Posts by Dawn LeBlanc
Guest Editorial: Caring for Tiny Hearts! Training Physicians in Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
Perspective from Mirjana Cvetkovic, MD, Training Director, Paediatric Intensive Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom. “What do you do?” “I am a Paediatric Cardiac Intensivist.” The question opens…
Read MoreAdvanced Practice Provider Special Interest Group (SIG) Update
The PCICS Advanced Practice Provider (APP) SIG continues to meet monthly, networking with APPs across the United States. We provide learning sessions on topics such as cardiopulmonary interactions, cardiopulmonary bypass and…
Read MoreEarly Career and Fellow Special Interest Group (SIG) Update
Dear PCICS family, The Early Career and Fellow Special Interest Group was formed in 2021 to provide support to its dynamic, enthusiastic, and motivated group of trainees in pediatric critical…
Read MoreQuality Improvement and Safety (QI-S) Committee Update
Our PCICS Quality Improvement and Safety (QI-S) Committee is looking forward to another productive year! Our committee is excited to welcome four new members, including Kim DiMaria, CPNP-AC (Children’s Hospital…
Read MoreResearch Committee Update
Current research committee leadership includes co-chairs: Jamie Penk and Anna Fisk. The sub-committee chairs are Jean Connor, Josh Cisco, Jamie Penk, Chris Mastropietro, Jennie Peterson, Catherine Krawczeski, Brad Marino, John…
Read MoreEducation Committee Update
The PCICS Education Committee has some exciting new updates to announce. Lillian Su, MD completed her tenure as committee Co-Chair in January of 2022. We thank Lillian for all her incredible…
Read MoreFinance Committee Update
The Finance Committee would like to welcome their newest members, Michael-Alice Moga MD, Josh Blinder MD, and Andrew Smith MD. We are looking forward to their close collaboration and hard…
Read MoreProgram Committee Update
Co-Chairs: Christin Diller and Jason Buckley The Program Committee continues to work on finalizing the program and details for the 2022 annual meeting. Mark your calendars for December 14-18th, 2022…
Read MoreGuest Editorial: The Road to Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care in the Netherlands
The Netherlands, also known as ‘Holland’ with its famous capital Amsterdam, is a small country in Western Europe which fits 231 times in the United States. It is however 12…
Read MoreGuest Editorial: Incremental Innovation in the Medical Education of Pediatric Cardiac Intensivists
Hector Wong, a passionate pioneer of pediatric critical care and a kind mentor to countless physicians including myself, suddenly and unexpectedly passed away at the start of this year1,2. While…
Read MorePCICS Leadership Message
The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts!! -Aristotle And just like that, it’s Spring!!! As I write this and look outside my window at the last vestiges…
Read MoreEditor’s Message
“Editor’s Message: Entrusting Learners“. As we all settle into a phase of the COVID-19 pandemic with less social restrictions, we hold out hope that the pandemic is near its end.…
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