TIME

GENERAL

SLEEP

BREAKOUTS

8:00

Opening Ceremonies/Announcements/ TSRC Annual Business Meetin

9:00

“AARC Update”
Tim Myers, RRT, NPS
AARC President

TBA

“Resqpod”
Katie Palk, EMT-P
Advanced Circulatory inc.

10:00

“Update on Legislation”
John Williams
TSRC Lobbyist

“Long Distance Driving”
Gene Gantt, RRT
Manager Linde-RSS USA

“ETCO2 in Critical Care”
TBA
Mercury Medical

11:00-11:15

Break with Vendors

11:15

“Ventilator Group Homes”
Pattie Killingsworth,
Assistant Commissioner
Chief of Long Term Care
Bureau of TennCare

Ann  Rutherford Reed, RN, BSN, MBA
Director of Licensure and Regulation
Division of Health Care Facilities

TBA

Poster Presentations
All participants in poster

12:15-1:45

Lunch in Laskey Hall
Provided by TSRC

1:45

“Disaster situational awareness
In the Health Care Field”              

TBA
Jim Eddins, RRT, RPFT
Res Med                             

“Successful Interviewing”
Anna Ambrose, RRT, MHA
Vanderbilt Respiratory Care Director
(students)

2:45

“COPD Update”
Dr. Clyde Heflin
St. Thomas Pulmonologist group

TBA
Russell Gibson, MD
Sumner Regional Medical Center, Sleep Lab Medical Director

“Staff RT to Director”
William Phillips, RRT
TSRC Delegate
(students)

3:45-4:00

Break with Vendors

4:00

“ VDR & Burn Patients”
Michael Fischer, RRT      
Vanderbilt Burn Unit

TBA

“Tracheotomies and Home Ventilation”
Brenda Butka, MD
Pulmonologist
Vanderbilt Medical Center

TIME

GENERAL

CRITICAL CARE

NEONATAL/ PEDEATRICS

7:30

Awards Ceremony

8:00

“Ventilator Graphics”
Karl Wellendorf, RRT
Maquet Inc.

“Rapid Response Teams”
TBA ?

“Genetics of Asthma”
Paul Moore, MD
Pediatric Pulmonologist
Vanderbilt Hospital

9:00

“Emerging Trends in Prolonged MV”
Gene Gantt, RRT
Manager Linde-RSS USA

“Lung Protective Strategies”
Craig Rooks, BS, RRT
Manager/ Educator
Respiratory Care
Vanderbilt University Hospital

“RSV”
Geoffrey M. Fleming, M.D. FAAP
Division of Pediatric Critical Care 
Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine

10:00-10:15

Break

10:15

“Great Expectorations”
Judy Whitman, RCP, RRT, BA
Global Director, Pulmonary Education
Hillrom

“Avoiding the Pitfalls of NIV in Acute Care”
Carla Edge, RRT
Philips Healthcare

MV for Heart Disease in Pediatrics”
Hemant Agarwal, MD
Vanderbilt Pediatric Intensivist 

11:15-12:45

Lunch w/ Vendors
Sponsored by Life Gas and Trace Medical

12:45-1:45

“NIV in Neuromuscular Patients”
John R. Bach, MD
Professor & Vice Chairman
Dept. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Neurosciences
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Jersey Medical School

“APRV”
Chuck Horn, BS RRT ?
Draeger Medical

“INOmax in Neonates”
TBA
INO Theraputics/Ikaria

1:45-2:00

Break

2:00

TBA

“NAVA - Neurally Adjusted Ventilation Assist”
Karl Wellendorf, RRT ?
Maquet Inc.

“Vapotherm Update”
TBA
Mercury Medical