Tag: ecmo

Perfusion Webinar Series: April 2023

We welcome you to join Frank Merkle, Ph.D., ECCP, and Benjamin Haupt, M. Sc., ECCP, to discuss the development of demographics and morbidities in Germany, the development of extracorporeal technology and new aspects in patient treatment,…

“Can Stress Be Managed or Just Tolerated?” Webinar

"Can Stress Be Managed or Just Tolerated?" Webinar

An emerging crisis in the healthcare environment inflicting illness and hardship on untold numbers of individuals. This silent epidemic is not being borne by patients treated at clinics and hospitals, but by those charged with administering…

“ECMO in COVID-19 Patients” Webinar

ECMO in COVID-19 Patients

SpecialtyCare hosted an educational one-hour webinar. We welcome you to join fellow perfusionists to hear from Irfan Khan, MD, Medical Director of PICU at Presbyterian Healthcare Services. The webinar explains the need for ECMO in COVID-19…

“Lessons Learned on Applying ECMO to Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients” Webinar

Multi-institutional Results of 675 Cases SpecialtyCare hosted an educational one-hour webinar. We welcome you to join fellow perfusionists to hear from Al Stammers, MSA, PBMS, CCP Emeritus, Vice President of Clinical Quality and Outcomes Research at…

Multi-Institutional Analysis of 505 COVID-19 Patients Supported with ECMO: Predictors of Survival

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On February 18, 2022, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery published an important manuscript titled: “Multi-institutional Analysis of 505 COVID-19 Patients Supported with ECMO: Predictors of Survival”. The purpose of this study was to review the clinical…

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP, to Present Abstract at AATS 2022

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Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP, will present an abstract on the Variation in Survival Over Time in Patients with COVID-19 Supported with ECMO: A Multi-institutional analysis of 471 consecutive COVID-19 patients supported with ECMO…

Valuing Others with Actions

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SpecialtyCare is honored to share that one of our patients at Swedish Medical Center, Nate McWilliams, who spent 158 days in the hospital—91 of those on ECMO—was recently released from the hospital. We want to acknowledge…

Perfusion Leaders Highlight with Artem Zhosan

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Artem Zhosan is an ECMO specialist at SpecialtyCare, currently working in the Los Angeles area. Here, we highlight his career path of being a perfusionist in Ukraine to becoming an RN and ECMO specialist in the…

“Lessons Learned from 325 ECMO Cases with COVID-19”

Lessons Learned from 325 ECMO Cases with COVID 19

We welcome you to join your fellow perfusionists hear from a national panel of experts sharing lessons-learned when providing ECMO support to 335 patients with COVID-19 who presented extreme respiratory failure.