PCICS Podcast

Host: Courtney Celani, CPNP-AC (Lurie Children’s Hospital), Host/Editor/Producer: Dr. Saidie Rodriguez (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta), Producer: Dr. David Werho (UC San Diego). In honor of Black History Month, PCICS presents a special two-part series on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; a group of inspiring women from across the country speak about various issues in medicine, pediatric cardiol...

Host/Editor: Monica Mafla, RN, MS, CPNP (Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital – Stanford). Producer: Dr. David Werho (UC San Diego). Dr. Sushma Reddy (Stanford) discusses her work on myocardial energetics and how she’s working to understand the role of oxidative damage and potentially new therapeutics for right ventricular heart failure in patients with congenital heart disease. Her recent publicati...

Editor/Producer: Dr. David Werho (UC San Diego). In a new recurring format for the podcast, hosts David Werho, Jill Zender, and Saidie Rodriguez discuss recent events in pediatric cardiac critical care and anything else that comes up. In this edition, guests Nikhil Chanani and Lindsey Justice, the program chairs for the first-ever virtual PCICS International Meeting discuss the highlights of the m...

Host: Dr. Sarah Tabbutt (UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital). Editor/Producer: Dr. David Werho (UC San Diego). Peter Rimensberger from Geneva, Switzerland and Stacey Bedford from London, UK discuss the varied practices for noninvasive and invasive mechanical ventilation in Europe. This was recorded at our last international meeting in London as a collaboration between PCICS, PICS-UK (now PCCS), and...

Host/Editor: Dr. Raj Sahulee (NYU Langone – Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital). Producer: Dr. David Werho (UC San Diego). A multidisciplinary team from the Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto discusses the story of a remarkable young girl’s resilience during her prolonged hospitalizations as well as the development of their Care By Parent protocol to allow VAD patients off the cardiac unit. This was re...

Host/Editor: Saidie Rodriguez, MD (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta). Producer: David Werho, MD (UC San Diego). Eduardo da Cruz, MD from Children’s Hospital Colorado discusses the roles of innovation, collaboration, and new technologies in the future of pediatric cardiac critical care both locally and globally. This was recorded at our last international meeting in London as a collaboration betwee...

Host/Editor: Monica Mafla, RN, MS, CPNP (Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital – Stanford). Producer: David Werho, MD (UC San Diego) Sandra Staveski, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC from UC San Francisco College of Nursing and former PCICS President discusses her work and the work of other nurse scientists in pediatric cardiac critical care as well as the future of nurse-led research and collaboration in our field.

Host: Dr. Sinai Zyblewski (MUSC). Editor/Producer: Dr. David Werho (UCSD) Dr. Eva Cheung from New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of Columbia University and Dr. Katherine Cashen from Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit discuss their experience on the front lines as MIS-C was first recognized and discuss our current knowledge of this disease.

Host/Editor: Saidie Rodriguez, MD Producer: David Werho, MD Jill Cholette, MD from the University of Rochester and Steven Schwartz, MD from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto discuss the TAXI Transfusion Recommendations and considerations for blood transfusion in critically ill cardiac patients.

Host/Editor: Raj Sahulee, DO Producer: David Werho, MD. Allie Rippe, NP and Alexandra Lamari-Fisher, PhD from the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, TX discuss the multidisciplinary and creative teamwork it took to address the organic and inorganic pain in an adult patient with single ventricle heart disease.

Host/Editor: Saidie Rodriguez, MD. Producer: David Werho, MD Dr. R Krishna Kumar from Amrita Hospital in India discusses his work bringing quality cardiac care to an area with limited resources as well as the global burden of heart disease in children.

Host/Editor/Producer: David Werho, MD Javier Lasa, MD from Texas Children’s Hospital discusses his work understanding cardiac arrest outcomes and acute decompensated heart failure and the future of these fields.

Host/Editor: Deanna Tzanetos, MD. Producer: David Werho, MD Lauren Haney, Pharm. D., BCPS, BCPPS from MUSC discusses her research comparing recombinant versus plasma-derived Antithrombin III. Note: Off-label pediatric use discussed – PCICS does not endorse specific clinical management.

Host/Editor/Producer: David Werho, MD Louise Callow, MSN, CPCP-PC and Lindsey Justice, DNP, CPNP-AC discuss the PCICS Advanced Practice Provider Curriculum including its development, progress, and plans for the future.

Editor: Jill Zender, NP and Host/Producer: David Werho, MD Michael Gaies, MD, MPH, MSc, from The University of Michigan discusses the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4) from its beginnings, to the recent landmark JACC publication, and into the future.

Host: Sarah Tabbutt, MD, PhD Editor/Producer: David Werho, MD Kathy Mussatto, PhD, RN, a nurse-scientist at Children’s Wisconsin, discusses her work on long-term outcomes, quality of life, and neurodevelopmental follow-up in pediatric cardiac patients.

Host/Editor: Deanna Tzanetos, MD Producer: David Werho, MD Dorrie Fontaine, RN, PhD, FAAN discusses her work on creating healthy work environments for physicians and nurses in critical care units.

Episode 15: Award Winning Abstract: Development of a Risk Score for Interstage Death or Transplant After Stage I Palliation for Single Ventricle Heart Disease Host: Mary Taylor, MD Editor: Courtney Celani, APRN, PNP-AC Producer: David Werho, MD Dr. Humera Ahmed discusses her best trainee abstract award winning project: Development of a risk score for interstage death or transplant after stage I pa...

Host: Grace Bichara, MD Guests: Joseph Forbess, MD, MBA & Can Yerebakan, MD Editor/Producer: David Werho, MD Drs. Joseph Forbess and Can Yerebakan discuss their philosophies and approaches to the high-risk single ventricle neonate.

Host: Sarah Tabbutt, MD, PhD Guest: David Wessel, MD Editor/Producer: David Werho, MD Sarah Tabbutt interviews David Wessel, a pioneer in our field, about his thoughts on training, leadership, wellness, and innovation in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care.

Host: Andrew Smith, MD, MSCI, MMHC. Editor: Deanna Tzanetos, MD, MSCI. Producer: David Werho, MD. Mary McLellan, MPH, BSN, RN, CPN (Boston Children’s Hospital) discusses the POSTER program to improve nursing resiliency & retention in the ICU.

Host: Mary Taylor, MD Editor: Jill Zender, PNP-AC Producer: David Werho, MD Dr. Paul Checchia (Texas Children’s Hospital) discusses his Anthony Chang lecture at the PCICS Meeting in 12/2018 including some hot topics and interesting myths in our field.

Guest: Connie Myres, MSN, RN, CCRN, ACCNS-P. Host: David Hehir, MD. Editor: Courtney Celani, APRN, PNP-AC. Producer: David Werho, MD Connie Myres, MSN, RN, CCRN, ACCNS-P from the University of Michigan discusses their surgical site infection reduction QI project for patients after cardiac surgery.

Guest: Rebecca Bertrandt, MD. Host/Editor: Deanna Tzanteos, MD. Producer: David Werho, MD Dr. Becky Bertrandt from Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin discusses a chest tube removal QI algorithm for patients after cardiac surgery.

Episode 08: Alkaline Phosphatase Infusion to Prevent Organ Injury After Circulatory Arrest Guest: Jesse Davidson, MD, MPH/MSPH. Host: David Werho, MD Dr. Jesse Davidson from Children’s Hospital of Colorado discusses a piglet model for cardiopulmonary bypass and its use to test alkaline phosphatase to mitigate organ injury after cardiac surgery.