2025 Conference Schedule

SESSION 1

• 9:00 am- 9:05 am Welcome by Katherine Fronczek (Director of Advanced Practice Providers, Mount Sinai Health System, PA-C)
• 9:05 am- 10:05 am Hot topics: Neuro Emergencies by Alyssa Kirsch PA-C (Neuro ICU, Mount Sinai Hospital, Senior Physician Assistant) and Dr. Gabriela Keeton (Assistant Fellowship Program Director, Neurocritical Care, Mount Sinai Hospital, Assistant Professor Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Hospital)
• 10:05 am - 11:00 am Updates in Infectious Disease by Dr. Dhruv Patel (Director, Patient Safety and Quality for ICCM at Mount Sinai Hospital, Associate Director, Transplant Intensive Care Unit, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine)

Break:

• 11 am- 11:15 am

SESSION 2

• 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Pulmonary Embolism Back to Basics by Ahmad Halimi (Chief PA Critical Care Services, PA student Coordinator Mount Sinai South Nassau)

Lunch 12:15-1:00pm

SESSION 3

• 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ECMO 101 by Joseph Curto AGACNP-BC(MICU/CCU/RRT Mount Sinai Hospital)
• 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Cardiogenic Shock from Meds to Devices by Dr. Evan Leibner (Director of Critical Care Education & Simulation, Co-Director, Difficult Airway Response Team Program, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine)

3:00-3:15 Closing remarks and raffle by Dr. Roopa Kohli-Seth (Director of the Institute for Critical Care Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, Professor, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital)

3:15pm-5:00pm Optional SIMs

• Access: U/S IV, IO, midline Katherine Fronczek (Director of Advanced Practice Providers)
• POCUS Dr. Jennifer Carter (Assistant Professor, Institute for Critical Care Medicine) & Dr. Evan Leibner (Director of Critical Care Education & Simulation