Day 1 – August 14, 2025
Hall C: Pál Hari Room
- 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
Hall D: Aladár Beznák Room
- 8:30 – 8:45: Welcome & Faculty Intro
Katherine Vlasica, DO · Christine Collins, MD - 8:45 – 9:10: The Inguinal Enigma
Katherine Vlasica, DO - 9:10 – 9:35: Buprenorphine in the ED
Christine Collins, MD - 9:35 – 10:00: Adjuncts to Nerve Blocks
Sachin “Sunny” Jha, MD - 10:00 – 10:30: Nitrous Oxide 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
Sachin “Sunny” Jha, MD - 11:50 – 12:15: Pain & Buprenorphine
Christine Collins, MD - 12:15 – 12:40: Pain in OUD
Christine DeFranco, DO - 12:40 – 13:00: Cryoneurolysis in the ED
Katherine Vlasica, DO
Hall A: Szent-Györgyi Lecture Hall
- 15:00 – 16:00: In Vitro / Live POC Trauma
Chair: Dr. Csaba Varga · Dr. János Fazakas · Dr. Anikó Smudla - 16:00 – 16:30: Break
- 16:30 – 18:30: Opening Ceremony
- Abstract Presentations:
- ID 81: Pediatric CPR – Kowsthubha B G
- ID 219: Shock Index GI Bleeding – Bahadir Taslidere
- ID 286: ECMO in Cardiac Arrest – Péter Lukács
Hall A: György Hevesy Lecture Hall
- 8:30 – 8:45: A Plastic Endotracheal Tube is Oft Not the Cure – Cam Upchurch, MD
- 8:45 – 9:00: Preventing Cardiovascular Collapse – Kenneth H. Butler, DO, FACEP
- 9:00 – 9:15: From Door to Diagnosis: Integrating POCUS – Yash Chavda, DO, MBA, FAAEM
- 9:15 – 9:30: Maternal Resuscitation in the ED – 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: Thrombolysis of PE – Andras Kallai, MD, PhD, EDEC
- 10:10 – 10:25: Maternal Emergencies – Nashley Harrigan, MD
- 10:25 – 10:30: Q&A
- 10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break ☕
- 11:00 – 12:00: Contemporary Literature Updates in EM-CC – Joanne Williams, MD
Moderated by Harman S Gill, MD, FAAEM
- 12:00 – 13:00: WHO PLENARY: International EM – Lee Wallis, MD
- 13:00 – 14:00: Bayer Symposium
- 14:00 – 15:00: Trauma Plenary – Hassan El-Thani, MD, FACS, MBA
- 15:00 – 15:45: Bleeding Control in Trauma
Christopher Colbert, DO, George Abi Saad, MD, Richard Wolfe, MD - 15:45 – 16:30: Panel: Bridging Trauma Surgery & DEM
Panelists: George Abi Saad, Richard Wolfe, Nuala Quinn, Laszlo Hetzman
Moderators: Christopher Colbert, Judit Imecz - 16:30 – 17:00: Coffee Break ☕
- 17:00 – 18:20: Trauma 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
- 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
- 10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break ☕
- 11:00 – 11:20: Common Plant Poisonings – Badria Alhatali, MD
- 11:20 – 11:40: Xylazine – What is it and should I be worried? – David Wood, MD
- 11:40 – 12:00: Acute Organophosphate Poisoning: Lessons Learned in India – Ashish Bhalla, MD
- 13:00 – 14:00: Lunch Break
- 15:00 – 15:15: Emergency Medicine in Hungary – Bánk Gábor Fenyves, MD
- 15:15 – 15:30: Emergency Medicine in Lebanon – Amin Kazzi, MD
- 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, MD
- 16:15 – 16:30: Emergency Medicine in Ethiopia – Woldesenbet Waganew, MD
- 16:30 – 17:00: Coffee Break ☕
- 17:00 – 17:15: Emergency Medicine in Ireland – Jean O'Sullivan, MD
- 17:15 – 17:30: Emergency Medicine in Oman – Badria Al Hatali, MD
- 17:30 – 17:45: Emergency Medicine in Saudi Arabia – Asaad Alsufyani, MD
- 17:45 – 18:00: Emergency Medicine in Syria – Mohamad Haitham Farhat, MD
- 18:00 – 18:15: Emergency Medicine in USA – Robert Frolichstein, MD
