The IARS is committed to advancing the field of anesthesiology through a number of research and educational initiatives that benefit not only practicing anesthesiologists but also patients of all ages. We strive to provide you with the latest news through several education newsletters as well as the important updates on this page.
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Classifying High-Risk Patients for Persistent Opioid Use After Major Spine Surgery: A Machine-Learning Approach
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
This month’s issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia contains three articles on persistent postoperative opioid use. One article is a population-based study in New Zealand, a country with a single universal healthcare system. In opioid-naive patients, the researchers identified the risk factors and noted that the choice of analgesic may decrease persistent opioid use (e.g., nonopioid analgesics). The second article investigates the use of machine learning in identifying high-risk patients for persistent opioid use after major spine surgery, and identifies the model that had the best fit in identifying the risk factors. The accompanying editorial nicely weaves the two articles together and notes the issues associated with implementation of machine learning in physicians’ workflow. The third study is a systematic review and metaanalysis on the effects of regional anesthesia on persistent postoperative opioid use. The reviewers conclude that regional anesthesia reduced persistent opioid use and decreased chronic postsurgical pain for up to 6 months. The cover art illustrates the dilemma of patients who take analgesics after surgery: relieving their pain without progressing into persistent opioid use.
Persistent Opioid Use After Hospital Admission From Surgery in New Zealand: A Population-Based Study
Anesthesia & Analgesia Editorial Fellowship – Call for Applicants Now Open!
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Anesthesia & Analgesia is now accepting applications for its inaugural cohort of Editorial Fellows. During this 12-month opportunity, Editorial Fellows will join our journal team to acquire skills, gain experience, and receive behind-the-scenes insights into every aspect of journal editorial work. Please review the Call for Applicants for more details on the fellowship and the application process. The application deadline is November 1, 2024.
Building Global Connections at the All Africa Anaesthesia Congress 2024, held in Johannesburg, South Africa from September 16-20, 2024
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
From left to right: Dr. Faye Evans, Assistant Editor Global Health Section, A&A; Boston, USA; Dr. Elizabeth Igaga, Global Health Equity Associate Editor for OpenAnesthesia, Uganda; Dr. Mary Nabukenya, President, Association of Anesthesiologists of Uganda; Dr. Jannicke Mellin-Olsen, Former President of WFSA, Norway; Dr. Angela Enright, Section Editor Global Health, A&A, Canada; Ms. Kristine Stave, CEO WFSA, UK; Dr. Karima Khalid, Anesthesiologist, Tanzania
The IARS and Anesthesia & Analgesia were represented by Angela Enright, Section Editor of Global Health. She informed the delegates of new international initiatives from IARS and A&A. These include:
- The upcoming Global Scholars Award. This will be a new mentored research award for $50,000 US, designed to foster innovation, creativity and capacity building in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is aimed at early-career investigators.
- A new International Travel Grant to enable colleagues from LMICs to present their abstracts at the IARS Annual Meeting in Honolulu in 2025.
- Discounted membership fees for LMIC colleagues. This also includes free membership to IARS for trainees all over the world.
- Anesthesia & Analgesia new Editorial Fellowships. These will provide a 12-month opportunity to work with the journal team to gain experience in all aspects of editorial work.
- Workshop on Basic Peer Reviewing which was very well received.
A great deal of interest in IARS and A&A was generated by these efforts. Many expressed their thanks to both the Journal and the Society for the efforts to support anesthesia in less well-resourced regions of the world. We hope to continue to build from these efforts.
Anesthesia & Analgesia-Led Peer Reviewing Workshops Available
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Anesthesia & Analgesia will offer several peer reviewer workshops during the upcoming 2025 Annual Meeting, presented by IARS and SOCCA, March 20-23, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The journal is also working with its editors and affiliated societies to expand these workshops at various national and international meetings, including at the recent All Africa Anaesthesia Congress (September 16-20 in Johannesburg, South Africa) and the Colombian Society for Anesthesia Meeting (August 28-30, 2025 in Medellin, Colombia). Email [email protected] for workshop inquiries.
