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PedsCrit 153 Episodes Oct 12, 2026

PedsCrit is a collaborative educational podcast for pediatric critical care, featuring high-yield episodes on core PICU topics. Each episode is created with pediatric intensivists or clinical leaders to ensure accuracy. The podcast is a passion project without financial conflicts of interest, and it encourages listener support through ratings and donations.

Episodes

Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death with Benson Hsu
Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death with Benson Hsu Oct 12, 2026 2707 Dr. Benson Hsu is a pediatric intensivist at Avera Children’s Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. His academic work spans pediatric critical care, organ donation and transplantation, health services research, and national pediatric practice guidelines. In this episode, Dr. Hsu joins PedsCrit to discuss p
Failing Forward: What I Wish I’d Known About Building a Research Career with Sarah Seaton
Failing Forward: What I Wish I’d Known About Building a Research Career with Sarah Seaton Sep 21, 2026 2475 This episode is produced in collaboration with WFPICCS (the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies) showcasing the talks you can look forward to at WFPICCS 2026 in Melbourne, September 27–30. Dr. Sarah Seaton is an Associate Professor in Perinatal and Paediatric Research at the University of Leicester in the UK. She earned her undergraduate degree in Mathematics from t
Hemodynamic Support in High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism with Ryan Coleman
Hemodynamic Support in High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism with Ryan Coleman Aug 24, 2026 4154 Ryan Coleman, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine with dual appointments in Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. He earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine, completed pediatric residency and pediatric critical care fellowship training at Bayl
Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity with Charles Berde
Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity with Charles Berde Jul 27, 2026 2974 Charles Berde, MD, PhD, is the Sara Page Mayo Chair in Pediatric Pain Medicine and a Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. As a co-founder of the Pain Treatment Center at Boston Children's Hospital, he has spent decades at the forefront of pediatric analgesic pharmacology and the development of novel local anesthetics. His extensive translational research focuses on local anesth
PRoMPT BOLUS Trial with Drs. Balamuth, Weiss, and Kupperman
PRoMPT BOLUS Trial with Drs. Balamuth, Weiss, and Kupperman Jul 6, 2026 2240 About our Guests: Fran Balamuth, MD, PhD, MSCE, is division chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Balamuth’s research interests focus on pediatric sepsis recognition using epidemiologic and translational approaches, for which she has received NIH and foundation funding. She is the co-PI of the PROMPT BOLUS trial, a multinational pragmatic trial compa
Ventricular Assist Devices with Dr. Tanya Perry --- Part 2: Stroke Prevention and the ACTION Learning Network
Ventricular Assist Devices with Dr. Tanya Perry --- Part 2: Stroke Prevention and the ACTION Learning Network Jun 15, 2026 2511 Learn more about the ACTION learning network at this link.About our Guest: Tanya Perry, DO, is the director of the VAD Program at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. She earned her medical degree from Nova Southeastern University and completed her pediatric critical care fellowship training at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, followed by pediatric cardiology fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospit
Ventricular Assist Devices with Dr. Tanya Perry --- Part 1
Ventricular Assist Devices with Dr. Tanya Perry --- Part 1 Jun 8, 2026 3570 About our Guest: Tanya Perry, DO, is the director of the VAD Program at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. She earned her medical degree from Nova Southeastern University and completed her pediatric critical care fellowship training at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, followed by pediatric cardiology fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where she subsequently practiced for 3 years as a card
High-Grade AV Block with Robert Pass
High-Grade AV Block with Robert Pass May 15, 2026 3231 Robert Pass is Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital. He is Co-Director of the Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Heart Center and Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology at the Mount Sinai Health System. In addition to his exceptional clinical work as an electrophysiologist, he
Controversial Medications in Cardiac Arrest with Drs. Catherine Ross and Ryan Morgan
Controversial Medications in Cardiac Arrest with Drs. Catherine Ross and Ryan Morgan Apr 27, 2026 3876 About our Guests: Catherine Ross, MD, is a pediatric critical care physician in the Division of Medical Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. She serves on the joint American Heart Association (AHA) and American Academy of Pediatrics national writing group for Pediatric Advanced Life Support 2025 guidelines as well as the AHA Emergency
Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity with Merritt Tuttle
Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity with Merritt Tuttle Apr 13, 2026 3182 Dr. Merritt Tuttle is both a Pediatric Intensivist and Medical Toxicologist at Brenner Children's Hospital in North Carolina associated with Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health. She completed her Pediatric Critical Care and Medical Toxicology training at the Medical College of Wisconsin.Learning Objective: By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to discuss an evidence ba
Pulmonary Embolism with Ayesha Zia
Pulmonary Embolism with Ayesha Zia Mar 23, 2026 2198 Ayesha Zia, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a nationally recognized expert in pediatric thrombosis, with particular emphasis on the diagnosis, management, and long-term outcomes of pulmonary embolism in children and adolescents. She serves as Director of the Pediatric Hemostasis and Thrombosis Program at Children’s Health Dallas. She has led the development o
Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Therapy with Jaime Jump
Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Therapy with Jaime Jump Mar 9, 2026 3372 Jaime Jump, DO, is a dual-trained physician specializing in pediatric critical care and palliative care. She currently serves as the Program Director of Palliative Care and is an Associate Professor in the Sections of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Palliative Care at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. Learning Objective: By the end of this podcast, listeners should be

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