Comprehensive Anesthesiology Update 2023: Enhancing Patient Care through Latest Advances

May 8-12, 2023

Course Overview: This comprehensive CME program provides a special and timely opportunity for anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, and others with interest in the field to hear directly from world-renowned specialists and master clinicians about the latest advances, risk mitigation strategies, and anesthesiology guidelines. The curriculum ensures not only that attendees leave with a comprehensive understanding of the latest advances, risk mitigation strategies, and anesthesiology guidelines but also with specific recommendations to incorporate these updates into practice.

Updates, Best Practices, and New Guidelines:

• Myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery
• Advances in transfusion practices
• The processed EEG: scientific foundation, practical application, clinical limitations
• Coagulation monitoring during surgery
• Non-invasive cardiac output monitoring in the perioperative period
• Pharmacological considerations in the geriatric patient
• Postoperative respiratory depression
• Genomics to improve perioperative care
• Total intravenous anesthesia: theoretical foundation and practical considerations
• Best papers in the anesthesia literature from the past year
• New developments in anesthetic pharmacology: hypnotics and analgesics
• All things are poison: antidotes in anesthesia
• Pros and cons of transpulmonary pressure measurement
• Drugs for sedation: mixing everything together or not?
• Successfully converting labor analgesia to cesarean anesthesia
• Maternal cardiac arrest
• Integrating technology for postpartum hemorrhage management
• Drug testing in anesthesia: “prevention and protection” or “major risk for minimal gain”
• The patient’s view on patient safety
• Consensus statement on unrecognized esophageal intubation: published by the PUMA group (Project for Universal Management of the Airway)
• Understanding differential analgesic efficacy: insights from practical patient phenotyping
• Perioperative stroke: what is current?

Schedule:

Monday, May 8, 2023

New in the Literature Impacting Clinical Practice

Moderators: Sugantha Sundar, MD and Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC

8:00am to 8:30am – Myocardial Injury after Non-Cardiac Surgery – Daniel I. Sessler, MD

8:30am to 9:00am – Advances in Transfusion Practices – Keyvan Karkouti, MSc, MD, FRCC

9:00am to 9:15am – Q & A – Drs. Karkouti, Mountjoy, Sessler, and Sundar

9:15am to 9:30am – Break

Cutting-Edge Monitoring Updates

Moderators: Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC and Sugantha Sundar, MD

9:30am to 10:10am – Total Intravenous Anesthesia: Theoretical Foundation and Practical Considerations – Talmage D. Egan, MD

10:10am to 10:50am – Coagulation Monitoring during Surgery – Keyvan Karkouti, MSc, MD, FRCC

10:50am to 11:30am – Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring in the Perioperative Period – Laszlo Vutskits, MD, PhD

11:30am to 11:45am – Q & A – Drs. Egan, Karkouti, Mountjoy, Sundar, and Vutskits

11:45am to 1:15pm – Break

Lunch and Learn Roundtables (optional)

11:45am to 1:15pm – Lunch and Learn Roundtables (Choose one of the options below. Each roundtable limited to a maximum of 25 participants.)

Acupuncture Workshop – Yuan-Chi Lin, MD, MPH and Cynthia Tung, MD

Blood Management Is a New Standard of Care to Promote Blood Health – Susan M. Goobie, MD, FRCPCE

Evidence-Based Anesthesia Care for the Geriatric Patient – Moderators: Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC and Sugantha Sundar, MD

1:15pm to 1:45pm – Pharmacological Considerations in the Geriatric Patient – Ruben Azocar, MD

1:45pm to 2:15pm – Hip Fracture in the Elderly – The Spinal Conundrum: Anesthetic Choices – Sheila Barnett, MD

2:15pm to 2:30pm – Q & A – Drs. Azocar, Barnett, Mountjoy, and Sundar

2:30pm to 2:45pm – Break

Focusing on Outcomes in Our Patients

Moderators: Rae Allain, MD and Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC

2:45pm to 3:15pm – Postoperative Respiratory Depression – Daniel I. Sessler, MD

3:15pm to 3:45pm – Discussing Periprocedural Risk with High-Risk Patients – Rae Allain, MD

3:45pm to 4:15pm – Perioperative Organ Protection – Laszlo Vutskits, MD, PhD

4:15pm to 4:45pm – The Clinical Pharmacology of Intravenous Anesthetics in Obese Patients – Talmage D. Egan, MD

4:45pm to 5:15pm – Cannabis: Friend or Foe? – Brian E. McGeeney, MD, MPH, MBA

5:15pm to 5:30pm – Q & A – Drs. Allain, Egan, McGeeney, Mountjoy, Sessler, and Vutskits

5:30pm to 7:30pm – Course Reception

Join colleagues and faculty for networking and refreshments

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

What Is New in the Literature?

Moderators: Sugantha Sundar, MD and Vesela P. Kovacheva, MD, PhD

8:00am to 8:30am – Protective Ventilation during Surgery: Update in 2023 – Lorenzo Ball, MD, PhD

8:30am to 9:00am – The Changing Landscape of Office-Based Anesthesia: Keeping It Safe – Fred E. Shapiro, DO, FASA

9:00am to 9:15am – Q & A – Drs. Ball, Kovacheva, Shapiro, and Sundar

9:15am to 9:30am – Break

Old Topics Revisited: New Insights

Moderators: Sugantha Sundar, MD and Vesela P. Kovacheva, MD, PhD

9:30am to 10:10am – New Developments in Anesthetic Pharmacology: Hypnotics and Analgesics – Michel Struys, MD, PhD, FRCA

10:10am to 10:50am – Exercise Physiology: What You Need to Know – James DiNardo, MD

10:50am to 11:30am – Pros and Cons of Transpulmonary Pressure Measurement – Lorenzo Ball, MD, PhD

11:30am to 11:45am – Q & A – Drs. Ball, DiNardo, Kovacheva, Struys, and Sundar

11:45am to 1:15pm – Break

Lunch and Learn Roundtables (optional)

11:45am to 1:15pm – Lunch and Learn Roundtables (Choose one of the options below. Each roundtable limited to a maximum of 25 participants.)

