2024 Full Program

Friday’s Breakfast: 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM

8:05 AM – 8:15 AM
Opening Remarks
Speaker: Program Chair, Dr. Alecia Stein

8:15 AM – 9:05 AM
Beachside Chat: AI in Anesthesiology
Moderator: Dr. Cindy Yeoh
Co-Moderators: Dr. Nathalie Abitbol & Dr. Anastasia Jones
Experts: Dr. Francois Modave & Dr. Patrick Tighe
Learning Objectives:
1. Summarize basic foundations of AI as a field
2. Discuss cases and review applications of AI in clinical practice of Anesthesiology
3. Discuss cases and review applications of AI in healthcare administration
4. Discuss ethical challenges in AI applications

9:05 AM – 9:45 AM
Introduction to & Application of Cryoablation as an Acute Pain Treatment Modality
Moderator: Dr. Jennifer Hochman Cohn

Application of Ultrasound-guided Cryoneurolysis for Acute Surgical and Traumatic Pain
Speaker: Dr. Rodney Gabriel
Cryoneurolysis – an additional tool for the Regional Anesthesiologist? An Evidence-Based Review of the Current Literature
Speaker: Dr. Ralf Gebhard

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn about indications for cryoneurolysis in the setting of acute surgical pain and trauma;
2. Learn about indications for cryoneurolysis for persistent pain following surgery,
3. Review the current state of evidence for cryoneurolysis and surgical pain
4. Discuss the Current Evidence for Cryoneurolysis for Acute Pain Management

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM
Break & Poster Session 1
Ponce de Leon Foyer
Poster Information

10:15 AM – 10:55 AM
Pediatric Anesthesia Committee Panel: You Want to What? Pro/Con Debate on IV Induction vs. Mask Induction in Select Pediatric Scenario
Moderator: Dr. Rosalie Tassone
Speakers: Dr. Michael Kaczmarski & Dr. Ajay Patel

Learning Objectives:
1. Review Basic Principles of Mask Induction with Volatile Anesthetics
2. Understand the Sequelae Of Aspiration and Techniques to Mitigate these Risks
3. Describe Induction and Airway Techniques for Pyloric Stenosis and the Airway Foreign Body


10:55 AM – 11:35 AM
Perioperative Anxiolysis In the Young and Old: Judicious Administration of Benzodiazepines for Preoperative Anxiolysis in Children and the Older Surgical Patient 
Moderator: Dr. Luis I. Rodriguez
Speakers: Dr. Cole Dooley & Dr. Mahanna

Learning Objectives:
1. To analyze the evidence for the adverse risks of untreated preoperative anxiety.
2. To debate the risk for postoperative delirium after benzodiazepine for preoperative anxiolysis.
3. To debate the efficacy of benzodiazepine and non-benzodiazepine anxiolytic treatments.

11:35 AM – 12:15 PM
Frailty Affects Perioperative Outcomes: Geriatric, Cardiothoracic & Liver Transplant Populations
Moderator: Dr. Elizabeth Mahanna
Speakers: Dr. Amanda Frantz, Dr. Vadim Shatz & Dr. Peggy White
Learning Objectives:
1. To define and measure frailty using a validated frailty instruments.
2. To explain the Incidence and significance of frailty in liver transplant, cardiothoracic surgery and ICU patients.
3. To predict which perioperative complications frail liver transplant and cardiothoracic surgery patients have increased odds of experiencing.
4. To identify patient management strategies to maximize the care of frail patients. in frail, liver transplant, cardiothoracic surgery, and ICU patients.

12:15 – 1:15 PM
Lunch Served in the Exhibit Hall

Poster Session 2
Poster Information

1:15 PM – 1:55 PM
Women of Impact in Anesthesiology
Moderator: Dr. Imani Thorton
Speakers: Dr. Allison Fernandez, Dr. Sher- Lu Pai, Dr. Paloma Toledo & Dr. Anna Varughese
Learning Objectives:
1. To learn strategies to climb the leadership ladder
2. To recognize how mentorship, sponsorship and networking are key elements to career success
3. To discover strategies to manage work, family and social obligations

1:55 PM – 2:35 PM
The Impact of Surgeon-Anesthesiologist Collaboration on Complex Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery Outcomes: Is It Truly Significant?
Moderator: Dr. Osama Hafez
Speakers: Dr. Anaya A. Daniel & Dr. Jeffrey Huang
Learning Objectives:
1. Define the concept of a surgeon-anesthesiologist dyad.
2. Explore the influence of surgeon-anesthesiologist collaboration on patient outcomes.
3. Understand surgeons’ viewpoints regarding the anesthesia team.
4. Comprehend anesthesiologists’ perspectives on surgeons.
5. Examine research findings related to the impact of surgeon-anesthesiologist collaborations.

