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Agenda

Thursday, February 5   Friday, February 6  |  Saturday, February 7

Thursday February 5
7:00 am Breakfast / Registration
7:30 am Welcome - Amir K. Jaffer, MD, David L. Hepner, MD & Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD
7:45 am Improving Quality and Safety in Perioperative Medicine - Peter Lindenauer, MD
8:15 am Questions and Answers
8:30 am Cardiac Risk Stratification for Non-Cardiac Surgery: Update from the 2007 ACC/AHA Guidelines - Lee A. Fleisher, MD
9:00 am Questions and Answers
9:15 am Debate: Perioperative Beta-Blocker Therapy for Non-Cardiac Surgery: Yes or No?
Don Poldermans, MD, PhD vs. Philip Devereaux, MD
9:45 am Questions and Answers
10:00 am Break / Visit Exhibits
10:30 am Statins and Non-Cardiac Surgery - Don Poldermans, MD, PhD
10:50 am Questions and Answers
11:00 am Preoperative Evaluation and Cost-Effective Lab Testing - David L. Hepner, MD
11:20 am Questions and Answers
11:30 am Perioperative Fluid Management - Mark Hamilton, BSc, MRCP, FRCA
11:50 am Questions and Answers
12:00 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Anesthesia for the Medical Consultant - David A. Lubarsky, MD
1:45 pm Questions and Answers
2:00 pm Perioperative Management of Warfarin and Antiplatelet Therapy for Non-Cardiac Surgery - Amir K. Jaffer, MD
2:30 pm Questions and Answers
2:45 pm Break / Visit Exhibits
3:15 pm Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism After Surgery - Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD
3:45 pm Questions and Answers
  Simultaneous Breakout Sessions
4:00 - 5:00 pm Maximizing Revenue from Perioperative Consultation - Gail Pfeiffer, RHIA, CCS-P
  Perioperative Management of Devices - Vivek Reddy, MD
  Problem-Based Postoperative Pain Management - Darin J. Correll, MD
  Quality Improvement 101: QI Skills, Tools and Their Application
Susan R. Kirsh, MD
Peter Lindenauer, MD
Michael Vigoda, MD, MBA
5:00-7:00 pm Poster Session and Welcome Reception
Friday, February 6
7:00 am Breakfast
7:30 am Welcome - Amir K. Jaffer, MD, Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD & David L. Hepner, MD
7:45 am Perioperative Management of Diabetes: Translating Evidence Into Practice -
Luigi F. Meneghini, MD, MBA
8:15 am Questions and Answers
8:30 am Pulmonary Risk Stratification and Risk-Reduction Therapy for Non-Cardiac Surgery -
Gerald Smetana, MD
9:00 am Questions and Answers
9:15 am Perioperative Gastrointestinal Dysfunction - Michael (Monty) Mythen, MD
9:45 am Questions and Answers
10:00 am Break / Visit Exhibits
10:30 am Challenging Perioperative Cases - Steven L. Cohn, MD & Bobbie Jean Sweitzer, MD
11:15 am Questions and Answers
11:30 am Enhancing Patient Safety Through Communication - David J. Birnbach, MD
11:50 am Questions and Answers
12:00 pm Lunch - Simultaneous Breakouts
Bring your questions and meet the experts
  Anticoagulation - Amir K. Jaffer, MD & Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD
  Quality Improvement 201: Making your QI Work Publishable - Andrew Friedrich, MD & Peter Lindenauer, MD
  Anesthesiologists - Sunil Eappen, MD & Steven Gayer, MD
  Hospitalists - Efren Manjarrez, MD, Jessica Zuleta, MD, Joshua Lenchus, DO, RPh
& Alex Rico, MD
  Cardiac Risk Assessment and Reduction - Steven L. Cohn, MD & Brian Harte, MD
1:00 pm Best Research Abstracts - Moderator: David L. Hepner, MD
1:45 pm Perioperative Care of the Elderly - Robert M. Palmer, MD
2:15 pm Questions and Answers
2:30 pm Break / Visit Exhibits
3:00 pm Perioperative Management of Valvular Heart Disease - William O’Neill, MD
3:30 pm Questions and Answers
  Simultaneous Breakout Sessions
3:45 pm Maximizing Revenue from Perioperative Consultation - Gail Pfeiffer, RHIA, CCS-P
4:45 pm Perioperative Management of Devices - Vivek Reddy, MD
  Problem-Based Postoperative Pain Management - Darin J. Correll, MD
  Hands-On Quality Improvement - Peter Lindenauer, MD, Susan R. Kirsh, MD &
Michael Vigoda, MD, MBA
Saturday, February 7
6:45 am Breakfast
7:15 am Welcome - Amir K. Jaffer, MD, Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD & David L. Hepner, MD
7:30 am Perioperative Management of Patients with Liver Disease - Paul Martin, MD
8:00 am Questions and Answers
8:15 am Perioperative Management of Sleep Apnea: Ready for Prime? - Shirin Shafazand, MD
8:45 am Questions and Answers
9:00 am Panel Discussion: Preoperative Clinics: Nuts and Bolts
Angela M. Bader, MD, MPH, Bobbie Jean Sweizer, MD & Ajay Kumar, MD
9:45 am Questions and Answers
10:00 am Break/Visit Exhibits
10:30 am Perioperative Management of Anemia - Ajay Kumar, MD
10:50 am Questions and Answers
11:00 am Medicolegal Issues in Perioperative Medicine: Lessons from Some Real Cases - Victoria Vance, Esq. & Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD
11:45 am Questions and Answers
12:00 pm Medication Management - Christopher Whinney, MD
12:30 pm Questions and Answers
12:45-1:00 pm Concluding Remarks and Adjourn