7:00 – 7:50 amRegistration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibitor Showcase
Morning Sessions
7:50 – 8:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Michael Gonyeau, PharmD, Interim Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and John Devlin, PharmD, Associate Scientist, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
8:00 – 9:00 2025 SCCM Pain, Agitation, Delirium, Immobility and Sleep Disruption Practice Guideline Update
8:00 – 8:30Sedative Choice: The Role of Dexmedetomidine vs. Alternative Agents
Joanna Stollings, PharmD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 
8:30 – 9:00Pharmacologic Sleep Improvement: The Role of Melatonin Analogs
Gerald Weinhouse, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
9:00 – 10:00Generative Artificial Intelligence: Will it Improve ICU Care?
Raja-Elie Abdulnour, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
10:00 –10:30Break
10:30 – 10:30MORNING PEARLS (10 PGY-2 Critical Care Residents)
10:30 – 11:15Pharmacologic Controversies in Rapid Sequence Intubation
Edward A. Bittner MD, PhD, MSEd, FCCM, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 
11:15 – 11:45Treatment of Hyperglycemic Crises: A 2025 ADA Guideline Update
Oussayma Moukhachen, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA and Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
11:45 – 12:15Management of Anxiety in the ICU
Maureen K. Cassady, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA BCPS, Director, Clinical Pharmacy Services, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
12:15 – 1:15Lunch and Exhibitor Showcase
        Afternoon Sessions
1:15 – 2:15Current ARDS Controversies: Ventilator Strategies, Sedation Management and Neuromuscular Blocker Use/Monitoring
Rachel Winner, PharmD, and Rachel Putnam, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
2:15 –2:45              Anticoagulant Reversal:  Current Controversies
Andrew Webb, PharmD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2:45- 3:00Break
3:00 – 3:30             AFTERNOON PEARLS (7 PGY-2 Critical Care Residents)
3:30 – 4:00 Interpretation of ICU Studies Employing Causal Analysis/Target Trial Emulation 
Ting Ting Wu, PharmD, PhD, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute, Boston, MA
4:00 – 4:15PROGRAM Wrap Up