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Pediatric Onco-Critical Care Symposium

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 8 am to 6:30 pm (CDT)
Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 8 am to 4:45 pm (CDT)
Marlo Thomas Auditorium
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee
The symposium will also be available virtually
 
 

Overview

Outcomes for critically ill hematology/oncology and hematopoietic cell transplant patients, while improved over the last two decades, remain unacceptably poor compared with other patients we care for in our ICUs. The goal of this symposium is to advance the care of critically ill pediatric hematology/oncology patients through improvements in patient care, multidisciplinary collaboration, as well as clinical and translational research.

  1. Registration type In-person attendance Virtual attendees
    Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, Nurses, and Respiratory Therapists $200 until January 3, 2024
    $300 after January 3, 2024
    $175 until January 3, 2024
    $275 after January 3, 2024
    Medical Trainees (Students, Residents, Fellows) $150 until January 3, 2024
    $175 after January 3, 2024
    $100 until January 3, 2024
    $125 after January 3, 2024
    Low to Middle Income Countries (LMIC) attendees $25 $25 
    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital employees and trainees $75  $75 
    Onco-Critical Care Fundamentals Day (Tuesday, April 16) $50 general/$15 LMIC In-person only
    Note: In-person registration closes Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Virtual registration will remain open until close of the event. 

    Register

    Onco-Critical Care Fundamentals Day: Tuesday, April 16th
    This educational pre-day will describe current literature and management of oncologic specific emergencies in critical care in all potential settings (including middle- and lower-income settings) and outline key differences between critically ill oncologic patients and critically ill general pediatric patients. Topics this year will include sepsis, neurologic dysfunction, tumor lysis syndrome, and ventilator management in pediatric oncology patients. Sessions will be lectures followed by expert panel discussion. Please bring all your questions! The educational pre-day is only available for in-person POCCS attendees.

    Price is $50 for general and $15 for LMIC participants. 

    This can be added to your registration by selecting “Onco-Critical Care Fundamentals Day” prior to checkout.

  2. Central Station hotel

    The Central Station Memphis, Curio Collection by Hilton
    545 S Main Street
    Memphis, TN 38103

    Special Rate: $209/night for single or double occupancy rooms

    Website (for general hotel information): https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/memcuqq-the-central-station-memphis/

    If you wish to extend your stay beyond the symposium dates, please contact the hotel directly, at (901) 524-5247 to receive the special rate above. Reference the symposium (POCCS) or the group code 90U. Note: You must book your room using the link below first. 

    Transportation: Symposium attendees will be responsible for their own transportation from the Memphis International Airport to the hotel, as well as to the airport from the hotel. St. Jude will provide transportation from the hotel to St. Jude campus and back each day of the symposium.

    Book your hotel room

  3. Tuesday, April 16 (Fundamentals Day)
    8:00–8:45 am Introduction and Icebreaker
    Asya Agulnik, MD and Melissa Hines, MD
    8:45–9:30 a.m. Hyperleukocytosis 
    Caitlin Hurley, MD
    9:30–10:30 am Hematopoietic Stem Cell Treatment Complications 
    Jennifer McArthur, DO, and Aimee Talleur, MD
    10:30–10:45 am Break 
    10:45 am–12:15 pm Sepsis in Critically Ill Pediatric Oncology Patients 
    Josh Wolf, MBBS, PhD, Jennifer McArthur, DO, and Sherry Johnson, MSN, CPON, NEBC
    12:15–1:15 pm Lunch
    1:15–2:15 pm Neurological Complications in Onco-Critical Care Patients 
    Emily Hanzlik, MD
    2:15–3:00 pm Management of Respiratory Failure in Onco-Critical Care Patients 
    Saad Ghafoor, MD, and Jason Rains, RT
    3:00–3:15 pm Conclusion and Summary 
    Asya Agulnik, MD, and Melissa Hines, MD
    Wednesday, April 17
    8:00-9:00 am Breakfast and registration
    9:00–10:00 am Plenary: Reducing ICU Mortality in Pediatric Oncology Patients: Past, Present and Future
    R. Ray Morrison, MD
    10:00–10:15 am Break
    10:15–10:45 am Future of Oncology Therapies
    Julie Park, MD
    10:15–11:15 am Parallel Nursing Session: Pediatric Heart Failure
    Amy Donnellan, DNP, CPNP-AC
    10:45–11:15 am Antibiotic Stewardship, Reducing Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms
    Ted Morton, PharmD, BCIDP
    11:15–11:30 am Break
    11:30 am–12:45 pm

