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Pre-Course

Deep Dive: Pulmonary Embolus Response Team (PERT) Service Line

Saturday, March 21, 2026
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM Central Time
Location: W185

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    Pre-course Moderator(s)

  • Keith Killu, MD, FCCM

    University of Southern California

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

From door to discharge and beyond, learn the steps needed to establish a service line to manage patients who present with pulmonary embolus (PE) or who develop PE during their hospital stay. The course will review current updates and state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment options for the general practitioner to manage patients whose presentation is suspicious for PE.

Learning Objectives:

  • Summarize the latest evidence in establishing a diagnosis of pulmonary embolus (PE)
  • Describe how to create a PE response team (PERT)
  • Outline the overall assessment and management of patients presenting with PE
  • Analyze new evidence in the management of PE

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Central Time
    Pathophysiology With the Clinical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism

    Keith Killu, MD, FCCM – University of Southern California

    Wei Jung (Serena) Hsia, MD – Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California

  • 8:20 AM - 8:50 AM Central Time
    Diagnostic Testing, Risk Assessment, New Advances, and the Standard of Care

    Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD, MSc, , FCCM – Warren Alpert School of Medicine

    Sivagini Ganesh, MD – university of southern california

  • 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM Central Time
    Bedside Ultrasound Diagnosis of PE: Multiorgan Ultrasound

    Keith Killu, MD, FCCM – University of Southern California

    Wei Jung (Serena) Hsia, MD – Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California

  • 9:10 AM - 9:35 AM Central Time
    Establishing a PERT at Your Institution

    Sivagini Ganesh, MD – university of southern california

    Wei Jung (Serena) Hsia, MD – Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California

  • 9:35 AM - 10:00 AM Central Time
    Anticoagulation and Systemic Thrombolysis

    Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, SPP

  • 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Central Time
    Break
  • 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Central Time
    Thrombectomy and Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis

    Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD, MSc, , FCCM – Warren Alpert School of Medicine

  • 10:45 AM - 11:05 AM Central Time
    PE Sequelae

    Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, SPP

    Wei Jung (Serena) Hsia, MD – Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California

  • 11:05 AM - 12:00 PM Central Time
    Case Scenario and Group Discussion

    Keith Killu, MD, FCCM – University of Southern California

    Sivagini Ganesh, MD – university of southern california

    Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD, MSc, , FCCM – Warren Alpert School of Medicine

    Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, SPP – Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy

    Wei Jung (Serena) Hsia, MD – Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California