Programming - Resuscitation Science Symposium

November 8–9, 2025
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center | New Orleans, Louisiana

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Please note: All sessions (except lunch sessions and poster sessions) will be available virtually as live streaming content with playback within 24 hours.

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#ReSS25 Schedule-at-a-Glance

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Friday, Nov. 7, 2025 #ReSS25 Activities – all times are CST (UTC -6)
Time	Activity
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.	ReSS Welcome Reception (Ticketed event; Location: The Court of Two Sisters)

Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025 #ReSS25 Activities – all times are CST (UTC -6)
Time	Activity
8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.	Goal Directed CPR – What's the Target? Moderators: Tommaso Scquizzato, MD, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy Amanda O’Halloran, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA Speakers: 8:30-8:50 am Is the 2-minute CPR Rule a Dogma? Janet Bray, RN, PhD, Monash University, Australia 8:50-9:10 am Doppler Guided CPR Measurement Daniel Rolston, MD, Northwell Health, USA Speaking from the Grave: Consciousness and Brain Blood Flow During CPR Sam Parnia, MD, PhD, NYU Langone Health, USA Push Hard and Fast…. But where? Optimizing Compressions Hal Harry Shaffner Jr, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine, USA Q&A/Discussion
9:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.	BREAK/Newtorking
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.	Late-Breaking Resuscitation Science
11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.	ReSS Awards
11:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.	Break
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.	American Heart Association/Japanese Circulation Society Joint Session Moderators: Lance Becker, MD, Northwell Health, USA Tsukasa Yagi, MD, PhD, Nihon University Hospital, Japan ECG Screening in Sudden Cardiac Death: Japan vs US Tsukasa Yagi, MD, PhD, Nihon University Hospital, Japan ECG Screening in Sudden Cardiac Death: Japan vs US Dianne Atkins, MD, University of Iowa, USA Controversies in Epinephrine Use, Dose, and Outcomes Mitsuaki Nishikimi, MD, Nagoya University, Japan Controversies in Epinephrine Use, Dose, and Outcomes TBD
	Early Career Investigator Luncheon Co-Chairs: Alexis Steibberg, MD; Ryan Moran, MD By Invitation Only
1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.	Break/Transition
1:15 to 2:30 p.m.	AI-Powered Life Saving: Revolutionlizing Resuscitation Science Moderators: Michael Sayre, University of Washington, USA TBD AI for Neuroprognosis TBD Using Computational Models to Predict Cardiac Arrest in High-risk Populations Natalia Trayanova, MS, PhD, Johns Hopkins Medicine, USA Mathematical Engineering and Modeling Jacob Hutton, The University of British Columbia, Canada AI in CPR Optimization Cindy Hsu, MD, PhD, MS, University of Michigan, USA
2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.	Break/Networking
2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.	"Shock"-ing Debates in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Moderators: Ameera Haamid, MD, University of Chicago, USA Ian Drennan, ACP,PhD, University of Toronto, Canada **Resuscitation Guidelines: take’em or leave’em? Marina Del Rios, MD, MS, University of Chicago vs. TBD An Electrical Brawl: Standard defibrillation vs. Dual sequential Charles Deakin, MD, University of Southampton, United Kingdom vs. Sheldon Cheskes, MD, University of Toronto, Canada**
4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.	Break/Networking
4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.	Best of the Best Oral Abstracts Moderators: Paul Chan, MD, MSc, Mid-America Heart Institute, USA TBD
5:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.	Poster Session 1
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.	3CPR Council Networking Session 2nd Floor Patio

Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 #ReSS Activities – all times are CST (UTC -6)
Time	Activity
7:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.	Learning Studio
8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.	Beating the Unexpected: Predicting and Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Persons Moderators: Sana Al-Khatib, MD, MHS, Duke University, USA Sara Stephens, PhD, MPH, Baylor University, USA What’s the Big Deal? Epidemiology and Public Health Responsibilities in SCD Christina Miyake, MD, Baylor University, USA (ITALIAN PHRASE) A Tale of Mandatory Screening in Non-Professional Athletes TBD Behind the scenes: Autopsy, Molecular Autopsy and Referral for Family Screening TBD Novel Targeted Therapies for Arrhythmogenic Sudden Cardiac Death Bjorn Knollmann, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University, USA Q & A
8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.	Targeting Inflammation to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival Moderators: Tiffany Ko, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA Teresa May, DO, MS, Maine Medical Center, USA Targeting Innate Immunity in Cardiac Arrest Edy Kim, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA Protective Adaptive Immunity in Cardiac Arrest David Seder, MD, Maine Health, USA Immunosuppression after Cardiac Arrest Wei Yang, PhD, Duke University, USA Glucocorticoids after Cardiac Arrest: Outcomes from the STEROHCA Trial Laust Obling, MD, PhD, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.	Break/Networking/Exhibits
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.	Concurrent Oral Abstract Sessions Basic/Translational Clinical
10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.	Break/Networking/Exhibits
10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.	Max Harry Weill Competition and Mid-Career Award Moderators: Pavitra Kotini-Shah, MD, University of Chicago, USA Alexander Presciutti, PhD, MSCS, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA Mid-Career Moderator: Sarah Perman, MD, Yale University, USA
12:00 p.m. to 12:10 p.m.	Break/Grab Lunch
12:10 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.	Women in Resuscitation Not available virtually Funding Opportunities - Zoll, Laerdal, AHA Not available virtually
1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.	Poster Session 2
3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.	Pumped Up - Unveiling the Opportunities of ECPR Moderators: TBD TBD Controlled Automated Reperfusion of the Whole Body (CARL): A New Method of E-CPR Georg Trummer, MD, University of Freiburg, Germany Implementation challenges in ECPR: Patient selection, Timing and Cannulation Andrea Elliott, MD, University of Minnesota, USA An Extra Debate! ECPR for OHCA in the field: "Ready, set, go" or "no-go"? Pro: TBD vs. Con: Jose Cabanas, MD, MPH, Wake County Government, USA
4:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.	Break/Networking
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.	Year-In-Review Moderator: Karen Hirsch, MD, Stanford University, USA Pediatrics Javier Lasa, MD, UTSouthwestern, USA Adult Rudolph Koster, MD, PhD, Academic Medical Center, Netherlands
5:30 p.m.	ReSS Adjourns, extension into #AHA25

Resuscitation Science Symposium Program Committee

Sarah Perman, MD, MSCE, FAHA
Program Committee Chair
Yale University

Cameron Dezfulian, MD, FAHA
Program Committee Vice Chair
Baylor College of Medicine

Benjamin S. Abella, MD, MPhil, FAHA
Immediate Past Chair
University of Pennsylvania

Members

Janet Bray, RN, PhD, Monash University
Rebecca Cash, PhD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital
Marina Del Rios, MD, MS, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Jonathan Elmer, MD, MS, University of Pittsburgh
Samantha Fernandez, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Bryan Fischberg, BSEE, Rutgers University
Ameera Haamid, MD, University of Chicago Medicine
Benny Joyner, MD, MPH, UNC Chapel Hill
Rudolph Koster, MD, PhD, Academic Medical Center
Jung Li, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Carolina Maciel, MD, MSc, University of Florida
Ryan Morgan, MD, MS, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Laurie J. Morrison, MD, MSc, FRCPC, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto
Ari Moskowitz, MD, Montefiore, MPH, Montifiore Einstein
Theresa Olasveengen, MD, PhD, Oslo University Hospital
Cecelia Ratay, DNP, ARNP, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine
Michael Saryre, MD, FAHA, University of Washington
David Seder, MD, Maine Medical Center
Willard Sharp, MD, PhD, University of Chicago

Liaisons

Tom Aufderheide, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
Erin Bohula, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jeanette Previdi, MPH