Multidisciplinary Early Recovery After Congenital Heart Surgery (MERCURY) Meeting

Thursday, July 24, 2025, 7:00 AM - Friday, July 25, 2025, 6:00 PM, Nationwide Children's Hospital Conference Center, Columbus, OH


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (12.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hour(s) (12.00 hours), APA Credit(s) (12.00 hours), IPCE Credit(s) (12.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (12.00 hours)

THE CONFERENCE HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 2025. PLEASE CONTACT [email protected] IF YOU WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ABOUT A FUTURE MEETING.

Learn to safely reduce post-operative morbidity and reduce ICU/hospital length of stay by utilizing Nationwide Children’s MERCURY approach to early recovery after surgery.

Immerse your team in a two day hands-on experience to gain confidence in achieving reliable and safe intraoperative extubation, lowered device days and reduced blood transfusion for congenital heart surgery.

Develop your multidisciplinary teams’ coordination through live cases and simulations that will allow you to take home knowledge and skills to achieve best patient outcomes by utilizing Nationwide Children’s MERCURY approach.

1. Utilize shared goals and operational unity of the multi-disciplinary team to achieve best outcomes for patients after congenital heart surgery
2. Obtain confidence in operating room extubation for all patients undergoing elective congenital heart surgery and its importance in decreasing length of stay
3. Communicate the importance and safety of blood conservation strategies to decrease operative morbidities and length of stay for patients undergoing congenital heart surgery
4. Explain the role of intra-operative and immediate post operative care in decreasing operative morbidity and length of stay after congenital heart surgery.
5. Gain confidence in the practices that lead to safely avoiding blood transfusion in patients after congenital heart surgery.

Registration
GROUP DISCOUNT - 25% discount for groups of 2 or more registrants from a single institution; please contact [email protected] for more information. 

Virtual registration requires at least 1 individual from your institution to be attending in person.

Register before May 16 to receive the discounted rate. The registration rates will increase $100 for Physician and Other Clinical following that date.

In support of improving patient care, Nationwide Children's Hospital is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC),  the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for the healthcare team.

AMA Statement

Nationwide Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

APA Statement

Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.  Nationwide Children's Hospital designates this activity for 12.0 continuing education credits.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received in writing no less than 20 days before the course will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Please send cancellation requests to [email protected].

Nationwide Children's Hospital reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
Nationwide Children's Hospital is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the CME Conference Coordinator.

The Nationwide Children's Hospital® adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Nationwide Children's Hospital adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.