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2021 Critical Care Symposium


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Add to Calendar 2021 Critical Care Symposium 4/12/2021 8:15:00 AM 4/12/2021 5:00:00 PM America/New_York For More Details: https://mskcc.cloud-cme.com/CriticalCare2021 Description: This one day virtual symposium is designed to provide a general overview of various critical care topics. The afternoon will consist of three breakout sessions: Ultrasonography, Pediatrics, and Respiratory Therapy. Who Should Attend This course is intended for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, respiratory therapists, physicians and other healthcare professionals interested in critical care. Optiona... Online false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Monday, April 12, 2021, 8:15 AM - 5:00 PM

Specialties
Specialties - Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Hospitalist, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Therapy

Overview

This one day virtual symposium is designed to provide a general overview of various critical care topics. The afternoon will consist of three breakout sessions: Ultrasonography, Pediatrics, and Respiratory Therapy.

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, respiratory therapists, physicians and other healthcare professionals interested in critical care.

Optional Afternoon Breakout Sessions 

  • Ultrasonography: Point of care ultrasound is now an indispensable tool for emergency and critical care providers. This breakout session is aimed at helping providers gain a foundational understanding of point of care ultrasonography and basic skills to acquire and interpret ultrasound images.
  • Respiratory Therapy: Respiratory care is at the mainstay of modern critical care medicine. Our breakout session is aimed at helping providers gain knowledge in various ventilator modes and other modalities such as bronchoscopy, HFNC, and noninvasive ventilation. AARC contact hours available (Respiratory Therapy breakout only).
  • Pediatric Critical Care: This breakout session is designed to present the latest professional topics and provide up-to-date clinical care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Live Virtual Format

This live virtual program will be delivered using Zoom. We encourage all attendees to download the Zoom app prior to the start of the course (zoom.us/download). CME credit will be offered for this live virtual program. Detailed access and credit instructions will be emailed to attendees prior to the start of the course.

This symposium is endorsed by The Nurse Practitioner Association (NPA). A registration discount is available for active NPA members; please email [email protected] for details.

Objectives
  1. Identify the various therapeutic regimens for community acquired (CAP), hospital acquired (HAP), and ventilator acquired pneumonia (VAP)
  2. Decipher common abnormalities on various radiology examinations
  3. Decipher common abnormalities on various radiology examinations
  4. Identify signs and symptoms of Immunotherapy associated cardiotoxicities
  5. Decipher when to and when not to place an arterial catheter
  6. Recognize dermatological emergencies in the critical care patient
  7. Identify signs and symptoms of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
  8. Recognize new ICU care models generated in the era of COVID-19
  9. Ultrasound Breakout: Understand the basic indications of point of care ultrasonography
  10. Ultrasound Breakout: Understand the basic principles of vascular, thoracic and cardiac point of care ultrasonography
  11. Respiratory Breakout: Describe common modes of ventilation, frequently used ventilator settings, and troubleshooting
  12. Respiratory Breakout: Discuss the basic principles and strategies to improve ventilation and oxygenation in critically ill patients
  13. Pediatric Breakout: Describe current guidelines for pharmacological management in CRRT, ECMO, and malnourished states
  14. Pediatric Breakout: Apply the principles of EXMO in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  15. Pediatric Breakout: Discuss the diagnosis and management of pediatric delirium
  16. Pediatric Breakout: Discuss non-invasive ventilation in critically ill children in low and middle-income countries
  17. Pediatric Breakout: Review pediatric airway complications and provider management
  18. Pediatric Breakout: Understand the complications of CAR-T Cell therapy
  19. Pediatric Breakout: Review the advances of minimally invasive surgery in the pediatric oncology population

Registration

Live Virtual Registration Fees

  • General Registration Fee: $100 
  • Afternoon Breakout Session Add-on (optional): $75
  • Industry Rate*: $175

*Industry professionals may attend MSK CME activities for their own education. Marketing, sales, and promotion of products and services is strictly prohibited at MSK CME activities. For more information, please visit our Help page.

Discounts/Promotions

  • A registration discount is available for Nurse Practitioner Association (NPA) members to attend the 2021 Critical Care Symposium. If you are an active NPA member, contact [email protected] for details.
  • A registration discount is available for MSK Alumni, MSK Cancer Alliance, and Cancer Care Partners to attend a MSK CME course. If you are a member of one of these groups, contact [email protected] for details.
  • Registration is complimentary for all MSK employees; however, you must complete registration through the 'Register' tab above in order to attend this course. If you are registered for this course and are unable to attend, please notify [email protected].

Please note that after your payment has been processed, no further promotional discounts or adjustments will be made to your registration.

Online Registration Deadline 

Online registration is available on the MSK CME Portal until 7:00 AM on April 12, 2021. If you wish to register after this date, please email [email protected] and we will ensure your registration is processed as well as access instructions are emailed to you prior to the start of the course. 

Cancellation Policy

If you wish to cancel your participation in this course, you must email [email protected] at least seven (7) days prior to the start of the course, and your refund will be subject to a $25 administrative fee. Cancellations or no-shows within seven (7) days of the course are not eligible for a refund. Please note that if it has been more than 120 days since payment was processed, a W9 form must be submitted in order process your refund and your refund will be issued in the form of a check payment. Refunds are not subject to tax. You may substitute another registrant in your place at any time by contacting [email protected] with the appropriate information.

MSK CME reserves the right to cancel or postpone any course due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event we must cancel or postpone this course, you will be notified via email from MSK CME ([email protected]). A full refund will be issued for your registration. MSK CME is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees incurred by airline/travel/lodging agencies.


Accreditation

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ANCC CNE Statement

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center–Nursing Professional Development /Continuing Education is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
 
8.0 NCPD credits will be awarded to participants who attend the program in its entirety and complete a program evaluation. Partial credit not awarded.

