Schedule

Monday, May 5, 2025

7:15am to 7:30am
Welcome

Sugantha Sundar, MD

Elevating Quality of Care in the Perioperative Arena

Moderator: Keira P. Mason, MD

7:30am to 8:00am
Research Fraud: Trials of Fujii: Impact on the Anesthesia Practitioner

Jaideep Pandit, MA, BM, DPhil, FRCA, FFPMRCA, DM

8:00am to 8:30am
Rethinking the Anesthesiology Workforce: Impact on Patient Care

James P. Rathmell, MD, MBA

8:30am to 9:00am
Teamwork in the Operating Room: Lessons Learned from Human Collaboration in Antarctica

Pedro Marques-Quinteiro, PhD

9:00am to 9:30am
Space Medicine 101: Crucial Role of the Anesthesia Practitioner

Shawna Pandya, MD, MSc

9:30am to 9:45am
Q & A

Drs. Marques-Quinteiro, Mason, Pandit, Pandya, and Rathmell

9:45am to 10:00am
Break

Innovations in 2025

Moderator: Sugantha Sundar, MD

10:00am to 10:30am
Perioperative Methadone: Clinical Application, Opioid Sparing, and Patient Benefit

Evan Kharasch, MD, PhD

10:30am to 11:00am
The Implications of Defining an Optimum Means of Assisted Dying

Jaideep Pandit, MA, BM, DPhil, FRCA, FFPMRCA, DM

11:00am to 11:30am
Perioperative Gabapentinoids: Slow, Stop, or Reverse?

Evan Kharasch, MD, PhD

11:30am to 11:45am
Q & A

Drs. Kharasch, Pandit, and Sundar

11:45am to 1:30pm
Break

Lunch and Learn Roundtable (optional)

Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.

11:45am to 1:30pm
My Patient Has a Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device: What Do I Do?

Anastasia Katsiampoura, MD and Sankalp Sehgal, MD

(Limited to a maximum of 25 participants.)

Cutting-Edge Topics

Moderator: Assia T. Valovska, MD

1:30pm to 2:00pm
Perioperative Hemodynamic Management: Flow, Pressure, Fluids, and Vasopressors

Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD 

2:00pm to 2:30pm
Update in Blood Conservation Techniques for the Anesthesiologist

Susan Goobie, MD, FRCPC 

2:30pm to 3:00pm
Emerging Technology in Anesthesia and Critical Care

Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD 

3:00pm to 3:15pm
Q & A

Drs. Cannesson, Goobie, and Valovska

3:15pm to 3:30pm
Break

Practice Parameters: Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

Moderator: Sugantha Sundar, MD 

3:30pm to 4:00pm
Non-Operating Room Anesthesia: Enhancing Patient Safety in Remote Locations

Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH

4:00pm to 4:30pm
Medication Safety in Anesthesia Practice

Elizabeth Rebello, MD, FACHE, FASA, CPPS, CMQ

4:30pm to 5:00pm
ASPF Priorities: Current Focus and Future Directions

Steven Greenberg, MD

5:00pm to 5:30pm
Fireside Chat: Urgent and Upcoming Threats to Patient Safety: Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Criminalization of Medical Error

Drs. Greenberg, Methangkool, and Rebello

5:30pm to 5:45pm
Q & A

Drs. Greenberg, Methangkool, Rebello, and Sundar

Course Reception

6:00pm to 7:30pm
In-Person Networking Reception

Join colleagues and faculty for networking and refreshments

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

The High-Risk Obstetric Patient: Evidence-Based Practice

Moderator: Philip Hess, MD

7:30am to 8:00am
Post-Lumbar Puncture Headache

Philip Hess, MD

8:00am to 8:30am
Maternal Infections

Emily Naoum, MD

8:30am to 9:00am
The Dural Puncture Epidural: Finally, Optimal Neuraxial Labor Analgesia

