October 13-17, 2007 / San Francisco, California

Workshops | Panel | Abstracts | Problem-Based Learning Discussion | Medically Challenging Cases

We congratulate the many individuals from the Department of Anesthesiology that have been asked to participate in the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Workshops

Topic: Difficult Airway Workshops Using Airway Simulator
Participants: Drs. Joseph Quinlan, Robert Krohner, Dave Metro, Shawn Beaman, and Joe Talarico

Topic: Fiberoptic Intubation Workshop
Participants: Robert Krohner

Panel

Title: Issues in Liver Transplantation -The Living Related Donor: A Solution to Our Organ Shortage
Moderator: Raymond Planinsic
Location: Monday October 15, 2007 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Moscone Center South Room 305

Title: Liver Transplantation - Difficult Decisions
Moderator: Raymond Planinsic
Location: Monday October 15, 2007 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Moscone Center West Room 2000

Title: Urgent ERCP in a Liver Transplant Patient.
Moderator: Todd M. Oravitz, M.D.

Title: ASA Simulation Network
Moderator: Joseph Quinlan, M.D.

Title: Coronary artery disease and stents:  Perioperative management for cardiac and noncardiac surgery.
Moderator: Erin Sullivan, M.D.

Title: Anesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy - System Based Methods
Moderator: Carol E. Rose, M.D.

Title: The Business of Regional Anesthesia
Panelist: Brian A. Williams, M.D., M.B.A.

Title: Practical Ambulatory Regional Anesthesia: Making the Most of Common Procedures
Panelist: Brian A. Williams, M.D., M.B.A.

Title: Practical Regional Anesthesia Plans for Knee Surgery
Moderator: Brian A. Williams, M.D., M.B.A.

Problem-Based Learning Discussion

Title: Dental Injury in the Operating Room: What Every Anesthesiologist Needs to Know
Presenter: Manuel Vallejo, MD

Title: The First-Year Resident and the Published Professor
Presenter: Rita M. Patel, MD

Title: A Patient With Emergent Tricuspid Obstruction Due to an IVC Filter
Presenter: Theresa Gelzinis, MD

Title: Urgent ERCP in a Liver Transplant Patient
Presenter: Todd Oravitz, MD

Title: Hyperthermic Crisis: Multiple/Molar Pregnancy, Burning Up in the PACU
Presenter: Patricia Dalby, MD

Title: STAT Med Evac Transfer to the Delivery Room
Presenter: Patricia Dalby, MD

Title: Perineural Infusions in Outpatients - Anterior and Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Presenter: Brian Williams, MD, MBA

Medically Challenging Cases

Title: Stenting and Surgery
Presenter: Erik Cooper, D.O.

Title: Intraoperative Acute Pulmonary Edema in a 22 yo female with a Large Esophageal Leiomyoma
Presenter: Li Meng, M.D., Stephen Esper, M.D.

Title: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Resection of a Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm on a Morbidly Obese Patient
Presenter: Dean Polce, D.O.

Title: Successful laproscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery on a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension and ischemic cardiomyopathy
Presenter: Vahid Grami, M.D, M.P.H.

Title: Making the acute diagnosis of malignant hyperthermia in a pediatric patient and the definitive diagnosis of MH in both patient and family: Clinical dilemmas in the real world
Presenter: Richard McAffee, M.D.

Title: Profound Trismus in the Patient With Epidermolysis Bullosa: Difficult Airway Management and Perioperative Skin Protection
Presenter: Jonathan G. Tlachac, M.D.

Title: Tracheal Tear by a Double Lumen Endotracheal Tube
Presenter: Vani Venkataramanappa, M.D.

Title: ST segment depression with Sevoflurane Anesthesia 
Presenter: Tunga Suresh, M.D.

Title: Preterm polyhydramniotic developing progressive abdominal distention, hypotension, metabolic acidosis, respiratory distress, presenting for fluid resuscitation and laparotomy
Presenter: Vahid Grami, M.D, M.P.H.

Title: Strategies for the Anesthetic Management of Conjoined Twins
Presenter: Tunga Suresh, M.D.

Title: Twenty-four Y/O cadaveric donor for multi-organ transplant recovery: Prolonged intra-donation “resuscitation” requirements due to in-situ split-liver resection/bleeding-significant anesthetic/ donor-protocol implications and management. 
Presenter: Paul Kempen, M.D., Ph.D.

Title: Acute pain management in a 20 year-old patient with sickle cell crisis and pregnancy complicated by ARDS/Acute chest syndrome, HELLP, myocardial infarction, stroke and renal failure. 
Presenter: Paul Kempen, M.D., Ph.D., Stephen Esper, Ph.D.

Abstracts Accepted

Title: A five year experience with Post-dural Puncture Headaches
Authors: Authors: B. Kaul, M.D., D. Sines, CRNP, J. Derenzo,M.D.,  M. Vallejo M.D. and J. Waters, M.D.

Title: Anesthesia for Cesarean Section in a Patient with Marfan's Syndrome and Critical Aortic Dilation
Authors: B. Kaul, M.D.

