THE MIDWEST SATA MEETING

January 22, 2022

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

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.

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
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.25 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.
  • 3.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
11/18/2021
Course expires: 
02/22/2022
Event starts: 
01/22/2022 - 8:55am EST
Event ends: 
01/22/2022 - 12:30pm EST
Cost:
$1.00

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

                                          Christopher M. Cassara, MD

                                            

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

Live Virtual Conference
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Zoom (virtual) Webinar

Christopher M. Cassara, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI

 

Sundar Reddy, MD, MBA
Clinical Associate Professor
Director Transplant Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Richa Dhawan, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Sudhakar Subramani, MD, MMed, FASE
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Iowa
Iowa city, IA

 

Megan Chacon, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

 

Daniel Lotz, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Prema Raj Jeyaraj, MMed, FRCS, FAMS
Senior Consultant, Professor of Surgery
Director Sing Health Transplant
Deputy Director National Liver Transplant Program, Singapore

Kalpaj R. Parekh, MD
Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director Lung Transplant Program
Interim Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

 

Katherine L. Kozarek, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI

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 B. Majewski, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Loyola University Medical Center,
Chicago, IL

Michael Viray, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Heart failure program
University of Iowa,
Iowa City, IA

 

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.

 

 

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 certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity. 

Available Credit

  • 3.25 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.
  • 3.25 Attendance

Price

Cost:
$1.00
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Registration Fee: 
•    US $30.00 at registration to SATA if you need CME credits (SATA or SCA members are exempted for registration fee)
•    Free for trainees, medical students, or international medical personals, nursing specialist who do not need CME credits
•    Lecturers and moderators of the meeting are exempted for registration fee