Meeting

In conjunction with the annual meeting of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS)

Place: Zoom Platform (virtual)

Time: Monday, March 21, 2022 (10:00 AM to 4:35 PM EST)  

Course Syllabus

Program overview:

This SATA National meeting is a virtual meeting that has been designed to provide a broad spectrum of clinicians with a review of the latest updates on a variety of intra-operative and critical care management topics that involve abdominal and thoracic transplant patients. 

Learning objectives:

1. Discuss clinical approaches in the perioperative management of liver transplant patients with metabolic syndromes (Pediatric) or obesity (adult)
2. Discuss clinical management of adult liver transplant patients with ECMO support 
3. Review the current practice management of liver transplantation anesthesia in adult and pediatric population based on National Surveys and UNOS organ allocation system
4. Share the experience as Director of adult liver transplantation anesthesia to seek a better practice management
5. Discuss the importance of the national anesthesia database in transplant anesthesia research 
6. Debate the pros and cons of the use of opioids for liver transplantation recipients
7. Review current practices in thoracic transplantation anesthesia in the area of COVID
8. Review current practices of DCD donors on heart transplantation and lung transplantation for the patients with severe pulmonary hypertension 

 

Target audience: 

Specialists working in the area of organ transplantation (ex., transplant anesthesiologists, intensivists, transplant surgeons, other transplant medicine specialists, and CRNAs); Trainees (ex., residents, fellows); Students (medical students, nursing students)

Accreditation and CME credit designation: 

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and SATA. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. To claim your CME: http://cce.upmc.com/sata-march-21-2022

Program committee members: 

• Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA (University of Pittsburgh)
• Gebhard Wagener MD (Columbia University Irving Medical Center)

Platform:  Zoom Webinar (address and password will be provided at the time of registration)

Registration:  SATA 2022 Symposium – Registration

Registration Fee: 

• • SATA members or SCA members: $50
  • Non-SATA members: $100
  • Free if:
    • you join SATA ($150 annual membership: https://www.transplantanesthesia.org/iump-subscription-plan/) at the time of registration. 
    • you are trainees, medical students, or international medical personals who do not need CME credits. 

• • Lecturers and moderators of the meeting 

 

10:00 – 10:05:              Welcome and Introduction of SATA

Gebhard Wagener MD (Columbia University Irving Medical Center)

 

10: 05 – 11:05:            Panel-1: New Topics in Abdominal Transplant Anesthesiology

                                          Moderator: Adrian Hendrickse MD, MMEd (University of Colorado)

• Considerations for liver transplant in metabolic syndromes (SPA)

Andrew J Costandi, MD, MMM (Children’s Hospital Los Angeles)

In collaboration with the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA)

• ECMO and Liver Transplantation (SOCCA): getting out of the OR is not everything

Lovekesh Arora, MBBS, MD (University of Iowa)

In collaboration with the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA)

• Transplantation and the obese patient

Katie Forkin, MD (University of Virginia)

 

11:05 – 12:15:           Panel-2: The Practice of Transplant Anesthesiology

Moderator: Ranjit Deshpande, MD (Yale University)

• National LT practice survey: adult (12 min)

Cara Crouch, MD (University of Colorado)

• National LT practice survey: pediatrics (12 min)

Marina Moguilevitch, MD (Montefiore Medical Center)

• Adult liver transplantation anesthesia practice management and the role of the transplant anesthesia director (12 min)

Aalok Kacha, MD, PhD (University of Chicago)

• UNOS and organ allocation: adult and pediatrics (8 min)

Gebhard Wagener, MD (Columbia University Irving Medical Center)

 

12:15- 12:25 :           Break

 

12:25 – 12:35: SATA President Address

Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA (University of Pittsburgh)

 

12:35 – 13:35:          Keynote Address

Moderator:      Lorenzo De Marchi, MD (MedStar Georgetown University Hospital)

How do we use data to advance research and clinical practice in transplantation

Dieter Adelmann, MD (University of California – San Francisco)

 

13:35 – 14:20:         Pro/Con Debate

Moderators:    Ramona Nicolau-Raducu, MD, PhD (University of Miami)

                                          Sher-Lu Pai, MD (Mayo Clinic Jacksonville)

My goal is to avoid perioperative opioids for adult liver transplant recipients

• Pro: Natalie Smith, MD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai)
• Con: Sathish Kumar, MD (University of Michigan)

 

14:20- 14:30 :            Break

 

14:30 – 15:30:         Panel-3: Thoracic Organ Transplantation

                            Moderators:    Barbara Wilkey, MD (University of Colorado)

Kathir Subramaniam, MD, MPH (University of Pittsburgh)

• DCD Transplantation: what is it and is it feasible for heart transplants?