    Breakout Session

    1A: Clinical Pathways in Pediatric Onco-Critical Care

    Daphne Munhall, RRT
    Agnes Reschke, MD
    Sheena Mukkada, MD
    Alexandra Schaller, MD

    1B: Nursing Session: Fundamentals of ECMO

    Laurel Metzler, MD, FAAP

    12:45–2:00 pm Lunch
    2:00–3:30 pm Timing and Patient Selection of Tracheostomy in Pediatric Onco-Critical Care Population 
    Robert Graham, MD, Christopher Baker, MD; Joe Brierly, MD, and Ellen Bursi, MA, CCC-SLP
    2:00–3:00 pm Parallel Nursing Session: Insights into the Second Victim Phenomenon
    Susan Scott, PhD, RN, CPPS, FAAN
    3:30–3:45 pm Break
    3:45– 4:15 pm Use of CRRT in Management of Tumor Lysis Syndrome
    Lama Elbahlawan, MD
    3:45–4:45 pm Parallel Nursing Session: Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS)
    Melissa Hines, MD
    4:15–4:45 pm ICU Management of Heart Failure
    Shanelle Clarke, MD
    4:45–6:00 pm Abstract Session, Award Ceremony, and Cocktail Hour
    Nonaccredited session
    Thursday, April 18
    7:30-8:00 am  Breakfast and registration
    8:00–9:00 am St.Jude Grand Rounds: Moral Distress in Critically Ill Oncology Patients
    Joe Brierley, MD
    9:00–9:15 am Break
    9:15–9:45 am Identifying GVHD in the Spectrum of Post-BMT Challenges
    Rebecca Epperly, MD
    9:15–10:15 am Parallel Nursing Session: Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
    Joe Angelo, MD
    9:45–10:15 am Advances in Treatment of Graft Versus Host Disease
    Jennifer Whangbo, MD, PhD
    10:15–10:30 am Break
    10:30–11:45 am

    Breakout Session

    2A: Difficult Cases – Clinical Challenges and Experiences from Resource-Limited Settings 
    Anita Arias, MD, and Melissa Hines, MD

    2B: Paws, Play & Peace: Psychosocial Support in Healthcare 
    Jennifer Smith Tagg, MS, CCLS, CIMI, Amy Love, MA, MT-BC, and Kimberly Russell, MDiv, BCC

    11:45 am–1:15 pm Lunch
    1:15–2:45 pm Panel Session: Difficult Cases
    Melissa HInes, MD, Saad Ghafoor, MD, Gopi Mohan, MD, and Jennifer Whangbo, MD, PhD
    1:15–2:45 pm Parallel Nursing Session: Wound Care for Special Populations and Developing a Wound Care Program 
    Christine Schindler, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC
    2:45–3:00 pm Break
    3:00–3:30 pm Interdisciplinary Communication in POCCS (CritCom)
    Jocelyn Rivera, MD
    3:00–4:00 pm Parallel Nursing Session: Tumor Lysis Syndrome and Hyperleukocytosis
    Caitlin Hurley, MD
    3:30–4:00 pm Global Challenges in Pediatric Onco-Critical Care: A 3-Year Experience Using PROACTIVE 
    Anita Arias, MD
    4:00–4:15 pm Conclusion and Closing
    R. Ray Morrison, MD, and Samir Shah, MD
  4. Speakers

