PGA 61 PGA ARCHIVES
-GENERAL SESSIONS-
Listed by day, time, title, Moderator and Panelists, PGA 61
Scientific Panel Sessions
were held December 7-11, 2007
at the New York Marriott Marquis, New York City.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2007
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM (0900 - 1130)
SP-01

CARING FOR THE PATIENT WITH A CO-MORBID
FAILING ORGAN

ROBERT N. SLADEN, M.D., Panel Moderator
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Critical Care
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Panelists'
Presentations:

The Patient with Severe Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease
(COPD)
PETER D. SLINGER, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
Professor of Anaesthesiology
University of Toronto and Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Patient with Heart Failure
NANCY A. NUSSMEIER, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York

The Patient with Severe Liver Disease
ROBERT N. SLADEN, M.D.

The Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease
MARK STAFFORD-SMITH, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina


1:00 PM - 3:30 PM (1300 - 1530)
SP-02

CARING FOR THE MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENT
JAY B. BRODSKY, M.D., Panel Moderator
Professor of Anesthesiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

Panelists'
Presentations:

Preoperative Evaluation and Preparation for Surgery
LOUIS BRUSCO, Jr., M.D., FCCM
Co-Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York

Tracheal Intubation and Sleep Apnea
IRENE P. OSBORN, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Neuroanesthesia
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Ventilation Strategies and Intraoperative Management
ANDREW B. LEIBOWITZ, M.D.
Associate Director of Anesthesiology and Surgery
Co-Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

PACU Complications
JAY B. BRODSKY, M.D.

SP-03

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE CHRONIC
PAIN PATIENT: OPIATES PRO/CON, ALTERNATIVE
DRUGS AND RISK MANAGEMENT
RUSSELL K. PORTENOY, M.D., Panel Moderator
Professor of Neurology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Chair, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, New York

Panelists'
Presentations:

Opiates Yes
RUSSELL K. PORTENOY, M.D.

Opiates No
OSCAR A. DELEON-CASASOLA, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs
University of Buffalo
Chief, Pain Medicine
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York

The Existing and Emerging Pipeline of Analgesics
CHRISTOPHER G. GHARIBO, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
New York University School of Medicine
Director, Pain Management Center
NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, New York

Aberrant Drug Taking Behavior During Opiate Therapy:
What Do We Really Know
STEVEN D. PASSIK, Ph.D.
Associate Attending Psychologist
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2007
08:30 - 11:30 AM (0830-1130)
SP-04

WELCOME PLENARY SESSION
23rd ANNUAL R.W. ROBERTAZZI MEMORIAL PANEL


R. W. Robertazzi

Raphael "Ray" W. Robertazzi was an outstanding clinical anesthesiologist and a pioneer in the development of the specialty in New York City. He trained in Anesthesiology at the New York Post Graduate Hospital, served in the United States Army during World War II, and then returned to the Post Graduate Hospital as Director of Anesthesiology, and Clinical Professor at New York University in the Department of Emery Rovenstine. He successfully blended clinical care and clinical research when he published his observations and the results of his operating room studies. Ray Robertazzi was an inspirational role model to his residents and students.

STATE OF THE ART CLINICAL ANESTHESIOLOGY:
WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING TODAY THAT
MAKES A DIFFERENCE
STEPHEN J. THOMAS, M.D., Panel Moderator
Topkins - Van Poznak Professor and Vice-Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Panelists'
Presentations:

The Patient with Cardiac Disease
DAVID L. REICH, M.D.
Horace W. Goldsmith
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

The Patient Who is a Candidate for Regional Anesthetic: Infection
Control, Anticoagulation and Thromboprophylaxis

TERESE T. HORLOCKER, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Orthopedics
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota

The Pregnant Patient
DAVID J. BIRNBACH, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Executive Vice-Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Vice Provost
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

The Patient Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
JAY B. BRODSKY, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California


1:00 - 3:30 PM (1300 - 1530)
SP-05

PERIOPERATIVE CARE OF THE PATIENT WITH
CARDIAC DISEASE
KETAN SHEVDE, M.D., Panel Moderator
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
SUNY - Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Panelists'
Presentations:

Stents: They Aren’t All the Same
KETAN SHEVDE, M.D.

