Day 2 – August 15, 2025

Hall A: György Hevesy Lecture Hall

Chair: Harman S Gill, MD, FAAEM

8:30 – 8:45: A Plastic Endotracheal Tube is Often not the Cure: An Evidence-Based Approach for Optimal Peri-Intubation Management Cam Upchurch, MD
8:45 – 9:00: Physiologically Difficult Airway Harman S Gill, M.D, FAAEM
9:00 – 9:15: From Door to Diagnosis: Integrating POCUS in the Golden Hour of Critical Care Emergency Medicine Yash Chavda, DO, MBA, FAAEM
9:15 – 9:30: Risks of Reproductive Technology Jenn Wang, MD
9:30 – 9:40: Q&A
9:40 – 9:55: Life Threatening Asthma Gregory Wu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP
9:55 – 10:10: Viscoelastic Test-guided, Echocardiography-controlled Thrombolysis of Pulmonary Embolism Andras Kallai, MD, PhD, EDEC
10:10 – 10:25: Maternal Emergencies in the ED Nashley Harrigan, MD
10:25 – 10:30: Q&A
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break ☕
11:00 – 12:00: Critical Care Controversies in the ED: A Global Perspective Joanne Williams, MD Harman S Gill, M.D, FAAEM.
Moderated by Harman S Gill, MD, FAAEM

12:00 – 13:00: WHO PLENARY: International EM Lee Wallis, MD 1 CE credit
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00: Trauma Plenary Hassan El-Thani, MD, FACS, MBA 1 CE credit

15:00 – 15:45: Bleeding Control in Trauma
Christopher Colbert, DO, George Abi Saad, MD, Richard Wolfe, MD
15:45 – 16:30: Bridging the Gap between Trauma Surgery and DEM: towards a better collaboration for better outcome DEM
Panelists: George Abi Saad, MD, FACS Richard Wolfe, MD Nuala Quinn, MBChB, BSc (Hons), MSc, FRCPI Laszlo Hetzman, MD
Moderators: Christopher Colbert, DO and Judit Imecz, MD
16:30 – 17:00: Coffee Break ☕
17:00 – 18:20: Collaborative Advanced Trauma Care Leadership Workshop Brandon Friedman, MD, Sama Mukhtar, MD
18:20 – 18:30: Closing Remarks

Hall B: György Békésy Lecture Hall

8:30 – 8:50: Is this CT Scan Harmful to my Pregnant or Pediatric Trauma Victim? Ziad Kazzi, MD, FACMT
8:50 – 9:10: Fomepizole for acute acetaminophen poisoning Michael Mullins, MD, FACEP, FAACT, AFACMT
9:10 – 9:30: Toxicological Brain Death Mimics Brent Morgan, MD
9:30 – 9:50: Toxins in the Simpsons Jason Chu, MD
9:50 – 10:10: Toxin-Induced Seizures Brenna Farmer, MD
10:10 – 10:30: Cold War Toxicology Kathy Kopec, DO, FACMT
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break ☕
11:00 – 11:20: Common Plant Poisonings Badria Alhatali, MD, FACMT, FRCP
11:20 – 11:40: Xylazine – What is it and should I be worried about it? David Wood, MD
11:40 – 12:00: Acute Organophosphate Poisoning: Lessons Learned in India Ashish Bhalla, MD, FRCP (Edinburgh), FRCP (Glasgow), FACMT, FACEE, FICCM, FICP, FIMSA

13:00 – 14:00: Bayer Lunch Symposium

15:00 – 15:15: Emergency Medicine in Hungary Bánk Gábor Fenyves, MD, PhD
15:15 – 15:30: Emergency Medicine in Lebanon Amin Kazzi, MD, MAAEM, FAAEM
15:30 – 15:45: Emergency Medicine in Greece Dimitrios Tsiftsis, MD
15:45 – 16:00: Emergency Medicine in Turkey Basar Candar, MD
16:00 – 16:15: Emergency Medicine in India Sagar Galwankar, MBBS, DNB, FACEE (India), FRCP (UK), MPH, FAAEM, Dip. ABEM (USA)
16:15 – 16:30: Emergency Medicine in Ireland Jean O'Sullivan, MD
16:30 – 17:00: Coffee Break ☕
17:00 – 17:15: Emergency Medicine in Oman Badria Al Hatali, MD, FACMT, FRCP
17:15 – 17:30: Emergency Medicine in Saudi Arabia Asaad Alsufyani, MD
17:30 – 17:45: Emergency Medicine in Syria Serge Hougeir, MD
17:45 – 18:00: Emergency Medicine in USA Robert Frolichstein, MD, FAAEM
18:00 – 18:15: Emergency Medicine in Qatar Hassan El-Thani, MD, FACS, MBA
18:15 – 18:30: Perspectives oF EM, POCUS & the World Sanjeev Bhoi AIIMS, New Delhi, INDIA

