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)