Lawrence Tsen, MD

9:00am to 9:30am
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: An Anesthesia Clinician’s Perspective

Michaela K. Farber, MD, MS

9:30am to 9:45am
Q & A

Drs. Farber, Hess, Naoum, and Tsen

9:45am to 10:00am
Break

Airway Management in 2025

Moderator: Sugantha Sundar, MD

10:00am to 10:30am
Scanning the Airway Horizon: Defining Landmarks

Ellen O’Sullivan, MD, FRCA, FCAI, FCPSP(Hon), FCANECSA(Hon)

10:30am to 11:00am
Managing an Airway on Mars

Shawna Pandya, MD, MSc

11:00am to 11:30am
Management of the Impossible Airway

Ellen O’Sullivan, MD, FRCA, FCAI, FCPSP(Hon), FCANECSA(Hon)

11:30am to 11:45am
Q & A

Drs. Ellen O’Sullivan, Pandya, and Sundar

11:45am to 1:30pm
Break

Lunch and Learn Roundtable (optional)

Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.

11:45am to 1:30pm
GLP-1 Agonists: Current Recommendations

Ion Hobai, MD, PhD

(Roundtable limited to a maximum of 25 participants.)

Clinical Conundrums: Session 1

Moderator: Assia T. Valovska, MD

1:30pm to 2:00pm
Mechanisms Underlying Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders: New Treatment Strategies

Beverley A. Orser, OOnt, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCAHS, FRSC

2:00pm to 2:30pm
Aortic Stenosis: No Need to Be Afraid: Management of Patients with Aortic Stenosis for Non-Cardiac Cases

Douglas Shook, MD

2:30pm to 3:00pm
Ketamine: Old Drug Learning New Tricks

Beverley A. Orser, OOnt, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCAHS, FRSC

3:00pm to 3:15pm
Q & A

Drs. Orser, Shook, and Valovska

3:15pm to 3:30pm
Break

Clinical Conundrums: Session 2

Moderator: Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC

3:30pm to 4:00pm
Burn Care: Management Update

Gennadiy Fuzaylov, MD

4:00pm to 4:30pm
Brain Death and Organ Donation

Jonah Rubin, MD

4:30pm to 5:00pm
How to Intervene When a Colleague May Be Impaired

Michael G. Fitzsimons, MD

5:00pm to 5:30pm
Geriatric Care Perfected: Geriatric Assessment and Evidence-Based Care

Houman Javedan, MB ChB

5:30pm to 5:45pm
Q & A

Drs. Fitzsimons, Fuzaylov, Javedan, Mountjoy, and Rubin

Optional Evening Activity

Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.

5:45pm to 8:30pm
Ether Dome Tour

Susan Vassallo, MD and Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC
(Limited to 50 in-person attendees)
Includes transportation and refreshments

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Thinking Outside the Box

Moderator: Sugantha Sundar, MD

7:30am to 8:00am
Hypotension is Not a Number but Rather a Pathophysiological State

Monty Mythen, MD, FRCA, FFICM

8:00am to 8:30am
Trauma Management: Recent Advances

Jamie Sparling, MD

8:30am to 9:00am
Right Heart Risk: When to Suspect and What to Do

Monty Mythen, MD, FRCA, FFICM

9:00am to 9:15am
Q & A

Drs. Buggy, Mythen, and Sundar

9:15am to 9:30am
Break

Implications of Artificial Intelligence in the Perioperative Setting: Here to Stay

Moderator: Samir Kendale, MD

9:30am to 10:00am
The Future of Preoperative Risk Prediction: Machine Learning

Hannah Lonsdale, MBChB

10:00am to 10:30am
Smarter Beeps: Safer Beeps: Artificial Intelligence for Intraoperative Care

Alan F. Simpao, MD, MBI

10:30am to 11:00am
Decoding Artificial Intelligence in the Postoperative Arena

Samir Kendale, MD

11:00am to 11:30am
Ethical Issues in the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Anesthesia Practice

Ornella Piazza, MD

11:30am to 11:45am
Q & A

Drs. Kendale, Lonsdale, Piazza, and Simpao

11:45am to 1:30pm
Break

Lunch and Learn Roundtables (optional)

Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.

