PCICS Podcast

PCICS Podcast Episode 117: PCICS Committees

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Show Notes

Have you ever wondered what opportunities there are to get more involved in PCICS? Do you want to know more about how the society functions and what the various committees are responsible for? If so, this episode is for you. Join hosts Deanna Todd Tzanetos, MD, MSCI (Norton Children's) and Lillian Su, MD (Phoenix Children's) with committee co-chairs: Bistra Zheleva (Children's Heart Link) - International Committee Carly Scahill, DO (Childrens Hospital of Colorado)- Program Committee David Werho, MD (Rady Childrens)- Finance Committee Greg Yurasek, MD (Children's National) and Kimberly DiMaria, DNP, CPNP-AC (U of Michigan) - Quality Improvement Committee Anna Fisk, PhD, RN (Boston Childrens) and Jamie Penk, MD (Lurie Childrens) - Research Committee Nikhil Chelani, MD (Childrens of Atlanta - Special Interest Groups Neha Purkey, MD (Stanford) and Susan Hupps, MD (Childrens of Atlanta) - Education Committee LaTasha Lewis, MD (Memorial Hermann) and Rebecca Sam, MSN, RN, CPN, CCRN (Children's Heart Institute UT Health Houston) - DEI Committee Claire Rizk, MSN, CPNP, PC/AC (Texas Childrens) and Deanna Tzanetos, MD - Connections Committee Editor/Producer: Deanna Tzanetos, MD, MSCI

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