Scientific Program

• Teach others about the intersections of postoperative delirium with pain and mood disorders in non-frail, non-elderly adults.
• Compare considerations for postoperative delirium as they relate to pediatric populations.
• Assess emerging biomarkers for detection and tracking of postoperative delirium.

• Formulate an anesthetic plan incorporating sub-anesthetic dosing of ketamine.

• Apply crisis resource management (CRM) principles to lead and communicate effectively during perioperative emergencies.
• Integrate focused cardiac and IVC ultrasound findings into team-based decision-making during hemodynamic instability.
• Recognize hemodynamic phenotypes using rapid ultrasound pattern recognition and initiate targeted management strategies.
• Perform rapid ultrasound acquisition of key views (subcostal cardiac, IVC, lung, gastric, and FAST) within a structured workflow.
• Recognize limitations of point-of-care assessment and determine when escalation to comprehensive echocardiography or additional resources is required.

• Review existing and emerging NORA interventions.
• Propose NORA staffing paradigms to ensure quality care.

• Implement strategies used by SOAP experts to deal with issues on labor and delivery.
• Implement strategies used by SOAP experts to manage the parturient undergoing non-obstetric surgery.

• Implement an appropriate anesthetic management plan for a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension undergoing non-cardiac surgery.

• Review the latest regional anesthesia guidelines.
• Propose how to implement new guidelines.

• Formulate a plan for perioperative management of patients with MCS.

• Evaluate expansion of ambulatory anesthesia care.
• Formulate safety protocols in ambulatory anesthesia.

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• Apply lung-protective ventilation strategies during one-lung ventilation, including the clinical integration of driving pressure and mechanical power concepts. 
• Compare anesthetic techniques in thoracic surgery, including emerging lung isolation devices and strategies, opioid-free approaches and their impact on perioperative outcomes and recovery pathways. 
• Integrate regional anesthesia techniques (thoracic epidural, paravertebral, and erector spinae blocks) into multimodal analgesia plans for thoracic surgery. 
• Interpret and apply perioperative echocardiography (TEE) in thoracic procedures to guide hemodynamic management and intraoperative decision-making. 
• Utilize point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for perioperative assessment, including lung ultrasound in hypoxemia and postoperative complications. 
• Develop management strategies for intraoperative hypoxemia during one-lung ventilation, including differential diagnosis and stepwise intervention. 
• Recognize and manage perioperative challenges associated with shared airways, lung transplantation, and thoracic oncology (including mesothelioma). 
• Assess perioperative considerations in patients with cardiac implantable devices (pacemakers/ICDs) undergoing thoracic surgery. 

• Curate anesthetic management plans for unusual or unique medical issues that demand innovative strategies.
• Formulate plans for managing rare complex problems during anesthesia care.
• Justify purchase of novel emergency equipment for the management of patients with rare problems.

• Formulate an anesthetic and airway management plan that incorporates gastric ultrasound to understand aspiration risk.

• Interpret familial history of possible MH susceptibility for the care of a specific patient.
• Determine if the patient will need to be placed under MH precautions on the basis of a basic genomic screen for RyR-1.
• Teach others about the three distinct disorders which present with signs and symptoms similar to a MH crisis.

• Resolve NORA staffing and clinical management issues.
• Manage NORA challenges.
• Implement novel solutions to address NORA demands and inefficiencies.

• Evaluate evidence for the universal physiology underlying animal wakefulness.
• Teach others about how anesthetic mechanisms inform the scientific study of consciousness across species.
• Interpret the importance of anesthetic models to research on sleep and wakefulness.

• Teach others about the clinical implications of the most important original research publications appearing in the scientific journal Anesthesiology in 2026.
• Formulate the clinical implications of recent scientific findings published in Anesthesiology.
• Apply the most recent scientific findings into clinical practice.

• Teach others about the different types of CIEDs on the market today.
• Manage the different types of neurostimulators (Vagal Nerve Stimulators, Deep Brain Stimulators, Spinal Cord Stimulators) during the preoperative period.
• Apply the implications of pain and other stimulators for the anesthesiologist and surgeon.

