Case and Poster Presenters
The Houston Shock Symposium is proud to feature compelling cases highlighting innovative strategies, best practices, and actionable insights that will enhance the conference experience for attendees. This year, the following individuals have been selected to present their cases, followed by a panel discussion.
2023 Case Presenters
| Presenter Name | Affiliated Organization(s) | Case Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| Amna Aijaz, MD | McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston | Managing Severe Mitral Stenosis Patient in Cardiogenic Shock |
| Hasan Ashraf, MD | McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston | When to Unload in HR-PCI: The LAVI Score |
| Amanda Bergeron, AG-ACNP | McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston | Unusual Cause of Cardiogenic Shock |
| Saliha Erdem, MD | Wayne State University | ECPELLA as a Bridge to Heart Transplant in a Young Woman with LM SCAD |
| Chris Fernadez, MD | University of Chicago | CBT Dependent Shock in AS and LM Disease |
| Khashayar Hematpour, MD | McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston | Quieting the Storm in Cardiogenic Shock |
| Sowjanya Kapaganti, MD | McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston | Recurrent Pulseless Electrical Activity: Look Left, Look Right |
| Krithika Krishnarao, DO | Ochsner | Complex VA ECMO Cannulation Strategy |
| Russell Perkins, MSN, AGACNP | Advent Health Medical Group | ECMO and Impella 5.5 in the Management of Post MI VSD |
| Husam Shadid, MD | McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston | Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation at time of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery |
| Lauren Tezak, MS, APRN, AGACNP-BC | Texas Children's Hospital and Texas Woman's University | Mixed Shock in a Postpartum Patient |
| Chloe Theeuwes, MD | College of Medicine at University of Cincinnati | Cardiogenic Shock Complicated by Mechanical Valves |
2023 Poster Presenters
| Poster Number | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1001 | Saliha Erdem, MD | ECPELLA as a Bridge to Heart Transplant in a Young Woman with LM SCAD |
| 1002 | Mehtab Galeh, MD | Exercise-related Flail Mitral Valve Masquerading as Pneumonia |
| 1003 | Marisol Molina, MD | Pulmonary Thromboembolism as Cause Of Cardiac Arrest |
| 1004 | Sharana Hegde, MD | Use of Tandem Heart for Left Atrial Unloading in Severe Bioprosthetic Mitral Stenosis with Pulmonary Hypertension and Cardiogenic Shock |
| 1005 | Jeffrey Wang, MD | LAVA-ECMO: Unloading the Left Ventricle from the Atrium |
| 1006 | Amogh Karnik, MD, MSc | Anthracycline Induced Cardiomyopathy Presenting in Shock |
| 1007 | Rashonda Carlisle, MD | Stress Cardiomyopathy Presenting in Shock |
| 1008 | Tamas Alexy, MD, PhD | ECPR to Heart Transplant |
| 1009 | Richard Witkov, MD and Jonathan Lopez, MD | Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation in the Community, Expanding the Wheel |
| 1010 | Nishant Sharma, MD | TAVR Shock |
| 1011 | Omare Sheikh, MD | Double Edged Sword |
| 1012 | Mittal Rana, MD | Under Pressure: A Case of Aortic Stenosis and Cardiogenic Shock |
| 1013 | Andrew Polis and Katherine Goldrick | The Big Squeeze: Balancing the Hemodynamics of Cardiac Tamponade and Superior Vana Cava Syndrome |
| 1014 | Lindsey Aurora, MD | I Will Survive: From Left Main Thrombosis to Transplant |
| 1015 | Jake Kieserman, MD | From the Brink of the Abyss |
| 1016 | Kashvi Gupta, MD | Acute Fulminany Myocarditis Secondary to COVID-19 |
| 1017 | Molly Silkowski, DO | Fulminant Myocarditis |
| 1018 | Maurizio Bottiroli, MD | AKI in ADHD-CS |
| 1019 | Phillip Weeks, Pharm.D. | The Prognostic Value of Vasoactive-Inotropic Score in Adult Patients on Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Life Support |