2026 Critical Care Congress - Credit Claim
Continuing Education

Accredited continuing education (ACE) release date: March 22, 2025 

SCCM Product Code: CON26

ACE expiration date: March 20, 2027 

Estimated time for activity completion: Precourse Day 1 up to 9.5 credit hours depending on course selected for MD, PA, PharmD, RN; Precourse Day 2 up to 9.5 credit hours depending on course selected for MD, PA, PharmD, RN; Congress Day 1 up to 5.25 hours total, Congress Day 2 up to 4.5 hours total, Congress Day 3 up to 4.5 hours total for MD, PA, PharmD, RN, RT 

Learning Objectives
  • Apply new knowledge and strategies to optimize the care of the critically ill patient as provided by the multiprofessional team
  • Examine evidence-based medicine techniques to evaluate and improve patient care
  • Review and integrate guidelines to measure performance and identify areas for further study and improvement
Target Audience

This continuing education activity is intended to meet the needs of all practitioners who care for critically ill patients, including: 

  • Advanced practice nurses
  • Anesthesiologists
  • Clinical nurse specialists
  • Critical care educators
  • Dietitians
  • ICU medical directors
  • ICU nurse managers
  • Internists
  • In-training professionals
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians
  • Physician assistants
  • Respiratory care practitioners
  • Research scientists
  • Surgeons
  • Other critical care practitioners
Claiming Credit

You can access the course materials; complete your evaluation; and claim your ACE credit by logging in to your MySCCM account with your email and password, then clicking on the icon for the course you are enrolled in under the MyLearning tab. If needed, you can click "Forgot my password" to reset your secure password.  

 

By registering for and completing this continuing medical education activity, I give permission to the Society of Critical care Medicine to share my accredited continuing education (ACE) completion information and related personal information (e.g. name, National Provider Identifier, birthdate MM/DD) with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) for inclusion in my CME Passport transcript and, potentially, reporting to my certifying and licensing bodies and any other regulatory authority that I specify. 

Credit Hours

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Accreditation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Use if jointly provided:

Designation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent in the educational activity.

 

The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) automatically recognizes AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ as AOA Category 2 credit. You may report by uploading your transcript via the AOA CME Self-Reporting Tool (Login Required) or by emailing attachments to cme@ostopathic.org

 

The ACCME credits that physicians earn from this activity will be submitted to ACCME’s CME Passport, a free, centralized web application where you can create a personalized account to view, track, and generate transcripts of your reported ACCME credit. Visit www.cmepassport.org to create your account.

 

Nurses: The 2026 SCCM Critical Care Congress activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 15.25 contact hours.  

 

A picture containing text, window, clipart, picture frameDescription automatically generatedPharmacists: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This live educational activity provides up to 15.25 contact hours of continuing education credit.  

 

PLEASE NOTE: To claim LIVE credits, credits from each session must be claimed by May 21, 2026.

(ACPE Numbers for Congress)

 

SCCM reports to a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) tracking service, CPE Monitor, which will authenticate and store data for completed CPE units received by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. The tracking system will make CPE data for each participant available to the state boards of pharmacy where the participant is licensed or registered. After CPE units are processed by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be able to log in to a comprehensive electronic profile to access information about their completed CPE. 

 

Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physicians Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 15.25 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. 

Respiratory Therapists: The 2026 SCCM Critical Care Congress has been approved by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) for up to 14 continuing education contact hours for respiratory therapists.  

PLEASE NOTE: All respiratory therapist credits must be claimed, the overall program name evaluation completed (including the submission of your AARC # and date of birth) by March 22, 2027. After this date, credits may not be accepted.   
Maintenance of Certification

Successful completion of this accredited continuing education (ACE) activity, which includes participation and a passing score of 70% in the evaluation component/posttest, enables the participant to earn up to 15.25 medical knowledge maintenance of certification (MOC) points in the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), American Board of Anesthesia (ABA), American Board of Surgery (ABS),  American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), and American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) MOC programs. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of ACE credits claimed for the activity.

 

This course meets the requirements for MOC for up to 15.25 credits.

Disclosures

The content of this activity has been peer reviewed and has been approved for compliance. The faculty and contributors have indicated the following financial relationships, which have been mitigated through an established conflict-of-interest resolution process and have stated that these reported relationships will not have any impact on their ability to provide unbiased content. 
 