• Interpret findings from perioperative echocardiography and apply to the management of patients undergoing anesthesia to optimize outcomes.
• Extrapolate findings from recent cardiovascular outcomes trials to perioperative management.
• Teach others about recent evidence on the role of continuous postoperative cardiovascular monitoring in improving postoperative care and outcomes.

• Manage complex ethical issues facing anesthesiologists with the help of an ethics consult.
• Examine best practices of informed consent for anesthesia care.
• Formulate ethical approaches to conscientious objection to care.

• Design a preoperative optimization workflow that addresses important elements of organ system health.
• Create a plan for continuation or cessation of anticoagulant medications based upon patient risk profile, presence or absence of atrial fibrillation, and surgical procedure.
• Manage intraoperative or postoperative bleeding by using algorithms that include point of care testing. 

• Apply current evidence and best practices in pediatric induction and airway management to optimize safety and efficiency.
• Implement structured, age-appropriate management strategies for pediatric anesthesia emergencies.
• Assess the risk of pediatric emergence delirium by incorporating preventive anesthetic techniques and evidence-based pharmacologic interventions while balancing benefits and potential adverse effects.

• Perform the initial steps in management of a presumed amniotic fluid embolus as well as discuss some current controversies.
• Perform the initial steps in management of a presumed placenta accreta as well as discuss some current controversies.
• Apply management strategies for uterine inversion.

• Teach others about perioperative and hospital response strategies to rapidly scale anesthesia and critical care services during intentional or terrorist incidents.
• Recommend operational models that maintain surgical and anesthetic services during infrastructure disruption, evacuations, and prolonged weather-related crises.
• Apply critical insights from prolonged operations or recurrent crisis to strengthen workforce resilience, surge planning, and long-term system sustainability.

• Assess six axioms for delivering safer perioperative care.
• Detect longitudinal gaps that disrupt desired outcomes from the perspective of a patient, surgeon, anesthesiologist and anesthesia department chair.
• Recommend interdependent solutions that positively impact the capability and reliability to deliver on desired patient-centered outcomes.

• Differentiate the pharmacologic properties and benefit of dexmedetomidine for intravenous, intramuscular and perineural applications.
• Uncover the advantages and side-effects of ketamine for use as anesthetic adjunct.
• Specify the indications and safe dosage of remimazolam for endoscopy and other procedures in debilitated patients.

• Manage intraoperative seizures and venous air embolisms.
• Recommend blood pressure parameters after thrombectomy.
• Select reversal agents in the setting of acute intracranial bleed.

• Analyze relevant current literature regarding office based anesthesia.
• Evaluate facility accreditation and regulatory compliance.

• Apply EASy POCUS hemodynamic phenotyping to manage PACU hypotension using real-world New York hospital experience.
• Diagnose common post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) crises.
• Implement crisis resource management principles to optimize team communication, decision-making, and system-level response during PACU emergencies.

• Evaluate the differences between traditional resuscitation guidance and recommendations for the perioperative setting.
• Implement a patient-centered approach to advanced directives around surgical procedures.
• Create a systems approach to the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for cardiopulmonary arrest.

• Assess the evidence base supporting POCUS as an essential perioperative skill in anesthesiology.
• Apply standardized perioperative POCUS protocols and educational frameworks to improve bedside decision-making.
• Integrate focused ultrasound into perioperative resuscitation pathways, including EASy-ALS and PeRLS.

• Teach others about the indications for remimazolam, suzetrigine, IV aprepitant, and amisulpride in perioperative care.
• Develop a responsible use and formulary stewardship strategy for integrating new drugs into anesthesiology practice.

• Explain risk factors for peripartum decompensation.
• Teach others about the scope and requirements to safely provide POCUS in the critically ill obstetric patient.
• Apply best management to support adequate organ perfusion and oxygenation in critically ill obstetric patients.

• Plan perioperative blood management for spine surgery.
• Formulate steps to follow after loosing evoked potentials.
• Create a multimodal pain protocol for spine surgery.

