ECMO Advantage

What ECMO Advantage does

ECMO Advantage is a healthcare services company specializing in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) and broader extracorporeal life support. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the company delivers a four-pillar service portfolio: ECMO consulting for program development and optimization, training and simulation courses (3-day, 5-day, and specialized formats for adult and neonatal/pediatric populations), ECMO specialist staffing (PRN through turnkey program coverage), and a self-paced eLearning platform offering bundled Adult and Neo/Peds curricula. Training is delivered at the company's ExtraCorporeal Education Center (EC2), a dedicated simulation facility with high-fidelity simulation and debrief rooms, or on-site at client institutions, and is designed to meet or exceed Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) guidelines.

Revenue is generated through four professional services streams: training course fees (publicly listed, e.g., $2,399 for the 3-day adult course and $850 for the 2-day collaborative care course), eLearning subscription bundles with continuing education credits, quote-based consulting engagements, and staffing placements. The go-to-market is enterprise B2B direct sales to hospital leadership and ECMO program directors, supplemented by scheduled public training courses and a self-serve eLearning channel for individual clinicians. Customer segments include hospitals operating or developing ECMO programs, individual healthcare professionals (MDs, NPs, PAs, RNs, RRTs, CCPs), rehabilitation professionals, and hospitals requiring perfusion and advanced mechanical circulatory support services.

In September 2025, ECMO Advantage was acquired by Integration Health, a strategic platform formed in August 2025 that unifies ECMO Advantage with Innovative ECMO Concepts and perfusion services. The combined organization serves over 100 facilities across nearly all 50 U.S. states and Canada with a network of more than 1,300 credentialed perfusionists, and has expanded its service offering to include Perfusion Services, ECMO Transport, Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) support, and Shock/MCS Program Services. ECMO Advantage continues to operate as a brand within Integration Health under the leadership of President Randy Bartilson.

Name

ECMO Advantage

Legal name

ECMO Advantage Corp

Website

https://ecmoadvantage.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ECMO Advantage provides ECMO and extracorporeal life support consulting, training, staffing, and eLearning services to hospitals and clinicians across the U.S. and Canada, operating since 2007 as a brand within Integration Health.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

ECMO Clinical Services

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

SIC

Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Mechanical Circulatory Support (VAD, IABP, ECMO) (HLAHAFAG)

Keywords

• ECMO training services
• Extracorporeal life support
• ECMO specialist staffing
• ECMO program consulting
• Perfusion services

Headquarters

HQ city

Murfreesboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Training and Education Services: Revenue from conducting ECMO training courses including 3-day, 5-day, and specialized courses for adult, neonatal/pediatric populations. Also includes continuing education credits and eLearning curriculum subscriptions.
2. ECMO Consulting: Consulting fees for program development, refresh, and optimization services for hospitals starting or improving ECMO programs
3. ECMO Specialist Staffing: Staffing revenue from providing experienced ECMO specialists to hospitals through PRN, part-time, or full-time placement arrangements
4. Perfusion Services: Perfusion services provided through Integration Health platform following acquisition of ECMO Advantage

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ECMO Advantage provides ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) consulting, training, and specialist staffing services to hospitals and healthcare facilities. The company helps hospitals start, refresh, and optimize their ECMO programs through expert guidance, world-class simulation-based training courses (3-day, 5-day, and specialty formats for adult and neonatal/pediatric populations), and PRN-to-turnkey staffing of experienced ECMO specialists (RNs, RRTs, CCPs). It also operates an eLearning platform and the ExtraCorporeal Education Center (EC2) in Murfreesboro, TN.

