We are joined by special guest, Dr. Ram Kumar Subramanyan (Children's Hospital of Los Angeles), the current chair of the STS - Congenital Heart Surgery Database Taskforce for this edition of NewsTalk.  We discuss the new changes in the STAT Categories, the updates to the STS-CHSD, and the future of programmatic quality assessment and public reporting in the field of pediatric cardiology. Hosted by David Werho (UC San Diego), Jill Zender (UT Southwestern), and Saidie Rodriguez (Children’s Hospital of Atlanta).  Editor/Producer: David Werho, MD (UC San Diego).

Episode 55: CICU and CV Surgery: Conflict is Inevitable, Combat is Optional

We discuss various topics in pediatric cardiac intensive care, cardiology, cardiac surgery, and anesthesia. Episodes include challenging cases, new science, journal clubs, humanity topics, current events, education, and novel ICU therapies with guests from pediatric cardiac ICUs across the world and other leaders in the field. The PCICS Podcast is the official podcast of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society and is the longest-running podcast for pediatric cardiology and pediatric cardiac critical care.  Executive Producers: David Werho, Saidie Rodriguez, Deanna Tzanetos.