Description
The Comprehensive 2025 Anesthesiology Update
Cardiac, Regional, Office-Based, Thoracic, Obstetric, Neuro, and Pediatric
Anesthesiology Update will be held on May 5–9, 2025. You have the option to attend either online, as the course is live-streamed, or in person in Boston, MA.
In the past year, there have been a number of very significant clinical changes that affect the practice of anesthesiology. This comprehensive CME program provides a special and timely opportunity for anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, and others with an interest in the field to hear directly from world-renowned specialists and master clinicians about these changes.
The curriculum at Anesthesiology Update 2025 ensures not only that attendees leave with a comprehensive understanding of the latest advances, risk mitigation strategies, and anesthesiology guidelines but also with specific recommendations to incorporate these updates into practice.
The format is engaging and attendees are encouraged to pose questions of the national and international experts who will be delivering the updates and education at this event.
Updates, best practices and new guidelines cover:
- Teamwork and Patient Safety
- Recommendations from the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
- Advances in Transfusion Practices and Blood Conservation
- Space Medicine
- Perioperative Gabapentinoids
- Artificial Intelligence in Anesthesia Delivery
- Brain Health
- End-of-Life Care
- Brain Death and Organ Donation
- Maternal Infections
- Management of the Impossible Airway
- Nerve Blocks: Minimizing Complications
- Integrating Technology for Postpartum Hemorrhage Management
- Point-of-Care Cardiac and Lung Ultrasound
- Hemodynamic Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients
- Malpractice Case Review
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Participants will take away important guidelines and checklists that they can put to immediate use in their anesthesia practice.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
2025 Guidelines, New Innovations, Challenging Cases, and State-of-the-Art Clinical and Patient Safety Updates in the Areas of:
- Regional anesthesia
- Cardiac anesthesia
- Critical care medicine
- Ambulatory anesthesia, office-based anesthesia, NORA
- Pediatric anesthesia
- Obstetric anesthesia
- Thoracic anesthesia
- Perioperative transfusion medicine
- Neuroanesthesia
- Pain management
- Patient safety and risk reduction
- Enhanced recovery after surgery
OPTIMIZED FOR IN-PERSON and REMOTE EDUCATION
The 2025 program has been enhanced for both in-person and distance learning. In addition to being held live in Boston, all sessions of the core course will be live streamed and recorded. The recordings will be made available to participants for online viewing for 60 days after the end of the course.
Schedule
Monday, May 5, 2025
Sugantha Sundar, MD
Elevating Quality of Care in the Perioperative Arena
Moderator: Keira P. Mason, MD
Jaideep Pandit, MA, BM, DPhil, FRCA, FFPMRCA, DM
James P. Rathmell, MD, MBA
Daniel I. Sessler, MD
Shawna Pandya, MD, MSc
Drs. Mason, Pandit, Pandya, Rathmell, and Sessler
Innovations in 2025
Moderator: Sugantha Sundar, MD
Evan Kharasch, MD, PhD
Jaideep Pandit, MA, BM, DPhil, FRCA, FFPMRCA, DM
Evan Kharasch, MD, PhD
Drs. Kharasch, Pandit, and Sundar
Lunch and Learn Roundtable (optional)
Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.
Anastasia Katsiampoura, MD and Sankalp Sehgal, MD
(Limited to a maximum of 25 participants.)
Cutting-Edge Topics
Moderator: Assia T. Valovska, MD
Keyvan Karkouti, MD, FRCPC, MSc
Susan Goobie, MD, FRCPC
Keyvan Karkouti, MD, FRCPC, MSc
Drs. Goobie, Karkouti, and Valovska
Practice Parameters: Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
Moderator: Sugantha Sundar, MD
Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH
Elizabeth Rebello, MD, FACHE, FASA, CPPS, CMQ
Steven Greenberg, MD
Drs. Greenberg, Methangkool, and Rebello
Drs. Greenberg, Methangkool, Rebello, and Sundar
Course Reception
Join colleagues and faculty for networking and refreshments
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
The High-Risk Obstetric Patient: Evidence-Based Practice
Moderator: Philip Hess, MD
Philip Hess, MD
Emily Naoum, MD
Lawrence Tsen, MD
Michaela K. Farber, MD, MS
Drs. Farber, Hess, Naoum, and Tsen
Airway Management in 2025
Moderator: Sugantha Sundar, MD
Ellen O’Sullivan, MD, FRCA, FCAI, FCPSP(Hon), FCANECSA(Hon)
Shawna Pandya, MD, MSc
Ellen O’Sullivan, MD, FRCA, FCAI, FCPSP(Hon), FCANECSA(Hon)
Drs. Ellen O’Sullivan, Pandya, and Sundar
Lunch and Learn Roundtable (optional)
Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.