Challenging Cases in the Endoscopy Suite – Eswar Sundar, MD

Understanding Medical Devices for Management of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus – Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC

Innovations in Optimizing Patient Care and the Environment

Moderators: Lynne Ferrari, MD and Vesela P. Kovacheva, MD, PhD

1:15pm to 1:45pm – Drugs for Sedation: Mixing Everything Together or Not? – Michel Struys, MD, PhD, FRCA

1:45pm to 2:15pm – The Green Operating Room: Sustainability in Anesthesia – Brian Chesebro, MD

2:15pm to 2:45pm – Surgical Length of Stay Predictions Using Artificial Intelligence to Optimize Capacity Management – Lynne Ferrari, MD

2:45pm to 3:00pm – Q & A – Drs. Chesebro, Ferrari, Kovacheva, and Struys

3:00pm to 3:15pm – Break

Maternal Health in 2023

Moderators: Philip Hess, MD and Vesela P. Kovacheva, MD, PhD

3:15pm to 3:45pm – Successfully Converting Labor Analgesia to Cesarean Anesthesia – Philip Hess, MD

3:45pm to 4:15pm – Maternal Cardiac Arrest – Rebecca Minehart, MD

4:15pm to 4:45pm – Enhanced Recovery after Cesarean Section – Emily Naoum, MD

4:45pm to 5:15pm – Integrating Technology for Postpartum Hemorrhage Management – Michaela K. Farber, MD, MS

5:15pm to 5:30pm – Q & A – Drs. Farber, Hess, Kovacheva, Minehart, and Naoum

Optional Evening Workshops

5:30pm to 8:00pm – Ether Dome Tour – Susan Vassallo, MD (Limited to 50 in-person attendees. Includes transportation and refreshments.)

5:30pm to 9:30pm – ACLS Workshop – Hovig Chitilian, MD (Limited to 50 in-person attendees. Includes dinner.)

ACLS Workshop description

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Clinician Wellness

Moderators: Sugantha Sundar, MD and Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC

8:00am to 8:30am – Lifestyle Medicine for Leaders – Elizabeth Pegg Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM

8:30am to 9:00am – Drug Testing in Anesthesia: “Prevention and Protection” or “Major Risk for Minimal Gain” – Michael Fitzsimons, MD

9:00am to 9:15am – Q & A – Drs. Fitzsimons, Frates, Mountjoy, and Sundar

9:15am to 9:30am – Break

Patient Safety in 2023

Moderators: Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC and Sugantha Sundar, MD

9:30am to 10:00am – Improving Perioperative Communication: What, Why, How – Satya Krishna Ramachandran, MD

10:00am to 10:30am – The Patient’s View on Patient Safety – Jannicke Mellin-Olsen, MD, DPH

10:30am to 11:30am – “Circle Up” Workflow Adaptation and Psychological Support via Briefing, Debriefing, and Peer Support: A Brief Workshop – Christopher Roussin, PhD, MS and Lon Setnik, MD, MHPEd

11:30am to 11:45am – Q & A – Drs. Mellin-Olsen, Mountjoy, Ramachandran, Roussin, Setnik, and Sundar

11:45am to 1:15pm – Break

Lunch and Learn Roundtables (optional)

11:45am to 1:15pm – Lunch and Learn Roundtables (Choose one of the options below. Each roundtable limited to a maximum of 25 participants.)

PAVING the Path to Wellness – Amy E. Comander, MD, MPH

Perioperative Management of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices – Charles B. Nyman, MBBCH

Pearls in Airway Management

Moderators: Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC and Vesela P. Kovacheva, MD, PhD

1:15pm to 1:45pm – Consensus Statement on Unrecognized Esophageal Intubation: Published by the PUMA Group (Project for Universal Management of the Airway) – Ellen O’Sullivan, FRCA, FCAI, FCPSP

1:45pm to 2:15pm – Airway Management Lessons from Trees, Slime, Mold, and Our Environment – John Fiadjoe, MD

2:15pm to 2:45pm – Case Discussion on the ASA Difficult Airway Guidelines Decision Tree – Ellen O’Sullivan, FRCA, FCAI, FCPSP

2:45pm to 3:00pm – Q & A – Drs. Fiadjoe, Kovacheva, Mountjoy, and O’Sullivan

3:00pm to 3:15pm – Break

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Moderators: Vesela P. Kovacheva, MD, PhD and Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC

3:15pm to 3:45pm – Fluoroscopy for Routine Epidural Placement: Should It Be the New Standard? – Brian D. Sites MD, MS

3:45pm to 4:15pm – From League Tables to Precision Medicine: Patient Stratification for Acute Pain Management – Philipp Lirk, MD, MSC, PhD

4:15pm to 4:45pm – Block or No Block? The Importance of Defining Value in Acute Pain Medicine – Brian D. Sites MD, MS