
Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Conference
December 11 - 14, 2014
Miami Beach, United States
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About the Event
PCICS was formed to provide an international professional forum to promote excellence in pediatric cardiac critical care medicine. The founders of the society launched our inaugural membership campaign in 2003. By the end of 2005, we held our first symposium, which is now an annual professional development conference, and has grown to 272 members in 12 nations. We seek participation by healthcare professionals dedicated to acquiring knowledge and improving practice for our critically ill patients with congenital and acquired heart disease.
Our Speakers

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Alex Floh, MD
Clinical Fellow
Hospital for Sick Children

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Amiee Trauth, RD
Registered Dietician
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Andrew Shin, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

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Andy M. Atz, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
University of South Carolina

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Angela Blankenship, CPNP-AC/PC, RN, MS
Nurse Practitioner, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Nationwide Children's Hospital

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Angela Lorts, MD
Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Anthony C. Chang, MD, MBA
Pediatric Cardiologist
Children's Hospital of Orange County

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Barbara Medoff-Cooper, PhD, RN
Pediatric Nursing
University of Pennsylvania

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Ben Sivarajan, MD
Staff Physician
Hospital for Sick Children

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Blaine Easley, MD
Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship
Texas Children's Hospital

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Bradley S. Marino, MD
Cardiac Critical Care
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Brynn Dechert-Crooks, APN
Advanced Practice Nurse, Pediatric Cardiology
C S Mott Children's Hospital

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Catherine Krawczeski, MD
James Baxter and Yvonne Craig Wood Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford

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Cecilia Hyslop, BScN RN, M Ed, CNCCP(C)
Nurse Educator, Cardiac Critical Care
The Hospital for Sick Children

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Christina Harry, MD
Doctor
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

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Darren Klugman, MD
Cardiac Critical Care Specialist
Children's National Medical Center

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David Drajpuch, MSN, CPNP
Cardiac Nurse Practitioner
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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David Hehir, MD
Asspciate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

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David Morales, MD
Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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David P. Nelson, MD, PhD
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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David S. Cooper, MD, MPH
Director, Cardiac Extracorporeal Life Support Program and Associate Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Dawn Tucker, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Children's Mercy Hospital

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Disty Pearson, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Boston Children's Hospital

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Dorothy M. Beke, RN, MSN, CPNP-PC/AC
CICU Clinical Nurse Specialist
Children's Hospital Boston

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Dunbar Ivy, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Children's Hospital of Denver

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Duncan Macrae, MBChB
Director of Children's Services
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation

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Edward Hickey, MD
Cardiac Surgery
Hospital for Sick Children

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Eric Graham, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Medical University of South Carolina

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Erica Molitor-Kirsch, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Mercy Children's Hospital

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Gabe Eston Ownens, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital

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Ganga Krishnamurthy, MD
Pediatric Neonatal - Perinatal
Columbia University

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Gil Wernovsky, MD
Cardiac Critical Care
Miami Children's Hospital

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Hector Wong, MD
Director, Critical Care Medicine
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Jack F. Price, MD
Clinical Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Texas Children's Hospital

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Jaclyn Sawyer, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Cardiology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Jacques Lacroix, MD
Professor, Pediatrics
University of Montreal

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James DiNardo, MD
Cardiac Anesthesia Specialist
Boston Children's Hospital

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James E. O'Brien, Jr, MD
Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
Children's Mercy Hospital of Kansas City

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Jamie Decker, MD
Cardiologist
All Children's Hospital

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Jamie Hutchison, MD
Research Director, Critical Care
Hospital for Sick Children

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Jamie Schwartz, MD
Cardiac ICU
Children's National Medical Center

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Janet Simsic, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Nationwide Children's Hospital

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Jayant (Nick) Pratap, MB BCHir, MRCPCH
Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Jeffrey Alten, MD
Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD
Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Specialist
All Children's Hospital

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John Berger, MD
Cardiologist
Children's National Medical Center

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John Charpie, MD, PhD
Pediatric Cardiology
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital

