This session explores how an integrated health system implemented outpatient total joint arthroplasty across multiple hospitals in both Northern and Southern California. Speakers will share insights on anesthesia protocols, perioperative optimization, AI-driven risk stratification, and system-level strategies that enabled safe and scalable adoption. Attendees will gain practical tools and frameworks to support similar large-scale change in their own institutions.

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	Moderator: Edward Yap, MD, The Permanente Medical Group, San Francisco, CA Dr. Edward Yap is a practicing anesthesiologist and senior physician with The Permanente Medical Group. He is a physician researcher and adjunct investigator with Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and helps leads the anesthesia specialty research within the organization. His research focuses on the impact of regional anesthesia and acute pain management on surgical outcomes. He also conducts health services and population health research, with a focus on how technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence can be used to improve perioperative care and patient outcomes.
	Speakers:
	Perioperative Optimization and AI-Supported Triage: Building a System for Safe Discharge in Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty Bradley Cohn, MD The Permanente Medical Group, San Francisco, CA Dr. Bradley Cohn is an Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Physician practicing at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California. His passion is providing exceptional care for patients and their families wherever they fall in the spectrum of health. His career has been dedicated to serving patients with a diverse array of medical needs. A champion of Perioperative Medicine, he finds great fulfillment in helping patients understand their individual surgical risks and optimizing their health to achieve the best possible outcomes. Dr. Cohn’s has a passion for health systems design and has had the privilege of working in an integrated healthcare system responsible for the wellbeing of approximately 5-million patients. As both the Chair for Perioperative Medicine and the Regional Medical Director for Operating Room Operations within his organization, it is his goal to provide timely access to surgical care for our entire population.
	Leadership Lessons in Coordinating Outpatient TJA Across Diverse Clinical Sites Mark S. Thoma, MD, FASA The Permanente Medical Group, San Francisco, CA Mark S. Thoma, MD, FASA is The Chair of Anesthesia at The Permanente Medical Group. With nearly two decades of experience in anesthesia, perioperative medicine, and leadership, Dr. Thoma leads interdisciplinary efforts across Kaiser Permanente – Northern California to integrate clinical practice, educational innovation, and health systems leadership to improve patient safety and care quality along with the evaluation and system sourcing of anesthesia technologies across the Kaiser Permanente nationally. He recently spearheaded TPMG’s anesthesia simulation program and supports system-wide initiatives focused on enhancing patient outcomes through data-driven quality measurement and operational protocol development. Dr. Thoma has presented at regional and national conferences and is active with both the American Society of Anesthesiologists serving on multiple committees and the California Society of Anesthesiologists where he is Chair of the Legislative and Professional Activities Division.
	Implementation Lessons from Southern California Kaiser Permanente for Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty Jennifer Noerenberg, MD Southern California Permanente Medical, San Francisco, CA

 

This session explores how an integrated health system implemented outpatient total joint arthroplasty across multiple hospitals in both Northern and Southern California. Speakers will share insights on anesthesia protocols, perioperative optimization, AI-driven risk stratification, and system-level strategies that enabled safe and scalable adoption. Attendees will gain practical tools and frameworks to support similar large-scale change in their own institutions.

Secure your spot!

Moderator:

Edward Yap, MD,
The Permanente Medical Group,
San Francisco, CA

Dr. Edward Yap is a practicing anesthesiologist and senior physician with The Permanente Medical Group. He is a physician researcher and adjunct investigator with Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and helps leads the anesthesia specialty research within the organization. His research focuses on the impact of regional anesthesia and acute pain management on surgical outcomes. He also conducts health services and population health research, with a focus on how technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence can be used to improve perioperative care and patient outcomes.

 

Speakers:

Perioperative Optimization and AI-Supported Triage: Building a System for Safe Discharge in Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty

Bradley Cohn, MD
The Permanente Medical Group,
San Francisco, CA

Dr. Bradley Cohn is an Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Physician practicing at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California. His passion is providing exceptional care for patients and their families wherever they fall in the spectrum of health.

His career has been dedicated to serving patients with a diverse array of medical needs. A champion of Perioperative Medicine, he finds great fulfillment in helping patients understand their individual surgical risks and optimizing their health to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Dr. Cohn’s has a passion for health systems design and has had the privilege of working in an integrated healthcare system responsible for the wellbeing of approximately 5-million patients. As both the Chair for Perioperative Medicine and the Regional Medical Director for Operating Room Operations within his organization, it is his goal to provide timely access to surgical care for our entire population.

 

Leadership Lessons in Coordinating Outpatient TJA Across Diverse Clinical Sites

Mark S. Thoma, MD, FASA
The Permanente Medical Group,
San Francisco, CA

Mark S. Thoma, MD, FASA is The Chair of Anesthesia at The Permanente Medical Group. With nearly two decades of experience in anesthesia, perioperative medicine, and leadership, Dr. Thoma leads interdisciplinary efforts across Kaiser Permanente – Northern California to integrate clinical practice, educational innovation, and health systems leadership to improve patient safety and care quality along with the evaluation and system sourcing of anesthesia technologies across the Kaiser Permanente nationally. He recently spearheaded TPMG’s anesthesia simulation program and supports system-wide initiatives focused on enhancing patient outcomes through data-driven quality measurement and operational protocol development.

Dr. Thoma has presented at regional and national conferences and is active with both the American Society of Anesthesiologists serving on multiple committees and the California Society of Anesthesiologists where he is Chair of the Legislative and Professional Activities Division.

