Sepsis Alliance Summit 2024

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*Over 350,000 U.S. adults killed each year.*

*The leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals.*

*Over 49 million people worldwide affected each year.*

This is sepsis.

Join us to learn more about how you can help better identify, diagnose, and treat this deadly condition in your practice. Mortality increases 4-9% for every hour that treatment is delayed. YOU can help save lives and limbs by staying up-to-date on current recommendations and guidelines around sepsis by joining us at the 5^th Annual Sepsis Alliance Summit.

For the first time, Sepsis Alliance Summit is joining forces with Sepsis Forum: Bench • Bedside • Beyond to offer a third day focused on global viewpoints on sepsis.

Are you ready to learn with us? Register today for this free, virtual conference. You’ll earn RN CE credits and improve your practice, benefiting sepsis patients.

FREE Nursing CE Credits Offered!

Continuing nursing education credits will be available, as will post-event access to resources, ideas, and innovations to improve sepsis care and antimicrobial stewardship. Sepsis Alliance is a Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing for 15.0 contact hours, Provider Number CEP17068.

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Sepsis Alliance gratefully acknowledges the support provided for this conference by the following sponsors:

Agenda

September 25, 2024

Time (ET)	Session Title	Presenter
10:00-10:15	Opening Remarks & The 2024 Erin Kay Flatley Spirit Award Winners	Carl Flatley, DDS, MSD Founder, Sepsis Alliance Jackie Duda Health and Travel Journalist Sepsis and Disability Advocate Julia Fraser Sepsis Survivor, Mrs. Texas
10:20-10:30	Day 1 Keynote: Advocacy and Awareness: Our Family's Journey with Sepsis and the Power of ‘Using Your Voice’	Jake Tapper Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent, CNN Alice Tapper Student & Patient Advocate Jennifer Tapper Sepsis Alliance – Board of Directors
10:35-11:00	Recognizing the Overlooked: Identifying Features of Delayed Sepsis Diagnoses (CE Session)	Gary Garber, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FIDSA, CCPE Director, Safe Medical Care Research Canadian Medical Protective Association Eileen Bridges, MD, CCFP, MSc, Dip Sport Med. Senior Physician Advisor, Safe Medical Care Learning Canadian Medical Protective Association
11:00-11:30	A Sepsis Documentation Journey: Memorial Hospital of Union County (Ohio) (CE Session)	Amy Stephens, MBA, RN, CPHQ, CHC Assistant Vice President of Quality and Compliance, Memorial Hospital Robin Regula, RN Clinical Quality Specialist Memorial Hospital
11:30-12:00	Track 1: Recce Pharmaceuticals Sponsored Session: New Frontiers in Sepsis and Urosepsis Treatment: Synthetic Anti-Infectives to Combat Superbugs Track 2: Abionic Sponsored Session: Rapid Sepsis Screening - Can Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) Enhance ED Triage?	Track 1: James Graham Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Recce Pharmaceuticals Track 2: Andrew Shorr, MD Section Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medstar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC) Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, MD, PhD Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Patrick Pestalozzi, MBA Chief Executive Officer, Abionic
12:00-12:15	Break
12:15-12:45	Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sepsis (CE Session)	Christopher F. Chesley, MD, MSCE Assistant Professor of Medicine Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
12:50-1:20	Post-Intensive Care Syndrome in Survivors of Sepsis (CE Session)	Tracye Proffitt, PhD, RN, CNE Assistant Professor Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing
1:25-1:55	bioMérieux Sponsored Session: Comprehensive Clinical Solution Throughout the Acute Care Patient Journey	Daniel Feinstein, MD, MS, FACP, ACRP-PI Director of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Novant Healthcare
1:55-2:10	Break
2:10-2:40	Neonatal Sepsis: A Global Challenge (CE Session)	Pascal Lavoie, MDCM, PhD Professor of Pediatrics University of British Columbia
2:45-3:30	Sepsis: Threat to Cardiovascular Health (CE Session)	Mitchell S. V. Elkind, MD, MS FAHA Chief Clinical Science Officer American Heart Association
3:35-3:50	Track 1: Roche Sponsored Session: Immunotherapy of Sepsis Guided by Biomarkers Track 2: Flosonics Medical Sponsored Session: Cracking SEP-1: Your Guide to Acing Fluid Administration Requirements	Track 1: Richard S. Hotchkiss, MD Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine, and Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine Track 2: Jaclyn Bond, MSN-LM, MBA-HM, RN Director of Nursing, Riverside University Health System
3:55-4:10	Track 1: InflaRx Sponsored Session: For Some Patients, COVID-19 Remains a Serious Threat Track 2: SeaStar Medical Sponsored Session: Pediatric Sepsis, The Unique Fallout of a Global Killer	Track 1: Bruce P. Burnett, PhD VP, Head of Medical Affairs, InflaRx Track 2: Rajit K. Basu, MD, MS, FCCM Division Chief of Critical Care Medicine Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
4:15-4:45	Advancing Health Equity for Sepsis Patients with Limited English Proficiency: Reducing Length of Stay and Readmissions (CE Session)	Moojan Rezvan, MBA Supervisor, Interpreter Services & Diversity Services, Providence Mission Hospital Emily Cusick, BSN, RN, CCRN Sepsis Clinical Coordinator Providence Mission Hospital
4:50-5:00	Day 1 Closing Remarks	Hannah Sass Sepsis Alliance