12:00pm to 1:45pm
Lunch and Learn Roundtables

(Choose one of the options below. Each roundtable limited to a maximum of 25 participants.)

Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Providing Safe Care
Satya Krishna Ramachandran, MD, MBA
Update on Perioperative Cardiac Risk Stratification for Non-Cardiac Surgery
Michael H. Li, MBBS, MPHTM, GCCT, FANZCA

Rapid-Fire Session

Moderator: Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC

1:30pm to 1:50pm
Head and Neck Blocks for an Awake Craniotomy

Arthur R. Formanek, MD

1:50pm to 2:10pm
Current Practices and Future Direction in Liver Transplantation

Riccardo Pinciroli, MD

2:10pm to 2:30pm
Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound

Louisa J. Palmer, MBBS 

2:30pm to 3:00pm
Point-of-Care Cardiac Ultrasound

Aidan Sharkey, MD

3:00pm to 3:15pm
Q & A

Drs. Formanek, Mountjoy, Palmer, Pinciroli, and Sharkey

3:15pm to 3:30pm
Break

Regional Anesthesia: Making It Safer

Moderator: Kamen Vlassakov, MD

3:30pm to 4:00pm
Evidence-Based Review—Technical Tips: Brachial Plexus Blocks below the Clavicle

Vishal Uppal, MBBS, MSc, FRCA 

4:00pm to 4:30pm
Analgesia After Cardiothoracic Surgery: Enthusiasm and Logic in Choosing the Optimal Regional Anesthesia Technique

Kamen Vlassakov, MD 

4:30pm to 5:00pm
Management of Rebound Pain after a Peripheral Nerve Block

Vishal Uppal, MBBS, MSc, FRCA

5:00pm to 5:30pm
Ultrasound-Guided Neuraxial Blocks

Brinda Kamdar, MD

5:30pm to 5:45pm
Q & A

Drs. Buggy, Kamdar, Uppal, and Vlassakov

5:45pm to 6:00pm
Break

Optional Evening Workshop

Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.

6:00pm to 9:30pm
Regional Anesthesia Workshop

Karen Boretsky, MD and Kamen V. Vlassakov, MD
(Limited to 50 in-person attendees)
Includes dinner

Full description

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Clinical Practice Impact

Moderator: Keira P. Mason, MD 

7:30am to 8:00am
Innovative Knowledge Building for the Operating Room—Convergent and Divergent Approaches: Impact on Patient Care

Pedro Marques-Quinteiro, PhD

8:00am to 8:30am
Why Should Anesthesia Practitioners Look beyond the BIS Number?

Darren F. Hight, PhD

8:30am to 9:00am
Perioperative Management of Patients with Diabetes to Improve Outcome

Donal J. Buggy, DSc, MD, MSc, FRCPI, FFSEM, FRCA, FESA-IC, FCAI 

9:00am to 9:30am
Emergence from General Anesthesia: What Can the EEG Tell Us?

Darren F. Hight, PhD

9:30am to 9:45am
Q & A

Drs. Buggy, Hight, Marques-Quinteiro, and Mason

9:45am to 10:00am
Break

Care of the Critically Ill Patient

Moderator: Keira P. Mason, MD

10:00am to 10:30am
Update on Hemodynamic Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit

Christian Wunder, DEAA

10:30am to 11:00am
Biomarkers in Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Ornella Piazza, MD

11:00am to 11:30am
Nutrition in the ICU

Christian Wunder, DEAA

11:30am to 11:45am
Q & A

Drs. Mason, Piazza, and Wunder

11:45am to 1:30pm
Break

Lunch and Learn Roundtables (optional)

Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.

