Advances in Quality & Outcomes:
A Data Managers Meeting

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Section II: Sessions Attended

Intermacs-Pedimacs
Thursday, September 24, 2026

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Intermacs-Pedimacs New Data Managers 2.0
Rebecca Harap, BSN, RN-BC
Tausha Vaseliades-Sidbury, BSN, RN

10:05 AM - 10:35 AM

90-Day Risk Model Updates
Ezequiel Molina, MD

10:35 AM - 11:05 AM

Emerging Research - Durable LVAD vs Heart Transplantation
Ezequiel Molina, MD

11:05 AM - 11:55 AM

How to Get the Most Out of the Dashboard
Brandon Singletary, PhD, MPH

12:35 PM - 1:05 PM

Advances in Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support
David Peng, MD

1:05 PM - 1:35 PM

New Platform Demonstration
Rama Rudaraju, PhD

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM

New Adverse Events Definitions
Daniel Goldstein, MD

1:55 PM - 2:25 PM

New Adverse Events Forms
Nancy Honeycutt, BSN, RN
Patricia Potter, BSN, RN

2:50 PM - 3:20 PM

Selected for the Audit
Kerry Schindler, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNE

3:20 PM - 3:45 PM

How to Use Your Intermacs Data for Quality Improvement
Sheena Lamon, BSN, RN
Sylvia Laudun, DNP, MBA, RN

3:45 PM - 4:10 PM

Live Data Download
Devin Koehl, MS

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM

ARIES Trial and Current Antithrombotic Strategies in Mechanical Circulatory Support
Palak Shah, MD

4:40 PM - 5:10 PM

Inquiring Minds Want to Know - FAQ Case Scenarios
Tausha Vaseliades-Sidbury, BSN, RN

5:10 PM - 5:30 PM

Durable and Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support Device Updates
Manreet Kanwar, MD

5:30 PM - 5:50 PM

What Is New with Intermacs and Pedimacs
Francis Pagani, MD

5:50 PM - 6:10 PM

Quality of Life Surveys
Sheena Lamon, BSN, RN
Luisa Villanueva, BSN, RN

General Thoracic Surgery Database
Tuesday, September 29, 2026

8:05 AM - 8:30 AM

Overview of the General Thoracic Surgery Database
Christopher Seder, MD

8:15 AM - 10:40 AM

CHSD and GTSD Breakout Discussion Groups (In Person Only)
Surgeon and Data Manager Panel

8:30 AM - 8:50 AM

Esophageal Cancer - Back to Basics
Andrew Feczko, MD, MA

8:50 AM - 9:10 AM

Esophageal Cancer - Case Scenarios
Sue Schneeberger

9:10 AM - 9:35 AM

Surgeon Perspective - Using your STS Data for Internal Reporting and Dashboards
Andrew Popoff, MD

9:35 AM - 10:00 AM

Data Manager Perspective - Using your STS Data for Internal Reporting and Dashboards
Heather Brown, BSN, RN, CFRN
Mary Elise Hollenbeck, BSN, RN

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM

Lung Cancer - Back to Basics
David Shersher, MD, FACS

10:55 AM - 11:15 AM

Lung Cancer - Case Scenarios
Erin McCabe, BSN, RN

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Clinical Staging
Gillian Alex, MD

11:45 AM - 12:10 PM

Clinical Staging - Case Scenarios
Kellie Knabe, MSN, RN, CCRN

1:00 PM - 1:35 PM

Molecular Testing and Beyond
Gavitt Woodard, MD, FACS

1:35 PM - 2:00 PM

Molecular Testing and Beyond - Case Scenarios
Ruth Raleigh, BSN, RN

2:00 PM - 2:40 PM

Understanding Pathology Reports
Aaron Bungum
Whitney Weimer, RN

2:40 PM - 2:50 PM

Reducing Lobectomy Mortality at a Community Hospital
Rachel Logan, ASN

2:50 PM - 3:00 PM

Early Outcomes and Implementation Findings
Marinna Melchor, MS, BSN, RN

3:30 PM - 3:55 PM

CT Chest Scan - Pushing Data Managers over the Tipping Point
Jeffrey Velotta, MD, FACS

3:55 PM - 4:20 PM

CT Chest Scan - Case Scenarios
Ann Herold, RN

4:20 PM - 5:00 PM

Complex Case Scenarios
Katie Lothrop

5:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Thymus Resection
Audrey Pendleton, MD

5:20 PM - 5:40 PM

Tracheal Resection
Luis Tapias, MD

5:40 PM - 6:00 PM

Paraesophageal Hernia
Philip Carrott, MD

6:00 PM - 6:20 PM

Pulmonary Function Tests
Ruth Raleigh, BSN, RN

6:20 PM - 6:40 PM

Audit Review - TNM Staging and Where We Can Make Improvements
William Burfeind, MD