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John M. Costello, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Cardiology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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John Lynn Jefferies, MD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Jonathan Brynes, MD
Attending Cardiac Internsivist
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Joseph Rossano, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric Heart Transplant Program
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Juliette Hunt, MD
Pediatric Critical Care
St. Joseph Health

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Kathy Mussatto, PhD, RN
Investigator, Herma Heart Center
University of Wisconsin

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Kevin O. Maher
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Sibley Heart Center

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Laura Presnell, RN, PNP
Nurse Coordinator
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford

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Lindsey Justice, RN, CNP-AC
Nurse Practitioner, Heart Institute
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Lisa Kohr, RN, MSN, CPNP-AC
Nurse Practitioner
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Liz Smith, APN
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Children's Hospital of Chicago

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Louise Callow, MSN, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
University of Michigan Health System

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Mark Hall, MD
Pediatric Critical Care
Nationwide Children's Hospital

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Mark Scheurer, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Medical University of South Carolina

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Mary E. McBride, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Lurie Children's Hospital

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Mary Eisenhaur, RN, BSN, CCRN
Registered Nurse
Boston Children's Hospital

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Melissa Jones, MSN, CPNP-AC
Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Children's National Health System

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Michael Gaies, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
University of Michigan Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy

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Michele Domico, MD
Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Orange County

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Misty Ellis, MSN, PNP-BC, APRN
Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Critical Care
Kosair Children's Hospital

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Mohan Reddy, MD
Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Packard Children's Hospital

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Mouhammad Yabrodi, MD
Pediatrics
Syracuse, NY

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Nancy Ghanayem, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

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Neil Spenceley, MB, MBChB
Cardiac Intensivist
University of Glasgow

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Nikhil Chanani, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

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Pam Griffiths, MD
Neonatologist
Baylor College of Medicine

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Parvathi Iyer, MD
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute

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Patricia Bastero-Menon, MD
Pediatric Critical Care
Texas Children's Hospital

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Patricia Hickey, PhD, RN, MBA
Vice President Cardiovascular & Critical Care Services
Boston Children's Hospital

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Paul A. Checchia, MD
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Texas Children's Hospital

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Peter C. Laussen, MBBS
Chief, Critical Care Medicine
The Hospital for Sick Children

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Peter C. Laussen, MBBS, FCICM
Chief, Critical Care Medicine
The Hospital for Sick Children

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Raj K. Basu, MD
Co-Director, Center for Acute Care Nephrology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Ravi R. Thiagarajan, MBBS, MPH
Cardiologist
Boston Chldren's Hospital

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Regine Caruthers, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist
University of Michigan Health System

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Rhiannon L. Hickok, MD
Pediatrician
Private Practice

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Ricardo A. Munoz, MD
Chief, Cardiac Intensive Care
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

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Ronald A. Bronicki, MD
Pediatric Critical Care
Texas Children's Hospital

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Roxanne Kirsch, MD, FRCPC, FAAP
Attending Physician, Cardiac Center and Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Sandra Staveski, CNS,, PCNP-PC/AC, RN
Cardiovascular ICU Nurse Practitioner
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

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Sarah Tabbutt, MD, PhD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Benioff Children's Hospital

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Sarah Teele, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Children's Hospital Boston

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Sharon L. Cheatham, ACNP
Nurse Practitioner, Heart Center
Nationwide Children's Hospital

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Shriprasad Deshpande, MD, MS
Pediatric Cardiologist
Sibley Heart Center Cardiology

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Steven Schwartz, MD
Critical Care
Hospital for Sick Children

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Stuart Goldstein, MD
Director, Center for Acute Care Nephrology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Sujata Chakravarti, MD
Director of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Uit
The Fink Children's Ambulatory Care Center

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Therese M. Giglia, MD
Cardiologist
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Timothy F. Feltes, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Nationwide Children's Hospital

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Timothy Hoffman, MD
Medical Director, Heart Transplant and Heart Failure Program
Nationwide Children's Hospital

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William Border, MBChB, MPH
Director, Noninvasive Imaging
Emory+ Children's Pediatric Research Center