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These webinars are free to attend. CME is available for IARS full members only.

Our live webinars will be recorded, and IARS full members have access to the recordings and CME after they occur.

Upcoming CME Webinars

Opioid Use Disorder and the Anesthesiologist: What You Need to Know to Impact This Escalating Crisis | Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET

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Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is prevalent and the risk of death after hospitalization is high for patients suffering from this condition. Anesthesiologists are in a prime position to combat the devastating sequalae that can occur from OUD. This session will prepare anesthesiologists to provide high quality care to patients perioperatively and aid in transitioning care to the outpatient setting.

 

Eugene R. Viscusi

Moderator: Eugene R. Viscusi, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, and Vice Chair of the Division of Pain Management, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Eugene R. Viscusi, MD, is Professor of Anesthesiology, Vice Chair of the Division of Pain Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College and completed his residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

His research interests include pain management techniques, outcome studies, and novel agents and delivery systems. He has been a primary investigator and consultant for most emerging pain technologies in the last 30 years. Dr. Viscusi has lectured extensively in the US and internationally. He has authored well over 100 peer reviewed papers in journals including JAMA, Anesthesiology, Anesthesia & Analgesia, and Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. He also authored a textbook on acute pain management, numerous book chapters and several hundred abstracts. His work has been covered by Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today as well as in nationally televised interviews.

 

  Presenters
Lynn Kohan

Management of OUD in the Perioperative Setting
Lynn Kohan, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Division Chief and Chronic Pain Program Director, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Lynn Kohan, MD, is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Virginia. She is the Division Chief and Chronic Pain Program Director. She serves on national Board of Director’s including ASRA Pain Medicine, the AAPM, the Purpose Network, and as President of the Specialty Program Directors of the SAAAPM, and immediate Past President of the Association of Pain Program Directors. She also serves as section editor on pain journal editorial boards.

 

Oscar de Leon-Casasola

OUD Outpatient Follow-up: Implications for the Pain Physicians
Oscar de Leon-Casasola, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Senior Vice-Chair, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo; Chief, Pain Medicine and Professor of Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY

Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD, is Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine at Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo, and Chief of Pain Medicine and Professor of Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, in Buffalo, NY.

He was a member of the board of directors of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management (ASRA), for which he served as president and as chair of its Scientific Committee for the Society’s pain meeting. He was also a member of the Pain Medicine Committee of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Adult Cancer Pain Panel. He served as chair of the Regional Anesthesia Committee of the ASA until 2010 and as a member in the Task Force of the ASA that created the Society’s Guidelines for the treatment of Chronic Pain Management that were published in 2010; he served as co-chair of the committee drafting the Acute Pain Guidelines for the ASA, ASRA, and the American Pain Society. Dr de Leon-Casasola has been honored with many awards; the most recent ones include “Top Doctors in the US,” “Best Doctors in the US,” and “100 Top Docs in Buffalo” for the past 15 years.

 

Eugene R. Viscusi Overview of OUD: Implications for Anesthesiologists
Eugene R. Viscusi, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, and Vice Chair of the Division of Pain Management, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

 

Opioid Use Disorder and the Anesthesiologist: What You Need to Know to Impact This Escalating Crisis | Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET

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Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is prevalent and the risk of death after hospitalization is high for patients suffering from this condition. Anesthesiologists are in a prime position to combat the devastating sequalae that can occur from OUD. This session will prepare anesthesiologists to provide high quality care to patients perioperatively and aid in transitioning care to the outpatient setting.

Eugene R. ViscusiModerator: Eugene R. Viscusi, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, and Vice Chair of the Division of Pain Management, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Eugene R. Viscusi, MD, is Professor of Anesthesiology, Vice Chair of the Division of Pain Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College and completed his residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

His research interests include pain management techniques, outcome studies, and novel agents and delivery systems. He has been a primary investigator and consultant for most emerging pain technologies in the last 30 years. Dr. Viscusi has lectured extensively in the US and internationally. He has authored well over 100 peer reviewed papers in journals including JAMAAnesthesiologyAnesthesia & Analgesia, and Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. He also authored a textbook on acute pain management, numerous book chapters and several hundred abstracts. His work has been covered by NewsweekThe Wall Street Journal, and USA Today as well as in nationally televised interviews.