• Develop perioperative anesthesia and analgesic plans for patients receiving buprenorphine, methadone, naloxone, or naltrexone that minimize withdrawal, analgesic failure, and safety events.
• Perform perioperative risk assessment and intraoperative management for surgical patients with active cocaine, fentanyl, or cannabis use, including decisions to proceed or delay surgery.
• Apply standardized perioperative strategies to improve outcomes, reduce complications, and enhance team communication when caring for patients with substance use disorder.

• Select appropriate diagnostic and management options in perioperative anaphylaxis.
• Analyze how existing and emerging medical technologies can streamline the management of patients with allergies to rare and hidden agents.
• Analyze challenging clinical presentations of perioperative anaphylaxis using current evidence.

• Analyze the recommendations to guide clinicians in the perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and management of patients with cardiovascular disease undergoing non-cardiac surgery and analyze the evidence behind them.
• Compare differing clinical perspectives on who should care for patients with cardiovascular disease undergoing non-cardiac surgery in order to assist in identifying gaps and areas of consensus in current practice.
• Develop systems and guidelines to triage and manage patients with cardiovascular disease undergoing non-cardiac surgery with varying levels of cardiac anesthesia consultation and/or direct involvement.

• Implement strategies for anesthetic management of medically complex patients in ambulatory settings.
• Integrate extended recovery and 23-hour models that enable higher-acuity and more complex surgeries in ASCs.
• Apply emerging technologies that are reshaping anesthesia delivery and perioperative care in the modern ASC.

• Integrate the latest framework management for planning the anesthetic and the emergency protocols in the presence of a large mediastinal mass in the adult.
• Teach others about the latest recommendations on the use of hyperoxic air admixture during mechanical ventilation.
• Analyze the latest recommendations for protective mechanical ventilation during OLV in contributing to postoperative lung damage.

• Analyze the evolution of available intraoperative EEG variables in relation to historical studies and old technology.
• Diagnose features of burst suppression under anesthesia in cognitively healthy and frail adults.
• Interpret the EEG in the pediatric patient under general anesthesia in consideration of age and brain development.

• Compare the use of upper extremity blocks for elbow, wrist and hand surgery.
• Select the peripheral nerve blocks associated with significant analgesia following TKR.
• Teach others about the multimodal spinal anesthetic techniques that improve patient outcomes.

• Incorporate high-flow nasal oxygenation during intraoperative airway management.
• Evaluate the utilization of AI and robotics in difficult airway management.
• Compare difficult airway management algorithms from national and international airway societies.

• Construct new ASA Physical Status Classification System examples and required physician-led anesthesiology care elements into daily practice.
• Integrate fascial plane blocks into perioperative pain management plans for patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery.
• Apply the current recommendations for management of GLP-1 medications in the perioperative period to manage patients undergoing anesthesia

• Develop a safe anesthetic plan in accordance with recent guidelines for “high-risk” patients undergoing “low risk” procedures.
• Rapidly detect unexpected acute intraoperative cardiovascular collapse.
• Safely manage patients with mechanical circulatory support presenting for out-of-OR non-cardiac procedures.

• Differentiate between leadless and traditional transvenous pacemakers, focusing on hardware.
• Formulate a plan for perioperative management.

• Describe the role of state societies in legislative advocacy.
• Explain the current legislative issues that affect anesthesiologists and our patients.
• Implement a plan to become more involved in legislative advocacy at the state level.

• Plan for the anesthetic management of a complex orthopedic trauma patient.

• Formulate a plan for evaluation of pediatric patients with Venezuelan maternal ancestry scheduled for surgery.
• Develop an anesthetic plan.

• Formulate an evidence-based pre-optimization paradigm.

• Formulate a safe anesthetic delivery plan for a parturient with significant valvular disease.

• Develop an anesthetic plan for patients with chronic cannabis use.

• Design anesthesia modalities for robotic/assisted anterior mediastinal mass resection with the least possible intraoperative complications.

• Plan the anesthetic management for a parturient with an intracranial lesion.

• Formulate the perioperative pain management plan.
• Provide individually tailored education to the patient and their family.

• Formulate a plan for delayed emergence from general anesthesia.

