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SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology 2023 March 30 - April 2, 2023
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Dr. Adler practices pediatric anesthesia at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. His research interests include pediatric obstructive sleep apnea and the interplay with opioids as well as point of care ultrasound
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 3: Disgruntled Families - Techniques for Navigation and De-escalation of Difficult or Contentious Conversations
Rita Agarwal MD is a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, at Stanford, Past President Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, Past Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and former member of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Board of Directors. She is the Director of Pediatric Anesthesia Education at Stanford and the former Pediatric Anesthesia Program Director at The University of Colorado. Her passion has always been education but has more recently become involved with advocacy for safer dental anesthesia and better pain management in children. She has worked with the California Society of Anesthesiologist, the American Medical Association, and has volunteered with the American Board of Anesthesiology as a Question Author, Editor and Pediatric Anesthesiology Committee member. Her other interests include pediatric pain management, neuroanesthesia, mentorship, and she is one of the founding members of the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Moderated Case Reports Posters
Location: Grand Salon 5-6, 4th Floor
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 6: Perioperative Care of the Child with Chronic Pain
Children's Medical Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX
Bio
Pediatric Anesthesiologist with special interest in pediatric cardiac anesthesia and emergency preparedness. Professor of Anesthesia at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas ,TX
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Mass Casualty Incidents - Prepare and Practice
Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Bio
Titilopemi Aina, MD, MPH, FASA, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Management at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine. She currently serves as the Fellowship Program Director. Dr. Aina earned her medical degree at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She then completed a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Florida, and fellowship training in pediatric anesthesiology at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) in anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology. Dr. Aina is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, the Association of University Anesthesiologists, the International Anesthesia Research Society, the Society for Education in Anesthesia, and the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists.
Friday, March 31, 2023
7:45 AM - 8:00 AM
Welcome and Outline of Educational Program
Location: Lone Star Ballroom - 3rd Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
SESSION III: POSTER PRESENTATIONS AND AWARDS
Location: Lone Star Ballroom - 3rd Floor
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
TRAINEE WORKSHOP: Establishing a Firm Foundation - Leveraging Mentors/Sponsors/Coaches/Advisors
Dr. Alex is currently an associate professor at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas affiliated with UT Southwestern. He completed his residency at New York Presbyterian Cornell in Manhattan and completed his pediatric anesthesia fellowship at CHOP. His interests include regional anesthesia and resident education.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 7: Little people, Big Challenges: Foramen Magnum Decompression in an Infant with Achondroplasia
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Harvard University
Bio
Dr. Alrayashi is an associate in perioperative anesthesia and pain medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. He completed his medical school at Northwestern University in Chicago and then residency at NYU. He later went on to complete his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children’s, and completed an additional year in regional anesthesiology at the same institution. He has a special interest in the use of ultrasound in the perioperative care of pediatric and young adult patients. This includes the use of ultrasound for the therapeutic treatment of acute pain as well as the diagnosis for acute pathologies. He has published on clinical outcomes in various regional anesthesia outcomes and reported on the use of ultrasound in clinical care. He has lectured at various national and international conferences and taught workshops in regional anesthesia and point of care ultrasonography. He founded the home analgesia program at Boston Children’s Hospital, the only of its kind in the northeastern United States. At present he is developing a comprehensive POCUS training program for clinicians at his institution and is the director of Regional Anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital of the Harvard Medical School.
Professor of Anesthesiology and adjunct Professor of Pediatrics
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA
Bio
Dr. Corrie T. M. Anderson is a Professor of Anesthesiology, an Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington, and holds a Certificate of Added Qualification in Pain Management. As a teacher, researcher, and practitioner, he has been active in pediatric pain management and regional anesthesiology for over three decades. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dr. Anderson attended Harvard University and graduated with honors from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He spent six years at Stanford University Medical School, training as a physician and researcher in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). In the MSTP, Dr. Anderson did his graduate work on DNA repair. Following graduation from Stanford, Dr. Anderson traveled to Massachusetts for his internship and residency training at The Boston Children's Hospital. Several people enticed him to enter anesthesiology, so after completing his pediatric residency, he subsequently entered the field of anesthesiology. Dr. Anderson completed an anesthesiology residency at The Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He then returned to Boston Children's' Hospital for his Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship training.
Starting one of America's first pediatric pain management programs in 1989 at UCLA, he became Director of the UCLA Pain Management Program and then Director of Pediatric Anesthesiology at the UCLA School of Medicine. He holds an American and a European patent on the "Corrie Cover." Dr. Anderson moved to Seattle in 2001. He was awarded the Golden Apple Seed teaching award multiple times by the University of Washington anesthesiology residents. He was named one of Seattle's "Best Doctors" by Seattle Magazine for more than ten consecutive years. Dr. Anderson's achievements and dedication to his profession were recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics when he was awarded the prestigious Robert M. Smith award. He was the Director of the Seattle Children's Hospital Center for Excellence in Pediatric Regional Anesthesiology until 2020. In 2015 Dr. Anderson and his wife started the "Dr. Corrie T. M. Anderson and Virginia E. Williams II Regional Anesthesiology Research and Education Endowment in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Bio
Medical School: U.C. San Diego
Pediatric Residency: U.C. San Francisco
Anesthesia Residency: U.C. San Francisco
Attending MD Children's Hospital, Oakland CA 1990-97
Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesia, UCSF, 1991-97
Attending MD Texas Children's Hospital, 1997-present
Professor of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief, Texas Children's Hospital
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Comprehensive Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound
After completing a pediatric residency and PICU fellowship, I completed an anesthesia residency and pediatric fellowship. The main goal in my career was to be an excellent clinician with the opportunity to take care of the more complex pediatric pathologies.
Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Instructor in Anesthesia
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Bio
Dr. Atkinson is an Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Instructor in Anesthesia at the Harvard Medical School. After training in Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care, and Anesthesiology, Dr. Atkinson divides his clinical commitment between pediatric cardiac anesthesia and cardiac intensive care. His research focuses on post-bypass acute kidney injury and noninvasive respiratory monitoring in children.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
When 100% is Too Much - Hyperoxia in the Pediatric Patient
Arkansas Children's Hospital/ University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock/ AR
Bio
Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati/OH.
Residency in Anesthesiology:
- John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago/IL
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh/ India.
Medical school:
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry/India.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Mass Casualty Incidents - Prepare and Practice
Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Bio
I am an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine. My primary clinical interest is care of children with congenital heart disease for non-cardiac surgery.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Moderated Case Reports Posters
Location: Grand Salon 5-6, 4th Floor
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Moderated Poster Presentations
Location: Grand Salon 5-6: 4th Floor
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: One-Lung Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Bio
Heather Ballard, MD is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and an assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She serves as the Director of Hepatobiliary and Transplant Anesthesia. Dr. Ballard received her MD from the Feinberg School of Medicine in 2006 and completed her residency in Anesthesiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 2010 and Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2011. Her research interests include health services outcomes research, medical education, simulation, and liver transplantation.
Professor of Anesthesiology and CCM
Consultant in Pediatric and Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Perioperative TEE
Certified Physician Executive and Healthcare IT Leader
Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists
Fellow of the American Association for Physician Leadership
Sunday, April 2, 2023
7:15 AM - 8:25 AM
PBLD 19: An Unanticipated Critically Obstructed Neonatal Airway. A missed Opportunity for an EXIT Procedure
Natalie Barnett, MD attended medical school at the USC School of Medicine in Columbia, SC. She moved to NYC for residency training at Mt Sinai and then to Portland, OR for pediatric fellowship at OHSU. She returned to NYC, first working at Cohen Children's followed briefly by returning to Mt Sinai before moving to Charleston, SC where she is currently an Associate Professor in Anesthesiology at MUSC. Her clinical interests include pediatric pain medicine and regional anesthesia, and quality & safety. Other non-clinical interests include simulation-based teaching & the development of pediatric anesthesia simulation curriculums for residents & fellows.
Residency at Columbia University Medical Center, fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital, currently practicing at University of California, Davis, Children's Hospital.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: One-Lung Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
After 30 years as a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist, Laura Berenstain is now an International Coaching Federation certified Coach, coaching physicians for personal and professional development and well-being. She is an Advisory Board member and Coach for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia's Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative. Laura has traveled worldwide on mission trips teaching physicians how to care for children with complex congenital heart disease and has recently edited and published Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia: A Case-Based Approach. She has three amazing daughters who inspire her daily.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
CCAS WORKSHOP: Staying Alive: Professional Development and Well-being for Career Sustainability
Marial Biard, MM, MT-BC, works at Texas Children's Hospital serving as Acute Care Music Therapist, Education Director, and research clinician. Marial earned her Music Therapy Board Certification after completing her graduate work at Colorado State University. She gained her Neurologic Music Therapist certification in 2014 and became the first Pediatric Neurologic Music Therapy Fellow in the world in 2019. Marial has been invited to present across the globe and thrives in the intersections of neurology, music therapy, and pediatrics. Most recently speaking in Rome, Italy regarding innovative access to music and mindfulness for pediatric palliative care patients. While in Rome Marial was awarded the Les Amis Young Research for 2022. An active member of American Music Therapy Association, Marial gives back to her field by serving as the National Co-Chair of the Pediatric Work Group as well as Assembly Delegate representing the Southwest Region. Marial’s research has been published in peer reviewed establishments such as the Journal of Music Therapy and Clinical Pediatrics. She is excited about recent research efforts regarding co-treatment with rehabilitative therapies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and contingent singing with infants. Marial gained recognition in her field when she was awarded the 2018 AMTA Harmony Award for her work regarding National Disaster Relief and Psychosocial First Aid intervention. She was selected as Texas Children’s Super Star Employee in 2018 by her peers for significant contribution to patient and family experience at end of life.
Guelay Bilen-Rosas, MD, currently serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin Madison.
Her patients have benefited from her deep commitment to providing the best possible care. She serves as a strong advocate for her patients and is interested in improving current patient monitoring practices that will directly impact and improve patient outcomes and our capacity to detect respiratory distress. Not only does Dr. Bilen-Rosas advocate for patients, she is a positive role model and mentor to students, postdocs, and fellow faculty, coaching and encouraging mentees in their academic, research, and career
development. Ever driven to ask questions and develop ideas, she makes the time to develop and further pursue her research. Her passions for improving patient care and questioning the status quo have merged in her quest to develop improved methods for early detection of airway compromise that reach beyond the OR and have broad applications across all segments of patient care and research. Despite the incompatibility of ultrasound and air, she detected and described pulsed wave Doppler signaling to quantify airflow velocities, leading to multiple patent applications. Based on preliminary data, she received the WARF Innovation Award in 2016 and the WARF Accelerator Award in 2017 and 2019. In her work developing this new technology, she has supervised several graduate students and a postdoctoral fellow in addition to arraying a strong collaborative network that includes ultrasound experts,
biostatisticians, medical physics scientists, mechanical engineers, software engineers, and leading experts in micromachined transducers and related technology.
Dr. Blasius is an expert in pediatric simulation, currently practicing pediatric anesthesiology in Charlotte North Carolina and she serves in the role as Chief Academic Officer.
Karen Boretsky MD, FASA
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston USA
Harvard Medical School, Boston USA
Founded Perioperative Regional Anesthesia Programs in 2 Tertiary Care Pediatric Hospitals, Published 53 original manuscripts, International Lecture & teaching invitations.
Special Interest: Management of perioperative pediatric pain, Opioid-sparing pain management, Use of bedside ultrasound for diagnostics in infants and children
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Comprehensive Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound
Dr. Amber Borucki is an anesthesiologist and pediatric pain medicine specialist whose focus is treating chronic pain conditions in children and eliminating, reducing or managing pain that occurs after surgery. She also works with patients to prevent postsurgical pain from becoming chronic. She is director of UCSF's Pediatric Anesthesia Pain Services.
Borucki completed her medical degree at Rush Medical College, followed by a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Chicago. She completed a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital as well as a combined fellowship in pediatric and adult pain medicine at Boston Children's and Brigham and Women's hospitals.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPPM WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Current position Professor Anesthesiology, University Washington
Affiliation Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Seattle Children’s Hospital Washington
Former Director Regional Anaesthesia
Training: Graduated MB ChB at University of Cape Town 1973.
Specialist training in Durban SA and New Zealand.
Fellow of Faculty Anaesthetists of South Africa 1981.
Paediatric Anaesthesia Fellowship in Seattle USA 1983-4.
Awards: Honorary member of APA of Great Britain and Ireland in recognition of contribution to paediatric anaesthesia worldwide
Honorary member of the European Society Paediatric Anaesthesia in recognition of contribution to paediatric anesthesia worldwide
Myron Yaster Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 in recognition of the contribution to made to Pediatric Anesthesia
Currently: (i) Sub Editor Paediatric Anaesthesia Journal - retired
(ii) Past Executive member of Paediatric Pain SIG group of IASP.
(iii) Editorial Advisory Board SA Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia and Paediatric Anaesthesia Journal.
(iv) Member ASRA, Life member ESRA, Council RAPSA
(v) WFSA: Member Paediatric Anaesthesia Sub Committee
(vi) Reviewer for Anesthesiology, Anesthesia Analgesia, European Journal Anesthesia, Pain, Pediatric Anesthesia, Larynx.
(vii) Volunteer Operation Smile
Research interests: Regional anaesthesia in neonates, infants and children
Anaesthetic Challenges in a developing world environment.
Influence of anaesthesia on syndromes, inherited metabolic disorders and congenital anomalies on
Difficult intubation techniques.
Publications: >120 publications in peer reviewed journals
>15book chapters many in leading textbooks in pediatric anesthesia
Book; Sub editor Practice of Pediatric Anesthesia ed B Bissonette.
Interests: Rugby, Cycling, Photography, Collector (philately arctophily
Maribeth Brinkley, MT-BC, NICU-MT works as the NICU Music Therapist at Texas Children's Hospital. After completing her clinical music therapy internship at WVU Medicine, Maribeth received a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy from the University o Alabama. In addition to her clinical work, Maribeth is a Research Clinician and manages the Healing Notes Volunteer Program at Texas Children's.
Megan Brockel attended Creighton University in Omaha, NE where she majored in Biology and Spanish. She stayed in Omaha and received her Medical Doctorate from Creighton University School of Medicine. She completed anesthesiology residency at Washington University in St. Louis and pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She accepted a position at Children’s Hospital Colorado in 2011. She has been involved with development and implementation of pediatric ERAS protocols locally and nationally since 2014 and is an active member of the executive board of the Pediatric ERAS Society.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 10: The Conundrum in Caring for a Patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa and Testicular Torsion: Save the Testicle or Protect the Airway?
Dr. Brown is an associate professor in the department of anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital. She is the clinical director for the division of cardiac anesthesia. She also is the CCAS quality and safety committee chair and the chair-elect of the STS-CCAS database committee.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
CCAS WORKSHOP: Toward safe Transport for Children with Complex Critical Illness and /or CHD Requiring Ventilatory Support
Dr. Brown is a pediatric anesthesiologist who is interested in improving perioperative management and the experience of children, particularly those who have complex disease, many of whom present for repeated anesthetics.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: "I want to do research": Practical Approaches to Getting Your First Clinical Research Project Off the Ground and Into a Journal
Location: Meeting Room 304 - 3rd Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Death on the Table: How to Coach Resiliency Skills Following a Clinical Crisis (Sponsored by the SPA Simulation SIG)
Location: Meeting Room 303-304: 3rd Floor
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Dr. Brustowicz became interested in quality assurance processes just as the medical community was adopting these methodologies to improve the delivery of medical care. Attending a presentation by Dr. Don Berwick inspired him to become active in his hospital’s processes. Bob was instrumental in organizing many of Boston Children’s Hospital early QI Committees as the Chief Physician Advisor of their Quality Assurance Program. Familiar with both the Model for Improvement and Lean Six Sigma methodologies, he is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. He is also a diplomate of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians and is certified in Health Care Quality and Management. Currently he serves as a co-chair of the Patient Safety Initiative Committee and Medical Director of the Quality Management and Performance Improvement Program for his department at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is the President elect of Wake up Safe.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Workshop in Quality Improvement, Safety and Performance Management
Dr. Brittany Bryant was born in Denton, TX and is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Baylor University, majoring in Biology with minors in Medical Humanities and Biochemistry. She obtained her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston where she completed the medical ethics track. In 2021, she was given the Baruch A. Brody Award in Medical Ethics. She completed a preliminary year in pediatrics at the University of North Carolina, and is a current anesthesiology resident at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She has research interests in bioethics and pediatric anesthesia.
Dr. Bryant is the published author of three children’s books, Triumphing Over Tragedy, Defeating the Doubt, and Getting Your Goals. She is a classically trained pianist and ventriloquist, utilizing these talents for volunteer work. Additionally, she recently obtained the advanced open water SCUBA diving certification. Dr. Bryant resides in Rochester, MN with her husband of five years.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 3: Disgruntled Families - Techniques for Navigation and De-escalation of Difficult or Contentious Conversations
David Buck, MD, MBA is associate professor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He completed his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s, as well as an advanced fellowship in quality improvement. He is the director of quality improvement for the Department of Anesthesiology. He has lectured nationally and internationally on quality improvement and safety. He currently serves as Past President of Wake Up Safe, the pediatric anesthesia quality improvement initiative.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Workshop in Quality Improvement, Safety and Performance Management
Dr. Burns graduated from the combined Anesthesiology & Pediatrics Residency at the University of California, Irvine. She then completed a combined Pediatric & Adult Pain Medicine Fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Being both a pediatrician and anesthesiologist has afforded a unique skillset and perspective for this early-career physician. Human neurobehavioral development, child-parent dynamics, and interfacing with stakeholders are several of her current interest. Dr. Burns has the honor of practicing pediatric pain medicine at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM
Updates from Mission Driven Mentoring Program (MDMP) Award Recipients
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatri
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Bio
Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship 1997
Pediatric cardiovascular Fellowship 1998
Baylor College of Medicine of Medice Anesthesia Faculty 2002 till present
Saturday, April 1, 2023
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Moderated Case Reports Posters
Location: Grand Salon 5-6, 4th Floor
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Moderated Poster Presentations
Location: Grand Salon 5-6: 4th Floor
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: One-Lung Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
Dr. Caruso is a Clinical Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. He is the Program Director of the Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship and an avid Regional Anesthesiologist. He is also the co-director of the Stanford Chariot Program, which aims to reduce pediatric patients’ anxiety and pain by utilizing immersive technologies, including augmented and virtual reality. Dr. Caruso holds a BS in biochemistry from the University of Virginia, a master’s degree in medical education from Johns Hopkins University, and a MD and PhD in education from Stanford University.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 4: Preventing and Managing Adverse Events During Neurosurgical Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Immersive Technologies in Perioperative Anxiety and Chronic Pain Management: Virtual and Augmented Reality
Dr. Chao is an attending anesthesiologist and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Montefiore Einstein with a particular interest in regional anesthesia and spinal anesthesia in infants. After receiving his Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from Brown University in 2002, Dr. Chao attended Mount Sinai School of Medicine, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 2006. His postgraduate training included completing an intership in internal medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in 2007, residency in anesthesiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in 2010, and a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford in 2011. In 2016, he earned his Master of Science in clinical research methods at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Chao’s research focus is to expand knowledge of early anesthetic effects through observational studies utilizing the electroencephalogram (EEG) during anesthesia in infants and young children. The long-term goal of this research is to improve patient care and enhance safety for all children requiring anesthesia. Dr. Chao receives funding from a KL2 Mentored Career Development Award and has received other research grant support.
