PCICS Podcast

Please join us for this touching conversation around the power, healing and versatility of narrative medicine with special guests: Kristina McGuire, a CHD parent, nurse, and digital storytelling facilitator who has a story about the moment she realized she needed to be a parent not her son's nurse; Dr. Daisy Dulay, a cardiologist who created a digital story about recovery from burnout and Kristy Wolfe, a CHD parent, Digital Storyteller, Photographer and Speaker & Facilitator. Co-hosts: Drs. Chris Knoll (Phoenix Childrens) and Ninja Vijayakumar (Children’s Mercy). Host/Editor/Producer: Dr. Saidie Rodriguez (Emory/CHOA),

Join a discussion on post-arrest care with experts Dr. Alexis Topjian and Dr. Monique Gardner. Topics include brain protection strategies, EEG monitoring, therapeutic hypothermia, managing myocardial dysfunction, optimizing blood pressure goals, and collaboration for high-quality care.

What can we learn from the automotive industry about quality improvement? What are some similarities and differences between how healthcare approaches process science as compared to business and industry? We aim to answer these and other questions from a former quality engineer at Honda Motors Inc.. who now works in healthcare. Join us for an enriching discussion with guest Charlie Kimple, B.S. (Quality Strategist, The Center for Clinical Excellence, Nationwide Children’s Hospital). Hosts: Rambod Amirnovin, MD (Elevance Health; Miller Children's Hospital); Jennifer Gauntt, MD (Nationwide Children's / Ohio State University SOM) Editor: R. Amirnovin, MD Producer: Lillian Su, MD (Phoenix Children's Hospital)

Winner Best Abstract Neonatal ICU/ECMO from the 8th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery "Dosing and Outcomes of Ketorolac Administration in Neonates Following Congenital Heart Surgery" Guests: Amy Kiskaddon, Pharm D, MBA, BCPPS and Arabela Stock, MD (Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital) Host/editor/Producer: Deanna Todd Tzanetos, MD, MSCI (Norton Children's Hospital/University of Louisville SOM)

Have you ever wondered how to advocate for yourself in your career development? Join us for an enriching discussion with guests: Roxanne Kirsch, MD (The Hospital for Sick Children/Univ of Toronto) and Mary McBride, MD (Lurie Children's Hospital/Northwestern Univ SOM). Co-Host: Host Lillian Su, MD (Phoenix Children’s Hosp/Univ of Arizona College of Medicine). Host/Editor/Producer: Saidie Rodriguez, MD (Children’s Healthcare of Atl/Emory Univ SOM). This recording follows the Early Career Faculty and Trainee pre-conference session from the 8th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.

Join us for part 3 of a 3-part series on extracorporeal life support (ECMO). Part 3 will cover an overview of ECMO complications, decannulation and outcomes. This episode is directed to those who have some exposure to ECMO but not extensive experience. Special guests at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford include: Kate Ryan, MD; Director of Cardiac ECMO; Associate Medical Director of CVICU; Allen Shiu, MSN-Ed, RN, CCRN-P. ECMO Specialist, Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Educator, CVICU Educator; and Ozzie Jahadi, CCP Pediatric Perfusionist; ECMO Program Coordinator and Educator. Host/Editor: Elizabeth Price, PA and Allen Shiu, MSN-Ed, RN, CCRN-P (Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital/Stanford). Producer: Saidie Rodriguez, MD (CHOA/Emory). Supplemental materials are available to members only, free of charge. Please see episode 56 for part one and episode 60 for part two. Registration is required to access the materials. Diagrams can be accessed by PCICS members in our LMS Supplemental materials. https://pediatriccardiacintensivecaresociety.growthzoneapp.com/ap/Events/Register/xP2YQjvp?mode=Attendee

When and why do we deviate from the septic shock algorithm? Why do cardiologists and neonatologists have various practices regarding vasoactives? What are the limits in monitoring and targeting endpoints in managing shock in neonates? Join us to for an enriching discussion with guests Denise Suttner, MD (Rady Children’s/ UC San Diego), Amir Ashrafi, MD (Children’s Hosp Orange County/UC Irvine) and Nim Goldshtrom, MD, MS (Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital/Columbia Univ Medical Ct). Host/Editor/Producer: Saidie Rodriguez, MD (CHOA/Emory). The recording of the session from the 8th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery that we discuss in this episode can be found here.

Join a panel of bioethicist intensivists as they discuss ethical dilemmas in pediatric cardiac critical care, including issues of health equity, shared decision-making, moral distress, and resource allocation. They emphasize the importance of transparent communication, involving families in decision-making, and navigating difficult conversations to ensure the best care for pediatric patients.

Join experts from 4 different institutions (Kiona Allen MD of Lurie Children's, Alex Floh MD of Sick Kids, Sushma Reddy MD of Lucile Packard Hospital and Lisa Grimaldi MD of Phoenix Children's) as they discuss their management of common but challenging cases in the CVICU such as feeding a pre-op truncus and fever in an infant on prostaglandin. Hosts: Deanna Tzanetos MD (Norton Children's) and Lillian Su MD (Phoenix Children's). Editor/Producer: Lillian Su MD

Join Host Sarah Tabbutt, MD,PhD (UCSF) as she and Lisa's friends and colleagues from Boston Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital remember the life and legacy of Lisa Kohr. Editor/Producer: Deanna Todd Tzanetos, MD, MSCI (Norton Children's Hospital/U of Louisville).