Abstract
The Seventh International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion will be held at the Hall of Flags at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA, USA, May 5–7, 2011. Chitra Ravishankar, MD, will be the scientific chair of the conference. The scientific co-chairs of the pediatric event will be Larry D. Baer, CCP, Joseph Brian Clark, MD, William J. Gaynor, MD, John L. Myers, MD, Akif Undar, PhD, and Gil Wernowsky, MD. This year’s meeting will commence with registration on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Formal presentations including a Key Note Lecture, Invited Lectures, and slide and poster presentations will begin on Thursday morning, May 5, 2011, and continue through Saturday evening, May 7, 2011. This year, conference participants will have the distinct pleasure of hearing Dr. Leonard L. Bailey, Surgeon-inChief, Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, deliver the Key Note Lecture. Platform presentations will take place in 2-h blocks during the morning and afternoon sessions on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Additional slide and poster presentations will be chosen from submitted abstracts. Plenary sessions will be held throughout the conference focusing on key topics, including Pediatric VAD support: Unique features and outcomes (led by Co-Chairs Nancy Ghanayem, MD and Chitra Ravishankar, MD), Anticoagulation: Challenges in neonates and children (led by Co-Chairs David R. Jobes, MD and Leslie Raffini, MD), E-CPR (led by Vinay M. Nadkarni, MD), Challenges at the bedside with ECMO and VAD (led by Sarah Tabbutt, MD, PhD and James T. Connelly, MD), Outcomes of pediatric cardiac surgery (led by John L. Myers, MD), Pediatric perfusion (led by Talya Frey, CCP and Larry Baer, CCP), and Bioengineering approaches in pediatric cardiovascular medicine (led by Akif Undar, PhD). Two additional special sessions on Friday afternoon at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will be added to this year’s program:
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