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. …
Read MoreExecutive Message
I can’t believe we are already halfway into 2023! It seems like just yesterday that we were reunited in Miami. It was so nice to be in person again and…
Read MoreAssociate Editor’s Message
Medicine is a field of life-long learning—and perhaps nowhere is it better illustrated on a minute-by-minute basis than in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit. What we know (and don’t…
Read MoreDiversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Committee
As we look back on 2022, the PCICS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee (DEI) continued its efforts to focus on applying an anti-racist lens to PCICS initiatives and programming. Entering…
Read MoreFinance Committee
The Finance Committee would like to welcome Dr. David Werho as co-chair and PCICS Treasurer and thank Lindsey Justice for her years of service as Treasurer and co-chair as she…
Read MoreConnections Committee
This is our first newsletter of the year 2023 and I would like to say happy new year to all our readers and all who follow and support PCICS. This…
Read MoreRevisiting the 2022 PCICS Annual Meeting: Joy and Discovery
I have been attending the PCICS annual conference for the past three years, and this year was a one-of-a kind gathering. I was filled with gratitude to be part of…
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