Chair:
Kenneth Shann, CCP
Objectives:
The mission of the pediatric subcommittee is to
develop, foster, and promote process improvement in the delivery of perfusion
services for neonatal, infant and pediatric patients. The objectives of this
committee include the development of pediatric practice guidelines and a
registry specific to pediatric perfusion.
Additionally, the Committee has begun collaborating with other
congenital heart disease societies such as the World Society for Pediatric and
Congenital Heart Disease (http://www.wspchs.com)
and the Pediatric Committee of AmSECT.
Current Projects:
The Pediatric Committee of the ICEBP has been
invited to represent pediatric perfusionists on the Society of Thoracic
Surgeons (STS) Congenital Database Taskforce and the Multi-Societal
Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. This relationship has led to the Pediatric
Committee’s involvement and contribution to the development of a complete list
of uniform and standard definitions for complications secondary to congenital
heart surgery. The Pediatric Committee
has been asked to focus on the complications associated with cardiopulmonary
bypass, extracorporeal life support, and ventricular assist devices. These definitions will allow for a standardized technique for measuring operative and
postoperative complications, and create the tools necessary to measure, study,
and quantify morbidity secondary to congenital heart surgery. The results of this project will be published
and provide useful tools for multi-institutional research and outcomes
analysis.
Subcommittee members:
| Bob Groom |
Brian Mejak |
Carla Zazulak |
| Carmen Giacomuzzi |
Chris Brabant |
Clarke Thuys |
| Craig McRobb |
Dan Gomez |
David Edgell |
| Debbie Hubble |
Donny Likosky |
Gerard Meyers |
| Jorge Ojito |
Jude Clark |
Julie Tinius-Juliani |
| Kathy Spitzer |
Kenneth Shann |
Kevin Charette |
| Lynn Harness |
Nicholas Mellas |
Renee Dickey |
| Scott Lawson |
Theron Paugh |
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