Pre-Course Workshop – Additional Registration Required

Hands On Point-of-Care Ultrasound & Transesophageal Echocardiography for Optimizing the Care of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients

Tuesday, December 1st, 2026

Simulation Center (In-Person Only)

7:00 a.m.

Registration & Continental Breakfast

7:50

Opening Remarks

Hari Kalagara, MBBS, MD; Govind Panda, MD

8:00

Basic Cardiac – Hari Kalagara, MBBS, MD (8:00 - 8:15am)

Lung Ultrasound – Prasant Balasubramanian, MBBS, MD (8:15 – 8:30am)

8:30

Hands on Session

Govind Panda, MD; Hari Kalagara, MBBS, MD; Juan Ripoll Sanz, MD;

Dereddi Raja Reddy, MD – MD Anderson

9:30-9:45 a.m.

Break

9:45

Advanced Cardiac Views

Govind Panda, MD

10:00

Hemodynamics and VExUS

Nathan Waldron, MD

10:30

Hands on Session

Juan Ripoll Sanz, MD; Nathan Waldron, MD; Govind Panda, MD;

Hari Kalagara, MBBS, MD

12:00-1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00

Basic TEE

Christoph Nabzdyk, MD

1:15

Advanced TEE

TBD

1:30

Hands on Session

Christoph Nabzdyk, MD; Juan Ripoll Sanz, MD, Wesley Allen, MD

2:30

Break

2:45

POCUS for ECMO

Govind Panda, MD

3:15

Vascular Ultrasound

Juan Ripoll Sanz, MD

3:30

Hands on Session

Govind Panda, MD; Hari Kalagara, MBBS, MD; Ricardo Diaz Milian, MD

4:30 p.m.

Concluding Remarks/Q&A

Wednesday, December 2^nd , 2026

Mayo Clinic Kinne Auditorium – Cannaday Building (In-Person & Livestream)

7:00 a.m.

Registration, Continental Breakfast & Exhibit Hall

7:20

Welcome & Course Highlights                                                              

Gregory Schears, MD

7:30

ECMO History and Overview                                                                

Gregory Schears, MD

ECMO Introduction

8:00

ECMO Nuts & Bolts: Basics of Cannulas, Oxygenators, Pumps, & Configurations

TBD

8:30

Cannulation Reassessment and Reconfiguration         

Nishant Saran, MD

9:05

Status & Management of VV-ECMO

Kyle Bohman, MD

9:35-9:45 a.m.

Break & Exhibits

9:45

Progress & Management of VA-ECMO

TBD from MCA

10:15

ECPR Rational/Trials                                                                                             

Pramod Guru, MBBS, MD

10:45

LV Vent: Who, What, Where, When, & How                                                                     

Trina Augustin, MD

11:15

Essentials of Anticoagulation during ECMO                                  

Troy Seelhammer, MD

11.45

Avoiding the “Bloody Mess”: Transfusion and ECMO                                                       

Sanjay Chaudhary, MBBS

12:00-12:45 p.m.

Lunch Break & Exhibits

ECMO program Design and Development

Troy Seelhammer, MD & Gregory Schears, MD

Afternoon Simulations/Small Groups

Mayo Clinic Kinne Auditorium – Cannaday Building

Rotation #1

1:00 – 1:45

1. Selection – (Kinne A)

Gregory Schears, MD / Michael Nemergut, MD, PhD / Pablo Moreno Franco, MD

Rotation #2

1:50 – 2:35

2. Hemostatic Management – (Kinne B)

Troy Seelhammer, MD / Anna Shapiro, MD / Allison Strong, RN

Break

2:35– 2:50

Rotation #3

2:50 – 3:35

3. ECPR: Emergent Initiation, DPC, Approaches for Optimization, Disposition – (Kinne 1106)  

Alex Finch, MD / Pramod Guru, MBBS, MD / Jill Zimmerman, RN

Rotation #4

3:40 – 4:25

4. Hypoxia on VV ECMO – (Kinne 1107)

Sanjay Chaudhary, MBBS, MD / Ryan Craner, MD / Layton White Jr, PA-C

4:30 – 4:40 p.m.

Q&A & Debrief

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Fellow Abstract Presentations and Welcome Reception at the Kinne Auditorium

Thursday, December 3^rd , 2026

Mayo Clinic Kinne Auditorium – Cannaday Building (In-Person & Livestream)

ECMO Intermediate

6:45 a.m.

Continental Breakfast & Exhibit Hall

Role of AI in ECMO

Anirban Bhattacharyya, MD, MS

7:00

Levers to Pull: Vasoactive Pharmacotherapy Optimization                                              

Troy Seelhammer, MD 

7:25

Heart Failure: Physiology and Management                                                                                  
Parag Patel, MD

7:50

Application of Pharmacotherapy on ECMO                      

Patrick Wieruszewski, PharmD, RPh

8:20

 RV dysfunction and ECMO                                                                              

John Haney, MD, MPH

8:50

ECMO and Heart Transplant

Parag Patel, MD

9:20-9:35 a.m.