Friday, March 31, 2023
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
How the Noninvasive Electroencephalogram (EEG) Can Serve Pediatric Anesthesiologists and Patients During Clinical Care - And Beyond
Saturday, April 1, 2023
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Moderated Case Reports Posters
Location: Grand Salon 5-6, 4th Floor
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Lightning Abstracts
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Moderated Poster Presentations
Location: Grand Salon 5-6: 4th Floor
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Implementing Infant Spinal Anesthesia in Your Practice
Children's Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado
Aurora, CO
Bio
Dr. Debnath Chatterjee is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children's Hospital Colorado and a Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Colorado. He is the current Chair-Elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and the Editor-in-Chief of OpenAnesthesia.
Friday, March 31, 2023
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
SESSION III: AAP SESSION: EMPOWERED MDs - PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN
Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine
Houston/Texas
Bio
Dr. Kathleen Chen completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Design from Tufts University in Medford, MA in 2002. She then continued her education and obtained her Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2003. Dr. Chen attended Tufts University, School of Medicine in Boston, MA where she earned her Medical Doctor degree in 2007. She was an intern and resident in the Department of Anesthesiology at New York Presbyterian, Weill Cornell in New York, NY until December 2008. She then completed Anesthesiology Residency training in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Woman’s Hospital, in Boston, MA in July 2011. Dr. Chen then completed her Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston, MA in September 2012.
Dr. Chen joined Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine in 2016 after working as a staff pediatric anesthesiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital- Harvard Medical School and private practice. Shortly after matriculating at TCH/Baylor as a staff pediatric anesthesiologist, she was appointed as the Director of Anesthesiology at the Mark Wallace Tower ambulatory surgery operating rooms. In 2018, she founded Texas Children’s Hospital’s CHARIOT (Childhood Anxiety Reduction through Innovation and Technology) program, in collaboration with Stanford University’s program. Her expertise in distraction through the use of immersive technologies has been featured in CNET.com, The Houston Chronicle, TMC Pulse, and KHOU Channel 11. Her practice specialty focuses on operational efficiency and workflow, improving the patient hospital experience, and minimizing anxiety and pain using distraction techniques and immersive technologies.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Immersive Technologies in Perioperative Anxiety and Chronic Pain Management: Virtual and Augmented Reality
Dr. Chiao is an internationally known physician leader. His expertise is in pediatric anesthesia, pediatric regional anesthesia acute pain, ERAS, and practice management. He has published numerous articles, podcasts, and book chapters. He has lead committees in hospitals, and has healthcare operations expertise.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Techniques for Peripheral Vascular Access
Dr. Chidambaran is the Edward E. Lowe, MD Chair for Clinical and Translational Research in Anesthesia, Professor of anesthesia and Director of perioperative pain service at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where she been on the faculty since 2008. She completed her anesthesia post-graduate training in India, followed by internship at Jacksons Memorial Hospital, FL, residency at Brookdale Hospital, NY and fellowship in pediatric anesthesia at Johns Hopkins Hospital, MD. She is a physician scientist with a Masters in Clinical and Translation research. She is passionate about pediatric pain research and believes each child is unique and their pain management needs to be individualized. Besides several foundation and pilot funding, she has received NIH K23 and R01 federal funding for her research on opioid pharmacogenomics and multisite study of epigenetic determinants of acute to chronic pain transitions in children undergoing major surgery. She serves on the board of directors of SPPM and is a member of research committees on the ASA, SPA, USASP and IASP.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Moderated Poster Presentations
Location: Grand Salon 5-6: 4th Floor
Sunday, April 2, 2023
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
SESSION I: RESEARCH AND MENTORING IN ANESTHESIOLOGY
Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Bio
Franklyn Cladis is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at The UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He trained in both internal medicine and anesthesiology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. His Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship was completed at The Children’s Hospital of Boston. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Pediatric Anesthesiology. He completed his MBA at the University of Pittsburgh Katz School of Business in March 2022.
Dr Cladis is the Assistant Chief of the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology and provides anesthesia care for infants and children in the operating room, on the pediatric pain service (acute and chronic), and the pediatric liver transplant team. Areas of clinical interest include the anesthesia care of children having craniofacial surgery, pediatric perioperative pain, point-of-care ultrasonography and education. He is an editor of the 8th, 9th, and 10th edition of Smith’s Anesthesia for Infants and Children.
From an educational perspective, Dr Cladis has been the program director for the Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship since 2007. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology and Society for Education in Anesthesia. He currently serves as the Treasurer for Society for Education in Anesthesia. He is a Full examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) Applied Exam and is Chair of the ABA Pediatric Anesthesiology exam committee. He has been a member of the Pediatric Anesthesia Program Directors Association (PAPDA) since 2010 and is now a past president of this organization.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 2: Promoting Psychological Safety in the Clinical Learning Environment
Christophe, my husband, our Pekingese pups, Max and Maui, and I have live in Walnuts Hills, minutes from downtown Cincinnati. I am a Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical center. My academic interests are in the area of medical education and pain management. I enjoy a very broad and interest case mix, and I love going to work. The joy that I derive from work comes in most part from our Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellows, our education team, and all those I work with on a day-to-day basis. Having recently completed a Master of Education program, I hope to make performance assessment a more objective matter every day. I look forward to seeing you soon!
Sunday, April 2, 2023
7:15 AM - 8:25 AM
RTD 12: Back to School?...Should I Get Another Degree...When? How? Why?
Michael Conti is an assistant professeor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College and a staff CRNA at Dartmouth Hitchcock. He serves on the SPA DEI Committee and ithe Program Committee for the Pediatric Trauma Society.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
7:15 AM - 8:25 AM
APP PBLD 1: What is the Efficacy of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) in the Pediatric Trauma Patient?
Joseph Cravero MD is Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and the Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital. His clinical and academic interests are in optimizing pediatric perioprocedural care through outcome analysis. He is particularly interested in the provision of procedural sedation and intravenous anesthesia in children.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
7:15 AM - 8:25 AM
RTD 9: Total Intravenous Anesthesia Techniques in Pediatrics - Concoctions, Recipes, Efficiency, and Tips
Fernando F. Cuadrado completed medical school at New York University School of Medicine. Following graduation, he completed an intern year in internal medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital in New York City, NY followed by his residency in anesthesiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. After residency, he served as chief resident and staff anesthesiologist at MGH before moving to Cincinnati, OH to join Cincinnati Children’s hospital where he completed a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology and pediatric cardiac anesthesiology. More recent focus includes pediatric patients in need of mechanical circulatory support with single ventricle physiology.
Dr Priti Dalal is a Professor of Anesthesiology at Penn State Health, Penn State Children's Hospital. She is also Vice Chair for Faculty Development. Her special interests are Pediatric Anesthesia Quality and Safety and Pediatric Pain. She is currently Chair of the Quality and Safety Committee at the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Bio
Rodrigo is a pediatric and liver transplant anesthesiologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). His clinical interests include ultrasound and regional anesthesia, and difficult airway management. Academically, he is interested in individual, and team performance through a lens of human factors and system engineering. He is associate medical director for research and innovation at CHOP's Center for Simulation, Advanced Education and Innovation.
I am new faculty at UT Houston at Memorial Hermann. I finished my Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship in summer of 2022. I am excited to both learn and teach exciting topics for Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Mass Casualty Incidents - Prepare and Practice
Currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at Yale School of Medicine and on staff as a Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Attending medical school at New York Medical College, Anesthesia Residency at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, and Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship and Pediatric Cardiac Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. Research interests include medical ethics and pulmonary hypertension.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 17: "But It's Only a G-Tube" In an Infant with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Children's National Hospital
Washington, DC
Bio
Philip dela Merced, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Pain Medicine at Children's National Hospital/George Washington University in DC. Primary areas of interest include Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Education endeavors, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work, and research on awake regional anesthesia in infants. Additional interests include use of social media in medicine and creating models for effective staffing. As a pretend runner and amateur chef, he resides in northern VA with his husband and daughter.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
7:15 AM - 8:25 AM
PBLD 22: Spinal and Caudal Anesthesia in Infants: Usual (and Unusual) Postanesthetic Complications
Dr. Nina Deutsch is Professor of Anesthesiology and Director of Cardiac Anesthesiology at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. She also serves as Vice-Chief of Academic Affairs for the Division of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine. She has been actively involved in both clinical and education-based research throughout her career. In addition to this, she greatly enjoys working with and mentoring junior faculty in both research and educational projects, and she has implemented a faculty development program within her division.
On a national level, Dr. Deutsch currently serves as the Immediate Past President of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA). She is also happy to Chair the Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative that was started in SPA in 2018.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Comprehensive Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound
Medical College of Wisconsin/ Children's Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Bio
Dr. Christina Diaz is an Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Children’s Wisconsin in Milwaukee and serves as their anesthesia Aerodigestive Director. Dr. Diaz has developed an expertise in vaping and EVALI, having treated many of the initial patients described by the Wisconsin Department of Health and the center for disease prevention and control (CDC). Among her educational academic pursuits, she served as director of the pediatric anesthesia fellowship simulation program and focuses on team based training across specialties. She also has served as the Anesthesiology Residency Assistant Program Director, Children’s Hospital site director, and Midwest Anesthesia Resident Conference Director and Program Chair. Dr. Diaz works to advocate on behalf of her patients and specialty by serving on the AAP Section of Anesthesia and Pain executive board, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Board of Directors, and Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologist Board of Directors as President Elect.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 8: Developing a Successful Professional Identity
Natalia Diaz-Rodriguez, M.D./M.H.S., is an Assistant Professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She specializes in pediatric cardiac anesthesia. Dr. Diaz-Rodriguez earned her degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed residencies in Pediatrics and Anesthesia at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She then received advanced training through a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology as well as pediatric cardiac anesthesiology at Hopkins. Certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology, and by the American Board of Pediatrics on Pediatrics, Dr. Diaz-Rodriguez joined the Hopkins faculty in 2018. Her research interests include pulmonary hypertension (PH) and the perioperative management of patients with PH presenting for surgery.
James A. DiNardo, M.D., FAAP, FASA
Dr. DiNardo graduated from Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School (with honors). He completed his anesthesia residency and fellowship in Cardiac Anesthesia at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He joined the faculty at Boston Children’s Hospital in 1999 where he served as the Chief of the Division of Cardiac Anesthesia until 2022. Until recently he spent approximately one third of this clinical time as an Attending in the Cardiac ICU.
Dr. DiNardo is certified in perioperative TEE and is the former Chairman of the PTEeXAM Committee. He is also a Senior Oral Board Examiner for the ABA, a member of the ABA Pediatric Examination Writing Committee, and Chair of the Pediatric MOCA Examination Committee. He is Past-President of both the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society and the Association of Cardiac Anesthesiologists. He is the Anesthesia and Analgesia Executive Editor for Pediatric Anesthesia.
He is the author of 2 major textbook on cardiac anesthesia, an editor of 2 textbooks on pediatric anesthesia, and an author of more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and 80 book chapters.
He and his wife, Olivia run the Sowa Goat Sanctuary in Harvard, MA. It is a home for displaced and abandoned animals. He is an avid biathlon fan and participant and proud father of Isabel.
R. Scott Dingeman, M.D., F.A.A.P., is an assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Director of Regional Anesthesiology at Children's National Hospital. His areas of clinical expertise are pediatric anesthesiology, pediatric regional anesthesiology and pediatric pain management.
Dr. Dingeman received his undergraduate degree in Psychobiology from Occidental College in Los Angeles. He returned to his home state of Michigan where he earned his M.D. from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing and Grand Rapids. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, and subsequently finished his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Dingeman has a strong interest in medical education and is the former program director of the Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is currently finishing his Master of Education in the Health Professions at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education.
Dr. Dingeman’s clinical research has focused on the use of regional anesthesiology techniques to reduce opioid consumption in children undergoing surgery. His recent research interests focus on using these same techniques to improve the quality of life in children living with life-threatening illnesses.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPPM WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Fatima Di Valentin is a registered Social Worker and psychotherapist. She has been a member of the Paediatric Chronic Pain team at Children's Hospital in London, Ontario, Canada since 2019 and a member of the Surgical Pain Pathway program. She is the co-chair of the Ontario Pain Network Knowledge Translation Committee and an adjunct professor at Western University. She is the co-creator of "Know Pain, Know Gain! For Caregivers" a 7-week virtual workshop for caregivers of children experiencing chronic pain. Children need families and families need support!
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Know Pain, Know Gain: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Managing Acute and Transitional Perioperative Pain
My previous career included a stint as pediatrician. I realized my calling in life is a pediatric anesthesiologist. This resulted in training at Rochester, New York (anesthesia residency) and Chicago, Illinois (pediatric fellowship). Presently I work for the University of Texas Southwestern at Children's Health Dallas/Plano.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 7: Little people, Big Challenges: Foramen Magnum Decompression in an Infant with Achondroplasia
I am part of the general anesthesia division and acute pain service at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. I am active with several education endeavors through our simulation, pain and DEI groups. In addition to facilitating our resident and fellow simulations, I enjoy participating in our semiannual MOCA courses. I am also studying health literacy in the pediatric perioperative space with several of our fellow SPA members and look forward to learning from all of you!
Laura Downey, MD is an Associate Professor at Emory University in the Department of Anesthesiology and a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She completed residency at Stanford University and pediatric and pediatric cardiac anesthesia fellowships at Boston Children’s Hospital. Her research focuses on understanding the role of fibrinogen and platelets in hemostasis in children after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. She was awarded the 2019 Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology Young Investigators Grant to complete a clinical trial comparing fibrinogen concentrate to cryoprecipitate in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery. She was awarded the 2021 International Anesthesia Research Society Mentored Research Award to study platelet function in neonates. She is currently on the CCAS Board of Directors, a member of the CCAS Research Committee, Chair of the CCAS Hemostasis Interest Group, Chair of the subcommittee on Surveys for the SPA Research Society, and a member of the ASA Patient Blood Management Committee.
Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Bio
I grew up outside of Scranton Pennsylvania. I attended undergrad at the University of Rhode Island and attended medical school at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, Maine. I did my anesthesia residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. I then completed a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital and then stayed on as a staff member and I am an Instructor in Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. My clinical interests are in regional anesthesia, ambulatory anesthesia, and out-of-operating room anesthesia. My academic interests are the use of simulation to augment the training of residents and fellows.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Duke Univ Medical Center
Durham, NC
Bio
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics. Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology. Director of Education Development, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
7:15 AM - 8:25 AM
APP PBLD 3: Button Battery Ingestion in Children: Tiny, Shiny, and Keep the Honey Right by Me
Dr. Ehie is a pediatric anesthesiologist whose interests include Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Global Health, as well as Education. As a UCSF Teachers Scholar in 2020, she started a diversity curriculum for anesthesia and surgery residents, and she has held a teaching position as a UCSF Bridges coach from 2017 to 2021 for the School of Medicine thus providing a foundation in the Differences Matter Initiative. Dr. Ehie joined the UC Berkeley / UCSF Joint Medical Program in 2021 as the Head of Clinical Skills Curriculum.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, she completed her anesthesia residency program at New York University Langone Medical Center. She later completed her pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Stanford Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital where she focused on Global Health Education in Vietnam. Not only does she currently serve as the site co-director in Vietnam for the Health Volunteer Overseas / Society of Education in Anesthesia (SEA-HVO) Travel Fellowship, but she also serves as Designee Chair of the SEA Global Health Outreach Committee. She is currently the Chair for the California Society of Anesthesiologists Committee of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and she is the Vice Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Strategies for Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Capacity to Maximize Your Impact as a DEI Leader
Oklahoma Children's: University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
Edmond, OK
Bio
Dr. Eiszner has served as the director of pediatric pain and anesthesia for the University of Oklahoma Children's Hospital for 8 years. He is a fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, a member of the society for pediatric pain management, and a member of ASRA. His passions are quality improvement driven through the continuity that a pediatric pain service provides for surgical patients. He is also a vascular access resource at his institution.
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Tx
Bio
Rhashedah Ekeoduru, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Dr. Ekeoduru is also the Medical Director for the Case Western Reserve University Master of Science in Anesthesia Program, Houston location. Dr. Ekeoduru is an academic Pediatric Anesthesiologist and a clinical medical ethicist and ethics consultant.
Dr. Ekeoduru earned a BA in Chemistry with a Concentration in Global Development Studies from Grinnell College and her MD from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She completed professional training at the University of Southern California (USC) and clinical ethics training at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Ekeoduru currently serves as the Chair of the Fetal Center Ethics Board for UTHealth and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital.
