Programming - Resuscitation Science Symposium 2024

Separate registration is required for Early Career and other Scientific Sessions Symposia -- but it is free for AHA Professional Members! Nonmembers must pay a fee.

You can register on-site by following these directions.

Also see: #ReSS24 and #AHA24 Abstracts in Circulation(link opens in new window)

Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 #ReSS24 Schedule – all times are CST (UTC -6)
Time Activity
12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Early Career sessions (part of Scientific Sessions 2024)
McCormick Convention Center
3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. #ReSS24 Registration Opens
8th Street Lobby South
Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 #ReSS Schedule – all times are CST (UTC -6)
Time Activity
7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Registration Open
8th Street Lobby South
7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Exhibits
International Ballroom South, 2nd Floor
7:00 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.

Updates and Controversies in Post-Arrest Care
International Ballroom South, 2nd Floor

In this breakfast workshop, experts from the University of Pennsylvania and Mount Sinai Health System will present an overview of post-arrest care recommendation and recent studies into both depth and duration of targeted temperature management, the role of coronary angiography and related topics.

Program Director: Benjamin Abella, MD, MPhil; Mount Sinai Professor and System Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
International Ballroom South, 2nd Floor
8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Symposium Opening Welcome
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor

#ReSS24 Program Committee Chair Welcome
Sarah Perman, MD, Yale University

8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

Plenary Session 1: Hot Topics in Critical Care Cardiology and Cardiac Arrest
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor
Moderators: Christopher Barnett, MD, University of California San Francisco and Andrea Elliott, MD, University of Minnesota

  • SHOCK Team: Prevention of Cardiac Arrest
    Penelope Rampersad, MD, Cleveland Clinic
  • Coronary angiography and PCI – state of the science in 2024
    Anezi Uzendu, MD, UT Southwestern
  • Optimizing E-CPR – LV decompression, heart-lung interaction
    Demetris Yannopoulis, MD, University Minnesota
  • Evidence Based (C) ICU Care of the post Cardiac Arrest Patient: An Overview of Contemporary RCTs
    Sean van Diepen, MD, University of Alberta
9:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Break, Networking, Exhibits
International Ballroom South, 2nd Floor
10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Presentation of ReSS Awards
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor

  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    Dianne Atkins, MD, University of Iowa
  • Resuscitation Champion Award
    Richard Price, Pulse Point
  • Ian G. Jacobs Award for International Group Collaboration to Advance Resuscitation Science
    Prof. Dr. Bernd W. Böttiger, Kids Save Lives
    Prof. Dr. Federico Fiorenzo Semeraro, Kids Save Lives
10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Refreshment Break, Networking, Exhibits
International Ballroom South, 2nd Floor
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Plenary Session 2: Interactive Late-Breaking Resuscitation Science Session
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor
Moderators: Ashish Panchal, MD, The Ohio State University & TBD

  • Ceftriaxone To Prevent Pneumonia After Cardiac Arrest (PROTECT): A Pilot Randomized-Controlled Trial and Microbiome Assessment
    David Gagnon, PharmD, Maine Medical Center
  • FirstCPR: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effect of Delivering Basic Life Support Education and Training to Community Organisations
    Sonali Munot, PhD, The University of Sydney
  • Long-term functional outcome and quality of life 5-8 years after the TTH48 trial
    Markus Skrifvars, MD, PhD, University of Helsinki
12:10 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Women in ReSS
Continental C, Lobby Level

Co Chairs:
  • Pavitra Kotini-Shah, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Lorrel Toft, MD, University of Reno
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Lunch
Available for purchase in International Ballroom South, 2nd Floor

1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Plenary Session 3: Long-term Survivorship and Outcomes
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor
Moderators: Katie Dainty, PhD, University of Toronto and Sachin Agarwal, MD, MPH, Columbia University

