Friday June 4th

8:00am
Convocation: Welcome, THI Perfusion Conference 2021 | Deborah Adams

8:15
SIRS in Extracorporeal Circulation: The role of NETS | Athina Rammou

8:45
Neurologic Injury in Adults supported with ECMO | Linda Mongero

9:15
Can neurologic injury from Cardiac Surgery be prevented by hemodynamic monitoring | Kathleen Kibler

9:45
Critical Care for the Cardiac Patient | Dr. Priyanka Sen, MD

10:15
Break 15 minutes

10:30
Machine learning and artificial intelligence in medicine | Dr. Zain Khalpey, MD

11:00
Updates on ABCP Certification Process | Brad Kulat

11:30
Perfusion Certification process in Latin America | Bibi Aguerrevere

12:00
Ohio State Experience with Nautilus Smart | Medtronic Sponsor Dave Mast

12:30 Lunch Break

1:00pm
History of women in cardiac surgery and women in perfusion | Steve Sutton

1:30
Strategies for brain and visceral protection in aortic surgery | Dr. Ourania Preventza, MD

2:00
Heart disease and heart surgery in women | Dr. Lorraine Cornwell, MD

2:30
Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation | Dr. Jennifer Cozart, MD

3:00 – Keynote Speaker
Cardiac disease in women | Dr. Stephanie Coulter, MD

3:30
Panel Discussion | Preventza MD, Cornwell MD, Cozart MD, Coulter MD

Saturday, June 5th

Convocation | Kathleen Kibler

8:00am – Keynote Speaker
Building on the triangle of trust-optimizing physiologic perfusion | Dr. Charles Fraser Jr, MD

8:30
Nurturing culture to achieve optimal performance | Dr. Erin Gottlieb, MD

9:00
ABO incompatible heart transplantation and total blood volume exchange | Blake Denison

9:30
Novel method deair Heartware |Tiffany Robb

9:45
Break

10:00
Video – “Three Firsts: Women Pioneers in American Surgery.”  | Produced, Created by and With Permission, American Association of Women Surgeons

10:15
New Innovations from Spectrum Medical | Spectrum Sponsor Wade Berger

10:45
TAVI/TAVR Implantation/Repair: Adult Congenital | Daniel Blackwell

11:00
Oxygenator Failure on CPB | Regan Fehrenbacher

11:15
Bivalirudin, anticoagulant for CPB | Sarah Gadille

11:30
Perfusion Safety and Preparedness | Lydia Goss

11:45 Lunch Break

12:15 pm
Mannitol management on CPB | Victor Mendoza

12:30
Novel pediatric central ECMO cannulation as bridge to lung transplant | Guian Mirabueno

12:45
CPB management in the Jehovah Witness patient | Kelvin Tidwell

1:00
Suspected malignant hyperthermia considerations in CPB | Melissa Zachary

1:15
Kawasaki’s disease and coronary aneurysms on CPB | Drew Beaver

1:30
Humanitarian healthcare: a perfusionist journey | Deborah Adams

1:45
Closing Remarks | Ann Guercio

1:50
Zoom Virtual Social Music Hour

We are taking it online.

The symposium will be broadcasted from the Texas Heart Institute – The Denton A. Cooley Building located within the Texas Medical Center.

Pre-registration is required and livestream instructions will be sent to the email address submitted through our registration forms.

Registration is closed for the conference

For last-minute registration contact jphilpot@texasheart.org

Thank you to our loyal perfusion community. Together we change lives.

The Annual THI Perfusion Conference will be broadcasted online June 4-5, 2021. from the Texas Heart Institute. The agenda for this year’s conference will include case reviews and discussion about the latest trends in the industry. Conference participants will earn CAT I Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) from the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (ABCP).

Registration Fees

 $50 Perfusionists (Awarded ABCP CEUs)

 Free Perfusion Students/General Admission (Non-CEU Seeking)