View a list of past webinars and virtual Problem-Based Discussion Sessions below.
Past Webinars
Perioperative Brain Health – Insights from Young Investigators | Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 4:00 pm ET
Moderator: Bradley Fritz, MD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Introduction and Housekeeping Notes
Dissecting Midbrain Connectivity in Anesthetic Emergence
Mitra Heshmati, MD
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Defining Cerebral Autoregulation-Guided Therapeutic Targets in Sepsis
Kathryn Rosenblatt, MD
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD
The SANDMAN Study: Sleep Apnea, Neuroinflammation, and Cognitive Dysfunction Manifesting After Non-c
Michael Devinney, MD, PhD
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Transcriptomic Circadian Rhythms and Relationships to Postoperative Delirium: A Pilot Study
S Kendall Smith, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q&A
Is less Really More for the Brain in the ICU | Tuesday, November 8, 2022, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: Christopher Hughes, MD, MS, FCCM, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Introduction and Housekeeping Notes
Beyond chemical restraints: are sedation choices confining patient outcomes?
Michael Devinney, MD, PhD
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Potential threats hidden within the medication list
Christina Boncyk, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Critical illness hurts, even after discharge
Christina Hayhurst, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q&A
“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 | Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: Miles Berger, MD, PhD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Introduction and Housekeeping Notes
“Grandpa’s just not the same”: Risk and impact of short-term postoperative neurocognitive disorder
Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Health, disease, surgery, and cognition: Evidence around long-term postoperative cognitive change
Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MSc
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
GSVP and beyond: What we can all do now to take better care of older surgical patients
Stacie Deiner, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School, Lebanon, NH
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q&A
Preparing the mind for surgery: Examining the potential for physical, cognitive, and mindfulness training to improve postoperative outcomes | Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: Christopher Hughes, MD, MS, FCCM, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Introduction and Housekeeping Notes
Physical prehabilitation to improve postoperative functional capacity and cognitive function
Kimberly Rengel, MD
Vanderbilt Universtiy Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Cognitive prehabilitation to prevent postoperative delirium
Michelle Humeidan, MD, PhD
The Ohio State University – Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Mindfulness training to improve postoperative outcomes
Balachundhar Subramaniam, MD, MPH, FASE
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Challenges to feasibility and implementation of prehabilitation programs, and future directions
Brian O’Gara, MD, MPH
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q&A
Perioperative Teams: Mythical or Magical? How to Apply Organizational Psychology Research Findings to Enhance Perioperative Team Building and Performance | Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: Elizabeth Duggan, MD, MA I&O Psychology, Univerisity of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Introduction and Housekeeping Notes
Neal Outland, PhD
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q&A
Biomarkers, risk factors and practice recommendations for perioperative neurocognitive disorders | Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: Lisbeth Evered, BSc, Mbiostat, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Introduction and Housekeeping Notes
Inflammation and Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders
Lisbeth Evered, BSc, Mbiostat, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Frailty and Other Vulnerabilities for Postoperative Delirium
David Scott, MB, BS, PhD
St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Update on ASA PBHI Clinical Practice Guidelines
Stacie G Deiner, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School, Lebhanon, NH
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q&A
Anesthesia effects on neuroplasticity in developing brain – clinical aspect and research insight | Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: Beverley Orser, MD, PhD, FRCPC, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario
Introduction and Housekeeping Notes
Anesthesia effects on neuroplasticity in developing brain – What anesthesiologists should know.
Laszlo Vutskits, MD, PhD
University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
GAS study and beyond – from clinical findings to mechanism study
Mary Ellen McCann, MD, MPH
Harvard University School of Medicine, Wellesley Hills, MA
Anesthesia effects on neuroplasticity in developing brain – the role of brain circuit
Guang Yang, PhD
Columbia University, New York, NY
Anesthesia effects on neuroplasticity in developing brain – the role of tau and neuroinflammation
Zhongcong Xie, M.D., PhD
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q&A
Sleep and Circadian Disruption: Risk Factors and Pathological Pathways for Delirium and Neurocognitive Dysfunction | Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: Lei Gao, MBBS, MGH/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Introduction and Housekeeping Notes
Sleep Apnea, Neuroinflammation, & Cognitive Dysfunction Manifesting After Non-cardiac surgery
Michael Devinney, MD, PhD
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Sleep and Postoperative Delirium in Older Hospitalized Cardiac Surgical Patients
Reine Ibala, BS
Cornell University, New York, NY
Sleep Deficiency in ICU: Environmental Sources of Sleep and Circadian Disruption Leading to Delirium
Melissa Knauert, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Sleep/Circadian Disruption and Long-term Neurocognitive Impairment after Acute Illness
Elizabeth Wilcox, MD, FRCPC, MPH
Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q&A
Perioperative Hypotension - a key driver of organ dysfunction and perioperative morbidity | Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: J Robert Sneyd, MD, FRCA, University of Plymouth
Role of perioperative hypotension in myocardial injury
Duminda Wijeysundera, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FAHA
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Anaesthetic strategies to minimize hypotension
J Robert Sneyd, MD FRCA
University of Plymouth
How low for how long? Timing, pressures and monitors….
