SATA SOUTH REGIONAL CONFERENCE

November 13, 2021

The SATA South Regional Conference is a virtual meeting designed to provide a focused review of the latest updates on perioperative and critical care management for heart, lung, and liver transplantations.

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

Upon completion of the CME activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Identify current practice on transfusion and circulatory support management during lung transplant surgery. Apply patient care strategies for patients with specific conditions, such as lung diseases caused by COVID-19 or systemic sclerosis.
  2. Review the most recent updates on heart transplant immunology and primary graft dysfunction. Debate the appropriateness of donor after cardiac death for heart transplantation.
  3. Implement patient care process for preoperative optimization, perioperative thrombosis management, intraoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and postoperative fast-track in liver transplantation.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.00 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.
  • 5.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/01/2021
Course expires: 
12/31/2021
Event starts: 
11/13/2021 - 7:55am EST
Event ends: 
11/13/2021 - 1:15pm EST
Cost:
$1.00
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Program:

7:55 am – 8:00 am          Welcome

                                               Sher-Lu Pai, MD

                                               Education Coordinator, Transplant Anesthesia

                                               Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

                                               Mayo Clinic in Florida

 

8:00 am – 9:40 am        Adult Lung Transplant Session

                                           Moderator: Christopher Y. Tanaka, MD, FASE             

                                               Program Director, Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship                                                 
                                               Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

                                               Montefiore Medical Center

                                               Albert Einstein College of Medicine

             

8:00 am – 8:20 am           Updates in Lung Transplantation and Blood Transfusion

                                               Brandi A. Bottiger, MD

                                               Director, Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship

                                               Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

                                               Duke University

 

8:20 am – 8:50 am           Pro/Con in the World of Lung Transplant:  Circulatory Support During Lung Transplant Surgery

                                               Pro: David Langdon MD

                                               Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

                                               UT Health San Antonio

                            

                                               Con: Major Matthew D. Read, MD, USAF

                                               Assistant Professor

                                               Brooke Army Medical Center

 

8:50 am – 9:10 am           Case from the Real World: 

                                               Lung Transplant for Respiratory Failure Secondary to COVID-19                                                       Jacek Jablonski, MD

                                               Assistant Professor

                                               UT Health San Antonio

 

                                               David Langdon, MD 

                                               Assistant Professor

                                               UT Health San Antonio

                            

9:10 am – 9:30 am           Case from the Real World:

                                               Lung Transplantation Anesthetic Considerations in Systemic Sclerosis                                           Ashley Fritz, DO

                                               Assistant Professor

                                               Mayo Clinic in Florida

 

    Archer Martin, MD

    Chair, Division of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Anesthesia

    Associate Professor

    Mayo Clinic in Florida

 

9:30 am – 9:40 am           Q & A

 

9:40 am – 9:50 am          Break

 

9:50 am – 10:10 am        SATA Presidential Address

                                               Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA

                                               President, SATA

 

10:10 am – 11:20 am     Adult Heart Transplantation Session

                                               Moderator: Ryan Craner, MD

                                               Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

                                               Mayo Clinic in Arizona

 

10:10 am – 10:30 am      Primary Graft Dysfunction After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

                                               Alina Nicoara, MD

                                       Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

                                               Director, Perioperative TEE Services

                                               Duke University

                                              

10:30 am – 10:50 am      Transplant Immunology for Anesthesiologists

                                               Kumar Vivek, MD

                                               Montefiore Medical Center

                                               Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

                                               Albert Einstein College of Medicine

 

10:50 am – 11:10 am      Case from the Real World:

                                               DCD Heart Transplant

                                               Jason Adkins, MD

                                               Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

                                               Montefiore Medical Center

                                               Albert Einstein College of Medicine

                                              

                                               Lauren Lisann-Goldman, MD

                                               Fellow, Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

                                       Montefiore Medical Center

                                               Albert Einstein College of Medicine

                                              

11:10 am – 11:20 am      Q & A

 

11:20 am – 11:30 am     Break                                          

 

11:30 am – 1:10 pm        Adult Liver Transplantation Session

                                               Moderator: Marina Gitman, MD

                                               Cleveland Clinic

 

11:30 am – 11:50 am      ECMO and Liver Transplantation

                                               Ryan Chadha, MD

                                               Division Chair, Multispecialty Anesthesia                                                  

                                               Mayo Clinic in Florida

 

11:50 am – 12:20 pm     Pro/Con Debates:

                                               Coagulation vs. Thrombosis Management in Liver Transplantation

                                               Pro: Scott Lindberg, MD

Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesia

Houston Methodist Hospital

 

                                               Con: Julius Balogh, MD

                                               Medical Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

                                               Interim Division Chief, Anesthesia Critical Care

                                               University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

 

12:20 pm – 12:40 pm     Fast-Track in Liver Transplantation: It is more than Early Extubation

                                               Stephen Aniskevich, MD

                                               Chair, Division of Hepatobiliary and Abdominal Transplant Anesthesia

                                               Mayo Clinic in Florida

 

12:40 pm – 1:00 pm        Case from the Real World:

                                               Pre-Liver Transplant Management of Coronary Artery Disease

                                               Jawad Rashid, MD

                                               Transplant Anesthesia

                                               Houston Methodist Hospital

 

1:00 pm – 1:10 pm          Q & A

1:10 pm – 1:15 pm          Closing Remarks

                                               Sher-Lu Pai, MD

                                               Education Coordinator, Transplant Anesthesia

                                               Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

                                               Mayo Clinic in Florida

Live Virtual Conference
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Zoom (virtual) Webinar

Program committee: 

  • Chair: Sher-Lu Pai, MD (Mayo Clinic in Florida)
  • Michael Little, MD (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)
  • Scott Lindberg, MD (Houston Methodist Hospital)
  • Marina Moguilevitch, MD (Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine)


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:

  • Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA: Springer Inc. (Book royalty)

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers 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), 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 5.0 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

  • 5.00 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.
  • 5.00 Attendance

Price

Cost:
$1.00
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Registration Fee: 
•    US $30.00 at registration to SATA if you need CME credits
•    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