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Charles Berde, MD, PhD, is the Sara Page Mayo Chair in Pediatric Pain Medicine and a Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. As a co-founder of the Pain Treatment Center at Boston Children's Hospital, he has spent decades at the forefront of pediatric analgesic pharmacology and the development of novel local anesthetics. His extensive translational research focuses on local anesthetic mechanisms and prolonged-duration formulations, making him a preeminent authority on the physiologic...

About our Guests: Fran Balamuth, MD, PhD, MSCE, is division chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Balamuth’s research interests focus on pediatric sepsis recognition using epidemiologic and translational approaches, for which she has received NIH and foundation funding. She is the co-PI of the PROMPT BOLUS trial, a multinational pragmatic trial comparing saline vs balanced fluids in pediatric sepsis, which will be the largest acute care pediatric t...

Learn more about the ACTION learning network at this link. About our Guest: Tanya Perry, DO, is the director of the VAD Program at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. She earned her medical degree from Nova Southeastern University and completed her pediatric critical care fellowship training at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, followed by pediatric cardiology fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where she subsequently practiced for 3 years as a cardiac intensivist. Dr. Perry’s cli...

About our Guest: Tanya Perry, DO, is the director of the VAD Program at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. She earned her medical degree from Nova Southeastern University and completed her pediatric critical care fellowship training at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, followed by pediatric cardiology fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where she subsequently practiced for 3 years as a cardiac intensivist. Dr. Perry’s clinical and research efforts are focused on improving outcomes in chil...

Robert Pass is Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital. He is Co-Director of the Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Heart Center and Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology at the Mount Sinai Health System. In addition to his exceptional clinical work as an electrophysiologist, he is the host of the very successful medical education podcast Pediheart: Pediatric Cardiology Today....

About our Guests: Catherine Ross, MD, is a pediatric critical care physician in the Division of Medical Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. She serves on the joint American Heart Association (AHA) and American Academy of Pediatrics national writing group for Pediatric Advanced Life Support 2025 guidelines as well as the AHA Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science Subcommittee and Pediatric Emphasis Group. Her research interests lie i...

Dr. Merritt Tuttle is both a Pediatric Intensivist and Medical Toxicologist at Brenner Children's Hospital in North Carolina associated with Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health. She completed her Pediatric Critical Care and Medical Toxicology training at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Learning Objective: By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to discuss an evidence based and expert guided approach to the evaluation and management of the critically ill child with calc...

Ayesha Zia, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a nationally recognized expert in pediatric thrombosis, with particular emphasis on the diagnosis, management, and long-term outcomes of pulmonary embolism in children and adolescents. She serves as Director of the Pediatric Hemostasis and Thrombosis Program at Children’s Health Dallas. She has led the development of a collaborative multidisciplinary approach to pediatric PE care, including pulmonary embolism resp...

Jaime Jump, DO, is a dual-trained physician specializing in pediatric critical care and palliative care. She currently serves as the Program Director of Palliative Care and is an Associate Professor in the Sections of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Palliative Care at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. Learning Objective: By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to discuss an evidence-based and expert-guided approach to Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Thera...

Learning Objectives: By the end of this two-part series, listeners should be able to discuss an evidence-based and expert-guided approach to RBC transfusion in critically ill children. About our Guests: Kailey Remien is a Pediatric Critical Care fellow at Nationwide Children’s Hospital whose research uses data science and geospatial methods to study bronchiolitis and health equity. She leads the social determinants of health ancillary group within the international BACON 2.0 study and i...

Learning Objectives: By the end of this two-part series, listeners should be able to discuss an evidence-based and expert-guided approach to RBC transfusion in critically ill children. About our Guests: Kailey Remien is a Pediatric Critical Care fellow at Nationwide Children’s Hospital whose research uses data science and geospatial methods to study bronchiolitis and health equity. She leads the social determinants of health ancillary group within the international BACON 2.0 study and i...

