Module 9 - Anesthesiology Update Review of Regional Anesthesia: Updates, Perioperative Aspects, and Management

Target Audience

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists, anesthesia assistants, intensivists and perioperative medicine specialists.

Learning Objectives


At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

  • Explain how anesthesiologists can help their organizations improve outcomes and manage costs by expanding their roles in perioperative care.
  • Identify patients at excess perioperative risk using risk stratification tools, and optimize modifiable risk factors.
  • Apply decision aids and shared decision making in discussions with other physicians and with patients in perioperative clinic.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.00 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.
  • 7.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
06/01/2021
Course expires: 
06/01/2024

Course ### at Oakstone

Oakstone Publishing
United States

Raymond M. Planinsic, MD, FASA
Course Director
Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh/ UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Director of Transplantation Anesthesiology, UPMC Presbyterian
Director, Hepatic Transplantation Anesthesiology Fellowship Program
UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Theresa A. Gelzinis, MD
Course Co-Director
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh/ UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Michael Boisen, MD, FASE
Module 9 Director
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Program Director, Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Program
University of Pittsburgh/ UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Faculty List

Sean A. DeChancie, DO
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Assistant Site Chief, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
University of Pittsburgh/ UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA


Huong-Tram Duran, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Medical Student Coordinator, UPMC Mercy
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh /UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Pittsburgh, PA

Stephen A. Esper, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Medical Director, UPMC Centers for Perioperative Care
University of Pittsburgh/ UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Michael Gemma, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Brian Gierl, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Director, Neuroanesthesiology and Neuroanesthesiology QI, UPMC Presbyterian
University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Daniel E Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Medical Director, High Risk Populations and Outcomes, Wolff Center at UPMC
Staff Surgeon, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Core Investigator, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Diffusion of Excellence Fellow, Veterans Health Administration

A. Murat Kaynar, MD, MPH
Professor, Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Program Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Multidisciplinary Critical Care
Training Program (MCCTP), Department of Critical Care Medicine
Co-Medical Director, Neurovascular Intensive Care Unit, UPMC Presbyterian

Luca LaColla, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Joshua McAnulty, MD
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow
University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

The following relevant financial relationship was disclosed:

Daniel E. Hall – Grant Research Support – Pitt & VA ORD

Daniel E. Hall – Consultant – Future Assure, LLC

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 entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and 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 School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim 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

  • 7.00 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.
  • 7.00 Attendance
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