
Co-Sponsored by The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists.
Thank you to the attendees, speakers, presenters, and industry partners that made the Critical Care Conference a success!
Registrants: Claim CME & CEU Credit
Log in to the conference website and claim the credit by clicking “Claim Credit and Evaluate” on the left-hand navigation menu. Physicians and PAs can claim AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, while nurses and perfusionists will be redirected to the Corexcel credit site to claim nursing contact hours or perfusion CEUs.
An online version of the course will be available for purchase soon.
Congratulations to these e-poster presenters, who were recognized during the conference:
Best Overall
Thomas Knapp
Medical Student at University of Central Florida College of Medicine
“Dexmedetomidine Withdrawal in Pediatric and Cardiac ICU Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
Best Team Theme
Brett Matoian, MD and Pathik Patel, MD
General Surgery Residents at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital
“Incidence of Central-Line-Associated Infections after the Introduction of Midline Catheters in a Community-Based Intensive Care Unit Treating Cardiothoracic Critical Care Patients”
Most Innovative
Mahdi Ebnali, PhD
Post-doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School
“Cognitive Workload in Minimally Invasive and Standard Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery”
COVID Information
STS requires that all professional registrants, faculty, exhibitors, guests, and STS staff be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their attendance. Attendees are considered fully vaccinated 2 weeks after the second dose in a two-dose series, or 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine; and, if eligible, have received a booster shot.
STS has partnered with 42Chat/HealthShield, a third-party SMS texting-based service that will manage the collection of vaccine documentation. You will need to provide a telephone number through which you can be reached by SMS texting. Attendees will receive an invitation with instructions on how to upload their proof of vaccination in August.
Accreditation Information
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
This learning activity was jointly planned and implemented by Corexcel and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Corexcel is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). This educational program provides a maximum of 14.08 contact hours.
This program has been approved by The American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion for a maximum of 16.9 CEUs. Perfusionists should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.