Citywide Critical Conversations

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Critical Care Western's speaker series, Critical Conversations, veers away from the traditional format of most grand rounds-type presentations.  Critical Conversations focuses on equal parts presentation and group discourse.  We are seeking to engage speakers who can capably promote conversations that may challenge conventionally held dogma, speak to the historical elements of critical care and/or point to future innovations.


Upcoming Critical Conversation Speaker

June 4, 2025  5:00 pm EST

VA-ECMO in Trauma”

presented by

Chris Bishop, BSc, MSc, PGDip

Senior Clinical Research Fellow
at the Centre for Trauma Sciences
Queen Mary University of London, UK

 

Chris Bishop

Chris is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the Centre for Trauma Sciences at Queen Mary University of London, UK. His PhD research is focusing on the potential utility of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) to treat cardiac dysfunction associated with major trauma haemorrhage.

He has a background as a Lead Clinical Perfusionist, where he has gained extensive experience in ECMO and mechanical circulatory support in the management of complex, life-threatening cardiac and respiratory failure and refractory cardiac arrest.

He is passionate about clinical education and is actively involved with the novel ‘SPEAR’ (Specialist Percutaneous Endovascular Aortic Resuscitation) pre-hospital endovascular resuscitation program at East Anglia Air Ambulance.  Chris is an honorary lecturer in Resuscitation Science for the Institute of Prehospital Care at London’s Air Ambulance. His clinical and research interests span extracorporeal-endovascular resuscitation strategies in shock, cardiac arrest, and traumatic injury – in particular how these may be deployed beyond the traditional confines of the intensive care unit.

 

 

 


Previous speakers we have had the privilege to hear from:

  • Dr. Martin Tobin, Professor Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology, Loyola University, Chicago IL
    Discussion Topic - Is Medicine an Art or a Science?

  • Dr. Mervyn Singer, Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University College London, London UK
    Discussion Topic - Sepsis Hysteria

  • Dr. Dana Edelson, Clinical Associate in Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago IL
    Discussion Topic - The Reality of AI-Powered Clinical Decisions:  Past, Present, and Future

  • Dr. Jean-Louis Vincent, Professor Intensive Care Medicine, University of Brussels
    The Future of Critical Care Medicine

  • Dr. Marleis Ostermann, Consultant – Critical Care & Nephrology, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
    Invited Dr. William J. Sibbald Lecturer

  • Dr. Paul Young, Medical Director Wakefield ICU & Deputy Director, Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
    Discussion Topic:  Optimal care: more and more of less and less until all you are doing is going for coffee

  • Dr. J. Kyle Bohman, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
    Discussion Topic - ECMO Program Expansion: lessons learned

  • Dr. John Bach, Professor of Neurology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School; Medical Director, Center for Non-invasive Mechanical Ventilation
    Discussion Topics - Non-invasive ventilatory support for the ICU

  • Dr. Craig Ainsworth, Chief of Critical Care, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton ON
    Discussion Topic - Evolution of Cardiac Critical Care - Developing CCUs by Levering Cardiology & Critical Care Medicine Ideas

  • Dr. Casey Albin, Assistant Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Division of Neurocritical Care, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA
    Discussion Topic - Dazed & Confused:  The Dangers of Q1H  Neurochecks and the Future of Neurocritical Care