Program Schedule

Session I

Moderator: Maurice S. Zwass, MD
7:00 - 7:40 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:45 - 8:00 am Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Anne M. Lynn, MD; Maurice S. Zwass, MD
8:00 - 8:45 am A Genomics Primer
Philip Morgan, MD
8:45 - 9:30 am Pharmacogenetics - The Future is NOW!
Jeffrey R. Balser, MD, PhD
9:30 - 9:50 am Genetics of Pain
John Belmont, MD
9:50 - 10:20 am Break with Exhibitors
10:20 - 10:40 am Genetics, Sepsis, Inflammation, and Coagulation
Francis X. McGowan, Jr., MD
10:40 - 11:00 am Questions and Discussion

Session II

Moderator: Randall P. Flick, MD
11:00 - 11:30 am Pro-Con: Anesthesia and the Patient with Neuromuscular Disease
Julianne Bacsik, MD; Barbara W. Brandom, MD
11:30 am - 12:00 n Pro-Con: LMA vs ETT for the Patient with a URI
Alan R. Tait, PhD; Susan T. Verghese, MD
12:00 n - 12:30 pm Questions and Discussion
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch with Business Meeting

Session III

Moderator: Jayant K. Deshpande, MD
1:30 - 2:00 pm Lifelong Learning
James M. Steven, MD
2:00 - 2:30 pm Improving Throughput / Business, Systems Models
Joan Wellman, MS, MIM
2:30 - 3:00 pm Quality Improvement - The VA Model: What s Important for Pediatric Anesthesia
Ted Speroff, PhD
3:00 -3:15 pm Questions and Discussion
3:15 - 3:45 pm Break with Exhibitors
3:45 - 4:45 pm Beating the Odds
Dana Braner, MD
4:45 - 5:00 pm Questions and Discussion
5:00 pm Closing Remarks
Maurice S. Zwass, MD
6:00 pm Reception