Statins: Is Their Perioperative Administration Helpful for
Patient Outcomes
JUDY R. KERSTEN, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Perioperative Management of Pacemakers and Implantable
Cardioverter-Defibrillator
(AICD)
MARC A. ROZNER, M.D., Ph.D.
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Should I Always Be Using Beta Blockers in the
Perioperative Period? - Results of the
POISE
(Perioperative Ischemic Evaluation) Study
PHILIP J. DEVERAUX, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Clinical
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Division of Cardiology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA

SP-06

CHALLENGING CASES IN NEUROANESTHESIA
DANIEL J. COLE, M.D., Panel Moderator
Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona

Panelists'
Presentations:

Head Trauma Patient with Cervical Spine Injury
AUDRÉE A. BENDO, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair for Education
Director of Neurosurgical Anesthesia
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Awake Craniotomy in Pediatric Patient
ALEX Y. BEKKER, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Neurosurgery
Chief of Neuroanesthesia
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

The Pregnant Patient for Craniotomy
DAVID J. WLODY, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs
Director, Obstetric Anesthesia
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Long Island College Hospital
Brooklyn, New York

Patient with Carotid Artery Disease and Unstable Angina
DANIEL J. COLE, M.D.

SP-07

CONTROVERSIAL AND EMERGING DRUGS IN MY
CLINICAL PRACTICE: WHAT I SHOULD USE OR AVOID
PHILIP W. LEBOWITZ, M.D., M.B.A., Panel Moderator
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Attending Anesthesiologist
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Panelists' Presentations:

Droperidol: Black Box Warning Revisited
PHILIP W. LEBOWITZ, M.D., M.B.A.

Nitrous Oxide: Panacea or Pariah
CHRISTOPHER W. BRYAN-BROWN, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Vice-Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Succinylcholine: A Marvel Whose Time Has Passed
AARON F. KOPMAN, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York
Vice-Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center
New York, New York

Sugammadex: The Magic Bullet for Neuromuscular Reversal?
CYNTHIA A. LIEN, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Attending Anesthesiologist
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2007
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM (0900 - 1130)
SP-08
Gertie F. Marx Memorial Lecture:
COMPLICATIONS OF NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA
FOR OBSTETRICS
This panel was created to honor the life, career and memory of Professor Gertie F. Marx, the "Mother of Obstetric Anesthesia". Gertie was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She studied medicine in Germany and Switzerland in the mid 1930s before emigrating to the United States. She trained at Beth Israel Medical Center, where she worked for 10 years as an attending anesthesiologist. She then came to Jacobi Medical Center and the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in the Bronx, becoming the first Director of Obstetric Anesthesiology at those institutions. She continued to work at Jacobi and Albert Einstein for
over 40 years, rising to the rank of Professor. Gertie dedicated her life to the "care of mothers and their babies" which she did through both her clinical care and her research. Gertie held just as strong a commitment to the education of anesthesia residents and medical students, training untold numbers of obstetric anesthesiologists. To these students of anesthesia, Gertie was the model for pride, dedication and professionalism. During her illustrious career, Gertie received many honors in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere. She was only the second woman in the history of the ASA to receive the ASA Distinguished Service Award. The last of the many awards that Gertie received in her life was the Distinguished Service Award of the NYSSA.

GILBERT J. GRANT, M.D., Panel Moderator
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Academic Affairs
Director of Obstetric Anesthesia
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

Panelists'
Presentations:

How to Make a Failed Epidural Work
BARBARA L. LEIGHTON, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Post Dural Puncture Headache (PDPH)
DAVID J. WLODY, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs
Director, Obstetric Anesthesia
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Long Island College Hospital
Brooklyn, New York

Neurologic Complications of Obstetrical Neuraxial Anesthesia
GILBERT J. GRANT, M.D.

