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Forward4/16/2026 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds -The changing landscape of OBA: How to overcome the challenges to ensure patient safety - Fred E. Shapiro, DO, FASA
This online CME activity reviews the evolving landscape of office-based anesthesia (OBA), including its rapid growth, expanding procedural scope, and key patient safety challenges related to increasing case complexity, limited regulation, and adverse event risk. It highlights current safety initiatives, research findings, and evidence-based strategies—including emergency preparedness and collaborative care models—to improve outcomes and support safe, high-quality office-based surgical practice.
Target Audience
Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Analyze and apply the “6 Ps” paradigm to develop and implement safe, efficient systems in health care practice.
- Describe and differentiate current procedures performed in the office-based setting.
- Summarize and integrate recent initiatives in office-based anesthesia (OBA) safety research, publications, the updated OBA Emergency Manual, and educational opportunities for emerging clinicians.
Fred E. Shapiro DO, FASA — Associate Professor of Anaesthesia,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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 enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Healthcare Professionals
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
- 1.00 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.
- 1.00 Attendance