon's Perspective
An Administrator's Perspective
A Perfusionist's Perspective, Ed Harman
Established Heart Center's Perspective
Q&A

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Adult Track | Adult Abstracts

Pediatric Track | Blood Management

FFP - Administration and Standardization of Practice, Aymen Naguib
DO2/SVO2 Update
Vacuum, Laurel Egerter
Hyperoxia, Dr. Asaad Beshish
Q&A

2:30pm - 3:30pm

Adult Track | Beyond the Pump

Angiovac, Mitchell Davis
BMAC - Stem Cell
Platelet Gel
Hepzato, Kim De La Cruz
HIPEC, Mitchell Davis
Q&A

Pediatric Track | Novel Techniques

iNO, Ed Harman
Alagile Syndrome Treatment, Isaac Chinnappan
Mr. Frosty for Peds Perfusion
3D Models
How to Roll Out New Pediatric Pumps, Alex Hank
Q&A

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Coffee Break with Exhibitors

4:15pm - 5:30pm

Perfusion Bowl

5:30pm - 5:45pm

Transition

5:45pm - 6:45pm

Business Meeting (& Student Meeting)

6:45pm - 7:15pm

Transition

Sunday, March 23, 2025

7:00am - 7:45am

Breakfast

7:45am - 8:45am

FPP, Pillar Awards, PWOB, Student Scholarships, Abstract and Journal Awards

8:45am - 10:15am

Adult Track | Consensus Statement on Oxygen Delivery and Acute Kidney Injury

Pathophysiology
Goal-Directed Therapy, Rob Baker
Methodological Approaches for Assessing DO2 Thresholds, Donny Likosky
Consensus Statement
Q&A

A draft consensus document related to design and reporting of studies focusing on oxygen delivery during cardiopulmonary bypass and acute kidney injury in the setting of adult cardiac surgery will be shared with registrants in advance of the conference. This session will enable attendees to actively participate in advancing the consensus statement.

8:45am - 9:30am

Pediatric Track | Pediatric Story

Patient Story
Q&A

9:30am - 10:45am

Pediatric Track | Quality

Update on New Peds Standards and Guidelines, Molly Oldeen
PediPERForm, Molly Oldeen
Compliance Reports
Standardization of Practice for CHD and CPB
Q&A

10:15am - 11:30am

Adult Track | Blood Management

Introduction
Pro
Con, Kim De La Cruz
Rebuttal
Q&A

10:45am - 11:30am

Pediatric Track | Sunday Buffet

Pediatric Sub-Specialty - Pro/Con
Pro/Con Discussion, Dafne Chianella

11:30am - 12:30pm

Patient Safety — Profession & Patient Focusing

ORRUM Speaker, Michael Colligan
Origins of PIRS-II, Tim Wilcox
Use of Safety Tools
Q&A

12:30pm - 12:45pm

Patient Safety — Closing Session

AmSECT 63rd International Conference Agenda

Virtual Pre-Conference Sessions — International Day Included in Registration

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Friday, March 21, 2025

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Sunday, March 23, 2025

AmSECT 63^rd International Conference Agenda

Virtual Pre-Conference Sessions — International Day
Included in Registration