2021 Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA

ANESTHESIOLOGY 2021

Sunset in San Diego

October 8 - 12 2021, San Diego, CA

 

Special Sessions (In-person)

SPE08
WLM History Panel: Untold Stories of Anesthesia in the Second World War: Part I

Sunday, October 10th
7:30-8:30 AM
Location: Upper 25ABC

Jane Moon, MD  - Lt. Col. Henry K. Beecher: Science Meets Practice during World War II 

SPE15
Best of Abstracts: Basic Science

Sunday, October 10th
9:45-11:45 AM
Location: Upper 9

BOS06 – 15-HETE Induces Pulmonary Hypertension: The Role of the Inhibitory Protein AP15 

Gregoire Ruffenach, PhD, Ellen O'Connor, BS, Srinivasa Reddy, PhD, Mansoureh Eghbali, PhD 

 

BOS07 – Intrathecal Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition Attenuates Pulmonary Hypertension and Rescues Right Ventricular Failure in Rats 

Asif Razee, MS, Somanshu Banerjee, PhD, Michael Zargari, BS, Soban Umar, MD, PhD 

 

BOS08 – Nifedipine Binding to the Skeletal L-type Cav1.1 Channel Remodels its Voltage-sensing Apparatus 

Marina Angelini, PhD, Nicoletta Savalli, PhD, Federica Steccanella, PhD, Riccardo Olcese, PhD 

SPE18
FAER/eSAS: MSARF/RSP Symposium

Sunday, October 10th
1:00-4:30 PM

Preoperative Sleep Disturbance, not Mini-Cog, predicts postoperative delirium in geriatric surgical patients scheduled for elective non-cardiac surgery 

Cecilia Canales, MD, MPH, Sharon Feinberg, RN, Victor Duval, MD, Sumit Singh, MD, Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD 

SPE20
Emery A. Rovenstine Lecture: Ever Eger: My Love Affair with Anesthesia

Monday, October 11th
8:00-9:15 AM

Daniel Cole, MD, FASA – Distinguished Service Award (DSA) 

 

Oral Presentation (VIRTUAL)

Session

Date / Time / Location

Abstract # / Title / Authors

OR01-1
Ambulatory Anesthesia

Saturday, October 9th
7:45-8:45 AM
(VIRTUAL)

A1004 – Novel Non-opioid Anesthetic Mixture more Effective than Opioid-based 6-2-2 for Ocular Block and Ophthalmic Surgery 

Sergey Progushev, MD, Sarah Colosimo, CRNA, Gloria Nakyeyune, CRNA, Zhuang T. Fang, MD 

OR04-1
Clinical Circulation

Saturday, October 9th
10:15-11:15 AM
(VIRTUAL)

A1016 – The Relationship between Intraoperative Hypotension and Postoperative Mortality in Liver Transplantation 

Libing Wang, MD, Christine C. Myo, MD, Ira S. Hofer, MD, Eilon Gabel, MD, Victor Xia, MD 

OR09-1
Experimental Circulation

Sunday, October 9th
1:15-2:15 PM
(VIRTUAL)

A1037 – Small Leucine-rich Proteoglycan Asporin Represses Cardiac and Pulmonary Fibroblast Activation 

Lejla Medzikovic, PhD, Laila Aryan, BA, Gregoire N. Ruffenach, PhD, Mansoureh Eghbali, PhD 

 

A1039 – Knockdown of Snai1 Rescues Pulmonary Hypertension-induced Right Ventricular Failure in Rats by Inhibiting Endothelial-to-mesenchymal-transition, Chromatin Remodeling and Fibrosis via LoxI2 Mediated Mechanism 

Soban Umar, MD, PhD, Varina R. Clark, BS, John F. Park, MD, PhD, Somanshu Banerjee, PhD

OR16-1
Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain I

Saturday, October 9th
2:30-3:30 PM
(VIRTUAL)

A1060 – Posterior Quadratus Lumborum Block in Myomectomy: A Randomized, Controlled Trial 

Christopher Little, MD, Natale Naim, MD, Tristan Grogan, MS, Pamela A. Chia, MD 

OR19-1
Perioperative Medicine I

Saturday, October 9th
3:45-4:45 PM
(VIRTUAL)

A1072 – Identification of Risk Factors for New Persistent Opioid Use after Surgery 

Gia Pittet, Bunyamin Ozaydin, Honorio T. Benzon, Siamak Rahman, Theodora E. Wingert, Maxime Cannesson 

OR08-2
Equipment, Monitoring and Engineering Technology II

Sunday, October 10th
7:30-8:30 AM
(VIRTUAL)

A2010 – Preliminary In Vivo Quantitative Assessment of a Novel Aerosol Containment Device in an Operating Room Theatre 