 

Implementation Lessons from Southern California Kaiser Permanente for Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty

Jennifer Noerenberg, MD
Southern California Permanente Medical,
San Francisco, CA

This session highlights the latest advancements in perioperative mechanical ventilation, with a focus on strategies to reduce postoperative pulmonary complications across diverse surgical settings. Take advantage of this opportunity to deepen your understanding of how evolving ventilation techniques and novel key metrics can improve respiratory management and enhance patient outcomes in the perioperative period.

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	Moderator: Vanessa Moll, MD, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Vice Chair for Quality and Safety University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Dr. Vanessa Moll is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Vice Chair for Quality and Safety at the University of Minnesota. Her work focuses on improving perioperative outcomes. Dr. Moll is also internationally active in global health education and collaborative perioperative research networks.
	Speakers:
	Protective Ventilation with Flow-Controlled Ventilation Timur Yurttas, MD Anesthesiology, Member of the PROVE Network and the PROFLOW Series Department of Anesthesiology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland Dr. Timur Yurttas has research centers that optimize perioperative mechanical ventilation, with a particular focus on Flow-Controlled Ventilation (FCV), an innovative technique that allows precise control of inspiratory and expiratory flow. Through the Protective Ventilation with Flow-Controlled Ventilation (PROFLOW) Series (http://proflow-series.org), he leads investigation exploring the physiological and clinical benefits of FCV in the perioperative context. This work, recognized by the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESAIC) and the Protective Ventilation (PROVE) Network, aims to establish evidence-based ventilation strategies that can advance patient safety and perioperative care.
	Rethinking Perioperative Ventilation Efficiency, Mechanical Power and Dissipated Energy Julia Abram, MD Specialist in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria Dr. Julia Abram is a specialist in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at the Medical University of Innsbruck. Her research focuses on lung-protective ventilation strategies, aiming to individualise and optimise ventilation in the perioperative setting.
	Lung-protective Ventilation in the Obese – One Size Fits All Versus Individualized Approaches? Martin Scharffenberg, MD Anesthesiology Specialist, Clinician Scientist Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Pulmonary Engineering Group, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany Dr. Scharffenberg studied medicine at TUD Dresden University of Technology, graduating in 2016. Since 2017, he has served as an Anesthesiology Resident and Clinician Scientist in the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden. In 04/2025, he became a Board-Certified Specialist in Anesthesiology. His research focuses on translational and clinical studies in the field of mechanical ventilation and the mechanisms of ventilation-induced lung injury. Dr. Scharffenberg is a member of the Ethics Committee at TUD Dresden, Section Coordinator in the PROVE Network, and active in different international scientific societies.

 

This session highlights the latest advancements in perioperative mechanical ventilation, with a focus on strategies to reduce postoperative pulmonary complications across diverse surgical settings. Take advantage of this opportunity to deepen your understanding of how evolving ventilation techniques and novel key metrics can improve respiratory management and enhance patient outcomes in the perioperative period.

Secure your spot!

Moderator:

Vanessa Moll, MD, PhD,
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Vice Chair for Quality and Safety
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN

Dr. Vanessa Moll is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Vice Chair for Quality and Safety at the University of Minnesota. Her work focuses on improving perioperative outcomes. Dr. Moll is also internationally active in global health education and collaborative perioperative research networks.

 

Speakers:

Protective Ventilation with Flow-Controlled Ventilation

Timur Yurttas, MD
Anesthesiology, Member of the PROVE Network and the PROFLOW Series
Department of Anesthesiology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen,
Switzerland

Dr. Timur Yurttas has research centers that optimize perioperative mechanical ventilation, with a particular focus on Flow-Controlled Ventilation (FCV), an innovative technique that allows precise control of inspiratory and expiratory flow. Through the Protective Ventilation with Flow-Controlled Ventilation (PROFLOW) Series (http://proflow-series.org), he leads investigation exploring the physiological and clinical benefits of FCV in the perioperative context. This work, recognized by the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESAIC) and the Protective Ventilation (PROVE) Network, aims to establish evidence-based ventilation strategies that can advance patient safety and perioperative care.

 

Rethinking Perioperative Ventilation Efficiency, Mechanical Power and Dissipated Energy

Julia Abram, MD
Specialist in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Medical University of Innsbruck,
Austria

Dr. Julia Abram is a specialist in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at the Medical University of Innsbruck. Her research focuses on lung-protective ventilation strategies, aiming to individualise and optimise ventilation in the perioperative setting.

 

Lung-protective Ventilation in the Obese – One Size Fits All Versus Individualized Approaches?

Martin Scharffenberg, MD
Anesthesiology Specialist, Clinician Scientist
Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine,
Pulmonary Engineering Group,
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus,
TUD Dresden University of Technology,
Dresden, Germany

Dr. Scharffenberg studied medicine at TUD Dresden University of Technology, graduating in 2016. Since 2017, he has served as an Anesthesiology Resident and Clinician Scientist in the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden. In 04/2025, he became a Board-Certified Specialist in Anesthesiology. His research focuses on translational and clinical studies in the field of mechanical ventilation and the mechanisms of ventilation-induced lung injury. Dr. Scharffenberg is a member of the Ethics Committee at TUD Dresden, Section Coordinator in the PROVE Network, and active in different international scientific societies.

Continuous wireless vital sign monitoring with AI-augmented vital sign analysis may allow for early detection of complications and improve patient outcomes outside the OR, ICU and PACU. The session will present recent advances in sensor and alert algorithmic vital sign technologies. The talk will discuss the potential for monitoring at home and the role of anaesthesiologists in shaping the agenda.

