16th Annual Virtual Perioperative Medicine Summit

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Conference Program

Welcome! Please find the current preliminary program for the 2021 Virtual Summit listed below. Note that any aspect of this program is subject to change and the below program should not be considered final including presentation timings and poster numbers.

All times listed below are in EASTERN US TIME (EST).

Thu - Mar 04

Fri - Mar 05

Sat - Mar 06

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THURSDAY, MARCH 4

9:50 - 11:45 AM

LECTURE

WELCOME / PLENARY SESSION 1: 2021 PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE UPDATE, PERIOPERATIVE CARDIOVASCULAR CARE
Chair/Organizer: David Hepner

10:00

THE UPDATE: NEW EVIDENCE IN PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE
Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM¹, Paul Grant, MD, FACP, SFHM², Jeanna Blitz, MD³. ¹Medical College of Wisconsin . ²University of Michigan . ³Duke University School of Medicine

10:45

PREOPERATIVE CARDIAC EVALUATION BEYOND THE ACC/AHA GUIDELINES
Joshua Beckman, MD. Vanderbilt University Medical Center

11:15

THE VALUE OF BIOMARKERS DURING PREOPERATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT
Joshua Beckman, MD. Vanderbilt University Medical Center

11:30

Q&A.

12:00 - 1:00 PM

LECTURE

PLENARY SESSION 2: RISK PREDICTION TOOLS, CARDIAC DEVICE MANAGEMENT
Chair/Organizer: Kurt Pfeifer, MD, FACP, SFHM

12:00

RISK PREDICTION TOOLS: RESEARCH VS CLINICAL UTILITY OF BIG DATA
Steven Cohn, MD, MACP, SFHM¹, BobbieJean Sweitzer, MD, FACP², Daniel McIsaac, MD MPH, FRC³, Karl Bilimoria². ¹University of Miami Miller School of Medicine . ²Northwestern University . ³University of Ottawa . ⁴Northwestern University

12:30

CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE DEVICES
Deborah Richman, MBChB, FFA(SA). Stony Brook University

12:45

Q&A.

1:15 - 2:15 PM

SATELLITE SYMPOSIA

CORPORATE SYMPOSIUM SPONSORED BY ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INC

Dr. Niels Martin will present on the burden of life-threatening bleeds related to FXa inhibitors, and focus on the mechanism of action, efficacy and safety of a reversal agent indicated for patients on anticoagulation with life-threatening bleeding.

ANDEXXA COAGULATION FACTOR XA (RECOMBINANT), INACTIVATED - ZHZO
Niels D. Martin, MD^{1, 2}. ¹University of Pennsylvania . ²Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia

2:30 - 4:15 PM

LECTURE

PLENARY SESSION 3: RIGHT HEART FAILURE, SMOKING/VAPING, FAILING FORWARD
Chair/Organizer: Jeanna Blitz, MD

2:30

SMOKING GUN OR HOT AIR: PULMONARY RISK OF TOBACCO USE, CANNABIS, AND VAPING
Avital O'Glasser, MD, FACP, FHM. Oregon Health and Science University

3:00

PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF RIGHT HEART FAILURE
Sasha Shillcutt, MD, MS, FASE. Professor, Cardiac Anesthesiologist, Vice Chair of Strategy and Innovation, University of Nebraska Medical Center

3:30

PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT "FAILING FORWARD"
Sasha Shillcutt, MD, MS, FASE. Professor, Cardiac Anesthesiologist, Vice Chair of Strategy and Innovation, University of Nebraska Medical Center

4:00

Q&A.

4:30 - 6:15 PM

LECTURE

PLENARY SESSION 4: HEALTH DISPARITIES, PERIOPERATIVE ENDOCRINE MANAGEMENT
Chair/Organizer: Angela Selzer, MD

4:30

PRACTICAL PEARLS IN PERIOPERATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
Heather Nye, MD, PhD. University of California, San Francisco

5:00

PANEL: HEALTH DISPARITIES IN PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE
Avital O'Glasser, MD, FACP, FHM¹, Angela Selzer, MD², Obianuju Okocha, MD³. ¹Oregon Health and Science University . ²University of Colorado Medicine . ³Northwestern University

5:30

UPDATES IN PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES
Adriana Oprea, MD. Yale University

6:00

Q&A.

6:30 - 7:30 PM

MEETING

ASK THE EXPERT SESSION

In this Ask the Experts session attendees will have the opportunity to interact with and ask questions of one of the world's leading perioperative researchers, Dr. Duminda Wijeysundera. Dr. Wiijeysundera was a co-author of the 2014 ACC/AHA perioperative CV guidelines and has been a prolific investigator producing many influential studies, including the METS trial. The format of the session will be an open Q&A format where attendees can directly ask questions of Dr. Wijeysundera.

DUMINDA WIJEYSUNDERA, MD, PHD, FRCPC, FAHA.