
PCICS Podcast
We discuss various topics in pediatric cardiac intensive care, cardiology, cardiac surgery, and anesthesia. Episodes include challenging cases, new science, journal clubs, humanity topics, current events, education, and novel ICU therapies with guests from pediatric cardiac ICUs across the world and other leaders in the field. The PCICS Podcast is the official podcast of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society and is the longest-running podcast for pediatric cardiology and pediatric cardiac critical care. Executive Producers: David Werho, Saidie Rodriguez, Deanna Tzanetos.
Latest episodes

Apr 17, 2025 • 37min
PCICS Podcast Episode 129: Development of a Scoring Tool and Treatment Algorithm for Necrotizing Enterocolitis in CHD Patients
Join guests Jamie Furlong-Dillard, DO (Norton Children's Hospital/University of Louisville) and Jessica Storch, APRN-AC (Norton Children's Hospital/University of Louisville) as they discuss the development of a novel quality improvement approach to the treatment and diagnosis of NEC in the congenital heart disease population.
Hosts: Saidie Rodriguez, MD (CHOA) and Chris Knoll, MD (Phoenix Children's). Editor/Producer: Deanna Todd Tzanetos, MD, MSCI (Norton Children's Hospital/University of Louisville)

Apr 1, 2025 • 1h 6min
PCICS Podcast Episode 128: Lost in Translation? The Art of Interpretation in Healthcare
Ever wonder what the difference between interpretation and translation is? Ever wonder if there are best practices for using a language interpretation service? Join our special guest Andrea Henry, CHI™ (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta), a practicing interpreter and researcher with over 25 years of experience in healthcare.
Host: Maryam Naim, MD, M.S.C.E. (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/U Penn). Co-Host/Editor/Producer: Saidie Rodriguez, MD (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory).

Mar 16, 2025 • 53min
PCICS Podcast Episode 127: Leading From The Middle
Join our host Saidie Rodriguez (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta) as she discusses the topic of Leadership with our panel of guests - Genevieve M. Frey MSN, RN, CPN (Associate Vice President, Heart Center Transformation, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago), Justin Elhoff, MD (Medical Director, Cardiac ICU, Sunrise Children's Hospital), Kshitij Mistry MD, MMSc (Director, Heart Center Quality Outcomes, Boston Children's Hospital), and Erin M. Dugan, NP (Director, Advanced Practive, Levine Children's Hospital). The panelists share key insights from their PCICS 2024 presentations on Leadership and explore how professionals at all levels, regardless of position or experience, can adopt and cultivate a leadership mindset to drive their professional goals. Join us for this engaging conversation and take away practical tools to advance your own leadership journey.
Host: Saidie Rodriguez, MD (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta)
Editor & Producer: Christopher Knoll, MD (Phoenix Children's Hospital)

Mar 2, 2025 • 38min
PCICS Podcast Episode 126: Top QI Abstracts from the PCICS 2024 Annual Conference
Join us as we discuss the top quality improvement abstracts from the PCICS 2024 Annual Conference with guests Andy Shin, MD (Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital / Stanford University), Melissa Winder, CPNP-AC (Primary Children’s Hospital / University of Utah), and Kimberly DiMaria DNP, CPNP-AC (C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital / University of Michigan). We cover topics from decreasing mortality rates using a rapid, real-time review process; a multi-centered quality initiative addressing postoperative chylothorax, and improvements in feeding and sedation outcomes through the use of nasotracheal intubation. These abstracts exemplify some of the best quality improvement work presented this year.
Hosts: Rambod Amirnovin, MD (Elevance Health; Miller Children's Hospital); Jennifer Gauntt, MD (Nationwide Children's / Ohio State University SOM)
Editor: Rambod Amirnovin, MD (Elevance Health; Miller Children's Hospital)
Producer: Deanna Tzanetos, MD (University of Louisville/Norton Children's Hospital)

Feb 13, 2025 • 54min
PCICS Podcast Episode 125: Feedback - Why is it so difficult to give and receive?
Join hosts Saidie Rodriguez, MD (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta) and Lillian Su, MD (Phoenix Children's Hospital) as they interview Ndidi Musa, MD (Univ of Washington), Mary McBride MD (Northwestern University) and Catherine Allan MD (Cleveland Clinic) on the challenges of feedback. They provide tips and a framework that was originally presented at the 2024 annual meeting. This serves as a follow up to a podcast from 3 years ago, Episode 68, which has >2,800 listens!
Editor/Producer:Lillian Su, MD

Jan 28, 2025 • 57min
PCICS Podcast Episode 124: What Science Tells Us about High Performing Teams
Ready to take a deep dive into what science says about high performing teams and what makes them perform so well when faced with unexpected events? Join host Lillian Su, MD (Phoenix Children's) interview 2 team researchers, Mara Waller PhD (Colorado State University, York University) and Seth Kaplan PhD (George Mason University) whose work has been featured in Harvard Business Review and the Wall Street Journal. They discuss their recently published book, Crisis Ready Teams- Data driven lessons from aviation, nuclear power, emergency medicine and mine rescue.
Producer/Editor: Lillian Su, MD
Sponsor: CHOP

Jan 16, 2025 • 28min
PCICS Podcast Episode 123: Top QI Abstracts 2024: Part 1 of 2
PCICS Podcast Episode 123: Top QI Abstracts 2024: Part 1 of 2 by The Podcast for Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Jan 6, 2025 • 31min
PCICS Podcast Episode 122: Abdominal Compressions as an Alternate to Traditional CPR
Join us for this episode where host Dr. Deanna Tzanetos (Norton Children's Hospital/U of Lousville) and guest Dr. Rick Fernandez (Nationwide Children's Hospital) discuss the findings of his abstract "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Employing Only Abdominal Compressions in Infants after Cardiac Surgery" presented at the annual meeting in San Diego this past December. Dr. Fernandez shares his institutional experience with this novel approach to abdominal compressions during resuscitation of high-risk infants and how this modified CPR might serve as a unique alternative to traditional chest compressions.
Host: Deanna Todd Tzanetos, MD, MSCI (Norton Children's Hospital/U of Louisville)
Editor/Producer: Christopher Knoll, MD (Phoenix Children's)

Dec 15, 2024 • 49min
PCICS Podcast Episode 121: Design Thinking- A Different Way to Approach Problems in the CVICU
Confused about what "design thinking" means? Join host Dr. Saidie Rodriguez (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta) as she interviews Dr. Seth Gray (Sick Kids, Toronto), Dr. Charles Lawson (Royal Children's, Melbourne), Dr. Rochus Hinkel (U of Melbourne) and Dr. Lillian Su (Phoenix Children's) on their design thinking session at the 2024 PCICS Annual Conference in November. They discuss what design thinking is, and how it can apply to designing care for our patients and our teams in the CVICU.
Producer and Editor: Lillian Su (PCH)
Sponsor: Lurie Children's Hospital. Includes a special announcement of our new executive producer!

Dec 2, 2024 • 53min
PCICS Podcast Episode 120: NewsTalk - The 2024 PCICS Meeting Recap
Join David Werho (Rady Children's Hospital), Lillian Su (Phoenix Children's Hospital), Saidie Rodriguez (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta), Jill Zender (Children's Health, Dallas), Kim DiMaria (C.S. Mott Children's Hospital), and Carly Scahill (Children's Hospital Colorado) as they recap the events of the 2024 PCICS Meeting in San Diego, CA.
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