The University of Minnesota Department of Anesthesiology is excited to join our anesthesia colleagues at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA. Many of our faculty, fellows, residents, and several medical students will join others in giving presentations, panel discussions, and poster talks. We invite others to listen in on our presentations and share in anesthesia knowledge.

Residency Open House
Saturday, Oct. 19 |  3-4 & 5-6 pm (ET) | Ballroom A/B, Booth #41 | *Ticket Required
Medical students attending the conference are also encouraged to join us for our residency open house. Hear from our team on what our residency program can offer you and the unique opportunities our program can provide. Speak with current residents and ask any questions you may have about the program.

Career Fair
Saturday, Oct. 19 & Sunday, Oct. 20 | 11:30-1 pm (ET)
Conference attendees can also find us at the career fair on both Saturday and Sunday. Talk with our current faculty and learn what it's like to work at our nationally ranked medical center. We have several current openings with our expanding team.

JJ Buckley Alumni Reception
Saturday, Oct. 19 | 6-8 pm (ET) | Maggiano's Little Italy Restaurant & Bar
Alumni and friends of the Department of Anesthesiology are invited to join us for our annual JJ Buckley Alumni Reception. Reconnect with your former colleagues for an exciting night of socializing and reminiscing.

Schedule


Saturday, Oct. 19
Name Role Session Title Time Location Presentation
Dr. Joyce Wahr Presenter APSF Panel: Medication Errors in the Perioperative Environment - Exploring the Role of Human Factors 9:45-10:45 a.m. (EST) 114  
Dr. Michael Todd Panelist Implementation of Quantitative Neuromuscular Monitoring 9:45-10:45 a.m. (EST) 122B How Do You Convince Providers to Use Quantitative Monitoring When They Firmly Believe It Isn't Needed?
Dr. Kumar Belani Presenter Ambulatory Anesthesia; Change is the Constant 11:00 a.m.-Noon (EST) 117 Artificial Intelligence is Coming to Your Surgery Center
Dr. Ratan Banik PBLD Moderator Medical Students and Residents: What Does the ABA Want You to Know About Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine? 11:00 a.m.-Noon (EST) 126A - (Table 6)  
Dr. Simon Yang Presenter Scientific and Educational Exhibit 1:00-3:00 p.m. (EST) Pennsylvania Convention Center, Broad & Arch Entrance Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: A Primer for Anesthesiologists
Dr. Alex Eddy Presenter Medically Challenging Cases 1:25-1:35 p.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - (Monitor 3) Anesthetic Management for LVAD Placement in 19 Year Old Patient with Alstrom Syndrome
Dr. Kumar Belani Moderator "To delay or not to delay? What to do with a patient who did not withhold their GLP-1 agonist as directed" 1:30-2:30 p.m. (EST) 124  
Dr. Enrique Vergara Escudero Presenter Clinical Circulation I 1:30-2:30 p.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - (Monitor 1) Eye-tracking to assess trainee performance during intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography, a feasibility study
Dr. Kevin Wang Presenter Medically Challenging Cases Paper Posters 3 - Fundamentals of Anesthesiology 2:00-3:30 p.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall Central Line Placement in Patient with Previously Unknown Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Vein Return
Dr. Kumar Belani Presenter SAMBA: Show and Tell: What We Started doing at Our ASC! 2:45-3:45 p.m. (EST) 115C Intravenous Induction at Pediatric ASC
Dr. Ratan Banik Moderator Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain II- ePosters 2:45-3:45 p.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall  
Dr. Reid Mimmack Presenter Medically Challenging Cases 4:40-4:50 p.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - (Monitor 6) Problematic Propofol Sensitization
Jake Robinson Presenter Medically Challenging Cases 4:50-5:00 p.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - (Monitor 6) Fatal Airway Obstruction Due to Ball Valve Laryngeal Polyp
Sunday, Oct. 20
Name Role Session Title Time Location Presentation
Dr. Ratan Banik PBLD Moderator Medical Students and Residents: What Does the ABA Want You to Know About Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine? 8:00-9:00 a.m. (EST) 126A - (Table 4)  
Dr. Mamatha Kadiyala Moderator Medically Challenging Cases (61-80) 9:30-11:30 a.m. (EST) Exihibit Hall - (Monitor 1 - Monitor 20)  
Dr. Joyce Wahr Speaker AQI AIRS Safe Tables - Part 2 10:30-11:30 a.m. (EST) 203B  
Dr. Vanessa Moll &
Dr. Ratan Banik
Co-Presenters History and Education III - ePosters 10:45-11:45 a.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall Global online pain medicine education: First year experience training Bangladeshi anesthesiologists
