Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society
A Section of the the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia

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CCAS Webinar Series: Inquiring Minds Mending Tiny Hearts

Inquiring Minds Mending Tiny Hearts: A Fireside Chat with Experts to Amplify your Research Success
Saturday, December 7, 2024
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST
1.5 CME Credits

Join the CCAS Webinar that will focus on practical skills from experts on how to integrate and improve research in your busy clinical practice.  The Webinar will have a Fireside Chat format – interviewing experts in our field with real-world experience and success in research.  topics and speakers will include:

MODERATORS/INTERVIEWERS:

Laura Downey, MD
Emory University
CSL Behring – Advisory Board

Jennifer Lynch, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Nothing to Disclose

Jamie McElrath Schwartz, MD
Johns Hopkins
Nothing to Disclose

Nischal K. Gautam, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Nothing to Disclose

EXPERT GUESTS/TOPICS:

Why is it important for Cardiac Anesthesiologists to engage in research or academic work?
David Faraoni, MD, PhD, FAHA
Boston Children’s Hospital
Nothing to Disclose

Finding time for Research in the Clinical Environment
Susan C. Nicolson, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Nothing to Disclose

Lessons learned along the way to independent funding
Neil Goldenberg, MD, PhD
Hospital for Sick Children
Nothing to Disclose

Foundation Grants – what are the options, how do I apply for them?
Jamie Sinton, MD
Dell Medical School / University of Texas – Austin
Nothing to Disclose

How to develop and implement a QI/Patient safety project
Phillip S. Adams, DO
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Nothing to Disclose

How can I use bioinformatics (my EMR) to solve clinical questions?
Justin B. Long, MD, MHI, FAAP
Emory University
Nothing to Disclose

At the completion of this Webinar, attendees will be able to:

  • Describe why research is a critical part of pediatric cardiac anesthesia practice
  • Identify strategies to create academic work in the context of a busy clinical practice
  • Discuss how to integrate quality assurance and patient safety work into academic productivity, including use of the electronic medical record as a resource.
  • Define strategies to obtain funding for research in cardiac anesthesia, including foundation grants.

 


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Accreditation and Designation
The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CCAS is a Section of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia designates this Other (Live and Enduring Material) activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Education Mission Statement
The CCAS Webinar Series will focus on topics of interest to those who provide anesthesia, sedation, pain management, and critical care services to infants and children with heart disease, and adults with congenital heart disease. The overall goals for attendees of the program are to reinforce and enhance their existing fund of knowledge, while introducing them to new and state-of-the-art techniques and information that affect their practice and improve the perioperative care of patients with heart disease.

Poll of the Month

May 2025
At your institution, do you routinely send a TEG/ROTEM during the rewarming phase of cardiopulmonary bypass?
View Results
Total Answers 117
Total Votes 117

Upcoming Meeting Information


CCAS 2026 Annual Meeting

March 12, 2026
Sheraton Denver Downtown
Denver, CO

 

 

 

 

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