Title: Evaluation of PONV with Application of Postoperative CPAP after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Authors: Li Meng, M.D., M.P.H., Joseph J. Quinlan, M.D., Erin A. Sullivan, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Title: Nebulized Lidocaine and Tetracaine for Awake Fiberoptic Endotracheal Intubation
Author: Li Meng, M.D., M.P.H., Jinfeng Liu, M.D., Ruiqin Zhang, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Title: Prophylactic Transdermal Scopolamine Patches Reduce PONV after Craniotomy
Author: Li Meng, M.D., M.P.H. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Title: Emergency Tracheal Intubation in the Postanesthesia Care Unit: Contribution Factors
Authors: Li Meng, M.D., M.P.H., Joseph J. Quinlan, M.D., Jinfeng Liu, M.D. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Title: Simultaneous Combined Heart-Liver and Lung-Liver Transplantation Outcomes
Authors: Silviu GLIGOR, M.D, Ibtesam HILMI, M.B., CHB, FRCA, Daniela DAMIAN, M.D., Tetsuro SAKAI, M.D. and Raymond M PLANINSIC, M.D..

Title: Role of Anesthesia in Delaying the On-Time Arrival in the Operating Room
Author: Chelly, JE; Szczodry, D; Forte, P; Quinlan, J.

Title: Congruence of Thoracic and Lumbar Epidural Space Pressure during Fluid Infusion in the Pig
Author: Elisabet Blix

Title: Inter-rater reliability between resident candidate interviewers: A pilot study
Author: Patrick J Forte, M.D., David G Metro, M.D., Evan T Lukow, D.O., Shawn T Beaman, M.D. and Amy L Wetmore, B.A.

Title: Assessment of a delta receptor agonist DADLE in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in rats
Author:Tomas Drabek, M.D., 1, Jason Stezoski, Ryan C. Morhard, Samuel A. Tisherman, M.D. and Patrick M. Kochanek, M.D..

Title: Deaths Associated with Malignant Hyperthermia (1987-2006) - A North American MH Registry of MHAUS Study
Author: Marilyn Larach

Title: Incidence and outcome of cardiac arrest during adult orthotopic liver transplantation
Author: Tetsuro Sakai, M.D., Ph.D., Ibetsam A Hilmi, M.D. and Raymond M Planinsic, M.D.

Title: Effect of Clinical Experience on Medical Student Endotracheal Intubation Proficiency
Author: Paul Tarasi
Time: Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 9:00am-10:30am
Location: The Moscone Center, room 123
Mentors: Dr. Mangione and Dr. Henry Wang (Emergency Medicine)

Title: The Components of a Comprehensive Pediatric Anesthesia Subspecialty Rotation: What Works!
Author: Doreen Soliman, M.D. and David Metro M.D.

Title: Simultaneous Combined Heart-Liver and Lung-Liver Transplantation Outcomes
Author: Silviu Gligor, M.D., 1, Ibtesam Hilmi, M.B., CHB, FRCA, Daniela Damian, M.D., Tetsuro Sakai, M.D. and Raymond M Planinsic, M.D

Title: Incidence and Etiology of Reintubation during the first 24 hours following Surgery and Anesthesia in a University Hospital: A 4-Year Retrospective Analysis
Author: Andrea Y. Tan, M.D., Nizar Moayeri, M.D., Ibtesam Hilmi, FRCA, Raymond Planinsic, M.D., Linda Handley, M.H.A.

Title: Endotoxin levels as marker for liver graft performance in Patients Undergoing Liver  Transplantation
Author: Ibtesam A Hilmi, MB CHB, FRCA, Raymond M Planinsic, M.D., Daneila Damian, M.D., Testsuro Sakai, M.D. and Nizar Moayeri, M.D.

Title: Etiology, incidence and outcome of arterial injury following intraoperative arterial canulation
Author: Vidya K Rao, M.D., 1, Ibtesam Hilmi, MB CHB, FRCA, Daneila Damian, M.D., Adrian Salmon, M.D. and Sanjay X Galhotra, M.D.

Title: Continuous psoas compartment block vs. continuous femoral block or PCA for total hip arthroplsty
Author: Marino, J; Russo, J; Herenstein, R; Kenny, M; Chelly, JE. 

Title: Lumbar plexus nerve block catheter removal in patients receiving warfarin for thromboprophylaxis
Author: Neumann, KJ, Szczodry, DM; Chelly, JE.  

Title: Signboards do not prevent unassisted ambulation in orthopedic patients with peripheral nerve blocks
Author: Anthikad, F; Burns, D, Chelly, JE.

Title: Comparison of Resident Applicant Scores from Dedicated Interviewers or a Selection Committee
Author: Evan T. Lukow, D.O., Patrick J. Forte, M.D., David G. Metro, M.D., Shawn T. Beaman, M.D., Amy L. Wetmore, B.A.

Title: Enhancing Visual Recognition: Evaluation of Labeling Techniques on Drug Administration Error Rate
Authors: Geneva Berwith, B.S., Elizabeth Sinz, M.D., Gary Chase, Ph.D., Donald Martin, M.D.

Title: Poster Session - Respiration: Saturday October 13, 2007 2- 4PM HallD Area O
Moderator: Jan Smith, M.D.

Title: Poster Session - Critical Care Medicine: Tuesday October 16,2007 9-11AM Hall D Area C
Moderator: Jan Smith, M.D.