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  • Sunday, Mar 22nd
    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Central Time
    Entering the Gray Zone: Pushing the Boundaries of ECMO Candidacy
    Location: W178
    Lena Napolitano, MD, FACS, MCCM – University of Michigan Health System
    Pulmonary
  • Sunday, Mar 22nd
    3:20 PM - 3:35 PM Central Time
    Lifesaving or a Bridge to Disaster: ECMO in Traumatic Brain Injuries
    Gaurav Sachdev, MD – Carolinas Medical Center
    Pulmonary
  • Sunday, Mar 22nd
    3:35 PM - 3:55 PM Central Time
    Challenging Decisions: ECMO in Pregnancy and Oncologic Diseases
    Lena Napolitano, MD, FACS, MCCM – University of Michigan Health System
    Pulmonary
  • Sunday, Mar 22nd
    3:55 PM - 4:05 PM Central Time
    Beyond Day 7: When Does Prolonged Ventilation Really Become a Contraindication for ECMO?
    Nicholas Teman, MD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center
    Pulmonary
  • Sunday, Mar 22nd
    4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Central Time
    Controversies in Pulmonary Embolism (Flipped Session)
    Location: W187
    Steven Hollenberg, MD, FACC, FAHA – Emory University Hospital
    Pulmonary
  • Sunday, Mar 22nd
    4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Central Time
    Translating Immunity in the PICU: Cutting-Edge Discoveries in Pediatric Viral Respiratory Infections
    Location: W185
    Pulmonary
  • Sunday, Mar 22nd
    4:30 PM - 5:05 PM Central Time
    Controversies in Pulmonary Embolism
    Pulmonary
  • Sunday, Mar 22nd
    4:35 PM - 4:50 PM Central Time
    Controversies in Pulmonary Embolism
    Sandeep Nathan, MD – University of Chicago Medicine
    Pulmonary
  • Sunday, Mar 22nd
    4:35 PM - 4:50 PM Central Time
    Unraveling Pediatric RSV Pathogenesis: Innate Immune Dysfunction in Critical Illness
    Melody A. Duvall, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
    Pulmonary
  • Sunday, Mar 22nd
    4:50 PM - 5:05 PM Central Time
    Macrophage-Derived Inflammation in Pediatric Viral Respiratory Infections
    Pulmonary
  • Sunday, Mar 22nd
    5:05 PM - 5:20 PM Central Time
    Controversies in Pulmonary Embolism
    Pulmonary
  • Sunday, Mar 22nd
    5:05 PM - 5:20 PM Central Time
    Insights Gained From Modeling Severe Viral Infection in Young Patients
    Richard Pierce, MD (he/him/his) – Yale University School of Medicine
    Pulmonary
  • Monday, Mar 23rd
    9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Central Time
    Year in Review: Respiratory Care
    Location: W179
    Donna Tanner, RRT-ACCS, MBA (she/her/hers) – Cleveland Clinic
    Eric Kriner, RRT – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Pulmonary
  • Monday, Mar 23rd
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Central Time
    Every Breath You Take: PEEP and Recruitment Maneuvers in ARDS
    Location: Skyline Ballroom, W375D
    Robert Hyzy, MD, MCCM – University of Michigan Health System
    Donna Tanner, RRT-ACCS, MBA (she/her/hers) – Cleveland Clinic
    Pulmonary
  • Monday, Mar 23rd
    11:05 AM - 11:15 AM Central Time
    The Ins and Outs of Recruitment Manuevers
    Robert Hyzy, MD, MCCM – University of Michigan Health System
    Pulmonary
  • Monday, Mar 23rd
    11:15 AM - 11:25 AM Central Time
    Driving Pressure Use in ARDS: What Do the Data Show?
    Pulmonary
  • Monday, Mar 23rd
    11:25 AM - 11:35 AM Central Time
    PEEP in ARDS: What Do the Guidelines Say?
    Nida Qadir, MD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Pulmonary
  • Tuesday, Mar 24th
    8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Central Time
    Right Heart, Right Moves: Optimizing Failed Lungs and a Struggling RV
    Location: W178
    Aliaksei Pustavoitau, MD, FCCM – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Pulmonary
  • Tuesday, Mar 24th
    8:05 AM - 8:20 AM Central Time
    Rapid Screening for Right Ventricular Dysfunction Using a Systematic Qualitative POCUS Exam
    Pulmonary
  • Tuesday, Mar 24th
    8:20 AM - 8:35 AM Central Time
    To PEEP or ZEEP? Strategies for Ventilator and Noninvasive Support in RV Dysfunction
    Eric Kriner, RRT – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Pulmonary
  • Tuesday, Mar 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Central Time
    Clots Unraveled: Strategies to Optimize Pulmonary Embolism Management
    Location: Skyline Ballroom, W375D
    Quincy K. Tran, MD, PhD – University of Maryland Medical Center, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
    Pulmonary
  • Tuesday, Mar 24th
    2:35 PM - 2:50 PM Central Time
    PE Response Teams: Benefits of a Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT)
    Alexandra June Gordon, MD – Stanford University Medical Center
    Pulmonary
  • Tuesday, Mar 24th
    2:50 PM - 3:05 PM Central Time
    Who Benefits From Thrombolytic Strategies for Pulmonary Embolism?
    Pulmonary
  • Tuesday, Mar 24th
    3:05 PM - 3:20 PM Central Time
    Managing the Clot Through Intervention
    Allyson M. Hynes, MD – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Pulmonary
  • Tuesday, Mar 24th
    3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Central Time
    Biomarkers in ARDS: How to Use Them Today and in the Future
    Location: W184
    Pulmonary
  • Tuesday, Mar 24th
    3:50 PM - 4:05 PM Central Time
    Clinical Applications Today: POC Technologies
    Pratik Sinha, PhD, MB, ChB, FRCEM – Washington University School Of Medicine
    Pulmonary
  • Tuesday, Mar 24th
    4:05 PM - 4:35 PM Central Time
    Future Innovations and Next-Generation Research
    Lorraine Ware, MD (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    Pulmonary