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The 6th Annual NYU Langone Critical Care Cardiology Symposium

Thursday-Saturday, October 22-24, 2026

AGENDA

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Pre-conference workshops require advance registration.

9:00 AM EDT

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: Podium Ready: Become a High Impact Speaker in Critical Care Cardiology

4:00 PM EDT

Adjourn

1:00 PM EDT

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: Standardized Education for Ventilatory Assistance (SEVA)-Cardio

5:00 PM EDT

Adjourn

Friday, October 23, 2026

7:15 AM EDT

Registration and Breakfast

7:45 AM EDT

Course Director Welcome

Carlos L. Alviar, MD, Ann Gage, MD, MS, James Horowitz, MD

Session 1: VT Storm

8:00 AM EDT

VT Storm: Case Presentation

Michael S. Miller, MD, MPH, MSC

8:04 AM EDT

Calm Under Fire: First Steps in Evaluation and Management of VT Storm

Willard N. Applefeld, MD

8:17 AM EDT

VT Case Presentation Continues

Michael S. Miller, MD, MPH, MSC

8:19 AM EDT

Beyond Amiodarone and Lidocaine: Alternate Antiarrhythmics and Other Therapy

Courtney Bennett, DO

8:32 AM EDT

Quieting the Storm: Autonomic Modulation in the CCU

Mourad Senussi, MD, MS

8:45 AM EDT

The Hemodynamic Bridge: Mechanical Support in Electrical Storm

Ani Nalbandian, MD, MS

8:58 AM EDT

VT Storm Case Continues

Michael S. Miller, MD, MPH, MSC

9:00 AM EDT

Panel Question and Answer Session

Moderators: Leonid Garber, MD and Jason N. Katz, MD, MHS

Panelists: Willard N. Applefeld, MD, Courtney Bennett, DO, Ani Nalbandian, MD, MS, Balim Senman, MD, Mourad Senussi, MD, MS

9:15 AM EDT

Coffee Break

Session 2: ECMO Part 1: From Core Concepts to Bedside Application

10:00 AM EDT

VA-ECMO 101: Device Fundamentals

Andrea Elliott, MD

10:14 AM EDT

VA-ECMO 102: Fundamentals 2

Zachary J. Il'Giovine, MD

10:28 AM EDT

A Case Series: When All Roads Lead to ECMO

Moderator: Erik Osborn, MD

Panelists: Kevin Buda, DO, Amanda Garfinkel, MD, Daniel Markisello, MD

10:52 AM EDT

Mechanical Ventilation in VA-ECMO: A Practical Approach

Carlos L. Alviar, MD

11:04 AM EDT

Panel Question and Answer Session

Moderators: Carlos L. Alviar, MD and Andrea Elliott, MD

Panelists: Zachary J. Il'Giovine, MD, Erik Osborn, MD

Lunch Break

Pre-Registration Required

11:15 AM EDT

APP Mentorship Session: NYU Langone CCC Symposium and Society of Critical Care Cardiology (SoCCC)*

Cate Enstrom, DNP, Ashley Franko, PA-C, Tanjit Kaur, PA, Jessica Landau, PA-C, Kyle Liban, PA-C, Alenny D. Mercado, MS, AGACNP-BC, Michael Querijero, PA, Hannah D. Schimmer, NP, Melissa Tan-Prasad, PA-C, Andrew Warner, MS, PA-C

11:15 AM EDT

Fellows in Training (FIT) Mentoring Session: NYU Langone CCC Symposium, Society of Critical Care Cardiology (SoCCC) and CCC Enthusiasts*

Jason Bartos, MD, PhD, Courtney Bennett, DO, Adam N. Berman, MD, MPH, James Ciancarelli, DO, Andrea Elliott, MD, Ann Gage, MD, MS, Amanda Garfinkel, MD, Sarah Gorgis, MD, Barinder S. Hansra, MD, Benjamin Kenigsberg, MD, Laura Methvin, MD, Thomas S. Metkus, MD, PhD, Elliott Miller, MD, MHS, Srini V. Mukundan, MD, Ani Nalbandian, MD, MS, Alex Papolos, MD, Robert Roswell, MD, Israel A. Safiriyu, Balim Senman, MD, Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc, Michael A. Solomon, MD, MBA, Ambika Tejpal, MD, Emily K. Zern, MD, Sean van Diepen, MD, MSc

Session 3: Patient Survivor Story

12:30 PM EDT

Introduction

Nader Moazami, MD

12:33 PM EDT

A Change of Heart: The Journey from Transplant Surgeon to Transplant Patient

Robert Montgomery, MD, PhD

Session 4: Guardians of the Graft: Preparing the Patient and Protecting the Donor Heart in the CICU