• Administer evidence-based reversal agents for patients on therapeutic
  anticoagulation presenting for emergent surgery.

• Develop a plan for differential diagnostic and treatment of HELLP vs AFLP.

• Formulate a plan for the perioperative management of patients in the ambulatory setting that is opioid-sparing and involves multi-modal options for effective pain relief.

• Formulate safe perioperative medication strategies with direct oral anticoagulants to minimize both thromboembolic events and hemorrhage.

• Apply viscoelastic testing to correct coagulopathy in critical clinical settings.

• Develop an anesthetic strategy in assessing tracheal stenosis requiring advanced airway techniques, management of jet ventilation and laser surgery.

• Formulate a plan to diagnose and treat local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST).

• Formulate a plan for anesthetic management of labor in patients with thrombocytopenia.

• Manage intraoperative anaphylaxis in a freestanding ambulatory surgery center.

• Develop a strategy for perioperative management of patients with DNR/DNI status.

• Incorporate the anesthetic implications of HELLP syndrome to peripartum management planning.

• Develop anesthetic planning with goal of minimizing environmental impact without patient harm.

• Formulate a safe anesthetic plan for a patient with cirrhosis undergoing routine surgery.

• Create a plan for labor pain management that respects patient preference for analgesic control.

• Develop an anesthetic plan geared towards identifying risk factors and preventing obstetric catastrophies.

• Assess the risks and benefits associated with opioid-free anesthesia.

• Develop a comprehensive perioperative care plan for patients with opioid use disorder and chronic pain.

• Formulate an effective and optimal plan for peripheral nerve block placement in the pediatric population.

• Develop a patient-centered, multidisciplinary anesthetic plan for an orthopedic trauma surgery in a high-risk cardiac patient.

• Develop a comprehensive perioperative plan that minimizes lactation disruption while prioritizing maternal and infant safety in the ambulatory setting.

• Formulate a plan for management of postoperative atrial fibrillation.

• Select patchy epidural management based on the risks and benefits of epidural replacement vs. CSE vs. GA.

• Develop an anesthetic plan for adults with congenital heart disease undergoing noncardiac surgery.

• Formulate an anesthetic plan for management of emergent abdominal surgery in a patient with cirrhosis.

• Assess the perioperative management considerations for a patient with a deep brain stimulator (DBS) undergoing spine surgery.

• Formulate an anesthetic plan for a post-heart transplant patient requiring general anesthesia for an urgent surgery.

• Develop a strategy of anesthetic management of patients with multiple risk factors.

• Evaluate for repeat EBP procedures among patients with bleeding diatheses and known thrombocytopenia in order to minimize potential sequelae of persistent intracranial hypotension and of neuraxial instrumentation in a patient with a possible bleeding disorder.

• Prevention of Perioperative Nerve Injuries
• Treatment of Perioperative Nerve Injuries
• What to Expect in a Nerve Injury Related Lawsuit

• Implement regional anesthesia and positioning practices to prevent perioperative nerve injuries.
• Utilize evidence-based guidelines on the options available to treat sustained perioperative nerve injuries including peripheral nerve surgery.
• Prepare a professional response and defense strategy if named in a lawsuit involving peripheral nerve injuries.

• Who’s Holding the Syringe? Dental Sedation Models, Providers, and Gaps in Training
• Fifty States, Fifty Rules: The Regulatory Patchwork of Dental Anesthesia Safety
• If No One’s Counting, No One’s Learning: The Urgent Need for Dental Sedation Adverse Event Registries

• Compare dental sedation provider models and training pathways with respect to patient safety risk.
• Analyze state-level and organizational regulatory variability and its implications for anesthesia oversight in dental settings.
• Propose a strategic framework for national dental sedation adverse- event registries and anesthesiology-led regulatory reforms.

• Massive Hemoptysis in the Interventional Pulmonary Suite
• Management and Ventilation Modalities for a Multilevel Tracheal Stenosis Repair
• Anesthesia During a Bronchoplasty When ECMO Is Not Available

• Teach others about lung isolation modalities in the presence of massive airway bleeding.
• Evaluate clinical indications for ECMO support in severe tracheal stenosis for a safe complex reconstructions.
• Discuss ventilation modalities for bronchoesophageal fistula repair during contralateral thoracotomy.

