2025 Critical Care Oncology Symposium — On Demand

For more than a decade, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has offered this annual course, delivering a comprehensive overview of essential topics at the intersection of critical care and oncology. The program is designed for all healthcare professionals involved in critical care, including physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and respiratory therapists.

Now available on demand, the symposium—recorded on September 30, 2025—features expert-led didactic lectures covering a wide range of clinically relevant topics presented by distinguished MSK faculty and invited guest speakers, including:

• Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection — Peter Mead, MD

• Evolution of Surgical Strategies and Critical Care Outcomes — Michael LaQuaglia, MD & Bruce Greenwald, MD

• Managing Massive Hemoptysis — Leslie Kao, MD

• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Oncology Care — Megan C. Toal, MD

• Interventional Procedures in the Management of Stroke — Kaitlyn Twomey, MPAS, PA-C (NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medicine)

• Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV) for Peri-Intubation Preoxygenation — Susan Stempek, MBA, MMSc, PA-C (Beth Israel Lahey Health)

• Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) Surgery — Mark Souweidane, MD

• Family Presence in the ICU During Emergencies — Sanjay Chawla, MD

We are also pleased to offer the Pediatric Critical Care Breakout Session on demand—a dedicated session from the live symposium that provides deeper insights into the unique needs and considerations of pediatric critical care.

1. Summarize importance noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) for peri-intubation preoxygenation in hypoxic patients
2. Describe the diagnostic criteria and management strategies for ventriculo-arterial coupling
3. Describe the benefits and challenges of family presence during emergency care
4. Describe the diagnostic criteria and management strategies for bradycardic syndromes
5. Describe the diagnostic criteria and management strategies for manage massive hemoptysis
6. Identify current guidelines for the management of necrotizing soft tissue fasciitis
7. Summarize interventional radiology (IR) techniques used in the management of acute stroke

Access to the course content requires registration. Once registered, all materials, including instructions for claiming credit, are located under the 'Course Content' tab. For those that purchase this on demand, access to the content and the opportunity to claim credit will be available through June 30, 2026. To enroll, please click the 'Register' tab at the top of the page.

On Demand Access Fees

• Physicians (MDs, PhDs, DOs), Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Other Healthcare Providers: $250

• Students: $150

• MSK Employees: Complimentary

Discounted registration is available for specific groups, including complimentary registration for health professional students and registrants who reside in low and lower-middle income countries. If eligible, you will receive further instructions and a promotion code to use during registration. View our Policy on Registration Discounts for more information.

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

This Memorial Sloan Kettering Continuing Medical Education on demand program is non-refundable. For details please review our Cancellation Policy.

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 enduring material for a maximum of 4.25 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 4.25 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Recorded/Review Date: September 30, 2025 | Original Release Date: October 26, 2025 | Termination Date: June 30, 2026

MSK Symposium Directors 

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

Tara Buchholz, ACNP-BC
Associate Director, Critical Care Center

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

Nicole Kuhnly, ACNPC-AG
Lead APP, Critical Care Center

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

Christine Marotta, PA-C
APP, Critical Care Center

MSK Symposium Planning Committee 

Nicole Barkan, CPNP-AC
APP, Pediatric Critical Care

Michael Crouch, MS
Biomedical Engineer II
Department of Medical Physics

Alanna Lynch, PA-C
APP, Pediatric Critical Care

Karen Marriott, AGACNP-BC
APP, Critical Care Center

Megan C. Toal, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric ICU 
Department of Pediatrics 
MSK Kids

Andrew Zhu, PA-C
APP, Critical Care Center

Invited Symposium Faculty 

Susan Stempek, MBA, MMSc, PA-C
Beth Israel Lahey
Cambridge, MA

Kaitlyn Twomey, MPAS, PA-C
NewYork-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY 

MSK Symposium Faculty

Sanjay Chawla, MD
Bruce Greenwald, MD
Michael LaQuaglia, MD
Peter Mead, MD
Michael Ortiz, MD
Megan C. Toal, MD
Mark Souweidane, MD

View relevant financial relationships here.

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.