1:00 PM EDT

Heart Transplant Success Starts Here: Pre-op Decisions that Shape Outcomes

Adriana Luk, MD, Msc

1:15 PM EDT

Beyond the OR: Early Post‑Op Instability and Threats to Performance of the Transplanted Heart

Aniket Rali, MD

1:30 PM EDT

Silent Saboteurs: Rejection and Vasculopathy in the Modern Transplant Era

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc

1:45 PM EDT

Navigating Therapeutic Immunosuppression in a World Full of Pathogens

Tania Ahuja, PharmD, Athena Matsikas, PharmD

2:00 PM EDT

Panel Question and Answer Session

Moderators: Ran Lee, MD and Adriana Luk, MD, Msc

Panelists: Tania Ahuja, PharmD, Athena Matsikas, PharmD, Nader Moazami, MD, Aniket Rali, MD, Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc

2:15 PM EDT

Coffee Break

Breakout Session #1 (Select One)

2:45 PM EDT

ECMO+: At Flow's Edge

Panelists: Anthony Andriotis, MD, Nelish Ardeshna, MD, Benjamin A. Bier, MD, Jess Boyle, BS, NRP, FP-C, CCP-C, Austin V. Cheng, MD, James Ciancarelli, DO, Karsten W. Drus, BSN-RN, Dean M. Marella, MD, Erik Osborn, MD, Raymond A. Pashun, MD, Deepak R. Pradhan, MD, Christopher Root, MD, Jonathan St. George, MD, Sonia Vera, BSN, RN

2:45 PM EDT

Expanding the Landscape of CCC Registries: How to Foster a Global Collaborative Network

Moderators: David A. Morrow, MD, MPH and Guido Tavazzi, MD

Panelists: Filippo Annoni, MD, PhD, Diego Araiza-Garaygordobil, MD, MSc, Jan Belohlavek, MD, Erin Bohula May, MD, DPhil, Yew Woon Chia, FACC, EDIC, Antônio A. Fagundes Jr., MD, Alexandre Mebazaa, MD, PhD, Paola Morejón Barragán, MD, Marin Pavlov, MD, PhD, Alessandro Sionis, MD, Agnieszka M. Tycinska, Professor, Christophe Vandenbriele, MD, PhD, Sean van Diepen, MD, MSc

2:45 PM EDT

PE Guidelines Updates for Critical Care Cardiology: Presented by The NYU Langone CCC Symposium + the PERT Consortium

Moderators: Ann Gage, MD, MS and James Horowitz, MD

Panelists: Geoffrey Barnes, MD, MSc, Robert Lookstein, MD, Akhilesh K. Sista, MD, Frances M. West, MD, Eugene Yuriditsky, MD

2:45 PM EDT

Pause and Process: Debriefing Critical Events

Moderator: Carlos L. Alviar, MD

Panelists: Jordi Baneras, MD, PhD, Kristin Burkart, MD, MSc, Hannah D. Schimmer, NP, Melanie Sulistio, MD, Ambika Tejpal, MD

Session 5: Fact or Fiction? Am I Evidenced Based?

4:00 PM EDT

Grinds My Gears

Jason Bartos, MD, PhD, Steven M. Hollenberg, MD

4:10 PM EDT

A Dynamic Duo? The Use of Fludrocortisone for Stress Dose Steroids in Shock.

Emily K. Zern, MD

4:18 PM EDT

No Bug, No Drug? The Role of the MRSA Swab and Empiric Vancomycin

Sean van Diepen, MD, MSc

4:26 PM EDT

Antioxidants for All? The Use of N-acetylcysteine in Acute Liver Injury/Ischemic Hepatitis.

Erin Rayner-Hartley, MD

4:34 PM EDT

Pharmacologic Wake Up Call? Use of Stimulants in Comatose Survivors of Cardiac Arrest

Barinder S. Hansra, MD

4:42 PM EDT

Cuff Leak Prior to Extubation? Ritual or Requirement?

Elliott Miller, MD, MHS

4:50 PM EDT

Feeding the Enemy: IV Iron in the Setting of Infection

Nicholas J. Kiefer, MD

4:58 PM EDT

Panel Question and Answer Session

Moderators: Samuel Bernard, MD and Ann Gage, MD, MS

Panelists: Jason Bartos, MD, PhD, Barinder S. Hansra, MD, Steven M. Hollenberg, MD, Nicholas J. Kiefer, MD, Elliott Miller, MD, MHS, Erin Rayner-Hartley, MD, Emily K. Zern, MD, Sean van Diepen, MD, MSc

