Day 1 – August 14, 2025

8:30 – 8:35: Introduction and Welcome
Amal Mattu, MD · William Brady, MD
8:35 – 10:30: Cardiac Ischemia, Mimics, and Confounding Patterns
Amal Mattu, MD
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break ☕
11:00 – 13:00: Critical Dysrhythmias
William Brady, MD
13:00: Closing Remarks

8:30 – 8:45: Welcome & Faculty Intro
Katherine Vlasica, DO · Christine Collins, MD
8:45 – 9:10: The Inguinal Enigma: Selecting the Right Block for Hip Fracture Patients in the ED
Katherine Vlasica, DO
9:10 – 9:35: Buprenorphine for Pain Management in the ED -Does it Really Work?
Christine Collins, MD
9:35 – 10:00: "You Wanna Add What to What?"- Adjuncts to Nerve Blocks in the ED
Sachin “Sunny” Jha, MD
10:00 – 10:30: Nitrous Oxide for Pain Management in the ED
Katherine Vlasica, DO
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break ☕
11:00 – 11:25: "Trama-do or Trama-don’t?"
Christine DeFranco, DO
11:25 – 11:50: Erector Spinae Block for ED Pain Management
Sachin “Sunny” Jha, MD
11:50 – 12:15:Pain Management of ED Patients on Buprenorphine
Christine Collins, MD
12:15 – 12:40: Managing the Challenging Patient: Pain Management in OUD
Christine DeFranco, DO
12:40 – 13:00: "The cold never bothered me anyway"- Cryoneurolysis in the EDD
Katherine Vlasica, DO

Not Eligible for CE

15:00 – 16:00: Welcoming Statements by:
• Professor Lisa Moreno, MD, FAAEM, MAAEM MEMC Organizing Committee
• Bánk G. Fenyves, MD, PhD Semmelweis University, Dept. of EM
• Dr. Rasha Sawaya MEMC Scientific Committee
• Dr. Sagar Galwankar, MD, FAAEM WACEM
• Dr. Robert Frolichstein, MD, FAAEM AAEM President
• Professor Amin Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM, MAAEM MAEM President
Dr. Cristina Costin International Emergency Medicine Award
• Her Excellency Dr. Judit BIDLÓ – Deputy State Secretary for Health 🇭🇺
16:00 – 16:50: Keynote Presentation: “Innovations that Revolutionized the Practice of Medicine”
Professor Béla Merkely, MD – Rector, Semmelweis University

17:00 – 18:00: “In Vitro / Live POC - Simulation Workshop in Trauma Setting”
Chair: Dr. Csaba Varga
Presenters: Dr. János Fazakas, Dr. Anikó Smudla
CSL Behring Symposium

18:00 – 19:00: Award Presentations:
JEM Abstract Competition Awards & Presentations:
- ID: 81 Pediatric self-inflating bag versus adult bag during CPR in intubated adult cardiac arrest patients. Kowsthubha B G
- ID 219: Investigation of the Relationship Between Shock Index, Scores in Patients with Upper GI Bleeding Shock Index GI Bleeding Bahadir Taslidere
- ID 286: The possibility of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in cardiac arrest (both IHCA and OHCA): ECMO in Cardiac Arrest Péter Lukács
• The MEMC Leadership Award
• The MEMC Founders Award
• The MAEM Educator of the Year Award