Friday July 18th, 2025

 

12:00-15:00 Registration and Vendor Setup

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15:00-15:10 Conference Kickoff    (10 min)

• Opening Introduction and History of CPS + PSPS

  • Adam Clark

 

15:10-16:35  Session #1- Pre-Cocktail Case Reports    (85 min)

 

• 15:10 Endo-aortic Balloon Occlusion for Reoperative Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Replacement on Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump: A Case Report

  • Jenna Cornibe, BS CCP

• 15:25 VA ECMO Case Report

  • Alicha Gibbs BSN, RN, ECMO Director

• 15:40 Methylene Blue Administration Mimicking Acute Oxygenator Failure in VA ECMO

  • Brittany Guenther CCP, LP

•  15:55 The Common CPB CO2 Mismanagement

  • Phil Scott

• 16:25 Q & A

 

 16:35-17:35 Session #2 Breakout Sessions   (60 min)

 

• 16:35 Clinical Controversies Discussion

  • Facilitator - Anthony Shackelford, DHA, CCP

• 16:35 ECpella Discussion

  • Facilitator- Kelley Toiton 

 

17:35-18:35  Session #3 Sip and See   (60 min)

 

• Happy Hour Sponsored by Perfusion Life

  • Perfusion Life Adam Clark

• MUSC Poster Session

  • MUSC Perfusion Students

 

Saturday July 19th, 2025

 

7:00-8:00 Breakfast Sponsored by Terumo (60 min)

 

8:00-9:00 Session #4 Keynote Speaker (60 min)

Marc Katz, MD

 

9:00-9:20 Vendor Visitation/Break (20 min)

 

9:20-10:50 Session #5 AmSECT ICEB- AKI Consensus Statement (90 min)

 

• 9:20  Methodological Approaches for Assessing DO2 Thresholds

  • Dave Fitzgerald, DHA, CCP 

• 9:50 ICEBP Consensus Statement Development and Evaluation

  • Jeremy Bolick, CCP

• 10:35 Q & A

 

10:50-11:00 Vendor Visitation/Break (10 min)

 

11:00-11:40 Session #6 Coagulation (40 min)

 

• 11:00   "HITT"

  •  Dave Carroll, DO 

• 11:15 Timing of FFP Transfusion

  •    Ashlyn Strickland, CCP

• 11:30 Q & A

 

11:40-12:00 Session #7 AmSECT Women In Perfusion (20 min)

• Dafne Chianella, FPP, CCP

 

12:00 12:50 Session #8 Sponsor Lunch: Essenz Pump (50 min)

• Laurie Dijoy, CCP

 

12:50-13:00 Break (10 min)

 

13:00 14:00 Session #9 Pediatric and Congenital Perfusion (60 min)

 

• 13:00 FFP Reduction in Blood Priming in the Pediatric Population

  • Anthony Evangelista, CCP

• 13:15 Update on Congenital Heart Disease

  • Dr. Reshma Reddy, MD

• 13:30 Bridging Time and Technique: The Perfusionist Role in Pediatric Heart Procurement and Preservation

  • Madeline Loftin, CCP 

• 13:45 Q & A

 

14:00-14:35 Session #10 Technology in Perfusion (35 min)

 

• 14:00 HM3 "Patient-Centered Perfusion: The Human Side of Bypass"

  • Lindsey Bennett, Katie Coleman, Christina Adkins, Teri Scott, and Prisma Health Patients

  • Thank you Heartmate  3 Representatives and Prisma Health NP and LVAD Coordinators

• 14:10 AI in Perfusion

  • Tony Shackelford, DHA, CCP

• 14:25 Q & A

 

14:35 16:15 Session #11 AmSECT ICEB- NRP Consensus Statement (100 min)

 

• 14:35 NRP Expert Perfusion CCP Perspective

  • Micheal Hancock, CCP 

• 14:45 NRP Expert Perfusion CCP Perspective

  • Ashley Merkel, CCP

• 14:55 Expert Surgeon Perspective

  • Dr. Biddle, MD

• 15:05 OPO Perspective

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• 15:15 Consensus Statement

  • Jeremy Bolick, CCP

• 16:00 Q & A

 

16:15 17:00 Break

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16:00-17:00 LivaNova Essenz Pump Hands On Activity 

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17:00 Fireside Chat for Women Working in Perfusion- XXOO, Clamps, Concerns, Oh No's and Oh Yes's

Randi Lackritz​

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16:15-18:00 Vendor Breakdown 

 

17:00 18:00 Session #12 Break Out

 

• XXOO, Clamps, Concerns, Oh No's and Oh Yes's

  • Facilitator- Randi Lackritz, CCP

 

18:00 19:00   Dinner and a Show- Sponsored by Perfusion Life

 

Sunday July 20th, 2025

 

7:25-8:00 Session #13 Student Session

 

• 7:25 Systemic Hyperkalemia ad an Alternative to Traditional Cardioplegia: a Systematic Review

  • Carley Clayton and Corbet Clali

• 7:35 IVC Tumor Case Report

  • Tyler Randolph, MS

• 7:50 Q&A

 

8:00-9:00 Session #14 New Advances in Perfusion (60 min)

 

• 8:00 Spectrum Medical Technologies

  • Justin Resley, CCP emeritus 

• 8:45 Q & A

 

9:00-10:15 Session #15 South Carolina, the Pathway to Licensure (75 min)

• 9:00 AmSECT GRC Licensure

  • Shelly Brown

• 9:45 SC Licensure Update

  • Stephen Melonas, CCP

• 10:00 Q & A

 

10:15-11:50 Session #16 Show Me The Money (95 min)

 

• 10:15 CCP Finances

  • John Bruno 

• 11:15 SC CCP Salary Survey

  • Dafne Chianella, CCP FPP

• 11:40 Q & A

 

11:50 12:00 Session #17 Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks (10 min)

  Adam Clark & David Fisher