Aalok K. Kacha, MD, PhD

Moderator
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Ian Welsby, MD

Duke University School of Medicine

Dr. Ian Welsby will discuss the critical care pharmacology of direct acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Dr. Welsby will describe the uses of DOACs in the ICU environment and their current and future market penetration. This presentation will include important information regarding DOACs, as well as, options and therapies for emergent reversal.

Peter Von Homeyer, MD, FASE

University of Washington Medicine

Dr. Peter von Homeyer will describe advances in mechanical support devices for patients with pulmonary and/or circulatory failure. Options for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and ventricular assist device (VAD) therapy are expanding rapidly. Dr. von Homeyer will provide a brief overview of important treatment and weaning concepts, as well as, providing a focus on updates in equipment technologies.

Noreen E. Murphy, MD

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Noreen Murphy will describe new issues antibiotic resistance and describe new antibiotic strategies to combat the development of future antibiotic resistance. Dr. Murphy will define important barriers to the research and development of new antibiotic drugs and then finish with a discussion of the development of non-traditional therapies in the modern era of increasing drug-resistant bacteria.