2024 Critical Care Oncology Symposium

Monday, April 15, 2024, 8:00 AM - Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 3:30 PM, Zuckerman Research Center, 417 East 68th Street, New York, NY

This annual symposium, tailored for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, respiratory therapists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals, provides a general overview of various critical care topics. This symposium is set to be an exclusively in-person event at Memorial Sloan Kettering's Zuckerman Research Center. 

DAY 1 — Didactic Session

The first day features a series of didactic lectures encompassing a broad spectrum of critical care and oncology topics, including updated guidelines.

DAY 2 — Critical Care Simulation and Procedural Skills Workshop

The second day of the symposium will incorporate both hands-on and didactic POCUS training for the critical care provider and a first-time-ever, hands-on simulation workshop with various critical care simulation experiences.

The ultrasound workshop is aimed at helping providers gain a foundational understanding of point-of-care ultrasound and the basic skills to acquire and interpret ultrasound images. This workshop will have portions of didactic, guided image interpretations, and supervised hands-on image acquisition on live models. The second portion of this hands-on day will be conducted in our simulation room and include various critical care scenarios for Advanced Practice Providers.

Please note that the workshops on day 2 are optional and additional fees apply. Given the limited capacity in the workshops, we recommend early registration to secure your spot. MSK employees interested in participating in the day 2 workshops are encouraged to enroll in the waitlist Notification of available space will be communicated closer to the symposium date.

Attendees of this program will receive access to an online syllabus after the symposium concludes. This syllabus will include select PDFs only of the speaker presentations (slides) for the lectures.

1. Didactic Session — Summarize importance of POCUS in the perioperative patients
2. Didactic Session — Describe diagnosis and management of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
3. Didactic Session — Identify common ethical dilemmas when caring for the critically ill patient
4. Didactic Session — Describe resuscitation in oncology patients and various considerations
5. Didactic Session — Management of acute GIB in critically ill patients
6. Didactic Session — List the new guidelines for steroids usage in sepsis, ARDS, and CAP
7. Didactic Session — Summarize IR interventions for massive PE
8. Ultrasound Breakout — Summarize the indications of point of care ultrasonography
9. Ultrasound Breakout — Discuss basic principles of vascular, thoracic, and cardiac ultrasonography
10. Ultrasound Breakout — Practice basic hands-on ultrasound image acquisition skills
11. Ultrasound Breakout — Recognize gross ultrasonograpic abnormalities of common pathologies
12. Simulation Experience — Identify tachyarrhythmias and appropriate management
13. Simulation Experience — Manage anaphylaxis and difficult airway
14. Simulation Experience — Identify and manage various shock

Program registration includes continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshment breaks. Please contact [email protected] at least one week prior to the symposium if you have any special dietary requests or require any specific accommodations.

DAY 1 — Didactic Session Fees

• Physicians (MDs, PhDs, and DOs), Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Other Healthcare Providers: $350
• Students: $250
• Employees of Pharma and Medical Devices*: $615
• MSK Employees: Complimentary

DAY 2 — Critical Care Simulation and Procedural Skills Workshops (Optional)

• Workshop Add-on Fee: $600
• MSK Employees: Waitlist Only

*Employees who are currently employed by a Pharmaceutical and Medical Device 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.

MSK Alumni and MSK Cancer Alliance Members: A discounted registration rate is offered to MSK Alumni and MSK Cancer Alliance members for all MSK CME programs. If you belong to either of these groups, please?submit your request here to receive a promotion code to be applied at registration. Please note that after your payment has been processed, no further promotional discounts or adjustments will be made to your registration.

MSK Employees: MSK employees can register for any CME program on a complimentary basis. Employees need to log in to the MSK CME Portal using their SS0 login credentials and register for the desired program. We kindly request that those who register also plan to attend. If you are registered for this program and unable to attend, please notify us by emailing [email protected]. MSK employees interested in participating in the Day 2 workshops are encouraged to enroll in the waitlist. Notification of available space will be communicated closer to the symposium date.

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.

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 14.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Recognition Statement

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 14.75 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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.

7.50 contact hours will be awarded to participants who attend the program in its entirety and complete a program evaluation. Partial credit not awarded.

*Please note that nursing credit is only available for day one of this program.

Hotel Accommodations

We look forward to welcoming you to Memorial Sloan Kettering for this program. If you’ll be traveling to New York City from out of town, we recommend that you plan your overnight stays as soon as possible. To make the planning a little easier, Memorial Sloan Kettering has negotiated special rates and amenities at select hotels in Manhattan. To view the list of select hotels and additional details on each, please visit: msk.org/accommodations

Parking Information

Street parking in Manhattan is extremely limited, so you may find it more convenient to park in Memorial Sloan Kettering’s garage or in a commercial garage. For a list of parking resources around MSK, click here. Please note that MSK CME does not offer parking validation for course attendees.

MSK Symposium Directors 

Melissa Barzola, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN
Associate Director, Critical Care Center

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

Leon Chen, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FCCP, FAANP, FCCM
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

Ann Landrove, AGACNP-BC, CCRN
APP, Critical Care Center

Christine Marotta, PA-C
APP, Critical Care Center

 

MSK Symposium Planning Committee 

Michael Crouch, MS
Biomedical Engineer II
Department of Medical Physics

Saira Imran, MBBS
Assistant Attending, Critical Care Medicine

Karen Marriott, AGACNP-BC
APP, Critical Care Center

Katherine Silvey-Lee, DNP, AGAC-NP, BSN
APP, Critical Care Center

 

Invited Symposium Faculty 

Padmastuti Akella, MD
Intensivist
University of South Florida Health

Brandon Oto, PA-C, FCCM
Physician Assistant, Medical ICU
Bridgeport Hospital
Clinical Instructor
Yale School of Medicine

Matthew Siuba, DO
Critical Care Physician
Associate Program Director, CCM Fellowship 
Cleveland Clinic

 

MSK Symposium Faculty 

Gabriela Bambrick-Santoyo, MD
Attending, Hospital Medicine

Yolanda Bryce, MD
Attending, Interventional Radiology

Sanjay Chawla, MD, FCCP, FACP, FCCM, ATSF
Attending, Critical Care Medicine

Nicole Kuhnly, ACNPC-AG
APP, Critical Care Center 

Peter Mead, MD
Attending, Infectious Disease

Eunhye Newman, ACNP-BC
APP, Koch PACU

Stephen Pastores, MD, MACP, FCCP, MCCM
Attending, Critical Care Medicine
Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship 

Dylana Smith, AGPCNP-BC, HNP
APP, Cardiology Service

Robin Szymkiewicz, BBA, BS, RRT
Education Coordinator, Respiratory Therapy

Caitlin Treacy, AGACNP-BC
APP, Mobile IR

Andrew Zhu, PA-C
APP, Critical Care Center

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies (commercial interests). All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Memorial Sloan Kettering gratefully acknowledges the following organization for providing in-kind equipment donation for this live activity:
Mindray North America

Memorial Sloan Kettering is pleased to announce that the following company will be exhibiting during this symposium: 
Medtronic