Presenters

Lynn KohanManagement of OUD in the Perioperative Setting
Lynn Kohan, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Division Chief and Chronic Pain Program Director, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Lynn Kohan, MD, is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Virginia. She is the Division Chief and Chronic Pain Program Director. She serves on national Board of Director’s including ASRA Pain Medicine, the AAPM, the Purpose Network, and as President of the Specialty Program Directors of the SAAAPM, and immediate Past President of the Association of Pain Program Directors. She also serves as section editor on pain journal editorial boards.

 

Oscar de Leon-CasasolaOUD Outpatient Follow-up: Implications for the Pain Physicians
Oscar de Leon-Casasola, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Senior Vice-Chair, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo; Chief, Pain Medicine and Professor of Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY

Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD, is Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine at Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo, and Chief of Pain Medicine and Professor of Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, in Buffalo, NY.

He was a member of the board of directors of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management (ASRA), for which he served as president and as chair of its Scientific Committee for the Society’s pain meeting. He was also a member of the Pain Medicine Committee of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Adult Cancer Pain Panel. He served as chair of the Regional Anesthesia Committee of the ASA until 2010 and as a member in the Task Force of the ASA that created the Society’s Guidelines for the treatment of Chronic Pain Management that were published in 2010; he served as co-chair of the committee drafting the Acute Pain Guidelines for the ASA, ASRA, and the American Pain Society. Dr de Leon-Casasola has been honored with many awards; the most recent ones include “Top Doctors in the US,” “Best Doctors in the US,” and “100 Top Docs in Buffalo” for the past 15 years.

 

Eugene R. ViscusiOverview of OUD: Implications for Anesthesiologists
Eugene R. Viscusi, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, and Vice Chair of the Division of Pain Management, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Women of Impact in Anesthesiology: Advancing in Leadership | Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET

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Moderator: Allison M. Fernandez, MD, MBA, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Baltimore MD

Embarking on a Research Career: Mid-Career Anesthesiologists Embracing Research Opportunities
Vidya T. Raman, MD, MBA           
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Rising to President of ASA: Lessons Learned
Linda J. Mason, MD
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA   

Mastering Career Transitions with Success
Kelly McQueen, MD, MPH, FASA
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI   

This panel discussion aims to shed light on the academic and leadership achievements of women in anesthesiology while also addressing the hurdles they have encountered, including gender inequalities, unconscious bias, and work-life balance issues. By emphasizing the strategies employed by these women to surmount these obstacles and the pivotal role of mentors in advancing their careers, the discussion will offer invaluable insights and guidance for aspiring women in the field. Through sharing their experiences and offering words of wisdom, the panelists will inspire and empower future generations of women entering the realm of anesthesia.

Heparin and Hamburgers: Perioperative Implications of Alpha Gal Syndrome for the Anesthesiologist | Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET

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Moderator: Matthias Riess, MD, PhD, FASA, TVHS VA Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Alpha-Gal Syndrome – What is it and why is this important for patient care
Basil Kahwash, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

My patient has Alpha Gal – what do I do?
Mazair Nourian, MD
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Implications of AGS during cardiovascular surgery
Kara Siegrist, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Alpha Gal Syndrome (AGS), commonly known as Acquired Red Meat Allergy, is an emerging threat to health that can lead to allergic reactions including anaphylaxis with many medications commonly used in the perioperative setting. This interdisciplinary panel will discuss epidemiology, diagnosis and strategies to avoid complications for AGS patients.

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Mitigate Opioid Risk | Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET

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Moderator: Rodney A. Gabriel, MD, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA

Predictive Analytics for Identifying Patients at Risk for Opioid Misuse
Sesh Mudumbai, MD, MS
Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Identifying Risk Factors for Opioid Use Disorder from Clinical Notes Using Natural Language Processing
Ariana M. Nelson, MD
University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA

AI-based opioid monitoring and intervention tools designed to support patients after surgery
Rodney A. Gabriel, MD
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA

With the rapid growth of artificial intelligence in medicine, it is imperative to discuss how this technology may positively benefit practices in anesthesiology. This panel will specifically explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in addressing the opioid crisis.

