2018 Scientific Program 

Friday, September 28

9:00 am-5:00 pm	Registration Open
11:45 am-12:00 pm	Welcome & Opening Remarks  Tina Tran, MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
12:00-12:30 pm	New Diabetic Medication: What Does it Mean for Diabetic Retinopathy?   Blake Cooper, MD, Retina Associates
12:30-1:00 pm	Patient Satisfaction: Beauty is in the Eye  Natalia MacDougall CRNA, MSN, University of California-Los Angeles and Chiewlin Liew, MD, FRCA, University of California-Los Angeles
1:00-1:30 pm	Misadventures in Ophthalmic Anesthesia  David Larsen, MD, Oregon Health and Science University
1:30-2:00 pm	Visual Preconditioning Reduced Emergence Delirium in Children Undergoing Ophthalmic Surgery  Xioliang Gan, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center
2:00-2:15 pm	Coffee Break   Exhibit & Poster Hall
2:15-2:45 pm	Is my child safe? Update on Neurotoxicity and Anesthesia in Early Childhood  Alecia Stein, MD, University of Miami Health System
2:45-3:30 pm	Ask the Society: Interactive Lecture  George Dumas, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
3:30-4:00 pm	Optimizing Patients with Minimal Work-Up   Teresa Krosnick, PA & Sue Wolf, PA, Wilmer Eye Center
4:00-4:30 pm	Which is Better: One or Two? (First and Second Eye Cataract Surgery)   Derek Sakata, MD & Robert Langston, CRNA, University of Utah
4:30-5:00 pm	Poster Previews   Poster Presenters
5:00-7:00 pm	Poster & Exhibitor Reception   Presentation of Poster Award

Saturday, September 29

8:00 am-5:00 pm	Registration Open
8:00-8:30 am	Continental Breakfast   Poster & Exhibit Hall
8:30-8:35 am	Preliminary Remarks & Welcome  Howard Palte, MBChB, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
8:35-9:00 am	Eye Issues Related to Ebola / Zika Virus  Allen Eghrari, MD, Johns Hopkins University
9:00-9:30 am	The Quality Payment Program (QPP) for the Anesthesia Provider: Understanding the Alphabet Soup  Lindsey Nelson, MD, Vail Valley Medical Center
9:30-10:00 am	A European Approach to Anesthesia  Iosifina Giannakikou, MD, Hygeia Hospital (Athens, Greece)
10:00-10:30 am	Regenerative Medicine and Nano-Medicine: Future approaches to Corneal Transplantation  Samuel Chi-Hung Yiu, MD, MS, PhD, Wilmer/Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
10:30-10:45 am	Coffee Break   Poster & Exhibit Hall
10:45-11:15 am	Pro/Con Debate: Hyperkalemia - Should Surgery Proceed when Potassium Levels are Moderately High?   Iosifina Giannakikou, MD, Hygeia Hospital (Athens, Greece) and Melissa Kreso, MD, University of Rochester
11:15 am-12:00 pm	Hustead Memorial Lecture: Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: Who  Should Be Assessed, Method of Assessment and Optimization  Frances Chung, MBBS, FRCPC, University of Toronto
12:00-1:30 pm	Lunch Break
1:30-2:00 pm	Opioid Free Anesthesia  Tom Baribeault, CRNA, MSN, Society for Opioid Free Anesthesia
2:00-3:00 pm	Focus Groups  - Perioperative analgesia in infant and children undergoing ophthalmic procedures (Howard Palte, MBChB, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Alecia Stein, MD, University of Miami Health System)  - Integrating Opioid Free Anesthesia into Ophthalmology Practice (Tom Baribeault, CRNA, MSN, Society for Opioid Free Anesthesia)  - Workflows for High Volume, High Turn-Over Cases (Eric Fry, MD, Fry Eye Associates and Richard Rivers, MD, PhD, MBA  - MKO Melt and Non-IV Sedation (Chris Bender, CRNA, Vance Thompson Vision and Maggie Jeffries, MD, Avanti Anesthesia)
3:00-4:30 pm	Hands-On Workshop with Pig Eyes & Cadaver Heads   Howard Palte, MBChB, Richard Rivers, MD, PhD, MBA, Gary Cass, MD and Maggie Jeffries, MD, Avanti Anesthesia

Sunday, September 30

7:00-7:30 am	Continental Breakfast   Poster & Exhibit Hall
7:30-8:00 am	Welcome & Call to Order of Member Business Meeting   Chris Bender, CRNA, Vance Thompson Vision
8:00-8:30 am	Anesthesia for Parturients   Melissa Kreso, MD, University of Rochester
8:30-9:00 am	Federal Regulatory Update   Elethia Dean, RN, PhD, ASC Compliance
9:00-9:15 am	Coffee Break   Poster & Exhibit Hall
9:15-9:45 am	Pro/Con Debate: NPO vs. Non-NPO, Specific for Light Sedation Cases  Howard Palte, MBChB, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Tina Tran, MD, Johns Hopkins University and Iosifina Giannakikou, MD, Hygeia Hospital (Athens, Greece)
9:45-10:15 am	You Be the Judge: Interesting Cases   Howard Palte, MBChB, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
10:15 am	Conference Concludes

Accreditation Information 

Physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Alabama School of Medicine and the Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society. The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the ACME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists
This program has been prior approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for 16.00 Class A CE credits; Code Number 1036776; Expiration Date 9/30/2018.