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	Moderator: Emilie Siegvardt, MD, PhD Student Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark Dr. Emilie Siegvardt is a PhD student in anaesthesiology. Her research focuses on remote monitoring of vital signs in patients in their own homes, reflecting a broader interest in leveraging technology to enhance patient safety outside the hospital setting.
	Speakers:
	Postoperative- and Post-ICU Vital Sign Monitoring – The Status, Challenges and State of the Art Eske Aasvang, MD, PhD Professor Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark Dr. Aasvang is an Anaesthesiological professor at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Denmark’s main specialized hospital with 70,000 surgical procedures annually.
	Postoperative- and Post-ICU Vital Sign Monitoring at Home Christian Meyhoff, MD, PhD Clinical Professor, Head of Research Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark Professor Meyhoff is Chief Physician and Clinical Professor at Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital – Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark. He has since 2002 conducted clinical research to prevent postoperative cardiopulmonary complications. This has resulted in several high-impact publications and, most important, new benefits for high-risk patients. He founded the WARD-project (Wireless Assessment of Respiratory and circulatory Distress) about AI-based remote wireless monitoring of vital signs together with colleagues at Rigshospitalet and the Technical University of Denmark. The WARD Clinical Support System is now a fully implemented monitoring system of vital signs for in-hospital and hospital-at-home patients.
	Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring Outside the OR, PACU and ICU – Current Evidence Ashish Khanna, MD, MS, FASA, FCCM Professor and Vice Chair of Research Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC Dr. Ashish Khanna is professor of anesthesiology and vice-chair of research with the department of anesthesiology, division of critical care medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC. 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, RAAS dysfunction in critically ill patients and use of novel vasopressors in shock states in the ICU. Dr. Khanna has more than 200 peer reviewed papers, two dozen book chapters, editorials, invited non-peer reviewed articles, and has been invited to talk about this work at prestigious national and international forums. He serves on the leadership of the Society of Critical Care Medicine as a past chair of the Discovery research network and member of the SCCM council. He chairs the ASA committee on critical care medicine and is on the board of directors for the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) and the American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Medicine (ASER-PM). He has been awarded funding by FAER, NIH/NCATS KL2, NIH/NHLBI, Wake Forest intramural CTSI and several industry and foundation grants.

 

Continuous wireless vital sign monitoring with AI-augmented vital sign analysis may allow for early detection of complications and improve patient outcomes outside the OR, ICU and PACU. The session will present recent advances in sensor and alert algorithmic vital sign technologies. The talk will discuss the potential for monitoring at home and the role of anaesthesiologists in shaping the agenda.

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Moderator:

Emilie Siegvardt, MD,
PhD Student
Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen University,
Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr. Emilie Siegvardt is a PhD student in anaesthesiology. Her research focuses on remote monitoring of vital signs in patients in their own homes, reflecting a broader interest in leveraging technology to enhance patient safety outside the hospital setting.

 

 

Speakers:

Postoperative- and Post-ICU Vital Sign Monitoring – The Status, Challenges and State of the Art

Eske Aasvang, MD, PhD
Professor
Copenhagen University Hospital,
Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr. Aasvang is an Anaesthesiological professor at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Denmark’s main specialized hospital with 70,000 surgical procedures annually.

 

Postoperative- and Post-ICU Vital Sign Monitoring at Home

Christian Meyhoff, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor, Head of Research
Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen University,
Copenhagen, Denmark

Professor Meyhoff is Chief Physician and Clinical Professor at Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital – Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark.

He has since 2002 conducted clinical research to prevent postoperative cardiopulmonary complications. This has resulted in several high-impact publications and, most important, new benefits for high-risk patients. He founded the WARD-project (Wireless Assessment of Respiratory and circulatory Distress) about AI-based remote wireless monitoring of vital signs together with colleagues at Rigshospitalet and the Technical University of Denmark. The WARD Clinical Support System is now a fully implemented monitoring system of vital signs for in-hospital and hospital-at-home patients.

 

Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring Outside the OR, PACU and ICU – Current Evidence

Ashish Khanna, MD, MS, FASA, FCCM
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine,
Winston-Salem, NC

Dr. Ashish Khanna is professor of anesthesiology and vice-chair of research with the department of anesthesiology, division of critical care medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC.

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, RAAS dysfunction in critically ill patients and use of novel vasopressors in shock states in the ICU. Dr. Khanna has more than 200 peer reviewed papers, two dozen book chapters, editorials, invited non-peer reviewed articles, and has been invited to talk about this work at prestigious national and international forums. He serves on the leadership of the Society of Critical Care Medicine as a past chair of the Discovery research network and member of the SCCM council. He chairs the ASA committee on critical care medicine and is on the board of directors for the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) and the American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Medicine (ASER-PM). He has been awarded funding by FAER, NIH/NCATS KL2, NIH/NHLBI, Wake Forest intramural CTSI and several industry and foundation grants.

This session will compare global practices in the perioperative use of Methadone and Dexmedetomidine and to understand how clinicians in different countries and regions approach these agents. It aims to stimulate interactive discussion through real-world case scenarios and open sharing of practice variations and diverse perspectives; all grounded in current and emerging evidence. Participants will analyze real-world practice patterns and explore how evidence translates into clinical decision-making across varied healthcare settings. The session also seeks to inspire contributions to registries and research databases, fostering collaboration and future research in perioperative care.