Infectious Complications of Neuraxial Anesthesia for Obstetrics
DAVID J. BIRNBACH, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Executive Vice-Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Vice Provost
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

SP-09

UPDATE ON REGIONAL ANESTHESIA
ANDREW D. ROSENBERG, M.D., Panel Moderator
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Orthopaedics
New York University School of Medicine
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Hospital for Joint Diseases, Orthopaedic Institute
New York, New York

Panelists'
Presentations:

Continuous Catheters For Regional Anesthesia and Pain Relief
PAUL H. WILLOUGHBY, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Complications
MEG A. ROSENBLATT, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Division of Orthopaedic Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Nerve Blocks and Anticoagulation
TERESE T. HORLOCKER, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Orthopedics
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota

Ultrasound For Peripheral Nerve Blocks
BRIAN D. SITES, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical School
Director, Orthopedic and Regional Anesthesia
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire

SP-10

CRITICAL CARE ISSUES FOR THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST
BRIAN S. KAUFMAN, M.D., Panel Moderator
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine and Neurosurgery
Director of Critical Care Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

Panelists'
Presentations:

Cardiocerebral Resuscitation
CHARLES W. OTTO, M.D., F.C.C.M.
Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Septic Shock
ERIC C. RACKOW, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

Perioperative Infection Issues for the Anesthesiologist
DENNIS G. MAKI, M.D.
Ovid O. Meyer Professor of Medicine
Head, Section of Infectious Diseases & Critical Care Medicine
Attending Physician, Center for Trauma & Life Support
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin

Crisis in the PACU: Case Studies
BRIAN S. KAUFMAN, M.D.


1:00 - 3:30 PM (1300 - 1530)
SP-11

HOT TOPICS IN PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES AND
PATIENT MANAGEMENT
LINDA J. SHORE-LESSERSON, M.D., Panel Moderator
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Panelists'
Presentations:

Perioperative Cognitive Dysfunction
MARK F. NEWMAN, M.D.
Merel H. Harmel Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Professor of Anesthesiology
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Postoperative Visual Loss
LORRI A. LEE, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington

Managing Perioperative Bleeding and Medications
LINDA J. SHORE-LESSERSON, M.D.

Glycemic Control
JUDY R. KERSTEN, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

SP-12

NOVEL STRATEGIES IN ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT
PETER S.A. GLASS, M.B., Ch.B., Panel Moderator
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Panelists'
Presentations:

Multimodal Analgesia: What Are the Latest Recipes?
PETER S.A. GLASS, M.B., Ch.B.

New and Novel Analgesic Drug Delivery Systems
EUGENE R. VISCUSI, M.D.
Director, Acute Pain Management
Jefferson Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Does Postoperative Analgesia Improve Postoperative Outcomes?
SPENCER S. LIU, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Director of Acute Pain Service
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York

How Acute Pain Becomes Chronic
MARK J. LEMA, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York

SP-13

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT ISSUES: P4P AND OTHER
THINGS I BETTER KNOW ABOUT
ROBERT S. LAGASSE, M.D., Panel Moderator
Professor and Vice-Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Weiler Division of Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Panelists'
Presentations:

P4P
ALEXANDER A. HANNENBERG, M.D.
Associate Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, Massachusetts

Outcomes
LEE A. FLEISHER, M.D.
Robert D. Dripps Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesia
Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

JCAHO
ROBERT S. LAGASSE, M.D.

Legal Implications of the New Guidelines
JAMES E. SZALADOS, M.D., J.D., M.B.A.
Partner, Westside Anesthesia Associates of Rochester, LLP.
Medical Director of Respiratory Care
Attending in Critical Care and Medicine
Unity Health System at Park Ridge Hospital
Rochester, New York

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2007
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM (0900 - 1030)
SP-14

INTERNATIONAL FORUM
PGA International Forum

This is a continuing series of annual forums to discuss anesthesia practices
throughout the world.