September 26, 2024

Time (ET)	Session Title	Presenter
10:00-10:15	Opening Remarks & Patient Experience	Hannah Sass Sepsis Alliance
10:20-10:50	Day 2 Keynote: The Changing Climate of Infectious Diseases and Sepsis (CE Session)Reducing Harm Related to Sepsis and Infections	Matthew C. Phillips, MD, PhD Clinical and Research Fellow Massachussetts General Hospital
10:55-11:25	Reducing Harm Related to Sepsis and Infections (CE Session)	David W. Bates, MD, MSc Co-Director Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics in the Learning Healthcare System Mass General Brigham
11:30-12:00	Track 1: Baxter Sponsored Session: Changing Landscape for Sepsis: Value-based Purchasing and The New CDC Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements Track 2: Wolters Kluwer Sponsored Session: The Human Impact of Sepsis Identification and Management	Track 1: Pat Posa, RN, BSN, MSA, CCRN, FAAN Quality and Safety Program Manager Hospital Medicine Safety (HMS) Coordinating Center, University of Michigan Track 2: Elizabeth Tomaszewski, DNP, RN, CRNP, CNE, CCRN, ACNP-BC, ACNPC Clinical Content Manager, Lippincott Solutions, Lippincott Certification Review
12:00 - 12:15	Break
12:15-12:45	Hospital Care at Home in the Continuum of Care for Sepsis (CE Session)	Grace Jenq, MD Clinical Professor, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine; Associate Chief Clinical Officer, Post-Acute Care Services University of Michigan Medicine
12:50-1:20	Sepsis Patient Education as Quality Improvement (CE Session)	Bethany Koschel, DO Internal Medicine Physician Providence St. Vincent Internal Medicine
1:25-1:40	T2 Biosystems Sponsored Session: Advancing Sepsis Detection in ICUs: Assessing the Benefits and Integration of T2Candida in Clinical Practice	Cristian Merchan, Pharm.D., BCCCP Assistant Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services - Critical Care, Emergency and Perioperative Services NYU Langone Health
1:45-2:00	Track 1: Cytovale Sponsored Session: IntelliSep Revolutionizes Early Sepsis Detection: Real Cases and a Patient Story Track 2: Inflammatix Sponsored Session: Advances in Emergency Medicine Diagnostic Testing: Reducing Clinical Ambiguity with Patients Suspected of Acute Infections or Sepsis	Track 1: Hollis (Bud) O'Neal, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Mark Laperouse, MD Medical Director Emergency Services Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Track 2: Tim Sweeney, MD, PhD Co-Founder and CEO Inflammatix
2:00-2:15	Break
2:15-2:45	Sepsis in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Early Goal-Directed Mechanical Circulatory Support? (CE Session)	Jonathan Ludmir, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
2:50-3:25	Earlier Recognition and Response to Critical Illness Outside the ICU (CE Session)	Frank Sebat, MS, MS, FCCM Director, Kritikus Foundation
3:30-3:55	Boston Scientific Sponsored Session: Intrarenal Pressure During Flexible Ureteroscopy	Manoj Monga, MD, FACS, FRCS Professor and Chair of Department of Urology, University of California San Diego Naeem Bhojani, MD Professor of Surgery University of Montreal Ben H. Chew, MD, MSc, FRCSC Associate Professor of Urology University of British Columbia
4:00-4:15	Use of Virtual Reality for Sepsis Recognition and Management Training (CE Session)	Matthew Zackoff, MD, MEd Assistant Professor, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
4:20-4:30	Closing Remarks

September 27, 2024

For the first time, Sepsis Alliance is joining forces with Sepsis Forum: Bench • Bedside • Beyond to offer a third day focused on global viewpoints on sepsis.

