WCICC2025 Speaker PDF Presentations

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Plenary Session

Plenary Session 1: Caring Intensively
Caring Intensively - Deborah Cook - Click Here

The Art of Critical Care - John Marshall - Click Here

Concurrent Sessions - Block 1

Session 1: Critical Care Education 1
Supporting New Graduate Nurse Transition into Adult Critical Care - Brandi Vanderspank-Wright - Click Here

Advanced Nurse Practice in Critical Care: Northern Ireland's Innovative Educational Journey - Nuala Devlin - Click Here

Navigating the Future of Medical Education in Critical Care Medicine - Dominique Piquette - Click Here

Pharmacy Critical Care Education - Amy Dzierba - Click Here

Session 2: My Roles in the ICU
A Study to Evaluate New and Alternative Staffing Models in Intensive Care: a Realist Investigation of Safe Staffing - Natalie Pattison - Click Here

The Roles of the Respiratory Therapist in Canadian Critical Care - Carolyn McCoy - Click Here

Role of the Pharmacist - Jeffrey Barletta - Click Here

Role of Nurse Practitioner in ICU - Lauren Sorce - Click Here

Session 3: Caring Together
Multidisciplinary Rounds in the ICU: Caring Together - Andre Amaral - Click Here

Power Sharing in the Intensive Care Unit - Andreas Xyrichis - Click Here

Challenge Integrating Family During Rounds - Michael Goldfarb - Click Here

Benefit of Integrating Families in ICU - Joanna Hart - Click Here

Session 4: Caring with Family
What Does it Mean to Truly Care with the Family? - Prachi Khanna - Click Here

Family as partner perspective of the HCP - Louise Rose - Click Here

What Donor Families Teach Us About Family Centered Care in the Intensive Care Unit - Aimee Sarti - Click Here

Innovation Session 1: Focus on the Patient (CCCTG)
Engaging Diverse Humans in ICU Research - Sabira Valiani - Click Here

Engaging Indigenous Communities in ICU Research - Kusum Menon - Click Here

Engaging Pediatric Patients in ICU Research - Patricia Fontella - Click Here

Consent Innovation in ICU Research - Holly Longstaff, Brenda Lucas - Click Here

Concurrent Sessions - Block 2

Session 5: Critical Care Education 2
Strengthening Interprofessional Collaboration by Team-based Leadership Development - Aanchal Kapoor - Click Here

The Value, Meaning and Use Assessment Brings to and for the Physician - Helen Toews - Click Here

Developing a Goals of Care Critical Care Communication Curriculum - Maria Jogova - Click Here

Session 6: Caring for the Environment
Getting to Zero: Critical Care, the Climate Crisis, and our Responsibilities - Srinivas Murthy - Click Here

Caring for the Environment – Opportunities for Health Professionals - Katie Huffling - Click Here

Can a PICU Go Green: Concrete Actions and Challenges from the Field - Florence Blondel - Click Here

Session 7: Healthcare Provider Wellness
Moral Distress and Burnout in Intensivists Causes and Consequences - Peter Dodek - Click Here

ICU Learners' Wellness: A Practical Approach to Trainee Support - Sarah McMullen - Click Here

Beyond the Pandemic: Elevating Wellness in Critical Care Nursing - Sarah Crowe - Click Here

Session 8: Building the Intensive Care Unit
An Intensive Care Unit Design of the Future - Anil Chillmuntha - Click Here

Patient-Centered ICU Design to Optimise Recovery - Oystein Tronstad - Click Here

High Stakes, Higher Standards: Attracting and Keeping ICU Nurses - Kathleen Vollman - Click Here

Night Time Physician Staffing in the ICU - Jose L. Pascual Lopez - Click Here

Oral Abstract Session 1
Transforming Pediatric Critical Care for Patients in British Columbia: A Journey of Collaboration and Innovation - Anna Weir - Click Here

Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Derived Parameters as Prognostic Markers in an Indonesian Tertiary Hospital: A Prospective Cohort Study - Sidharta Kusuma Manggala - Click Here

A Survey of ICU Staff Perceptions of Serious Illness Communication Skills in Critical Care - Sarah Andersen - Click Here

A Multi-stakeholder Perspective on End-of-life Care: Experiences of Intensive Care Nurses, Doctors, and Families in Intensive Care Settings - Emmanuel Kwame Korsah - Click Here