Congenital Heart Surgery Database
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

8:05 AM - 8:30 AM

CHSD State of the Union
James OBrien, MD, FACS

8:30 AM - 9:25 AM

Education Corner
Leslie Wacker, BS
Chasity Wellnitz, MPH, BSN, RN

9:25 AM - 10:00 AM

What I Wish I Knew and Implementing What I Learned
Kate Barz, MSN, RN, CCRN

10:30 AM - 11:10 AM

Tools for Data Abstraction, Visualization, and Team Engagement
Subhadra Shashidharan, MBBS

11:10 AM - 11:35 AM

Lesion Talk - Non-Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defects
Subhadra Shashidharan, MBBS

11:35 AM - 12:00 PM

Lesion Talk - Case Scenario
Rebecca Sam, MSN, RN, CPN, CCRN-K

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

Overlapping Episodes of Care - A Complex Case Scenario
Leslie Wacker, BS
Chasity Wellnitz, MPH, BSN, RN

1:50 PM - 2:20 PM

Longitudinal Data Capture
James OBrien, MD, FACS

2:20 PM - 2:45 PM

Single Ventricles
John Mayer, MD

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Single Ventricles - Case Scenario
Jody Holmen, MBA, RN

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

STS Data - Beyond the Feedback Report
Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

To Code or Not to Code - Preoperative Factors
Robin Keyser, RN
Christopher Mascio, MD

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Improving Procedure Specific Factor Completeness
Amanda McGlinchey, MHA, RN, CCRN

5:00 PM - 5:20 PM

CHSD Anesthesia
Faith Ross, MD

5:20 PM - 5:40 PM

CHSD Audit
Christopher Mascio, MD

5:40 PM - 6:00 PM

Partial Heart Transplants
Erin Driscoll, MSN, RN
Angela Ebel, MSN, RN
Andrew Goldstone, MD, PhD
Diane Hersey, BSN

Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
Thursday, October 1, 2026

8:10 AM - 8:55 AM

What Is New with the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
Michael Bowdish, MD, MS

8:15 AM - 11:30 AM

ACSD Breakout Discussion Groups (In Person Only)
Kellie Knabe, MSN, RN, CCRN
Surgeon and Data Manager Panel

8:55 AM - 9:35 AM

Understanding Surgical Atrial Fibrillation Procedures
Richard Lee, MD, JD, MBA

9:35 AM - 10:00 AM

Understanding Surgical Atrial Fibrillation Procedures - Case Scenarios
Sherry Binder, BSN, RN

10:30 AM - 11:25 AM

Advanced Aorta Procedures
Joshua Grimm, MD

11:25 AM - 12:00 PM

Advanced Aorta Procedures - Case Scenarios
Kristi Campbell, RN
Kali Carroll, RN

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Getting a Grip on CABG Grafting
Asvin Ganapathi, MD

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM

Getting a Grip on CABG Grafting - Case Scenarios
Judy Smith, BSN, RN

1:55 PM - 2:25 PM

A Conversation with STS
Michael Bowdish, MD, MS
Nancy Honeycutt, BSN, RN
Carole Krohn, MPH, BSN, RN, LSSBG
Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD

2:25 PM - 3:00 PM

Painting the Picture - How to Share Your STS Data with Stakeholders
Sylvia Laudun, DNP, MBA, RN
Nancy Satou, RN

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Preoperative Risk Factors Boot Camp
Meetali Mahendrakar, MBBS, MS

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Audit - A Personal Experience
Bonnie Sutton, BSN, RN, MHR

5:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Deep Dive into ECHO Reports
Kali Carroll, RN

5:20 PM - 5:40 PM

Understanding IQVIA Reporting
Carole Krohn, MPH, BSN, RN, LSSBG

5:40 PM - 6:00 PM

Chronic Lung Disease Made Easy
Kim Meraglio, MHA, MSN, RN

6:00 PM - 6:20 PM

Robotics in Cardiac Surgery
Yoshi Kaneko, MD

6:20 PM - 6:40 PM

Attention EPIC Users - Tips and Tricks for Efficient Abstraction
Kali Carroll, RN

General Session
Friday, October 2, 2026

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Risk Adjustment Complexity and Its Impact on Quality Ratings
Sylvia Laudun, DNP, MBA, RN

12:20 PM - 12:40 PM

Using AI for Quality
Kevin Lobdell, MD

12:40 PM - 1:00 PM

*Session Cancelled - Do Not Evaluate*
Carole Krohn, MPH, BSN, RN, LSSBG

Advances in Quality & Outcomes: A Data Managers Meeting

Advances in Quality & Outcomes:
A Data Managers Meeting