Megan Chacon, MD (University of Nebraska Medical Center)

• Lung transplant for pulmonary hypertension and the role of circulatory support

Andrea Miltiades, MD (Columbia University Irving Medical Center)

• Thoracic Transplantation for COVID-19

Yong Peng, MD (University of Florida)

 

15:30  – 15:35:        Closing remarks

Jiapeng Huang, MD (SATA Treasurer, University of Louisville)

 

15:35  – 16:35:        Council meeting

Open to members

 

Faculty Disclosure

All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated:

• Dieter Adelmann, MD: Haemonetics Inc (Grant/Research Support)
• Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA: Springer Inc. (Book royalty), Haemonetics Inc (Grant/Research Support)
• Kathir Subramaniam, MD, MPH: National Institute of Health (Site PI; Grants for institution)/Haemonetics/Edwards Life Sciences (Site Co PI; Institution)

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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 made to prepare the educational subject matter in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each program attendee must always use their 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.

The MidWEST SATA Meeting

Saturday, JANUARY, 22, 2022

08:55 Am – 12:30 PM (CST)

 

Course Syllabus (updated)

Program overview:

This SATA regional meeting is to provide the audience the updated knowledge on several critical management issues in liver, heart and thoracic transplant patients.

 

Learning objectives:

At the end of this session participants will be able to

 

1. Determine immediate and long-term outcome differences in the liver transplant recipients between living donor and brain-dead donor
2. Analyze the importance of intraoperative echo cardiography and POCUS in liver transplantation
3. List advantages of various regional anesthesia techniques in lung transplantation
4. Determine the role of various extra corporeal cardiopulmonary support in lung transplantation
5. Understand the current status of heart transplantation in DCD donors
6. Identify potential benefits and challenges with ERAS in heart transplantation
7. Identify perioperative contributing factors for the development of early graft dysfunction following heart transplantation

 

Target audience:

Anesthesiologists, intensivists, surgeons, fellows, resident, 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

 

Elizabeth A. Townsend, MD, PhD

Clinical Instructor,

Department of Anesthesiology,

University of Wisconsin,

Madison, WI

 

Richa Dhawan, MD

Clinical Associate Professor,

Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care,

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

 

Megan Chacon, MD

Associate Professor,

Department of Anesthesiology,

University of Nebraska Medical Center,

Omaha, NE

 

Prema Raj Jeyaraj, MMed, FRCS, FAMS

Senior Consultant, Professor of Surgery,

Director Sing Health Transplant,

Deputy Director National Liver Transplant Program, Singapore

Katherine L. Kozarek, MD

Assistant Professor,

Department of Anesthesiology,

University of Wisconsin,

Madison, WI

 

Michael B. Majewski, MD

Associate Professor,

Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine,

Loyola University Medical Center,

Chicago, IL

 

Sundar Reddy, MD, MBA

Clinical Associate Professor

Director Transplant Anesthesia

Department of Anesthesiology

University of Iowa,

Iowa City, IA

 

 

Sudhakar Subramani, MD, MMed, FASE

Clinical Associate Professor,

Department of Anesthesiology,

University of Iowa,

Iowa city, IA

 

 

Daniel Lotz, MD

Associate Professor,

Department of Anesthesiology,

University of Minnesota,

Minneapolis, MN

 

Kalpaj R. Parekh, MD

Professor of Surgery

Surgical Director Lung Transplant Program,

Interim Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery,

University of Iowa,

Iowa City, IA

 

Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA

President SATA,

Professor, Vice Chair for Professional Development,

Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, PA

 

Michael Viray, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Division of Heart failure program

University of Iowa,

Iowa City, IA

 

Accreditation and CME credit designation:

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

 

Program organizing institution  

University of Iowa (Meeting Chair: Sudhakar Subramani, MD, MMed, FASE)

 

Platform: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMufumqqjwqE9bIoWx58RmECtT1VKEU57K3

Password will be provided upon registration below

 

Registration:  https://cce.upmc.com/midwest-sata-meeting (UPMC CME office)

 

Registration Fee:

• US $30.00 at registration to SATA via cce.upmc.edu, if you need CME credits
• Free registration for:
  • Current SATA members and members of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA)
  • Lecturers and moderators of the meeting
  • Trainees, medical students, international medical personals, or nursing specialist who do not need CME credits

 

PROGRAM

 

8:55 AM – 9:00 AM        Welcome and Introduction

                                              Sudhakar Subramani, MD, MMed, FASE

 

9:00 AM – 9:50 AM       Adult Liver Transplantation Session (Moderator: Sundar Reddy, MD, MBA)

                                                           

9:00 AM-9:25 AM            Outcome differences between living and brain-dead donor in liver

                                              transplantation

                                           Prema Raj Jeyaraj, MMed, FRCS, FAMS

                                             

9:25 AM -9:50 AM         Impactness of Echocardiography in liver transplantation

                                           Elizabeth A. Townsend, MD, PhD

                                         

9:50 AM – 10.40 AM      Lung Transplantation Session (Moderator: Kalpaj R. Parekh, MD)

 

9:50 AM – 10:15 AM       Updates on regional anesthesia in lung transplantation

                                              Michael B. Majewski, MD

 

10:15 AM – 10:40 AM    Current role of extracorporeal cardio pulmonary support in lung 

                                            transplantation

                                            Sudhakar Subramani, MD, MMed, FASE

 

10:40 AM – 10:45 AM    SATA President Address

                                              Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA

 

10:45 AM – 10:55 AM     Break

 

10:55 AM – 12:20 PM    Heart Transplantation Session

                                              (Moderators: Katherine L. Kozarek, MD & Michael Viray, MD)

 

10:55 AM – 11:20 am    Update on Heart Transplantation of DCD Donors with the

                                              Normothermic Regional Perfusion Technique.