• AI and Automation: New Opportunities for Optimizing Anesthesia Staffing
• Perioperative Risk Prediction Using Machine Learning
• ROI and AI in Healthcare

After completion of this session, the participant will be able to:

• Integrate AI-driven staffing strategies to streamline anesthesia care delivery and optimize resource allocation.
• Integrate machine learning and precision medicine tools into perioperative risk prediction to optimize clinical decision-making.
• Evaluate the return on investment of AI in healthcare.

• Choice of Type and Dose of Vasopressors in the Perioperative Setting
• Use of Novel Vasopressors (Angiotensin II, IV Methylene Blue, Hydroxocobalamin)
• Vasopressor Use in Patients with Cardiac Disease (Valvular Heart Disease, Obstructive Hypertrophy and Pulmonary Hypertension), Septic Shock and Treatment-refractory Vasoplegia

• Teach others about evidence-based best practices for perioperative vasopressor use, including mode of delivery (peripheral versus central lines) and use in septic shock.
• Adapt vasopressor selection and hemodynamic management strategies for patients with cardiac disease to mitigate potential adverse effects.
• Devise a strategy for managing treatment-refractory vasoplegia.

• Anesthesia for Patients with Congenital Cardiac Disease
• Anesthesia for Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices

• Teach others about preoperative optimization, cardiac physiology, and intraoperative management strategies for adult patients with congenital heart disease.
• Apply VAD physiology to implement specialized strategies for preoperative optimization, intraoperative right-ventricular support, and modified resuscitation protocols during hemodynamic crises.

• Basics of Surgery Type, IV Anesthetic Techniques, and Neuromonitoring Indications
• Positioning Pitfalls in Spine Surgery
• Update on Non-Opioid Based Analgesic Techniques

• Develop an optimal anesthetic plan to achieve neuromonitoring efficacy.
• Implement clinical strategies to prevent positioning-related complications during spine surgery.
• Formulate an analgesic plan utilizing multimodal and regional techniques.

• Inhalational Anesthetics Negatively Affect the Environment
• The Environmental Impact is Negligible, and Patient Care Should be Prioritized

• Examine the scientific evidence on how inhaled anesthetic agents contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
• Evaluate the clinical, ethical, and economic impacts of environmentally focused anesthetic policies.
• Adopt a balanced approach to incorporate environmental factors into anesthetic decision-making.

• Indications for Perioperative Anticoagulation: Risks of Perioperative Thromboembolism
• Mechanism of Action, Laboratory Testing and Reversal of Anticoagulants
• Perioperative Anticoagulant Interruption and Resumption: Protocols and Considerations

After completion of this session, the participant will be able to:

• Estimate perioperative thromboembolic and bleeding risks of patients presenting for surgery.
• Develop a management plan for patients on common anticoagulants that incorporates their mechanism of action, appropriate laboratory monitoring, and emergency reversal protocols.
• Formulate a perioperative management plan for the interruption and resumption of anticoagulants, specifically addressing timing requirements for neuraxial and regional anesthesia.

• Identify current issues affecting the anesthesiology specialty.
• Anticipate potential challenges and opportunities for the field of anesthesiology.

• Basics of Physiology in Neuroanesthesia
• Setup, Positioning, and Pinning
• Neuroanesthesia Advances in the Past 10-15 Years

• Apply principles of cerebral autoregulation and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) to guide intraoperative hemodynamic management in patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures.
• Teach key considerations for patient positioning and Mayfield pin placement, including recognition and management of common complications.
• Discuss emerging neuroanesthesia practices stemming from recent advances in the field.

• Neuraxial Foundations: Choosing the Right Technique and Getting It Right
• Expected Physiology and Common Clinical Effects
• Managing Complex Situations

• Apply appropriate neuraxial anesthetic techniques for labor and cesarean delivery based on clinical context and patient factors.
• Recognize common physiologic effects and complications associated with neuraxial anesthesia in obstetric patients.
• Develop structured, time-sensitive decision-making strategies for managing high-risk scenarios, including high spinal, LAST, accidental dural puncture, and failed block.