Tobias Straube, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Critical Care Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, where he has served since joining the faculty in July 2021. He completed his pediatric residency and critical care fellowship at Duke University Hospital following earning his medical degree from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. COI disclosure: Dr. Straube is the Chief Medical Officer of VQ Biomedical working to develop a minimally-invasive oxygenator ...

About our Guests: Dr. Alexis Bragg is a Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Keck School of Medicine of USC in Los Angeles. Dr. Chinyere Egbuta is a Senior Associate in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sapna Kudchadkar is the Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Vice Chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine...

About our Guests: Dr. Alexis Bragg is a Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Keck School of Medicine of USC in Los Angeles. Dr. Chinyere Egbuta is a Senior Associate in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sapna Kudchadkar is the Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Vice Chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine...

Dr. Nicole Glaser is the Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology and a professor of Pediatrics at UC Davis Children's Hospital. She is recognized as an international expert in pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), an important complication of diabetes in children. She has led many of the key multi-center studies that guide DKA management. She has also been involved in the development of several national and international guidelines for DKA management in children that guide current practice worldwide. ...

Enid Martinez, MD is a Senior Associate in Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. She is the Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition Program in the Division of Critical Care Medicine and Principal Investigator for a clinical-translational research program on gastrointestinal function and nutrition in pediatric critical illness. Learning Objectives: By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to: Recog...

Enid Martinez, MD is a Senior Associate in Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. She is the Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition Program in the Division of Critical Care Medicine and Principal Investigator for a clinical-translational research program on gastrointestinal function and nutrition in pediatric critical illness. Learning Objectives: By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to: Recog...

Learning Objectives: By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to: Describe the pathophysiology associated with anticholinergic toxidromeList the initial workup and management that every TCA ingestion patient should receive Discuss best practices for initial resuscitation in TCA ingestions About our Guest: Dr. Joshua Nogar is an emergency medicine physician and toxicologist at Northwell Health and an associate professor of emergency medicine at Hofstra University. H...

Dr. Nicole Glaser is the Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology and a professor of Pediatrics at UC Davis Children's Hospital. She is recognized as an international expert in pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), an important complication of diabetes in children. She has led many of the key multi-center studies that guide DKA management. She has also been involved in the development of several national and international guidelines for DKA management in children that guide current practice worldwide. ...

Steven Shein, MD, FCCM, is the Chief of Pediatric Critical Care at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, and holds the Linsalata Family Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Critical Care and Emergency Medicine. He is also the Co-Director of the PICU Clinical, Basic & Translational Research Program and an Associate Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship program. His research focuses on critical bronchiolitis and long-term neuro-cognitive mo...

Learning Objectives: By the end of this two-part series, listeners should be able to discuss: The physiologic rationale supporting the use of high-frequency percussive ventilation (Volumetric Diffusive Respiration, or HFPV).Patient populations most likely to benefit from HFPV.Key published evidence that informs our use of HFPV in pediatric critical care.An expert approach to managing a patient with HFPV.Next steps in research that will direct our understanding of the use of HFPV in pediatric ...

Learning Objectives: By the end of this two-part series, listeners should be able to discuss: The physiologic rationale supporting the use of high-frequency percussive ventilation (Volumetric Diffusive Respiration, or HFPV).Patient populations most likely to benefit from HFPV.Key published evidence that informs our use of HFPV in pediatric critical care.An expert approach to managing a patient with HFPV.Next steps in research that will direct our understanding of the use of HFPV in pediatric ...

Audrey Miller, MD, is an Attending Neonatologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Miller’s clinical interests focus on bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and improving outcomes for patients with this disease. Dr. Miller serves as Medical Director for the inpatient BPD unit at Nationwide Children’s. Dr. Miller also serves as chair for the advocacy committee of the international BPD collaborative. Nati...

Guillaume Emeriaud MD PhD is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Montreal and pediatric intensivist at Sainte Justine Hospital in Montreal, Canada. He is a physician scientist with a particular interest in improving pediatric assisted ventilation. In particular, he has developed expertise in monitoring diaphragmatic function by evaluating the electrical activity of the diaphragm. The results of this work have led to less invasive and more effective assistance for children, notably wit...