Planners: 

Enyo Ablordeppey, MD, MPH, FACEP, FCCM

Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kwame A. Akuamoah-Boateng, DNP, ACNP-BC, FCCM

Lead – ACSS Division APP

Mary Baldwin University

Richmond, Virginia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Grace M. Arteaga, MD, FCCM

Professor of Pediatrics

Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Ahmed E. Badr, MD, FACS

Director of Critical Care Services

LSU Health Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Erin F. Barreto, PharmD, MSc, FCCM

Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Consultant – Wolters Kluwer, Advisor – Baxter (terminated)

 

Rajit Basu, MD, MS, FCCM

Division Head of Critical Care Medicine

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

William T. Browne, MD, FCCM

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Nathan E. Brummel, MD, MSCI

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Columbus, Ohio, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Nibras F. Bughrara, MD, FASA, FCCM

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery

Albany Medical College

Delmar, New York, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, SPP, FCCM

Associate Clinical Professor and Director of Strategic Operations

Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA

Speaker - Genetech

 

David L. Carpenter, PA-C, JM, FCCM

Co-Director Quality and Patient Safety

Emory University Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Deepali Dixit, PharmD, BCPS BCCCP, FCCM

Clinical Associate Professor

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Timothy J. Ellender, BSN, MD, FCCM

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Indiana University – IU Health Methodist Hospital

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Brenda M. Engler, ACNP, BS, CCRN, DNP

Geisinger Medical Center Danville

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Elizabeth A. Farrington, PharmD, BCNSP, BCPS, FCCM

Clinical Associate Professor

New Hanover Regional Medical Center

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Madison Fratzke, BSRT, RRT, RRT-ACCS

Registered Respiratory Therapist

University of Virginia Medical Center

Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Consultant – Fisher & Paykel

 

Samantha Gambles Farr, APRN, CCRN, MSN

UC San Diego Health System

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Antonio Joao Gandra D'Almeida, MD, MDM, FACS, FCCM

Instituto Nacional de Emergencia Medica

Lisboa, Portugal

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Garretson J. Gellert, DPT

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Matthew Goldstein, DO, MA

Assistant Professor

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

New York, New York, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Carrie L. Griffiths, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM

Associate Professor, Virtual Critical Care

Wingate University School of Pharmacy

Wingate, North Carolina, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Robert Groff, MD

Physician

Emory School of Medicine

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Payal K. Gurnani, PharmD, BCPS BCCCP, FCCM

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Cardiovascular ICU

Memorial Hermann Healthcare System

Houston, Texas

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Leslie A. Hamilton, PharmD, BCPS BCCCP, FCCP, FNCS, FCCM

Associate Professor

University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Vitaly Herasevich, MD, PhD, FCCM

Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Dawn Herman, MBA, BSN

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kristie A. Hertel, DNP, CCRN, ACNP, FCCM

Advanced Practice Provider

ECU Health Medical Center

Winterville, North Carolina, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Steven M. Hollenberg, MD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, FCCM

Professor of Medicine, Director Cardiac Intensive Care

Emory Heart and Vascular Institute

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Helen Horng, BCCCP, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

University Hospital

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Craig S. Jabaley, MD, FCCM

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Emory University Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Randeep S. Jawa, MD, FCCM

Professor of Clinical Surgery

Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Stony Brook, New York, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Xiaofeng Jia, MD, MS, PhD, FCCM

Professor

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kunal Karamchandani, MD, FCCP, FCCM

Associate Professor Anesthesiology and Critical Care

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Rahul Kashyap, MBA, MD, FCCM

Medical Director Research

Wellspan Health

York, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Bram Kilapong, MD

Intensivist, Anesthesiologist

Awal Bros Hospital

Batam, Indonesia

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Elizabeth Y. Killien, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, Washington, USA

Consultant – Immunexpress

 

Tyree H. Kiser, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM

Professor

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Aurora, Colorado, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Audra Kubilius

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA
Stock: Aaplaple Inc, Abbvavvvvie Inc, Abbott Laboratories, Bio Rad Laboratories, Bristol Myers Squibb, Quest Diagnostics, Ge Healthcare, Guardant Health Inc, Gilead Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, Lemaitre Vascular, Medtronic, Merck & Co, Facific Biosciencs Of California, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Teladoc Health Inc, Tandem Diabetes Care, Varex Imaging Corp

 

Michael J. Lanspa, MD, MS, FCCM

Director, Critical Care Echocardiography Services

Intermountain Medical Center

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Nazir A. Lone MD, MPH, FCCM, FCCP, FACP

Attending Physician

Northwell Health

Riverhead, New York, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Niels D. Martin, MD, FCCM

Associate Professor of Surgery

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Consultant – AstraZeneca, FloBio, Nestle

 

Ryan C. Maves, MD, FCCM

Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology

Wake Forest School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Researcher – AiCurtis, Biotest, Eagle Pharmaceuticals, GeoVax, Pfizer, Sound Pharmaceuticals; Consultant – Shionogi, Trama Insights, LLC (terminated)

 

Diane C. McLaughlin, AGACNP-BC, DNP, FCCM

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Mayo Clinic Florida

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Emily McRae, ACNP, CPNP, DNP

