TIME ACTIVITY SPEAKERS
8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Pediatric Anesthesia Parallel Session
5.75 CME credit hours
5.75 MOCA®/MOCA® 2.0 credit hours
2.0 Ethics credit hours
8:00 - 8:15 a.m. Introduction Elizabeth Rossmann Beel, MD
8:15 - 10:00 a.m. Pediatric Anesthesiology: Daily Dilemmas
and Everyday Problems
Moderator: Megha S. Patel, MD
8:15 - 8:35 a.m. Pediatric Obesity & Bariatric Surgery Rhae E. Battles, MD
8:35 - 8:55 a.m. Epidurals & the NICU Vishwas Seshachellam, DO
8:55 - 9:15 a.m. Unique Aspects and Challenges of Practicing Pediatric
Anesthesia at a Non-Children’s Hospital		 Dina E. Ford, MD
9:15 - 9:45 a.m. Premedication: Pharmacologic vs. Non
-Pharmacologic Options		 Nicholas Rojas, MD
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Q & A
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 - 11:20 a.m. Perioperative Planning: New Perioperative
Medications & Emerging Challenges
Moderator: Alissa D. Doll, MD
10:30 - 10:50 a.m. Novel Oral Anti-Coagulants (NOACs): What You Need
to Know		 Evelyn M. Griffin, MD
10:50 - 11:10 a.m. GLP1 Agonists/SGLT2 Inhibitors: How for How Long? Julie M. Mani, MD
11:10 - 11:20 a.m. Q & A Maria E. Matuszcak, MD
11:20 - 12:20 p.m. • Ethics of Artificial Intelligence & Healthcare
Moderator: Priscilla J. Garcia, MD, MHA, FASA
Presenter: Parag N. Jain, MD
12:20 - 12:30 p.m. Q & A
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. Who's Got the Button?
Pediatric Anesthesia Jeopardy
Moderator: Lisa A. Caplan, MD
Presenter: Ali Hassanpour, MD
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. • Difficult Conversations
Moderator: Elizabeth Rossmann Beel, MD
Presenter: James Banfield, MD
2:30 - 2:45 p.m. Q & A
2:45 - 3:20 p.m. Interesting Case Files Moderator:
Rita Saynhalath, MD
Presenters:
Dair T. Chevalier, MD
Aveline P. Jerome, MD
Jodi-Ann M. Oliver, MD
3:20 - 3:30 p.m. Q & A
3:30 p.m. Conclusion of Pediatric Parallel Session