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TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL ANESTHESIA
SEMINAR
Marriott Hilton Head  Beach & Golf Resort
Palmetto Dunes Plantation
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
May 27- May 30, 2009

Program Faculty & Schedule

Seminar Director(s):

Michael D. Fallacaro, DNS, CRNA
Professor & Chairman
Department of Nurse Anesthesia
School of Allied Health Professions
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

Col. USAF (Ret) Herbert T. Watson, M.Ed., CRNA
Professor Emeritus & Former Chairman
Department of Nurse Anesthesia
School of Allied Health Professions
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

Seminar Coordinator:

William Hartland, Jr, Ph.D, CRNA
Associate Professor & Director Of Education
Department of Nurse Anesthesia
School of Allied Health Professions
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

Faculty  Include:

_____FACULTY____

Chuck Biddle, PhD, CRNA
Professor
Department of Nurse Anesthesia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

Michael Burns. MS, CRNA
Chief Anesthetist
Phelps County Regional Medical Center
Rolla, Missouri

Michael D. Fallacaro, DNS, CRNA
Professor & Chairman
Department of Nurse Anesthesia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

William Hartland, PhD, CRNA
Associate Professor
Department of Nurse Anesthesia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

Lorraine Jordan, PhD, CRNA
Executive Director
AANA Foundation
Chicago, Illinois

Maribeth Massie, MSN, CRNA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Johns Hopkins Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

 Elizabeth Monti-Seibert, PhD, CRNA
 Associate Professor
 Department of Nurse Anesthesia
 Virginia Commonwealth University
 Richmond, Virginia

Joseph Pellegrini, PhD, CRNA
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Graduate Programs Nurse Anesthesia
Baltimore, Maryland

Mark D. Welliver, MS, CRNA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Nurse Anesthesia Program
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, Florida

William Wittenbraker, MS, CRNA
Staff Nurse Anesthetist
Commonwealth Anesthesia Associates
Richmond, Virginia

Alan Jon Smally, MD, FACEP
Division Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Traumatology and Emergency Medicine
Hartford Hospital,
Hartford, Connecticut

Program: 

Tuesday, 
May 26, 2009
5:00 - 8:00PM Registration

Wednesday, 
May 27, 2009
6:30 - 7:300AM Continental Breakfast - Exhibits Open (Registration continued)
7:15 - 7:30AM Opening Remarks: Profs Fallacaro / Watson
7:30 - 9:30AM

Quality in Anesthesia: The top10 list of most common anesthesia mishaps
L. Jordan, PhD, CRNA

9:30 - 10:00AM

Beverage Break - Visit Exhibits

10:00 - 11:00AM

Challenging Obstetrical Cases: Preeclampsia and the diabetic parturient
J. Pellegrini, PhD, CRNA

11:00 - 12:00Noon

Best evidence on PONV is in! How can you inform your practice?
J. Pellegrini, PhD, CRNA

12:00-1:00PM

Principles and Applications of Ultrasound
W. Wittenbraker, MS, CRNA

1:00 - 2:00PM

Regional Anesthesia with Ultrasound
W. Wittenbraker, MS, CRNA

Afternoon Free
Thursday,
May 28, 2009
6:30 - 7:30AM EARLY BIRD:
Anesthesia Failures: Proposals to address the human factor
M. Fallacaro, DNS, CRNA
7:00 - 7:45AM

Continental Breakfast - Exhibits Open

7:45 - 8:45AM

Nosocomial disease transmission in the anesthesia work area: Semmelweis revisited
C. Biddle, PhD.,CRNA

8:45 - 9:45AM

The long-term consequences of perioperative anesthesia care: What the evidence tells us
C. Biddle. Ph.D., CRNA

9:45 - 10:15AM

Beverage Break - Visit Exhibit

10:15 - 11:15AM

ENT airway crisis from the perspective of the ER physician
J. Smally, MD

11:15 - 12:15PM

Anaphylaxis: pathophysiology and treatment: From bees to biotics, time is critical
J. Smally, MD

12:15 - 1:15PM

Panel Discussion
C. Biddle, PhD.,CRNA
J. Smally, MD

Afternoon Free
6:30-8:00PM Reception: Oceanfront Bass Deck

Friday,  
May 29, 2009
6:30 - 7:30AM

EARLY BIRD:
Postoperative Blindness: Complications of the prone position
E. Seibert, PhD, CRNA

7:00 - 7:45AM

Continental Breakfast Visit Exhibits

7:45 - 8:45AM

Challenging Pediatric Syndromes: If you haven’t seen it yet..you will
M. Massie, MS, CRNA

8:45 - 9:45AM

Anesthesia in Remote Locations: Are you prepared?
M. Massie, MS, CRNA

9:45 - 10:15AM

Beverage Break - Visit Exhibits

10:15 - 11:15AM

Assessing Volume Status: How much is enough?
M. Burns, MS, CRNA

11:15 - 12:15PM

Stroke Volume Variation: What is it and how can we use it?
M. Burns, MS, CRNA

12:15 - 1:15PM

Panel Discussion
M. Massie, MS, CRNA
M. Burns, MS, CRNA

Afternoon Free
Saturday,  
May 30, 2009
6:30 - 7:30AM

EARLY BIRD
Transmission of blood borne pathogens in the OR: What can you do to minimize the risk?
E. Seibert, PhD, CRNA

7:00 - 7:45AM Continental Breakfast - Exhibits Open
7:45 - 8:45AM

Volatile Anesthetic Choice: Common sense and Science
M. Welliver, MS, CRNA

8:45 - 9:45AM

Muscular Blockade in the New Millennium
M. Welliver, MS, CRNA

9:45 - 10:15AM

Beverage Break - Visit Exhibits

10:15 - 11:15AM

The New FDA Machine Checkout: “Does this make anesthesia safer?”
W. Hartland, PhD, CRNA

11:15 - 12:15PM

Fire in the Airway: Prevention and Treatment
W. Hartland, PhD, CRNA

12:15 - 1:15PM

Panel
M. Welliver, MS, CRNA
W. Hartland, PhD, CRNA

Closing Remarks - Awarding of CE Certificates
1:10 - 2:10P Bonus Point (Elective) Emergency Cricothyrotomy" Video/discussion
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