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

William S. Miles, MD, FCCM

Director of Surgical Critical Care Outreach, Co-Director NeuroSurgical ICU

Carolinas Medical Center

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Paul K. Mohabir, MD, FCCM

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Stanford University Medical Center

Stanford, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Jodi E. Mullen, MS, CCRN-K, CCNS, FCCM

Senior Quality Improvement Specialist

UF Health Shands Hospital

Gainesville, Florida, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Pooja A. Nawathe, MD, FCCM

Professor of Pediatrics

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, USA

Consultant - SSH

 

Lama Nazer, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

King Hussein Cancer Center

Amman, Jordan

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Christopher D. Newman, MBA, PA-C, FCCM

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

University of Colorado School of Medinice

Aurora, Colorado, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Sara Nikravan, MD, FCCM, FASE

Vice Chair of Education

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, USA

Consultant – Fieldworks, Phillips, Inc

 

Ng Niu, ACNP, CCRN, CRNP

Corporal Michael J Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Christa Hana Nobleza, MD, MSCI

Medical Director

Baptist Memorial Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Frank M. O'Connell, MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM

Staff Anesthesiologist

AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center

Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Tessie W. October, MD, MPH

Medical Officer

National Institutes of Health

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Yves Ouellette, MD, PhD, FCCM

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Tina L. Palmieri, MD, MCCM

Assistant Chief of Burns: Division Chief

Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California

Sacramento, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Jose Javier Provencio, MD, FCCM

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Consultant – Minnetronix, Inc

 

Michelle Rausen, BS, MS, RRT, RRT-NPS

Technical Director, Respiratory Therapy

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kenneth E. Remy, MD, MSc, MSCI, FCCM

Associate Professor

Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Alexandre T. Rotta, MD, FCCM

Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, USA

Advisor – Breas US; Royalties – Elsevier

 

Ariel P. Santos, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM

Chair and Professor of Surgery

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Lubbock, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Corinna Sicoutris, ACNP, MSN, FCCM

Director of Advanced Practice

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Michael G. S. Shashaty, MD, MS, FCCM

Associate Professor of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Independent Contractor – Senticell

 

Steven L. Shein, MD, FCCM

Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Speaker – Ceribell

 

Asha N. Shenoi, MD, FCCM

Professor, Department of Pediatrics

University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital

Lexington, Kentucky, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Naveed Ur Rehman Siddiqui, FCCM, MBBS, FCPS

Assistant Professor

Aga Khan University Hospital

Karachi, Pakistan

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Nicole Siparsky, MD, FCCM, FCCS

Chief, Acute Care Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Susan Elizabeth Smith, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM

Associate Professor

University of Georgia College of Pharmacy

Athens, Georgia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Vijay Srinivasan, MD, MBBS, FCCM

Associate Professor, Attending Physician

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Cathy Sormalis

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Roshni Sreedharan, MD, FASA, FCCM

Anesthesiologist Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Robert D. Stevens, MD, FCCM

Director

John Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Consultant - Edwards Life Science(terminated); Advisor – Bsecur, Ceribell, PAPRA AG

 

Joanna L. Stollings, PharmD, FCCM

MICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Tamas Szakmany, MD, PhD, FCCM

Consultant in Intensive Care

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Newport, United Kingdom

Board Member – ICNARC; Speaker – ThermoFisher Ltd; Advisory Board – Paion UK, LTD (terminated)

 

Donna Tanner, RRT, MBA, RRT-ACCS

Clinical Program Manager

Cleveland Clinic, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Ken Tegtmeyer, MD, FAAP, FCCM

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kathleen B. To, MD, FACS, FCCM

Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of Maryland Medical Center, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Quincy K. Tran, MD, PhD, FCCM

Associate Professor

University of Maryland Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Vidula T. Vachharajani, MD, FCCM, FCCP

Professor of Medicine

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Scott L. Weiss, MD, FCCM

Attending Physician Critical Care Medicine

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Julie M. Winkle, MD, FCCM, FACEP

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Aurora, Colorado, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

David P. Yamane, MD

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

George Washington University

Washington, DC, USA

Consultant - Vaptherm 

Summary
Availability:
On-Demand
Release on Mar 06, 2026 12:00 AM Central Standard Time
Expires on Mar 20, 2027
Credit Offered:
176.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit Credits
106.25 ACPE (Pharmacy) – Live Credits
176.75 CABN (Nursing) Credits
34.25 AARC (RT) – Live Credits
185.5 Certificate of Participation Credits
176.75 Physician Assistant Credits
128.25 MOC – ABA Points
147 MOC – ABIM Points
137.5 MOC – ABP Points
134.25 MOC – ABS Points
130.25 MOC – ABTS Points
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