PCICS Members automatically receive this newsletter to their email.
If you are not a PCICS Member and would like
to receive current newsletters, please let us know.
Summer 2021: Pump It Up
PCICS Leadership
Associate Editor’s Message
Kriti Puri
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Cardiology
Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
President’s Message
Melissa B. Jones, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC
President, PCICS
CICU Nurse Practitioner
Children’s National Hospital
Washington, DC, USA
Editorials
Guest Editorial: The changing paradigms of VAD use in neonates, infants, and children
Joseph Philip MD FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
University of Florida Health Congenital Heart Center
Gainesville, FL, USA
Early Career Editorial: Role of Impella® in Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support
Varun Aggarwal MBBS MD FAAP FSCAI
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Interventional Cardiologist
University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Nursing Editorial: Preparations for Hospital Discharge of the Pediatric VAD Patient
Mary Mehegan, BSN, RN, CCRN
VAD Coordinator
St. Louis Children’s Hospital Heart Center
St Louis, MO, USA
Committees and SIGs
Program Committee Update
Christin Diller DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC
CICU Nurse Practitioner
Instructor of Nursing
Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Jason Buckley MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist
Charleston, SC, USA
CNS/Educator SIG Update
Angela Jarden MSN, RN, CCRN
RN Program Coordinator IV – ECLS, CRRT, PD & Cardiac Education
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA
Collaborative Update from the Education, QI, and Research Committees
Jamie Penk MD
Cardiac Intensivist, Cardiology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Melina Handley, DNP
Cardiac ICU APP Supervisor
Cardiac ICU Nurse Practitioner
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, WA, USA
Justine Fortkiewicz MSN, RN-BC, CCRN-K, CPN
Professional Practice Specialist
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Children’s National Health System
Washington, DC, USA
Finance Committee Update
Lindsey Justice, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC (PCICS Treasurer)
CICU APP Program Lead, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Michael Fundora, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Cardiac Intensivist Sibley Heart Center
Atlanta, GA, USA
This newsletter is published four times a year in conjunction with the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS). No part of this publication may be reproduced without the express written consent of PCICS. All rights reserved. PCICS is not responsible for statements made by any contributor. Statements or opinions expressed in this newsletter reflect the views of the author(s) and not necessarily the official policy of PCICS.