THE ESA GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH:
ADDRESSING CUTTING EDGE ISSUES FACING
ANESTHESIOLOGISTS WORLD-WIDE

Jennifer M. Hunter, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., FRCA, Panel Moderator
Chair, Scientific Programme Committee
European Society of Anaesthesiology
Department of Anaesthesia
University Clinical Department
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, England

Panelists'
Presentations:

Awareness During Anesthesia - Europe -vs- USA
ALAN AITKENHEAD, M.D.
Professor of Anaesthesia
University Department of Anaesthesia
Queen’s Medical Centre
Nottingham, England

Can We Prevent Chronic Postoperative Pain?
DAVID J. ROWBOTHAM, M.D.
Professor of Anaesthesia & Pain Management
University of Leicester
Director of Research & Development
University Hospitals of Leicester
Leicester, England

Do We Really Need Evidence-Based Medicine in Anaesthesia?
MARTIN R. TRAMER, M.D., D.Phil
Professor of Anaesthesiology
Geneva University Hospitals
Geneva, Switzerland


10:45 AM - 11:45 AM (1045 - 1145)
SP-15

37th ANNUAL
E.A. ROVENSTINE MEMORIAL LECTURE

This annual Memorial Lecture series is dedicated to honor the illustrious career of Dr. Emery Andrew Rovenstine, who was Director of Anesthesiology Service from 1935 to 1960 at what he proudly referred to as "My Bellevue," which in his time was a charity hospital. He was also Professor of Surgery (Anesthesia) at The New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Rovenstine was a loved and eminent clinician and teacher, who played a major role in the development of academic anesthesia in the United States. In his lifetime many great honors were bestowed upon him. He served as President of The American Society of Anesthesiologists in 1943/44, and in 1957 received that Society's Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Rovenstine was the founder of the PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology. A scholarly man who helped to develop many drugs, techniques and machines to ease pain, Dr. Rovenstine devoted himself to training other physicians in his specialty. He was considered in his time to be the most knowledgeable anesthesiologist in the world.

Introductions: Rebecca S. Twersky, M.D., M.P.H.
PGA General Chair
Andrew D. Rosenberg, M.D.
PGA Scientific Programs Chair
Topic: CRITICAL THINKING IN ANESTHESIA
Guest Lecturer: STEVEN L. SHAFER, M.D.
Editor-in-Chief, Anesthesia & Analgesia
Professor of Anesthesia
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Adjunct Professor of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Host: Rebecca S. Twersky, M.D., M.P.H.


1:00 - 3:30 PM (1300 - 1530)
SP-16

THE TRAUMA PATIENT: LESSONS LEARNED FROM
IRAQ, THE MIDDLE EAST AND ELSEWHERE
CHESTER C. BUCKENMAIER, III, M.D., LTC, MC, USA,
Panel Moderator
Chief, Army Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management Initiative
Assistant Chief, Anesthesia & Operative Services
Assistant Professor of Uniformed Services University
Walter Reed Medical Center
Washington, DC

Panelists'
Presentations:

Transporting The Trauma Patient
CHESTER C. BUCKENMAIER, III, M.D., LTC, MC, USA

Dealing With an Attack By Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
SCOTT M. CROLL, M.D.
Director, Residency Education NCC Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director, NCC Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
Army Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management Initiative
Walter Reed Medical Center
Washington, DC

Airway Management of the Trauma Patient
CHRISTOPHER GRANDE, M.D., M.P.H.
Executive Director
International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society (ITACCS)
Baltimore, Maryland

Intraoperative Management: Recent Advances
LEVON M. CAPAN, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesia
New York University School of Medicine
Associate Director
Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, New York

SP-17

RECENT ADVANCES IN THORACIC AND
RESPIRATORY CARE
M. CHRISTINE STOCK, M.D.
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Panelists'
Presentations:

The Difficult Airway
M. CHRISTINE STOCK, M.D.

