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Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia

SATA South Regional Conference 2021

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SATA SOUTH REGIONAL CONFERENCE

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Course Syllabus

Program overview:

The SATA South Regional Conference is a virtual meeting designed to provide a focused review of the latest updates on perioperative and critical care management for heart, lung, and liver transplantations. 

 

Learning objectives:

Upon completion of the CME activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Identify current practice on transfusion and circulatory support management during lung transplant surgery. Apply patient care strategies for patients with specific conditions, such as lung diseases caused by COVID-19 or systemic sclerosis.
  2. Review the most recent updates on heart transplant immunology and primary graft dysfunction. Debate the appropriateness of donor after cardiac death for heart transplantation.
  3. Implement patient care process for preoperative optimization, perioperative thrombosis management, intraoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and postoperative fast-track in liver transplantation. 

 

Target audience: 

Anesthesiologists, intensivists, surgeons, fellows, residents, medical students, nurse anesthetists, advanced practice nurses, anesthesiologist assistants, physician assistants, and nursing staff who are involved in the perioperative care of transplant patients. 

Accreditation and CME credit designation: 

SATA (The Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

 

Program committee: 

  • Chair: Sher-Lu Pai, MD (Mayo Clinic in Florida) 
  • Michael Little, MD (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)
  • Scott Lindberg, MD (Houston Methodist Hospital)
  • Marina Moguilevitch, MD (Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

 

Program:

7:55 am – 8:00 am  Welcome 

Sher-Lu Pai, MD 

Education Coordinator, Transplant Anesthesia

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Mayo Clinic in Florida

 

8:00 am – 9:40 am  Adult Lung Transplantation Session

Moderator: Christopher Y. Tanaka, MD, FASE

Program Director, Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology 

Montefiore Medical Center

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

 

8:00 am – 8:20 am Updates in Lung Transplantation and Blood Transfusion

Brandi A. Bottiger, MD

Director, Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Duke University 

 

8:20 am – 8:50 am  Pro/Con in the World of Lung Transplant:  Circulatory Support During Lung Transplant Surgery

Pro: David Langdon MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

UT Health San Antonio

Con: Major Matthew D. Read, MD, USAF

Assistant Professor 

Brooke Army Medical Center

 

8:50 am – 9:10 am Case from the Real World:  Lung Transplant for Respiratory Failure Secondary to COVID-19

Jacek Jablonski, MD

Assistant Professor

UT Health San Antonio

David Langdon, MD  

Assistant Professor

UT Health San Antonio

 

9:10 am – 9:30 am Case from the Real World: Lung Transplantation Anesthetic Considerations in Systemic Sclerosis

Ashley Fritz, DO

Assistant Professor

Mayo Clinic in Florida 

Archer Martin, MD

Chair, Division of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Anesthesia

Associate Professor

Mayo Clinic in Florida

 

9:30 am – 9:40 am Q & A

 

9:40 am – 9:50 am Break 

 

9:50 am – 10:10 am SATA Presidential Address 

Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA 

President, SATA

 

10:10 am – 11:20 am Adult Heart Transplantation Session 

Moderator: Ryan Craner, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Mayo Clinic in Arizona

 

10:10 am – 10:30 am Primary Graft Dysfunction After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

Alina Nicoara, MD 

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Director, Perioperative TEE Services 

Duke University

 

10:30 am – 10:50 am Transplant Immunology for Anesthesiologists

Kumar Vivek, MD

Montefiore Medical Center

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

 

10:50 am – 11:10 am Case from the Real World: 

DCD Heart Transplant

Jason Adkins, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology 

Montefiore Medical Center

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Lauren Lisann-Goldman, MD

Fellow, Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology 

Montefiore Medical Center

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

 

11:10 am – 11:20 am Q & A

 

11:20 am – 11:30 am Break

 

11:30 am – 1:10 pm  Adult Liver Transplantation Session 

Moderator: Marina Gitman, MD

Cleveland Clinic

 

11:30 am – 11:50 am ECMO and Liver Transplantation

Ryan Chadha, MD

Division Chair, Multispecialty Anesthesia

Mayo Clinic in Florida

 

11:50 am – 12:20 pm Pro/Con Debates: Coagulation vs. Thrombosis Management in Liver Transplantation

Pro: Scott Lindberg, MD 

Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesia 

Houston Methodist Hospital

Con: Julius Balogh, MD

Medical Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

Interim Division Chief, Anesthesia Critical Care 

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

 

12:20 pm – 12:40 pm Fast-Track in Liver Transplantation: It is more than Early Extubation

Stephen Aniskevich, MD

Chair, Division of Hepatobiliary and Abdominal Transplant Anesthesia

Mayo Clinic in Florida

 

12:40 pm – 1:00 pm Case from the Real World: Pre-Liver Transplant Management of Coronary Artery Disease

Jawad Rashid, MD

Transplant Anesthesia 

Houston Methodist Hospital

 

1:00 pm – 1:10 pm Q & A

 

1:10 pm – 1:15 pm Closing Remarks

Sher-Lu Pai, MD 

Education Coordinator, Transplant Anesthesia

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Mayo Clinic in Florida

 

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the UPMC and SATA. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). 

 

Physician (CME)

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Faculty Disclosure

  • Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA: Springer Inc. (Book royalty)

 

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.

 

Disclaimer Statement

The information presented at this CME program represents the views and opinions of the individual presenters. It does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of, or promotion by, the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, UPMC / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or Affiliates and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  Reasonable efforts have been taken intending for the educational subject matter to be presented in a balanced, unbiased fashion and compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each program attendee must always use his/her own personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions, including, without limitation, FDA-approved uses and any off-label uses.

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