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	Moderators:
	Kelly Jones, MBChB Eastern Health, Melbourne, Australia  Originally from the UK, Dr. Jones completed her Anaesthesia training in Australia and work as a Staff Specialist Anaesthetist within the Eastern Health network.
	Sarah Lee, FANZCA, MBBS/BMedSci Eastern Health, Melbourne, Australia Since obtaining her Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA) in 2021, she has worked as a staff anaesthetist and Supervisor of Training at Eastern Health, Victoria, Melbourne. Dr. Lee also holds a visiting medical officer position at the Royal Women’s Hospital, where she pursued her subspecialty interest in obstetric anaesthesia. She is deeply committed to medical education and mentoring. She currently serves as a Training Accreditation Visitation Officer for ANZCA and has recently taken on the role of Specialist International Medical Graduate (SIMG) Assessor. Dr. Lee aspires to become a Fellowship Examiner, as she believes these roles are meaningful ways to contribute to her profession and to support the development of future specialists. Beyond clinical and educational roles, she is the founder of ADVANCE (Anaesthesia Discussion, Views, and Contemporary Evidence) — a multidisciplinary educational platform dedicated to consultant-level learning. ADVANCE is designed to compare practices among clinicians across diverse anaesthesia topics, allowing anaesthetists to reflect on how their practice aligns with both peer trends and evidence-based literature. Currently focused on Australian practice patterns, the platform aims to expand internationally, enabling valuable comparisons of practice variations between countries and fostering global collaboration and learning.
	Speakers:
	Methadone in Focus: Pharmacology, Controversy and Clinical Practice Harsh Dubey, MBBS Epworth Health, Richmond, Australia Dr. Harsh Dubey is a junior attending (consultant) anaeathetist from Melbourne with a subspecialty interest in ENT/thoracic/paediatric and cardiac anaesthesia. He is passionate about education and has been a long standing member/collaborator with the advance platform. He spends the majority of his time in private practice or teaching!
	Dexmedetomidine: Balancing Sedation, Analgesia and Recovery  Stuart Watson, MBBS, B.Med.Sc, FANZCA Eastern Health, Melbourne, Australia Dr. Stuart Watson is an anaesthetist practising in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was a member of the last cohort of undergraduate medical students at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 2013. He worked as a junior doctor in a number of specialty areas at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne before commencing training in anaesthesia. Stuart received his formal anaesthesia qualification in 2023, after a five-year training programme including 6 months at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and a fellowship in Cardiac Anaesthesia at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. During his final year, he was appointed Chief Anaesthesia Registrar and was nominated for the St Vincent’s Registrar of the Year Award. Stuart is now employed as a Staff Anaesthetist at Eastern Health where he is heavily involved in trainee education. He is also accredited at a range of private hospitals in metropolitan Melbourne. He is a fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA) and a member of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA). His anaesthesia practice is broad and includes adult, obstetric and paediatric anaesthesia. He is skilled in neuraxial anaesthesia (spinal/epidural) and regional anaesthesia (nerve blocks). His special interests include primary examination teaching and point-of-care diagnostic ultrasound.
	John Webster, Trainee, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Victoria
	Professor Evan Kharasch, MD, PhD, Merel H. Harmel Professor of Anaesthesiology and Vice Chair for Innovation, Department of Anaesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC Dr. Kharasch is a clinician and active basic, translational and clinical investigator. Current focus is on reducing pain and improving patient recovery trajectories after surgery, pharmacology of opioids and opioid use disorder treatment, evidence-based patient-centered approaches to perioperative pain and medication for opioid use disorder, rational opioid use, reducing opioid-related harms, and evidence-based opioid policy. His research has led to more rational drug use, greater patient safety, and improved regulation. He a leading international expert on perioperative pharmacology and use of long-duration opioids. He has more than three decades of federal research support, and authored more than 330 peer reviewed publications, numerous book chapters, and is the editor of two major textbooks on anesthetic pharmacology. He is the immediate past Editor-in-Chief of Anesthesiology. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
	Professor Stephanie Pan, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA Stephanie Pan, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a pediatric and regional anesthesiologist at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. She is the Associate Clinical Director for the pediatric anesthesiology division at Stanford. She is a Local Mentor for the ASA Diagnostic POCUS Certificate Program and recipient of the ASRA Early-Stage Investigator Grant. Her clinical interests include methadone, pediatric regional anesthesia, pediatric POCUS, and pediatric orthopedic spine surgeries.
	Professor James Xie, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA Dr. James Xie is a board certified pediatrician, pediatric anesthesiologist, and clinical informaticist at Stanford University School of Medicine. His goal is to improve patient care and promote health equity with health information technologies. Currently he serves as a clinical informaticist and Epic physician builder at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. He holds additional appointments in the Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology and Maternal Health and Division of Clinical Informatics. Dr. Xie studied computer science and medicine at Stanford University, followed by a combined residency in general pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center and anesthesiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After residency, he completed a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Stanford Children’s Health where he subsequently joined the faculty.
	Professor Thomas Anthony Anderson, MD, PhD, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Dr. T. Anthony Anderson was born and raised in California. He received a B.A. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.D. from the University of Michigan, anesthesia residency training at the University of California, San Francisco, and pediatric anesthesia fellowship training at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Anderson is an associate editor for: Anesthesia & Analgesia and Anesthesiology. His major research focuses are 1) the use of focused ultrasound for peripheral nerve neuromodulation and 2) pediatric perioperative outcomes.

 

This session will compare global practices in the perioperative use of Methadone and Dexmedetomidine and to understand how clinicians in different countries and regions approach these agents. It aims to stimulate interactive discussion through real-world case scenarios and open sharing of practice variations and diverse perspectives; all grounded in current and emerging evidence. Participants will analyze real-world practice patterns and explore how evidence translates into clinical decision-making across varied healthcare settings. The session also seeks to inspire contributions to registries and research databases, fostering collaboration and future research in perioperative care.

Secure your spot!

Moderators:

Kelly Jones, MBChB
Eastern Health,
Melbourne, Australia 

Originally from the UK, Dr. Jones completed her Anaesthesia training in Australia and work as a Staff Specialist Anaesthetist within the Eastern Health network. 

