Session 8: Doing the Right thing when nothing is Left

Saturday, April 5, 2025

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CST

Location: Main Arena

Moderator(s)

Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD, FACC

Professor, H.A & Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair
UHealth, University of Utah
UHealth, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Shashank Sinha, MD, MSc

Medical Director, Cardiac ICU, Cardiology; Director, Cardiovascular Critical Care Research Program
Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA USA, Virginia, United States

Panelist(s)

Joseph Zwischenberger, MD

Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Ismael Salas de Armas, MD

Associate Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
University of Texas Health Science
Houston, Texas, United States
Barinder Hansra, MD, FACC

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Goodlettsville, Tennessee, United States
Laura Wueste, ACNP

Manager of Advanced Practice
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center
Houston, Texas, United States
DB

David Baran, FACC, FSCAI, FHFSA

Section Head, HF, Tx and MCS
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Case Western Reserve University
Parkland, Florida, United States
JB

James Burke, MD, PhD, MS

Associate Chief
Division of Cardiology
Lehigh Valley Health Network

Disclosure(s):

Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD, FACC: Abbott: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Novartis: Research Grant or Support (Ongoing)

Joseph Zwischenberger, MD: Avalon / Maquet: Intellectual Property/Patents (Ongoing); Society for Improving Medical Professional Learning: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing); Verthermia Acquisitions, Inc.: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing), Intellectual Property/Patents (Ongoing); WZ Biotech: Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing)

Ismael Salas de Armas, MD: Abiomed/Johnson and Johnson: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Barinder S. Hansra, MD, FACC: No financial relationships to disclose

Laura Wueste, ACNP: No financial relationships to disclose

David A. Baran, FACC, FSCAI, FHFSA: CareDx: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); NIRSense: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing); XVIVO: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)

James Burke, MD, PhD, MS: No financial relationships to disclose

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc: No financial relationships to disclose

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:07 AM CST

Why Should Everry Program Have a Shock Coordinator?
Speaker: Jonathan Emling, BSN, RN, CCRN, E-AEC – Ascension Saint Thomas Heart, Ascension Saint Thomas West Hospital
8:07 AM – 8:15 AM CST

Discussion
8:15 AM – 8:22 AM CST

Maintaining the Financial Well-Being of a Shock Center
Speaker: Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD, FACC – UHealth, University of Utah
8:22 AM – 8:30 AM CST

Discussion
8:30 AM – 8:37 AM CST

Navigating the Emotional Well-Being of Shock Providers and Shock Survivors
Speaker: Phyllis Billia, MD, PhD, FRCPC – University of Toronto
8:37 AM – 8:45 AM CST

Discussion
8:45 AM – 8:52 AM CST

Challenges Faced Starting a Cardiogenic Shock Program
Speaker: Vicente Jimenez-Franco, MD – TecSalud
8:52 AM – 9:00 AM CST

Discussion
9:00 AM – 9:07 AM CST

Challenges Faced Maintaing a Cardiogenic Shock Program
Speaker: Raymond M. Yau, MD – Heart Hospital of New Mexico
9:07 AM – 9:15 AM CST

Discussion
9:15 AM – 9:22 AM CST

"Just Say Yes to Shock" - Feasibility of Accepting All Patients to the Hub Center
Speaker: Steve Hollenberg, MD – Emory University
9:22 AM – 9:30 AM CST

Discussion