2:35 PM – 3:15 PM
Topics in Cardiac Anesthesia
Moderator: Dr. Yong G. Peng

Anesthetic Management for Structure Heart Disease Intervention
Speaker: Dr. Mike Franklin
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the anesthesiologist’s role in structural heart procedures, including the opportunities and challenges in echocardiographic evaluation and procedure guidance.
2. Determine the key pearls that optimize the efficacy and safety of anesthetic management in structural heart procedures.
3. Discuss the common pitfalls of these structural heart interventions and develop strategies to mitigate risks and improve patient outcomes.

Hemodynamic Monitoring Modalities
Speaker: Dr. Miguel Ruben Abalo
Learning Objectives:
1. Understanding the basic statistics used to evaluate the performance of cardiac output monitoring devices.
2. Using statistical knowledge to review the evidence available for the most commonly used devices.
3. Analyzing the performance of these devices in specific clinical scenarios.

3:15 PM – 3:55 PM
Success in Rural Perioperative Medicine
Moderator: Dr. Zachary Deutch
Speakers: Dr. Suzanne Karan & Dr. Bridget Marroquin
Learning Objectives:
1. Assess the unique challenges and opportunities inherent in training residents in rural perioperative medicine.
2. Review how one urban academic center has leveraged its personnel and educational mission to benefit the surrounding community.
3. Broadly apply these principles of flexibility in practice organization to other perioperative settings.
4. Recognize the impact of the anesthesiology workforce shortage on rural health systems.
5. Examine creative models of both education and clinical care to improve access to high-quality perioperative medicine in rural communities.

3:55 PM – 4:55 PM
Abstract Podium Session I

Speaker: Dr. Carlos Archilla
Title: Comparison of emergence agitation and pain scores in pediatric patients undergoing Ear-Nose-Throat procedures utilizing opioid-only analgesia or opioid analgesia with either IV or oral acetaminophen: A randomized multi-center double-blinded study

Speaker: Dr. Kelley Martin
Title: Impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery on Outcomes in Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis

Speaker: Brandon To
Title: Supraglottic Airways versus Endotracheal Intubation for Cystoscopy with Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor in Obese Patients

Speaker: Will S. Roberts
Title: The Role of Opioid Analgesics in the Development of Postoperative Delirium: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis

Speaker Dr. Christopher H Nam
Title: Prevention of Facial Pressure Injuries in Prone Position

Speaker: Dr. Meena Kanhai
Title: The Devil is in the Details: Do Peripheral Nerve Blocks Mask or Delay the Diagnosis of Acute Compartment Syndrome in Tibial Plateau Fractures? A Retrospective Review

Speaker: Tochukwu Ibe
Title: External Oblique Intercostal fascial plane block for patients undergoing open hepatectomies: a case series

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall
Sponsored By Nova Southeastern University Department of Anesthesia, Anesthesiologist Assistant Program

Breakfast is from 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM.

8:00 AM – 8:50 AM
State of ASA – President’s Address
Speaker: Ronald L. Harter, M.D., FASA

8:50 AM – 9:40 AM
2024 Keynote Speaker: Leif Dahleen
Financial Independence: What It Is, Why It Matters, And How To Get It
Learning Objectives:
1. Be able to define Financial Independence as it relates to annual expenses
2. Understand how obtaining Financial Independence can benefit your career as a physician
3. Recognize obstacles to Financial Independence and how to overcome them.
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9:40 AM – 10:10 AM
Break and Poster Session 3
Ponce de Leon Foyer
Poster Information

10:10 AM – 11:00 AM
Perioperative Considerations for Patients on GLP-1 Agonist: What’s New, What’s Controversial? 
Moderator: Dr. Sher-Lu Pai
Speakers: Dr. Basma Mohamed, Dr. Sindhu Nimma & Dr. Sher-Lu Pai
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the indications, benefits, and adverse effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists.
2. Review GLP-1 preoperative medication instructions and current fasting guidelines.
3. Formulate a perioperative management algorithm using point-of-care gastric ultrasound to assess gastric contents and estimate aspiration risk.

