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Thought Leader Sessions

Engage in discussions on innovative developments and hot topics in critical care with world-renowned experts.

Subject to change.

Thought Leader Sessions

  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:00am - 9:00am Eastern Time
    2025 SCCM Congress Opening Session and Presidential Address
    Location: Valencia Ballroom/415BCD
    Lauren R. Sorce, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, FAAN, FCCM (she/her/hers) – Ann and Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago
    Jose Pascual, MD, PhD, FACS, FCCM, FRCSC – University of Pennsylvania
     ACE Credit(s): 1
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    9:00am - 9:30am Eastern Time
    Thought Leader: Advancing Health at the Speed of AI (William C. Shoemaker Honorary Lecture)
    Location: Valencia Ballroom/415BCD
    Hoifung Poon, PhD (he/him/his)
    Matthew Churpek, MD, MPH, PhD – University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
     ACE Credit(s): 0.5
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    1:30pm - 2:15pm Eastern Time
    Thought Leader: Late-Breaking Studies That Will Change Your Practice
    Location: Valencia Ballroom/415BCD
    Tamas Szakmany, MD, PhD, MBE, FCCM (he/him/his) – Cardiff University
    Robert Tasker, MA, MD, MBBS, FRCP – Boston Children's Hospital
    Jonathan Sevransky, MD, MHS, FCCM – Emory University Hospital
     ACE Credit(s): 0.75
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    1:30pm - 2:15pm Eastern Time
    Acetylsalicylic Acid Treatment In Patients With Sepsis And Septic Shock: A Phase 2, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial (Critical Care Medicine)
    Location: Valencia Ballroom/415BCD
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    1:30pm - 2:15pm Eastern Time
    Blood Transfusion Practices in Intensive Care Units: A Prospective Observational Binational Study (Critical Care Explorations)
    Location: Valencia Ballroom/415BCD
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    1:30pm - 2:15pm Eastern Time
    Machine Learning-Based Pediatric Early Warning Score: Patient Outcomes in a Pre- Versus Post-Implementation Study, 2019-2023 (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)
    Location: Valencia Ballroom/415BCD
    Anoop Mayampurath, PhD, – University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Monday, Feb 24th
    8:00am - 8:45am Eastern Time
    Thought Leader: Climate Change: Why Health Systems Matter Now (Ake Grenvik Honorary Lecture)
    Location: Valencia Ballroom/415BCD
    seema gandhi, MD – University of California San Francisco
    Srinivas Murthy, MD – The University of British Columbia
     ACE Credit(s): 0.75
  • Monday, Feb 24th
    1:30pm - 2:15pm Eastern Time
    Thought Leader: Tissue Perfusion and Microcirculation in Shock (Peter Safar Honorary Lecture)
    Location: Valencia Ballroom/415A
    Olfa Hamzaoui, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University Hospitals of Reims
    Tamas Szakmany, MD, PhD, MBE, FCCM (he/him/his) – Cardiff University
     ACE Credit(s): 0.75
  • Tuesday, Feb 25th
    8:00am - 8:45am Eastern Time
    Thought Leader: Why the 4Ms Approach to Critical Care Improves Quality: Lessons From the Age-Friendly Health Systems Movement (Norma J. Shoemaker Honorary Lecture)
    Location: Valencia Ballroom/415A
     ACE Credit(s): 0.75
  • Tuesday, Feb 25th
    1:30pm - 2:15pm Eastern Time
    Thought Leader: The Remarkable Potential of Xenotransplantation (Max Harry Weil Honorary Lecture)
    Location: Valencia Ballroom/415A
    Laura Evans, MD, MSc, FCCM – University of Washington Medical Center
    Muhammad M. Mohiuddin, MD (he/him/his) – University of Maryland School of Medicine
     ACE Credit(s): 0.75