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Friday, June 7, 2019

8:30 am  Opening Remarks | Terry Crane / Deborah Adams

8:45    Perfusion and Professionalism | Steve Sutton

9:15    Perfusion Staffing ABCP Workforce | Ann Guercio

9:45    Teaching Perfusion – Perfusion Education | Jim Beavers

10:15   What’s new in Perfusion Practice  |  Joe Basha

10:45   Manpower, Education and Practice: Are we prepared for the future | Open Discussion: Ann Guercio, Jim Beavers, Joe Basha, and Steve Sutton

11:30     Lunch                                                                                     

Afternoon Session | Moderator: Sanjay Patel

Commemorating History Made in 1969 – 50th Anniversary of Cooley Implant First TAH
First Lunar Landing NASA

12:00  Perfusion Considerations during Lung Transplantation – EVLP  |  Gabriel Loor, MD

12:30    From the Beginning – History of Circulatory Assist Devices | Steve Igo

1:00     Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support |  Iki Adachi, MD

1:45  Surgical Capabilities for Exploration Space Flight | George Pantalos, PhD

2:30    Break

2:45     Pushing the Boundaries of Exploration for Innovation:  Our Parallel Journeys as Pioneers

Special Guest Colonel  Jack Lousma, Former NASA Astronaut

3:30     Commemorating Dr. Denton A. Cooley: The Untold Stories Behind the Moonshot

Colonel Jack Lousma is a former NASA astronaut and was the Pilot of the second manned crew on the Skylab space station in 1973, Commander STS-3 and the third Space Shuttle mission in 1982. Famously, he was also the CAPCOM recipient of the “Houston, we’ve had a problem” message from Apollo 13.

Keynote Speaker O.H. Bud Frazier, MD

4:15    Panel–Pioneers Unplugged: The Stories, Behind Space and Medicine Exploration into the Unknown 

Panel: Dr. Frazier, Dr. Cohn, Astronaut Col. Lousma

Moderator: Mary Cohn

5:00     Reception

Saturday, June 8th, 2019

8:00 am    Registration, Breakfast / Meet & Greet

Case Presentations |  THI School of Perfusion Technology June 2018 Graduates

8:30   William Cohn’s Sandwich Technique : A Case Study  |  Bryce Baase

8:45   Transapical Mitral Valve Insertion | Enoch Ching

9:00   Neurological considerations during CPB | Peter Craffey

9:15    Your ACT is What? A Case Study| Liliana Maya

9:30   15 Minute  Break

9:45    Left Atrial Mitral Thrombectomy Removal | Skye Williams

10:00  Perfusion Techniques: Case Study | Andy Pauley

10:15   History of Cardiopulmonary Bypass | Jonathan Payne

10:30   Practice-Based Learning Using a Perfusion Simulation 3D Model| Branden Messara

10:45   15 Minutes Break

11:00    Breakout Session with Vendors 

12:00   Lunch                                                                                

Afternoon Session
Perfusion Practices – ECMO and Pediatrics

MCS and Perfusion Technology | Moderator: Kathy Kibler

1:00      ECMO – Cannulation Considerations | Joe Basha

1:30     Measuring Clots in ECMO Circuits  | Roger DeLong

2:00      A Perfusionist Abroad: Pumping in Conflict Zones | Brian Forsberg

2:30     Practices for the Congenital Heart Patient | Edvin Tahay

3:00     Maintaining an Optimal Fluid Balance during CBP on Congenital Heart Patients| Mary Claire McGarry

3:30      15 Minute Break

3:45       Crisis Resource Management and Emergency Preparedness | Special Session Open Forum Discussion

Causes of perfusion accidents, device failures and catastrophic events

Moderators:  Steve Raskin, Mike Gallagher, Steve Sutton Michael Skadden, Esq.

4:45       Closing Remarks |  Terry Crane

Location

The symposium is held in the Texas Heart Institute – The Denton A. Cooley Building located within the Texas Medical Center at 6770 Bertner Avenue, Houston, Texas 77030.

Entrance to the Denton A. Cooley Building is only through the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Bates Street lobby (6720 Bertner Ave.).

The meetings will be held in the The Denton A. Cooley auditorium located on the lower level of the Cooley Building which is accessible by the Green Elevators.

Lodging

There are several hotels in the Texas Medical Center within walking distance or short taxi.

Marriott Medical Center
6580 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-796-0080

Hilton Houston Plaza
6633 Travis Street
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-313-4000

Wyndham Hotel & Suites
Houston Medical Center
6800 S. Main Street
Houston TX 77030
Phone: 713-528-7744

Hotel ZAZA
5701 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005
Phone: 713-526-1991

Ground Transportation 

Taxi service to the Texas Medical Center (TMC) hotels from Hobby Airport averages $35 one way. Taxi service from Bush Intercontinental Airportaverages $50 one way. Uber & Lyft provide service in Houston. The drive to the TMC is approximately 30 minutes from Hobby Airport and approximately 45 minutes from Bush Intercontinental Airport. Rental car services are also available at both airports.

Parking

Parking for the event is available in Garage 2 located off Holcombe and Bertner for a fee of $13. You may also valet for $14 at the front of Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center located at 6720 Bertner Avenue.

For more information on parking and directions for the Texas Medical Center visit www.tmc.edu.

Please mail or email the registration form below to David Zamora. For questions, please call David at (832) 355-4026.

Texas Heart Institute School of Perfusion
Attention: David Zamora
PO BOX 20345, MC 1-224
Houston TX 77225

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