11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Critical Care Committee Panel: Hot Topics in Anesthesia Critical Care
Moderator: Dr. Steve Minear
Speakers: Dr. Ricardo Diaz & Dr. Amanda Frantz
Learning Objectives:
1. Apply new guidelines into practice to maximize patient care and outcomes regarding intraoperative PEEP management.
2. Identify patients at risk for perioperative complications and adjust proactively.
3. Apply evidence-based knowledge to optimize PEEP setting for patients under general anesthesia.
4. Analyze the ethical considerations surrounding the initiation and discontinuation of ECMO in critical care settings, focusing on patient autonomy and decision-making processes.
5. Explore strategies to effectively communicate with patients and families about the potential outcomes and ethical dilemmas associated with ECMO, enhancing shared decision-making in complex clinical scenarios

11:50 AM – 12:20 PM
Professional Diversity Committee Session:
The Sunrise and Sunset of DEI: A Look Into the History and Evolution of the Principles and Implementation of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Moderator: Dr. Rosemarie Garcia Getting
Speaker: Dr. Steven Bradley
Learning Objectives:
1. A brief history of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in medicine.
2. Have these efforts resulted in success?
3. What is the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in medicine?

Lunch is from 12:20 PM – 1:20 PM
Poster Information

1:20 PM – 1:50 PM
Physician Unionization – A Pro/Con Debate
Moderator: Dr. Moeed Azam
Speakers: Dr. Anne-Elisa Cossu & Dr. Khaled Dajani
Learning Objectives:
1. Introduce/describe a typical union.
2. What is a physician union, and what are the implications/advantages of physician unions?
3. Structure and establishing physician unions.
4. Describe the conditions that lead to increased interest in physician unionization.
5. Explain the theoretical advantages of unions in healthcare.
6. Discuss the downsides of unionization for physicians.

1:50 PM – 3:00 PM
Clinical Grab-Bag Snap Talks
Moderator: Dr. Ryan Chada

Sepsis Management for the Anesthesiologist
Speaker: Dr. Anna Shapiro
Learning Objectives:
1. Review current definitions of SIRS/sepsis/septic shock.
2. Recognize sepsis in the operating room environment.
3. Discuss management techniques for the septic patient while under anesthetic care

Advances in Obesity Treatment: What Does it Mean to My Patients and Practice?
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Bodin
Learning Objectives:
1. To review the current data on the effects of the disease of obesity in the United States, as well as its individual effects.
2. Compare medical therapies being employed in the treatment of obesity, and their implications for anesthesia care.

EEG Monitoring: How to Apply this Modality to Your Practice
Speaker: Dr. Ben Gruenbaum
Learning Objectives:
1. Differentiate between various changes in processed electroencephalogram
2. Describe the benefits and challenges of electroencephalogram-based monitoring of general anesthesia
3. Characterize changes in cortical and subcortical brain regions and networks during impaired consciousness

Updates on Evidence-based Controversies for Outpatient Joint Replacement Arthroplasties
Speaker: Dr. Brian Osman
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the reason for migration of total joint arthroplasty to the outpatient setting.
2. Realize the most commonly cited controversies in the literature pertaining to outpatient total joint replacement surgeries.
3. Learn new evidence-based updates about controversies with surgical methods, proper patient selection, pain management protocols, patient discharge readiness, and unique surgical or anesthesia-related complications.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Abstract Podium Session 4

Speaker: Rutva Vora
Title: Optimizing Timing to the Operating Room: AdventHealth’s Orthopedic Institute Hip Fracture Pilot Study

Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Lee
Title: Intracardiac Thrombosis During Liver Transplantation: A 22-Year Single-Institution Cohort Study

Speaker: Jonathan Henning
Title: Effect of Head Concussion With Loss of Consciousness on Vasopressor Requirement During Orthopedic Surgery

Speaker: Rhiya Mittal
Title: Perioperative Cangrelor in a Patient Undergoing Emergent Non-Cardiac Surgery After Recent Cardiac Stent Placement

Speaker: Chamara Gunaratne
Title: Development of a Probabilistic Boolean Network (PBN) to Model Intraoperative Blood Pressure Management

Speaker: Dr. Tatsiana Kryvitskaya,
Title: Anesthetic Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma with Stage IV Tumor Thrombosis Requiring Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery. A Case Report.

Speaker: Ashton Huey
Title: Automating Delirium Detection: A Novel Diagnostic Device in the Perioperative Setting

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Florida Anesthesia Resident Jeopardy Competition
Speakers: Dr. Christina Moore & Dr. Albert J. Varon
Learning Objectives:
1. Assess knowledge on various anesthesia topics in a competitive team setting.
2. Identify gaps on current state of basic anesthesiology knowledge.
3. Utilize enhanced knowledge in clinical practice.

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Networking Happy Hour
Sponsored By Envision
Venetian Ball Room