  • First Aider Follow-up
    Conrad Bjorshal, MD, PhD, Stavenger University Hospital
  • Dyadic interventions: A promising approach to building resilience in cardiac arrest survivors and their caregivers
    Alex Presciutti, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Longterm cognitive decline in cardiac arrest survivors
    Vicky Joshi, PhD, Glasgow Caledonian University
  • The Best of Both Worlds: Supporting Survivors Now While Building Science for the Future
    Cecelia Ratay, DNP, CRNP, University of Pittsburgh
2:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Refreshment Break, Networking, Exhibits
International Ballroom South, 2nd Floor
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Research Awards
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor
Moderators: Sarah Perman, MD, Yale University and Cameron Dezfulian, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Dickinson W. Richards Lecture
    Robert Neumar, MD, PhD, University of Michigan

Max Harry Weil Early Career Award Competition for Resuscitation Science Competition
Moderators: Lorrel Toft, MD, University of Nevada, Reno and Jonathan Elmer, MD, University of Pittsburgh

  • Evaluating the National Institutes of Health Pipeline for Resuscitation Science Investigators
    Ryan Coute, MD, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Sex Hormone Trajectories and Association to Outcomes after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
    Pavitra Kotini-Shah, MD, University of Illinois
  • Thematic analysis of cardiac arrest survivor-caregiver dyads’ psychosocial intervention needs
    Alex Presciutti, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Break, Networking, Exhibits
International Ballroom South, 2nd Floor
4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Best of the Best Oral Abstracts
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor
Moderators: Clifton Callaway, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, and Rudolph Koster, MD, University of Amsterdam

  • At What Time Point is Delay to First Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Not Associated with Survival for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest?
    Evan O’Keefe, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute/University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • Preparing paramedics for patient- and family-centered resuscitation using an ABCD framework
    Carolina Tennyson, DNP, Duke Heart Center
  • Automated cardiac arrest detection incorporated in a wristband: First experience with spontaneous cardiac arrest detection
    Roos Edgar, MSc, Radboud University Medical Center
  • Sulfatide-specific natural killer T cells regulate early inflammation and ameliorate post-cardiac arrest brain injury
    Tomoyoshi Tamura, MD, PhD, Keio University School of Medicine
5:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.

Poster Session 1 and Reception
Salon D, Lower Level

7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. 3CPR Council Reception
Waldorf, 3rd Floor
Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 #ReSS Schedule – all times are CST (UTC -6)
Time Activity
7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Registration Open
8th Street Lobby South
7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Exhibits
International Ballroom South, 2nd Floor
7:00 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.

Breakfast Session: Behind the Science with the Chairs: 2024 AHA/AAP Drowning Focused Update and 2024 AHA/ARC First Aid Guidelines

Moderators:
Eric Lavonas, MD, University of Colorado
Alexis Topjian, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Jeannette Previdi, MPH, BSN, RN, American Heart Association

Speakers:
Cameron Dezfulian, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Matthew Douma, PhD(c), RN, University College Dublin

7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor
8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.

Concurrent Plenary Session: Cardiac Arrest due to Drugs of Abuse
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor
Moderators: Eric Lovonas, MD, University of Colorado and Ameera Haamid, MD, University of Chicago

  • Underestimation of Overdose Cardiac Arrest in the Community
    Ralph Wang, MD, University of California San Francisco
  • Mixed agents of abuse in cardiac arrest
    Jeanmarie Perrone, MD, University of Pennsylvania
  • Optimization of resuscitation strategies in the pre-hospital population
    Gerard Carroll, MD, Cooper University Health care
  • The Association between Bystander-Performed Chest Compression Strategy and Neurological Outcomes for Opioid-Associated and Undifferentiated Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
    Brian Grunau, MD, University of British Columbia
8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.

