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Upcoming CME Webinars
Current Controversies in Critical Care | Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
The field of critical care medicine continues to evolve, with new evidence constantly challenging the existing beliefs. While analgesia-first sedation strategy avoids the use of sedative drugs, the use of opioids to achieve this may lead to acute withdrawal in the short term and persistent opioid use in the long term. Similarly, the timing and choice of vasopressor administration in patients with septic shock remains unclear despite extensive research, and whether renin as a biomarker should replace lactate in sepsis treatment is being argued. Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) continues to challenge critical care providers, and the role of PICS clinics in improving outcomes is unclear. In such a scenario, this webinar will discuss some of the current controversies in critical care that challenge conventional thinking and will present evidence to help answer some of these questions.
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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 Dr. Brigid Flynn is an associate professor of anesthesiology at The University of Kansas Medical Center. She is Chief of the Division of Critical Care, Co-Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Director of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for The University of Kansas Medical Center and Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit Anesthesiology Resident rotation. In 2014, she returned to her roots at the University of Kansas Medical Center as an anesthesiologist and intensivist. She serves on numerous hospital committees including Critical Care Committee, Physician Practice Council and the COVID19 Surge Planning Committee. She is co-founder and Faculty for the institution-wide educational series, Critical Care Grand Rounds. Additionally, she is the recipient of three Ruth Bohan Awards to bring national speakers to The University of Kansas Medical Center. She has also been awarded a grant from the American Medical Educators (AME) for a project utilizing self-simulation in hemodynamic education. Within the Department of Anesthesiology, she is Chair of the Anesthesiology Research Committee and also serves on several other committees. |
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Is Analgesia-Based Sedation Always the Right Choice? Dr. Kunal Karamchandani is an associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. He completed his medical school training at Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, India followed by a residency in anesthesiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. He then completed his residency in anesthesiology and a fellowship in critical care medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. He has been practicing both anesthesia and critical care in an academic setting for over 10 years and his research interests include enhancing patient outcomes in the ICU as well as in the perioperative setting. He is involved with various professional organizations and serves on the Board of Directors for the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA), and is the Chair of the SOCCA Education Committee.
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Biomarkers in Septic Shock: Is Renin the New Lactate? Dr. Ashish K Khanna is a member of the Wake Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, a core faculty for the Center for Healthcare Innovation, and the Wake Forest Hypertension and Vascular Research Cardiovascular Science Center. He serves as the inaugural director for the Perioperative Outcomes and Informatics Collaborative (POIC), a large perioperative outcomes collaborative research program that is staffed with several research nurses, fellows, technicians, students, data scientists and administrative staff and is a center of excellence for clinical trials across specialties. In addition, he is a major regional director for the Outcomes Research Consortium based out of the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Khanna is currently chair for the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) committee on critical care medicine, and also sits as a past chair for the abstract review subcommittee on critical care medicine and is a member of the educational track subcommittee for critical care medicine. He is heavily engaged with the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and currently past-chair for the research section, is on the steering committee for the anesthesiology section and chair for the Discovery research network, along with being a program co-chair for the 2023 congress. He is on the board of directors for the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) and the American Society for Enhanced Recovery & Perioperative Medicine (ASER). His research interests include prediction of post-operative respiratory and cardiac events on the regular nursing floor using wearable monitoring, use of large datasets for perioperative outcomes research, effects of hypotension in critically ill patients and use of novel vasopressors in shock states in the ICU.
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Recovery after Critical Illness: Are PICS Clinics Effective? Dr. Somnath Bose is an assistant professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. He is a Staff Anesthesiologist and Intensivist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston and serves as the Director of Intensive Care Unit at BID-Needham. Dr. Bose is funded through federal and foundation grants, and his research interests are focused on improving quality of survivorship following critical illness.
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Vasopressors in Septic Shock: More Questions than Answers! Dr. Rock is an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed a residency and fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Her interests include medical ethics and medical education. |
Current Controversies in Critical Care | Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
The field of critical care medicine continues to evolve, with new evidence constantly challenging the existing beliefs. While analgesia-first sedation strategy avoids the use of sedative drugs, the use of opioids to achieve this may lead to acute withdrawal in the short term and persistent opioid use in the long term. Similarly, the timing and choice of vasopressor administration in patients with septic shock remains unclear despite extensive research, and whether renin as a biomarker should replace lactate in sepsis treatment is being argued. Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) continues to challenge critical care providers, and the role of PICS clinics in improving outcomes is unclear. In such a scenario, this webinar will discuss some of the current controversies in critical care that challenge conventional thinking and will present evidence to help answer some of these questions.
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
Dr. Brigid Flynn is an associate professor of anesthesiology at The University of Kansas Medical Center. She is Chief of the Division of Critical Care, Co-Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Director of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for The University of Kansas Medical Center and Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit Anesthesiology Resident rotation.
