Houston Methodist 10th Annual Sepsis Symposium Outcomes and Impact of Sepsis 2025

• Target Audience: critical care physicians and intensivists, emergency medicine and hospitalists
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• Information:

This one-day symposium incorporates diverse lectures and speakers across a wide variety of important sepsis topics to enhance learner competency and performance, with the goal of improving patient care.

Target Audience

Critical care, emergency medicine, hospitalists, intensivist, internal medicine physicians, infectious disease specialists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, respiratory therapists, other healthcare professionals, residents, fellows, and medical students involved in sepsis management and care

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

Evaluate the impact of sepsis mandates on patient outcomes, such as mortality and length of hospital stay

Recognize microbiological and host related factors in the pathophysiology of abdominal sepsis

Define the risk factors for sepsis readmission

Evaluate the impact of hemodynamic monitoring on patient outcomes in sepsis

Discuss the structure and leadership of a sepsis team

The Houston Methodist 10th Annual Sepsis Symposium: Outcomes and Impact of Sepsis (2025) is best for ICU clinicians and frontline teams who diagnose, stabilize, and manage sepsis, and for leaders aiming to improve sepsis outcomes and systems of care.

Who should attend

Critical care physicians and intensivists: Leading sepsis resuscitation and organ support

Emergency medicine and hospitalists: Early recognition and rapid management at presentation

Infectious disease specialists and pharmacists: Antimicrobial strategies and stewardship in sepsis

Advanced practice providers (NPs, PAs): Protocol-driven sepsis care and escalation pathways

Nurses and respiratory therapists: Bedside monitoring, ventilation, and hemodynamic support

Residents, fellows, and medical students: High-yield, exam-relevant sepsis principles

Quality and patient safety leaders: System-level improvements and outcome measurement

What you’ll learn

State-of-the-art sepsis topics: Diverse lectures covering recognition, resuscitation, antimicrobials, organ support, and post-sepsis outcomes

Performance and outcomes focus: Content designed to enhance competency and translate into improved patient care

Practical takeaways: Protocols, pitfalls, and updates for multidisciplinary teams across the continuum of care

• Topics:

10th Annual Sepsis Symposium – Outcomes and Impact of Sepsis

AGENDA │ Friday September 5, 2025

Time

Topics

Speaker

7:30 AM

Registration, Breakfast, Abstract viewing

8:00 AM

Welcome to the symposium

Deepa Gotur, MD, FCCP, FCCM

8:10 AM

Sepsis – It wont’ go away by itself

Faisal Masud, MD, FCCP, FCCM

8:30 AM

Keynote address: From Patients to Policies A Physician-Legislator on Medical Policy and the Importance of Political Engagement

Suleman Lalani, MD

Texas State Congressman

9:15 AM

Multi-disciplinary driven sepsis management

Victor Narcisse, MD, FACP

9:45 AM

Break – Abstract viewing and sponsors

10:05 AM

Immune Dysfunction and Recurrent Sepsis

Lisa Torres, MD, MS

11:05 AM

Sepsis Disproportionate Impact

Deepa Gotur, MD, FCCP, FCCM

Stephen Jones, MD

12:05 PM

Lunch

Session 2

12:50 PM

Surviving Sepsis: A Patient’s Journey Through Clinical Illness

Daniela Moran, MD

Sharon Vu

Noe & Nicole Ramos

1:50 PM

Approaching Sepsis Though a Systems Thinking Lens

Jonathan Rogg, MD, MBA

Susan Gaeta, MD

Amee Amin, MD, CMQ

2:50 PM

Break

3:10 PM

Enhancing Sepsis Management: Clinical, Response, Education, and Guideline Compliance Through Case – Based Discussion

Pooja Roy, MD

Ashish Jain, MD

C. Suzanne Cutter, MD, FACS, DABOM Neha Rao, MD – PGY5

Moderator: Deepa Gotur, MD

4:10 PM

Abstract Awards and announcements and closing remarks

4:15 PM

Adjourn