Ventilation Strategies of Patients [with] the Adult Respiratory
Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

ROBERT N. SLADEN, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Critical Care
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

New Concepts in Management of Hypoxemia During OLV
EDMOND COHEN, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Thoracic Anesthesia
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Pain Control in Thoracic Surgery:
Thoracotomy -vs- Thoracoscopy

OSCAR A. DELEON-CASASOLA, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs
University of Buffalo
Chief, Pain Medicine
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York

SP-18

EIGHT THINGS YOU MUST KNOW IF YOU
ANESTHETIZE CHILDREN

STEVEN C. HALL, M.D., Panel Moderator
Arthur C. King Professor of Pediatric Anesthesia
Anesthetist-in-Chief
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Professor of Anesthesiology
The Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Panelists'
Presentations:

What Do You Really Need to Evaluate to Pick Up the
Sick Child? -&- Which Child Really Needs Premed/Parental
Presence, or Other Things?

MYRON YASTER, M.D.
The Richard J. Traystman Professor of Pediatrics Anesthesiology and
Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

What Is The Minimum You Need to Know To Give
Fluids Safely? -and- When Does The Anesthetic Choice
Really Make a Difference?

JERROLD LERMAN, M.D., FRCPC, FANZCA
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Rochester, New York

How Can You Simply Deal with the Child With
Congenital Heart Disease For Non-Cardiac Surgery? -&-
How Can You Simply Deal with the MRI Suite?

INGRID B. HOLLINGER, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Is Emergency Delirium Really a Problem? -&- What Are
The Simple Ways to Safely Provide Postop Pain Relief?

STEVEN C. HALL, M.D.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2007
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM (0900 - 1130)
SP-19

CLINICAL TRENDS IN AMBULATORY AND
OFFICE ANESTHESIA
REBECCA S. TWERSKY, M.D., M.P.H., Panel Moderator
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair for Research
Director, Division of Ambulatory Anesthesia
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Medical Director, Ambulatory Surgery Unit
Long Island College Hospital
Brooklyn, New York

Panelists'
Presentations:

PONV Avoidance: Not About Droperidol
STEVEN L. SHAFER, M.D.
Editor-in-Chief, Anesthesia & Analgesia
Professor of Anesthesia
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Adjunct Professor of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Managing the Cardiac Patient With Stents
KATHRYN E. McGOLDRICK, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Westchester County Medical Center
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York

General -vs- Regional in Ambulatory Surgery -- Still a Question?
SPENCER S. LIU, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Director of Acute Pain Service
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York

Clinical Pearls of Office-Based Anesthesia Today
DAVID B. BARINHOLTZ, M.D.
President and CEO
Mobile Anesthesiologists
Chicago, Illinois

SP-20

INTERVENTIONS FOR BACK AND LEG PAIN:
AN UPDATE
NAGY A. MEKHAIL, M.D., Ph.D., Panel Moderator
Chair, Pain Management Center
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Panelists'
Presentations:

Discography and Annulopathy
HOWARD S. SMITH, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Pain Management
Albany Medical Center
Albany, New York

Critical Assessment of Implantable Devices
NAGY A. MEKHAIL, M.D., Ph.D.


1:00 - 3:30 PM (1300 - 1530)
SP-21

9th ANNUAL BRAGGING CONTEST: ANY CASE YOU
HAVE DONE, I HAVE DONE A BETTER ONE
Clifford M. Gevirtz, M.D., M.P.H., Panel Moderator
Medical Director
Somnia Pain Management
New York, New York

Panelists'
Presentations:

Representing: Maimonides Medical Center
DENNIS E. FEIERMAN, Ph.D., M.D.
Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Representing: New York Presbyterian Hospital-
Weill Cornell Center
JON D. SAMUELS, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, New York

Representing: SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
DAVID S. FISHMAN, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Representing: St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center
PASQUALE M. CIRULLO, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
St. Vincent Hospital & Medical Center
New York, New York

Representing: Albany Medical College
SCOTT B. GROUDINE, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York



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