Programming - Resuscitation Science Symposium

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#ReSS25 Schedule-at-a-Glance

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC -6)
Friday, Nov. 7, 2025 #ReSS25 Activities – all times are CST (UTC -6)
Time Activity
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. ReSS Welcome Reception
(Ticketed event; held offsite)
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025 #ReSS Activities – all times are CST (UTC -6)
Time Activity
7:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Learning Studio
8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

Sarah Perman, MD, Yale University, USA
Cameron Dezfulian, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. 

Plenary Session 1 -  Goal Directed CPR -- What's the Target?

9:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Break/Networking/Exhibits
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Late-Breaking Resuscitation Science Abstracts
11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
ReSS Awards
11:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Break/Lunch
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

AHA/JCS Joint Session

ReSS Early Career Investigator Luncheon (by invitation only)

1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Break/Transition
1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Plenary Session 2 -  AI-Powered Life Saving: Revolutionizing Resuscitation Science             
2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Break/Networking/Exhibits

2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

"Shock"-ing Debates in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation

4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Break/Networking/Exhibits

4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Best of the Best Oral Abstracts Session
5:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Poster Session 1
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 3CPR Council Networking Session
Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 #ReSS Activities – all times are CST (UTC -6)
Time Activity
7:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Learning Studio
8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.

Concurrent Plenary Sessions

  • Plenary Session 3: Beating the Unexpected: Predicting and Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Persons
  • Plenary Session 4: Targeting Inflammation to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival
9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Break/Networking/Exhibits

9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Concurrent Oral Abstract Sessions

  • Basic/Translational
  • Clinical
10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Break/Networking/Exhibits
10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Max Harry Weill Competition and Mid-Career Award             
12:00 p.m. to 12:10 p.m. Break/Lunch
12:10 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Women in Resuscitation/Funding Opportunities

1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Poster Session 2             
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Year in Review
4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Break/Networking/Exhibits 
4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Plenary Session 5: Pumped Up - Unveiling the Opportunities of ECPR
5:30 p.m.

ReSS Adjourns

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