Product overview

ECMO Advantage is a healthcare services company offering a unified portfolio of ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) solutions. The company was founded in 2007 and, as of August 2025, became part of Integration Health — a strategic platform that unified Innovative ECMO Concepts, ECMO Advantage, and perfusion services under one umbrella. The product suite spans four core areas: ECMO Consulting (program development, staffing models, and operational guidance), ECMO Training & Simulation (in-person courses at the EC2 ExtraCorporeal Education Center in Murfreesboro, TN, including 3-day, 5-day, and split-session formats for adult and neonatal/pediatric populations), ECMO Specialist Staffing (PRN, part-time, full-time, and turnkey staffing solutions), and e-Learning through the Online Academy powered by Integration Health (bundled Adult and Neo/Peds curricula with self-paced 24/7 access and continuing education credits). Additional services include Perfusion Services, ECMO Transport Support, NRP (Normothermic Regional Perfusion) Support, and Shock/MCS Program Services. The company serves over 100 facilities across nearly all 50 U.S. states and Canada with a network of more than 1,300 credentialed perfusionists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ECMO Consulting Services Expert consulting services to help hospitals start new ECMO programs or refresh existing ones, enhancing patient care, lowering costs, and improving efficiency through best-practice guidance. Targeted at hospital leadership and ECMO program directors.
• ECMO Training & Simulation Courses World-class ECMO training courses designed to meet or exceed ELSO guidelines, offered at the EC2 ExtraCorporeal Education Center in Murfreesboro, TN, or on-site at client institutions. Formats include 3-day, 5-day, and split-session programs for adult and neonatal/pediatric specialties. Targeted at ECMO clinicians including RNs, RRTs, CCPs, and physicians.
• ECMO Specialist Staffing Experienced ECMO Specialist staffing solutions ranging from PRN and Guaranteed contracts to complete turnkey ECMO program staffing, addressing hospital staffing shortages and providing high-quality patient care. Specialists are RNs, RRTs, or CCPs with ICU backgrounds and many years of ECMO experience.
• ECMO Advantage Online Academy (eLearning) A self-paced online academy providing industry-leading ECMO education accessible 24/7, including bundled Adult and Neo/Peds ECMO curricula with continuing education credits. Targeted at individual clinicians seeking flexible ECMO education.
• Perfusion Services Comprehensive perfusion services provided through the Integration Health platform, delivering extracorporeal support alongside ECMO services to hospitals requiring perfusion coverage.
• ECMO Transport Support Specialized transport services for ECMO patients, enabling the retrieval of critically ill patients from other facilities to experienced ECMO centers (e.g., UAB completed its first ECMO transport in February 2015).
• NRP (Normothermic Regional Perfusion) Support Specialized support services for Normothermic Regional Perfusion, offered as part of the expanded service portfolio under Integration Health.
• Shock & Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Program Services
• The Complete Adult ECMO Curriculum Bundled access to 11 core Adult ECMO courses on the eLearning platform at a discounted rate with 6-month access and 8 continuing education credits upon full curriculum completion.
• The Complete Neo/Peds ECMO Curriculum Bundled access to 11 core Neonatal/Pediatric ECMO courses on the eLearning platform at a discounted rate with 6-month access and 8 continuing education credits upon full curriculum completion.

Quantifiable outcome

• Integration Health serves over 100 facilities with network of 1,300+ credentialed perfusionists

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Integration HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025ECMO Advantage was acquired by Integration Health in September 2025 as part of a strategic consolidation. Integration Health was formed in August 2025 as a unified platform combining Innovative ECMO Concepts and perfusion services. The acquisition expanded Integration Health's capabilities to serve over 100 facilities across nearly all 50 states and Canada with a network of 1,300+ credentialed perfusionists.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Innovative ECMO Concepts: Direct ECMO staffing and education peer that was unified with ECMO Advantage under Integration Health in August 2025. Offers parallel ECMO specialist placement and training services to hospitals, with overlapping clinician pool and customer base.
• Cardiovascular Perfusion Services: Independent perfusion staffing provider serving hospitals with ECMO, cardiopulmonary bypass, and mechanical circulatory support needs. Directly comparable business model to Integration Health's perfusion services line, with overlapping clinical specialist pool.
• Perfusion Life: Perfusion and ECMO staffing services firm acquired by Integration Health in March 2026, expanding the network to 1,300+ credentialed perfusionists. Now a sibling company within Integration Health rather than an external competitor.

Others

• Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO): The international consortium that sets ECMO guidelines, training standards, and center certification. ECMO Advantage's curriculum is designed to meet or exceed ELSO guidelines, making ELSO the de facto standards body governing ECMO Advantage's service offering.
• Massachusetts General Hospital ECMO Program: Large academic medical center that runs an in-house ECMO training and staffing program. Represents the in-sourcing alternative to ECMO Advantage's external staffing and consulting services, particularly for major academic centers with sufficient case volume.
• SynCardia Systems: Manufacturer of temporary total artificial heart systems and broader mechanical circulatory support devices. Operates in the same clinical ecosystem as ECMO Advantage, supplying the equipment that ECMO Advantage's specialists and trainers are certified to operate.
• Getinge (Maquet): Manufacturer of Cardiohelp ECMO systems and other extracorporeal life support equipment. The hardware provider for many of the ECMO programs that ECMO Advantage staffs and trains, making it a key ecosystem enabler rather than direct competitor.
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ECMO Program: Leading pediatric ECMO program at a major children's hospital, demonstrating the in-house alternative model for high-volume specialty centers. Provides a benchmark for the type of customer ECMO Advantage targets with turnkey program staffing.

Broad incumbents

• SpecialtyCare: Largest US provider of perfusion and autotransfusion staffing services to hospitals, including ECMO and mechanical circulatory support programs. Competes with Integration Health's perfusion arm for hospital contracts across a much broader surgical and cardiac services portfolio.
• ABIOMED (now Johnson & Johnson MedTech): Major medical device company offering Impella heart pumps and other mechanical circulatory support products. Indirectly relevant as it drives demand for ECMO and MCS program staffing through hospital adoption of its devices.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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