Ion Hobai, MD, PhD
(Roundtable limited to a maximum of 25 participants.)
Clinical Conundrums: Session 1
Moderator: Assia T. Valovska, MD
Beverley A. Orser, OOnt, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCAHS, FRSC
Douglas Shook, MD
Beverley A. Orser, OOnt, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCAHS, FRSC
Drs. Orser, Shook, and Valovska
Clinical Conundrums: Session 2
Moderator: Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC
Gennadiy Fuzaylov, MD
J onah Rubin, MD
Michael G. Fitzsimons, MD
Houman Javedan, MB ChB
Drs. Fitzsimons, Fuzaylov, Javedan, Mountjoy, and Rubin
Optional Evening Activity
Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.
Susan Vassallo, MD and Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC
(Limited to 50 in-person attendees)
Includes transportation and refreshments
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Thinking Outside the Box
Moderator: Sugantha Sundar, MD
Monty Mythen, MD, FRCA, FFICM
Jamie Sparling, MD
Monty Mythen, MD, FRCA, FFICM
Drs. Mythen, Sparling, and Sundar
Implications of Artificial Intelligence in the Perioperative Setting: Here to Stay
Moderator: Samir Kendale, MD
Hannah Lonsdale, MBChB
Alan F. Simpao, MD, MBI
Samir Kendale, MD
Ornella Piazza, MD
Drs. Kendale, Lonsdale, Piazza, and Simpao
Lunch and Learn Roundtable (optional)
Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.
Michael H. Li, MBBS, MPHTM, GCCT, FANZCA
(Roundtable limited to a maximum of 25 participants.)
Rapid-Fire Session
Moderator: Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC
Arthur R. Formanek, MD
Riccardo Pinciroli, MD
Louisa J. Palmer, MBBS
Aidan Sharkey, MD
Drs. Formanek, Mountjoy, Palmer, Pinciroli, and Sharkey
Regional Anesthesia: Making It Safer
Moderator: Kamen Vlassakov, MD
Vishal Uppal, MBBS, MSc, FRCA
Kamen Vlassakov, MD
Vishal Uppal, MBBS, MSc, FRCA
Brinda Kamdar, MD
Drs. Kamdar, Uppal, and Vlassakov
Optional Evening Workshop
Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.
Karen Boretsky, MD and Kamen V. Vlassakov, MD
(Limited to 50 in-person attendees)
Includes dinner
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Clinical Practice Impact
Moderator: Keira P. Mason, MD
Daniel I. Sessler, MD
Darren F. Hight, PhD
Donal J. Buggy, DSc, MD, MSc, FRCPI, FFSEM, FRCA, FESA-IC, FCAI
Darren F. Hight, PhD
Drs. Buggy, Hight, Mason, and Sessler
Care of the Critically Ill Patient
Moderator: Keira P. Mason, MD
Christian Wunder, DEAA
Ornella Piazza, MD
Christian Wunder, DEAA
Drs. Mason, Piazza, and Wunder
Lunch and Learn Roundtable (optional)
Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.
Rohesh Fernando, MD
(Roundtable limited to a maximum of 25 participants.)
Critical Thinking
Moderator: Sugantha Sundar, MD
Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA
Satya Krishna Ramachandran, MD, MBA
Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA
Drs. Kheterpal, Ramachandran, and Sundar
Keeping Our Children Safe
Moderator: Jeremi R. Mountjoy, MD, FRCPC
Jennifer Dearden, MD
Karen Boretsky, MD
Monica Kleinman, MD
Lynne Ferrari, MD
Keira P. Mason MD
Drs. Boretsky, Dearden, Ferrari, Kleinman, Mason, and Mountjoy
Optional Evening Workshop
Available to in-person attendees for an additional fee.
Jennifer Dearden, MD, Bhavani Shankar Kodali, MBBS, MD, FASA, and Stephanie Yacoubian, MD
(Limited to 50 in-person attendees)
Includes dinner
Friday, May 9, 2025
Something Old, Something Current—But Still Very Relevant
Moderator: Keira P. Mason, MD
Robert Holzman, MD
Emery Brown, MD, PhD
Olivia Gosseries, MD
Donal J. Buggy, DSc, MD, MSc, FRCPI, FFSEM, FRCA, FESA-IC, FCAI
Olivia Gosseries, MD
Drs. Brown, Gosseries, Holzman, and Mason
End-of-Life Care
Moderator: Yuan-Chi Lin, MD, MPH
Ornella Piazza, MD
Richard E. Leiter, MD, MA
Natsu (Fukui) Matsuya, MD
Lannie C. Santo, MD, MPH
Sue Morris, PsyD
Drs. Leiter, Lin, Matsuya, Morris, Piazza, and Santo
Sugantha Sundar, MD
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