 

 

Sarah Lee, FANZCA, MBBS/BMedSci
Eastern Health,
Melbourne, Australia

Since obtaining her Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA) in 2021, she has worked as a staff anaesthetist and Supervisor of Training at Eastern Health, Victoria, Melbourne. Dr. Lee also holds a visiting medical officer position at the Royal Women’s Hospital, where she pursued her subspecialty interest in obstetric anaesthesia.

She is deeply committed to medical education and mentoring. She currently serves as a Training Accreditation Visitation Officer for ANZCA and has recently taken on the role of Specialist International Medical Graduate (SIMG) Assessor. Dr. Lee aspires to become a Fellowship Examiner, as she believes these roles are meaningful ways to contribute to her profession and to support the development of future specialists. Beyond clinical and educational roles, she is the founder of ADVANCE (Anaesthesia Discussion, Views, and Contemporary Evidence) — a multidisciplinary educational platform dedicated to consultant-level learning. ADVANCE is designed to compare practices among clinicians across diverse anaesthesia topics, allowing anaesthetists to reflect on how their practice aligns with both peer trends and evidence-based literature. Currently focused on Australian practice patterns, the platform aims to expand internationally, enabling valuable comparisons of practice variations between countries and fostering global collaboration and learning.

 

Speakers:

Methadone in Focus: Pharmacology, Controversy and Clinical Practice

Harsh Dubey, MBBS
Epworth Health,
Richmond, Australia

Dr. Harsh Dubey is a junior attending (consultant) anaeathetist from Melbourne with a subspecialty interest in ENT/thoracic/paediatric and cardiac anaesthesia. He is passionate about education and has been a long standing member/collaborator with the advance platform. He spends the majority of his time in private practice or teaching!

 

Dexmedetomidine: Balancing Sedation, Analgesia and Recovery 

Stuart Watson, MBBS, B.Med.Sc, FANZCA
Eastern Health,
Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Stuart Watson is an anaesthetist practising in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was a member of the last cohort of undergraduate medical students at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 2013. He worked as a junior doctor in a number of specialty areas at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne before commencing training in anaesthesia. Stuart received his formal anaesthesia qualification in 2023, after a five-year training programme including 6 months at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and a fellowship in Cardiac Anaesthesia at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. During his final year, he was appointed Chief Anaesthesia Registrar and was nominated for the St Vincent’s Registrar of the Year Award.

Stuart is now employed as a Staff Anaesthetist at Eastern Health where he is heavily involved in trainee education. He is also accredited at a range of private hospitals in metropolitan Melbourne. He is a fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA) and a member of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA). His anaesthesia practice is broad and includes adult, obstetric and paediatric anaesthesia. He is skilled in neuraxial anaesthesia (spinal/epidural) and regional anaesthesia (nerve blocks). His special interests include primary examination teaching and point-of-care diagnostic ultrasound.

 

John Webster,
Trainee,
Eastern Health,
Melbourne, Victoria

 

Professor Evan Kharasch, MD, PhD,
Merel H. Harmel Professor of Anaesthesiology and Vice Chair for Innovation, Department of Anaesthesiology,
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Dr. Kharasch is a clinician and active basic, translational and clinical investigator. Current focus is on reducing pain and improving patient recovery trajectories after surgery, pharmacology of opioids and opioid use disorder treatment, evidence-based patient-centered approaches to perioperative pain and medication for opioid use disorder, rational opioid use, reducing opioid-related harms, and evidence-based opioid policy. His research has led to more rational drug use, greater patient safety, and improved regulation. He a leading international expert on perioperative pharmacology and use of long-duration opioids. He has more than three decades of federal research support, and authored more than 330 peer reviewed publications, numerous book chapters, and is the editor of two major textbooks on anesthetic pharmacology. He is the immediate past Editor-in-Chief of Anesthesiology. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.

 

Professor Stephanie Pan, MD,
Clinical Associate Professor,
Stanford University School of Medicine,
Stanford, CA

Stephanie Pan, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a pediatric and regional anesthesiologist at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. She is the Associate Clinical Director for the pediatric anesthesiology division at Stanford. She is a Local Mentor for the ASA Diagnostic POCUS Certificate Program and recipient of the ASRA Early-Stage Investigator Grant. Her clinical interests include methadone, pediatric regional anesthesia, pediatric POCUS, and pediatric orthopedic spine surgeries.

 

Professor James Xie, MD,
Clinical Associate Professor,
Stanford University School of Medicine,
Stanford, CA

Dr. James Xie is a board certified pediatrician, pediatric anesthesiologist, and clinical informaticist at Stanford University School of Medicine. His goal is to improve patient care and promote health equity with health information technologies. Currently he serves as a clinical informaticist and Epic physician builder at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. He holds additional appointments in the Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology and Maternal Health and Division of Clinical Informatics.

Dr. Xie studied computer science and medicine at Stanford University, followed by a combined residency in general pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center and anesthesiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After residency, he completed a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Stanford Children’s Health where he subsequently joined the faculty.

 

Professor Thomas Anthony Anderson, MD, PhD,
Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine,
Stanford University,
Stanford, CA

Dr. T. Anthony Anderson was born and raised in California. He received a B.A. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.D. from the University of Michigan, anesthesia residency training at the University of California, San Francisco, and pediatric anesthesia fellowship training at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Anderson is an associate editor for: Anesthesia & Analgesia and Anesthesiology. His major research focuses are 1) the use of focused ultrasound for peripheral nerve neuromodulation and 2) pediatric perioperative outcomes.