- 18:15 – 18:30: Discussion & Closing Remarks
Hall C: Pál Hari Room
- 8:30 – 8:45: Blazing trails: Building a Research Culture – Mohammed Elwan, MB BCh, PhD, FRCEM
- 8:45 – 9:00: Cognitive Biases in the ED – Evelyn Wong, MBBS
- 9:00 – 9:15: Gaming the System for 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: Building Psychological Safety – Thomas Bannister, MD
- 9:45 – 10:00: Teaching How to Think: Resuscitation Metacognition – Deena Wasserman, MD
- 10:00 – 10:30: Implementing REBOA via Simulation – Serhat Orun, MD
- 10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break ☕
- 11:00 – 11:15: Wellness & Positivity in Residency – Sara Wattenbarger, DO
- 11:15 – 11:30: Narrative Practice in Training – Alison Marshall, MD
- 11:30 – 11:45: Formulating a Strategic Wellness Plan – Mary Jo Wagner, MD · Bethany Figg, DEdT
- 11:45 – 12:00: Secrets to Sleep for Shift Workers – Juliana Jaramillo, MD
- 13:00 – 14:00: Lunch Break
- 15:00 – 15:15: Myths & Pitfalls in Dyspnea – Isa Kilicaslan, MD
- 15:15 – 15:30: Malaria: Practical Approach in Non-Endemic Areas – John Acera, MD
- 15:30 – 15:45: Fever in Infants 60 Days and Younger – Richard Cantor, MD
- 15:45 – 16:00: Endocrine Emergencies – Leonard Stallings, MD
- 16:00 – 16:15: Functional Somatic Symptoms – Csaba Dioszeghy, MD
- 16:15 – 16:30: Q&A
- 16:30 – 17:00: Coffee Break ☕
- 17:00 – 17:20: Falling Flat – Why "Mechanical Fall" Doesn't Hold – Lily Berrin, MD · Julie Gesch, MD
- 17:20 – 17:40: Agitation in Older ED Patients – 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 – 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 Role of the ED in Organ Donation – Matthew McCauley
- 9:20: Emergency Department Palliative Care – Eleanor Reid
- 9:30: Cultural & Religious Considerations in Acute Care – Layla Abubshait
- 9:40: EM Global Learning Exchange – Dr. Alexandra Asrow
- 9:50: Burn Management Review – Robert Katzer
- 10:00: Naloxone 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 EM – Sarah Abdul Nabi
- 11:20: POCUS Mentor Programme – Rachel Vivian
- 11:30: Regional Blocks for Rib Fractures – Claudio Dalle Vecchia
- 11:40: Pericardial Effusion Assessment – Nathaniel Leu, MD
- 11:50: The PROFUNDUS Study in Acute Aortic Syndromes – Jasmine Thompson
- 13:00 – 14:00: Lunch Break
- 15:00: ID 64 – GEDI in the ED – George Braitberg
- 15:10: ID 104 – Geriatric Order Set Development – Lily Berrin
- 15:20: ID 144 – Cardiac Arrest Center Transport Outcomes – YeonJi Seong
- 15:30: ID 155 – Emergency Air Transfers in Greece – Tushara Surapaneni
- 15:40: ID 163 – Mechanical vs Manual CPR – Howard A Klausner
- 15:50: ID 156 – Tox Exposures in Guyana – Anisa Mughal
- 16:00 – 16:30: Break ☕
- 16:30: ID 153 – Temporal Muscle & Stroke Mortality – Nurdan Acar
- 16:40: ID 162 – Brucellosis Mystery Case – Aparna Saha
- 16:50: ID 248 – Wunderlich Syndrome Case – Nina Prieto
- 17:00: ID 271 – BUN Ratios in UGI Bleeds – Jülide Gürbüz
- 17:10: ID 112 – Wells + Geneva for CTPA – Alexander Russell
- 17:20 – 17:40: Break ☕
- 17:40: ID 61 – Lab Turnaround in Ireland – Abbas Tayyab Syed
- 17:50: ID 77 – Ortho Patient Journey in EM – Tehila Oren
- 18:00: ID 114 – EMS Stroke Screening – Joslyn Joseph
- 18:10: ID 141 – Airway Mgmt & OHCA Survival – Yong Soo Cho
- 18:20: ID 70 – Boarding & Mortality in Cancer EDs – Patricia Brock