                                            Megan Chacon, MD

 

11:20 AM – 11:55 AM     Current Status of ERAS in Heart Transplantation

                                            Daniel Lotz, MD

 

11:55 AM – 12.20 PM     Perioperative Predictors of Early Graft Dysfunction Following

                                            Heart Transplantation

                                            Richa Dhawan, MD

 

12:20 PM – 12:30 PM    Closing Remarks

                                           Sudhakar Subramani, MD, MMed, FASE

 

Continuing Education Credit

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Physician (CME)

The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Other Health Care Professionals

Other health care professionals will receive a certification of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity. 

 

Faculty Disclosure

All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity including members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, and/or content reviewers have disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients.

The following relevant financial relationships were disclosed:

• Richa Dhawan, MD (Renibus Therapeutics, INC)
• Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA (Book royalty, Springer Inc.)

No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

  

Disclaimer Statement

The information presented at this CME program represents the views and opinions of the individual presenters, and 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 educational subject matter to be presented in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in 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.

SATA WEST COAST LIVER TRANSPLANT ANESTHESIA MEETING

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, 2021 09:00 AM – 13:20 PM – PST

Course Syllabus

Program overview:

This SATA regional meeting is a virtual meeting that has been designed to provide a broad spectrum of clinicians a review of the latest updates on a variety of intra-operative and critical care management topics in Liver Transplant Anesthesia.

 

Learning objectives:

1.      To understand the concept of transfusion free liver transplantation and its limitations.

2.      To understand the concept of Extended Criteria Donors (ECD) in liver transplantation, and the effect of using grafts from ECD on perioperative and postoperative outcomes. 

3.      Discuss liver transplantation in patients with COVID related acute liver failure.

4.      Review of current developments in liver transplant anesthesia fellowship training.

5.      To understand the potential for research and quality improvement using electronic medical data.

6.      To understand challenges of performing prospective clinical trials in liver transplantation.

7.      To review the perioperative management of liver transplant recipients with hyponatremia.

8.      To review the concept of simultaneous cardiac surgery (such as aortic valve replacement) and liver transplantation.

 

Target audience: 

Specialists working in organ transplantation (e.g., transplant anesthesiologists, intensivists, transplant surgeons, other transplant medicine specialists, and CRNAs) and trainees (e.g., residents, fellows; medical students, SRNAs, and nursing students).

 

Accreditation and CME credit designation: 

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

 

Organizing institutions and program committee members:

Kyota Fukazawa – University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Christine Nguyen-Buckley – University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Dieter Adelmann – University of California, San Francisco, CA

 

Platform:  Zoom – virtual Webinar

 

Registration:  Registration link to follow. There will be no registration fee.

             

Program:

9:00 am – 9:10 am Welcome & Introduction

Kyota Fukazawa – University of Washington

9:10 am – 10:00 am Clinical Challenges I

Moderator: Kyota Fukazawa – University of Washington
 
Transfusion Free Liver Transplant

Sherif H. Kandil – University of Southern California
 
Extended Criteria Donors in Liver Transplantation

David M. Rosenfeld – Mayo Clinic Arizona

10:00 am – 10:05 am Break

10:05 am – 11:00 am Current Concepts

Moderator: Andrea Olmos – University of California, San Francisco
 
Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure in A Patient With COVID

Kristin Kidson and Jei Park – The University of British Columbia
 
Liver Transplant Anesthesia Fellowships

Christine Nguyen-Buckley – University of California, Los Angeles

11:00 am – 11:10 am Break

11:10 am – 11:15 am SATA Address

Tetsuro Sakai – President, SATA – University of Pittsburgh

11:15 am – 12:10 pm Research

Moderator: David M. Rosenfeld – Mayo Clinic Arizona
 
The Use of Electronic Medical Data for Research and Quality Improvement in Liver Transplantation.

Rishi P. Kothari – University of California, San Francisco
 
Prospective Clinical Trials in Liver Transplantation

Dieter Adelmann – University of California, San Francisco

12:10 pm – 12:15 pm Break

12:15 pm – 1:10 pm Clinical Challenges II

Moderator: Christine Nguyen-Buckley – University of California, Los Angeles
 
Management Of Hyponatremia During Liver Transplantation

Michael Lin – University of California, Los Angeles
 
Combined Cardiac Surgery & Liver Transplantation

Colby Tanner – University of California, Los Angeles

1:10 pm – 1:20 pm Closing Remarks

Kyota Fukazawa – University of Washington

 

NOTE:

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 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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.