AARC Contact Hours (respiratory therapy breakout only)

This course has been approved for 4.00 contact hour(s) Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063. Course # 184643000



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MSK Course Directors

Melissa Barzola, MSN, ACNP-BC, CCRN
Associate Director, Critical Care Center
Director of Advanced Practice Providers

Tara Buchholz, ACNP-BC
APP Manager, Intensive Care Unit

Leon Chen, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FCCP, FAANP
Clinical Program Manager, Research and Simulated Learning
APP, Critical Care Center 

Neil A. Halpern, MD, MCCM, FCCP, FACP
Director, Critical Care Center
Chief, Critical Care Medicine Service
Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy

Christine Marotta, PA-C
APP, Critical Care Center

 

MSK Planning Committee 

Leslie V. Clermont, BS, RRT
Education Coordinator
Respiratory Therapy

Elizabeth Gordon, MSN, CPNP-AC
APP, Critical Care Center, Pediatrics 

Cassie Martinez, MSN, CPNP-AC, CCRN
APP Manager, Pediatrics

Michelle Rausen, MS, RRT, RRT-NPS
Technical Director, Respiratory Therapy

 

Invited Course Faculty 

Umesh Joashi, MD
Attending Physician
Pediatric Critical Care
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Patrick Wilson, MD
Attending Physician
Pediatric Critical Care
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Vanessa Fabrizio, MD, MS
Pediatric Transplant and Cellular Therapy Fellow
Duke University


MSK Course Faculty 

Jade Almendrala, MBA, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS
Respiratory Therapist

Vittoria Arslan-Carlon, MD
Chief of Anesthesiology 

Dipti Gupta, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology 

Todd Heaton, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Surgery

Yasmin Khakoo, MD
Director, Child Neurology Program

Alina Markova, MD
Attending Physician, Dermatology

Peter Mead, MD
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases

Elena Mead, MD
Attending Physician, Critical Care

Lane Nguyen, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pediatric Critical Care

Benjamin Record, MD
Director, Pediatric Pain Management

Deborah Stein, ACNP-BC, CCRN
Advanced Practice Provider, Critical Care

Robin J. Szymkiewicz, BBA, BS, RRT
Respiratory Therapist

Kate Tayban, ACNP-BC, GNP-BC
APP Manager, Step Down Unit 

Chani Traube, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Critical Care

Joanna Yohannes-Tomicich, AGACNP-BC
APP Specialist, Critical Care 



Faculty Disclosures (All Faculty)



Member Information
Role in activity
Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)
Melissa Barzola, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN
MSK
Activity Co-Director, Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Tara Buchholz, ACNP-BC
MSK
Activity Co-Director, Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Leon Chen, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FCCP, FAANP, FCCM, FCCP, FAANP, FCCM
MSK
Activity Co-Director, Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Neil A Halpern, MD
MSK
Activity Co-Director, Faculty
Consulting Fee-Stock options-Airstrip |Stock Options -Pronia Medical |Advisor-IL Inc.
Christine Marotta, PA-C
MSK
Activity Co-Director, Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Jade Almendrala, MBA, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS
MSK
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Vittoria Arslan-Carlon, MD
MSK
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Vanessa Fabrizio, MD, MS
Children's Hospital Colorado
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Dipti Gupta, MD, MPH
MSK
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Todd E Heaton, MD
MSK
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Umesh Joashi, MBBS
NYP- Weill Cornell
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Yasmin Khakoo, MD, FAAN, FAAP
MSK
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Alina Markova , MD
MSK
Faculty
Consulting Fee-AstraZeneca|Contracted Research-Incyte
Elena Mead, MD
MSK
Usa
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Legend Biotech
Peter Mead, MD
MSK
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Long Nguyen, PharmD
MSK
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Benjamin Record, MD
MSK
Faculty
Deborah E Stein, NP
MSK
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Robin J Szymkiewicz, BS, RRT
MSK
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Yekaterina Tayban, ACNP-BC, GNP-BC, FCCP
MSK
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Chani Traube, MD
MSK
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Patrick Wilson, MD
NYP- Columbia University
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Joanna Yohannes-Tomicich, ACNP
MSK
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Vanessa Clermont, BS, RRT, BS, RRT
MSK
Faculty, Planner
Nothing to disclose
Elizabeth Gordon, NP
MSK
Faculty, Planner
Nothing to disclose
Cassie Martinez
MSK
Faculty, Planner
Nothing to disclose
Michelle Rausen, MS, RRT, RRT-NPS
MSK
Faculty, Planner
Nothing to disclose

Monday, April 12, 2021

SYLLABUS DISCLAIMER
8:15AM - 8:20AM

Please note the presentations from faculty that have given their consent will be available below:


Disclosures
8:20AM - 8:25AM
Empiric Antibiotic Management for Pneumonia
8:35AM - 9:05AM
Peter Mead, MD
A-line or No A-line
9:05AM - 9:40AM
Deborah E Stein, NP
Dermatologic Emergencies in the Critical Care Setting
9:40AM - 10:05AM
Alina Markova , MD
CXR Basics
10:05AM - 10:35AM
Yekaterina Tayban, ACNP-BC, GNP-BC, FCCP
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
10:35AM - 11:10AM
Yasmin Khakoo, MD, FAAN, FAAP
Cancer and Covid: Lessons Learned from the ICU
11:10AM - 11:40AM
Elena Mead, MD
Immunotherapy Associated Cardiotoxicity
11:40AM - 12:10PM
Dipti Gupta, MD, MPH
The Future of ICU Care Delivery and Design: Looking Into the Crystal Ball
12:10PM - 12:45PM
Neil A Halpern, MD


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