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Welcome! Please find the current preliminary program for the 2026 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   

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2026

7:00 - 7:30 AM
MEAL
MORNING COFFEE/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Zilker Ballroom Foyer

7:30 - 9:45 AM
LECTURE
SESSION 1
Chair/Organizer: Dana Oprea, MD
Zilker Ballroom 3&4

7:30
Opening Remarks
Dana Oprea, MD Yale School of Medicine

7:40
Updates in Perioperative Medicine
Joan Irizarry Alvarado, MD, FACP, DFPM Mayo Clinic

Heather Lander, MD, DFPM University of Rochester Medical Center

Laura Ostapenko, MD, MPP, DFPM Spectrum Healthcare, Maine Health, Tufts University School of Medicine

8:25
Perioperative Management of Patients with Coronary Stents
Nathaniel Smilowitz, MD, MS NYU Langone

8:55
Q&A

9:05
Perioperative Stroke
Curtis Benesch, MD, MPH University of Rochester School of Medicine

9:35
Q&A

9:45 - 10:05 AM
BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
Zilker Ballroom Foyer

10:05 - 11:45 AM
LECTURE
SESSION 2
Chair/Organizer: Avital O'Glasser, MD, FACP, SFHM, DFPM
Zilker Ballroom 3&4

10:05
You Asked, We Listened! 2024 ACC/AHA Guideline - A Year Later
Emmanuelle Duceppe, MD, PhD, FRCPC University of Montreal

Nathaniel Smilowitz, MD, MS NYU Langone

BobbieJean Sweitzer, MD1, 2 1University of Virginia . 2University of Virginia

10:35
Clinical Pearls in Perioperative Cardiac Imaging
Nathaniel Smilowitz, MD, MS NYU Langone

10:55
Q&A

11:00
POCUS in Perioperative Care- Pro/Con
Angela Selzer, MD, FASA, DFPM University of Colorado

Josh Zimmerman, MD, MD, FASE University of Utah

11:40
Q&A

12:00 - 1:00 PM
MEETING
COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING
Hill Country A


LITERATURE REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING
Hill Country D


PERIOPERATIVE COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE COMMITTEE MEETING
Big Bend

12:05 - 12:50 PM
CORPORATE SYMPOSIA
CORPORATE LUNCH SPONSORED BY QVENTUS
Zilker Ballroom 3&4

12:05
From Guidelines and Recommendation to Clinical Practice: Operationalizing Perioperative Care Coordination at Scale
Lisa Burgin, MSN, RN, FNP, Amber Chappell, BSN, RN HonorHealth

1:15 - 3:10 PM
LECTURE
SESSION 3
Chair/Organizer: Garret Weber, MD
Zilker Ballroom 3&4

1:15
Postoperative Complications
Emmanuelle Duceppe, MD, PhD, FRCPC University of Montreal

1:45
Q&A

1:55
Clinical Pearls in Perioperative Neurology
Curtis Benesch, MD, MPH University of Rochester School of Medicine

2:15
Q&A

2:20
Perioperative Pulmonary Disease-Risk Assessment and Optimization
Kurt Pfeifer, MD, SFHM, FACP, DFPM Medical College of Wisconsin

2:45
Q&A

2:50
Perioperative Management of Patients Taking SGLT2 inhibitors
Basma Mohamed, MBChB Duke University School of Medicine

3:05
Q&A

3:10 - 3:40 PM
LECTURE
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION
Chair/Organizer: Garret Weber, MD
Zilker Ballroom 3&4

3:10
Preoperative sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors provide mortality benefit among patients with type 2 diabetes and heart failure
Una E. Choi1, Adriana Oprea2, BobbieJean Sweitzer3, David L. Hepner1 1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. 2Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. 3Inova Health System, Fairfax, VA

3:20
Impact of Health Literacy on Postoperative Pain and Opioid Use Following Lower Extremity Arthroplasty
Brittany R. Fennell1, Thomas R. Vetter2, T. Mark Beasley3, Amandiy N. Liwo2 1UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA. 2UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicne, Birmingham, AL, USA. 3UAB School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics, Birmingham, AL, USA

3:30
Pre-operative Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist (GLP-1RA) Use and the Risk of New Onset Atrial Fibrillation during the Post-operative Period of Noncardiac Surgery in Older Adults
Anna Zhang1, Rong Xu2, David Kaelber3, 4, Pauline Terebuh2 1Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA. 2Center for Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA. 3The Center for Clinical Informatics Research and Education, The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH, USA. 4The Departments of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

3:40 - 4:00 PM
BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
Zilker Ballroom Foyer

4:05 - 4:50 PM
BREAKOUT SESSION
BREAKOUT SESSION 1A: PERIOPERATIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
Big Bend

Perioperative Medication Management
Kenneth Cummings, MD, MS, DFPM Cleveland Clinic

Sunil Sahai, MD University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Christopher Whinney, MD, FACP, SFHM Cleveland Clinic


BREAKOUT SESSION 1B: PERIOPERATIVE ANTICOAGULATION
Zilker Ballroom 3&4

Perioperative Anticoagulation
Paul Grant, MD University of Michigan

Scott Kaatz, DO, MSc Henry Ford Health

Angela Selzer, MD, FASA, DFPM University of Colorado


BREAKOUT SESSION 1C: INVISIBLE FRAILTY
Hill Country C

Invisible Frailty
Joan Irizarry Alvarado, MD, FACP, DFPM Mayo Clinic

Heather Nye, MD, PhD University of California, San Francisco

Edie Shen, MD, DFPM University of Washington


BREAKOUT SESSION 1D: CARDIAC CONUNDRUMS
Hill Country D

Cardiac Conundrums
Steven Cohn, MD, MACP, SFHM, FRCP University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Emmanuelle Duceppe, MD, PhD, FRCPC University of Montreal

Kurt Pfeifer, MD, SFHM, FACP, DFPM Medical College of Wisconsin


BREAKOUT SESSION 1E: EDUCATION IN PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE - CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
Hill Country B

Education in Perioperative Medicine - Curriculum Development and Implementation
Angela Edwards, MD, DFPM, FASA University of North Carolina Health Systems

Marjorie Gloff, MD University of Rochester


BREAKOUT SESSION 1F: ANESTHESIA FOR THE NON-ANESTHESIOLOGIST
Hill Country A

Anesthesia for the Non-Anesthesiologist
David Hepner, MD, MPH1, 2 1Brigham and Women's Hospital . 2Harvard Medical School

Debra Pulley, M. D. Washington University in St. Louis

Richard Urman, MD, MBA The Ohio State University

5:00 - 6:30 PM
POSTER SESSION
POSTER SESSION & WELCOME RECEPTION (click to view)
Zilker Ballroom 1