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2025 ECLS Conference at UPMC Children’s

October 8-11, 2025

The 16th annual Neonatal and Pediatric ECLS Educational Conference will be held October 8-10, 2025, in Pittsburgh. The conference offers both virtual and in-person attendance options.

This conference is dedicated to providing high quality educational opportunities to clinicians committed to caring for children requiring Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) therapies including, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) and Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) support.

This exciting course is designed to provide an interactive educational activity that brings together a multidisciplinary group of health care providers that embrace the challenges of caring for patients receiving ECLS therapiesThe virtual platform allows providers worldwide to participate in interactive sessionsWe have put together an exciting program that includes lectures on the following topics: 

 

  • Ethical Challenges and Pediatric ECMO

  • Selection Criteria for Pediatric ECMO

  • ECMO Use in Trauma 

  • ECPella

  • ECMO Algorithms 

  • Neuro Considerations, Complications and Outcomes for Neonatal & Pediatric ECMO

  • Fireside Chats

  • Interactive Case Scenarios

  • ECMO Education

 

Learn more and register for the conference.

This activity is approved for the following credit: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, ANCC, and AAPA Category 1 CME. Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

 

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