Day 4 – August 17, 2025

Hall A: György Hevesy Lecture Hall

8:30 – 9:00: Little Beats – Pediatric ECG Reading for the General EM Practitioner – Kathleen Stephanos, MD, FAAEM, FAAP
9:00 – 9:30: Breaking Down Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease – What to Do With the Blue Baby – Rachel Wiltjer, DO
9:30 – 10:00: Pediatric Chest Pain – Finding that Needle in the Haystack – Amandeep Singh, MD
10:00 – 10:30: Top Pediatric Emergency Medicine Articles 2024–2025 – Isabel Barata, MS, MD, MBA, FACP, FAAP, FACEP
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break ☕
Moderator: Rachelle El Helou, MD, FAA

11:00 – 11:40:
Pediatric Readiness in your Emergency Department – An International Perspective – Isabel Barata, David Nelson, Eva Juhasze
11:40 – 12:00: Jolly Ranchers over Jabs – Using the Least Restrictive Approach to Calm the Agitated Autistic Patient – Whitney Deal, MD, FAAEM

12:00 – 13:00: Updates in Pediatric Emergency Medicine – Prashant Mahajan, MD, MPH, MBA
13:00 – 13:30: Lunch Break 🍽️

13:30 – 14:00: Blast Injuries – Considerations in Children – Rachelle El Helou, MD, FAAP
14:00 – 14:30: Revolutionizing Pediatric Trauma Care – Implementing a Standardized Pediatric Trauma Resuscitation Module in India – Neha Rai, MD, FACEE, FRCPCH (UK), MNAMS
14:30 – 15:00: Paediatric Trauma/Imaging and Safeguarding – Mohomed Ashraf, MD
15:00 – 15:30: Hidden Dangers – Common Pediatric Poisons – Carmen Martinez, MD, MSMEd, FACEP, FAAEM
15:30 – 16:00: Pediatric (Advanced) Airway Management – Camilo E. Gutiérrez, MD, FACEP, FIFEM, FAAEM

17:00 – 18:00: US Presidential Assassinations – Terry Kowalenko, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

18:00 – 18:30: Closing Remarks

Hall B: György Békésy Lecture Hall

Chairs: Soti Akos Tamas, MD, Marc Reiter, MD, MBA, MAAEM

8:30 – 8:45: Avoiding Errors: The Role of a Performance Improvement Program in Making Patients Safer – Adam Berman, MD, MS, FACEP
8:45 – 9:00: ED operations with an emphasis on queuing theory and a different approach to looking at metrics – León D. Sánchez, MD, MPH
9:00 – 9:15: Human Factors Unleashed: From Errors to Excellence – Venkat Kotamraju, MD
9:15 – 9:30: The Provider-in-Triage Model: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Quality in Emergency Medicine – Sarah Wendel, MD, MBA
9:30 – 9:45: Enhancing patient flow in the ED by establishing Primary Care Physicians' rapid assessment and treatment areas – Nadia El-Fellah, MD
9:45 – 10:00: "From Survival to Night Shift Nirvana: Finding Joy in Emergency Medicine's Dark Hours" – McKenna Knych, MD
10:00 – 10:15: New Director of a Hole in The Ground: The New Guy Builds an Observation Unit – Aaron Kuzel, DO, MBA
10:15 – 10:30: Q&A
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break ☕
11:00 – 11:15: Healthcare Cybersecurity and Cyber-Disaster Medicine – Ryan Hata, MD, FAAEM
11:15 – 11:30: Transforming Emergency Department Challenges with Simple Digital Health Solutions – Carlo Lutz, MD, MS, FAAEM
11:30 – 11:45: Large Language Models in Emergency Medicine: Revolutionizing Clinical Decision-Making and Patient Communication – Çağlar Kuas, MD
11:45 – 12:00: Q&A