Break & Exhibits

Mechanical Circulatory Support Rapid Fire

9:35

Contemporary Role of ECMO in Lung Transplant

TBD

9:50

Play Nice – Mixed Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices & ECMO, ECPELLA                                                                     

Trina Augustin, MD 

10:05

What About the Liver and Kidneys? – CRRT and MARS on ECMO                              

Nathan Peffley, MD

10:20

ECMO beyond the conventional indications – toxicology, upper airway procedures, thoracic procedures

Christina E. Saikus, M.D., Ph.D.

10:35

ECMO for PE

Omar Elmadhoun, MD, MPH

10:50-11:05 a.m.

Break & Exhibits

11:05

Role of ECMO in Sepsis

Juan Diaz Soto, MD

11:25

Role of ECMO in Obstetrics

Juan Ripoll Sanz, MD

11:45

Beyond Cannulation: Ambulation & Transport

TBD

12:05

Ethical Evidence for ECMO

TBD

12:20-12:45 p.m.

Lunch & Exhibits

Afternoon Simulations/Small Groups

Simulation Center – Stabile Building

Rotation #1

1:00 – 1:45

1. LV Venting Strategies: Who, What, When, & Where – (Learning Center A)

Trina Augustin, MD / Thomas Brown, CCP / Stephanie Zhang, APRN

Rotation #2

1:50 – 2:35

2. Circuit Emergencies – (ICU)

Bhavesh Patel, MD / James Johnson, Jr, CCP / Megan Osterhaus, RN  or MCR colleagues / Pramod Guru, MBBS, MD / Joseph Shiber, MD / Rachel Hannon, APRN

Break

2:35 – 2:50

Rotation #3

2:50 – 3:35

3. Wet/Wet Connection, Sterile Thrombus Removal, Cannula Securement – (PSL)

 Gregory Schears, MD / Tammy Friedrich, MSN, RN or MCR colleagues / Ryan Craner, MD / Pavel Mishin, CCP or MCA colleagues

Rotation #4

3:40 – 4:25

4. Trial Off (with ECHO Assessment) / ECMO Removal – (Learning Center B)

Ricardo Diaz Milian, MD / Juan Ripoll Sanz, MD / Layton White Jr, PA-C

4:30 – 4:40 p.m.

Q&A & Debrief

4:40 p.m.

Adjourn

Friday, December 4^th, 2026

Mayo Clinic Simulation Center – Stabile Building (In-Person Only)

7:30 a.m.

Special Session: Continental Breakfast with the Experts

Join our faculty for breakfast to discuss DPC, integrate simulation at your center, to cath or not to cath, financial considerations/implications/billing, staffing controversies & bridging strategies

8:00

Introduction to the Day

Troy Seelhammer, MD

8:05

Live Guided Case Discussions with Experts (Learning Center B)

Moderator: Troy Seelhammer, MD, Trina Augustin, MD, Nishant Saran, MD

High Fidelity Simulations

* Rotating Groups; All Attendees Participate in Every Session

Rotation #1

9:00 – 9:50

1. Cannulation Basics – (Procedural Skills Lab)

Gregory Schears, MD / Trina Augustin, MD / Allison Strong, RN /

Ruggero Bruzzone, CCP / Pavel Mishin, CCP

Rotation #2

10:00 – 10:50

2. VV ECMO Cannulation – (Emergency Department)

Randy Mielke, MD, MPH, / FL Surgeon TBA / Sanjay Chaudhary, MBBS /

James Johnson, Jr, CCP / Jill Zimmerman, RN / Megan Osterhaus, RN

Rotation #3

11:00 – 11:50

3. Extended Reality –VR; AR TEE; Immersive Table – (Learning Center A&B)/ Troy Seelhammer, MD / Nishant Saran, MD (Immersive Table), Govind Panda, MD (TEE)

12:00 - 12:30

Lunch with Q&A

High Fidelity Simulations

* Rotating Groups; All Attendees Participate in Every Session

Rotation #1

12:45 – 1:50

1. ECPR Simulations and Debrief – (Procedural Skills Lab)

MCF or MCR surgeon TBD / Trina Augustin MD / Alex Finch, MD /

Ruggero Bruzzone, CCP / Pavel Mishin, CCP

Rotation #2

2:00 – 3:05

2. Circuit Reconfiguration: Each Portion 30-min duration – (Emergency Department)

Medical: TBD  / Jill Zimmerman, RN /

Thomas Brown, CCP

Surgical: Sanjay Chaudhary, MBBS / Tammy Friedrich, MSN, RN /

Layton White Jr, PA-C / Megan Osterhaus, RN

Rotation #3

3:15 – 4:20

3. Non-Emergent Cannulation (Periprocedural, Bridge to Transplantation) – (OR)

Nishant Saran, MD / Pablo Moreno Franco, MD / Troy Seelhammer, MD

4:20 – 5:00

Q&A and Debrief

5:00 p.m.

Adjourn