Meeting/Event Information

ABOUT THE EVENT:

The Symposium aims to build new connections among critical care professionals in Southern California. Symposium presenters will be local critical care experts from multiple disciplines, including physicians, nurses, and pharmacists. Healthcare trainees are encouraged to attend. Please visit our membership page to learn more about Sponsored trainees or SCCM SoCal Chapter memberships. Please note all SCCM SoCal memberships are purchased at the SCCM Store. If you are new to the SCCM SoCal Chapter, please be sure to reach out to us after purchasing your membership so we can add you to our website. 

Please join us after the 4-7 pm event at The Cove @UCI with hosted cocktails and appetizers. 

CE CREDIT UPDATE 

SCCM SoCal is delighted to offer 5.5 continuing education hours for physicians, nurses, pharmacists who attend the Annual Symposium. 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SCCM 2024 President, Lauren Sorce, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, FCCM

Lauren R. Sorce, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, FAAN, FCCM, is the senior scientist in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director for Nursing Research in the Department of Nursing at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, where she also practices as a pediatric critical care nurse practitioner. She is an assistant professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She trained as a pediatric clinical nurse specialist at Loyola University, followed by a post-masters pediatric nurse practitioner certificate and PhD from Rush University.

Dr. Sorce’s key contribution to critical care has been her extensive leadership as an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN). Starting her career as an APRN in the PICU early in the evolution of the role provided her with many opportunities. She was instrumental in the exploration of the first acute care pediatric nurse practitioner (ACPNP) certification examination as well as the development of the first national certifying examination for the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board. Dr. Sorce also served as the vice president of nursing on the board of directors of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. She has served in leadership roles on numerous local and international committees as well as participating on editorial boards.

Dr. Sorce has served the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) in many capacities since joining in 1998. Prior to her role on the Council, Dr. Sorce was recognized with numerous Presidential Citations, the Norma J. Shoemaker Research Grant, and the Norma J. Shoemaker Award for Nursing Excellence. In addition to nine years on the SCCM Council, she has been a member of the Congress Program Planning Committee and cochaired the 2015 Congress. She chaired the SCCM Strategic Planning Committee, Finance Committee, and Norma J. Shoemaker Research Grant Committee and served as the 2019 editor of SCCM’s news magazine, Critical Connections. Dr. Sorce has been funded to study corneal abrasions and has worked on numerous research teams to study post-intensive care syndrome, stress hydrocortisone in pediatric septic shock, prone positioning in pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome, and criteria for convening family conferences in the PICU.

AGENDA: 

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

Continuing on our tradition from the 2023 Annual Symposium, the SCCM SoCal Chapter will host a multi-disciplinary research theater. Submitting an abstract allows you and your co-authors to share your work and be recognized among other Southern California critical care practitioners!

Abstracts are due by August 20, 2024. Abstracts will be submitted via Jotform. Submit your abstracts here

Abstract submitters are encouraged to apply for the J. Perren Cobb Award. 

Important details: 

• All abstracts must be submitted in English.
• All abstracts will be reviewed using a process similar to those used for SCCM Annual Congress.
  • Abstract requirements, including the scoring rubric 
• Important dates: 
  • May 10, 2024: Submission period opens
  • August 20, 2024: Submission period closes at 11:59 pm 
  • September 15, 2024: Notification of submission acceptance sent electronically to the first author
  • October 25, 2024: SCCM SoCal Annual Symposium at The Cove at UCI  
• The top-scoring abstracts will be presented live during the Annual Symposium in a Research Snapshot format.
  • One author must be present in person, to present the abstract presentation.
  • Abstract presentations are expected to be approximately 5-8 minutes long, with 2-3 minutes for questions—details to follow.

Thank you to our generous sponsors!