     
    Asya Agulnik

    Asya Agulnik, MD
    Associate Member, Global Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Joe Angelo

    Joseph R. Angelo, MD
    Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Texas Children's Hospital

     
    Anita Arias

    Anita Arias, MD
    Instructor, Division of Critical Care Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Joe Brierly

    Christopher Baker, MD 
    Professor, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology Director of Ventilator Care Program 
    Children's Hospital of Colorado Aurora, Colorado

     
    Joe Brierly

    Joe Brierley, MD
    Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

     
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    Ellen Bursi, MA, CCC-SLP
    Speech & Language Pathologist, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Shanelle Clarke

    Shannelle Clarke, MD
    Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Atlanta

     
    Shanelle Clarke

    Teresa Craghead, RN 
    Pediatric Oncology Nurse, Critical Care Unit, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

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    Amy Donnellan

    Amy Donnellan, DNP, CPNP-AC
    Cincinnati Children’s

     
    Lma Elbahlawan

    Lama Elbahlawan, MD
    Associate Member, Division of Critical Care Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     

     
    Rebecca Epperly

    Rebecca Epperly, MD
    Instructor, Bone Marrow Transplant & Cell Therapy, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Rebecca Epperly

    Amber Gehrke, RN 
    Pediatric Oncology Nurse, Critical Care Unit, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Saad Ghafoor

    Saad Ghafoor, MD
    Associate Member, Division of Critical Care Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Amy Donnellan

    Robert Graham, MD
    Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital

     
    Amy Donnellan

    Jillian Haley, RN 
    Pediatric Oncology Nurse, Critical Care Nurse, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Emily Hanzlik

    Emily Hanzlik, MD
    Instructor, Division of Neurology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Melissa Hines

    Melissa Hines, MD
    Associate Member, Division of Critical Care Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Caitlin Hurley

    Caitlin Hurley, MD
    Assistant Member, Division of Critical Care Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Caitlin Hurley

    Sara Husband, BSN, RN 
    Pediatric Oncology Nurse, Critical Care Unit, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Sherry Johnson

    Sherry Johnson, MSN, CPON, NEBC
    Clinical Project Manager, Office of Quality and Patient Safety, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

     
    Amy Love

    Amy Love, MA, MT-BC
    Music Therapist III, Child Life Program, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

     
    Jennifer McArthur

    Jennifer McArthur, DO
    Associate Member, Division of Critical Care Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Amy Donnellan

    Laurel Metzler, MD, FAAP
    Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care, University of Tennessee Health Science Center/Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital  

     
    Gopi Mohan

    Gopi Mohan MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatrics, MD Anderson Cancer Center

     
    Ray Morrison

    R. Ray Morrison, MD
    Associate Member and Division Chief, Division of Critical Care Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Ted Morton

    Ted Morton, PharmD, BCIDP
    Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Antimicrobial Stewardship, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Sheena Mukkada

    Sheena Mukkada, MD
    Assistant Member, Global Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

     
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    Daphne Munhall, RRT
    Boston Children’s Hospital

     
    Julie Park

    Julie Park, MD
    Chair and Member, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Jason Rains

    Jason Rains, RT
    Director of Respiratory Therapy, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

     
    Agnes Reschke

    Agnes Reschke, MD
    Pediatric Critical Care Fellow PGY-9, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital-Stanford

     
    Jocelyn Rivera

    Jocelyn Rivera, MD
    Global Scholar, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

     
    Kimberly Russell

    Kimberly Russell
    Staff Support Chaplain, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

     
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    Alexandra Schaller, MD 
    Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care, University of Tennessee Health Science Center/Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

     
    Christine Schindler

    Christine Schindler, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC
    Advanced Practice Provider Program Director, Critical Care/Palliative Care, Medical College of WI/Children’s WI 

     
    Susan Scott

    Susan D. Scott, PhD, RN, CPPS, FAAN
    Nurse Scientist/Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Missouri Health Care