Hall C: Pál Hari Room

8:30 – 8:45: Blazing trails: Building a Research Culture in the ED Mohammed Elwan, MB BCh, PhD, FRCEM
8:45 – 9:00: The Dangerous Dance of Cognitive Biases in the Emergency Department Evelyn Wong, FRCSED, FAMS, FRCEM
9:00 – 9:15: Wanna Bet? Gaming the System to Ensure Commitment and Feedback Masra Shameen, MD, MPH
9:15 – 9:30: What can TV doctors teach new doctors? Steven Mcguire, DO
9:30 – 9:45: Medical Improv: Medical Improv (drama games): building psychological safety in a medical education setting Thomas Bannister, MD
9:45 – 10:00: Teaching How to Think: Resuscitation Metacognition Deena Wasserman, MD
10:00 – 10:30: Implementing REBOA in Emergency Medicine: A Simulation-Based Training Serhat Orun, MD
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break ☕

11:00 – 11:15: Creating a Culture of Wellness and Positivity in Your Residency Program Sara Wattenbarger, DO
11:15 – 11:30: Narrative Practice: Building Space for Reflection into Clinical Training Alison Marshall, MD
11:30 – 11:45: Formulating a Strategic Plan - Ensuring your Own Wellness and Future Mary Jo Wagner, MD · Bethany Figg, DEdT
11:45 – 12:00: Code ZZZ: Uncovering Secrets to Effective Sleep for Shift Workers Juliana Jaramillo, MD

13:00 – 14:00: Lunch Break

3 CE credits for both

15:00 – 15:20: Malaria: A Practical Approach for Emergency Clinicians in Non-Endemic Settings John Acera, MD
15:20 – 15:40: Emergency Medicine Myths & Pitfalls in Dyspnea Isa Kilicaslan, MD
15:40 – 16:00: Endocrine Emergencies Leonard Stallings, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FCCP
16:00 – 16:20: The Unsolved Mysteries: Functional Somatic Symptoms in the Emergency Department Csaba Dioszeghy, MD, PhD, FRCEM, FERC, FFICM
16:20 – 16:30: Q&A
16:30 – 17:00: Coffee Break ☕

17:00 – 17:20: Falling Flat - Why "Mechanical Fall" doesn't hold up Lily Berrin, MD · Julie Gesch, MD
17:20 – 17:40: Agitation in the Older Person presenting to the ED Lesley Zun, MD
17:40 – 18:00: The Ten Commandments of GEM care Christina Shenvi, MD
18:00 – 18:20: Q&A
18:20 – 18:30: Closing Remarks

Hall D: Aladár Beznák Room

8:30:The Case Against Medicating Stable Ventricular Tachycardia: Why You Should Shock First and Ask Questions Later Lloyd Tannenbaum
8:40:New treatment approaches in pulmonary embolism Ayşe Büşra Özcan
8:50:Atrial fibrillation: treatment and options Dr. Füstös József
9:00:SQUID Protocol: A New Way to DKA Dr. George Willis
9:10:The Opportunity & The Gift: The Role of the ED in Organ Donation Matthew McCauley
9:20: Emergency department Palliative care Eleanor Reid
9:30:Cultural and Religious Considerations in Trauma and Acute Care: From Theory to Practice Layla Abubshait
9:40:Emergency Medicine Global Learning Exchange Dr. Alexandra Asrow
9:50:Burn Management: Revisiting Depth and Surface Area Estimation Robert Katzer
10:00: Reviving Hope: Naloxone's Role in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Adam Robinett, MD
10:10:Throat infections in children Kumara V. Nibhanipudi, MD
10:20: OPEN
10:30: BREAK ☕
11:00: Diagnostic Anchoring Pálfi Tamás
11:10: Evidence-Based AI in Emergency Medicine: Promise, Pitfalls, and PracticeEvidence-Based AI in EM Sarah Abdul Nabi
11:20:POCUS mentor programme in our Emergency Department Rachel Vivian
11:30: Use of regional anaesthetic blocks for rib fractures in the ED Claudio Dalle Vecchia
11:40: Incidental Effusion or Deadly Tamponade: Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Pericardial Effusion Nathaniel Leu, MD
11:50:The PROFUNDUS study in Acute Aortyic Syndromes Jasmine Thompson

