top of page

Agenda 2026


Friday October 9th
Location: IPIC Luxury Dine-In Theater
Scientific Presentations
2:30pm-6:30pm

Feature Presentations:

Young at Heart: The Boston Experience with the Oldest of Pediatric Patients - Greg Matte 

Genetic Syndromes on CPB - Practical Considerations for the Pediatric Perfusionist - Kaitlin Cirrito

Honey I Grew the Graft! Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts in Fontan Patients - Jordan Voss

There Will Be Blood... But Hopefully Not Clots -

Results of Heparin Management QI Project - Amy Evans

10 things I Hate: ABO(ut) Tissue - ABO-incompatible heart transplantation using Immunoadsorption - Dr. Richard Issitt

Plasmasequestration - Dr. Laura Downey

Transformers: Rise of the Circuit - Converting Between ECMO and Cardiopulmonary Bypass - Travis Siffring

Stat Wars: The Practice Awakens! - Brandon Shade

“You’re the Director” A Moderated Audience Discussion of Attendee-Selected Topics

 
Saturday October 10th
Location: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Scientific Presentations and Site Visit
Breakfast and Lunch Provided
8am - 4:30pm

 

Combined Heart Liver Transplant - Marney Moore

Occupational Exposure in Pediatric Perfusion - Monica Olsen

Button Battery Ingestion as a CPB Emergency - Rachel Gambino

Long Cases and Perfusion Considerations: Interactive Discussion - Mark Nuszkowski

Pedimag to Berlin Heart Conversion - Jillian Holler

Case Report: Bloodless Norwoods - Brian Perfette
Teaching Pediatric Perfusion: Don't Be..... - Kerry Fair

Special Session

I: Roundtable 1on 1 Q&A/Practice Sharing with Wheel of Topics

Lunch & Site Visit @ Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Groups A & B) - 1.5 hrs

Advice and Troubleshooting for First Time Missions - Kyle Sieck

Mission Trip to Syria - Molly Oldeen

AATS Expert Consensus Document: Diagnosis and Management of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Cardiac Surgery - Jillian Holler

ECMO Platform Change - Melissa Sindelar

Pediatric Cardiac Xenotransplantation - Julie Juliani

Multidisciplinary Planning Committee - Kevin Daley

PediPERForm Learning Network - Brian Mejak

Creating an AI Perfusionist Assistant - Sarah Ramadan

Follow-up on Discussion Topics from Roundtable


Evening Reception
Skyline Park @ Ponce City Market
Dinner Provided
7pm-10pm

Past Agendas

Please share any topic(s) you are interested in learning about.

Thanks for sharing!

©2023 by Pediatric Perfusion Retreat. Proudly created with Wix.com

bottom of page