Sepsis Alliance Summit 2026

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Includes a Live Web Event on 09/16/2026 at 7:00 AM (PDT)

Description:

The Sepsis Alliance Summit returns this September for its 7th year, bringing together thousands of healthcare professionals for a free, dynamic, virtual two‑day event. This year’s program features forward‑looking presentations from clinicians, researchers, innovators, patient advocates, and national leaders who are shaping the future of sepsis care.
Healthcare professionals can earn free AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ or RN CE credits through engaging, practice-focused sessions that explore the latest science, technologies, and system‑level strategies driving improvement in sepsis outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this event, the learner should be able to:

Differentiate current sepsis definitions, diagnostic tools, and clinical criteria across diverse populations, including pediatric and hospital-acquired cases;
Describe evidence-based strategies that strengthen early recognition, timely intervention, antimicrobial stewardship, and post-discharge monitoring to improve outcomes;
List system-level drivers of quality improvement, such as SEP-1, CDI, HVBP, certification pathways, and collaborative models which can be developed into sustainable sepsis care programs;
Evaluate innovative tools, including artificial intelligence, advanced diagnostics, and media-based education, to enhance personalized sepsis management;
Apply trauma-informed approaches that address the experiences of co-survivors and foster healthcare environments that support patients, families, and providers.

Target Audience:

Nurses, advanced practice providers, physicians, emergency responders, pharmacists, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, physical/occupational therapists, infection prevention specialists, data/quality specialists, and more.

Agenda

September 16, 2026

Time (ET)	Session Title	Presenter
10:00-10:10	Opening Remarks and Erin Kay Flatley Spirit Award	Carl Flatley, DDS, MSD Founder, Sepsis Alliance
10:10-10:50	Keynote: "Blood Poison": Lessons from Sepsis History	Parsa Shahinpoor, MD Hospitalist and Quality Improvement Leader Northwest Permanente PC
10:55-11:15	Improving Sepsis Outcomes Through Timely Antibiotics and Fluids: A Pathway to Home	Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care University of Michigan
11:20-11:50	Expanding the Sepsis Quality Toolbox with Implementation Science	Adam Thompson, MPH Practice Facilitator Plain Speak Consulting Inc.
11:50-12:00	Break
12:00-12:30	Diasorin Sponsored Session: Clinical Integration of Fast Positive Blood Culture Diagnostics for Pediatric Bloodstream Infections	James J. Dunn, PhD, D(ABMM), MT(ASCP) Professor of Pathology & Immunology Baylor College of Medicine
12:35-12:50	Vantive Sponsored Session: Sepsis: Novel Blood Purification Technologies	Javier Neyra, MD, MSCS Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology University of Alabama at Birmingham
12:50-1:00	Break
1:00-1:40	Hospital Strategies to Improve Sepsis Outcomes: Recommendations from a Multisociety Consensus Panel	Chanu Rhee, MD, MPH Director of the Center for Sepsis Epidemiology and Prevention Studies (SEPSIS), Associate Professor of Population Medicine Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Harvard Medical School
1:45-2:15	Info TBA
2:15-2:35	Break
2:35-3:05	Abionic Sponsored Session: Beyond Sterile SIRS: Using PSP to Detect Pre-Clinical Infections, Closing the Diagnostic Gap in Acute Care	Patrick Pestalozzi, MBA CEO Abionic Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. Denis Ehrl, MBA Head of the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Klinikum Nürnberg
3:10-3:25	Flosonics Medical Sponsored Session: 2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Update: What's Changed at the Bedside	Jaclyn Bond, MSN-LM, MBA-HM, RN Former Director of Nursing
3:25-3:40	Break
3:40-4:10	The Rules of the Game: How to Screen and Define Refractory Shock	Christa Schorr, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FCCM Clinical Nurse Scientist; Professor of Medicine Cooper University Hospital; Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
4:15-4:45	Project PIVOT: Learning from Patients to Improve Patient Safety, Diagnostic Quality, and Biases in Care	Sue Sheridan, MIM, MBA, DHL Founding Member/President and CEO Patients For Patient Safety US
4:45-4:50	Closing Remarks

September 17, 2026

Time (ET)	Session Title	Presenter
10:00-10:15	Opening Remarks: Sepsis Survivor Story	Maxine Tatlonghari
10:20-10:50	Keynote: Elevating Sepsis Care Together: A Joint Commission Perspective	Arjun Srinivasan, MD Deputy Chief Medical Officer The Joint Commission Enterprise
10:55-11:25	Vasoactive Therapy in Refractory Septic Shock: What’s New and What’s Next	Susan E. Smith, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM, FCCP Associate Professor University of Georgia College of Pharmacy
11:30-12:00	Sepsis Diagnostics: Understanding Clinical Utility Through the Patient Perspective	Suz Schrandt, JD Founder and CEO ExPPect
12:05-12:35	Info TBA
12:35-1:00	Break
1:00-1:15	Spectral Medical Sponsored Session: Info TBA
1:20-1:35	Sponsored Session
1:40-1:55	Sponsored Session
2:00-2:15	Sponsored Session
2:20-2:35	Break
2:35-3:05	How do we protect the gut with sepsis?	Craig Coopersmith, MD, FACS, MCCM Director, Emory Critical Care Center; Professor of Surgery Emory University School of Medicine
3:10-3:40	Immunomodulators in Sepsis: A New Frontier	Joanna C. Dionne, MD, MS, PhD, FRCPC Associate Professor of Medicine McMaster University
3:45-4:15	Diagnosis and Risk Stratification of Sepsis with Host-Microbe Metagenomics	Natasha Spottiswoode, MD, D.Phil Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease University of California San Francisco
4:20-4:50	Making Sepsis the Next Success Story in Global Health	Niranjan “Tex” Kissoon, MBBS, FRCP(C), MCCM, FACPE Professor, Department of Pediatrics Global Health, Institute of Global Health, University of British Columbia
4:50-5:00	Closing Remarks

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