     
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    Samir Shah, MD
    Division Chief, Critical Care Medicine, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

     
    Laurie Shoulders

    Laurie Shoulders, MSN
    Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Jennifer Tagg Smith

    Jennifer Smith Tagg, MS, CCLS, CIMI
    Lead Child Life Specialist, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Amy Talleur

    Aimee Talleur, MD
    Assistant Member, Bone Marrow Transplant & Cell Therapy, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Jennifer Whangbo

    Jennifer Whangbo, MD, PhD
    Attending Physician, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Boston Children's Hospital 

     
    Josh Wolf

    Josh Wolf, MBBS, PhD
    Associate Member, Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

     
    Niki Yager

    Niki Yager, RN, BSN, CPN
    Pediatric Oncology Nurse, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    Julie Yopp

    Julie Yopp, RN
    Inpatient Units, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

     
     
  5. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 18.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    This activity has been submitted to the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for approval to award contact hours. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

    Nurses may claim up to 8.5 Contact Hours in Nursing Continuing Professional Development Credit. Credit is commensurate with participation in the symposium. 

    Evaluation and Claiming Certificates
    To claim AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM, Nursing Continuing Professional Development Credit, or attendance credit for this activity, you must attend the sessions, complete the evaluation, and follow the instructions at the end of the evaluation to claim your credit. If you have questions about claiming your CME, NCPD, or attendance certificate, please contact us at cme@stjude.org. The evaluation will be available after the symposium and will be open until July 20, 2024; you will not be able to claim credit after the evaluation is closed.

    Disclosure of Financial Relationships
    All individuals in a position to control the content of this CE activity (such as faculty, presenters, and planners) were asked to complete a statement regarding all financial relationships between themselves and any ineligible company (defined by the ACCME as any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients).

    All relevant relationships will be disclosed below.

 
 

Abstract submission

    • Abstracts must be submitted online via the website only. Abstracts submitted by email will NOT be accepted. 
    • All abstracts must be submitted and presented in English with accurate grammar and spelling of a quality suitable for publication. Authors who would like assistance with the English writing of their abstract should contact us at POCCS@stjude.org at least 2 weeks prior to the deadline. Those part of the Global Critical Care Program should email globalcriticalcare@stjude.org at least 2 weeks prior to the deadline. 
    • Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest: Abstract submitters will be required to disclose any conflict of interests in the submission form. 
    • Instructions for preparation of presentations/posters will be made available closer to the date of the congress. 
  1. Before submitting your abstract or case report, please prepare the following information:

    • Presenting author’s and co-authors’ contact details: 
      • Full first and family name(s) 
      • Degree 
      • Email address 
      • Affiliation details: department, institution/hospital, city, state (if relevant), country 
    • Use a concise title (max 25 words) 
    • Abstracts are limited to 2000 characters (approximately 300 words)
    • Tables and graphics must be inserted in a .jpg or .pdf format. Please limit to one table or figure. However, tables and graphics are not required. 
    • Abstract content should be single spaced and should clearly contain: 
      • Background and purpose 
      • Methods 
      • Results 
      • Conclusions 
    • Use only standard abbreviations and use generic names of drugs.  
    • Submissions may not contain patient names, hospital ID numbers or other identifying information. 
    • Do not begin sentences with a number – type the number in full; for example, “Three patients” instead of ”3 patients.” 
    • Abstracts stating “data will be discussed in the presentation” will NOT be accepted. 
    • Please do not submit multiple copies of the same abstract. 
    • All abstracts will be evaluated anonymously and scored by the appropriate Scientific Committee. The committee will determine whether the abstract will be accepted for poster presentation and journal publication. 
    • The deadline to submit abstracts was Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 11:59 pm. 
    • The deadline for late breaking abstracts is February 9, 2024 at 11:59 pm.
    • Acceptance notifications for presentation will be sent in February 2024.

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