PCICS Podcast

Please join special guests Heather Viamonte, MD (CHOA/Emory), Fawaaz Shaw, MD (CHOA/Emory) and Virginia Horan, PA (Intermountain Health/U. Utah) discussing the bidirectional partnership with Global Health Office of Pediatrics at Emory (GHOPE) and Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute, a public national specialized cardiovascular teaching and research hospital within Muhimbili National Hospital affiliated with Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

They speak to the collaboration and partnership in support guideline development and education simulation of critical care of children with congenital heart disease generously funded by Thoracic Surgical Foundation, Every Heart Beat Matters Award.

Host and Editor: Gina Patel, MD (CHOA/Emory).

Co-host and Producer: Saidie Rodriguez, MD (CHOA/Emory).

Sponsor: Alabama Children’s

Join host Maryam Naim, MD (CHOP) and guests Chitra Ravishankar, MD (CHOP), Kats Maeda, MD (CHOP) and Humera Ahmed, MD (CHOP) as they discuss the management of HLHS with severe tricuspid valve regurgitation.

Host: Maryam Naim (CHOP)

Editor/Producer: Deanna Todd Tzanetos, MD, MSCI (Norton Children's/U of Louisville)

Episode sponsor: Cincinnati Children's Hospital

The second in a 4 part collaboration with Pediatrica Intensiva honoring 50 plus years of the Fontan-Kreutzer operation. Join hosts Dr. Greg Kelly (Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia) and Dr. Deanna Todd Tzanetos (Norton Children's Hospital/U of Louisville) with guest Dr. Peter Laussen (Boston Children's Hospital) as they discuss the history of the Fontan operation from its early beginnings to the future for single ventricle patients.

This episode brings together voices from palliative care (PC), the cardiac ICU, and cardiac surgery to explore how a collaborative approach with PC can transform the care of children with congenital heart disease. Through shared perspectives and real-world insights & challenges, the team discusses how early integration of palliative care supports complex decision-making, enhances communication with families and their provider teams, and prioritizes quality of life alongside advanced cardiac treatment. The conversation highlights not only the clinical benefits, but also the challenges working across disciplines to provide compassionate, holistic care for some of the most vulnerable patients.

Guests: Meghan Tracewski MSN, RN, CPNP-PC, ACHPN (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta), Claudia Delgado-Corcoran, MD, MPH (Primary Children's Hospital), Jessica Eichner, MSN, BSN, CRNP (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia), S. Adil Husain, MD (Primary Children's Hospital)

Host: Christopher Knoll, MD (Phoenix Children's)

Editor: Christopher Knoll, MD

Producer: Christopher Knoll, MD

Our guests represent the top QI abstracts from the 2026 PCICS Conference in Austin, Texas.

Guest: Catherine Allan MD (Cleveland Clinic)

Abstract: Targeting Modification of Prescribing Practices in the ICU Setting to Reduce Central Line Entries

Guest: Ashley Frankel MSN-Ed RN (Stanford Medicine Children's Health)

Abstract: Practicing HAPI Habits - Take the Pressure Off!: Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury Reduction in the CVICU

Guest: Jennifer Sherwin MD (Duke Children’s Hospital; Duke University)

Abstract: Increasing Oral Feeding in Single Ventricle Neonates Prior to Stage 1 Palliation

Hosts: Rambod Amirnovin, MD (Elevance Health; Miller Children's Hospital); Jennifer Gauntt, MD (Nationwide Children's / Ohio State University SOM)

Editor: Rambod Amirnovin, MD (Elevance Health; Miller Children's Hospital)

Producer: Christopher L. Knoll, MD (Phoenix Children’s Hospital / University of Arizona COM)

The first in a 4 part collaboration with Pediatrica Intensiva honoring 50 plus years of the Fontan-Kreutzer Operation. Join hosts Dr. Greg Kelly (Children's Hospital at Westmead, Austrailia) and Dr. Deanna Todd Tzanetos (Norton Children's Hospital/U of Louisville) with guest Dr. Tom Glenn (Texas Children's Hospital) as they discuss the shifting focus from survival to quality of survival and then on to thriving and resilience.

