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

Event starts: 09/05/2025 – 7:30am CDT

Event ends: 09/05/2025 – 4:15pm CDT

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:

Review the current evidence on fluid resuscitation in septic shock
Review the current state of antibiotic resistance and its impact on sepsis survival
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
Review the spectrum of severity of sepsis patients

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

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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