Session 6: Roundtable

5:15 PM EDT

How to Educate the Next Generation

Moderators: James Horowitz, MD and Balim Senman, MD

Jordi Baneras, MD, PhD, Kathryn Berlacher, MD, Andrea Elliott, MD

5:45 PM EDT

Day 1: Course Director Closing Remarks

Moderators: Christopher Barnett, MD, MPH and James Horowitz, MD

6:00 PM EDT

Adjourn

6:00 PM EDT

NYU Langone Critical Care Cardiology Symposium and CardioNerds Poster Session, and Cocktail Mix-n-Mingle Event*

Additional Fee Required

Poster Judges & Professors

Nelish Ardeshna, MD, Christopher Barnett, MD, MPH, Benjamin A. Bier, MD, Erin Bohula May, MD, DPhil, Austin Cheng, M.D., Brototo Deb, MD, David M. Dudzinski, MD, Neyra Jemal, MD, Gurleen Kaur, MD, Nicholas J. Kiefer, MD, Ran Lee, MD, Miguel Martillo, MD, Venu Menon, MD, Laura Methvin, MD, David A. Morrow, MD, MPH, Ivana Nikolic, MD, Connor G. O'Brien, MD, Penelope Rampersad, MD, Balim Senman, MD, Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc, Ambika Tejpal, MD and Rosy Thachil, MD

*Non-accredited, optional sessions and will take place outside of the confines of the educational space.

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Session 7: Keynote Address

8:00 AM EDT

Introduction

Moderator: Alessandro Sionis, MD

8:03 AM EDT

Building Systems of Care in ECMO

Jan Belohlavek, MD

Session 8: ECMO Part 2: Challenges, Dilemmas and Critical Decisions

8:30 AM EDT

Roundtable: To Vent and to Unload? The Data and The Experts' Opinions

Moderator: Emily K. Zern, MD

Panelists: Jason Bartos, MD, PhD, Jan Belohlavek, MD, Marc Dickstein, MD

8:45 AM EDT

ECMO Deployed. Now What? Monitoring the VA ECMO Patient

Penelope Rampersad, MD

8:59 AM EDT

Holes and Bleeding: Vascular Safety and Anticoagulation

Christophe Vandenbriele, MD, PhD

9:11 AM EDT

Weaning from VA-ECMO: Readiness, Timing, How To, and Defining Success

Ann Gage, MD, MS

9:25 AM EDT

Panel Question and Answer Session

Moderator: Ann Gage, MD, MS

Panelists: Justin C. Chan, MD, Neyra Jemal, MD, Penelope Rampersad, MD, Christophe Vandenbriele, MD, PhD

9:45 AM EDT

Coffee Break

Breakout Session #2 (Select One)

10:30 AM EDT

ECMO+: At Flow's Edge

10:30 AM EDT

Filling in the Gaps in PE Guidelines and Upcoming Trials: Presented by The NYU Langone CCC Symposium + the PERT Consortium

Moderator: Sahil Parikh, MD

Panelists: Sripal Bangalore, MD, Geoffrey Barnes, MD, MSc, David M. Dudzinski, MD, Akhilesh K. Sista, MD, Frances M. West, MD, Eugene Yuriditsky, MD

10:30 AM EDT

Palliative Care in Cardiac Critical Illness: Aligning Acute Interventions with Patient and Family Goals

Moderators: Christopher Fordyce, MD, MHS, MSc and Melanie Sulistio, MD

Panelists: Erin Bohula May, MD, DPhil, Maureen Lohan-Mullens, MSN, RN, Michael A. Solomon, MD, MBA

10:30 AM EDT

Teach, Engage and Improve: Turning Education into Outcomes with Practical QI Strategies in the CICU

Moderators: Jordi Baneras, MD, PhD and Andrea Elliott, MD

Panelists: Diego Araiza-Garaygordobil, MD, MSc, Andre Dippenaar, MD, Penelope Rampersad, MD, Hannah Schaubroeck, MD, Alessandro Sionis, MD, Mauricio A. Soto Vasquez, MD, MSc, Ambika Tejpal, MD, Agnieszka M. Tycinska, Professor, Bambang Widyantoro, MD, PhD

Session 9: Roundtable

11:45 AM EDT

Building an ECMO Program in the CICU

Moderator: Venu Menon, MD

Panelists: Jason Bartos, MD, PhD, Jan Belohlavek, MD, Samuel Brusca, MD, Laura Methvin, MD, Ivana Nikolic, MD

Session 10: Wellness

12:15 PM EDT

Whole Hearted Care: Compassion for our Patients, our Colleagues, and Ourselves

Amanda Garfinkel, MD, Melanie Sulistio, MD, Scott D. Weingart, MD

12:45 PM EDT

Poster and Abstract Awards

12:55 PM EDT

Day 2: Course Director Closing Remarks

Samuel Bernard, MD

1:00 PM EDT

Adjourn