Judith van Waes, MD, PhD
University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pregnant Women: Updates on screening, treatment, and management, Co-Sponsored by the Society for Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine | Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: Jennifer Dominguez, MD, MHS, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Screening and diagnosis of OSA in Pregnancy
Jennifer Dominguez, MD, MHS
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Treatment of OSA in Pregnancy
Christine Won, MD
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Peripartum considerations for the management of patients with OSA
Mahesh Nagappa, MD
Western University, London, Ontario
Summary, gaps and future directions
Ghada Bourjeily, MD
The Miriam Hospital, Brown University, Providence, RI
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q&A
Neurological Complication After TEVAR procedures | Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: Hilary Grocott, MD, FRCPC, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Recent Surgical Advances in TEVAR
Thomas Lindsay, MD
University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario
Paralysis After TEVAR
Hamdy Awad, MD
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Stroke After TEVAR
Sujatha Bhandary, MD, FASE, FASA
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
The role of the neurologist in the management stroke and paralysis after TEVAR
Theodore Wein, MD, FRCPC, FAHA
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q&A
Anesthesia Education in the time of COVID, co-Sponsored by the Society for Education in Anesthesia | Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: John Mitchell, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Using Active Learning in a Virtual Setting
Susan Martinelli, MD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Adaptation of Simulation Practices in the time of COVID
Julie Huffmyer, MD
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
Utilization of LMS Modules for Virtual Learning
Sara Neves, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
How the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning Supports the Educational Changes of COVID
Fei Chen, PhD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q&A
SmartTots: Behavioral and cognitive changes in children following anesthesia and surgery: assessment and relevance | Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: Laszlo Vutskits, MD, PhD, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Understanding post-anesthesia delirium in children
Andrew Davidson, MBBS, MD, FANZCA
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Behavioral outcomes following anesthesia exposure: what counts?
Caleb Ing, MD, MS
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
Measuring postoperative behavior in children
Kristen Uhl, PhD
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Challenges in neuropsychological assessment of children following anesthesia
Cynthia Salorio, PhD, ABPP
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q&A
Airway and Gastric Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in Anesthesia Panel | Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: Kong Eric You-Ten, PhD, MD, FRCPC, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Introduction and Housekeeping Notes
Introduction and panel questions
Kong Eric You-Ten, PhD, MD, FRCPC
Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Gastric Ultrasound
Cristian Arzola, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Upper airway US
Naveed Siddiqui, MD, MSc
Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Lung US
Fabricio Zasso, MD
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Moderated Discussion and Q&A
The anesthesiologist’s role in reducing the impact of the opioid crisis | Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: David Edwards, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Introduction and Housekeeping Notes
Epidemiology of the opioid crisis and advocacy for mitigating crisis at the community/national level
David Edwards, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Pathophysiology and risk factors of pain and hyperalgesia
Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Perioperative opioid use: opioid sparing strategies that improve outcomes
Christina Hayhurst, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Controversies in Care of the Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient | Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 4:00 pm ET
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Moderator: Ronald Pearl, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Intubation: When and How
Shahla Siddiqui, MBBS, DABA, MSc
Beth Israel Deaconess Lahey Medical Center, Boston, MA
Mechanical Ventilation: Can We Protect the Lungs?
Natalia Ivascu, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Fluid Management: The Kidneys vs. the Lungs
George Williams II, MD, FCCP
McGovern School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
ECMO: If, When, and How
Ronald Pearl, MD, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q&A
Problem Based Learning Discussion (PBLD) Series
Structural Heart Procedures - What are they? Why are they so popular? Should I even care? | September 27, 2022, 3pm ET
Fee: $5
Mary Beth Brady, MD, FASE, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland and Rani Hasan, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Structural Heart Procedures! Not sure what they are! But they seem to be everywhere! If that is what you are thinking, then this is the PBLD for you. Hear from experts in the field regarding what these procedures entail, why they are so popular and how they might impact your patients and most likely your practice!
Anesthesia and postoperative pain management for complex spine surgeries | Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 3pm ET
Fee: $15
Sakura Kinjo, MD, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA and Daniel Burkhardt, MD
This PBLD is ideal for anesthesiologists looking to expand their knowledge of anesthesia and acute pain management for complex spine surgeries. Our hospital (UCSF) is one of the largest spine centers in California. We serve more than 11,000 patients/year and receive referrals from outside hospitals. Through case scenarios, we will be providing practical tips and up-to-date information on anesthesia and acute pain management.
Descending Thoracic Aortic Repair- Spinal Cord Protection Strategies | Thursday, June 9, 2022, 3pm ET
Fee: $15
Harendra Arora, MD, MBA, University of North Carolina Healthcare, Chapel Hill, NC
This session will provide an overview of the risk and pathophysiology of spinal cord ischemia in patients undergoing endovascular thoracic aortic repairs. Review of the current literature on the topic will be provided, highlighting the clinical situations when CSF drainage is best indicated.
Perioperative Management of Buprenorphine: Stop, Drop or Continue? | Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 3pm ET
Fee: $15
Alopi Patel, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, New York, NY
In this PBLD, the participant will be walked through the perioperative management of a patient on buprenorphine in the setting of scheduled and urgent surgery. The use of buprenorphine is increasing nationwide and more of these patients are presenting for surgery. The perioperative management of buprenorphine remains a challenging area with conflicting evidence regarding dose reduction versus dose continuation.
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Continuing Medical Education Activity Information
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The IARS Webinar Series has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the providership of the International Anesthesia Research Society.
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Credit Designation Statements
The International Anesthesia Research Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ per session. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.