Hluechy Vang Presenter Medically Challenging Cases 11:00-11:10 a.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - (Monitor 10) Airway Management of an Adult Patient with Hurler Syndrome
Dr. Herodotos Ellinas MMC Facilitator Medically Challenging Cases 1:00-3:00 p.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - (Monitor 15)  
Dr. Simon Yang Presenter Scientific and Educational Exhibit 1:00-3:00 p.m. (EST) Pennsylvania Convention Center, Broad & Arch Entrance Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: A Primer for Anesthesiologists
Dr. Enrique Vergara Escudero Presenter Journal Symposium: Artificial Intelliegence, Machine Learning, and Data Analytics in Anesthesiology 1:30-4:30 p.m. (EST) 118BC Computer Vision in the Operating Room: Creating a Custom Dataset for Object Recognition
Dr. Kevin Wang PBLD Moderator The MacGyver Approach: Monitoring Quantitative Neuromuscular Function with an iPhone 1:30-2:30 p.m. (EST) 126A - (Table 12)  
Dr. Melissa Coleman Moderator History Panel Part 1: Humanizing History 1:30-2:30 p.m. (EST) 122B Humanizing History: Exploring Our Past to Understand the Present
Dr. Philip Ma Presenter Medically Challenging Cases 2:00-2:10 p.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - (Monitor 14) Rare Case of Reninoma in an 11 Year Old Girl: Important Perioperative Anesthetic Considerations
Dr. Ratan Banik Moderator Real Cases of Pain Procedure Complications: Root Cause Analyses and Preventive Measures 2:45-3:45 p.m. (EST) 111AB  
Gunnar Frahm Presenter MCC Quality Improvement Projects 3:35-3:45 p.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - (Monitor 1) Lasting Effects of Implementing Point-of-care Thromboelastographic-guided Transfusions in Cardiac Surgery
Richard Nguyen Presenter Medically Challenging Cases Paper Posters 19 - Obstetric Anesthesia 3:45-5:15 p.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall Refractory Postpartum Hemorrhage Requiring Emergency Exploratory Laparotomy, Hysterectomy, and Massice Transfusion
Dr. Ratan Banik Presenter Conversing Challenges: Opioid-Related Counseling in Chronic Pain 4:00-5:00 p.m. (EST) 111AB Compassionate Opioid Tapering
Dr. Ratan Banik &
Emily Eshraghian
Co-Presenters MCC Quality Improvement Projects 4:45-4:55 p.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - (Monitor 18) Trends in Prescription of Opiods, Benzodiazepines, and Both Among Patients Undergoing Interventional Pain Procedures
Monday, Oct. 21
Name Role Session Title Time Location Presentation
Dr. Ratan Banik Presenter An Update of Regional Anesthesia Research in the Last Five Years That Might Influence Our Practice 9:30-10:30 a.m. (EST) 107AB An Update of Regional Anesthesia Research in the Last Five Years That Might Influence Our Practice
Dr. James Flaherty Presenter Must Know Blocks for Ambulatory Anesthesia 9:30-11:00 a.m. (EST) Hall G  
Dr. Philip Ma Presenter Medically Challenging Cases 9:50-10:00 a.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - (Monitor 10) Important Considerations Regarding Anesthetic Management of ALS During Pregnancy
Gwen Hanson Presenter Medically Challenging Cases 9:50-10:00 a.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - (Monitor 14) Serotonin Syndrome Following Induction of Anesthesia
Dr. Sydney Tran Presenter Medically Challenging Cases 10:00-10:10 a.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - (Monitor 5) Anesthesia Considerations with Ectopia Cordis and Single Ventricle Physiology
Dr. Melissa Coleman Presenter What the History? A Peek Inside the Wood Library-Museum 10:00-10:30 a.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - ASA Resource Center/Mini Theater What the History? A Peek Inside the Wood Library-Museum
Dr. Amanda Navarro Presenter Medically Challenging Cases 10:40 - 10:50 p.m. (EST) Exhibit Hall - (Monitor 12) An Early EXIT
Dr. Kumar Belani Presenter History and Education III- Oral Presentation 1:30-2:30 p.m. (EST) 120A Perceptions of Race-Based Discrimination in American Academic Anesthesiology – Insights from a Nationwide Questionnaire Survey of over 7,000 Anesthesiologists
Dr. Kevin Wang PBLD Moderator The MacGyver Approach: Monitoring Quantitative Neuromuscular Function With an iPhone 1:30-2:30 p.m. (EST) 126A - (Table 4)  
Dr. Ratan Banik &
Heba Sandozi
Co-Presenters Outcomes and Database Research II - Oral Presentations 2:45-3:45 p.m. (EST) 120C National Institute of Health Funding Disparities to Anesthesiology Departments
Dr. Ratan Banik Presenter Symptomatic Catheter Tip Granuloma in a Patient With High Dose Intrathecal Morphine Therapy: To Explant or Not to Explant 4:00-5:00 p.m. (EST) 126A - (Table 3)  
Tuesday, Oct. 22
Name Role Session Title Time Location Presentation
Dr. Ratan Banik Presenter Symptomatic Catheter Tip Granuloma in a Patient With High Dose Intrathecal Morphine Therapy: To Explant or Not to Explant 9:15-10:15 a.m. (EST) 126A - (Table 1)