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Welcome! Please find the current preliminary program for the 2023 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.


  Wed - Mar 13      Thu - Mar 14      Fri - Mar 15      Sat - Mar 16   

THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2024

7:45 - 8:00 AM
WELCOME!
OPENING REMARKS
Chair/Organizer: Kurt Pfeifer, MD, FACP, SFHM, DFPM
Room 1

8:00 - 9:30 AM
LECTURE
SESSION 1
Room 1

8:00
Update in Perioperative Medicine
Jeanna Blitz, MD, FASA, DFPM1, Avital O'Glasser, MD, FACP, SFHM, DFPM2 1Duke University . 2Oregon Health and Science University

8:45
Perioperative Cardiovascular Care: Applying the Latest Evidence
Annemarie Thompson, MD Duke University

9:15
Q&A

9:30 - 10:00 AM
BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
Foyer

10:00 - 11:45 AM
LECTURE
SESSION 2
Room 1

10:00
Management of the Surgical Patient with Neurodegenerative Diseases
Deborah Richman, MB, ChB, FFA(SA) Stony Brook University

10:25
Pulmonary Prehabilitation: How Do We Optimize?
Hollis Ray, MD, DFPM, FHM Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center

10:45
Q&A

11:00
Management of Common Postoperative Complications
Alana Sigmund, MD, FHM Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

11:30
Q&A

11:45 - 1:15 PM
BREAK
LUNCH (ON YOUR OWN)
Foyer

1:15 - 2:00 PM
LECTURE
SESSION 3
Room 1

1:15
Emerging Topics in Perioperative Diabetes Management
Adriana Oprea, MD Yale University

1:45
Debate: Preoperative Testing for Sleep Apnea
Angela Selzer, MD, DFPM1, Kurt Pfeifer, MD, FACP, SFHM, DFPM2 1University of Colorado . 2Medical College of Wisconsin

2:15
Q&A

2:30
Preoperative Goals of Care & Code Status Discussions
Angela Bader, MD, MPH1, Laura Ostapenko, MD, MPP, DFPM2 1Brigham and Women's Hospital . 2West Virginia University

3:00
Q&A

3:15 - 3:45 PM
BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
Foyer

3:45 - 4:30 PM
LECTURE
GO/NO-GO: ADVENTURES IN PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE
Chair/Organizer: Sunil Sahai, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM
Room 1

4:30 - 5:15 PM
LECTURE
ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION
Chair/Organizer: Garret Weber, MD
Room 1

5:45 - 7:15 PM
POSTER SESSION
POSTER SESSION & WELCOME RECEPTION
Room 5