Dr. Ekeoduru serves as a faculty instructor for several ethics and professionalism courses at McGovern Medical School. She leads case-based discussions designed to promote dialogue and enhance medical student comprehension of ethical dilemmas. She also teaches ethics-based workshops and gives related lectures at the national level. Lastly, Dr. Ekeoduru is a mentor for medical students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty members. Her collaborative efforts with her students and colleagues have resulted in numerous publications, presentations, and invited speaking engagements. She has been recognized for her educational contributions by receipt of the Dean’s Teaching Award and acceptance to the McGovern Academy of Master Educators program.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Mass Casualty Incidents - Prepare and Practice
Dr. Eneh obtained her bachelors degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. She attended Dartmouth medical school and completed her residency at Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN. She is currently a fellow in Pediatrics Anesthesia and will become staff in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Department at Mayo Clinic after the completion of her training. She is passionate about empowering providers in low resource settings to provide quality anesthesia care to their patients through education and research.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Techniques for Peripheral Vascular Access
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Bio
Dr. Benjamin Farber is an Attending Surgeon and Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery in the division of Pediatric Surgery. He received his Medical Doctorate at the George Washington University, and completed his residency in general surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Farber continued his training in Pediatric Surgery at the University of Iowa, Stead Family Children's Hospital. Dr. Farber is board certified in general surgery and pediatric surgery. His research interests are in pediatric general and thoracic surgery, neonatal surgery, trauma and disparities in surgical care.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Implementing Infant Spinal Anesthesia in Your Practice
I was a formerly a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Washington University and cared for children in the cardiac OR and in the pediatric Cardiac ICU. I was also the director of the pediatric simulation center at St Louis Children’s Hospital and Assistant Ombuds at Washington University School of Medicine. In August 2019, I became Anesthesiologist-in-Chief and Director of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Clinically, I work in the Cardiac and General ORs as well as in the CVICU. In October 2022 I began a 2-year term as SPA President.
Randall Flick, M.D., M.P.H., is a consultant in the Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology with a joint appointment in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Flick is Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center and in his role oversees all pediatric activity across the Mayo Clinic Enterprise reporting directly to both the Mayo Clinic Dean for Practice and the CEO. He holds the academic rank of Professor of Anesthesiology and Professor of Pediatrics.
Dr. Flick received the R.N. diploma from St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing and the B.A. degree in biology from Moorhead State University. He earned the M.D. degree from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine (AOA) and the M.P.H. degree from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Flick completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University; a residency in anesthesiology at Barnes Hospital-Washington U.; and a fellowship in advanced specialty training in pediatric anesthesiology and intensive care at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He joined the staff of Mayo Clinic in 1995. He is holds board certification in four specialities including pediatrics and pediatric critical care (ABP) as well as anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology (ABA).
Dr. Flick is a past president the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Board of Directors and previously chaired the ASA Committee on Pediatric Anesthesiology. For the United States Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Flick has served as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Anesthetics and Analgesic Drug Products and currently serves as a member of the Pediatric Advisory Committee reporting directly to the FDA commissioner. He has served as president of the local Ronald McDonald House Board, is a global medical advisor to Americares International, a current trustee of the Minnesota Zoo and a board member of the SPA, Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiave.
Recognized as an international expert in his field, Dr. Flick has presented at numerous local, regional, national, and international meetings. He is a prolific publisher, with over 100 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts and book chapters to his credit. Dr. Flick’s research interests include outcomes in pediatric anesthesia, neurodevelopment effect of anesthetic exposure, and quality in pediatric hospital care. He is Co-PI on a federally funded study of the effects of anesthetic exposure on the developing brain (R01 HD071907-04, MASK Study) and co-investigator on a follow-up study (R01 HD099147-01A1) Neuroimaging Studies in Pediatric Anesthesia Neurotoxicity.
Dr. Flick and his wife Loree have three sons Bryant (Rochester, Minnesota), Garrett (Orlando, Florida), Grant (Minneapolis), a grandson (Owen) and granddaughter (Mara).
Sunday, April 2, 2023
7:15 AM - 8:25 AM
RTD 11: Hospital Leadership from Pediatric Anesthesiology
I completed my undergraduate medical education at Oregon Health & Sciences University followed by residency in anesthesiology at University of Michigan. I then completed a Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship at University of Colorado, Children's Hospital Colorado. I have been on faculty at CHCO for the last two years where I have enjoyed being a member of the education team. I have also taken on the role of Medical Student site director to work on improving medical student exposure to and education around pediatric anesthesiology as a field. My passions outside of work include running, travel, skiing, and my soon-to-be husband Andrew /our cat, Moo.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 6: Not All That Wheezes is Asthma: A Review of Unexpected Hypoxemia During A Bread-And-Butter Case
I grew up in North Carolina and attended UNC for medical school. I completed my anesthesiology residency at Duke and pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Seattle Children’s, where I now work as an attending. After fellowship, I completed the University of Washington Certificate Program in Patient Safety and Quality. I currently serve as a member of the OR Microsystems Quality Improvement team at Seattle Children’s and have contributed to a variety of quality improvement initiatives and publications.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
SESSION II: "WHAT WOULD SPA DO" CASE BASED DISCUSSIONS
Emily McClanahan Funk is currently an Assistant Professor at the Duke University School of Nursing Nurse Anesthesia Program and a staff CRNA at Duke University Medical Center.
Emily Funk graduated from The Ohio State University with her BSN in Nursing. She earned her MSN in Nurse Anesthesia at Duke University and then completed her DNP from Duke University.
Emily Funk has served on various professional committees including working with the North Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists Annual Program, Nominating, & Wellness committees; The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Education & Public Relations committees; and The National Board of Certification and Recertification Continued Professional Practice Assessment committees.
Her professional interests include pediatric anesthesia, education, quality improvement, global health, and wellness.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
7:15 AM - 8:25 AM
APP PBLD 3: Button Battery Ingestion in Children: Tiny, Shiny, and Keep the Honey Right by Me
Kugler Vonderfecht Family Professor of Peds. Anes./Vice-Chair of Pediatric Anesthesiology/Division Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Omaha, NE
Bio
Dr. Jorge Gálvez is the Kugler Vonderfecht Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology and serves as the Division Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology at the Children’s Hospital & Medical center and Vice Chair of Pediatric Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Galvez is a clinical expert in neonatal anesthesiology, pediatric difficult airway management, point of care ultrasonography and advanced techniques for vascular access. He is passionate about delivering patient-centered care, particularly for patients and families with special needs. He is a leader in the field of biomedical informatics, specifically in the implementation and optimization of electronic health record systems for pediatric perioperative care, both nationally and internationally. His academic career has focused on developing clinical decision support tools to guide policy implementation and improve clinical practice. Furthermore, he has developed an interest in pediatric medical device development and has collaborated with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration through the Pediatric Medical Device Consortium Program.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Lightning Abstracts
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Techniques for Peripheral Vascular Access
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bio
Dr. Garcia-Marcinkiewicz is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania. She completed a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania. She is Associate Chief of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for General Anesthesiology. She is Co-Director of the Difficult Airway Program at CHOP. Dr. Garcia-Marcinkiewicz is on of the Executive Board of Women in Anesthesiology. She is Research Chair for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Her research interests include pediatric difficult airway management and health literacy & disparities in health care in anesthesia.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Strategies for Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Capacity to Maximize Your Impact as a DEI Leader
Dr Zipporah Gathuya is an internationally renowned Paediatric Anaesthesiologist with over 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors and currently venturing into Public Health. She currently serves as a member of the Global Medical Advisory Board for Smile Train and as the Global Initiative for Children's Surgery secretary. She has a passion for education in Paediatric Anaesthesia and was instrumental in setting up and running the Paediatric Anaesthesia Fellowship at the University of Nairobi, the first of its kind in East and Central Africa. She is currently part of the Paediatric Anaesthesia Training in Africa(PATA) initiative, which aims to start five Paediatric Anaesthesia fellowships in Africa over the next five years, with three already started in Uganda, Zambia, and Nigeria. She is currently working as a Paediatric Anaesthesiologist at The Nairobi Hospital, Kenya.
Friday, March 31, 2023
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Distinguished International Scholar - "Pediatric Anesthesia Training in LMIC"
SCVMC Staff Anesthesiologist; Stanford Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Affiliate Clinical Instructor
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Stanford Health Care
San Jose, CA
Bio
Dr. Lynn Gerber is a regional and acute pain anesthesiologist at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA and is a Clinical Instructor (Affiliated) in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford, where she completed residency and fellowship training.
Since before pursuing medicine, Dr. Gerber has performed nationally and internationally as a musician. She is a professional violinist for the World Doctors' Orchestra and recently served as concertmaster for the inaugural Stanford Medicine Orchestra. She served as the associate concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, was the two-time 1st prize winner of the Music Teachers' Association of California State String Competition, a semifinalist at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and has performed in select masterclasses for world-renowned violinists Gil Shaham and Midori.
Dr. Gerber also plays the erhu, the Chinese two-stringed violin, holds the title of Double Grand Champion from the California State Talent and Performing Arts Competition and was the American regional winner of the CCTV Folk Instrument Competition. At age 16, she was the first American musician to receive the Superior 10th Level Certification of Arts Grade - the highest level in erhu certification - from the International Examination Board of China and was invited to give a solo recital in both erhu and violin at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
She continues to teach violin and perform for community events around the Bay Area, and especially enjoys playing for her two-year-old daughter and four-month-old son.
Friday, March 31, 2023
8:15 AM - 8:35 AM
Musings from a Musician Anesthesiologist: Music & Healing
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Bio
Dr. Stephen Gleich is from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Dr. Gleich completed medical school at Mayo Clinic, followed by residencies in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology and fellowships in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Anesthesiology. He is currently Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics within the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and practices in both Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care. He first became interested in intraoperative hypotension in children under general anesthesia during his fellowships. Prior to beginning his career in medicine, he trained to become a corporate jet pilot and has strong interests in human factors, safety and checklists in anesthesiology.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Techniques for Peripheral Vascular Access
Chris Glover, MD, MBA is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology. He serves as Vice-Chief for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine for the Texas Children’s Hospital System, which comprises 3 free standing hospitals providing perioperative care for over 55k patients annually.
Hillary Gómez is a Board-Certified Music Therapist who received her Master's in Music Therapy Equivalency at Sam Houston State University. Prior to this, she studied classical piano at Ave Maria University and received her Bachelor's in Piano Performance, performing with the Naples Philharmonic. She currently serves as the Critical Care Music Therapist at Texas Children's Hospital, serving the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Transitional Intensive Care Unit (TICU), Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), and Cardiac Patient Care Unit (CPCU).
Dr. Susan M. Goobie, MD, FRCPC is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School and a Senior Associate with the Dept. of Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital.
At Boston Children’s Hospital Dr. Goobie is co-chair of Perioperative research, past chair of the BCH Pharmacokinetics Laboratory and director of the PBM program. She is Executive Editor for Pediatric Anesthesia and Anesthesia & Analgesia. Dr. Goobie holds leaderhsip roles on research committees including the IARS, ASA and CAS. She is chair of the Canadian Pedatric Anesthesia Society Research Committee, Chair of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesa PBM SIG and is the Vice Chair of the ASA PBM committee. She has published over 150 articles in the field and lectures nationally and internationally.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Bio
Cheryl K. Gooden, M.D. is a pediatric anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology at Yale New Haven Hospital and an Associate Professor in Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine.
Since 2005, she has been a global health advocate with involvement in humanitarian missions that have spanned several continents. For the past 10 years she has been involved in an educational initiative with Komedyplast at El Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño in Lima, Peru.
She served as a member of the writing group for the 2015 PALS Guidelines, American Heart Association. She is the senior editor for “The Pediatric Procedural Sedation Handbook,” published by Oxford University Press in November 2018.
She is the current Chair for the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Abstract Review Subcommittee on Pediatric Anesthesia, a member of the ASA’s Global Humanitarian Outreach Committee. She co-Chairs the International Scholars Committee of the Anesthesiology Foundation of New York, serves on the Medical Advisory Board for Verathon (GlideScope), and Editorial Advisory Board for Anesthesiology News.
In 2019, Dr. Gooden was appointed as an Anesthesia Surveyor for the American College of Surgeons Children’s Surgery Verification Program. In July 2020, she was appointed to serve as a Hotline Consultant for the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States. In October 2021, Dr. Gooden was appointed to the Board of the ASA Charitable Foundation.
Evelyn Griffin, MD graduated from the McGovern Medical School in Houston. She completed her residency at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. She returned to the McGovern Medical School to complete a pediatric anesthesia fellowship. Following fellowship, she joined the UTHealth pediatric cardiovascular anesthesia team and continues to practice with this group. Her particular areas of interest include care of critically ill neonates, disaster preparedness, prevention of unplanned extubations and pressure injuries, "green" anesthesiology initiatives, and anesthesiology trainee education. Outside of work she enjoys reading and spending time with her husband, their daughter, and their dog.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: One-Lung Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
Lindsay Hunter Guevara, M.D., is an anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Hunter Guevara earned her medical degree from Mayo Medical School. She completed her anesthesiology residency and fellowships in pediatric and neuro anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education in Rochester, MN. Her interests include evaluation of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric outcomes in pediatric patients following exposure to traumatic brain injury and anesthesia.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Death on the Table: How to Coach Resiliency Skills Following a Clinical Crisis (Sponsored by the SPA Simulation SIG)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Bio
I am currently an Associate Professor of Anesthesia at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. I have been engaged in providing simulation-enhanced learning for the past 14 years both at my institution and at regional and national meetings.
Dr. Guss is an assistant professor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and in the Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine and Division of Endocrinology at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is the co-medical director of the Boston HIV Adolescent Provider and Peer Education Network for Services (HAPPENS) at Boston Children’s Hospital. Her research interests include transgender and gender nonconforming adolescents’ experiences in primary care and pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV for adolescents and young adults. Dr. Guss received her BA in history from Yale University, her master’s in public health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and her medical degree from the University of Michigan. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island and her fellowship in adolescent medicine at Boston Children's Hospital.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM
Providing Affirming Care to Gender Diverse Patients in the Perioperative Setting
Emory University School of Medicine; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Bio
Dr. Guzzetta has been a practicing pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta since completion of her fellowship in 1994. She is also currently a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. She has performed extensive translational and clinical research focusing on: 1) understanding the maturational differences between the pediatric and adult hemostatic systems; 2) anticoagulation management of pediatric cardiac surgical patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass; 3) identification of factors associated with an increased risk of post-CPB bleeding; and 4) efforts to reduce bleeding in pediatric cardiac surgical patients after cardiopulmonary bypass. She is active in the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society and served as President from 2017-2019.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
CCAS WORKSHOP: Staying Alive: Professional Development and Well-being for Career Sustainability
Roberta Hales is the Simulation Center and Research Program Manager of the Center for Simulation, Advanced Education, and Innovation at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She completed her Master of Healthcare Administration with a minor in Training and Organizational Development at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. She is the current Past President of the International Pediatric Simulation Society and has served in numerous appointments in the society.
Robbie is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator and Master Trainer for TeamSTEPPS. Additionally, she serves as a key instructor and committee member/planner for the Philadelphia Simulation Instructor Workshop and the Philadelphia Area Simulation Consortium (PASC). Moreover, she served for 7 years as an adjunct associate professor and curriculum developer for Drexel University Graduate of Professional Studies, Master of Healthcare and Medical Simulation Program. Most recently (January 2022), Robbie received the Society of Simulation in Healthcare- Simulation Director of the year award.
Kathryn (Katie) Handlogten completed anesthesia residency in at Mayo Clinic, followed by fellowship training in regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine, as well as pediatric anesthesiology. Dr. Handlogten is an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine at Mayo Clinic and serves as the director of the inpatient pediatric pain service and regional analgesia for her group. She is passionate about pediatric regional anesthesia, ultrasound use, resident and fellow education, and practice integration.
She has served with ASRA on the Resident Section Committee (2018-2019), with ASA on the committees for Academic Anesthesiology (2016-2020) and Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine (2020-2024), and as a consultant peer reviewer for RAPM since 2018. She is active in clinical research endeavors and is developing a focus in pediatric regional academia.
In her spare time, she enjoys being active, playing soccer, and spending time with her family.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Techniques for Peripheral Vascular Access
Z. Leah Harris, MD currently serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics for the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, Director of the Dell Pediatric Research Institute and Physician-in-Chief at Dell Children’s Medical Center. She is a proud practicing Pediatric Critical Care Medicine physician, lifelong learner and multidisciplinary supporter. Prior to moving to Austin, Dr. Harris was previously professor of pediatrics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, vice-chair for faculty affairs and was the division chief of critical care medicine at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Dr. Harris received her medical degree from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Chicago Medical School and completed her Pediatric residency and Chief Residency training and her pediatric critical care medicine fellowship training at the University of Chicago. In her career, Dr. Harris has held pediatric faculty positions at Washington University in St. Louis where she ran an NIH-funded laboratory studying transition metal biology, at Johns Hopkins University, where she became fellowship director for pediatric critical care medicine and held a joint appointment in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, where she was vice chair for academic affairs in the Department of Pediatrics, division chief of pediatric critical care medicine and a member of the hospital-based medicine and palliative care teams.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Moving Forward: Recognition, Specialization and Communication - Saving the American Pediatric Critical Care Anesthesiologist
Logan completed his medical school training at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 2020. He subsequently made the move to Omaha, Nebraska to begin residency training in Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Children's Hospital and Medical Center-Omaha. He is currently a CA-2 planning to go into general anesthesiology.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 12: It's All about Location, Location, Location! Resection of a Thoracic Cyst Abutting the Aorta and Trachea
I am currently an assistant professor at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. I completed by Anesthesiology residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center followed by pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis. I then went on to complete my pediatric cardiac anesthesiology fellowship at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
CCAS WORKSHOP: Staying Alive: Professional Development and Well-being for Career Sustainability
Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Education and Clinical Research
Heart and Vascular Institute
Director, Adult Cardiothoracic Fellowship
Division of Cardiovascular And Thoracic Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
West Virginia University
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Mass Casualty Incidents - Prepare and Practice
Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Assistant program director for the Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship program at UW-Madison. Director of pediatric transplant anesthesia.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Difficult Airway
Location: Meeting Rooms 203-204: 2nd Floor
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 9: Will My Caudal Block Ruin the Hypospadias Repair? Considerations and Controversies Related to Regional Anesthesia for Pediatric Urogenital Surgery
I am an attending pediatric anesthesiologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. I also specialize in pediatric regional anesthesia, and I lead our institution's infant spinal program.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Implementing Infant Spinal Anesthesia in Your Practice
Dr. Monica Hoagland is a Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado and an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Colorado, where she has worked since 2014. She previously completed her residency in Anesthesiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and her fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is currently the Program Director for the Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship at Children’s Hospital Colorado and the Associate Director for Fetal Anesthesia at the Colorado Fetal Care Center. Her clinical interests include perioperative glucose management, particularly in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Outside her home institution, she serves on the Editorial Board for the SPA Question of the Week Program and the National Advisory Board for the Visiting Scholars in Pediatric Anesthesia Program.