13:00 – 13:30: Lunch Break 🍽️

13:30 – 14:00: Healthcare in Conflict: The Geneva Convention & its Many Facets – Robert Suter, DO, MHA, FAAEM, FIFEM
14:00 – 14:30: The Medical Response in Israel on & after October 7th, 2023: Challenges Faced & Lessons Learned – Micheal Dresher, MD, FACEP
14:30 – 15:00: Conflict Medicine in Nagorno-Karabakh: Lessons Learned – Haig Aintablian, MD
15:00 – 15:30: Attacks on Healthcare Facilities in Gaza – Tarek Loubani, MD, Ghassan Abu Sittah, MBChB, FRCS
15:30 – 16:00: Security Challenges in Mass Casualty Incident Management: Lessons Learned in Lebanon – Amin Kazzi, MD, MAAEM, FAAEM
16:00 – 16:30: The Collapse of the Healthcare System in Gaza: Impact on the specialty of emergency medicine, disaster response, and global health – Thaer Ahmad, MD
16:30 – 17:00: Rights & Responsibilities of Medical Personnel & Facilities in a Combat Zone – Gaza – Mark Reiter, MD, MBA, MAAEM

Hall C: Pál Hari Room

3 CE credits for both

Moderators: Christine Collins, Scott Weiner

8:30 – 8:50: "You've Got Me Hooked on a Feeling" – ED Prescribing for the Opioid Naïve – Scott Weiner, MD, MPH
8:50 – 9:10: "Hiding in Plain Sight" – Mystic Pain Syndromes – Carlos Roldan, MD, FAAEM, FACEP
9:10 – 9:30: "It's a Bloc Party!" – Targeted Nerve Blocks for Migraine – Edward Michelson, MD
9:30 – 9:50: Why Do We Care About 'POOP'? – Miguel Agrait, MD
9:50 – 10:10: "Word on the Street" – Emerging Illicit Opioids – Mark Lopez, MD, FAAEM, FACEP
10:10 – 10:30: From Shoulder to Knee: Regional Pain Control in the ED Christine Collins, MD
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break ☕

Chair: Andrew Little, DO

11:00 – 11:20: The Physiologically Difficult Airway and Shock-Sensitive RSI – Calvin Brown, MD
11:20 – 11:40: So You Intubated the Asthmatic, Now What? – Paul Jansson, MD, MS
11:40 – 12:00: Hands-On Surgical Airway Session – Andrew Little, DO

13:00 – 14:00: Lunch Break 🍽️

Chairs: Paul Dargan, MD, Pardeep Jagpal, MD

14:00 – 14:20: Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Ketamine and Novel Arylcyclohexamines – Paul Dargan, MD
14:20 – 14:40: Case-Based Discussion of Plasmapheresis for Paracetamol Poisoning – Viorela Nitescu, MD
14:40 – 15:00: The New Synthetic Opioids: Toxicity and Role in the Fatal Overdose Crisis – Bruno Megarbane, MD
15:00 – 15:20: Emergency Department-Based Addiction Medicine Interventions – Joe Carpenter, MD
15:20 – 15:40: Digoxin Poisoning – Is It Still an Issue? – Csaba Pap, MD
15:40 – 16:00: Poison Centres, Clinical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine: Case Vignettes from the UK – Pardeep Jagpal, MD
16:00 – 16:20: The Hidden Danger: Acetaminophen Overdose Unmasked – Venkat Kotamarju, MD
16:20 – 16:40: Finding Your Way in the Treacherous Streets of Toxic Acidosis – Rawan Eskandrani, MD

