Leveling the Playing Field: Optimizing Results across All Congenital Heart Surgery Programs

Moderator(s)

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  Victor Morell, MD

  Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

  Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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  Carlos Mery, MD, MPH

  Associate Professor of Surgery and Perioperative Care
  University of Texas Dell Medical School / Dell Children's Hospital
  Austin

  Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Presentations:

• 2:45 PM – 2:57 PM PT

  Center-Level Variation in Failure to Rescue Following Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in the United States
  

  Arjun Verma, BS – Harvard Medical School
• 2:57 PM – 3:09 PM PT

  Low volume centers partnering with high volume centers: Is It Necessary or Helpful?
  

  Carl L. Backer, MD (he/him/his) – UK HealthCare Kentucky Children's Hospital
• 3:09 PM – 3:21 PM PT

  Providing excellent care and outcomes: It’s not always the size of the dog in the fight
  

  Joseph Brian Clark, MD (he/him/his) – Penn State Health Children's Hospital
• 3:21 PM – 3:45 PM PT

  Discussion