Healthcare Costs After Sepsis: A Systematic Review - Victoria Chechulina - Click Here

Management and Outcomes of Necrotizing Lung Infections in Patients Undergoing Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - Jernej Berden - Click Here

Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation using Extubation Advisor Decision Support (LEADS): a Multicentre Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial - Jill E Allan - Click Here

Dosing of Cefazolin in Children on CRRT: A Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Approach - Samuel Dubinsky - Click Here

Through the Lens of Survivors: A Web-Based Group Photovoice Study of Critical Illness Recovery - Fuchsia Howard & Anita David - Click Here

Innovation Session 2: Focus on the Network (CCCTG)
How Trial Networks Support Clinical Research: CCCTG and Beyond - John Marshall, Kusum Menon, Bram Rochwerg

Learning to Engage in Health Research: Challenges and Opportunities - Dominique Piquette - Click Here

Plenary Session

Plenary Session 2: ICU and Sustainability
Sustainability in the ICU - Katie Huffling - Click Here

Plenary Session 3: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Providing CCM in Low Resource Setting - Fathima Paruk - Click Here

The Sepsis Chain of Survival - Jorge Hidalgo - Click Here

The Role of SCCM in Global Critical Care Medicine - Lauren Sorce - Click Here

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Plenary Session

Plenary Session 4: Family Engagement & Rapid Response Systems - Click Here
Speaker(s): Alex Psirides, Lindsay Garcia

Plenary Session 5: The Global Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance - Click Here
Speaker(s): David Goldfarb, Sharmili Sinha

Concurrent Sessions - Block 1

Session 9: Recognizing who is at Risk of ICU Admission 1 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Luciano Azevedo, Laveena Munshi, Michelle Dunphy, Gabriele Leonie Schwarz

Session 10: Frailty - Click Here
Speaker(s): Mark Mikkelsen, Thomas Rollinson, Sean Bagshaw, John Muscedere

Session 11: Prehospital and Rapid Response Systems - Click Here
Speaker(s): Geoff Lighthall, Kenji Kandori, Yaseem Arabi

Session 12: Disaster Management - Click Here
Speaker(s): Kelsey Freeman, Ian Ball, Randy Wax

Oral Abstract Session 2 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Jessica Jenkins, David Kanter Eivin, Christine Kayitesi, Daniel Soliman, Kyoung Won Yoon, Xia Jin, Janvier Hitayezu, Leann Blake, Sandhaya Parekh

Innovation Session 3: Focus on Dissemination - Click Here
Speaker(s): David Maslove, Jonathan Sevransky, Bram Rochwerg, Annabelle Cumyn

Concurrent Sessions - Block 2

Session 13: Blood Transfusion in Neurocritical Care – Lessons Learned from Recent Trials - Click Here
Speaker(s): Alexis Turgeon, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Shane English

Session 14: ICU Leadership - Click Here
Speaker(s): Sheila Myatra, Morad Hameed, Javier Perez-Fernandez

Session 15: Preventing ICU Admission - Click Here
Speaker(s): Fiona Muttalib, Anna Weir, Jennifer Retallack

Session 16: Shock 1 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Bram Rochwerg, Francois Lamontagne, Djillali Annane

Session 17: Pediatric 1 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Guillaume Emeriaud, Rishi Ganesan, Karen Choong, Vanessa Madrigal

Innovation Session 4: Focus on the Research Design - Click Here
Speaker(s): John Marshall, Neill Adhikari, Vincent Lau

Concurrent Sessions - Block 3

Session 18: Patient Safety - Click Here
Speaker(s): Stephen Warrillow, Neil Spencely, Edita Hajdini, Gil Wernovsky

Session 19: Neurocritical Care - Click Here
Speaker(s): Donald Griesdale, Julie Kromm, Andreas Kramer, Errin Sawatsky, Peter Gooderham

Session 20: ECLS - Click Here
Speaker(s): Hussein Kanji, David Williamson, Stephanie Carlin, Gurmeet Singh

Session 21: Sepsis 1 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Mark Peters, Takaaki Totoki, Na Li, Asher Mendelson

Innovation Session 5: Focus on Artificial Intelligence - Click Here
Speaker(s): Jim Russel, Derek Wu, Philippe Jouvet