11:45am to 1:30pm
Lunch and Learn Roundtables

(Choose one of the options below. Each roundtable limited to a maximum of 25 participants.)

History and Future of Ethics and Professionalism in Healthcare
Shahla Siddiqui, MBBS, MSc, FCCM
Gastric Ultrasound Workshop: Assessment of Aspiration Risk
Rohesh Fernando, MD

Critical Thinking

Moderator: Sugantha Sundar, MD

1:30pm to 2:00pm
Physician, Measure Thyself: Using Data to Collaborate and Improve Care

Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA

2:00pm to 2:30pm
Review of Malpractice Cases

Satya Krishna Ramachandran, MD, MBA

2:30pm to 3:00pm
Separating Machine Learning: Hype Versus Reality

Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA

3:00pm to 3:15pm
Q & A

Drs. Kheterpal, Ramachandran, and Sundar

3:15pm to 3:30pm
Break

Keeping Our Children Safe

Moderator: Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC

3:30pm to 3:55pm
Airway Challenges in the Pediatric Patient

Jennifer Dearden, MD 

3:55pm to 4:20pm
Anesthesia in the Land of Oz and Weg

Karen Boretsky, MD 

4:20pm to 4:45pm
Update on Pediatric Advanced Life Support: What’s New in 2025

Monica Kleinman, MD

4:45pm to 5:10pm
Pearls and Perils in Preparing Children for Anesthesia

Lynne Ferrari, MD 

5:10pm to 5:35pm
Patient Safety: Day Surgery in Pediatric Patients

Keira P. Mason MD

5:35pm to 5:45pm
Q & A

Drs. Boretsky, Dearden, Ferrari, Kleinman, Mason, and Mountjoy

5:45pm to 6:00pm
Break

Optional Evening Workshop

Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.

6:00pm to 9:30pm
Airway Workshop

Jennifer Dearden, MD, Bhavani Shankar Kodali, MBBS, MD, FASA, and Stephanie Yacoubian, MD
(Limited to 50 in-person attendees)
Includes dinner

Full description

Friday, May 9, 2025

Something Old, Something Current: But Still Very Relevant

Moderator: Keira P. Mason, MD

7:30am to 8:15am
Magic, Sorcery and Witchcraft: Two Millennia of Anesthesia History Before 1846

Robert Holzman, MD

8:15am to 8:45am
Multimodal Anesthesia: Getting It Right

Emery Brown, MD, PhD

8:45am to 9:15am
From Brain to Consciousness: Lessons from Coma and Related States

Olivia Gosseries, MD

9:15am to 9:45am
Back to the Future: The Eternal Pendulum of Perioperative Fluid Balance

Donal J. Buggy, DSc, MD, MSc, FRCPI, FFSEM, FRCA, FESA-IC, FCAI 

9:45am to 10:15am
Neurophysiological Markers of (Dis)connectedness: Insights from Anesthesia

Olivia Gosseries, MD

10:15am to 10:30am
Q & A

Drs. Brown, Gosseries, Holzman, Mason, and Sparling

10:30am to 10:45am
Break

End-of-Life Care

Moderator: Yuan-Chi Lin, MD, MPH 

10:45am to 11:15am
Palliative Care in the ICU

Ornella Piazza, MD

11:15am to 11:45am
The Power of Hope

Richard E. Leiter, MD, MA

11:45am to 12:15pm
Comfort: Symptom Management for Patients and Their Families at the End of Life

Natsu (Fukui) Matsuya, MD

12:15pm to 12:45pm
Communication Needs of Patients and Their Families at the End of Life

Lannie C. Santo, MD, MPH

12:45pm to 1:15pm
Continuity: Hospice Care and Care of the Bereaved in 2025

Sue Morris, PsyD

1:15pm to 1:25pm
Q & A

Drs. Leiter, Lin, Matsuya, Morris, Piazza, and Santo

1:25pm to 1:30pm
Closing Remarks

Sugantha Sundar, MD