Dr. Ashlee Holman, MD is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and the Director of Pediatric Regional Anesthesia at the University of Michigan. She received her B.S. in Biology from Oakland University and her M.D. from Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Holman completed her Anesthesiology residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University in Boston, MA and followed this with completion of a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at the University of Michigan. Her main area of interest is pediatric regional anesthesia and pain medicine.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Implementing Infant Spinal Anesthesia in Your Practice
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Bio
Dr. Katherine Hoops is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Dr. Hoops’ research is focused on a public health approach to the prevention of firearm injury and violence. She is a core faculty member in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Gun Violence Solutions where she serves as the Director of Clinical Programs and Practice. She conducts research on creating effective policy measures, implementing a trauma-informed approach to care, effectively communicating with patients and families about firearm safety, and improving physicians’ education on and counseling related to firearm safety.
She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and serves on the executive committee of the Maryland Chapter of the AAP. She also serves as an official spokesperson for the AAP and works with local and national media to provide education on issues related to child health.
She received her undergraduate degree in biology from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. She earned her medical degree at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. She completed a Master’s in Public Health concentrating on Health Policy and Management in injury and violence prevention at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her residency training in Pediatrics at the University of Alabama Birmingham before coming to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to complete her fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. She is currently a Juris Doctor candidate at the Georgetown University Law Center (2025).
Friday, March 31, 2023
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Firearm Injury, Prevention, and Policy: What Clinicians Need to Know
I was trained in pediatrics originally in Hungary, my native country. During my residency we rotated through the pediatric operating rooms to learn basic airway management and vascular access skills. That experience deviated my career as a pediatrician, and I completed residency in anesthesiology and critical care. After moving to the United States 20 years ago, I repeated residency in anesthesiology. Subsequently, I was lucky enough to find assignments is academic pediatric anesthesia.
I am primarily interested in regional anesthesia, pain management, PONV prophylaxis, and the utilization of US in perioperative assessment and monitoring. I am also interested in the ethics of our specialty, I enjoy networking, as well as mentoring my junior colleagues.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 1: When Push Comes to Shove: The Role of the Anesthesiologist in Ethical Decision Making
Dr. Houck is a Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. She completed training in Pediatrics, Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and currently serves as the Clinical Director of the Hospitalist program at Boston Children’s Hospital at Waltham and is the co-director of the BCH Waltham Rapid Response Team. She was awarded a Masters of Public Health degree from the Harvard Chan School of Public Health in 2017 with an emphasis on Quality and Safety research.
On a national level, Dr. Houck serves as one of 3 pediatric anesthesiologists on the Verification Committee of the American College of Surgeons Children’s Surgery Verification and Quality Improvement program (ACS CSV) and was elected in 2020 to the American Academy of Pediatrics Board of Directors where she represents all of the pediatric surgical specialists in the Academy.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 5: American College of Surgeons Children's Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program
Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, attended medical school at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Completed residency at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center before moving to Pittsburgh for fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Moved to Denver Colorado for advanced fellowship in Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia after which stayed on as faculty and currently practice. Research interests include pediatroc pulmonary hypertension, hemostasis, and physican wellness.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
CCAS WORKSHOP: Staying Alive: Professional Development and Well-being for Career Sustainability
Location: Meeting Room 208 - 2nd Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 17: "But It's Only a G-Tube" In an Infant with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
Dr. Shannon Hoy is the lead CRNA at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha Nebraska. She is a member of the Professional Practice Evaluation Committee, the Physicians and Providers Advisory Council as well as the Pediatric Intensive Care Interdisciplinary Committee. She also serves as the Clinical Coordinator for three CRNA programs. She completed her CRNA program at Clarkson College in Omaha Nebraska and her Doctorate at UMass Amherst.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Symposium - Session II
Dr. Hsieh is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Seattle Children's Hospital with special clinical interests in general surgery, neurologic surgery, and mitochondrial and metabolic diseases. He is also director of the fellowship program in pediatric anesthesiology at the University of Washington.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: One-Lung Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
Grace Hsu, MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Dr. Hsu has completed the Intermountain Healthcare Delivery Institute Advanced Training Program in Clinical Quality Improvement. Dr. Hsu has published research and conducted quality improvement initiatives in the management of the pediatric difficult airway and perioperative patient blood management. With a multidisciplinary background in research, quality improvement, and education, Dr. Hsu is focused on creating a data-driven, scalable, and sustainable system for improving the quality and safety of pediatric anesthesiology.
American Family Children's Hospital / University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Madison, WI
Bio
Dr. Hylton specializes in both pediatric anesthesiology and acute pain and regional anesthesiology. He is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He also serves as Director of Pediatric Acute Pain at the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. His academic and research interests include pediatric acute pain, enhanced recovery, resident education, and simulation.
PBLD 9: Will My Caudal Block Ruin the Hypospadias Repair? Considerations and Controversies Related to Regional Anesthesia for Pediatric Urogenital Surgery
Associate Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of Washington-Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA
Bio
Nathalia Jimenez, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor and Vice-chair for Equity Diversity and Inclusion for the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is a pediatric anesthesiologist and principal investigator at Seattle Children’s Research institute, and Associate faculty at the Latino Center for Health. Her work is funded by the NIH and focuses on health disparities and patient outcomes in Latinx children and interventions to facilitate transition to the community for medically complex children.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Strategies for Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Capacity to Maximize Your Impact as a DEI Leader
Greg Johnson is an assistant professor of clinical anesthesiology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He specialized in maternal & fetal anesthesia and has a special passion for advanced ultrasound guided vascular access.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Techniques for Peripheral Vascular Access
Dr. Jones is a Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware, and is an Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is currently a Co-Director of the Anesthesiology Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Nemours Children’s Hospital Delaware.
Dr. Jones is proudly Jamaican by birth, and earned her Bachelor of Science and Medical Degrees from the University of the West Indies at the Mona Campus in Kingston, Jamaica. After completing her internship and working as a House Officer in Anesthesiology at the Bustamante Hospital for Children and the Kingston Public Hospital, she completed her Residency in Anesthesiology at the University of South Florida. This was followed by the completion of Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship training at the University of Miami. She is board certified in General and Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Dr. Jones is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA), the Delaware Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and the Florida Medical Association. She is a member of the Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), as well as the SPA Global Committee, both under the auspices of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. She is also a member of the Ad hoc Committee on DEI/Quality Improvement of the SPA. She practices primarily at Nemours Children’s Hospital Delaware and has been involved in pipeline programs for the recruitment of under-represented minority high school and college students into healthcare-related careers for over a decade, as well as mentoring Residents and Medical students with interest in Pediatric Anesthesiology. Her outreach work takes her to her native country of Jamaica, where she leads the Anesthesiology team at Bustamante Children’s Hospital performing Living- Related Donor Liver transplants for pediatric patients from Jamaica and the Caribbean, who would otherwise succumb to the effects of end-stage liver disease.
Her other interests include playing the piano, travel, Epilepsy surgery, and advocating for equitable career and healthcare opportunities for all. Dr. Jones is married to a Forensic Pathologist, and they share 3 beautiful children.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Strategies for Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Capacity to Maximize Your Impact as a DEI Leader
Dr. Jonna is currently an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. She completed her medical school at Northeast Ohio Medical University, Anesthesiology residency at George Washington University Hospital, and Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Her interests include difficult airway, one lung ventilation and global anesthesia mission trips.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: One-Lung Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
Dr. Abi Kandasamy is a clinical and health psychologist and colead of the Paediatric Pain Program at the Children's Hospital - London Health Sciences Centre, which includes the Chronic Pain Program, Integrated Surgical Pain Prevention Program, and Two-Eyed Seeing Pathway. Dr. Kandasamy's research program is in the development and testing of novel intervention and assessment tools and her clinical focus is in promoting health equity.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Know Pain, Know Gain: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Managing Acute and Transitional Perioperative Pain
Dr. Kang is a pediatric anesthesiologist and Assistant Professor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She is Director of Rotators in the department and leads the pediatric anesthesia residency rotation for residents from the University of Cincinnati. She has an interest in education and especially in the well-being of trainees. She also is Associate Director of the Procedure Center and has been involved in perioperative management of patients with behavioral health needs.
I am a pediatric anesthesiologist with a strong interest and passion for Quality Improvement and Safety, especially as it related to coaching teams and project progression within and outside of the anesthesiology department.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Workshop in Quality Improvement, Safety and Performance Management
Pediatric Anesthesiologist at the London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada. I have special interest in pediatric anesthesia, pediatric pain medicine and regional anesthesia.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Know Pain, Know Gain: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Managing Acute and Transitional Perioperative Pain
Dr. Kenney is a board certified pediatrician and pediatric anesthesiologist who completed her medical school, residency and fellowship training at Johns Hopkins University. She is currently an assistant professor at Duke University and a physician scientist whose research is focused on understanding mechanisms of chronic pain amongst individuals with sickle cell disease and improving pain outcomes in this patient population. Dr. Kenney is married with two young children and is passionate about helping other professional women with time management and productivity challenges through resources and blog articles on her website www.timematterstoday.com.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 4: Regaining Control of Your Time to Maximize Your Efficiency and Productivity
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Global Blood Therapeutics - Research grant recipient
Sabina Khan, MD completed her Anesthesiology Residency in 2014 at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas and Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at UT Houston/ McGovern Medical School in 2015. She stayed at UT as a faculty till 2019 when she moved for 2 years to work at the only Children’s Hospital in UAE. Dr. Khan returned to UT last year as an Assistant Professor and is actively involved in residency and fellowship training program.
Dr. Khan is an active member of the Anesthesiology Grand Rounds planning committee as well as a member of the Diversion and Inclusion Committee at UT Houston. Her aim is to help promote an inclusive and safe environment where all individuals are treated fairly, have equal access to opportunities and are able to contribute to their full potential. She is also involved in workshops, presentations, and research nationally and internationally. Dr. Khan has also authored a pediatric anesthesia faculty handbook for her department to facilitate the new faculty onboarding process.
Her clinical interests in addition to patient safety QI projects include collaboration between the institutions for various educational projects, DEI and supporting the new faculty onboarding process. Outside of work, she enjoys exploring the exquisite Houston cuisine scene, traveling and spending time with family.
Dr. Khan absolutely loves her UT work family and her motto in life is T.E.A.M: Together Everyone Achieves More.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPPM WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Mass Casualty Incidents - Prepare and Practice
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Bio
Dr. Kilbaugh is an intensive care physician and anesthesiologist, and Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pediatrics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Univeristy of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Todd holds the William J. Greeley Endowed Chair in Translational Science and Innovation, and serves as the Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. He is the Director of the ECMO Center at CHOP, and the Director of the Resuscitation Science Center of Emphasis at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute.
Dr. Jamie Kitzman is a board certified pediatric anesthesiologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, a Level 1 trauma center and active Liver/Kidney transplant center. She is the Medical Director of the Preoperative Clinic at Egleston and an active member of the inpatient pain relief service at Egleston. She is a board certified medical acupuncturist and Co-director of the Acupuncture Clinic at the Center for Advanced Pediatrics. Her research interest is in pediatric perioperative care and use of mobile anesthesia educational aids. She is involved in the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network (PRAN) and the PEdiatric Anesthesia COvid Collaboration (PEACOC).
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPPM WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine Workshop
Dr. Kuan is a pediatric cardiac anesthesia faculty member at LPCH at Stanford University. He is a trained pediatrician, pediatric critical care physician, and medical simulationist who has an interest in medical education. He is the program director for the Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Advanced Fellowship program at Stanford.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 8: Management of Severe Hypoxemia After PDA Ligation in a Neonate
Dr. Kudchadkar is the Anethesiologist-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Vice Chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Mass Casualty Incidents - Prepare and Practice
Dr. Landrigan-Ossar is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School, and Medical Director of Perioperative Services at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is the immediate past chair of the Hospital Sedation Committee, and a member of the Vascular Anomalies and Cerebrovascular Centers at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Dr Landrigan-Ossar is Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. She also serves as President-Elect of the Society for Pediatric Sedation (SPS).
Friday, March 31, 2023
7:45 AM - 8:00 AM
Welcome and Outline of Educational Program
Location: Lone Star Ballroom - 3rd Floor
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
SESSION III: AAP SESSION: EMPOWERED MDs - PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN
Mackenzie Laurila is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She received her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. She went on to study medicine at Des Moines University in Iowa, which is where her interest in anesthesiology developed, and where she met her husband. In 2016, she embarked on residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Somewhat unexpectedly, she fell in love with pediatric anesthesia at Children’s Hospital in Omaha during the end of her CA-2 year and had the privilege of staying where this passion started for fellowship. During her training, she had the opportunity to present at both regional and national anesthesia conferences. As an attending, her interests are resident and fellow education, as well as environmental sustainability. When she is not practicing anesthesia, she loves to spend time with her husband, three young children, and Boston Terrier. She also enjoys cooking, baking, cycling, and yoga.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 12: It's All about Location, Location, Location! Resection of a Thoracic Cyst Abutting the Aorta and Trachea
Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Bio
Dr Lazar is a pediatric anesthesiologist with a strong interest in pediatric pain and regional anesthesia. After completing her anesthesia residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and pediatric anesthesia fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, she took a position at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, where she has been active as an educator (recently having been inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators), leader in pediatric regional anesthesia, and enthusiastic advocate for improving pain practices in children. She is active in the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, and Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine where she has recently founded a new Special Interest Group in Creating, Maintaining and Supporting Pediatric Pain Services.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Difficult Airway
Location: Meeting Rooms 203-204: 2nd Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: One-Lung Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
Assistant Professor; Associate Residency Program Director; Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - OHSU Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Bio
Dr. Lazo enjoys taking care of all kinds of patients, though his clinical passion is in caring for children. His favorite part about anesthesiology is being able to act as a patient's guardian while they are undergoing surgery or procedures. He looks forward to meeting with patients and parents to assuage their fears of what lies ahead in the operating room and recovery area. He also values the importance of educating the next generation of anesthesia providers and invests heavily in OHSU’s residency and medical school education programs. To Dr. Lazo, proper training and instruction are paramount to ensuring a bright future for medicine and anesthesiology.
Dr. Lazo's clinical interests include using ultrasound for various procedures in anesthesia, the use of simulation to enhance learning, crisis resource management, and promoting diversity among healthcare providers. He is also interested in global anesthesia – both in teaching overseas and providing direct care to underserved areas.
Of note, Dr. Lazo is a native Spanish-speaker, originally from El Salvador. He is certified to interpret in Spanish for his practice and loves being able to speak in his native tongue with patients of similar backgrounds. In his spare time, Dr. Lazo enjoys playing and listening to music. He plays various instruments, with mallet percussion being his favorite. He also enjoys singing, dancing, video games, board games, foreign languages, baking, traveling, and hiking.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Strategies for Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Capacity to Maximize Your Impact as a DEI Leader
Dr. Sang Le is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He is a member of the OR Anesthesia Team, Difficult Airway Team, and the Pain Medicine Team. Besides providing anesthetic and perioperative care for patients, he is also involved in teaching pediatric anesthesia fellows, anesthesia residents, and student registered nurse anesthetists.
I am an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado. My clinical interests include difficult airway management, laryngotracheal reconstruction, and best practices in caring for patients with epidermolysis bullosa.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 10: The Conundrum in Caring for a Patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa and Testicular Torsion: Save the Testicle or Protect the Airway?
My area of research focuses on the intersection of dentistry and medicine. Current NIH funded research focuses on identifying various social determinants of pediatric oral health at the community, household, and individual levels. A separate grant is developing a parenting intervention to support pediatric dental surgical families change oral health behaviors.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
SESSION III: FROM THE EDITORS - NOTABLE PAPERS FROM THE PAST YEAR
Dr. Lisa Lee is currently an Assistant Professor-in-Residence at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine and completed anesthesia residency and a fellowship in regional anesthesia at Hahnemann University Hospital. She then went on to complete a second fellowship in pediatric anesthesia and Masters in Clinical Research at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests have been geared towards improving the perioperative outcomes in pediatric patients, focusing on the risk of perioperative respiratory complications in pediatric patients undergoing anesthesia with a recent upper respiratory infection.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: "I want to do research": Practical Approaches to Getting Your First Clinical Research Project Off the Ground and Into a Journal
Dr. Lehrian completed her residency in anesthesiology at the University of Toledo followed by fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. She worked for eight years at the University of Michigan as a pediatric anesthesiologist and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She is an active member of both the SPA Simulation SIG and Well-being committee.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Death on the Table: How to Coach Resiliency Skills Following a Clinical Crisis (Sponsored by the SPA Simulation SIG)
Carole Lin is a clinical associate professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is a pediatric regional anesthesia team member and the perioperative lead sustainability officer. In institutional and national workshops, she teaches point-of-care ultrasound, regional anesthesia, and sustainability.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Comprehensive Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound
Elaina is an attending pediatric anesthesiologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She is director of perioperative ultrasound and leads educational workshops and clinical protocols for bedside ultrasound. Her research interests include ultrasound use in the perioperative period, anesthesia for fetal surgery, and COVID in the pediatric surgical population.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Techniques for Peripheral Vascular Access
Chang Amber Liu is a Staff Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Shriners Hospital for Children Boston. Dr Liu is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. She attended medical school at Dartmouth Medical School. She trained for Residency in Anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital and Fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Her area of expertise is in pediatric regional anesthesia. She implemented the infant spinal program at MGH. She has published clinical research articles regarding patient outcomes after receiving infant spinal anesthesia in the journals Paediatric Anesthesia and Journal of Pediatric Surgery recently. She is the mother to a 2 year old boy. She enjoys skiing, playing the piano and traveling
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Implementing Infant Spinal Anesthesia in Your Practice
Joyce Liu is a practicing pediatric anesthesiologist and an Assistant Professor at Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine. Her interests include regional anesthesia, one lung ventilation, medical education and research.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: One-Lung Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
Dr. Yi-Chun Carol Liu, MD, MS, is an Associate Professor in Pediatric Otolaryngology at Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on children with hearing loss, chronic ear diseases, and microtia/atresia repair. She is currently the Associate Director of the Microtia and Atresia Clinic at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH). In addition, she is also the co-director of the surgical subspecialty rotation. Her practice includes managing children with recurrent ear infections, chronic otitis media with effusions, and Eustachian tube dysfunction. Dr. Liu has been leading and actively participated in several clinical outcomes
and human research projects and am familiar with appropriate protocols for safeguarding patient information, ensuring patient safety, and successfully completing research protocols. She aims to continually improve and develop specific diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for pediatric ear disorders.
