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Scientific Assembly

Small Group Clinic

Session: Small Group Clinic I

Blakemores & Pig Tail Chest Tubes

Sunday, April 12, 2026
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM PT
Location: Grand Crescent - 4th Floor
Abdominal/GI Small Group Clinic

    Workshop Lead Faculty(s)

  • Siamak Moayedi, MD FAAEM (he/him/his)

    Professor of EM
    University of Maryland School of Medicine
    Elkridge, Maryland

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

    • Workshop Facilitator(s)

  • Shivani Talwar

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Lucille Martin, MD

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Babette Newman

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Esteban Davila, MD

    Clinical Instructor
    University of Maryland
    Baltimore, Maryland

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Rohit Menon, MD (he/him/his)

    Assistant Professor
    University of Maryland
    Baltimore, Maryland

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):
Siamak Moayedi, MD FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose
Shivani Talwar: No financial relationships to disclose
Lucille Martin, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Babette Newman: No financial relationships to disclose
Esteban Davila, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Rohit Menon, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Hands on small group session learning tip and tricks for successful placement of esophageal tamponade balloons and Seldinger method chest tubes. Each group member will perform the procedure on a task trainer using the actual medical equipment involved.

Learning Objectives:

  • Know all of the equipment and perform the steps needed for successful esophageal variceal tamponade.
  • Practice placing pig tail chest tubes using a task trainer.