

The Chicago Land Perfusion Foundation 2023 Annual Meeting Agenda
Saturday, March 1st 2025
Rivers Casino, Heart Room. Des Plaines, Illinois
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Interactive CPB simulation event demonstrating perfusion techniques and challenging the audience to participate and test their skills using the Essenz Perfusion System in simulated CPB scenario's.
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
"Pulsatile CPB Using an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump". Andrew Benson, Perfusion Student, Quinnipiac University.
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
"Impact of Hormonal Changes on Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Post-Menopausal Women". Bailey Reitsma, Perfusion Student, Rush University.
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
"CPB in a Pregnant Patient". Simran, Perfusion Student, Rush University.
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Student Session Questions and Discussion
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Please visit our sponsors
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Working Lunch: Hypobaric Ventilation: A Novel Approach for GME Removal
Alex​​​​ Legassey, Area Vice President Spectrum Medical
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Working lunch: New Approach to Bleeding Management with ROTEM Sigma
Davis Bland National Clinical Manager, Patient Blood Management Werfen
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Interactive ECMO simulation event demonstrating perfusion techniques and challenging the audience to participate and test their skills using the Spectrum Quantum System in simulated ECMO scenario's.
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Please visit our sponsors
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
VitalFlow ECMO System: A hands on experience
Jenny Adams, Sr. Principal Sales Specialist Medtronic
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Essenz Experience at Mayo Clinic
Matthew Schuldes RN, CCP. Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Illinois Licensure- What is it and how it affects you.
Greg Mork CCP, LP
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Dead Reckoning: Navigating Coagulation Post Bypass
Scott R Beckmann CCP. Salem Hospital, Salem, Oregon.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Cocktail hour and vendor interaction
Live music provided by "The Pump Heads"
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Keynote Speaker: The Commando Procedure, Complexity and Special CPB Considerations.
Dr. Douglas Johnston MD Chief of Cardiac Surgery in the Department of Surgery, Northwestern University
7:15 PM - 7:30 PM