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Welcome! Please find the current preliminary program for the 2025 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 - Feb 25      Thu - Feb 26      Fri - Feb 27      Sat - Feb 28   

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2026

8:00 - 4:00 PM
SUMMIT PRECOURSE
BACK TO BASICS: COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION
Chair/Organizer: Rebecca Gerlach, MD, Angela Edwards, MD, DFPM
Hill Country A-C

8:00
Introduction
Rebecca Gerlach, MD University of New Mexico

8:10
Anesthesia for Non-Anesthesiologists
Cheryl Orr, MD Barton Health

8:30
Basic Diagnostic Testing
Elena Koepke, MD MedStar Health

8:50
Ischemic Cardiac Disease
Steven Cohn, MD University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

9:20
Postoperative Complications
Heather Nye, MD, PhD University of California, San Francisco

9:40
Coffee Break

10:00
Nonischemic Cardiac Disease
Angela Selzer, MD, DFPM University of Colorado

10:30
Endocrine Diseases: Diabetes and Thyroid Disease
Dana Oprea, MD Yale School of Medicine

11:00
Neurologic Disease
Joan Irizarry Alvarado, MD, FACP, DFPM Mayo Clinic

11:20
Management of Patient with Chronic Pain
Marjorie Gloff, MD University of Rochester

11:40
Questions and Morning Wrap-Up

12:00
Lunch Break

12:40
Assessment of Liver Disease
Kay Johnson, MD, MPH University of Washington

1:00
Pulmonary Risk Assessment & Management
Abhijai Singh, MD Medical College of Wisconsin

1:30
Patients with Renal Disease
Angela Edwards, MD, DFPM UNC Health Systems

1:50
Anemia
BobbieJean Sweitzer, MD1, 2 1Inova Health . 2University of Virginia

2:10
Coffee Break

2:30
Medication Management
Kenneth Cummings, MD, DFPM Cleveland Clinic

3:00
Considerations for Geriatric Patients
Healther Lander, MD University of Rochester

3:20
Hematologic Concerns: Bleeding Disorders
Barbara Slawski, MD, MS Medical College of Wisconsin

8:00 - 12:00 PM
MEETING
FELLOWSHIP MEETING (BY INVITATION ONLY)
Big Bend

12:30 - 5:30 PM
SUMMIT PRECOURSE
POP 200: DEVELOPING AND GROWING A PERIOPERATIVE PROGRAM
Chair/Organizer: Hollis Ray, MD
Big Bend

12:30
Introduction
Hollis Ray, MD, DFPM Novant Health

12:45
Change Management
Sunil Sahai, MD University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

1:15
POP in Community and Non-Academic Hospitals
Hollis Ray, MD, DFPM Novant Health

1:45
Q&A

2:00
Clinic Staffing Models
Joan Irizarry Alvarado, MD, FACP, DFPM Mayo Clinic

2:30
Administrative Metrics
Marjorie Gloff, MD University of Rochester

3:00
Q&A

3:15
Coffee Break

3:30
Quality Metrics
Angela Selzer, MD, DFPM University of Colorado

4:00
POP Quality and Beyond
David Hepner, MD, MPH1, 2 1Brigham and Womenrs Hospital . 2Harvard Medical School

4:30
Q&A

4:45
Panel Discussion and Share Your POP Challenges (All Faculty)




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