Concurrent Plenary Session: Critical Knowledge Gaps in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
Continental AB, Lobby Level
Moderators: Maya Dewan, MD, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s and Venessa Pinto, MD, Texas Children’s

  • Epinephrine in pediatric resuscitation - is it time to rethink how much to deliver
    Martha Kienzle, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Low frequency high acuity event- how to train for pediatric arrest?
    Cara Doughty, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Pro-Con Hypothermia Debate in Kids
    Monica Kleinman, Boston Children's Hospital
    vs
    Alexis Topjian, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Break, Networking, Exhibits
International Ballroom South, 2nd Floor
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Concurrent Oral Abstracts – Basic/Translational
Continental AB, Lobby Level
Moderators: Cindy Hsu, MD, PhD, University of Michigan and Willard Sharp, MD, University of Chicago

  • Optimizing Post-resuscitation Care after Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta and Automated Head-up Position Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
    Nicolas Segond, MD, Université Grenoble Alpes
  • Systemic Nicotinamide Mononucleotide Administration for Post-cardiac Arrest Brain Injury
    Daiki Kaito, MD, Keio University School of Medicine
  • Baseline Measurements of Cellular Respiration Affect the Response to Thiamine Treatment in Post-arrest Patients
    Jacob Vine, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Association of hypertonic saline treatment with change in cerebral oxygen extraction after cardiac arrest
    Laura Faiver, MD, University of Pittsburgh
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Concurrent Oral Abstracts – Clinical
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor
Moderators: Jessica Fowler, MD, MPH, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Carolina Maciel, MD, University of Florida

  • Tracheal Intubation During Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Trends and Association with Survival
    Lindsay Shepard, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Response Times and Survival for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients in Public Housing
    Louise Flarup, RN, MSc, Akutberedskabet, Region Hovedstaden
  • Development of an Innovative Cardiac Arrest Recovery Pilot (CARP) Program
    Rachel Beekman, MD, Yale University
  • Execution of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Patients with Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest (EXECT-CPR): A Clustered Randomized Clinical Trial
    Sheng-En Chu, MD, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Refreshment Break, Networking, Exhibits
International Ballroom South, 2nd Floor
10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Year in Review: Yesterday, today and tomorrow! A celebration of 100 years of the AHA
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor
Moderator: Jon Rittenberger, MD, Guthrie Medical Group

  • Pediatrics
    Tia Raymond, MD, Medical City Healthcare
  • Adult
    Thomas Rea, MD, MPH, University of Washington
  • Fritz Sterz Memorial
    Wolfgang Weihs, MD, Medical University of Vienna
12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. Lunch
(Available for purchase in International Ballroom South)
12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m.

AHA/Japanese Circulation Society Joint Session
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor
AHA Moderator: Masashi Okubo, MD, MS, University of Pittsburgh and Naoki Nakayama, PhD, Yokohama City University Citizens General Medical Center Advanced Critical Care Center

  • Regional updates in TTM
    Rachel Beekman, MD, Yale University
  • ECPR
    Jason Bartos, MD, PhD, University of Minnesota
  • ECPR: Akihiko Inoue, MD
    Hyogo Disaster Medical Center Emergency Department/Intensive Care Unit
  • Body temperature management therapy
    Hiromichi Naito, MD, PhD, Okayama University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine
12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. AHA Funding Opportunities
Continental AB, Lobby Level
Glenn Dillon, PhD, American Heart Association
1:10 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Transition to Posters
1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m Poster Session 2 and Reception
Salon D, Lower Level
2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Plenary Session 5 – Mythbusting: Debates in Cardiac Arrest Clinical Care and Research
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor
Moderators: Ryan Morgan, MD, MTR, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Marina Del Rios, MD

  • Myth: Nobody needs to be cooled below 36
    Katherine Berg, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
    vs.
    Laurie Morrison, MD, University of Toronto

  • Myth: RCTs will always be neutral in cardiac arrest
    Jonathan Elmer, MD, MS, University of Pittsburgh
    vs.
    Markus Skrifvars, MD, University of Helsinki
4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Refreshment Break, Networking, Exhibits
4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Plenary Session 6 - Emerging Technologies in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation
International Ballroom North, 2nd Floor
Moderators: Robert Sutton, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Johanna C Moore MD MSc, Hennepin Healthcare