13:00 – 14:00: Lunch Break

Not Eligible for CE

15:00:ID: 64 - GEDI - Geriatric service in the ED. Feel the Force George Braitberg
15:10:ID: 104 - Development of a Geriatric Order Set in a Safety-Net Emergency Department Lily Berrin
15:20:ID: 144 - Direct Transport to Cardiac Arrest Center and Survival Outcomes after OHCA by Urbanization Level YeonJi Seong
15:30:ID: 155 - Geospatial and Seasonal Patterns of Emergent Air Transfers from Hospitals on Greece’s Aegean Islands Eleanor Reid
15:40:ID: 163 - Outcomes of Mechanical and Manual CPR in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Retrospective Cohort Howard A Klausner
15:50:ID: 156 - Toxicologic Exposures in Accident and Emergency Patient Visits in Georgetown, Guyana in 2024 Anisa Mughal
16:00 – 16:20: Break ☕
16:20:ID: 110 Severe Hypernatremia in Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State: A Case Report on Diagnosis and Management Ilan Small
16:30:ID: 153 - Temporal Muscle Thickness as a Predictor of Mortality in Elderly Stroke Patients: A New Biomarker? Caglar Kuas
16:40:ID: 162 - Fever, Rash & the Unexpected: A Twist of Brucellosis in a Multisystem Mystery Aparna Saha
16:50:ID: 248 - A Rare Case of Wunderlich Syndrome in a Patient With Uncontrolled Diabetes Nina Prieto
17:00:ID: 271 - BUN/PLT and BUN/Hemoglobin Ratios as Predictors of Mortality and Critical Care Need in UGI Bleeding Jülide Gürbüz
17:10:ID: 112 - Does co-application of the Wells score with Geneva/YEARS safely reduce the requirement for CTPA? Alexander Russell
17:20 – 17:40: Break ☕
17:40:ID: 61 - Assessment of Laboratory Turnaround Time at Cork University Hospital Emergency Department, Ireland Abbas Tayyab Syed
17:50:ID: 77 - The Orthopedic Patient's Journey in the Department of Emergency Medicine Tehila Oren
18:00:ID: 114 - Expanding Stroke Screening for EMS Patients with Altered Mental Status: A Predictive Model Analysis Joslyn Joseph
18:10:ID: 141 - Association of prehospital airway management technique with survival outcomes of OHCA patients Yong Soo Cho
18:20:ID: 70 - Boarding Time and In-Hospital Mortality in Cancer Patients at an Oncologic Emergency Department Patricia Brock

Hall E - Seminars Rooms 1&2

Not Eligible for CE

8:30 – 8:45: ID: 147 – Effectiveness of FFP in Coagulopathy After Hemotoxic Snakebites: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis Anas Mohammed Muthanikkatt
8:45 – 9:00: ID: 318 – Clinical Predictors of Reliable Diagnosis of Psychogenic Status in Adolescents Varnit Shanker
9:00 – 9:45: Respiratory and Allergic Emergencies in ER (Asthma, Anaphylaxis, Croup, Foreign Body, Air Leaks, AEFI)
Moderator: Dr. Basavaraj Patil
Speakers: Dr. Uduthanoori Hari Shankarnikesh Kumar · Dr. Srinivas Kalyani . Dr. Sanjeev Chetty. Dr. Keyur Mallinath Shirsi.
9:45 – 10:30: Cardiac Emergencies in ER (SVT, Tet Spell, Chest Pain, Hypertension)
Lead: Dr. Deepak Eklare (Cardiology, Nanded)
Speakers: Dr. Revanasiddappa Bhosgi · Dr. Mohammed Yunus · Dr. Shashank Singh · Dr. Ashwani Mishra
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break ☕
11:00 – 11:45: Poisoning – ER Protocols
Moderator: Dr. Prashanth SN
Speakers: Dr. Shreenath Mugli · Dr. Medha Prajapati · Dr. Kowsthubha B G · Dr. Tejas Deshmukh (Intensivist) · Dr. Sanjeev Chetty
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch Break 🍽️
14:00 – 14:45: Newborn Emergencies (Resuscitation, Transport, Hypothermia, Metabolic Emergencies)
Moderator: Dr. Laxman Bidari
Speakers: Dr. Kundan Chopade · Dr. Rupchand Paratey · Dr. Narendra Nath Jena · Dr. Nisha Toteja
14:45 – 15:30: Panel: Pediatric Triage in Busy ERs – Tips for Fast & Safe Sorting
Moderator: Dr. Ashish Balla
Panelists: Dr. Anant Ieetkar · Dr. Deepar Kelkar · Dr. Manjusha Ieetkar · Dr. Varnit Shanker (Neurology) · Dr. Manav Khalatkar
15:30 – 16:15: Hepatic Emergencies in ER
Moderator: Dr. Neelam Mohan
Speakers: Dr. Rajeeva Mishra · Dr. Aashna Verma · Dr. Vikram Bhaskar · Dr. Rahul Vantaku · Dr. Rashmi Arora
16:30 – 17:00: Coffee Break ☕
17:00 – 17:45: Sepsis Panel
Moderator: Dr. Santosh Soans
Panelists: Dr. Ashok M.V · Dr. Nikhil Pathak · Dr. Himanshu Kelkar · Dr. Sushil Nakhate · Dr. Neerupam Gupta
17:45 – 18:30: Dermatological Emergencies in ER
Moderators: Dr. Priyanka Jain & Dr. Rohit Sasidharan
Speakers: Dr. Gaurav Aggarwal · Dr. Bikrant Prusty · Dr. Ritesh Jain · Dr. Kundan Chopade · Dr. Vasant Khalatkar