In 2014, she returned to her roots at the University of Kansas Medical Center as an anesthesiologist and intensivist. She serves on numerous hospital committees including Critical Care Committee, Physician Practice Council and the COVID19 Surge Planning Committee. She is co-founder and Faculty for the institution-wide educational series, Critical Care Grand Rounds. Additionally, she is the recipient of three Ruth Bohan Awards to bring national speakers to The University of Kansas Medical Center. She has also been awarded a grant from the American Medical Educators (AME) for a project utilizing self-simulation in hemodynamic education. Within the Department of Anesthesiology, she is Chair of the Anesthesiology Research Committee and also serves on several other committees.
Presenters
Is Analgesia-Based Sedation Always the Right Choice?
Kunal Karamchandani, MD, FCCP, FCCM, Associate Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Dr. Kunal Karamchandani is an associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. He completed his medical school training at Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, India followed by a residency in anesthesiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. He then completed his residency in anesthesiology and a fellowship in critical care medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. He has been practicing both anesthesia and critical care in an academic setting for over 10 years and his research interests include enhancing patient outcomes in the ICU as well as in the perioperative setting. He is involved with various professional organizations and serves on the Board of Directors for the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA), and is the Chair of the SOCCA Education Committee.
Biomarkers in Septic Shock: Is Renin the New Lactate?
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
Dr. Ashish K Khanna is a member of the Wake Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, a core faculty for the Center for Healthcare Innovation, and the Wake Forest Hypertension and Vascular Research Cardiovascular Science Center. He serves as the inaugural director for the Perioperative Outcomes and Informatics Collaborative (POIC), a large perioperative outcomes collaborative research program that is staffed with several research nurses, fellows, technicians, students, data scientists and administrative staff and is a center of excellence for clinical trials across specialties. In addition, he is a major regional director for the Outcomes Research Consortium based out of the Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Khanna is currently chair for the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) committee on critical care medicine, and also sits as a past chair for the abstract review subcommittee on critical care medicine and is a member of the educational track subcommittee for critical care medicine. He is heavily engaged with the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and currently past-chair for the research section, is on the steering committee for the anesthesiology section and chair for the Discovery research network, along with being a program co-chair for the 2023 congress. He is on the board of directors for the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) and the American Society for Enhanced Recovery & Perioperative Medicine (ASER). His research interests include prediction of post-operative respiratory and cardiac events on the regular nursing floor using wearable monitoring, use of large datasets for perioperative outcomes research, effects of hypotension in critically ill patients and use of novel vasopressors in shock states in the ICU.
Recovery after Critical Illness: Are PICS Clinics Effective?
Somnath Bose, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School; Staff Anesthesiologist, Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, Boston, MA
Dr. Somnath Bose is an assistant professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. He is a Staff Anesthesiologist and Intensivist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston and serves as the Director of Intensive Care Unit at BID-Needham. Dr. Bose is funded through federal and foundation grants, and his research interests are focused on improving quality of survivorship following critical illness.
Vasopressors in Septic Shock: More Questions than Answers!
Kristen Carey Rock, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Rock is an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed a residency and fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Her interests include medical ethics and medical education.
Global Critical Care- The Crisis and Way Forward | Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Critical care is underprioritized globally despite a growing burden of critical illness and evident pandemic under-preparedness. This panel will discuss the current state of critical illness and how to prepare a global workforce with essential knowledge and skills to decrease.
Moderator: Vanessa Moll, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota
Global Critical Care (and Essential Emergency and Critical Care): Training the Global Workforce
Ana M. Crawford, MD, Stanford University
The Global Burden of Critical Illness
Didi Odinkemelu, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Essential Emergency and Critical Care – the Fundamentals Everywhere and Every Time
Vanessa Moll, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota
Interesting Articles You May Have Missed from the Subspecialty ICU Literature | Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Come watch an engaging panel provide updates and insights on subspecialty ICU care through the lens of a targeted literature review. Interesting articles you may have missed will be discussed allowing expansion of knowledge and dissemination of ideas.
Moderator: Erin K. Hennessey, MD, MEHP, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, CA
Interesting Articles You May Have Missed in the Neuro ICU
Ameeka Pannu, MD, Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, Boston, MA
Interesting Articles You May Have Missed in the Liver Transplant ICU
Dragos Galusca, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Interesting Articles You May Have Missed in the Cardiovascular ICU
Nazish K. Hashmi, MD, Duke University, Durham, NC
Interesting Articles You May Have Missed in Obstetrical-Critical Care Medicine
Matthew Wiepking, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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
Moderator: Eugene R. Viscusi, MD, Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia, PA
Management of OUD in the Perioperative Setting
Lynn Kohan, MD
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
OUD outpatient follow-up: Implications for the Pain Physicians
Oscar de Leon-Casasola, MD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
Overview of OUD: Implications for Anesthesiologists
Eugene R. Viscusi, MD
Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia, PA
OUD is prevelant and the risk of death after hospitalization high. 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.
Update on Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Transplantation | Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
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, 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
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.
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