Plenary Session

Plenary Session 6: ACIOS The African Critical Illness Outcomes Study - Click Here
Speaker(s): Karima Khalid, Tim Baker

Plenary Session 7: Transforming Pre-clinical and Critical Care Research - Click Here
Speaker(s): Manoj Lalu

Thursday, September 18, 2025

Plenary Session

Plenary Session 8: Sepsis 2030 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Tex Kissoon

Session 9: Creating a Forum for Reporting Critical Care Clinical Trials - Click Here
Speaker(s): Rob Mac Sweeney

Concurrent Sessions - Block 1

Session 22: Sepsis 2- Click Here
Speaker(s): Lauralyn Mcintyre, Patricia Liaw, Katherine Kissel

Session 23: Shock 2 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Manu Malbrain, Kiran Rikhraj, Shannon Fernando, Jayshil Patel

Session 24: Mechanical Ventilation 1 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Kathleen Vollman, Karen Bosma, Guillaume Emeriaud, Niall Ferguson

Session 25: Pharmacotherapy in ICU - Click Here
Speaker(s): Jeffrey Barletta, Paul Williams, Salmaan Kanji, Celine Thibault

Session 26: Organ Donation and Normothermic Regional Perfusion - Click Here
Speaker(s): Frederick D’Aragon, Dan Harvey, Marat Slessarev, George Isac

Session 27: Early Mobilization 1 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Heather O’Grady, Thomas Rollinson, Kali Dayton, Michelle Kho

Session 28: Mechanical Ventilation 2 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Karen Burns, Robert Hyzy, Elizabeth Rohrs, Karen Bosma

Concurrent Sessions - Block 2

Session 29: Delirium - Click Here
Speaker(s): Joanna Stollings, Steve Reynolds, Gideon Johnson

Session 30: Pain in the Intensive Care Unit - Click Here
Speaker(s): Kunal Karamchandani, Kimia Honarmand, Amanda Roze des Ordons, Nandita Divekar

Session 31: Hematological Emergency - Click Here
Speaker(s): Emily Taylor, Sebastian Vuong, Srinivas Samavedam, Deepak Govil

Session 32: Pediatric 2 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Mark Peters, Genevieve Du Pont Thibodeau, Thomas Conlon, Stephen Warrillow

Oral Abstract Session 3 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Sadie Deschenes, Muhadisa Ali, Michael Dowe, Megha Shetty, Li Shu Yin Han, Fiona Howarth, Mia-Bernadine Torres, Amanda Roze des Ordons, Temitope Owoniya

Concurrent Sessions - Block 3

Session 33: Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation - Click Here
Speaker(s): Ken Kuljit Parhar, Thomas Piraino, Guillaume Emeriaud

Session 34: Sedation and Anxiety - Click Here
Speaker(s): Sabira Valiani, Angela Jerath, Annie Heiderscheit

Session 35: Early Mobilization 2 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Fiona Campbell, Fuchsia Howard, Melissa Kandel, Geetha Kayambu

Session 36: Acute Renal Failure - Click Here
Speaker(s): Sean Bagshaw, David Williamson

Plenary Session

Plenary Session 10: AI in the ICU: Ethics and Biases - Click Here
Speaker(s): Johnathan Montomoli

Plenary Session 11: Death Definition and Determination - Click Here
Speaker(s): Sam Shemie

Friday, September 19, 2025

Plenary Session

Plenary Session 12: The Cost of ICU - Click Here
Speaker(s): Kali Barrett

Plenary Session 13: End of Life and Organ Donation - Click Here
Speaker(s): Sonny Dhanani

Concurrent Sessions - Block 1

Session 37: Critical Care Ventilator Weaning and Recovery Program - Click Here
Speaker(s): Kimia Honarmand, Laura Istanboulian, Margaret Herridge, Louise Rose

Session 38: Organ Donation 2 - Click Here
Speaker(s): Steve Reynolds, Matthew Weiss, Allana LeBlanc, Nikolaos Efstathiou

Session 39: Intoxication in Intensive Care Unit - Click Here
Speaker(s): Maude St-Onge, Jessie Beaulieu, Janice Zimmerman

Innovation Session 6: Focus on the Infrastructure - Click Here
Speaker(s): Francois Lamontagne, Angela M. Crawley, Monica Sean