Editor: Dr. Greg Kelly

Producer: Dr. Deanna Todd Tzanetos

Please join guests Drs. Nate Sznycer-Taub (UMichigan/C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital) and Asaad Beshish (Emory/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta) in discussing their landmark paper “Hyperoxia During Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Bypass Is Associated With Worse Clinical Outcomes: A Multi-Institutional Study” in JAHA 2025.

Host: Dr. Maria Batsis (Stanford/Stanford Children’s Hospital).

Co-host/Editor/Producer: Dr. Saidie Rodriguez (Emory/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta).

Sponsor: Children’s Hospital Colorado Heart Institute

Beshish, A. G., Kwiatkowski, D. M., Sznycer-Taub, N., Costello, J. M., Jergel, A., Gillespie, S., Cashen, K., Asfari, A., Batsis, M., Buckley, J. R., Chlebowski, M. M., Flores, S., Goldshtrom, N., Migally, K., Mills, K. I., Radman, M. R., Reddy, C., Shutes, B., Riley, C. M., Narasimhulu, S. S., … Collaborative Research from the Pediatric Intensive Care Society (CoRe‐PCICS) Investigators (2026). Hyperoxia During Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Bypass Is Associated With Worse Clinical Outcomes: A Multi-Institutional Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 15(1), e045890. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.045890

Join Niranjan Vijayakumar, MBBS (Children's Mercy, Kansas City) and Deanna Todd Tzanetos, MD, MSCI (Norton Children's Hospital/U of Louisville) as they speak with Bruna Cury, RN, MSN (CardioPedBrasil®️ – Children’s Heart Center, Hospital da Criança e Maternidade, Brasil) and Joram Nyandat, MMED (Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital/Tenwek Mission Hospital, Kenya) about their PCICS experience. We also speak with Lindsey Justice, DNP, CPNP-AC (Cincinnati Children's Hospital) about the foundation and how to donate, help, and apply for scholarships.

Hosts: Deanna Todd Tzanetos and Niranjan Vijayakumar

Editor: Niranjan Vijayakumar

Producer: Deanna Todd Tzanetos

Join hosts Kavi Komeswaran, MD (U of Mississippi) and Jennifer Gauntt, MD (Nationwide Children's Hospital/Ohio State University) as they discuss the recent article "Breastfeeding infants with CHD: an evidence summary and recommendations from the Cardiac Newborn Neuroprotective Network, a special interest group of the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative" published in Cardiology in the Young in October, 2025 with guests Kristen Elgersma PhD, DM,MN,RN (University of Minnesota), Jessica Davis, PhD, RN, IBCLC (Healthy Start Inc.) and Jennifer Peterson, PhD, MS, BSN, RN, APRN-CNS, CCNS, CNE, FAHA.

Editor/Producer: Deanna Todd Tzanetos, MD, MSCI (Norton Children's Hospital/U of Louisville)

Join hosts Natalie Pleiman (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital) and Laura Valido (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) as we explore the question: Is bedside nursing really just a stepping stone? In this episode of the PCICS Nursing Podcast, we challenge that narrative and rebrand bedside nursing as a powerful, lifelong career. Hear how a CICU bedside nurse, Becka Lyons co-leads an international partnership in Zambia, using clinical insight, education, and relationship-building to help launch a new cardiac intensive care program. This conversation explores untapped potential, global impact, and why growth doesn’t have to mean leaving the bedside. If you’re ready to rethink what’s possible in nursing, this episode is for you.

Hosts: Laura Valido, BSN RN (Nationwide Children’s Hospital); Natalie Pleiman, MSN RN (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital)

Editor: Natalie Pleiman, MSN RN (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital)