Summer 2023 Newsletter
Mind Matters in the Cardiac ICU
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller In my 10 years as a cardiac intensivist, I have been amazed at the pace…
Read MoreHow We Learn and the Medical Decisions We Make: Lessons From Learning Networks in Interventional Pediatric Cardiology
How many times per day do you make a medical decision about one of your patients? How many times is that decision based on data versus experience? And more importantly,…
Read MoreResearch Committee Update
The Scientific Innovations sub-committee of the PCICS Research Committee would like to announce an exciting opportunity launching this summer. We are hoping to foster communication and collaboration between investigators with…
Read MoreQuality Committee Update
The PCICS Quality Committee will be offering formal QI project support to PCICS members starting this October 2023. The QILT project—Quality Improvement Leadership and Training—is designed to help society members…
Read MoreProgram Committee Update
The planning and coordination for the 2024 PCICS biennial meeting has begun in earnest. Earlier this year, PCICS confirmed the new location and timing of the 2024 Meeting: San Diego, CA…
Read MoreImprovement Through Collaboration: Inspiration and Growth through PC4
My involvement with the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4) began in 2016 when Dr. Javier Lasa asked me to join him as a co-clinical champion at Texas Children’s Hospital. …
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