October 2024 A&A Video Summary: Featured Articles
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
View this video summary covering three featured articles from the October 2024 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Apply to Attend the IARS-Sponsored Gordon Research Conference on Interdisciplinary Insights into Altered States of Consciousness Across Species
Application Deadline: December 29, 2024
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Take part in advancing the scientific understanding of consciousness, anesthesia and evolutionary biology by participating in this unique IARS-sponsored Gordon Research Conference: Interdisciplinary Insights into Altered States of Consciousness Across Species, January 26-31, 2025, in Lucca, Italy. This premier, international scientific conference occurs over five days in a remote location to allow ample time to focus on high-quality scientific interactions and build future collaborations and friendships between scientists at all career stages. Applications for this meeting must be submitted by December 29, 2024. Apply early before the participant spots are filled!
Conference Chair Ken Solt, MD, from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, reflected on the significance of this leading-edge conference for advancing this area of study. “Understanding the neuroscientific underpinnings of consciousness has broad implications for human health, including the treatment of disorders of consciousness due to brain injury, sleep disorders, perioperative neurocognitive disorders, and neuropsychiatric disorders. These topics are studied by investigators in diverse fields including neurology, anesthesiology, psychiatry, sleep medicine, and evolutionary biology, who may not be familiar with each other’s work,” Dr. Solt revealed. “This Gordon Research Conference (GRC) will bring together experts from around the world to discuss recent findings that will advance the development of novel strategies to treat these complex clinical problems.”
View additional details and apply for this conference.
Frontiers in Anesthesia Research Award Concludes as IARS Develops New Funding for Global Anesthesia Research
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
After nearly 30 years, 12 award cycles and $7,000,000 in funding, the IARS Frontiers in Anesthesia Research Award (FARA) is concluding. FARA fostered innovation, creativity and scientific excellence for exceptional mid-career physician scientists. These individual investigators progressed to leadership roles tackling questions related to groundbreaking, innovative research such as Nociceptive Ion Channel TRPM3, Stretch-Inactivated Channels in Pain Transduction, Anesthetic Protection in Human Myocardium, Endothelial Inflammatory Pathways in Septic Vasculopathy, and much more.
Distinguished researchers were funded, careers were enhanced and extraordinary scientific outcomes resulted and continue to be ongoing. IARS is truly grateful to have had a role in the scientific advancement of these research endeavors, which were directly in line with our mission to generate and disseminate transformative breakthroughs in anesthesiology and perioperative medicine while supporting scientists worldwide.
Also in line with this mission, IARS has decided to shift a portion of its funding to focus on global anesthesia research endeavors, with a particular emphasis on low- and middle-income countries. With the creation of the Global Scholars Award and the IARS International Outreach Travel Grant, IARS is making robust inroads—building synergistic, global networks that will champion the power of academic research to drive medical advances and improve patient care. Through these new funding mechanisms, IARS aims to assist researchers from under-resourced countries to overcome financial barriers and fulfill their academic and leadership potential.
Apply Now for the IARS International Outreach Travel Grant for Abstract Presenters
Submission Deadline: November 3, 2024
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Travel grant awards are now available ranging from $1,000 and up to $5,000 for abstract presenters to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting, presented by IARS and SOCCA, March 20-23, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The IARS International Outreach Travel Grant supports scientists globally and will grow the richness and diversity of background, location and expertise at the IARS Annual Meeting. These IARS travel grants are designed specifically for individuals located in low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income countries who are involved in research related to anesthesia. The IARS travel grants aim to make it possible for individuals, who would not otherwise be able to participate in the meeting, to access the wider global anesthesiology community through meaningful engagement at our leading-edge annual meeting.
DEADLINES:
November 3, 2024: Travel grant submissions due, 11:59 pm EST.
January 2025: Travel grant applicants receive submission status notification.
View full details of the grant and apply.
Apply now to access this vital opportunity!
Submit Your Abstracts Now for the 2025 Annual Meeting, Presented by IARS and SOCCA!
Submission Deadline: November 3, 2024
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Share your original research by November 3, 2024 for a chance to present to your peers and thought leaders in anesthesiology at the 2025 Annual Meeting, March 20-23, 2025, in Honolulu, Hawaii! Don’t miss this valuable opportunity!
Review the complete submission guidelines when preparing your abstract. Abstract submitters will receive notifications on the status of their submissions in December 2024.
