Agenda

Day 1 August 25, 2025 All times in Eastern Time
6:45-7:00	Registration
7:00-7:10	Welcome Sudhir Krishnan, MD
7:10-7:30	Pre-Test Sudhir Krishnan, MD
7:30-8:00	Back to Med School- Basic Cardiopulmonary Physiology Sudhir Krishnan, MD
8:00-8:20	What Next? Management of Refractory Respiratory Failure (Pre-ECMO) Abhijit Duggal, MD
8:20-8:50	ECMO Physiology Sudhir Krishnan, MD
8:50-9:20	ECMO Cannulation Hitoshi Hirose, MD
9:20-9:30	Break (10 mins)
9:30-9:55	Introduction to ECMO Circuit Jason Indorf, CCP
9:55-10:30	VV ECMO Balaram Anandamurthy, MD
10:30-10:50	What Next? Management of Refractory Cardiac Failure(Pre-ECMO) Andrew Higgins, MD
10:50-11:25	VA ECMO Brett Wakefield, MD
11:25-12:25	Lunch (1 hour)
12:25-12:55	Daily Patient Care Mani Latiffi, MD
12:55-2:55	Skill stations (30 mins each station) Sudhir Krishnan MD Group A Cardiohelp Group B Mechanical Ventilation and ECMO Group C Priming & De-Airing Group D Cannulation
2:55-3:05	Break (10 mins)
3:05-4:35	Skills Stations (30 mins each station) Sudhir Krishnan, MD Group E Centrimag Group F Liva Nova Group G Impella
4:35	Adjourn

Day 2 August 26, 2025 All times in Eastern Time
6:45-7:00	Registration
7:00-7:35	Emergencies James Yun, MD
7:35-8:10	ECMO CPR Charles Lane, MD
8:10-8:25	Simulation Pre-Brief Sudhir Krishnan, MD
8:25-8:35	Break (10 mins)
8:35-9:20	Sim Scenario 1 Group A
9:20-10:05	Sim Scenario 2 Group B
10:05-10:50	Sim Scenario 3 Group C
10:50-11:35	Sim Scenario 4 Group D
11:35-12:35	Lunch (1 hour)
12:35-1:20	Sim Scenario 5 Group E
1:20-2:05	Sim Scenario 6 Group F
2:05-2:50	Sim Scenario 7 Group G
2:50-3:00	Break (10 mins)
3:00-4:00	Round table with experts Sudhir Krishnan, MD
4:00	Adjourn

Day 3 August 27, 2025 All times in Eastern Time
6:45-7:00	Registration
7:00-7:35	Cardiac Transplant Cases Emanuel Finet, MD
7:35-8:10	Lung Transplant Cases Charles Lane, MD
8:10-8:45	Cardiac Post Op Cases Ahmed Adi, MD
8:45-9:20	Hybrid Cannulation Cases Michael Kot, MD
9:20-9:30	Break (10 mins)
9:30-10:05	Cardiac Post Cath Lab Cases Ran Lee, MD
10:05-10:40	Respiratory Cases (Part 1) Sudhir Krishnan, MD
10:40-11:15	Respiratory Cases (Part 2) Eduardo Mireles, MD
11:15-11:45	Management of Intercranial Catastrophes During ECMO Joao Gomes, MD
11:45-12:15	Hematology and the ECMO Patient Christy Samaras, MD
12:15-1:15	Lunch (1 hour)
1:15-1:35	Transport with the ECMO Patient Abigail Brown, DNP
1:35-1:55	Physiotherapy with the ECMO Patient Dean Jeris, DPT
1:55-2:25	Ethics Cases Jane Jankowski, DPS, MSW
2:25-2:35	Break (10 mins)
2:35-2:55	ECMO History Sudhir Krishnan, MD
2:55-3:55	Final Exam Sudhir Krishnan, MD
3:55-4:05	Certificate Presentation
4:05	Adjourn

ECMO Specialist Course