Friday, March 31, 2023
8:55 AM - 9:15 AM
Surgical Management of Microtia
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
TRAINEE WORKSHOP: Establishing a Firm Foundation - Leveraging Mentors/Sponsors/Coaches/Advisors
Dr. Long is an Associate Professor at Emory University School of Medicine. He serves as the Director of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology and the Medical Director for Periprocedural Informatics and Medical Technology at Children's Healthcare of Alanta. He is also interested in DEI initiatives at the School of Medicine and serves on the steering committee of an Employee Resource Group.
Marian Lorenz is a staff CRNA from Nemours Children's Health, Delaware. She has been a practicing pediatric CRNA for more than 30 years. Marian did her training to be a CRNA at the Lankenau Hospital School for Nurse Anesthetists after practicing pediatric nursing at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for many years. She went on to receive a Master's degree in Nurse Anesthesia from St. Joseph's University. Marian has been actively involved in SRNA education as a clinical instructor for four schools of nurse anesthesia and as a clinical co-coordinator of the training program at Nemours Children's Health, Delaware.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
Regional Anesthesia in Children-Awake Spinals and QL Blocks
Dr. Lindsey Loveland is a Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and is the Associate Chief for Education and Professional Development and division Well-being lead. Dr. Loveland also serves as an ABA Applied Examiner and enjoys this immensely. Throughout her career, her focus has been on pediatric cardiac anesthesia and education. While acting as the associate and then program director for the pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin she has served as a member and on the board of the Pediatric Anesthesiology Program Directors Association (PAPDA) and as a Councilor on the Association of Anesthesiology Subspecialty Program Directors (AASPD) board. She has been a member of The Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS) and served on the database committee. Currently her focus is on working with her division to attain advanced pediatric cardiac anesthesiology subspecialty accreditation in the newly created track by the ACGME in pediatric cardiac anesthesiology. She currently is a member of the Well-Being Committee. She also serves as a regular contributor to the Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (PAAD).
Dr. Loveland completed medical school at The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and residency at The University of Chicago. Following residency, she was a pediatric anesthesiology fellow at Children’s Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin where she fell in love with pediatric cardiac anesthesia prior to joining as faculty. Following approximately ten years in Wisconsin change and challenge called and she moved to CHOP.
Outside of medicine, her time is primarily spent keeping her five children from finding ways to hurt themselves, get an education, stay curious, and learn to navigate the world for themselves. She enjoys horseback riding, dressage in particular when she has a few moments to herself. Additionally, she has been married to her husband Andrew, for 20 years, who provides constant support (and reality checks), and all the free technology, code, computer, and analytical advice she could ever dream of.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
CCAS WORKSHOP: Staying Alive: Professional Development and Well-being for Career Sustainability
Concetta Lupa is the current President of PAPDA and has been the pediatric anesthesiology program director at UNC since 2013. She has enjoyed her involvement in fellowship education, both locally and nationally. In her free time, she brews kombucha, bakes and cooks, and enjoys spending time with her husband Chip, and her daughters, Anna and Emilia. Her dog, Coco is pretty amazing too.
Dr. Mai is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is an Assistant Professor in Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. She is the Program Director of the Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship at MGH. A native of Boston, she completed her medical school education at Boston University School of Medicine and her anesthesia residency training at Boston Medical Center. She is fellowship trained in pediatric anesthesia at Johns Hopkins University and after a year on faculty at Hopkins, she joined the Pediatric Anesthesia Division at MGH. Dr. Mai has a Masters degree in Health Professions Education from the MGH Institute of Health Professions with a concentration in simulation education. Her scholarly interests are in simulation education, curriculum development, medical education research, history in anesthesia, and health and wellness initiatives.
I am a pediatric anesthesiologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital. My academic interests include perioperative optimization and education. I am currently the associate director of pre-admissions testing and take part in preoperative screening and intraoperative protocols. As an active member of the Clinical Competence Committee and director of the advanced practice respiratory therapy perioperative rotation, I am involved in the education of various trainees at NCH.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 15: The Dark Side of the Moon: Acute Adolescent Psychosis in the Ambulatory Center
Dr. Rebecca Margolis practices Pediatric Anesthesiology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and presently serves as an assistant professor of clinical anesthesia and as the inaugural Director of Well-Being in the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine. She serves as the Founder and Co-Chair of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia’s Committee for Physician Well-Being where she aims to enable systems-based approaches to make healthcare a more sustainable career choice. Dr. Margolis serves as an American Board of Anesthesiology Oral Board Examiner and enjoys collaborating on other national committees including the American Society of Anesthesiology’s Committee on Physician Well-Being. Her research interests include clinician sustainability, obstructive sleep apnea and medical education.
Dr. Margolis received her undergraduate degree from New York University, her medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her anesthesia residency at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology was obtained at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 2: Promoting Psychological Safety in the Clinical Learning Environment
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: One-Lung Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
Vice Chair for Professional Development and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Professor, Anesthesiology
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Bio
Scott Markowitz, MD, MSOL (he, him, his) is Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice-Chair for Professional Development and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. At Washington University, Scott is Chair of the Senior Leadership Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and works closely with other leaders on the national initiative, Raising Anesthesiology Diversity and Anti-Racism (RADAR). He received his coaching training at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, and he is also a Gallup Certified Global Strengths Coach. A past Co-Director of the Leadership for Innovative Team Science program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, he has taught communication, leadership styles, conflict management, empowerment, accountability, time management, and coaching skills. Scott is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Diversity and Inclusion and Group on Faculty Affairs. Scott is also an advisory board member for the Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, where he co-chairs the workshop committee. Scott’s coaching practice focuses on developing Physician Leadership.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 4: Regaining Control of Your Time to Maximize Your Efficiency and Productivity
Saturday, April 1, 2023
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
From Novice to Chair: Mentorship, Sponsorship, and Coaching
McGovern Medical School UT Houston Health Science Center
Houston, TX
Bio
1975-1982 Medical School Liege Belgium MD
1983-1987 Anesthesia Residency and Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship, Cologne Germany
1987-1991 Attending Anesthesiologist Krankenhaus Merheim Cologne Germany
1991-1996 Division Chief Thoracic , Non-Cardiac Anesthesia
1996-1997 Sabbatical Year University of Texas Houston
1998-2001 Vicechair Department of Anesthesiology, Akademisches Krankenhaus Koeln, Germany
2001- present Attending Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center
and LBJ, McGovern Medical School UT Health Houston TX
2004-2017 Director Pediatric Pain Service
2009-2015 Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Program Director
2007-present Vice Chair and Division Chief Pediatric Anesthesia, McGovern Medical School UT Health Houston TX
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
special interest : Pediatric Regional Anesthesia, Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway, Perioperative Safety
William McDade, MD, PhD is the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and adjunct professor of Anesthesiology at Rush Medical College. Prior to that, he was EVP/Chief Academic Officer for the Ochsner Health System; Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Chicago, Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs for the Pritzker School of Medicine; and Deputy Provost for Research and Minority Issues for the University of Chicago. He is founder of the James E. Bowman Society at the University of Chicago whose focus is on achieving diversity in academic excellence and the elimination of health inequities. Dr. McDade served as trustee of the American Medical Association, on the Executive Committee of the Board of the Joint Commission and has been a past-president and board chair of local and state medical societies in Illinois. He served as chair of the National Medical Association’s Anesthesiology Section and the AMA’s Council on Medical Education. He served on the US Department of Education’s National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation, been a representative to the Coalition for Physician Accountability, a board member for the National Board of Medical Examiners and for the ACGME, where he chaired the Taskforce on Diversity in Graduate Medical Education. Dr. McDade is a board-certified Anesthesiologist and graduate of Pritzker’s Medical Scientist Training program earning a PhD in Biophysics and Theoretical Biology. He completed his internship in internal medicine at UChicago and residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Peggy McNaull currently serves as the Frederic A. Berry Professor and Chair at the University of Virginia – a position she assumed on December 1st 2020. Prior to that role, Dr. McNaull was the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Safety for UNC Medical Center, the Director for Quality for UNC Faculty Practice, and the Vice Chair of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement for the Department of Anesthesiology. She attended medical school at Louisiana State University School of Medicine, completed her residency in Anesthesiology and fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at UNC, and then completed her fellowship in Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia at Texas Children’s Hospital. Dr. McNaull is committed to advancing high quality, high value care to patients in the perioperative environment. The quality efforts that have brought her the most joy include Opioid Stewardship and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery.
Dr. McNaull is also very involved in advancing the field of Anesthesiology, specifically the specialty of Pediatric Anesthesiology. She is the President-Elect for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and is an applied examiner and advanced exam editor for the American Board of Anesthesiology.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
7:15 AM - 8:25 AM
RTD 11: Hospital Leadership from Pediatric Anesthesiology
Mark McVey is a Pediatric Anesthesiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto Canada. Within the hospital Dr. McVey is an Associate Scientist with research interests which span transfusion medicine and patient blood management. Specific focuses in the lab include respiratory transfusion reactions such as transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI), other lung injuries such as those associated with sepsis or aspiration, platelet biology, perioperative anemia and developing tools for assessing fibrinolysis. In collaboration with McMaster University and The Toronto Metropolitan University Mark is developing spectrophotometric and photoacoustic tools for monitoring fibrinolysis to improve treatment of severe bleeding and ultimately reduce the need for transfusion of blood.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
8:50 AM - 9:20 AM
Updates from SPA Young Investigator Research Grant Recipients
Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Bio
Trained in Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist. Practiced at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine for over 20 years. Main clinical interests Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology, Pediatric Cardiology and NonInvasive Cardiac Imaging in the pediatric age group.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
SESSION III: FROM THE EDITORS - NOTABLE PAPERS FROM THE PAST YEAR
Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Bio
Dr. Shazia Mohammad is a pediatric anesthesiologist and assistant professor at Texas Children’s Hospital Baylor College of Medicine (TCH BCM). Her interests include single lung ventilation in pediatric patients and sustainability in anesthesia.
For sustainability, she is the chair of the “Sustainable Perioperative Care Committee” and the anesthesiology department’s representative for the Green Team, an institution-wide sustainability committee at TCH. She is also an active member of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) Sustainability SIG and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Ad Hoc Committee on Environmental Health. She has been an instructor for the Sustainability workshop at the SPA 2021 and 2022.
For one lung ventilation in pediatric patients, she leads yearly national, regional, and local workshops at national conferences and training sessions. She has developed the national workshop for SPA for the last three years.
Aside from those interests, she is passionate about teaching, part of Faculty College training program, and involved in biomedical informatics and technology.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: One-Lung Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
Ellen Moore is an executive leadership coach who has served as the CEO, President and COO of top executive companies with annual revenues ranging from $4 million to $28 million. She coaches in organizations as small as sole proprietors and as large as Johns Hopkins, Stanford Medical, and the Food and Drug Administration.
Ellen founded Moore Creative Strategies, LLC in 2015 because she believed the world needed better leadership. She is a proven leader and team builder with experience in both large and small environments. She has served as a business leader consultant for more than 25 years, including for health care organizations, professional service firms, NFPs and the Federal government. Her coaching practice includes numerous physicians and scientists as clients.
Ellen has proven herself time and time again, always focused on developing leaders and helping people and organizations change. She coaches and teaches coaching skills to physicians. When she presented at the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia conference in 2019, she received outstanding reviews.
With a MS in Organizational Psychology stacked atop a B.A. in Journalism/Advertising, she combines creativity and possibility with human behavior. The results create the energy to help people do what they think may be impossible. In the midst of dramatic professional success, she is most proud of her nearly 30-year marriage to Brian and both of her extraordinary daughters. When not working, you can find Ellen hiking, writing, or searching for a better way to do just about anything.
Ellen@MooreCreativeStrategies.com
MooreCreativeStrategies.com
www.linkedin.com/in/ellenrmoore
410.935.6518
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Leadership Skills for Arduous Times (Dinner Included)
Vice Chief for the Heart Center
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Texas Children's Hospital
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: One-Lung Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
Location: Meeting Room 201 - 202: 2nd Floor
Sunday, April 2, 2023
7:15 AM - 8:25 AM
PBLD 19: An Unanticipated Critically Obstructed Neonatal Airway. A missed Opportunity for an EXIT Procedure
I have been a CRNA for over 10 years now! I graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with my Master of Nurse Anesthesia degree. I am currently in school at Missouri State University for my Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice degree. My scholarly project is pediatric airway management education for non-peds people.
I began my pediatric anesthesia career at the Children's of Alabama, where I was on the solid organ transplant team. I have worked at several other pediatric facilities, including Duke University and Children's Hospital of Colorado. I currently live in Austin, Texas, with my husband and two dogs, and I work at Dell Children's Medical Center. I absolutely love pediatric anesthesia!
Sunday, April 2, 2023
10:15 AM - 10:40 AM
Suggamadex: It's FDA-approved, So What Should We Do?
Dr. Christian Mpody is a Senior Scientist in the Department of Anesthesiology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 7: Writing a Systematic Review and/or Meta-Analysis: Purpose, Process and Final Product
Ty Muhly, MD is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Ty attends on the acute pain service and he loves performing and teaching regional anesthesia techniques. In addition, to his clinical work, Ty enjoys using quality improvement methodologies to improve patient outcomes and participating in clinical outcomes research. He is honored to share some of the regional anesthesia tips and tricks he has picked up over the years.
Shivani G. Mukkamala, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Emory University. Dr. Mukkamala is a board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist and practices at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Egleston Hospital. She is the director for the core pediatric anesthesiology residency rotation. Dr. Mukkamala also serves as the faculty advisor for the Anesthesiology Interest Group and as the career advisor for Emory University medical students pursuing anesthesiology. She completed her residency and fellowship at Columbia University in New York.
Dr. Mukkamala has a special interest in pediatric airways and chairs the difficult airway workshop at the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. She was honored by the Emory University School of Medicine with the Dean’s Teaching Award 2020-2021. She is passionate about mentorship, minorities in medicine and physician burnout prevention. She speaks nationally on resilience and mindfulness. She serves as the Secretary on the executive board of AMWA Ignite, a curriculum for women medical students by women physicians and the program board for Brave Enough Women’s Conference.
Dr. Olubukola (Bukky) Nafiu is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesia at the Ohio State University and and Attending Pediatric Anesthesiologist at the Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. His research interests include childhood obesity and racial disparities in surgical health. He has published extensively on these topics.
Dr. Viviane Nasr is a Senior Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. She is the Chief of Cardiac Anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital. Her work is mostly related to patients with congenital heart disease and the perioperative risk assessment of pediatric patients. She has written more than 100 publications, textbook chapters and a handbook on pediatric cardiac anesthesia. In addition to her active academic career, she created and leads the Faculty Development Program at Boston Children’s and is a member of the Executive Committee of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS).
Sunday, April 2, 2023
7:15 AM - 8:25 AM
RTD 10: Care of the Pediatric Cardiac Patient for Non-Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Rebecca Nause-Osthoff is a clinical assistant professor in pediatric anesthesiology at the University of Michigan, the Director of Pediatric Neuroanesthesia, and the Level 1 Trauma / Burn Anesthesia Liaison for the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. As the Assistant Director of Medical Student Education, she is passionate about medical student education within anesthesiology and creating inclusive spaces in the perioperative clinical settings for all learners. She also is dedicated to providing trauma-informed care for children, particularly those requiring repeated encounters with the perioperative environment such as trauma patients, and those with chronic diseases.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Death on the Table: How to Coach Resiliency Skills Following a Clinical Crisis (Sponsored by the SPA Simulation SIG)
Dr. Nelson graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completed her anesthesiology residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and her pediatric anesthesia fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She is the Associate Director of Fetal Anesthesia at the CHOP. Her research focus is on applying informatics and analytics to health care data to study and improve perioperative outcomes in neonates and infants.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Techniques for Peripheral Vascular Access
Michael Nemergut is a physician with dual appointments in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine as well as the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He is an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine. He obtained his MD and PhD degrees from the University of Virginia, and completed residency and fellowship training in Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Pediatric Anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins. He is the medical director of both the Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit as well as the Pediatric ICU. Interests include pediatric anesthesiology, pediatric critical care and anesthetic neurotoxicity.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Techniques for Peripheral Vascular Access
Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Bio
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Member of Texas Children's Hospital CHARIOT program
Member of Clinical Specialist Committee
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Immersive Technologies in Perioperative Anxiety and Chronic Pain Management: Virtual and Augmented Reality
Dusty Nicolay from Washington, DC where he is stationed at Joint Base Andrews.
Dr. Nicolay completed his undergraduate education in Tampa, FL at USF with a minor in Aerospace Science and Biomedical Physics, and was a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps. He stayed at USF for medical school as part of the Air Force’s Health Professions Scholarship Program.
Shortly thereafter, he ditched the Florida weather for Pittsburgh, where he completed his Anesthesiology residency at Allegheny Health Network. Having a true passion for Pediatric Anesthesiology, he completed a fellowship at the reputable Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. He is one of only 3 pediatric anesthesiologists currently serving in the United States Air Force.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 2: It Went Intrapleural, Then Broke; I Cannot Remove it Now. This Nerve Block Catheter has Got Me Crazy!
