Welcome 

Remimazolam & Other Sedation Techniques

Zhuang T. Fang, MD, MSPH, FASA, Medical Director, UCLA Stein Surgical Center, Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Blocks: The Future of Residency Education and Training; Why YOU Need to do Them and a Primer on How

Maggie Jeffries, MD, Board Certified Anesthesiologist, Avanti Anesthesia, President, Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society, President, Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society, Houston, TX

Keynote Presentation - Toxicity to the Extraocular Muscles from Local Anesthetics: Double Vision

David L. Guyton, MD, Krieger Professor of Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins University, The Krieger Children's Eye Center at the Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Office-Based Cataract Surgery - Where is This Leading?

Anna Edmiston, MD, Medical Director, ClearSight LASIK & Lens, Plano, TX

Hot Topics in Anesthesia Revenue Cycle Management

Rhonda K. Koehn, CPC, CPPM, Sr. Director Revenue Optimization, Copractica, Dallas, TX

Wellness & Burnout in Anesthesia Care

Keren Ziv, MD, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Anesthesia Considerations for Open Globe Injuries

Neil Masters, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL

Time is Money $$$: The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle in Action, An Interactive Session

Tina P. Tran, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Dessert Break

Panel: Controversies in the Operating Room

Chiewlin Liew, MD, FRCA, Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Peri-operative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Maggie Jeffries, MD, Board Certified Anesthesiologist, Avanti Anesthesia, President, Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society, President, Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society, Houston, TX

Update on the Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education

Robert E. Morris, MD, President, Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education, Birmingham, AL

Member Meeting

The Importance of Grassroots Advocacy

Sidney Gicheru, MD, Medical Director, LaserCare Eye Center, Associate Secretary, State Affairs Secretariat, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chair, Communications Advisory Committee, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Dallas, TX

Glaucoma Update

Arvind Neelakantan, MD, Glaucoma Center of Texas, Dallas, TX 

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Panel: Challenging Conditions in the Operating Room

Matt Springer, DNAP, CRNA, Lincoln Surgical Hospital & DreamMaker Anesthesia, Lincoln, NE 

Vinodkumar Singh, MD, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL

Ultrasound for Eye Blocks

Howard Palte, MD, Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL

Pediatrics Case Studies – When Things Don’t Go Well

Christine Trieu, MD, FAAP, FASA, Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Manpower Challenges & Trends in Anesthesia

Christopher Cook, DO, Anesthesia and Acute Pain Experts, Plano, TX

Fire Safety in Oculoplastics
Abdisalam Hassan, MD, PGY-2, UCLA Health, Department of Anesthesiology
Los Angeles, CA

Jeanine E. Naegle, MD, UCLA Health, Department of Anesthesiology, Los Angeles, CA

Malignant Hyperthermia Update

Bridget Krol-Prabhu, MD, PGY-2, UCLA Health, Department of Anesthesiology, Los Angeles, CA

Dorothea Hall, MD, UCLA Health, Department of Anesthesiology, Los Angeles, CA

Medical Malpractice - Cases to Learn From

Richard Bays, JD, MBA, RN, LNCC, MCP-C, LCP-C, MSA-C, Firmen Group, LLC, McKinney, TX 

Panel: Tips & Tricks to Save Money and Increase Efficiency

Brenton Rains, CRNA, Sarasota, FL

Matt Springer, DNAP, CRNA, Lincoln Surgical Hospital & DreamMaker Anesthesia, Lincoln, NE

Kayla Schneeweiss-Keene, BSN, RN, CASC, ASC Administrator, Mann Eye Institute, Houston, TX

Evening Event