ECMO Specialist Course

Sessions: February 11-13, 2026 & August 3-5, 2026
Simulation Center, Health Space | Cleveland, OH

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Course Information

Faculty

COURSE DIRECTOR

Sudhir Krishnan, MD
Staff
Medical Director, Respiratory ECMO
Integrated Hospital Care Institute

COURSE COORDINATOR

Ewa Leszczak-Lesko, RRT
Program Coordinator, Respiratory Therapy Education
Integrated Hospital Care Institute

SIMULATION CENTER LIAISON

Sherry Fisher, RRT
Education Foundation
Simulation & Advanced Skills Center (SASC)

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR

Thomas Schoonover
Integrated Hospital Care Institute

NURSE REVIEWER

Cynthia Willis, DPN, MSN, RN, MBA, CMSRN
Senior Director Nursing Education
Nursing Institute

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT REVIEWER

Christopher Heinrich, PA-C
Education Director PA Services

FACULTY

Ahmad Maher Adi, MD
Department of Intensive Care & Resuscitation
Integrated Hospital Care Institute

Balaram Anandamurthy, MD
Department of Intensive Care & Resuscitation
Integrated Hospital Care Institute

Abigail Brown, DNP, MBA, ACNP
Department of Critical Care Transport
Medical Operations

Shaun Burns, DPT
Department of Physical Therapy
Neurological Institute

Chase Donaldson, MD
Department of Intensive Care & Resuscitation
Integrated Hospital Care Institute

Abhijit Duggal, MD
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Integrated Hospital Care Institute

Emanuel Finet, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart Vascular & Thoracic Institute

Sherry Fisher, RRT
Simulation Facilitation
Simulation & Advanced Skills Center (SASC)

Vincent D. Gannon-Piacentini, RN
Department of Nursing
Heart Vascular & Thoracic Institute

Shruti Gadre, MD
Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Integrated Hospital Care Institute
Department of Pu

Joao Gomes, MD
Department of Cerebrovascular Center
Neurological Institute

Patrick Grady, CCP
Department of Cardiac Surgery
Heat Vascular & Thoracic Institute

Andrew Higgins, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart Vascular & Thoracic Institute

Hitoshi Hirose, MD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Heart Vascular & Thoracic Institute

Jason Indorf, CCP
Department of Cardiac Surgery
Heart Vascular & Thoracic Institute

Jane Jankowski, DPS, MSW
Center for Bioethics
Clinical and Operational Improvement

Michel Kot, MD
Department of Intensive Care & Resuscitation
Integrated Hospital Care Institute

Charles Lane, MD
Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Integrated Hospital Care Institute

Mani Latifi, MD
Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Integrated Hospital Care Institute

Ran Lee, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart Vascular & Thoracic Institute

Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart Vascular & Thoracic Institute

Linda Moldovan, CCP
Department of Cardiac Surgery
Heart Vascular & Thoracic Institute

Samin Mujanovic, RRT
Respiratory Therapy Department
Integrated Hospital Care Institute

Trent Nicholes, RRT
Respiratory Therapy Department
Integrated Hospital Care Institute

Christy Samaras, MD
Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders
Taussig Cancer Institute

Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart Vascular & Thoracic Institute

Adam Troy, CCP
Department of Cardiac Surgery
Heat Vascular & Thoracic Institute

Brett Wakefield, MD
Department of Intensive Care & Resuscitation
Integrated Hospital Care Institute

James Yun, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Heart Vascular & Thoracic Institute

 

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