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THE MIDWEST SATA MEETING
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
- Determine immediate and long-term outcome differences in the liver transplant recipients between living donor and brain-dead donor
- Analyze the importance of intraoperative echo cardiography and POCUS in liver transplantation
- List advantages of various regional anesthesia techniques in lung transplantation
- Determine the role of various extra corporeal cardiopulmonary support in lung transplantation
- Understand the current status of heart transplantation in DCD donors
- Identify potential benefits and challenges with ERAS in heart transplantation
- Identify perioperative contributing factors for the development of early graft dysfunction following heart transplantation
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
Zoom (virtual) Webinar
Christopher M. Cassara, MD
| Sundar Reddy, MD, MBA |
Richa Dhawan, MD | Sudhakar Subramani, MD, MMed, FASE
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Megan Chacon, MD
| Daniel Lotz, MD |
Prema Raj Jeyaraj, MMed, FRCS, FAMS | Kalpaj R. Parekh, MD
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Katherine L. Kozarek, MD | Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA
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Michael B. Majewski, MD | Michael Viray, MD
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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
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