  • Mitochondrial transplantation
    Lance Becker, MD, Hofstra/Northwell Health System
  • Resuscitative Transesophageal Echo
    Felipe Teran, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Neurometabolic optical monitoring during CPR
    Tiffany Ko, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
  • Contactless Cardiac Arrest Detection
    Jacob Sunshine, MD, MS, University of Washington
5:30 p.m. #ReSS24 Adjourns

The following sessions and events are part of Scientific Sessions 2024:

Cardiogenic Shock Masterclass
Mon., Nov. 18, 9:15 a.m. - 11:15 am
Simulation Zone, Science and Technology Hall

Hear Ye Hear Ye! Arresting News in Critical Care Cardiology!!
Oral Abstract Session
Mon., Nov. 18, 8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
Room S101A

The Fortune Teller Will See You Now... Prognostication in the CICU
Moderated Digital Poster Session
Mon., Nov. 18, 12:50 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Zone 4‚ Moderated Digital Poster 17

Shocking Developments in Cardiogenic Shock
Abstract Oral Session
Mon., Nov. 18, 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Room N226

Critical Care Cardiology Case Theater Olympics Edition: Going for CICU Gold! Wiser-Grittier-Handier – Together
Mon., Nov. 18, 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Heart Theater I, Science and Technology Hall

A presenter speaks to the audience during #ReSS22.

Late-Breaking Science & Debates

Plenary Session 2 - Interactive Late-Breaking Resuscitation Science Session
Saturday, Nov. 16, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

  • Ceftriaxone To Prevent Pneumonia After Cardiac Arrest (PROTECT): A Pilot Randomized-Controlled Trial and Microbiome Assessment
    David Gagnon, PharmD, Maine Medical Center
  • FirstCPR: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effect of Delivering Basic Life Support Education and Training to Community Organisations
    Sonali Munot, PhD, The University of Sydney
  • Long-term functional outcome and quality of life 5-8 years after the TTH48 trial
    Markus Skrifvars, MD, PhD, University of Helsinki



Plenary Session 5 - Myth-Busting: Debates in Cardiac Arrest Care and Research
Sunday, Nov. 17, 2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Council & Member Activities

Scientific Councils are at the heart of AHA Professional Membership, and both #ReSS24 and #AHA24 are packed with possibilities! 

Network with your peers and connect with old friends at one of our council receptions or dinners.

Please note, this link goes to a page on Scientific Sessions, but has information for all AHA Professional Members.

Resuscitation Science Symposium Program Committee

 
Sarah Perman, MD, MSCE, FAHA

Sarah Perman, MD, MSCE, FAHA
Program Committee Chair
Yale University

Cameron Dezfulian, MD, FAHA

Cameron Dezfulian, MD, FAHA
Program Committee Vice Chair
Baylor College of Medicine

Benjamin S. Abella, MD, MPhil, FAHA

Benjamin S. Abella, MD, MPhil, FAHA
Immediate Past Chair
University of Pennsylvania

Members

  • Janet Bray, RN, PhD, Monash University
  • Rebecca Cash, PhD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Marina Del Rios, MD, MS, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
  • Jonathan Elmer, MD, MS, University of Pittsburgh
  • Samantha Fernandez, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Bryan Fischberg, BSEE, Rutgers University
  • Ameera Haamid, MD, University of Chicago Medicine
  • Benny Joyner, MD, MPH, UNC Chapel Hill
  • Rudolph Koster, MD, PhD, Academic Medical Center
  • Jung Li, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Carolina Maciel, MD, MSc, University of Florida
  • Ryan Morgan, MD, MS, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Laurie J. Morrison, MD, MSc, FRCPC, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto
  • Ari Moskowitz, MD, Montefiore, MPH, Montifiore Einstein
  • Theresa Olasveengen, MD, PhD, Oslo University Hospital
  • Cecelia Ratay, DNP, ARNP, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine
  • Michael Saryre, MD, FAHA, University of Washington
  • David Seder, MD, Maine Medical Center
  • Willard Sharp, MD, PhD, University of Chicago

Liaisons

  • Tom Aufderheide, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Erin Bohula, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Jeanette Previdi, MPH