The Wise Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Professor of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University in St. Louis/ St. Louis Hospital for Children
St. Louis, MO
Bio
Dolores B. Njoku, MD is the Wise Professor and Vice Chair of Anesthesiology, and Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology in the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis. She is an adjunct Professor in Pathology and Immunology. Dr. Njoku received her medical degree from the University of Mississippi and completed a residency in Pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland Ohio, where she served as Chief resident. She completed a residency in Anesthesiology and fellowships in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and was full-time faculty from 1997 – 2021 where she served as Program Director for the Fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology from 2007 – 2018. In July 2021, Dr. Njoku joined the faculty at Washington University in St Louis. Dr. Njoku is an internationally respected educator and translational researcher in immune-mediated liver injury and focuses on mechanisms that initiate immune-mediated liver injury and the role of sex and gender in the severity of this process. She is a nationally-recognized educator and lecturer. She is the Pediatric Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the St. Louis Children’s Hospital, a member of the Department of Anesthesiology Promotions Committee, a member of the Children’s Hospital Medical Executive Committe and a Faculty-at-large Representative for the Washington University in St. Louis Faculty Practice Plan. She is a member of the Board of Governors for the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and the United Way of Central Maryland. She is also a member of the Board for the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research where she serves as Chairman of the Board-Elect, a Full Examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology where she serves as Vice-Chair of the Standard Oral Exam, and the President-Elect for the Association of University Anesthesiologists.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 1: The Transition to Practice from Trainee to Faculty: Setting Yourself Up for Success
Graduated in 2002 from the School of Medicine Damascus university, anesthesia residency from American university of Beirut 2011, anesthesiology residency and Chief resident SUNY upstate university hospital 2017, Pediatric anesthesiology fellowship UMPC 2020.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound-Guided Caudal Block, Single Injections, and Catheter Placement Advanced Cephalad at the Lumbar or Thoracic Level
Michale Ok is an associate professor of clinical anesthesia at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. His special interests include pediatric neuro-anesthesiology, intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, and difficult airway management.
Ayodele Oke is currently a Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, TX. Prior to this position she was an Assistant Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and an Attending Anesthesiologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She completed her Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at Children’s National Hospitals in Washington, DC and her Anesthesiology Residency at University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University. Her interests include Difficult Airway management, Faculty Development, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Associate Professor, Vice Chair Quality Improvement and Development
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
Bio
Dr. Olbrecht graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2007 and completed her internship in General Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2008 before transitioning to anesthesia residency at the same institution. She joined the faculty at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 2012 after finishing a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She received her MBA from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2015. At Cincinnati Children's, she was an Associate Professor in Anesthesiology and Pediatrics and the Director of Quality Improvement and Accreditation for Procedural Sedation for the hospital, the Associate Director of Research for the Department of Anesthesiology, and the Clinical Director of the Procedure Center. Dr. Olbrecht joined Nationwide Children's Hospital in the summer of 2021 as the Vice Chair of Quality Improvement and Development and the Director of Fetal Anesthesiology. Dr. Olbrecht's research focuses on the use of virtual reality technology in the management of pediatric pain. She has dozens of publications in major journals focused on clinical outcomes in both surgery and anesthesia and has presented her work at local, national, and international meetings. She has received multiple grants for her work and is currently funded through the National Institute's of Health (NIH) with an R34 grant through the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
Friday, March 31, 2023
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
SESSION II: CHALLENGES IN THE PEDIATRIC OPERATING ROOM
Location: Lone Star Ballroom - 3rd Floor
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: "I want to do research": Practical Approaches to Getting Your First Clinical Research Project Off the Ground and Into a Journal
Location: Meeting Room 304 - 3rd Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Immersive Technologies in Perioperative Anxiety and Chronic Pain Management: Virtual and Augmented Reality
Dr. Patrick Olomu obtained his medical degree from the University of Ibadan College of Medicine (Nigeria) in 1985. He started his anesthesiology training at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital in 1988. After a four-year training period in Europe (Germany and the UK) and a surgical internship in Mobile, Alabama, he began his United States Anesthesiology residency at Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago in 1996. He then completed a one-year Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in 2000.
He worked in Private Practice in San Antonio, Texas for almost 8 years before joining the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas in September 2008.
He is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management and Attending Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Children's Health System of Texas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. He also serves as Vice-Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the University Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management.
Dr. Olomu is certified and re-certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology with subspecialty certification in Pediatric Anesthesiology. He is also a Fellow by Examination of the Royal College of Anesthetists of the United Kingdom. He has several publications in the area of advanced pediatric airway management and COVID-era pediatric airway management and has co-authored and edited three medical books and several book chapters. He has also spoken/taught at numerous local, regional, national and international conferences.
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief, Arthur C. King Professor, Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
Bio
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at Lurie Children's Hospital. Practicing pediatric anesthesiologist for 21 years with clinical and research interests in neonatal, fetal and craniofacial anesthesia. Passionate about faculty development for junior, mid-career faculty with special interest in career development of underrepresented minority faculty.
I have been a Pediatric Anesthesiologist and an educator for medical students, residents and fellows for the last 20 years. I have completed my medical school in Iasi, Romania, Anesthesiology Residency at NUMC, NY and Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at UAMS, Arkansas Children's Hospital. Since 2005 I have been involved with simulation education and instantly became passionate about this interactive, learner-oriented, clinical educational method. I am dedicated to developing and teaching simulation courses and workshops for health care professionals at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and beyond, promoting safety through team training and resource crisis management in the operating room and non-OR locations.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Mass Casualty Incidents - Prepare and Practice
Location: Meeting Room 301 - 3rd Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 13: Air Everywhere! But How Do We Plug the Leak................ In Time?
Stephanie Pan, MD is a clinical assistant professor of pediatric anesthesiology at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) Stanford. Board-certified in pediatric anesthesiology, she completed a fellowship in regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). Dr. Pan is a Local Mentor for the ASA Diagnostic POCUS Certificate Program and recipient of the ASRA Early-Stage Investigator Award. Her clinical interests include pediatric regional anesthesia, pediatric POCUS, and pediatric orthopedic spine surgeries.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Comprehensive Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound
Neha Patel is an assistant professor of clinical anesthesiology at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. She has been faculty for 7 years and serves as Director of Quality Improvement for the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. She has taken the Advanced Training Program in Quality Improvement at Intermountain health. She has interest in quality improvement, patient safety, medical education, neurosurgical anesthesia, and pediatric pain management.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Wake Up Safe Workshop - Sunday (Separate Registration Required)
Monday, April 3, 2023
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Wake Up Safe Workshop - Monday (Separate Registration Required)
Michigan State University, B.S. in Physiology,
University of Michigan. M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Pediatric Anesthesia
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Anesthesia Director, Pediatric Heart Transplant
Assistant Anesthesia Director, Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
CCAS WORKSHOP: Toward safe Transport for Children with Complex Critical Illness and /or CHD Requiring Ventilatory Support
Adverse medical events are distressing for both patients and health care providers. Kaitlyn Pellegrino, M.D. is a board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist who serves as the Co-Director of the disclosure steering committee at the Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Through this role she coaches fellow healthcare providers on the process of disclosure of adverse medical events and has a passion for healthcare literacy, patient autonomy, and informed consent as they pertain to medical disclosure. Clinically, she is an assistant professor of anesthesiology practicing at both Children’s Hospital and Medical Center and UNMC.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Difficult Airway
Location: Meeting Rooms 203-204: 2nd Floor
Sunday, April 2, 2023
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Disclosure of Adverse Events and Help! Support and Recovery in Second Victim Syndrome
Disclosure Information
Medtronic - Medtronic funded a research grant for my husband, Peter Pellegrino MD, PhD
Felipe D. Perez is a Clinical Assistant Professor who is board-certified as an Anesthesiologist and as a Pediatric Anesthesiologist. He is the Assistant Dean for Diversity in Medical Student Education in the Office of Diversity in Medical Education (ODME) at Stanford University School of Medicine. His parents emigrated from Mexico and was raised in an immigrant working class neighborhood of Long Beach, CA. After receiving his Bachelors at Stanford he dedicated three years to public health policy where he worked for local, state, and national levels of government. He worked for Congressman Henry Waxman, Assemblymember Hector De La Torre, and Senator Alex Padilla, on laws such as preventing homelessness and having restaurants post caloric information on their menus. He returned to Stanford University for his Medical Degree and stayed for residency, pediatric anesthesiology fellowship, and was hired on as faculty at both the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford Hospital. He is involved with leading diversity efforts locally and nationally. He co-chairs his clinical department’s Anesthesiology Diversity Council, he is a steering committee member of Leadership Education in Advancing Diversity (LEAD), he founded CSA's Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee, and is the communication chair for the national Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) DEI Committee.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Strategies for Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Capacity to Maximize Your Impact as a DEI Leader
Director, Chronic Pain; Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Pain, Perioperative Medicine
George Washington Medical Center
Washington, DC
Bio
Elisha Peterson, MD MEd FAAP FASA, is a Harvard-trained dual fellowship trained pain medicine physician She serves those who live with chronic pain and want to improve their quality of life. Her passion as a medical educator motivated her to speak on national stages on the importance of improving the quality of care for BIPOC populations in the United States and start the TikTok channel @painfreedocs to educate the public about pain.
In addition to helping thousands of children, adolescents, and young adults get their lives back, she received grant funding from the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia to develop a pipeline program in partnership with Howard University to increase diversity in medicine. She has peer reviewed publications and written book chapters on chronic pain. She is a co editor on the pediatric section of the Open Anesthesia podcast and host of the Sevo Sistas podcast designed to support women of color in anesthesiology.
Elisha lives in Washington DC with her husband and three children.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 6: Perioperative Care of the Child with Chronic Pain
Sunday, April 2, 2023
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM
Updates from Mission Driven Mentoring Program (MDMP) Award Recipients
David M. Polaner, MD, FAAP is Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and attending pediatric anesthesiologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, where he is on the complex airway and transplant teams. Dr. Polaner received his undergraduate education at Yeshiva University and his MD from Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, both in New York. He trained in pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Seattle Children’s Hospital, and in anesthesiology at University of Washington. Following a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology and critical care at Seattle Children’s, he was a research fellow in Warren Zapol’s laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He was appointed to the faculty of Harvard Medical School and subsequently became Director of Pediatric Critical Care at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Floating Hospital for Children in Boston before moving to Denver in 2000. There he was Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the University of Colorado and Director of Transplant Anesthesia and Chief of the Acute Pain Service at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Dr. Polaner moved to Seattle in 2019 to assume his current position.
Dr. Polaner’s research and clinical interests are wide-ranging, and include regional anesthetics in children, the pediatric airway, propofol infusion syndrome, anesthesia informatics, transplant anesthesia, and high altitude medicine and physiology. He is the co-founder of the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network (PRAN), co-director of the 6th through 8th International Symposia on the Pediatric Airway, and is Section Editor for correspondence and case reports for the journal Pediatric Anesthesia.
Dr Yuva Raju Poolacherla attended medical school at Stanley Medical College in Chennai, India and graduated in 1992. Underwent extensive postgraduate training in Anesthesia at Madras Medical College in Chennai, India, and in the United Kingdom which culminated in the award of Completion of Certificate of training (CCT) from the Post graduate Medical Training Board, United Kingdom. Raju completed FRCA(UK) from the Royal College of Anesthesiologists UK. He did Advanced training in Pediatric Anesthesia (Fellowship) at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London UK. Raju has worked as a Consultant Pediatric anesthesiologist both in the United Kingdom and Canada.
Raju is an Associate Professor at the Schulich Medical and Dental School at University of Western Ontario.
Raju is the founding Physician of interdisciplinary Pediatric Chronic Pain Program for London and Southwestern Ontario. Has been running a successful program since its inception in 2015 as its Medical Director. He takes pride inorganizing the first-ever multidisciplinary Pediatric Pain Conference in 2018 in Southwest Ontario.
Raju is the Director of Pediatric Anesthesia Program, has worked with the MOH Ontario in establishing a alternate payment plan (APP) to help recruit and retain Pediatric anesthesiologists for the region of London ON. He has many invited talks on pediatric pain in the international forum.
His main areas of interest in research are Pediatric pain, Neuroimaging of inflammatory states and innovative care models.
Raju likes to spend most of his spare time with his family and has a wife Vasavi and has 2 children with a daughter Shruthi(19) and a son Shreyas(16).
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Know Pain, Know Gain: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Managing Acute and Transitional Perioperative Pain
Lloyd Provost is an improvement advisor with Associates in Process Improvement who has applied the science of improvement worldwide. His experience includes consulting and teaching in collaborative improvement, planning, management systems, measurement, planned experimentation, and statistical process control. Lloyd is a senior fellow of the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and works with IHI on their “Improvement Advisor Development Program”.
Lloyd holds has a Bachelor of Science in Statistics from the University of Tennessee and a Master of Science in Statistics from the University of Florida. He is the author of multiple papers relating to quality and measurement and co-author of three books on planned experimentation, measurement, and the science of improvement.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Wake Up Safe Workshop - Sunday (Separate Registration Required)
Dr. Elizabeth Putnam, MBBS is an Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology and the Director of Simulation for Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan. She is a member of the ABA’s Simulation Education Network, and runs Faculty MOCA® simulation courses at Michigan. She built the simulation curriculum for pediatric anesthesiology starting in 2013, and now leads curriculum development in simulation education for residents, fellows and faculty throughout anesthesiology at the University of Michigan. In 2018 this included incorporating a novel Resiliency Curriculum into the resident simulation program. Her interest in the emotional impact of crisis simulation has prompted her to collaborate on this unique project for coaching resiliency.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Death on the Table: How to Coach Resiliency Skills Following a Clinical Crisis (Sponsored by the SPA Simulation SIG)
Andrea Rabassa, M.D., is a pediatric anesthesiology fellow at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL. She received her Medical Degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and completed her residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital as well. Her interests are in education and global health. In her free time, she enjoys running and playing piano.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 16: A Coagulation Balancing Act: Multivisceral Transplantation for a Child with Antithrombin III Deficiency
Asheen Rama is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University. He completed his fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital in 2018 followed by an additional year of advanced training in medical simulation at Stanford University in 2019. His clinical area of focus includes pediatric neurosurgical anesthesia. Dr. Rama's research focuses on immersive medical simulations using virtual reality and augmented reality.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 4: Preventing and Managing Adverse Events During Neurosurgical Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Immersive Technologies in Perioperative Anxiety and Chronic Pain Management: Virtual and Augmented Reality
Vidya Raman is the first full clinical female professor at the Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital. Her research interests are in Sustainability and Advancing Female Leadership. She has recently transitioned to the Ohio State University full time and has a mixed adult and pediatric practice. She is active in the College of Medicine with being a Portfolio Coach. She is very interested in peer coaching and mentoring and is pursuing this at OSU as well as WELI.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Moderated Case Reports Posters
Location: Grand Salon 5-6, 4th Floor
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Moderated Poster Presentations
Location: Grand Salon 5-6: 4th Floor
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 8: Developing a Successful Professional Identity
Dr Rampersad is an Attending Anesthesiologist at Seattle Children's Hospital and Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Washington. She is Director and Quality Improvement for the Department of Anesthesiology at Seattle Children's Hospital. Her academic interests include quality and safety and anesthesia for pediatric oncology patients.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Workshop in Quality Improvement, Safety and Performance Management
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Bio
I am an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. I currently serve as the Division Chief and the Director for Pediatric Anesthesia Research for the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. My clinical and research interests include antifibrinolytics, craniofacial anesthesia, and pediatric neuroanesthesia.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Moderated Poster Presentations
Location: Grand Salon 5-6: 4th Floor
Sunday, April 2, 2023
7:15 AM - 8:25 AM
RTD 12: Back to School?...Should I Get Another Degree...When? How? Why?
Dr. Reece-Nguyen [he/him] is a board-certified general and pediatric anesthesiologist and Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford Children’s Hospital where he serves as a diversity, equity, and inclusion leader in his department, throughout Stanford Medicine, and at the National level as Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia.
As a cisgender gay man, Dr. Reece-Nguyen understands the importance of LGBTQIA+ advocacy work and the ever-increasing need for improved LGBTQIA+ medical education, focusing specifically on the value of gender-affirming perioperative care. In his role as the Medical Director of the Gender Recognition and Affirmative Care through Education (GRACE) Program at Stanford Children’s Hospital, Dr. Reece-Nguyen’s work promotes perioperative education, quality improvement, and research efforts aimed at improving the healthcare experience for all transgender and gender-diverse adolescents.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Strategies for Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Capacity to Maximize Your Impact as a DEI Leader
After finishing my pediatric anesthesia fellowship in Chicago at Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital, I joined the faculty at Children's National Hospital where I became director of regional anesthesia. I have since moved to Brown University where I have a mixed pediatric and adult practice. This combination allows me to further translate regional advances in adult populations to our pediatric patients.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPPM WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Douglas G. Ririe, MD, PhD, MHA, is a Pediatric Anesthesiologist and serves as Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Dr. Ririe received his undergraduate degree and MD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, his PhD in Molecular Medicine from Wake Forest University, and his MHA from Louisiana State University. He completed his residency training in Anesthesiology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, North Carolina and his fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Ririe is a member of the Pain Mechanisms Laboratory at Wake Forest University and focuses on central and peripheral processing and circuitry modulation in the transition from acute to chronic pain and in resolution of pain and disability after surgery. He also has a focus on developmental neurobiology of stress, inflammation, and nociceptive input from surgery as it relates to learning, attentional dysfunction and reward processing. He has also had a clinical focus on improving management of children for craniofacial surgery. Dr. Ririe has given numerous presentations at regional, national, and international meetings, and he has authored many scholarly publications in journals such as Anesthesiology, Anesthesia and Analgesia, and Pain. He has been actively involved in mission work throughout his career and has been recognized for his contributions to teaching as the recipient of the Golden Apple Award for teaching in the Department of Anesthesiology. He has been involved with training numerous residents and fellows in clinical and basic science and has been a mentor for trainees and faculty.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
SESSION I: RESEARCH AND MENTORING IN ANESTHESIOLOGY
Dr. Sam Rodriguez is a native of New Jersey and practicing Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Stanford Children's Hospital. He is best known for being the husband of the Stanford Cardiologist Dr. Fatima Rodriguez. Sam was a member of the self proclaimed greatest Anesthesia Residency Class in history (MGH 2012). He is a founder and co-director of the Stanford CHARIOT Program which creates and studies innovative approaches to treating pediatric pain and stress through technology. The CHARIOT Program has positively impacted thousands of children around the world and has grown to include emerging technologies like virtual reality, augmented reality, and interactive video games. Dr. Rodriguez is also highly involved in medical humanities education at Stanford Medical School and teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels on how studying art can make better physicians.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Immersive Technologies in Perioperative Anxiety and Chronic Pain Management: Virtual and Augmented Reality
Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Bio
Dr. Roque is a board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist practicing in Seattle, WA. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Maryland before completing an anesthesiology residency at Oregon Health and Science University and a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital where he still practices, serving primarily on the ENT and Sedation teams. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine of the University of Washington. Academically, many of his interests are within diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), with a focus on educating trainees and fellow anesthetists about transgender and gender-diverse patients and improving the perioperative care of this unique population. Dr. Roque serves on the DEI committee of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology and is also a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Medical Association, and American Academy of Pediatrics.
