SPONSORED PRE-CONFERENCE
These are non-accredited, industry-sponsored, Symposia and are NOT part of the accredited CCCF program.
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Pre-Conference Workshop Sponsored by Vantive
Sunday November 30, 2025, 12:00 – 4:15 pm
Multi-Organ Extracorporeal Support Therapies Workshop
Objectives:
- Lung Protective Ventilation: Strategies and Potential for ECCO2R
- Therapeutic Plasma Exchange: Program Development and Clinical Application
- Extracorporeal Blood Purification Role in Liver Failure
- Understanding and Managing Regional Citrate Anticoagulation: A Clinical Perspective
Agenda:
- 12:00-13:00 Lunch and Registration
- 13:00-13:10 Introduction
- 13:10-13:50 Eddy Fan MD, PhD, FRCPC; Lung Protective Ventilation: Strategies and Potential for ECCO2R
- 13:50-14:30 George Alvarez MD, MSc, FRCPC & Kari Taylor RN BN MN CNCC (C); Therapeutic Plasma Exchange: Application and Troubleshooting
- 14:30-14:40 Break
- 14:40-15:20 Constantine Karvellas, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FCCM; Extracorporeal Blood Purification Role in Liver Failure
- 15:20-16:00 Philippe Lachance MD, MSc, FRCPC; Regional Citrate Anticoagulation Application and Troubleshooting
- 16:00-16:15 Closing Remarks
Presenters:
- Dr. Eddy Fan
Intensivist, University Health Network, Toronto, ON - Dr. George Alvarez
Intensivist, South Health Campus, Calgary, AB - Kari Taylor
Clinical Nurse Educator, South Health Campus, ICU/CCU, Calgary, AB - Dr. Constantine Karvellas
Intensivist, Hepatologist Liver Transplant Program, Edmonton, AB - Dr. Philippe Lachance
Nephrologist & Intensivist, Hotel Dieu de Lévis & Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Lévis, QC
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