Time (ET)	Session Title	Presenter
10:00-10:10	Opening Remarks and Land Acknowledgement	David Carlbom, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine University of Washington School of Medicine Medical Director, Respiratory Care Department Attending Physician, Medical and Trauma-Surgical Intensive Care Units Harborview Medical Center Katy Grainger Sepsis Survivor and Advocate
10:10-10:55	Session 1: Implementation of Pediatric Sepsis Phoenix Criteria Across the Globe: Building Equity? 10:10-10:15 Introductions 10:15-10:30 Development of the Phoenix Criteria for Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 10:30-10:45 The Phoenix Pediatric Sepsis Definitions - Applying Them in South Africa 10:45-10:55 Panel Discussion	Moderator: Scott P. Sherry, MS, PA-C, FCCM Sepsis Program Manager, Oregon Health and Science University Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, MD, MBI, FAMIA Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine Andrew Argent, MBBCh, MMed, MD, FRCPCH (UK)
11:00-11:55	Session 2: Challenges & Opportunities for Improving Maternal Sepsis Care 11:00-11:05 Introductions 11:05-11:18 Midwives’ role in preventing maternal and neonatal sepsis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 11:18-11:31 Addressing Maternal Sepsis: A Large-Scale Quality Improvement Approach 11:31-11:44 Practical approaches to addressing maternal sepsis in Low-to-Middle Income Countries 11:44-11:55 Panel Discussion	Moderator: Scott P. Sherry, MS, PA-C, FCCM Sepsis Program Manager, Oregon Health and Science University Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Cathryn Ellis. BFA, MSc. PhD, RM (non-practicing) Associate Professor Emeritus University of British Columbia Elliott K. Main, MD Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Stanford University School of Medicine María Fernanda Escobar Vidarte, MD Chief of the Global Health Equity Unit Fundacion Valle del Lili
12:00-12:30	Break
12:30-1:30	Session 3: Bedside Education - Teaching Providers How to Apply Best Practices 12:30-12:35 Introductions 12:35-12:53 The Hard Part - Turning Guidelines Into Practice 12:53-1:11 Transformational Leadership: People-Centered Framework to Address Antimicrobial Resistance, the Silent Tsunami! 1:11-1:25 Panel Discussion	Moderator: Rick Janik, BSN, RN, CEN, CFRN Flight Nurse, Airlift Northwest Laura Evans, MD, MSc Professor and Medical Director Critical Care, University of Washington Halima Salisu-Kabara, FWACN, MPA, RN-RM, CCRN Vice-Executive Director African Sepsis Alliance (ASA)
1:30-2:25	Session 4: Bench to Bedside: Updates in Sepsis Science 1:30-1:35 Introductions 1:35-2:20 Sepsis Research Update: Considerations for All Care Settings 2:20-2:25 Q&A	Moderator: Mary Jo Kelly DNP, ARNP-CNS, CCNS, CCRN Elizabeth Bridges PhD, RN, CCNS, FCCM, FAAN University of Washington Medical Center
2:30-3:25	Session 5: Sepsis Survivorship 2:30-2:35 Introductions 2:35-2:43 Journey to Sepsis Survivorship: Patient Perspective 2:43-2:56 Sepsis Aftercare: Improving the Lives of Sepsis Survivors 2:56-3:09 Sepsis Transition and Recover (STAR), Nurse Navigators Delivering Best Practice Post-Discharge Care 3:09-3:25 Panel Discussion	Moderator: Sybil Hoiss, RN, MN Lead, Clinical Initiatives & Innovation Critical Care BC, Provincial Health Services Authority Hailey Bain Sepsis Survivor and Patient Partner Sepsis Canada Mark E. Mikkelsen, MD, MSCE, FCCM Associate Chief Medical Officer, Critical Care University of Colorado Hospital Stephanie Taylor, MD, MS Division Chief of Hospital Medicine University of Michigan
3:30-4:00	Closing Remarks: Pulling It All Together	Fatima Sheikh, MSc Communications Assistant Sepsis Canada Katy Grainger Sepsis Survivor and Advocate