Update on Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Transplantation | Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET

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Moderator: Richa Dhawan, MD, MPH, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Using NRP and other novel techniques to increase the donor pool in cardiac surgery
Chris Salerno, MD
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL              

Outcomes in donation after circulatory death compared to standard donation after brain death in heart transplantation
Jennie Y. Ngai, MD          
NYU Langone, New York, NY

Withdrawal of care and ethical considerations in donation after circulatory death heart transplantation
Kristin Trela, MD
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL              

Increased utilization of DCD allografts alongside advancing procurement strategies will have a substantial impact on heart transplantation. Clinicians will understand the unique considerations and new developments associated with this technique.

Past CME Webinars

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Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Interesting Articles You May Have Missed from the Subspecialty ICU Literature

Moderator: Erin K. Hennessey, MD, MEHP, Professor of Anesthesiology in the Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Presenters: Ameeka Pannu, MD, Staff Anesthesiologist and Intensivist, and Program Director for the Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, Boston, MA; Dragos Galusca, MD, Division Director, Critical Care, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; Nazish K. Hashmi, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology in the Divisions of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Program Director, Critical Care Fellowship, Duke University, Durham, NC

 

Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Global Critical Care: The Crisis and Way Forward

Moderator: Vanessa Moll, MD, PhD, DESA, FCCM, FASA, Professor, Vice Chair for Quality and Safety, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Presenters: Ana M. Crawford, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Didi Odinkemelu, MD, Resident Physician, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Vanessa Moll, MD, PhD, DESA, FCCM, FASA, Professor, Vice Chair for Quality and Safety, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

 

Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Current Controversies in Critical Care

Moderator: Brigid Flynn, MD, FCCM, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Chief, Division of Critical Care, Director, Cardiothoracic ICU, Director, ECMO Services TUKHS, Chair, Anesthesia Research Committee, Pro/Con Section Editor, JCVA, University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS

Presenters: Kunal Karamchandani, MD, FCCP, FCCM, Associate Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; Ashish Khanna, MD, MS, FCCP, FCCM, FASA, Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice-Chair of Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Section on Critical Care Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC; Somnath Bose, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School; Staff Anesthesiologist, Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, Boston, MA; Kristen Carey Rock, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
The Crossroads of Hematology and Intensive Care Medicine

Moderator: Ingrid Moreno Duarte, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center; Children’s Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Presenters: Alberto Furzan, MD, Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Intensivist, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA; Ian J. Welsby, MBBS, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; and Sreekanth R. Cheruku, MD, MPH, Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management and Co-Medical Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

 

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Obstetric Anesthesia Quality: How to Measure It?

Moderator: Jill Mhyre, MD, The Dola S Thompson Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AK

Presenters: Ruth Landau, MD, Virginia Apgar Professor of Anesthesiology and Division Chief of Obstetric Anesthesia, Columbia University, New York, NY; Past-President, Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology (SOAP);  Mark Zakowski, MD, FASA, Professor of Anesthesiology, Obstetric Anesthesiology Program Director, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; Past-President, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia; Past-President, California Society of Anesthesiologists; Chair, ASA Committee on Obstetric Anesthesia; and Vice-Chair, ASA Committee on Quality Management and Departmental Administration; and Kelly Fedoruk, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Quality Lead, Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology and Maternal Health, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

 

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Predict Intensive Care Unit Indices and Outcomes

Moderator: Andrew Barker, MD, Associate Professor, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Director, and the Co-Medical Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Presenters: Ryan L. Melvin, PhD, Principal Data Scientist, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Jessica F. Schaedel, MD, MPH, CA-2 Resident in the Systemic Training in Anesthesia Research (STAR) Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Emily Wasson, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Critical Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; and Matthew Zapf, MD, Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology and Research Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

 

Tuesday, January 9, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Challenges in Managing Diabetic Patients-SGLT2 Inhibitors, GLP1 Agonists, and Insulin Pumps

Moderator: Sakura Kinjo, MD, Clinical Professor, Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA

Presenters: Atul Gupta, MBBS, MPH, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Girish P. Joshi, MBBS, MD, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; and Attending Anesthesiologist, Parkland Health, Dallas, Texas; and Robert Rushakoff, MD, MS, Professor, Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA

 

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Pulmonary Hypertension Update: Definition, Dangers and Disasters

Moderator: Mary Beth Brady, MD, Vice Chair for Education for the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Presenters: Paul M. Heerdt, PhD, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology; Director of Applied Hemodynamics, Anesthesiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT; Jochen Steppan, MD, DESA, FAHA, FASA, Director of Perioperative Medicine, High Risk Cardiovascular Disease; Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine,  Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; and Stephanie Ibekwe, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Division, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

 

Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Preserving Brain Health in Older Adults: How Can We Help as Anesthesiologists?

