Outcomes of the Seventh International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion and Second Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Support

Abstract

The Sixth International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion was held at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA, May 6–8, 2010 (1). The scientific cochairs of the pediatric event were Elizabeth D. Blume, MD, Boston, MA, USA; Pedro del Nido, MD, Boston, MA, USA; Giovanni Battista Luciani, MD, Verona, Italy; John L. Myers, MD, Hershey, PA, USA; Ulrich Steinseifer, PhD, Aachen, Germany; and Akif Undar, PhD, Hershey, PA, USA. Elizabeth D. Blume, MD, Medical Director, Heart Failure/Transplant Program of the Children’s Hospital Boston, was the local conference chair. Over 275 participants from 20 countries have enjoyed over 100 presentations, including invited lectures, slides, and posters presented at the Sixth Event. The conference Website has all the details including all past conference proceedings with presented abstracts as well as more information about the future events (http://www.hmc.psu.edu/childrens/pedscpb). Social and scientific evaluations of the conference were also outstanding for each category.