Pediatric Neurocritical Care Symposium

In this annual conference, we are excited to bring together, virtually and in-person, the multidisciplinary pediatric neurocritical care community for a day of talks that crosses the spectrum of neurocritical care from the field, prior to admission to rehabilitation and follow-up.  There will be featured topics on the neurocritical care of cardiac patients, stroke, traumatic brain injury, and outcomes.

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2023

Pediatric Neurocritical Care Symposium: From Field to Follow-up

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Agenda, Thursday, May 4th, 2023
8:55 a.mWelcome, introduction and overview of the conferenceKristin Guilliams
Réjean Guerriero
9:00 a.m.Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: past, present, and optimizing our futureMary Hartman
9:30 a.m.MRI Biomarkers in Pediatric Severe TBIPeter Ferrazzano
10:00 a.m.ICYMI: Recent literature highlights of ICU-EEGTanner Hoke
10:30 a.m.Multimodal Management of Pediatric Cerebral ArteriovenousJarod Roland
11:00 a.m.Neuromonitoring in Neurovascular DiseaseDana Harrar
11:30 a.m.Focal Cerebral Arteriopathy in Pediatric StrokeHeather Fullerton
12:00 p.m.ICYMI: Recent literature highlights of StrokeBarbra Giourgas
1:15 p.m.Neurodevelopmental outcomes of congenital heart diseaseCaroline Lee
1:45 p.m.EEG Features and Short-Term Outcomes in Children on ECMOEkta Shah
2:00 p.m.Connecting data to understand outcomesCynthia Ortinau
2:40 p.m.Neurocardiac Care PanelModerator: Cynthia Ortinau
Kelly Wolfe
Caitlin Rollins
Ahmed Said
Justin Elhoff
J. (Joppe) Nijman
Adam Cassidy
3:45 p.m.ICYMI: Recent literature highlights of Neurocritical CareDavid Butler
4:00 p.m.The Importance of Nursing Care: Transitioning from ICU to floorTammara King
4:15 p.m.Neurocritical Care recoveryStacy Suskauer
4:45 p.m.Wrap-up and Concluding RemarksKristin Guilliams
Réjean Guerriero
Please refer to the 2023 Symposium Debrief for more information on featured speakers.
2022

Featured speakers

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Alexis Topjian, MD

Alexis Topjian, MD

Pediatric Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Talk title: “Role of Guidelines”

Taryn Surtees, MD

Taryn Surtees, MD

Neurocritical Care fellow, WUSM & SLCH

Talk title: “Acute stroke management”

Courtney Wusthoff, MD

Courtney Wusthoff, MD

Pediatric Neurology, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford

Talk title: “Status Epilepticus in Neonatal and Pediatric patients”

Giulia Benedetti, MD

Giulia Benedetti, MD

Pediatric Neurology, Seattle Children’s

Talk title: “Clinical Application of Quantitative EEG in the ICU”

Mauro Caffarelli, MD

Mauro Caffarelli, MD

Critical Care Fellow, UCSF Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Talk title: “A Novel Quantitative EEG Index for Bedside Detection of Cerebral Ischemia”

Matt Luchette, MD

Matt Luchette, MD

Critical Care Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital

Talk title: “Quantitative Physiology in Neurocritical Care”

2021

Featured speakers

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Brad Schlaggar, MD, PhD

Brad Schlaggar, MD, PhD

President and CEO, Kennedy Krieger Institute

Talk title: “Paying attention to the non-neurotypical child”

Gina Pellerito, CCNRP

Gina Pellerito, CCNRP

St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Talk title: “STARS Program”

Alyssa Smith, MD

Alyssa Smith, MD

Neurology, WUSM & SLCH

Talk title: “Stroke alert”

Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD

Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD

Pediatric Critical Care, CHOP & UPenn

Talk title: “More than Monroe – Cerebral physiology in the PICU”

Stuart Tomko, MD

Stuart Tomko, MD

Pediatric Neurology, WUSM & SLCH

Talk title: “Quantitative EEG applications in Pediatric Critical Care”

Jennifer Strahle, MD

Jennifer Strahle, MD

Pediatric Neurosurgery, WUSM & SLCH

Talk title: “Post-operative EEG monitoring in the surgical treatment of Moya Moya”

Mo Shaik, MD, PhD

Mo Shaik, MD, PhD

Pediatrics, CHOP & UPenn

Talk title: “Cerebral autoregulation in children with severe TBI”

Alyson Baker

Alyson Baker

Neurology, WUSM & SLCH

Talk title: “Neuromonitoring during ECMO”

Conall Francouer, MD

Conall Francouer, MD

Pediatric Critical Care, CHU de Québec – Université Laval

Talk title: “Variability in pediatric brain death determination in the United States”