Moderator: Nafisseh Warner, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Director of Pain Research, and Director of Opioid and Pain Medicine Education, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Presenters: Deborah J. Culley, MD, Robert Dunning Dripps Professor in Anesthesia and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Miles Berger, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Neuroanesthesiology Division, Assistant Biomarker Core Leader, Duke/UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; and Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

 

Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Junior Faculty Success: Leadership Development Tools that Work

Moderators: Mada F. Helou, MD; Associate Professor and Program Director for Anesthesiology at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical, Cleveland, OH; and Mary J. Njoku, MD, Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Presenters: Nicholas Pesa, MD, Associate Program Director for Anesthesiology, Associate Program Director for Anesthesiology, Division Chief of Transplant Anesthesia and Chief Quality Officer of Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; George W. Williams, II, MD, FASA, FCCM, FCCP, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine; and Vice Chair for Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX; Muhammad Jaffar, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Wayne State University School of Medicine; Anesthesiology Residency Program Director, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI; and Ayodele Oke, MD, Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX

 

Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Fixing Hemodynamic Instability – Problems and Solutions – Co-Sponsored by the APSF

Moderator: Daniel J. Cole, MD, Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, and Vice Chair for Professional and Business Development, Anesthesiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Presenters: Michael Scott, MB ChB, Professor and Division Chief in Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; M. Alparslan Turan, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Vice Chairman at Department of Outcomes Research Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Matthew McEvoy, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Multispecialty Anesthesiology; Vice Chair, Perioperative Medicine; Fellowship Director  Perioperative Medicine; Director, Perioperative Consult Service; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; and Allison Mary Janda, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

 

Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Perioperative Brain Health – Insights from Young Investigators

Moderator: Bradley A. Fritz, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care & Division of Clinical and Translational Research, Associate Medical Director for the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MI

Presenters: Mitra Heshmati, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, with a joint appointment in the Dept. of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Kathryn R. Rosenblatt, MD, MHS, Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesia Fellowship, and Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Neurology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Michael J. Devinney, Jr., MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; and S. Kendall Smith, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Associate Program Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Assistant Program Director for Residency Affairs, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

 

Tuesday, November 8, 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Is Less Really More for the Brain in the ICU

Moderator: Christopher G. Hughes, MD, MS, FCCM, Professor, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Multispecialty Anesthesiology, Chief, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine and Medical Director, Neuro ICU, Member, VUMC Institutional Review Board, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Presenters: Michael Devinney, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Christina Boncyk, MD, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Informatics Research Division, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; and Christina Hayhurst, MD, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine; Fellowship Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine; Director, Clinical Operations, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

 

Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
“So, Doc, I Hear Anesthesia is Bad for My Brain”: Translating Research into Shared Decision-Making and Better Care for Older Patients Concerned about Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorders

Moderator: Miles Berger, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology; Associate Director of Duke/UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Biomarker Core; Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Presenters: Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Anesthesia & Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; and Stacie G. Deiner, MD, William LeRoy Garth Professor in Medical Science and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School, Lebanon, NH

 

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Preparing the Mind for Surgery: Examining the Potential for Physical, Cognitive, and Mindfulness Training to Improve Postoperative Outcomes

Moderator: Christopher Hughes, MD, MS, FCCM, Professor, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Multispecialty Anesthesiology, Chief, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine and Medical Director, Neuro ICU, Member, VUMC Institutional Review Board, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Presenters: Kimberly Rengel, MD, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Michelle Humeidan, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Neuroanesthesiology; Medical Director, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Associate Faculty, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research; The Ohio State University – Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; Balachundhar Subramaniam, MD, MPH, FASE, Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School; Ellison “Jeep” Pierce Chair of Anesthesia, Director, Sadhguru Center for a Conscious Planet and Director of the Center for Anesthesia Research Excellence, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; and Brian O’Gara, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School; Attending Anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesia, Division of Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Division of  Cardiac Anesthesia; Program Director of the Anesthesia Resident Research Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