This session describes state-of-the-art research to identify at risk patients based on novel biomarkers, as well as the long-term sequelae of these adverse cognitive events. The presentations will include a practical approach to intraoperative raw EEG data interpretation to individualize anesthetic depth for older adults.

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	Moderator:
	Roman Schumann, MD, FASA, Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery (sec) Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA Dr. Schumann is a Professor of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and a Professor of Surgery (secondary) at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, MA, USA. He is currently the Associate Chief for Research and Development in the Department of Anesthesiology at the VA Boston Healthcare System. His professional interests have concentrated in the areas of liver transplantation, the care of the patient with obesity and more recently brain anesthetic effect monitoring and protection particularly for older adults.
	Speakers:
	Perioperative Delirium and Neurocognitive Disorders and Their Long-Term Sequelae for Patients  Meredith Miller, MD, PhD Instructor VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA Dr. Meredith Miller is an anesthesiologist and intensivist at VA Boston Healthcare System. She has been employed at the VA taking care of veterans since 2017. She completed residency at Duke University Medical Center and a critical care fellowship at MGH. Prior to residency, she completed a Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD) at the University of Pennsylvania in Pharmacology. Her current interests include longitudinal outcomes of veterans after critical illness and improving QI initiatives at the VA.
	Predicting Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders/Delirium and the Use of Biomarkers Miles Berger, MD, PhD Professor Stanford University, Stanford, CA Miles Berger, MD, PhD is a neuro-anesthesiologist and translational human neuroscientist. Clinically, he cares for patients undergoing brain and spine surgery and has an interest in optimizing anesthesia care (and postoperative cognitive outcomes) for older surgical patients. His research team studies mechanisms of perioperative neurocognitive disorders (such as delirium) in older adults, the relationship between anesthetic brain sensitivity (as measured by EEG) and preclinical/prodromal age-related changes in brain structure and function, and mechanisms by which the APOE4 allele leads to increased Alzheimer’s Disease risk and neurocognitive decline. Together with collaborators, they use a multi-disciplinary approach combining molecular/cellular assays (including ELISAs, proteomics, metabolomics, and flow cytometry) on pre- and post-operative CSF and plasma samples from older surgical patients, functional and structural MRI neuroimaging, pre- and intra-operative EEG recordings, genetics (and epigenetics), and pre and postoperative delirium screening and cognitive testing. Overall, their hope is that the combination of these different methods will allow them to obtain insights into the mechanisms of perioperative neurocognitive disorders that could not be obtained by any single method alone.
	Intraoperative EEG Patterns and Spectral Monitoring – Practical Considerations and Outcomes Houman Amirfarzan, MD Assistant Professor VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA Dr. Houman Amirfarzan is the Chief of Surgical Critical Care at the Boston VA HealthCare System. He is also president of the American Veterans Affairs Anesthesiologist. He is an internist, anesthesiologist, and intensivist. His past research focused on sedation/delirium in the ICU and multiple pharmacological trials. He has a particular interest in computer programming, coding, notably with Angular platform, firebase, to develop mobile and desktop apps to streamline anesthesia care and educate residents and fellows. He is also the founder and the CEO of Human Anesthesia LLC, a company with a focus on Anesthesiology education.

 

This session describes state-of-the-art research to identify at risk patients based on novel biomarkers, as well as the long-term sequelae of these adverse cognitive events. The presentations will include a practical approach to intraoperative raw EEG data interpretation to individualize anesthetic depth for older adults.

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Moderator:

Roman Schumann, MD, FASA,
Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery (sec)
Tufts University School of Medicine,
Tufts Medical Center,
Boston, MA

Dr. Schumann is a Professor of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and a Professor of Surgery (secondary) at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, MA, USA. He is currently the Associate Chief for Research and Development in the Department of Anesthesiology at the VA Boston Healthcare System. His professional interests have concentrated in the areas of liver transplantation, the care of the patient with obesity and more recently brain anesthetic effect monitoring and protection particularly for older adults.

Speakers:

Perioperative Delirium and Neurocognitive Disorders and Their Long-Term Sequelae for Patients 

Meredith Miller, MD, PhD
Instructor
VA Boston Healthcare System,
Boston, MA

Dr. Meredith Miller is an anesthesiologist and intensivist at VA Boston Healthcare System. She has been employed at the VA taking care of veterans since 2017. She completed residency at Duke University Medical Center and a critical care fellowship at MGH. Prior to residency, she completed a Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD) at the University of Pennsylvania in Pharmacology. Her current interests include longitudinal outcomes of veterans after critical illness and improving QI initiatives at the VA.

 

Predicting Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders/Delirium and the Use of Biomarkers

Miles Berger, MD, PhD
Professor
Stanford University,
Stanford, CA

Miles Berger, MD, PhD is a neuro-anesthesiologist and translational human neuroscientist. Clinically, he cares for patients undergoing brain and spine surgery and has an interest in optimizing anesthesia care (and postoperative cognitive outcomes) for older surgical patients.

His research team studies mechanisms of perioperative neurocognitive disorders (such as delirium) in older adults, the relationship between anesthetic brain sensitivity (as measured by EEG) and preclinical/prodromal age-related changes in brain structure and function, and mechanisms by which the APOE4 allele leads to increased Alzheimer’s Disease risk and neurocognitive decline. Together with collaborators, they use a multi-disciplinary approach combining molecular/cellular assays (including ELISAs, proteomics, metabolomics, and flow cytometry) on pre- and post-operative CSF and plasma samples from older surgical patients, functional and structural MRI neuroimaging, pre- and intra-operative EEG recordings, genetics (and epigenetics), and pre and postoperative delirium screening and cognitive testing. Overall, their hope is that the combination of these different methods will allow them to obtain insights into the mechanisms of perioperative neurocognitive disorders that could not be obtained by any single method alone.