• Back to Basics: Pediatric Anatomy, Physiology and Induction Techniques
• Beyond: Pediatric Difficult Airway Response Teams — A Team Approach to Emergency Pediatric Airway Management Outside of the OR

• Apply pertinent airway anatomy and how anatomical differences in pediatric patients influence management and techniques.
• Teach basic pediatric pulmonary and cardiovascular physiology.
• Recognize the development and outcomes of pediatric difficult airway response teams.

• Basics of Thoracic Anesthesia: Lung Isolation and Protective Mechanical Ventilation. How to Do It and What to Look For
• Beyond Basics: Advancement of Thoracic Robotic Surgery and Anesthesia Implications
• Beyond Basics: Ultrasound Guided Blocks, Catheters and New Analgesic Modalities

• Teach proper lung isolation technique and treat hypoxemia during OLV.
• Recognize specific issues related to the use of the robot during thoracic non cardiac surgery, such as hypotension, low urinary output and positional neuropathy. Formulate the most appropriate analgesic plan based on the incision site, type of surgery and patient comorbidities.

• Reframing the Preoperative Clinic from “Clearance” to a Driver of Operational Efficiency Practical, Scalable Models for Staffing, Workflows, and Multidisciplinary Integration
• Demonstrating Value to Hospital Leadership and Speaking the C-suite’s Language

• Teach others about how modern preoperative clinics drive operational and financial performance by optimizing surgical throughput, reducing cancellations, and improving clinical outcome.
• Analyze scalable strategies, such as APP integration and multidisciplinary optimization, to design preoperative clinic models that drive measurable institutional value.

• The Transition Strategy
• Finding Purpose Beyond the Operating Room
• The Psychological and Financial Shift

• Appraise professional strategies to enrich the medical career and enhance long-term professional satisfaction.
• Outline behavioral practices and personalized perspectives to create a career for long-term professional fulfillment.
• Examine the role of advocacy, mentorship, leadership, academia and other pathways to impact community health.

• The Rising Pressures on Academic Anesthesiology
• How to Transform Clinical Work Into Academic Output
• How Regional Academic Collaboration Can Accelerate Junior Faculty Growth

• Develop institutional strategies to mitigate current academic pressures and improve physician retention.
• Apply strategies to translate clinical work into scholarly output.
• Develop regional academic collaborations to enhance mentorship and scholarly culture across institutions.

• Pharmacodynamic vs. Pharmacokinetic Interactions: Which Should You Be Concerned About?
• The Interface of Cannabis with Anesthetics
• Cannabis and Opioids

• Integrate the pharmacology of cannabinoids into the development of perioperative anesthetic plans.
• Analyze potential cannabinoid drug interactions to modify perioperative medication plans for patient safety.
• Adjust anesthetic and opioid dosing strategies based on the pharmacological interface with cannabis to improve perioperative safety.

• Management of the Patient with a Mediastinal Mass in NORA
• Control of Airway Bleeding During Interventional Airway Procedures

• Formulate a plan for securing an airway in a patient with a mediastinal mass in NORA.
• Develop a team approach to managing airway bleeding emergencies during interventional pulmonary and radiology procedures.

• Perioperative Management of Patients on GLP-1 RAs
• Perioperative Management of Patients on SGLT2i
• Perioperative Management of Patients Using Diabetes Technology

• Summarize risk factors for euglycemic ketoacidosis and risk stratify patients on SGLT2i.
• Formulate a perioperative care plan for patients on GLP-1 RA.
• Stratify patients who can continue insulin pump therapy in the perioperative settings.

• Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Patient Requiring Emergent Surgery
• Anesthetic Considerations for the Renal Patient Requiring Dialysis and Emergent Surgery

• Analyze perioperative risks of patients with acute coronary syndrome requiring emergent noncardiac surgery.
• Formulate a patient-centered interdisciplinary anesthetic plan for a patient with end stage renal disease complicated by acute coronary syndrome undergoing emergent surgery.
• Apply current guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular management for non-cardiac surgery to anesthetic plan.

• Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Nerve Block Complications
• Diagnosis and Management of Neuraxial Anesthesia Complications

• Stratify patients at high risk for neuraxial and peripheral nerve block complications.
• Teach others about the recognition of time-sensitive complications and interventions to improve neurological outcomes.
• Implement management protocols to mitigate long-term injury following regional anesthesia complications.

• Neuraxial Labor Analgesia Consent Process
• Exploration of the Types and Mainetenance of Neuraxial Labor Analgesia
• Conversion of Labor Analgesia to C- Section Anestheia

• Counsel parturients requesting neuraxial labor analgesia by evaluating risks, benefits, and common myths during the anesthesia consent process.
• Select the most appropriate neuraxial labor technique and maintenance bolus strategy to optimize maternal analgesia.
• Apply the latest evidence in avoiding pain during cesarean delivery when converting an analgesic labor epidural to epidural anesthesia for cesarean section.

• Stratifying Patients at Risk for Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders
• EEG-based Monitoring and Use in Aging Patients

• Utilize various frailty assessments to stratify patients at risk for perioperative neurocognitive disorders.
• Advocate for use of intraoperative EEG in aging patients to assess brain vulnerability and guide anesthetic management.
• Illustrate how EEG-based monitoring can support individualized anesthesia care, optimize drug titration, and improve perioperative outcomes.

• Providing Patient-centered Acute Pain Medicine: Identifying Those in Need of Individualized Care
• Individualized Pharmacologic Interventions: Buprenorphine, Ketamine, Lidocaine and Suzetrigine

• Stratify high-risk patient populations and clinical scenarios necessitating individualized acute pain management strategies.
• Integrate the use of a broad range of analgesics such as buprenorphine, ketamine, lidocaine and suzetrigine into their practice to treat acute pain.

• Age-friendly Health Care
• Improving Outcomes for Aging Patients

• Teach others about the physiologic basis of frailty in aging patients.
• Assess frailty in preanesthetic patients using efficient, validated measurement tools to guide perioperative risk stratification.
• Integrate frailty assessment data into the perioperative management plan for aging patients to improve postoperative outcomes.

• Practice of Anesthesiology and the Aging Population
• Opportunities for Hospital Support and Increased Renumeration

• Emphsize the anesthesia practice challenges related to the aging population.
• Formulate a strategic plan to garner hospital support by aligning anesthesia initiatives with institutional financial, operational, and quality priorities.
• Teach others about opportunities for Medicare payments beyond ASA units.

• Mitigating Liability Risk and Malpractice Claim Exposure
• The Anatomy of a Malpractice Claim

• Implement work practices that mitigate key areas of malpractice claims risk in anesthesiology.
• Develop strategies to reduce liability exposure and potential claims.

• Teen Pregnancy Testing: Are We Opening a Can of Worms?
• Palliative Procedures: Where Do We Stop?
• To DNR or Not to DNR: Who Should Ask the Question?

• Appraise the clinical recommendations for preoperative pregnancy testing.
• Teach others about the local regulations regarding DNR orders and their management perioperatively.
• Implement team management strategies, such as "Second Victim" protocols, to mitigate the distress caused by unfavorable outcomes.

• New Onset Atrial Fibrillation in the Holding Area: How Can the Cardiologist Help You?
• 2023 ACC/AHA Guidelines for Management of New Onset Atrial Fibrillation

• Evaluate and treat patients with new onset atrial fibrillation in the perioperative period.
• Apply current evidence-based indications for anticoagulation to optimize perioperative patient management.

• Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia: What Is the Optimal Technique?
• Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Hip Fractures: Which Is the Best Choice?
• Beyond Anesthesia Care: What Are the Preoperative and Postoperative Considerations in This Population?

• Appraise studies on neuraxial versus general anesthesia and the optimal peripheral nerve blocks for hip fracture repair.
• Evaluate the risks and potential complications of block placement in hip fracture patients to optimize perioperative safety.
• Implement evidence-based recommendations for optimal preoperative and postoperative care to improve clinical outcomes for patients presenting with hip fracture.