 

Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Perioperative Teams: Mythical or Magical? How to Apply Organizational Psychology Research Findings to Enhance Perioperative Team Building and Performance

Moderator and Presenter: Elizabeth Duggan, MD, MA I&O Psychology, Univerisity of Alabama Birmingham,  Birmingham, AL

Presenter: Neal Outland, PhD, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

 

Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Biomarkers, Risk Factors and Practice Recommendations for Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders

Moderator and Presenter: Lisbeth Evered, BSc, Mbiostat, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, NY; Scientific Head of Research in the Department of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne and Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Presenters: David Scott, MB, BS, PhD, Director of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and Professor, Department of Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; and Stacie G. Deiner, MD, William LeRoy Garth Professor in Medical Science and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School, Lebanon, NH

 

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Anesthesia Effects on Neuroplasticity in Developing Brain – Clinical Aspect and Research Insight

Moderator: Beverley Orser, MD, PhD, FRCPC, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Presenters: Laszlo Vutskits, MD, PhD, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Mary Ellen McCann, MD, MPH, Harvard University School of Medicine, Wellesley Hills, MA; Guang Yang, PhD, Columbia University, New York, NY; and Zhongcong Xie, M.D., PhD, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, Boston, MA

 

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Sleep and Circadian Disruption: Risk Factors and Pathological Pathways for Delirium and Neurocognitive Dysfunction

Moderator: Lei Gao, MBBS, MGH/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Presenters: Michael Devinney, MD, PhD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Reine Ibala, BS, Cornell University, New York, NY; Melissa Knauert, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; and Elizabeth Wilcox, MD, FRCPC, MPH, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada

 

Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pregnant Women: Updates on Screening, Treatment, and Management – Co-Sponsored by the Society for Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine

Moderator and Presenter: Jennifer Dominguez, MD, MHS, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

Presenters: Christine Won, MD, Yale University, New Haven, CT; Mahesh Nagappa, MD, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; and Ghada Bourjeily, MD, The Miriam Hospital/Brown University, Providence, RI

 

Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Neurological Complication After TEVAR Procedures

Moderator: Hilary Grocott, MD, FRCPC, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Presenters: Thomas Lindsay, MD, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Hamdy Awad, MD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Sujatha Bhandary, MD, FASE, FASA, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Theodore Wein, MD, FRCPC, FAHA, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

 

Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Anesthesia Education in the Time of COVID – Co-Sponsored by the Society for Education in Anesthesia 

Moderator: John Mitchell, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Presenters: Susan Martinelli, MD, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC; Julie Huffmyer, MD, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; Sara Neves, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; and Fei Chen, PhD, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

 

Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
SmartTots: Behavioral and Cognitive Changes in Children Following Anesthesia and Surgery: Assessment and Relevance

Moderator: Laszlo Vutskits, MD, PhD, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Presenters: Andrew Davidson, MBBS, MD, FANZCA, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Caleb Ing, MD, MS, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY; Kristen Uhl, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and Cynthia Salorio, PhD, ABPP, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

 

Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Airway and Gastric Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in Anesthesia

Moderator: Kong Eric You-Ten, PhD, MD, FRCPC, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Presenters: Cristian Arzola, MD, MSc, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Naveed Siddiqui, MD, MSc, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; and Fabricio Zasso, MD, MBA, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

 

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
The Anesthesiologist’s Role in Reducing the Impact of the Opioid Crisis

Presenters: David Edwards, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; and Christina Hayhurst, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

 

Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Controversies in Care of the Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient

Presenters: Shahla Siddiqui, MBBS, DABA, MSc, Beth Israel Deaconess Lahey Medical Center, Boston, MA; Natalia Ivascu, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; George Williams II, MD, FCCP, McGovern School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX; and Ronald Pearl, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

Continuing Medical Education Activity Information

Accreditation Statement
The IARS Webinar Series has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the providership of the International Anesthesia Research Society.

The International Anesthesia Research Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statements
The International Anesthesia Research Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ per session. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.