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ForwardAdvocate Health Critical Care Symposium 2026
The Critical Care Symposium offers an engaging, evidence-based educational experience designed to equip healthcare professionals with the latest advances in the management of critically ill patients. This comprehensive program will explore current and emerging strategies for the diagnosis, treatment, and multidisciplinary management of high-acuity conditions, including cardiogenic shock, sepsis and septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and critical care delirium.
Nationally recognized experts will present the most recent clinical evidence, guideline updates, quality improvement initiatives, and best practices that are shaping the future of critical care. Through case-based discussions and practical insights, participants will learn how to translate new knowledge into consistent, high-quality bedside care across diverse healthcare settings.
This activity emphasizes interprofessional collaboration, standardized care pathways, and system-wide approaches that help reduce practice variation, enhance patient safety, and improve outcomes for critically ill patients.
FOR ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS:
If you are a Physical Therapist (PT), Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA), Occupational Therapist (OT), Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA), Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP), or Respiratory Therapist (RT), please register through the South Piedmont AHEC website to ensure you receive the appropriate profession-specific continuing education credit. **Participants who register through this Advocate Health website will only receive a Certificate of Attendance and will not receive profession-specific continuing education credit.**
South Piedmont AHEC Allied Health professionals registration page: Advocate Health Critical Care Symposium 2026
This conference is being held in person in Charlotte, NC & virtually via Zoom.
NOTE: Please note this activity will be presented from November 6 at 8:25am to November 7 at 2:30pm EST
Target Audience
This course is intended for Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, learners should be able to:
- Apply evidence-based, guideline-concordant management strategies for cardiogenic shock, delirium, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and sepsis in clinical practice.
- Integrate updated guideline recommendations into standardized care approaches across diverse clinical settings.
- Demonstrate effective multidisciplinary collaboration in the management of critically ill patients.
- Implement consistent, protocol-driven practices to reduce variability in critical care delivery.
- Identify opportunities to improve care processes and align practice with system-wide standards
Course summary
- 10.25 American Board of SurgerySuccessful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
- 10.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 10.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 10.25 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 10.25 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 10.25 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 10.25 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
- 10.25 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 10.25 Physician Associates CreditAdvocate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 10.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Faculty
- Andrew Blocker, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC | Atrium Health
- Brenna Buckley, PT, DPT | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Tiffini Carrington, RCP, ACCS-RCP, BSRT | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Christine Cullen, RN | Atrium Health
- Kali Dayton, DNP, AGACNP | Dayton ICU Consulting
- Alex Dellabella, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Vlad Dieiev, MD, MSc | Advocate Health
- Susan Evans, MD, MBA, FACS, FCCM, FACHE | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Sonia Everhart, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM | Atrium Health Cabarrus
- Kayla Fuller, MSN, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Stormi Gale, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, FHFSA | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Kevin Gibbs, MD | Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- John Green, MD, FACS | Advocate Health
- Sydney Hammond, PT, DPT, NCS, CSRS | Advocate Health
- Ashish Khanna, MD, MS, FCCM, FASA | Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Wake Forest School of Medicine
- Heidi Kreis, OTR/L | Advocate Health
- Desiree Kosmisky, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM | Atrium Health Cabarrus
- Jennifer Krall, MD | Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Andy Lapenas, PA-C | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Bowa Lee, MD | Advocate Health
- Greg Marler, PhD, DNP, ACNP-BC, FCCP | Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
- Rosy Mata, RCP, RRT, BSRT | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Emma McCarthy, OTR/L, CSRS | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Kayla McFarland, PharmD, BCCCP | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Heidi McNeill, AGACNP-BC, DNP | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Nicole Miller, BSRT, RRT, RCP | Atrium Health
- Joe Mishkin, MD, FACC | Atrium Health Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute
- Amelia Moffat, BSN, RN, SCRN, CCRN | Advocate Health
- Jeannine Mortenson, MA, CCC-SLP | Advocate Health- Inpatient Rehabilitation Carolinas Medical Center
- Andrew Petrilli, MD, MA Ed | Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Hayley Rhyne, PT, DPT | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Kaitlyn Rickher, PT, DPT, NCS | Advocate Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Alicia Short, BSRT, RRT, RCP | Advocate Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Karah Sizemore, PT, DPT | Advocate Health
- Meghan Smart, MSOT, OTR/L | Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Lacey Spangler, MSN, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN | Advocate Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Katherine Stacks, OTR/L, CSRS | Atrium Health
- Gage Stuntz, MD | Advocate Health
- Justin Swartz, MD | Advocate Health
- Christa Swisher, MD, FNCS, FACNS | Atrium Health
- Nehal Thakker, MD, FCCP | Atrium Health
- Morgan Tobin, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP | Advocate Health Carolinas Medical Center
- Antoine Williams, BSRT, RRT | Advocate Health
- Matt Yoder, PA-C, FAPACVS | Wake Forest Baptist Health
Disclosure
Faculty disclosures are being reviewed and will be presented to the audience in advance of the program.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s)
American Medical Association (AMA)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.25 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum 10.25 hours of CPE credit for (pharmacists and pharmacy technicians). CPE credit can be claimed on the AAH CE platform within 60 days of activity completion and information will be provided to CPE Monitor. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pharmacy UAN: JA0006327-0000-26-121-L99-P
American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA)
Advocate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 10.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Board Recognition Statement(s)
American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
Available Credit
- 10.25 American Board of SurgerySuccessful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
- 10.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 10.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 10.25 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 10.25 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 10.25 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 10.25 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
- 10.25 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 10.25 Physician Associates CreditAdvocate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 10.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Price
How to Register
For those attending this conference virtually, a link to the meeting will be provided prior to the event.
Complete the form above and click "Add to cart."
Click "Checkout" and follow the prompts to complete your order.
| FEE | |
| Early Registration - before October 23 | $199.00 |
| Regular Registration - starting on October 23 | $225.00 |
| Students/Residents/Fellows | $ 50.00 |
| Speakers | $ 0.00 - MUST HAVE COUPON CODE TO REGISTER |
Payable by credit card only
Registration for this activity can only be completed through the CE Learning Platform. Attendee registrations made through any other sites cannot be honored.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Cancellation/Refunds/Substitutions
- Cancellations must be in writing (email)
- Registrants cancelling between two weeks and five full business days prior to the first day of the event are "refunded at 70% of the registration fee subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee."
- No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than five full business days prior to the event.
- No refunds or credit will be given for no-shows.
- No vouchers will be issued in lieu of a refund.
For Further Information
If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact [email protected]