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

The Summer 2024 issue of CCAS E-News is now available online. Please click HERE to view the new issue.

Highlights include:

• Leadership Messages
• Annual Meeting Session Reviews
• Committee & SIG Updates
• Spotlight on a Researcher – Dr. Laura Downey
• Medical Student’s Perspective
• CCAS-ChiP Network Journal Watch Collaboration
• Challenging Case
• Artistry in Medicine

If you have any ideas for articles or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

Read and enjoy.
Anne Elisa Cossu, MD, MS, FASA
Editor

The CCAS Pediatric Anesthesiology 2025 Meeting Call for Abstracts is now active on the CCAS website. Please click here to start the abstract submission process.

Before you start the submission process, please review the Abstract Preparation and Submission Guidelines. And be sure to read all instructions carefully. Additional resources may be found under the Research Resource Tab on at https://ccasociety.org/research-resources/.

If you wish to submit an abstract for the CCAS 2025 Annual Meeting, please read the information to determine the abstract types/topics that will be considered. If you submit an abstract that is not eligible for one of the meetings, it will be rejected immediately.

The abstract submission deadline is Friday, November 15, 2024 at Noon EST. No abstracts will be accepted after this date, no exceptions. Click here to start the submission process.

If you have any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to contact Kim Battle at [email protected] or Jenny Patterson at [email protected] or via telephone at (804) 282-9780.

THE 2025 DOLLY D. HANSEN, MD RESEARCH AWARD, supported by the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS) DOLLY D. HANSEN, MD EDUCATIONAL FUND, is intended to promote research initiatives in the field of congenital cardiac anesthesia by supporting junior members of the CCAS. This is a two-year, $10,000 (USD) award that will be allocated to a research project in the field of congenital cardiac anesthesia. High-quality Quality Improvement projects of importance to the field will also be considered. Preference will be given to a junior faculty member of the CCAS who will be advised by an experienced mentor, who is also a member of CCAS. It is anticipated that the funded project will generate results that can be used as pilot data or preliminary findings to support future grant applications.

A 2-page letter of intent will be due by August 15, 2024.  Letters of intent will be reviewed by the CCAS Research Committee for selection to submit a full application in the fall.  LOIs will be judged based on Importance (Significance and Innovation), Rigor and Feasibility (Approach), and Expertise and Resources (Investigator and Environment) as well as an overall Impact score. Feedback will be provided to all applicants.

Click here for more information.

Please join us for the CCAS Webinar Series: Pediatric combined heart and liver transplantation: A Growing Population on January 27, 2024 at 10:30am EST. This is a joint webinar from the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS) and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).

CLICK HERE to learn more and to register for the webinar.