M.D. 2009 University of Michigan Medical School
Anesthesia Residency 2013 University of Michigan
Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship 2014 University of Michigan
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Death on the Table: How to Coach Resiliency Skills Following a Clinical Crisis (Sponsored by the SPA Simulation SIG)
Faith Ross is an Associate Professor and Director of the Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She completed her residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and her pediatric and pediatric cardiac fellowship training at Seattle Children’s Hospital after which she joined the faculty there as a clinician educator. She has successfully lead several research projects in translational and database research and secured grant funding from sources including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database and the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Mission Driven Mentoring Program.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Moderated Case Reports Posters
Location: Grand Salon 5-6, 4th Floor
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Moderated Poster Presentations
Location: Grand Salon 5-6: 4th Floor
Sunday, April 2, 2023
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM
Updates from Mission Driven Mentoring Program (MDMP) Award Recipients
I currently serve as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Urology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine with clinical responsibilities at Children's Hospital Colorado, concentrating my clinical and research efforts in the areas of Pediatric Urology, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), and the integration of clinical informatics and surgical quality and safety programs at Children’s Hospital Colorado. I am the NSQIP Surgeon Champion for the hospital in addition to the Medical Director of Surgical Informatics. I also sit on the hospital Perioperioperative Performance Improvement and Patient Safety leadership council, where I have unique insights as a surgeon into safety systems, hospital processes, clinical workflows and efficiencies, and the intersection with the electronic health record. My research efforts have revolved around pediatric implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and is a recognized leader locally and internationally in pediatric ERAS implementation.
Monday, April 3, 2023
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Wake Up Safe Workshop - Monday (Separate Registration Required)
Univ of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI
Bio
I am currently practicing as a board-certified Anesthesiologist, with sub-specialization in neuro and pediatric anesthesiology. I have served as Director of Neuroanesthesiology and Director of Global Health within my Department of Anesthesiology, Director of Perioperative Services: American Family Children’s Hospital/U.W. Health, and Medical Director of University of Wisconsin Hospital (UWHC) Adult Operating Rooms, University of Wisconsin (UW), Madison, WI..
As an academic anesthesiologist, I have spent my entire career educating residents, fellows, and medical students in the subspecialties of neuro and pediatric anesthesia, and perioperative global health. I have served as a mentor and on the promotions committee for several faculty colleagues within and outside of my institution. I have been an invited author for global health, neurosurgical and neuroanesthesia textbooks and have collaborated with our neurosurgeons on multi-center NIH-funded studies (see Contributions to Science listed below).
I currently serve as a Board Examiner and Chair of the Question Writing and Editing Committee for the American Board of Anesthesiologists Standardized Oral Examination. In this role I have oversight of the resident demonstration of their knowledge and expertise of anesthetic practice with emphasis on subspecialty-based practice and advance clinical issues.
I received an MBA Degree from UMass Amherst in 2011. During and following this, I held numerous leadership roles both at my institution and at the State and National Society Levels. Present and Past administrative experience has included serving as a Director on the UW Medical Foundation (UWMF) BOD and UWMF Executive Committee, and as President of the UW Hospital and Clinics Medical Board. I have participated on numerous other UWHC and UWMF committees including the UWMF Finance, Council of Faculty and Compensation Development Committees, and the UWHC Operating Room Committee and Clinical Practices Committees.
At the state level, I served two terms as President of the Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists, during which I directed activities and policy establishment vital to the safe anesthetic care of patients. Nationally, I currently serve as a Delegate to the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA), and I have been active on several ASA committees providing oversight in clinical care and health care practice management.
One of my greatest passions has been the provision of anesthesia abroad on humanitarian surgical mission trips. I have participated in over 40 of these trips and have been responsible for the training of anesthesia personnel both within my department, and with hosting anesthesiologists and residents abroad. Probably the most rewarding part of my job is providing anesthesia knowledge, clinical training, and work in my field of expertise to anesthesia providers in LMICs, who would otherwise not receive this.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Mass Casualty Incidents - Prepare and Practice
Sidney Kimmel Medical College/Thomas Jefferson University
Bio
I am a residency graduate of Drexel/Hahnemann hospital at Philadelphia with pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Nemours DuPont Hospital, Delaware. I have been working as a staff at Nemours for almost 10 years after completion of fellowship. I am an associate professor of pediatric anesthesiology with a special interest in clinical outcomes of patients who undergo spine fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis in terms of perioperative pain and blood transfusion management. I am in general interested in all perioperative outcomes. Currently, I serve as a director of regional anesthesia which comes under the service of pain management.
In addition, I am a chair elect for the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Improvement Network (SPAIN). Currently, we are involved in a prospective longitudinal multi-institution project looking at the perioperative pain management of adolescents undergoing anterior cruciate ligament surgery. The primary objective is to create a multicenter registry which captures information relating to the perioperative anesthesia course and management of children undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and to examine practice patterns and incidence of complications. The aggregate multi-institutional data set will be used to develop quality benchmarks for national safety and quality improvement efforts and best practice recommendations. We believe that this registry may also demonstrate how web-based data collection can be used to evaluate clinical anesthesia outcomes for surgeries with a low incidence of critical events but with significant variability in medical management.
Benjamin Sanofsky is a pediatric anesthesiologist with a particular interest the use of music as an adjunct to medical treatment. His work has focused on the effects of music in the perioperative setting, exploring the potential for personalized music to decrease the incidence of emergence delirium.
Dr. Gregory J. Schears, M.D. is a pediatric intensivist and anesthesiologist with a long-standing interest in reducing patient complications and improving our approach to vascular access. Dr. Schears completed his pediatric residency at St. Louis Children's Hospital, his anesthesia residency, pediatric anesthesia fellowship and pediatric critical care fellowship at John's Hopkins hospital and worked at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for 5 years until he was recruited to the Mayo Clinic in 2001 to head the ECMO service. There he serves as a Consultant of Department of Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota and is the physician liaison to the nurse led PICC team, Former Medical Director of the ECMO Service and Co-Director of the Congenital Heart Unit.
Dr. Schears is an acknowledged thought leader in vascular access. He is a Professor of Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic working with both pediatric and adult patients. He has served on the editorial board for JAVA and on the AVA Board of Directors as Treasurer. He is very active with product development to help reduce complications and has given hundreds of presentations locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Techniques for Peripheral Vascular Access
After receiving her undergraduate and medical degree at the University of Rochester, Dr. Schleelein did her Anesthesiology residency training at the University of Pennsylvania and was elected chief resident from 2006 to 2007. She completed her fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and then joined the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine as Assistant Professor at CHOP. She became the department patient safety officer in 2010 and in 2015 was named the Safety Director for the Division of Anesthesiology. She was excited to be elected CHOP Medical Director of Patient Safety in 2016. In 2019, she joined the Watson Clinic, LLP team in Lakeland, Florida as the Director of Pediatric Anesthesiology.
During her career, her academic interest and quality improvement work has centered on adverse events in the perioperative complex. She has started an adverse events database and has completed several quality improvement and research projects focusing on the epidemiology of these events and improving team response.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Workshop in Quality Improvement, Safety and Performance Management
Completed undergraduate and medical school training at the University of Kansas. Traveled to Arizona for UA surgery internship and anesthesiology residency followed by pediatric fellowship at Mayo clinics’ Nemour’s children’s hospital in Jacksonville FL then pediatric cardiac fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital at Harvard.
Current chief of pediatric and pediatric cardiac anesthesia at Banner University of AZ medical center I. Tucson, AZ.
Dr. McElrath Schwartz is an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is Division Chief of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Co-Director of the Blalock-Taussig- Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center. Her clinical practice is in pediatric cardiac anesthesiology and cardiac critical care medicine. Her academic interests are mechanical support and resuscitation, team dynamics and women's leadership.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
SESSION V: SPA-CCAS JOINT SESSION: GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins Hosp
Baltimore, MD
Bio
Deborah Schwengel is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is Director of the Education Research Core in her department and is Editor-in-Chief of the ASA Patient Safety Editorial Board. She is actively engaged in medical education for disaster preparedness, patient quality and safety and conducts research in the science of learning.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Mass Casualty Incidents - Prepare and Practice
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Bio
Ravi Shah, MD is an academic pediatric anesthesiologist and pain physician. He serves as program director for the Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at Northwestern University at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. His areas of interest include pediatric regional anesthesia, pediatric pain management, and medical education.
Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology, Director of Pediatric Cv Anesthesia Services
Special interests: Women mentoring in Medicine, Medical school education, and Second Victim Support Education
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Mass Casualty Incidents - Prepare and Practice
Children's Wisconsin; Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Bio
I completed medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and then remained at MCW for the Combined Pediatrics and Anesthesiology Residency Program. I subsequently completed Fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at Boston Children’s Hospital. I am now back at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Wisconsin as an Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director for the Combined Pediatrics and Anesthesiology Residency Program.
Devika Singh is currently the Associate Director of Simulation for the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She has developed multiple simulation programs at CHOP, partnering with numerous external institutions in their implementation.
She received her medical degree at Albany Medical College. She completed residency at University of Pennsylvania followed by pediatric anesthesia fellowship training at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Jina Sinskey is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) specializing in pediatric anesthesia. She received her undergraduate degree from MIT and her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency in anesthesiology at UCSF and her pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital.
Dr. Sinskey is the inaugural Associate Chair of Well-Being for the Department of Anesthesia at UCSF. She serves as the Vice Chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Physician Well-Being and the Vice Chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Pediatric Anesthesia Educational Track Subcommittee. She is a member of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Board of Directors and a Pediatric Anesthesia Associate Section Editor for OpenAnesthesia. Her research interests include clinician well-being, virtual/augmented reality for pediatric patients, conflict management, fetal anesthesia, and medical education.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Immersive Technologies in Perioperative Anxiety and Chronic Pain Management: Virtual and Augmented Reality
Location: Meeting Room 402-403: 4th Floor
Sunday, April 2, 2023
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
SESSION II: "WHAT WOULD SPA DO" CASE BASED DISCUSSIONS
Support one child at a time in the OR, and one generation of children at a time in a research project. Clinical research is my current professional interest. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my husband and two children as well as exercise. I hope to start traveling more often soon.
Friday, March 31, 2023
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM
Brady or Not: Here We Vary!
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: One-Lung Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
Joseph (Joe) Sisk, MD, FAAP is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology at the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining UNC in 2021, he attended Medical School and completed his Anesthesiology Residency at the University of Toledo College of Medicine. He then completed his Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at the University of Michigan where he served as the Chief Fellow. He worked as a Pediatric Anesthesiologist at the University of Oklahoma from 2016-2021 where he served as the Program Director for the Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship. Dr. Sisk holds American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) Certifications in the specialty of Anesthesiology and the sub-specialty of Pediatric Anesthesiology. He served on the on the planning committees for the 2021 Society of Pediatric Anesthesia – American Academy of Pediatrics (SPA-AAP) Spring Meeting, the SPA 2022 Annual Meeting and is the Program Chair for the SPA 2023 Annual Meeting. Additionally, he is the Editor-in-Chief for SPA Case Guides. Dr. Sisk’s areas of interest include anesthesiology education and Patient Safety & Quality Improvement initiatives.
Currently in 24th year as faculty at Wake Forest. Clinical Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Medical Director of Pediatric Operating Rooms at Wake Forest past 18 years.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 3: Disgruntled Families - Techniques for Navigation and De-escalation of Difficult or Contentious Conversations
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Residency: Rush University Medical Center
Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship: Boston Childrens' Hospital
Advanced Training in Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia: Boston Childrens' Hospital
Prior career: Lieutenant Commander, United Stated Navy, Navy Medical Center San Diego/NATO Role III Medical Center Kandahar, Afghanistan
Current Position: Attending, Cardiac Anesthesia, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Academic Position: Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago
Saturday, April 1, 2023
7:30 AM - 7:45 AM
The Sanguine Truth: Discussing Current and Future Best Practices in Pediatric Transfusion Management
Dr Staudt is currently a professor at Univ of Minnesota, where she practices pediatric anesthesia and pediatric cardiac anesthesia. She is a formerfellowship program director, and remains active in PAPDA after serving on their Board and Officer pathway. Her academic interests include work in conflict resolution, wellness-resilience and resident, fellow and CME-graduate education.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 11: To Dantrolene or Not to Dantrolene? That is the Question.
Dr. Alecia L. S. Stein is an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesia in the division of Pediatric Anesthesiology at the University of Miami in Miami, FL. She completed her medical education at Louisiana State University in New Orleans, LA, and her post-graduate training and fellowship at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. She is currently the Associate Program Director of the UM Residency training program, Director of Resident Simulation Education, and Director of Education for the UM/Jackson Memorial Center for Patient Safety. Dr. Stein serves as a faculty mentor to medical students and residents and is a member of the Dean’s Faculty Council. Dr. Stein serves on the Florida Society of Anesthesiology Board of Directors as Alternate-Delegate to the ASA and is a member of the Education Committee for the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia. She has traveled internationally to participate in medical mission trips in developing countries, such as Haiti. Research interests include pediatric regional anesthesia, pediatric ophthalmic anesthesia, and education.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 16: A Coagulation Balancing Act: Multivisceral Transplantation for a Child with Antithrombin III Deficiency
Dr. Mary Lyn Stein grew up in Atlanta, GA and then completed her undergraduate and medical degrees at Stanford University. She stayed at Stanford for combined residency training in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology. She moved to Boston for her pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. She then joined the anesthesia faculty in the main operating room division at Boston Children's Hospital for a number of years before pursuing additional training with the cardiac anesthesia group and joining the cardiac division. Her research interests include perioperative management and risk assessment of patients with pulmonary hypertension and difficult airway management in pediatric patients.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 3: An Anxious Teenager with a Difficult Airway: If Something Can Go Wrong, It Will!
University of Michigan/CS Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI
Bio
Dr. Margaret Stewart, MD is an Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan. She received her B.S. in Biology from Xavier University of Louisiana and her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Stewart completed her Anesthesiology residency and Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at the University of Michigan. She has served as the Co-Director of the Pediatric Acute Pain Service for the past 13 years. In this position, she has participated in enhancing safe pain management practices both in and out of the operating room by working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams. Her main area of interest is the education of anesthesiology residents and fellows in multi-modal pain management, including regional anesthesia techniques. Dr. Stewart is also an instructor for the pediatric anesthesiology fellow simulation curriculum.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Death on the Table: How to Coach Resiliency Skills Following a Clinical Crisis (Sponsored by the SPA Simulation SIG)
Kelcey Stratton is the Program Manager for Resilience and Well-Being Services and a Clinical Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. Her current work focuses on developing programs and strategies to enhance well-being for faculty and staff. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and has particular interests in the areas of stress and resilience, trauma-informed care, mindfulness, and the use of narrative and reflective practices. Prior to coming to University of Michigan, Dr. Stratton lived and worked in South Africa for several years, where she served as a mental health clinician and consultant to Peace Corps volunteers and medical providers in over 65 countries. She has also worked as clinician and researcher in the VA health system, where she focused on post-traumatic stress concerns among veterans.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Death on the Table: How to Coach Resiliency Skills Following a Clinical Crisis (Sponsored by the SPA Simulation SIG)
Dr. Irfan Suleman is an Associate professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include Pediatric Anesthesia as well as Multidisciplinary Pediatric Chronic Pain Management and pediatric interventional pain management. Dr. Suleman serves as the Founding Director of Pediatric Pain Interventional Program at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and the Founding Program Medical Director of Multidisciplinary Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Program at Kennedy Krieger Institute
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPPM WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Dr. Lena S. Sun is E.M. Papper Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology, and Professor of
Anesthesiology, and Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Sun is the Chief of
the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Columbia
University Medical Center.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 7: Writing a Systematic Review and/or Meta-Analysis: Purpose, Process and Final Product
I am a Professor of Clinical Practice (Anesthesiology) and have been practicing as a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children's Hospital Colorado since 2006. I graduated from the National University of Singapore, School of Medicine and finished my residency in Singapore. Completed a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at The Children's Hospital, Colorado from 2003 - 2004.
I am the chair of the hospital Blood Utilization Review Committee and Co-chair the Hospital Patient Blood Management Program. Also have the privilege of being the Medical Director of the Anesthesiology Preoperative Clinic at CHCO.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Spatial Sciences
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Bio
Jonathan M. Tan, MD MPH MBI FASA CMQ is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Spatial Sciences at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), the Keck School of Medicine, and the Spatial Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California. Dr. Tan is the Vice Chair of Analytics and Clinical Effectiveness of the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine at CHLA. As Vice Chair, he leads the strategic and operational activities of patient safety, quality improvement, and clinical informatics across the Divisions of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Pain Medicine, and Palliative Care. Dr. Tan is board certified in Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Clinical Informatics, and Medical Quality.