 

Intraoperative EEG Patterns and Spectral Monitoring – Practical Considerations and Outcomes

Houman Amirfarzan, MD
Assistant Professor
VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA

Dr. Houman Amirfarzan is the Chief of Surgical Critical Care at the Boston VA HealthCare System. He is also president of the American Veterans Affairs Anesthesiologist. He is an internist, anesthesiologist, and intensivist. His past research focused on sedation/delirium in the ICU and multiple pharmacological trials. He has a particular interest in computer programming, coding, notably with Angular platform, firebase, to develop mobile and desktop apps to streamline anesthesia care and educate residents and fellows. He is also the founder and the CEO of Human Anesthesia LLC, a company with a focus on Anesthesiology education.

 

Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM) and associated technologies such as automated intravenous or subcutaneous insulin delivery systems are becoming increasingly common in both outpatient and inpatient healthcare.  Anesthesiologists and intensivists are therefore increasingly likely to encounter such technologies – whether continued from the outpatient setting or initiated during inpatient care.  This session will provide a framework for understanding how the technologies work, when and how the technologies should be employed for intraoperative or critical care management of patients, and give examples of how various institutions are already implementing these technologies in the operating room and ICU.

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	Moderator:
	William Rogers, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesia & Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Dr. William Rogers is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Minnesota.  He is also the co- or first-author of multiple research and review articles on peri-operative glucose management in anesthesia, and co-leader of large-scale QI projects to improve perioperative glucose management at two large academic health systems.
	Speakers:
	Perioperative Management of Insulin Pumps, CGMs, and Automated Insulin Delivery Systems Troy Wildes, MD Vice Chair of Perioperative Medicine, Quality and Safety; Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE Dr. Troy Wildes is Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair of Perioperative Medicine, Quality, and Safety at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He has extensive experience in perioperative medicine and has collaborated on developing and implementing diabetes management protocols and accompanying EHR-based innovations across multiple institutions. His work focuses on implementing data analytics and clinical decision-support systems to enhance perioperative safety, efficiency, and outcomes.
	An Overview of Current CGM Use Feasibility, Safety and Accuracy Barbora Hagerf, MD, PhD, First Faculty of Medicine, Diabetes Centre, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic Dr. Barbora Hagerf completed her Diabetes and Endocrinology Specialist Training in 2015- 2021 and serves as an attending physician at the department of diabetes from 2021-2024. She is the Deputy Chief Physician of the Diabetes Hospital Ward and Chief Physician of Intermediate Care Unit (since 2024) at Diabetes Centre, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague. Dr. Hagerf’s research interests and experience include diabetes complications, pancreas and islet transplantation technology in diabetes, and continuous glucose monitoring in intensive care. She defended her PhD thesis in February 2025, Microvascular Complications of Type 1 Diabetes in Patients Treated with Pancreas or Islet Transplantation. Since 2024, she has been a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology.
	Clinical impact of CGM in intensive care Marek Protus, MD, PhD Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Transplantation Centre, Department of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care Prague, Czech Republic Marek Protus, MD, PhD, is an anesthesiologist at the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM) in Prague, Czech Republic, working at the inpatient clinic of the Department of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation, and Intensive Care. His clinical and research interests focus on technologies in intensive care and the management of sepsis in immunosuppressed patients. Dr. Protus has been actively involved in national projects evaluating advanced glucose monitoring in the perioperative period and after transplantation. He is a member of the Czech Society of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care. Dr. Protus is engaged in implementing innovative approaches to optimize glucose management during surgery and in intensive care.

 

Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM) and associated technologies such as automated intravenous or subcutaneous insulin delivery systems are becoming increasingly common in both outpatient and inpatient healthcare.  Anesthesiologists and intensivists are therefore increasingly likely to encounter such technologies – whether continued from the outpatient setting or initiated during inpatient care.  This session will provide a framework for understanding how the technologies work, when and how the technologies should be employed for intraoperative or critical care management of patients, and give examples of how various institutions are already implementing these technologies in the operating room and ICU.

Secure your spot!

Moderator:

William Rogers, MD,
Associate Professor of Anesthesia & Critical Care,
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN

Dr. William Rogers is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Minnesota.  He is also the co- or first-author of multiple research and review articles on peri-operative glucose management in anesthesia, and co-leader of large-scale QI projects to improve perioperative glucose management at two large academic health systems.

 

Speakers:

Perioperative Management of Insulin Pumps, CGMs, and Automated Insulin Delivery Systems

Troy Wildes, MD
Vice Chair of Perioperative Medicine, Quality and Safety; Professor of Anesthesiology,
University of Nebraska Medical Center,
Omaha, NE

Dr. Troy Wildes is Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair of Perioperative Medicine, Quality, and Safety at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He has extensive experience in perioperative medicine and has collaborated on developing and implementing diabetes management protocols and accompanying EHR-based innovations across multiple institutions. His work focuses on implementing data analytics and clinical decision-support systems to enhance perioperative safety, efficiency, and outcomes.

 

An Overview of Current CGM Use Feasibility, Safety and Accuracy

Barbora Hagerf, MD, PhD,
First Faculty of Medicine,
Diabetes Centre, IKEM,
Prague, Czech Republic

Dr. Barbora Hagerf completed her Diabetes and Endocrinology Specialist Training in 2015- 2021 and serves as an attending physician at the department of diabetes from 2021-2024. She is the Deputy Chief Physician of the Diabetes Hospital Ward and Chief Physician of Intermediate Care Unit (since 2024) at Diabetes Centre, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague.