Sebastian Kwon, MD, MS, John Shin, MD, Liqiao Li, MS, Muchuan Niu, MS, Haoxuan Chen, PhD, Yifang Zhu, PhD, Peyton Tebon, BS, Tristan Grogan, MS, Soban Umar, MD, PhD, Nir Hoftman, MD 

OR13-2
Information Management and Database Research II

Sunday, October 10th
10:00-11:00 AM
(VIRTUAL)

A2044 – Defining Gender and Race/ethnicity-specific Laboratory Reference Ranges and its Impact on Predicting Post-operative Acute Kidney Injury and Mortality Outcomes 

Andrew Lee, MS, Ira S. Hofer, MD, Tristan Grogan, MS

OR10-2
Experimental Neurosciences II: TBI, CVA, POD

Monday, October 11th
1:15-2:15 PM
(VIRTUAL)

A3001 – A De Novo, Gain-of-function Mutation In CaV1.2 Channel Pore Is Associated With Developmental Delay And Seizures 

Nicoletta Savalli, PhD, Federica Steccanella, PhD, Niroshi T. Senaratne, PhD, Michela Ottolia, PhD, Sulagna Saitta, MD, PhD, Riccardo Olcese, PhD 

 

eAbstract Poster Presentations

 

Session

Date / Time / Location

Abstract # / Title / Authors

EA01-1
Ambulatory Anesthesia

Saturday, October 9th
7:45-3:45 PM
(VIRTUAL)

A4001 – The Novel 6-2-2 Sedation Method: Safe in the Elderly and Morbidly Obese Patients for Ocular Blocks and Ophthalmic Surgery 

Zhuang-Ting Fang, MD, FASA, Christopher Weitekamp, CRNA, Jennifer Katsura, CRNA, Ralph Cabrera, CRNA 

 

A4002 – Safety and Efficacy of Rapid, Patient-tailored Sedation Method with Dense Analgesia, Patent Airway, and Stable Hemodynamics 

Theodora Wingert, MD, Alan Zamora, CRNA, Natalia Macdougall, CRNA, Allison Leveque, CRNA, Zhuang T. Fang, MD, FASA 

EA05-1
Clinical Neurosciences

Saturday, October 9th
7:45-3:45 PM
(VIRTUAL)

A4031 – Brain Tissue Changes after Lung Transplantation in Adults 

Matthew Vandiver, MD, PhD, Bhaswati Roy, PhD, Rajesh Kumar, PhD 

EA19-1
Perioperative Medicine

Saturday, October 9th
7:45-3:45 PM
(VIRTUAL)

A4291 - Transcriptomic Analysis Of Thoracic Spinal Cords In Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension Reveals Novel Targets
 

A4203 – Drug Price and Policy Knowledge Influence Prescription Behavior in Orphan Disease: Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma as Prototypes of Orphan Drug Econometrics 

Danny Le, BS, Joe C. Hong, MD, Jason Lee, MD, Joseph S. Meltzer, MD, Elaine A. Boydston, MD, Tristan Grogan, MS, Nirav V. Kamdar, MD, MBA

 

Medically Challenging Case Presentations

Session

Date / Time / Location

Abstract # / Title / Authors

MCC01
Medically Challenging Cases I

Saturday, October 9th
1:00-3:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall

MC1105 (1:50 – 2:00 PM) – Anesthetic Management of VV-ECMP Patient Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy 

Peter Schnaak, MD, Marisa Hernandez-Morgan, MD 

 

MC1140 (2:00 – 2:10 PM) – Use of Regional Anesthesia in the Setting of Hypertropic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy 

Mariam Sarwary, MD, Pamela Chia, MD, MS, Natale Naim, MD 

 

MC1168 (2:20 – 2:30 PM) – Asleep-awake-asleep Craniotomy in a Patient with Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Block 

Libing Wang, MD, Joe Hong, MD 

 

MC1221 (2:50 – 3:00 PM) – Post-operative Cardiac Arrest after Transurethral Resection of the Prostate 

Vivian Wung, MD, Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD

 

MCC02
Medically Challenging Cases II 

Sunday, October 10th
7:30-9:30 AM
Location: Exhibit Hall

MC2081 (Monitor 01 – 8:10 – 8:20 AM) - Successful Resection of Thyroid Cancer Involving the Trachea and Cricoid Cartilage: Complex Ventilation Strategy and Constant Intraoperative Communication 

Karen Sibert, MD, Libing Wang, MD 

 

MC2108 (8:20 – 8:30 AM) – Anesthesia for Inferior Vena Cava Resection in Patient with Carcinoid Syndrome 

Alexonder Tran, MD, Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD 

 

MC2110 (8:20 – 8:30 M) – Acetazolamide Associated Acute Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis, A Case Report 

John Shin, MD, Samrawit Abraha, MD, Craig Flath, MD 

 