Dr. Tan has been invited to speak nationally and internationally on his work on spatial data science. He is deeply interested in using health care policy at a national level to improve safety and quality through the strategic adoption of technology in clinical practice. Dr. Tan serves on the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Committee on Informatics and Information Technology, the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) Committee on Technology, the APSF Patient Safety Advisory Committee on Clinical Deterioration, and the APSF Patient Safety Advisory Committee on Infectious Diseases. Furthermore, Dr. Tan serves on the Leadership Advisory Board of the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA), the visual abstracts editorial board of Anesthesiology, as the Chair of Communications for the Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA), and as an advisor for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) Women’s Empowerment Leadership Initiative (WELI).
Dr. Tan focuses on developing spatial data science methods to understand the impact of where a patient lives and social determinants of health risk factors on pediatric patient safety and health outcomes. His work has been featured with presentations with AccuWeather, The World Bank Development Group, and ClimateWeekNYC, the largest climate event in the world. He has been awarded grant funding from the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF), Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER), and the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: "I want to do research": Practical Approaches to Getting Your First Clinical Research Project Off the Ground and Into a Journal
Location: Meeting Room 304 - 3rd Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Immersive Technologies in Perioperative Anxiety and Chronic Pain Management: Virtual and Augmented Reality
Mark Teen, MD is a pediatric anesthesiologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. His clinical and academic interests are in the management of pediatric patients with difficult airway and quality improvement
Wes Templeton is an associate professor of anesthesia at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Although he specializes in pediatric anesthesia, he also maintains an active adult practice. He is recognized as a national and international expert in the field of one lung ventilation in young children having published numerous articles and reviews. He also continues to pursue research related to airway management in pediatric patients with difficult airway pathology and refining approaches to extubation in pediatric and adult patients undergoing anesthesia and surgery. Further, he maintains an active interest in other forms of clinical anesthesia research and regularly collaborates with other clinician investigators around the country and around the globe. Most recently he was selected to become the head of faculty development for the department of anesthesiology at Wake Forest.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: "I want to do research": Practical Approaches to Getting Your First Clinical Research Project Off the Ground and Into a Journal
Location: Meeting Room 304 - 3rd Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Moderated Case Reports Posters
Location: Grand Salon 5-6, 4th Floor
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: One-Lung Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
Location: Meeting Room 201 - 202: 2nd Floor
Sunday, April 2, 2023
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Thoracic Park: Extraluminal Bronchial Blockers and Other Scary Things
Clinical Associate Professor; The Ohio State University
Medical Director of Main Campus Surgery Center
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 15: The Dark Side of the Moon: Acute Adolescent Psychosis in the Ambulatory Center
Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
Bio
Dr. Tobias is a graduate of the University of Missouri (Kansas City) School of Medicine. He completed a pediatric residency at Texas Children’s Houston and the Baylor University affiliated programs in Houston, Texas followed by an anesthesiology residency and fellowships in pediatric anesthesiology and pediatric critical care at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Tobias is board certified in pediatrics, anesthesiology, pediatric anesthesiology, pain medicine, and pediatric critical care medicine. Dr. Tobias is currently the Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, Ohio), a position that he has held for the past 12 years. He is also an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and a member of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Tobias is a professor of anesthesiology and pediatrics at The Ohio State University.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 7: Writing a Systematic Review and/or Meta-Analysis: Purpose, Process and Final Product
Dr. Tsui is a University Medical Line Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Stanford University. In his position as an adult and pediatric anesthesiologist at the Stanford University Medical Center and the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, he specializes in regional anesthesia techniques and POCUS. The primary objective of his research is to transform regional anesthesia into a reliable and reproducible "science." Dr. Tsui co-authored the first textbook on Ultrasound- and Nerve Stimulation-Guided Regional Anesthesia in adults and pediatrics.
Dr. Tsui has received research awards and grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society, AHFMR, and University of Alberta. Dr. Tsui won the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society's 2005 John Bradley Young Educator Award. His contribution as a clinical educator, researcher, and anesthesia trainee role model is recognized. The Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society awarded Dr. Tsui the CAS Research Recognition Award in 2015 "for significant research contributions to regional anesthesia, acute pain management, and pediatric anesthesia in Canada and around the world." Dr. Tsui received the ASRA Distinguish Service Award in 2022. This prestigious annual award honors regional anesthesia and pain medicine pioneers.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Comprehensive Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound
Dr. Anna Varughese, MBBS, MD, FRCA, MPH, FAAP is a pediatric anesthesiologist and serves as Vice Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Associate Chief Quality and Safety Officer and Perioperative Director at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Johns Hopkins SOM in St. Petersburg, Florida. Previously, at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Dr. Varughese served as the Associate Chief of the Department of Anesthesia for 15 years. She also served as Chief of the Division of Anesthesia, Perioperative Director of Safety and Quality, Institutional Safety Officer and the Director of the Advanced Fellowship in Quality, Safety and Performance Improvement at Cincinnati Children’s.
Dr. Varughese completed her anesthesia training/residency at the Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom. She then completed an anesthesiology residency and Pediatric Anesthesia fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati. She is board certified as well as subspecialty certified in pediatric anesthesia by the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA). Dr. Varughese also earned her master's in public health (MPH) at the Harvard School of Public Health in 2005. She is well recognized for her clinical expertise, particularly in the areas of patient safety and quality, teaching skills and administrative competence. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) recognized her with a mentoring award in 2013. Her research focus includes health services, outcomes, and the quality, safety and cost components of patient care delivery. Dr. Varughese has had more than 45 peer-reviewed publications in major journals and books, and she has conducted many scientific presentations at national and international meetings.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Workshop in Quality Improvement, Safety and Performance Management
Location: Meeting Room 401 - 4th Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
RTD 5: American College of Surgeons Children's Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program
I completed an anesthesiology residency at Montefiore Medical Center in New York followed by a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital. I then completed a second fellowship in pediatric acute pain management and regional anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital. I joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins where I am the director of the pediatric regional anesthesia service. I have since built the pediatric regional anesthesia program, including an infant spinal program, a NICU QI ERAS initiative focused on increasing utilization of regional anesthesia in neonates, and an ambulatory home catheter program. I also serve as the director of the pediatric acute pain service. My research has focused on the role of regional anesthesia and multi-modal pain regimens in pediatric patients to reduce opioid consumption in an era of an opioid epidemic.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPPM WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
A Professor of Anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine and a Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist at Texas Children's Hospital since 2008, Dr. Vener has been in practice since 1994 after completing his Fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, ON. From 1994 - 2004 he was a pediatric and cardiac anesthesiologist at All Children's Hospital in St Petersburg, FL and from 2004 - 2008 at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital and Heart Center. Dr. Vener has been actively involved in the CCAS since its inception and been Chair of the Database Committee for over 15 years. He served two terms on the Board of Directors of the CCAS and has been nominated to be Secretary Treasurer of the Society.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
SESSION V: SPA-CCAS JOINT SESSION: GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER
Ann Veys is a CRNA with Children's Hospital in Omaha Nebraska. She has worked as a CRNA for nearly 10 years, graduating with her Masters of Nurse Anesthesia Practice from Bryan LGH College of Health Science in 2013. Ann worked as a PACU and ICU nurse for 5 years prior to attending Nurse Anesthesia School.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Disclosure of Adverse Events and Help! Support and Recovery in Second Victim Syndrome
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Bio
I am a pediatric anesthesiologist with expertise in perioperative pain management and regional anesthesia. Most of my clinical time is spent in operating rooms, rounding on the floor, providing patient care, and teaching and supervising anesthesia student nurses, residents, and fellows.
I collaborate with various surgical services to implement new protocols for postoperative pain control. My research aims to develop new techniques for the placement and use of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks in children, infants, and neonates and compare them with established methods for pain control.
I am interested in clonidine as an adjunct for pediatric regional anesthesia. I participated in a few funded prospective studies investigating various analgesics' safety and efficacy. I investigated postoperative pain control outcomes and pain perception in the teenager and transgender population. My goal is to improve pediatric perioperative pain management, the safety of pediatric regional anesthesia, and family satisfaction with pain control.
Friday, March 31, 2023
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
PBLD 2: It Went Intrapleural, Then Broke; I Cannot Remove it Now. This Nerve Block Catheter has Got Me Crazy!
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound-Guided Caudal Block, Single Injections, and Catheter Placement Advanced Cephalad at the Lumbar or Thoracic Level
Dr. Lisa Vitale, MD is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan and her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Vitale trained at the University of Michigan for Anesthesiology residency and completed her Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship there as well. Dr. Vitale’s primary areas of interest are quality improvement and pediatric regional pain management. She is the director of the root cause analysis program for the Anesthesiology residency and pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship. Dr. Vitale is the University of Michigan pediatric ASPIRE Champion, representing the institution at a national level for quality improvement initiatives.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
CCAS WORKSHOP: Toward safe Transport for Children with Complex Critical Illness and /or CHD Requiring Ventilatory Support
Location: Meeting Room 203-204: 2nd Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Death on the Table: How to Coach Resiliency Skills Following a Clinical Crisis (Sponsored by the SPA Simulation SIG)
Dr. Volz is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Arizona. She finished her training at Columbia University Medical Center in 2013, then went on to become faculty at the University of Wisconsin and later Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. In 2022 she joined the faculty at the University of Arizona where she was appointed Medical Director of the Reid Park Surgery Center. Her areas of interest include pediatric thoracic surgery, ambulatory surgery, and acute pain management.
Dr. Nitin Wadhwa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at McGovern Medical School in Houston, TX. He is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, TX. He completed his anesthesiology residency at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in Chicago, IL and his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, TX.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Mass Casualty Incidents - Prepare and Practice
Dr Wallace is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Phoenix Children's in Arizona. He did an anesthesia residency at LAC + USC and a fellowship in pediatric anesthesia at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Ellen Wang, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Medical Director of Clinical Informatics for Perioperative Services at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. She is board-certified in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Clinical Informatics, with particular emphasis on EHR enhancement and optimization projects that support surgical, nursing, and pediatric and obstetric anesthesia workflows. She is also Chief of Operations of the Stanford Chariot Program, combining her interest in clinical care, process improvement, data analytics and research with virtual/augmented reality technologies to advance and evolve standards in patient care.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Comprehensive Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound
Location: Meeting Rooms 201-202: 2nd Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Immersive Technologies in Perioperative Anxiety and Chronic Pain Management: Virtual and Augmented Reality
1991 obtained MD degree from UMDNJ-New Jersey medical school
1996 completed pediatric anesthesia fellowship from Yale school of medicine
July 1996-Dec 1996- Instructor for anesthesia at Mount Sinai school of medicine
Jan 1997-Oct 2010- Associated professor at Department of anesthesiology Yale school of medicine
Oct 2010-2011- Professor at Department of anesthesiology and perioeprative care UCI school of medicine
Nov 2011-presernt Clinical professor department of anesthesiology University of Connecticut school of medicine
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPPM WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine Workshop
Dr. Ward has been coordinating the SPA Difficult Airway Workshop for the past 4 years. He has been participating in the PeDI-R Difficult Airway Registry since it's inception in 2012. Dr. Ward lectures both nationally and internationally on the pediatric difficult airway and teaches numerous difficult airway workshops throughout the year.
Assistant Professor; Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director
St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Bio
Assistant Professor
Program Director
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship
Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurological Sciences, and Pediatrics
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
Burlington, VT
Bio
Dr. Emmett Whitaker is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurological Sciences, and Pediatrics at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. Dr. Whitaker completed his medical education at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and his anesthesiology residency and fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After training, he spent 5 years as an attending pediatric anesthesiologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Currently, Dr. Whitaker splits his time between clinical anesthesia practice and translational science. His lab studies the effects of early-life insults on the development of the brain and cerebral vasculature. Recently, he was awarded a Foundation for Anesthesia Education & Research Mentored Research Training Grant during which he will study the effects of sevoflurane on cerebrovascular autoregulation in neonatal offspring of preeclamptic pregnancies.
Friday, March 31, 2023
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM
SESSION IV: THE ART & SCIENCE OF ANESTHESIOLOGY
Location: Lone Star Ballroom - 3rd Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Moderated Poster Presentations
Location: Grand Salon 5-6: 4th Floor
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Implementing Infant Spinal Anesthesia in Your Practice
Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Bio
Since my fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital, I have had a strong interest in pediatric pain medicine as well as pediatric anesthesia, including regional blocks. I did a second fellowship at Boston Children's in Pain Medicine and stayed on the staff there until I was recruited to start the Pediatric Pain Service at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. My work at Mayo has been balanced between operative pediatric anesthesia and pediatric pain. This has led to my involvement in the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, eventually having been president from 2021 to 2023.
Ashley Wong Grossman is currently a Mayo Clinic Scholar and Pediatric Critical Care Fellow at Stanford University. Prior to her critical care training, she completed Pediatric and Anesthesia residencies and Pediatric Anesthesia fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Advanced Techniques for Peripheral Vascular Access
Texas Children's Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Bio
I believe that good medicine starts with a compassion for people and a mind to serve those in need…
I began my journey into medicine as an electrical engineer. Intrigued by radiofrequency transmission systems and cartilage regeneration, I completed graduate study focusing on nanoparticles and mechanokinetic device design. I ventured into medicine with a mind geared towards research in pediatric outcomes and improving the anesthesia delivery and monitoring systems designed for smaller patients.
My interests in quality improvement associated with regional anesthesiology for pediatric patients, led me to serve as the Principal Investigator for the national Pediatric regional anesthesia network (PRAN) at Texas Children’s Hospital, with a focus on improving pediatric regional anesthesia drug delivery and quality outcomes. As a pediatric regional anesthesiologist and pain management specialist it is my aim to advance the practice of regional anesthesia and pain medicine in infants and children through safe and efficacious drug delivery. The incorporation of new peripheral nerve blocks brings both excitement and responsibility among anesthesiologists. My expertise in regional anesthesiology has permit me to transcend the perioperative environment and form a collaborative network that enhances pain delivery streams for a multitude of children in the oncology and hematology realm.
Equally important to the advancement of pediatric pain medicine is my role as an educator. Along the course of my anesthesiology faculty development, I have taken an active role in the teaching of medical students, residents and fellows through curriculum development, lecture series, workshops and interactive small-group teaching sessions. I am committed to advocating for student education while upholding the highest standards of medical care. I look forward to enhancing the practice of pediatric anesthesiology in continuing to learn from and with medical students, resident-physicians, and colleagues, reviewing the best practices and critically assessing the present standards with evidence-based medicine.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPPM WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Medical Education
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Bio
Samuel Yanofsky, M.D, MSEd. is a Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Medical Education at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, where he attends at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine. I am a graduate of McGill University, Montréal, Québec (baccalaureate of science in physiology) and St Louis University medical school. I completed a residency in Anesthesiology at University of Connecticut Health center and continued with a two-year fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. I graduated with a Master of Science in Medical Education from USC Rossier School of Education. Presently, I am responsible for supporting faculty development within the department. I served a six-year term including being president of the Pediatric Anesthesiology program directors association within the Society of Pediatric Anesthesiology (SPA). Within the Masters of Academic Medicine at USC Keck School of medicine program I am part of team of faculty training mid-level health care professionals in medical education focusing on leadership and organizational change. Presently, on a national level, I serve on the Board of Directors for the Society for Education in Anesthesia and I am member of the executive education committee for the SPA. In addition, I serve on the Woman’s Empowerment Leadership Initiative steering committee designing the leadership curriculum to further promote woman in their career as leaders in pediatric anesthesiology within the SPA. Further, I have mentored in establishing the new physician well-being committee for the SPA. I have developed and delivered many workshops and presentations on topics related to learning principles, teaching, evaluation, ACGME competencies, motivation, leadership, team development and physician well-being to a variety of health care professions’ faculty members and trainees. My area of research is in assessment and evaluation in Graduate Medical Education and Professional Development.
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Bio
Dr. Young started his career as a physician by first receiving his degree in medicine from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine followed by completing his internship and residency in anesthesiology at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. This was then followed by completion of his fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Miami Children’s Hospital. Dr. Young then served 3 years in the US Army as an anesthesiologist before coming to Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Young is currently a Professor of Anesthesiology and the Department of Education, Innovation, and Technology at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. Dr. Young’s main interests include medical simulation, medical education, pediatric trauma, and pediatric resuscitation. Dr. Young is currently the Vice- Chair of Academic Affairs at Texas Children’s Hospital Pediatric Anesthesiology and has several other roles at the local and national levels such as the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and the American Board of Anesthesiology.
Friday, March 31, 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Mass Casualty Incidents - Prepare and Practice
Location: Meeting Room 301 - 3rd Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Death on the Table: How to Coach Resiliency Skills Following a Clinical Crisis (Sponsored by the SPA Simulation SIG)
Romy Yun is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and Associate Program Director of the Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship at Stanford University. She completed her anesthesiology residency and pediatric anesthesiology fellowship training at Stanford University. After several years in private practice as a senior partner, she returned to Stanford in 2017 to pursue her clinical, educational and research interests. Dr. Yun’s clinical research focus is in developing methods for recognizing and reducing perioperative anxiety in the pediatric population through parent/child education and immersive technology.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Immersive Technologies in Perioperative Anxiety and Chronic Pain Management: Virtual and Augmented Reality
Raza Zaidi, MD has been a faculty member and assistant professor in the Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan since 2014. He is currently the Director of Simulation Education for the Division of Pediatric Anesthesia. He also serves as an instructor for the Maintenance of Certification for Anesthesiology (MOCA) Simulation Course at the ASA-endorsed center at the University of Michigan. He is actively involved in educational innovations related to simulation and has a grant-funded project for teaching the management of the difficult airway using immersive reality (XR) technology. He was a recipient of the 2020 RISE COVID-19 Education Innovation Award for work on an immersive extended-reality curriculum for Anesthesia education, which addressed education gaps created by the pandemic with novel education interventions and adjustments to teaching.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
CCAS WORKSHOP: Toward safe Transport for Children with Complex Critical Illness and /or CHD Requiring Ventilatory Support
Location: Meeting Room 203-204: 2nd Floor
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Death on the Table: How to Coach Resiliency Skills Following a Clinical Crisis (Sponsored by the SPA Simulation SIG)
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