Act Now! Share Your Original Research
2020 IARS Mentored Research Award Recipient Interview: Dr. Michael Bokoch
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Michael Bokoch, MD, PhD
Study: Endothelial Activation by Liver Reperfusion Injury in Transplantation
During his fellowship, Michael Bokoch, MD, PhD, became intrigued by the high incidence of acute kidney injury after liver transplantation and the impact it has on a patient’s recovery. Motivated to discover the answer to this puzzle, he was given an opportunity to start a clinical trial in this area by one of his mentors, Dr. Claus Niemann. This was just the first step on his journey to understand the mechanisms by which liver ischemia-reperfusion leads to injury or failure of other nonhepatic organs, and the role of the vascular endothelium in this process. In 2020, he was recognized for his work on this important topic with an IARS Mentored Research Award for his project, “Endothelial Activation by Liver Reperfusion Injury in Transplantation.” Now an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesia and Perioperative Care at UCSF, Dr. Bokoch has continued to make progress towards an answer since receiving the award and presented results from his research with two posters during the IARS 2023 Annual Meeting. He is hopeful that his investigations into this important topic could lead to advances in personalized vasopressor therapy and other organ protection strategies. In his interview, Dr. Bokoch shares how his research may help to develop tools that will lead to a broader understanding of precision medicine, ultimately improving patient care in the future.
Upcoming Webinar: Global Critical Care: The Crisis and Way Forward on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Critical care is underprioritized globally despite a growing burden of critical illness and evident pandemic under-preparedness. In this panel, we will discuss the global burden of critical illness, essential emergency and critical care, the fundamentals of everywhere and every time, and training the global workforce.
Moderator: Vanessa Moll, MD, PhD, DESA, FCCM, FASA, Professor, Vice Chair for Quality and Safety, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Presenters
Global Critical Care (and Essential Emergency and Critical Care): Training the Global Workforce
Ana M. Crawford, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
The Global Burden of Critical Illness
Didi Odinkemelu, MD, Resident Physician, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Essential Emergency and Critical Care: The Fundamentals Everywhere and Every Time
Vanessa Moll, MD, PhD, DESA, FCCM, FASA
View the 2024 webinar schedule.
View Recordings from Previous Webinars
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Missed a previous webinar? IARS full members can access a valuable library of recordings from previous webinars from 2021, 2022 and 2023. Plus, take advantage of opportunities to claim Enduring Material CME credits.
Login to the Member Site to access this valuable learning.
Discover Anesthesia Community Activities on the Events Calendar
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
View meetings and events from the IARS and the anesthesia community on the Anesthesia Community Events Calendar. If you have a meeting or event you would like to include on this calendar, email [email protected]. Please include the date, time, location and website URL for the meeting or event.
Explore On-Demand Recordings and Earn CME
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Missed the 2024 Annual Meeting, presented by IARS and SOCCA? It’s not too late to purchase session recordings from the meeting for just $150.
Attended the 2024 meeting but missed some sessions you wanted to attend? You have automatic access to on-demand session recordings.
Registrants received an email on July 1 with a unique link to view all recorded sessions. On-demand recordings will be available until November 15, 2024.
To claim CME credit for watching the recording as enduring material, just click the link on the session page labeled “OA360-CME.”
You cannot claim credit for both the Live Activity and the Enduring Material CME activity for the Annual Meeting.
New Vodcast: Sustainability Series!
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Carole Lin, MD, OpenAnesthesia Multimedia Section Editor, Jacklyn Ma, MD, Diane Gordon, MD, and Brandon Foster, Medical Student, present the first three episodes on the topics of healthcare waste, low flow anesthesia, and low flow sevoflurane.
OA-SPA Ask the Expert
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Jeffrey Feldman, MD, MSE, and Aditee Ambardekar, MD, MSEd, OpenAnesthesia Pediatric Anesthesia Section Editor, discuss mechanical ventilation in the anesthetized pediatric patient.
Spotlight on Research: ANESTHESIOLOGY 2024
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
From initial presentations of clinical trial results to the role of AI and machine learning in anesthesiology, ANESTHESIOLOGY 2024 continues to drive greater attention toward research. See what’s new and connect with the specialty this October in Philadelphia. Register now!
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Join the 14th European Congress for Paediatric Anaesthesiology in Athens, Greece
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
The 14th European Congress for Paediatric Anaesthesiology, presented by the European Society of Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA), will take place 26-28 September, 2024, in Athens, Greece. Plenary sessions, Round Table Discussions, Problem Based Learning Sessions, Workshops and Poster Presentations offer a large variation of thematic areas within paediatric anaesthesia.
The congress hotels are filling up fast—don’t wait until it’s too late! Secure your stay now at the official hotels.
The comprehensive scientific program is now live! Check out the sessions, plan your schedule, and get ready for an unforgettable learning experience.
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