MC2111 (8:20 – 8:30 AM) – Lumbar Epidural Considerations in a Patient with Lamellar Icthyosi

Ryan Gamlin, MD, Sapna Satyanarayan-Victor, MD  

MCC03
Medically Challenging Cases III

Sunday, October 10th
10:00-12 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall

MC2352 (10:50 – 11:00 AM) – Rapid Metabolism of Local Anesthetic during Labor Epidural 

Tanner Tripp, MD, Pamela Chia, MD, MS, Phillip Morway, MD 

MCC06
Medically Challenging Cases VI

Monday, October 11th
1:00-3:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall

MC3245 (Monitor 11 – 1:00 – 1:10 PM) - Consideration Of Patient Personal Well-being In Anesthesia Planning: Anesthesia Management For A Combined Scleral Buckle And Vitrectomy In A 40 Year-old, G5p0 Woman 

Andrew Sikorsky, MD, Zhuang Fang, MD 

 

MC3251 (1:10 – 1:20 PM) – A Red Herring and a Legendary Case: Healthy Young Female Presents with Hallucinations and Winds up on ECMO 

Maryte Gylys, MD, MBA, Logan Woodhouse, MD, Kasey Grewe, MD, Christopher Ortiz, MD, PhD, Matthew Vandiver, MD, PhD 

 

MC3330 (1:50 – 2:00 PM) – Anesthesia for Tracheoplasty in Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome 

Nicole Nguyen, BS, Benjamin Kwittken, MD, Jason Lee, MD 

 

MC3439 (2:50 – 3:00 PM) – Anesthetic Considerations when Common Anesthetics are Contraindicated 

Douglas Campbell, MD, Pamela Chia, MD, MS 

Quality Improvement Projects

Session

Date / Time / Location

Abstract # / Title / Authors

QI01 
Quality Improvement Projects

Sunday, October 10th
3:30-5:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall

Q2030 (4:10 – 4:20 PM) – Recycling in the Era of COVID-19 

Tanner Trip, MD, Shanpeng Li, MD, MS, Linda Li, MD 

 

Q2071 (4:20 – 4:30 PM) – Quality Improvement: Enhancing Regional Anesthesia Experience for Patients, Surgeons, and the Acute Pain Service 

Pamela Chia, MD, MS, John Kleinman, MD 

 

Q2140 (4:50 – 5:00 PM) – Reduction of Perioperative Blood Transfusion during Liver Transplantation 

Christina Ma, MD, Joseph DiNorcia, MD, MS, Christopher Wray, MD, Victor Xia, MD, Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD 

 

Point-Counterpoint (In-Person)

Session

Date / Time / Location

Abstract # / Title / Authors

PC01
Peer Review: Does it Improve Patient Care and Safety?

Saturday, October 9th
7:45-8:45 AM
Location: Upper 6DE

Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH – Peer Review is Necessary for Patient Safety

 

PC02
Scope of Practice: Can a Nurse Anesthetist Really Do My Job?

Saturday, October 9th
10:15-11:15 AM
Location: Upper23ABC

Karen Sibert, MD - Moderator 

 

 

60-Minute Panels (In-Person)

Session

Date / Time / Location

Abstract # / Title / Authors

PN315
Art into Science: The Intersection of Evidence and Pediatric Airway Management in Modern Practice

Monday, October 11th
2:20-3:30 PM
Location: Upper 3

Lisa Lee, MD – Predictors of Difficult or Impossible Mask Ventilation: What Can We Learn from a Machine? 

 

PN401
Through the Looking Glass and Beyond the EEG. In Vivo Imaging of Neuronal Activity During Wakefulness and General Anesthesia

Tuesday, October 12th
7:30-8:30 AM
Location: Upper 8

Andrew Hudson, MD, PhD – Isoflurane differentially affects the activity of parvalbumin and pyramidal neurons in superficial cortical layers in vivo 

 

 

Workshops (In-Person)

 

