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THE 2022 SYMPOSIUM OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TRANSPLANT ANESTHESIA (SATA)
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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.
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)
Learning Objectives
- Discuss clinical approaches in the perioperative management of liver transplant patients with metabolic syndromes (Pediatric) or obesity (adult)
- Discuss clinical management of adult liver transplant patients with ECMO support
- Review the current practice management of liver transplantation anesthesia in adult and pediatric population based on National Surveys and UNOS organ allocation system
- Share the experience as Director of adult liver transplantation anesthesia to seek a better practice management
- Discuss the importance of the national anesthesia database in transplant anesthesia research
- Debate the pros and cons of the use of opioids for liver transplantation recipients
- Review current practices in thoracic transplantation anesthesia in the area of COVID
- Review current practices of DCD donors on heart transplantation and lung transplantation for the patients with severe pulmonary hypertension
(Starting 7AM PST; 8AM MST; 9AM CST)
10:00 - 10:05: Welcome Remarks
Gebhard Wagener MD (SATA Vice President, Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
10:05 – 11:05: Panel-1: New Topics in Abdominal Transplant Anesthesia
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)
-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
Moderators: Ranjit Deshpande, MD (Yale University) and Raymond M. Planinsic, MD (University of Pittsburgh)
-National LT practice survey: adult Cara Crouch, MD (University of Colorado)
-National LT practice survey: pediatrics Marina Moguilevitch, MD (Montefiore Medical Center)
-Adult liver transplantation anesthesia practice management and the role of the transplant anesthesia director Aalok Kacha, MD, PhD (University of Chicago)
-UNOS and organ allocation: adult and pediatrics 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 (SATA Secretary, 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) and 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) and Kathier 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 all members
Zoom (virtual) Webinar
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 designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.25 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 will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 5.25 Attendance