TSA NewsletterSpring 2012

Date:
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Moderators:
Girish P. Joshi, M.D. & Tim M. Bittenbinder, M.D.

7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ will be provided
1 ETHICS

Target Audience:
Physicians practicing in the areas of anesthesiology, pain management and intensive care.

Location:
Sheraton Dallas
2nd Floor, Lone Star A3

TMA REGISTRATION FEE SCHEDULE

TMA Members:
TMA Members' medical office personnel:

$0
$75

$125
$200

BACK IN THE “BIG D”

TexMed 2012 will be held at the Sheraton Dallas located in the heart of downtown. Make your reservations no later than April 23, 2012 to receive the special TMA rate!.

Sheraton Dallas
400 North Olive Street
Dallas, TX 75201

Room Rate: $159 single/double

Reservations: Call (800) 325-3535

Parking:
Sheraton Garage Self-Parking $10 per day
(in/out privileges for hotel guest)

INTERIM MEETING SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM—SCHEDULE

9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Tim M. Bittenbinder, MD
Girish P. Joshi, MD, Dallas

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Don Berwick’s Triple Aim:
Is it Relevant to the Anesthesiologist? (ETHICS)
Michael E. Hofk amp, MD, Temple

10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
The Preoperative Anesthesia Clinic:
Past and Future
Davide Cattano, MD, PhD, Houston

10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
The Preoperative Anesthesia Clinic:
Past and Future
Davide Cattano, MD, PhD, Houston

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Perioperative Mgmt. of the Geriatric Patient
Cosmin G. Guta, MD, El Paso

12:30 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Anesthetic Management for Hepatic Resection
 Alexander Homes, MD, MS, Houston

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2:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Blood Transfusion Triggers: An Update
 Faisal N. Masud MD, FCCP, Houston

2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Cardiac Diastolic Dysfunction –
What Is It and Why Is It Important to the
Anesthesiologist?
 Frank J. Villamaria, MD, Temple

3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Continuous Catheter Techniques for Ambulatory
Surgery
Gloria Cheng, MD, Dallas

4:30 p.m.
Adjorn

Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:

  1. Discuss the effect of The Triple Aim: Care, Health, and Cost on anesthesiologists;
  2. Describe the development of preoperative assessment;
  3. Determine the medical and physiological anesthetic implications of obesity;
  4. Review normal pathophysiology that contributes to increased morbidity and mortality;
  5. Discuss hepatic segmental anatomy, physiology and surgical indications and procedures;
  6. Describe patient selection for continuous peripheral nerve blocks for ambulatory surgery;
  7. Describe the importance of diastolic dysfunction as a predictor of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity risk; and
    1. Identify current transfusion practices.

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