Session

Date / Time / Location

Abstract # / Title / Authors

807
Electrophysiology: Perioperative CIED Management, Temporary Pacing, Lead Removal, and Left Atrial Implant Devices

Saturday, October 9th
1:00-2:30 PM
Location: Upper 28DE

Jonathan Ho, MD - Moderator 

Andrew Disque, MD, MS – Speaker

808
Basic Critical Care Ultrasonography for the Perioperative Physician

Saturday, October 9th
1:00-2:30 PM
Location: Upper 30ABC

Wolf Kratzert, MD - Speaker

823
Basic Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) Workshop

Sunday, October 10th
9:00-4:00 PM
Location: Upper 30ABC

Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH - Speaker 

825A
Peripheral Nerve Block Workshop: Ultrasound and Simulation

Sunday, October 10th
10:30-12:00 PM
Location: Upper 28DE

Rana Movahedi, MD – Speaker 

825B
Peripheral Nerve Block Workshop: Ultrasound and Simulation

Sunday, October 10th
1:00-2:30 PM
Location: Upper 28DE

Rana Movahedi, MD – Speaker

825C
Peripheral Nerve Block Workshop: Ultrasound and Simulation

Sunday, October 10th
3:15-4:45 PM
Location: Upper 28DE

Rana Movahedi, MD – Speaker

825D
Peripheral Nerve Block Workshop: Ultrasound and Simulation

Monday, October 11th
9:15-10:45 AM
Location: Upper 28DE

Rana Movahedi, MD – Speaker

835
Transthoracic Echocardiography for Everyone

Monday, October 11th
1:00-2:30 PM
Location: Upper 29AB

Jonathan Ho, MD – Speaker 

838
Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound

Monday, October 11th
1:00-4:00 PM
Location: Upper 30DE

Prince Neelankavil, MD – Moderator 

839
Integrating Acupuncture in Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine Workshop

Monday, October 11th
1:00-4:00 PM
Location: Upper 28DE

Eric Hsu, MD 

 

Problem-Based Learning Discussions (In-person)

Session

Date / Time / Location

Abstract # / Title / Authors

L137
Select Opioid Antagonist for Diffuse Body and Joints Pain. An Alternative Modality versus Opioid Agonist

Saturday, October 9th
2:30-3:30 PM
Location: Mezzanine 16AB

Eric Hsu, MD 

L216
Select Opioid Antagonist for Diffuse Body and Joints Pain. An Alternative Modality versus Opioid Agonist?

Sunday, October 10th
8:45-9:45 AM
Location: Mezzanine 16AB

Eric Hsu, MD  

 

Clinical Forum (In-person)

Session

Date / Time / Location

Abstract # / Title / Authors

CF04
Intraoperative Thoracic & Airway Disasters: Don’t Just Stand There, Do Something!

Saturday, October 9th
10:15-11:15 AM
Location: Upper 24ABC

Sophia Poorsattar, MD – Intraoperative Management of Pulmonary Hemorrhage 

 

SNAP Talk (In-person)

Session

Date / Time / Location

Abstract # / Title / Authors

ST212
My Patient is Too Sick for Surgery, but not for NORA? Confronting Challenges to Patient Safety Outside of the OR

Sunday, October 10th
2:30-3:30 PM
Location: Upper 6A

Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH. – Perils of caring for the cardiac patient in NORA 

ST304
Brain Monitoring in 2021: Innovations and Applications

Monday, October 11th
9:30-10:30 AM
Location: Upper 6F

Susana Vacas, MD, PhD - Moderator 

ST308
Do Perioperative Handoffs Really Cause Harm? If So, What Can We Do About It?

Monday, October 11th
2:30-3:30 PM
Location: Upper 2

Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH – Which Handoff should I work on? Intraoperative vs. OR-PACU or OR-ICU Handoffs   

ST309
Performance Metrics for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine: Why and How?

Monday, October 11th
2:30-3:30 PM
Location: Upper 8

James Moore, MD 

ST314
ALERT! What Do I Need to Do About Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring?

Monday, October 11th
3:00-4:00 PM
Location: Upper 6C

Natalie Moreland, MD – Amplitude and Latency – Somatosensory evoked potentials for the general anesthesiologist

ST402
Becoming a #1 Influencer in Anesthesiology: How to Use Social Media for Professional Development

Tuesday, October 12th
7:30-8:30 AM
Location: Upper 3

Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH – Tweeting for Career Advancement: A Practical Guide to Leveraging Social Media   

ST403
The Snap on Meds: Recent Insights into New and Old Perioperative Medications

Tuesday, October 12th
7:30-8:30 AM
Location: Mezzanine 15AB

Jonathan Jahr, MD – Sugammadex: Questions you were afraid to ask and answers you need to know  

 

Other Sessions (In-person)

Session

Date / Time / Location

Abstract # / Title / Authors

MS06
Tips for Residency Program

Saturday, October 9th
1:00-1:50 PM
Location: Upper 33ABC

Jack Buckley, MD – Lead Speaker  

RF11
Program Director Panel Discussion

Saturday, October 9th
4:00-5:00 PM
Location: Upper 32AB

Jack Buckley, MD – Lead Speaker  

 

Interactive Tutorial (In-person)

Session

Date / Time / Location

Abstract # / Title / Authors

IT403
Health Care Disparities in COVID-19: Fighting the Battle of Unconscious Bias and Understanding Privilege in Health Care

Tuesday, October 12th
12:00-3:00 PM
Location: Upper 29CD

Jennifer Lucero, MD, M.A. – Obstetric Anesthesia 
Zarah Antongiorgi, MD – Critical Care 
Robert Eldridge, MD – Critical Care