2019 Scientific Program 

 

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Friday, September 13

9:00 am-5:00 pm	Registration Open
11:45 am-12:00 pm	Welcome & Opening Remarks  Howard Palte, MBChB, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
12:00-12:30 pm	Glaucoma: A two pressure disease versus only increased intraocular pressure?   John Berdahl, MD, Vance Thompson Vision
12:30-1:00 pm	Pediatric & Adult Eye Trauma: Management considerations  Jeff Doyle, MD, PhD, MHS, MA (Oxon), Wilmer Eye Institute
1:00-1:30 pm	Mission trips to Tanzania  Robert Langston, CRNA, John Moran Eye Center
1:30-2:00 pm	Anesthesia Management in Neonates and Preemies  Sujantha Ravichandran, DA, DNB,  Sankara Nethralaya
2:00-2:15 pm	Coffee Break   Exhibit & Poster Hall
2:15-2:45 pm	High Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy: Principles and Application in Ophthalmic Anesthesia  Steven Gayer, MD, MBA, University of Miami
2:45-3:30 pm	Patient Positioning in Eye Surgery  Tom Eke, MA (Cantab), MD, FRCOphth, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals
3:30-4:00 pm	The Practice of Mock Code in the Free-Stand Ophthalmic Surgical Center  Alan Zamora, CRNA, University of California-Los Angeles & Zhuang Fang, MD, MSPH, University of California-Los Angeles
4:00-4:30 pm	Open Source Anesthesia Electronic Medical Record   John Hitchens, CRNA, Open Source Anesthesia Electronic Medical Record
4:30-5:00 pm	Poster Previews   Poster Presenters
5:00-7:00 pm	Poster & Exhibitor Reception   Presentation of Poster Award

Saturday, September 14

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	Sub-Tenon block: A Model for Care in Eye Surgery  Tom Eke, MA (Cantab), MD, FRCOphth, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals
9:00-9:30 am	Congenital Eye Diseases and Surgery in Pediatric Patients  Simon Fung, MD, MA, FRCOphth, University of California-Los Angeles
9:30-10:00 am	Anesthesia Considerations in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Undergoing Eye Surgery  Chandra Kumar, MB BS, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
10:00-10:40 am	Difficult Cases  Tom Eke, MA (Cantab), MD, FRCOphth, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals    Howard Palte, MBChB, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
10:45-11:00 am	Coffee Break   Poster & Exhibit Hall
11:00-11:35 am	Hustead Memorial Lecture: Education in Ophthalmic Anesthesia  Steven Gayer, MD, MBA, University of Miami
11:35 am-12:15 pm	Panel – Sedation for MAC Eye Surgery  Steven Gayer, MD, MBA, University of Miami  Chandra Kumar, MB, BS, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital  Tina Tran, MD, Johns Hopkins University  Maggie Jeffries, MD, Avanti Anesthesia  George Dumas, MD, University of Alabama
12:15-1:30 pm	Lunch Break
1:30-2:45 pm	Break Out Groups  - Electronic Medical Records: John Hitchens, CRNA, Open Source Anesthesia Electronic Medical Record  - Anticoagulants and Eye Surgery: Elaine Liew, MD, FRCA, University of California-Los Angeles
2:45-4:45 pm	Hands-On Workshop with Pig Eyes & Cadaver Heads   Chandra Kumar, MB BS, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital   Steven Gayer, MD, MBA, University of Miami  Maggie Jeffries, MD, Avanti Anesthesia   Gary Cass, MD, Tampa Eye and Specialty Surgery Center
4:45-6:30 pm	Networking

Sunday, September 15

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	Dementia and Cataract Surgery  Chandra Kumar, MB BS, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
8:30-9:00 am	Preanesthetic Evaluation of the Medically-Complex Pediatric Patient for Ophthalmologic Surgery  Lisa Lee, MD, University of California-Los Angeles
9:00-9:15 am	Coffee Break   Poster & Exhibit Hall
9:15-9:45 am	JCAHO Compliance Trends  Elethia Dean, RN, PhD, ASC Compliance
9:45-10:15 am	Perioperative Anesthesia Outcomes Following Eye Surgery  Gundappa Neelakanta, MD, University of California-Los Angeles
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 12.25 Class A CE credits; Code Number 1038179; Expiration Date 9/15/2019.