SATA 2025 Midwest Regional Meeting

Learning Objectives:

1. Examine and review regional anesthesia options for abdominal organ transplantation.
2. Describe the recommendations from SATA’s upcoming white paper for point-of-care ultrasound utilization in abdominal transplantations.
3. Summarize anesthetic considerations for intestinal transplantation.
4. Discuss the challenges of pediatric liver transplantation and compare special considerations in pediatric/adult liver transplant.
5. Summarize the role of preoperative evaluation tools in predicting outcomes following heart transplant.
6. Review outcomes data in cardiac transplantation based on donor type and examine special considerations for normothermic regional perfusion in cardiac transplantation.
7. Summarize and evaluate outcomes in heart transplantation in patients with mechanical circulatory support.

 

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.

 

Faculty Listing: 

• Richa Dhawan, MD,MPH, FASA, FASE – University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Cale Kassel, MD, FASA – University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE 
• Brian Cacioppo, MD  – University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
• Maireen Miravite, MD  – University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE  
• Ryan Grell, MD – University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 
• Charles Walcutt, MD – University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
• Trevor Wilke, MD  –  University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE   
• Katherine Kozarek, MD – University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI           
• Gebhard Wagener, MD – Columbia University, New York NY
• Kristin Trela, MD – University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Danisa Daubenspeck, DO – University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Jeffrey Songster, MD – University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
• Sudhakar Subramani MD, MMed, FASE – UCI Health, Orange, CA

2025 Program organizing institution 

University of Nebraska (Meeting Chair: Cale Kassel, MD FASA)

Senior Meeting Regional Chair: Richa Dhawan, MD MPH FASA FASE

 

Platform:  Zoom link will be included in the registration confirmation

Registration Link:  SATA – 2025 Midwest Regional Meeting

Registration Fee:  Free

 

PROGRAM

 

8:55 – 9:00 AM            Welcome and Introduction

                                    Richa Dhawan MD, MPH, FASE & Cale Kassel MD, FASA

9:00 – 9:50 AM            Liver Transplantation Session

(Moderator: Brian Cacioppo MD)

9:00 – 9:25 AM            Pediatric Liver Transplantation

                                    Maireen Miravite MD

9:25 – 9:50 AM                        POCUS for Transplant Anesthesiologists

                                    Ryan Grell MD

9:50 – 10:40 AM           Abdominal Organ Transplantation Session

                                        (Moderator: Richa Dhawan MD, MPH, FASE)

9:50 – 10:15 AM          Anesthetic Considerations for Intestinal Transplantation

                                    Charles Walcutt MD

10:15 – 10:40 AM        Regional Anesthesia for Abdominal Transplantation

                                    Trevor Wilke MD

10:40 – 10:50 AM        SATA President Address

                                    Gebhard Wagner M.D.

10:50 – 11:05 AM        BREAK

 

11:05 AM-12:20 PM   Heart Transplantation Session

(Moderator: Sudhakar Subramani MD, MMed, FASE, Kristin Trela MD)

11:05 – 11: 30 AM      Pre-Operative Evaluation & Outcomes after OHT

                                    Danisa Daubenspeck DO

11:30 – 11: 50 AM      Donor Type and Clinical Outcomes in OHT

                                    Jeff Songster MD

11:50 AM–12:20 PM   Outcomes after Heart Transplantation in Patients with MCS

                                    Katherine L. Kozarek MD

12:20-12:30 PM          Closing Remarks

Cale Kassel MD