Small Group Roundtables

NEW FORMATS! SMALL GROUP ROUNDTABLES

Be sure to register to attend one of the roundtables!

We are excited to offer newly designed Small Group Roundtables, each crafted to promote deep engagement, interdisciplinary learning, and collaboration between junior and senior faculty. These roundtables offer dynamic formats grounded in active learning principles, and are ideal for tackling complex clinical, educational, or professional topics in pediatric anesthesiology.

Each roundtable features a facilitated, interactive discussion guided by a junior and senior faculty pairing. Formats are designed to support peer learning, reflective practice, and evidence-based dialogue, using real-world scenarios and educational prompts.

Friday   3:00-4:20pm

RTD 1: Efficiency and Integrity - AI Tools for Literature Review, Peer Review and Study Design
Moderators: Julia A. Galvez Delgado, MD, MBI, FASA; Theodora Wingert, MD

RTD 2: What Fits vs. What's Safe - Considerations in Airway Management for Bronchoscopy and Endobronchial Ultrasound in Pediatric Patients at Risk of Aspiration
Moderators: Julianne Mendoza, MD; Aidan Tait, MD

RTD 3: Hands in Trouble, Airway at Risk - Pediatric Anesthesia for MPS and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Moderators: Sally Ratliff, MD; Kim Strupp, MD

RTD 4: Decommissioning Central Nitrous Systems
Moderators: Nicholas Dalesio, MD; Germana Silva, MD

RTD 5: GRAB and Go - A Backstage Innovation Enabling Safe and Efficient Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Practice
Moderators: Isabella Jaramillo, MD, MSc; Niveditha Karuppiah, MD

RTD 6: Anesthetic Management for Urgent Ophthalmologic Surgery in a Newly Pregnant Adolescent with Remote Traumatic Brain Injury
Moderators: Bethany Morris, MD; Leah Webb, MD

Friday   4:40-6:00pm

RTD 7: How to Proactively Plan for Your Academic Promotion
Moderators: Chinedu Otu, MD; David A. Young, MD, MEd, MBA

RTD 8: Planning for Intrauterine Fetal Micrognathia and Airway Considerations
Moderators: Daniel Goan, DO; Aarti Sharma, MD

RTD 9: Tiny Spines, Big Steps - Transitioning Infant Spinal Program to Outpatient Surgery Centers
Moderators: Eveline Mordehai, M.D.; Sophie R. Pestieau, MD

RTD 10: Innovations in Care of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury, Spasticity, and Neuropathic Pain
Moderators: Charles B. Berde, MD, PhD; Lisa M. Einhorn, MD

RTD 11: When Functional Neurologic Disorder (FND) and Pain Collide
Moderators: Ravi D. Shah, MD; Angelica A. Vargas, MD

RTD 12: Navigating a Hospital-wide Digital Outage - What to Know and Do
Moderators: Eric Cheon, MD; Meredith Kato, MD

Saturday   3:00-4:20pm

RTD 13: Power Moves - Advancing The Careers of Junior Women Anesthesiologists
Moderators: Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA; Erin Conner, MD

RTD 14: Supercharging Academic Productivity with AI
Moderators: Hannah Lonsdale, MBChB; Allan Simpao, MD

RTD 15: From Idea to the Finish Line, Decentralizing Nitrous Oxide and Discontinuing Desflurane: How We did it and How You Can Too!
Moderators: Amanda Deis, MD; Diane W. Gordon, MD

RTD 16: Liver Lessons - Redo Recipients, Correcting Coagulopathy, & More!
Moderators: Joelle B. Karlik, MD; Vidya Yalamanchili, MD

RTD 17: Compassionate Extubation and Pediatric Organ Procurement - The Role of the Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Moderators: Kylie Foster, MD; Joyce F. Phillips, MD, FAAP

Saturday   4:40-6:00pm

RTD 18: Animating Education - How Avatars and AI Are Changing Pediatric Anesthesia
Moderators: Bhavana Jami, DO; Carole Lin, MD

RTD 19: EEG Monitoring in Pediatric Anesthesia-Tips and Pitfalls
Moderators: Michael Puglia, MD, PhD; Ian Yuan, MD

RTD 20: Hard to Swallow - POEMs and Anesthetic Considerations in Achalasia
Moderators: Thomas Bachmann, MD, MBBS, BA; Angela C. Lee, M

RTD 21: Tonsils, Trisomy, and Trouble - A High-Stakes Airway in Congenital Heart Disease
Moderators: Mellissa Delcont, MD; Pablo Motta, MD

RTD 22: Spiritual Objection to Blood Transfusion in the High Risk Patient with Congenital Heart Disease
Moderators: Kristin L. Richards, MD; Morgan Ulloa, MD