14:00 - 14:50
Going from Knowing to Doing: A Roadmap for Improving Cardiopulmonary
Bypass
14:50 - 15:10 20
MINUTE BREAK– Refreshments Outside Lecture Hall
15:10 – 16:00
In Harm's Way, Part II - An Examination of Medical Malpractice Causes of
Action
16:00 - 16:50
Working with Physicians on Developing Technology: Organ Transplantation
Takes New Paths.
16:50 – 17:00 10 MINUTE
BREAK – Refreshments Outside Lecture Hall
17:00 - 17:50
The Evolution of Biomaterials in Membrane Oxygenators
17:50 - 18:40
Hybrid O.R.’s and a New Business Model for Cardiovascular Surgery
19:00 - 21:30
MECHANISMS WELCOME RECEPTION - Exhibit Hall
FRIDAY – May
16, 2008
07:00 -
12:00 Registration / Sign-In
07:00 - 08:00 Coffee /
Juice Outside Lecture Hall
09:00 - 12:00 Exhibits –
Exhibit Hall
GENERAL SESSIONS Moderator: Dan
Michelangelo, CCP
08:00 - 08:50
“Platelet-Rich Plasma” Therapies in Regenerative, Musculoskeletal, Medicine
08:50 - 09:40
State of the Art Blood Management in Cardiac Surgery
09:30 - 10:30
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST – Exhibit Hall
10:30 – 11:20
Hyperoxia on Bypass: Friend And Foe Alike
11:20 - 12:10
Breaking
The Reperfusion Barrier: Perfusion’s 21st Century Challenge
12:10 – 12:20 10
MINUTE BREAK
12:20 – 13:10
Ventricular Assist
Devices are you Ready??
13:10
– 14:00
Back to the Future: Emergency CPB for the 21st Century
SATURDAY – May 17, 2008
07:00 - 11:00
Registration / Sign-In
07:00 - 08:00 Juice/Coffee Available Outside
Lecture Hall
09:00 - 11:00
Exhibits – Exhibit Hall
GENERAL SESSIONS Moderator:
David Bishop, CCP
08:00 - 08:50 Platelet
Gel: Sequestration and Application Techniques
08:50
- 09:40
How to Make Intelligent Changes in Your Practice
09:30 - 10:30 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST – Exhibit Hall
10:30 - 11:20
Communicating with the Surgeon and Anesthesiologist: Key to Good
Outcomes (and your peace of mind)
11:20 - 12:10
Closure of ASD: What Really Happened on May 6, 1953?
12:00 - 13:00 BUFFET
LUNCHEON-
13:30 - 15:00
Mother Earth: The Art of the Cosmos
16:00
PERFUSION NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD ‘EM CHARITY POKER TOURNAMENT
SUNDAY
– May 18, 2008
07:00 - 08:00 Juice /
Coffee Only- Available Outside Lecture Hall
07:00
- 11:00 SIGN IN
GENERAL SESSIONS Moderator:
Clarence Solar, CCP
08:00 - 08:50
CABG -vs- STENT Evidence Based Treatment
08:50 - 09:40
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery vs. Standard Approach. The
Why’s and How’s
09:40 – 09:50 10 MINUTE
BREAK – Refreshments Outside Lecture Hall
09:50 – 10:40
What do I Need to do to Pass Joint Commission?
10:40 CLOSING REMARKS