Dr. Hagerf’s research interests and experience include diabetes complications, pancreas and islet transplantation technology in diabetes, and continuous glucose monitoring in intensive care.

She defended her PhD thesis in February 2025, Microvascular Complications of Type 1 Diabetes in Patients Treated with Pancreas or Islet Transplantation.

Since 2024, she has been a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology.

 

Clinical impact of CGM in intensive care

Marek Protus, MD, PhD
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Transplantation Centre, Department of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care
Prague, Czech Republic

Marek Protus, MD, PhD, is an anesthesiologist at the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM) in Prague, Czech Republic, working at the inpatient clinic of the Department of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation, and Intensive Care.

His clinical and research interests focus on technologies in intensive care and the management of sepsis in immunosuppressed patients. Dr. Protus has been actively involved in national projects evaluating advanced glucose monitoring in the perioperative period and after transplantation. He is a member of the Czech Society of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care.

Dr. Protus is engaged in implementing innovative approaches to optimize glucose management during surgery and in intensive care.

Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM ET
Breathing Easy – From Difficult Airway to Every Airway – Improving Safety of Airway Management in Pediatric Anesthesia

Moderator: Mary Lyn Stein, MD, Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Speakers: Annery Garcia-Marcinkiewicz, MD, MSCE, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Lina Sarimento, MD, MSc, Pediatric Anesthesiologist, National Institute of Pediatrics (Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico; Vinicius Quintao, MD, MSc, PhD, Attending Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Assistant Professor, Faculdade de medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Unveiling the Past, Embracing the Present, Shaping the Future of Transplant Anesthesia, Co – Sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia

Moderator: Gebhard Wagener, MD, Anesthesiologist, Intensivist and Clinical Researcher, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY

Speakers: Lorenzo De Marchi, MD, FASE, Director of Transplant and Thoracic Anesthesia, Georgetown Medical Center, Washington, DC; Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA, Tenured Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Ryan M. Chadha, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology of Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL

Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Vasoplegia: Facts, Fable, Future

Moderator: Nikolaos Skubas, MD, Chair of CT Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic, Professor of Anesthesiology, Case Western, Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Speakers: Luai Zakaria, MD, Staff Cardiologist and Intensivist, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Matthew A. Levin, MD, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Cardiac Anesthesiologist, Associate Vice Chair of Research and Director of Research Informatics for the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine, and Medical Director of the Clinical Data Science Team, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY

Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
Women in Medicine Month Spotlight Webinar | Women in Physician Scientist and Clinical Leadership Roles in Anesthesiology and Critical Care: Pathways, Barriers and the Role of Sponsorship, Co-Sponsored by Early-Stage Anesthesiology Scholars (eSAS)

Moderator: Sylvia Ranjeva, MD, PhD, Critical Care Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Speakers: Rebecca Minehart, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Vice Chair, Faculty Development; Division Chief, Obstetric Anesthesia, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI; Beverley Orser, OOnt, MD, PhD, FRSC, FRCPC, FCAHS, Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto; Anesthesiologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Kimberly Rengel, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Katarina Ruscic, MD, PhD, Director of Anesthesia for Plastic, Reconstructive and Breast Oncology Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Precision Medical Education in Anesthesia: Harnessing Data to Advance Learning in the Digital Era

Moderator: Glenn Woodworth, MD, Professor and Director of Education Scholarship, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health Science University, Portland, OR

Presenters: McKenzie Hollon, MD, FASE, Vice Chair for Education and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Sumeet Gopwani, MD, Director of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Director of Pediatric Transplant Anesthesia, and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; Gregory J. Booth, MD, Lieutenant Commander, Navy; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; and Staff Anesthesiologist, Program Director, Anesthesiology Program and Vice Chair, Institutional Review Board, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Bethesda, MD; Khaled Kittana, MD, PGY-1 Anesthesiology Resident, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Mitigate Opioid Risk

Moderator: Rodney A. Gabriel, MD, MAS, Chief of the Division of Regional Anesthesia, Clinical Director of Anesthesiology, Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion Surgery Center, and Vice Chair of Perioperative Informatics, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Associate Adjunct Professor in Biomedical Informatics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA

Presenters: Sesh Mudumbai, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University; Staff Anesthesiologist at the VA Palo Alto HCS, Stanford, CA; Ariana M. Nelson, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology in the Division of Pain Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; Rodney A. Gabriel, MD, MAS, Chief of the Division of Regional Anesthesia, Clinical Director of Anesthesiology, Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion Surgery Center, and Vice Chair of Perioperative Informatics, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Associate Adjunct Professor in Biomedical Informatics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA

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

Moderator: Matthias Riess, MD, PhD, FASA, TVHS, Staff Anesthesiologist and Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Presenters: Basil Kahwash, MD, MMHC, Allergist/Immunologist, Ohio ENT & Allergy Physicians, Columbus, OH; Maziar Nourian, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Kara Siegrist, MD, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Medical Director Electrophysiology and Cardiac Catheterization Lab Anesthesia, and Medical Director Liver Transplant Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

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

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

Presenters: Vidya T. Raman, MD, MBA, Professor, Clinical in the Department of Anesthesia at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Linda J. Mason, MD, FASA, FCAI, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, and Director of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, Loma Linda, CA; Kelly McQueen, MD, MPH, FASA, Ralph M Waters Distinguished Chair in Anesthesiology and Chair and Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

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

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

Presenters: Lynn Kohan, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Division Chief and Chronic Pain Program Director, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; 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; Eugene R. Viscusi, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, and Vice Chair of the Division of Pain Management, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

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