Advanced Mechanical Symposium June 27, 2026

Saturday, June 27, 2026
7:00 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.	Welcome, Overview, and Announcements Speaker: Shazia Jamil, MD, FCCP, FAASM, ATSF (Scripps Clinic and UCSD, La Jolla)
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.	Every ICU Should Be Measuring Transpulmonary Pressures for the Morbidly Obese Intubated Patient Because it Makes $cents Speaker: Anova Westcott, BS-RCP, RRT-NPS (Sharp Chula Vista Hospital)
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Scripps Management System (Leadership CE) Speaker: Miguel Moreno, RCP, BSRT, RRT-NPS-ACCS (Scripps Health)
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Break With Vendors One (1) CE is earned through the vendor hall scavenger hunt.
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.	High-Yield Topics in Ventilators Speaker: Charles Volk, MD (Scripps Mercy Chula Vista)
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Recognizing Deterioration in Neuromuscular Disease: The Role of Ventilatory Support Speaker: Christal Hawkins, BSRT, RRT (UC San Diego Health)
12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Q&A for Speakers
12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch and Visit Vendors One (1) CE is earned through the vendor hall scavenger hunt.
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Volume Guarantee Ventilation in NICU Speaker: Emilee Lamorena, RCP (CHOC)
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Leadership: A Respiratory Care Skill (Leadership CE) Speaker: Timothy Morris, MD
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Pros and Cons APRV Debate Speaker: TBA
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Get to Know the Experts - Q&A Adjourn Closing Remarks and CE Instructions