18:00 – 18:30: Closing Remarks

Hall D: Aladár Beznák Room

8:30: Managing Mass Casualty Incidences in Low Resource Settings – Priam Chakraborty
8:40: Current Management and Practices of Emergency Health Services after an Earthquake – Nisa Nur İnal EPAT
8:50: From Heatstroke to Haze: Urban Wildfire Health Impacts – Esra Ersöz Genç
9:00: Overcrowding in Emergency Room /ED: Challenges and Strategies – Prof. (Dr.) Mohammed Yunus
9:10: Race Against the Elements: Simulating Medicine Under Pressure in the Outdoors – Danusha Sanchez
9:20: In-Flight Medical Emergencies – Micheal Ott
9:30: Organophosphate Poisoning: How Do I Manage It? – Ashish Bhalla
9:40: Master the [Other] Tube – Clutch Adnexal Ultrasound Findings in Patients with Pelvic Pain – Jennifer Carnell
9:50: The Future of Dispatch is Now – Francis Mencl, MD, MS, FAAEM, FAEMS
10:00: Emergency Nursing Development, Challenges & Solutions in Lebanon – Ms. Rima Jabbour
10:10: Utilization Review and Why It Matters to Emergency Medicine – Serge Hougeir
10:20: OPEN
10:30: BREAK ☕
11:00: Social Impact of EM – Behcet Al
11:10: Using Rituals to Help Shape Your Departmental Culture – Heidi Edmundson
11:20: The Application of Mindfulness Training to Resident Emergency Medicine Curricula to Improve Experience and Patient Care – Dr. Timothy P. Mossad, MBBS
11:30: How Human Factors Affect Us in Emergency Medicine – Mark Harrison
11:40: How to Rapidly and Compassionately Deliver Difficult News in the ED with the SPIKES Method – Robyn Hitchcock
11:50: Advance Care Planning Documentation and Billing in the Emergency Department – Maria Ramos

13:00 – 13:30: Break 🍽️

Not Eligible for CE

13:30 – 13:40: ID:256 Linking Personal Practices to Academic Success and Professional Development - A Qualitative Analysis – Sarah Petelinsek
13:40 – 13:50: ID: 302 Assessing Self-Directed Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice Simulation for Improving Trainee Skills – Nora McNulty
13:50 – 14:00: ID: 26 – Assessment of Gender Bias of Emergency Medicine Resident Physicians – Corinne Espinosa
14:00 – 14:10: ID: 192 – Can We Talk? Simulation Training for Autism-Aware Healthcare – Nora McNulty
14:10 – 14:20: ID: 255 – From Backcountry to Bedside: Training EM Residents in Decision-Making Under Pressure – Sarah Petelinsek
14:20 – 14:50: Break ☕
14:50 – 15:00: ID: 307 – Rekindling Curiosity: Harnessing Autonomy and Creativity to Revitalize Physician Engagement – Maia Winkel
15:00 – 15:10: ID: 41 – Patterns in Duration of Emergency Department Boarding and Variation by Sociodemographic Factors – Christiana K. Prucnal
15:10 – 15:20: ID: 319 Genital mycoplasmas and adverse pregnancy outcomes: A Meta-Analysis of Preterm Birth and Labor – Elsa Biju

18:00 – 18:30: Closing Remarks

Hall E: Seminar Rooms 1 & 2

Chairs: Marianne Haughey, Mohammed Elwan

8:30 – 9:30: Feedback Panel (50 Min + Q&A)
Shenvi: How to Give and Receive Feedback Well
Martinez: Psychological Safety in Feedback
Kulkarni: Giving Feedback to the Oblivious and the Crier
Christine Shenvi, MD, PhD, MBA, FACEP, Miriam Kulkarni, MD, Carmen Martinez, MD, MSMEd, FACEP, FAAEM, Caroline Mollins, MD
9:30 – 9:50: National Israeli Course Standardizing Care and Raising the Standard of Care
Training emergency medicine residents through hands-on workshops and simulation in the National Israeli Course in Emergency Medicine
Dr. Gila Nussbaum, MD
9:50 – 10:10: Difficult Conversations: Can We Not and Say We Did? Setting Up a Tough Talk with a Resident on the Ropes
Shabana Walia, MD, Katheryn Larimore, MD
10:10 – 10:30: When an Immovable Object Meets an Unstoppable Force – Using Resident Education to Enact Clinical Change in Your Department
Thomas Perera, MD
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break ☕

11:00 – 11:30: Global Partnerships in Medical Education: Pearls and Pitfalls
Joseph Ciano, MD, John Acerra, MD
11:30 – 11:45: Greece: Training to Practice Emergency Medicine in Countries with No Formal Residency Program – The Greek Experience
Dimitrios Tsiftsis, MD
11:45 – 12:00: Bridging Vanes: Connecting Louisville and Kuanas Through Emergency Medicine
Aaron Kuzel, MD