11:10 AM  – 11:50 AM

Session 4: Perioperative Frailty and Optimization

11:50 AM  – 12:00 PM
12:00 PM  – 12:10 PM

Moderated Discussion
Q&A

12:10 PM – 12:40 PM 

Lunch Break | Opportunity for Meet & Greet Networking

12:40 PM – 1:20 PM

Session 5: Creating a Successful Same Day Total Joint Program 

1:20 PM – 1:30 PM
1:30 PM – 1:40 PM

Moderated Discussion
Q&A

1:40 PM – 2:20 PM

Session 6: Regional Anesthesia Update 2021

2:20 PM – 2:30 PM
2:30 PM – 2:40 PM

Planetary Healthcare for Anesthesiologists | Andrea MacNeill, MD, MSc, FRCSC

Learning Objectives:

• Appreciate the full scope of planetary healthcare
• Identify the most significant environmental impacts of perioperative services
• Inspire systems and practices in anesthesia for improved environmental sustainability

Andrea MacNeill, MD, MSc, FRCSC

Surgical Oncologist, Vancouver General Hospital and BC Cancer
Clinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
Director, UBC Planetary Healthcare Lab

Dr. Andrea MacNeill is a surgical oncologist at Vancouver General Hospital and BC Cancer, and a clinical associate professor at the University of British Columbia where she specializes in sarcoma and peritoneal malignancies.  She holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Change and Management and is the founder and principal investigator of the UBC Planetary Healthcare Lab, a novel interdisciplinary research collaborative dedicated to creating health systems that promote both human and planetary health. As the Regional Medical Director of Planetary Health for Vancouver Coastal Health, she is working on a transformational planetary health strategy for the health authority, to mitigate the healthcare climate footprint while creating health and social value.

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Update on Evidence and Consideration for Implementation | Vikas O'Reilly-Shah, MD, PhD, FASA

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the core goals of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program and the components of the patient care plan that drive those goals.
• Cite the specific ways in which an ERAS program are likely to improve the patient experience.
• Enumerate the key stakeholders that are necessary to be involved for a successful deployment of an ERAS protocol.

Vikas O'Reilly-Shah, MD, PhD, FASA
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine | University of Washington & Seattle Children's Hospital

Vikas O'Reilly-Shah attended Michigan State University on the Alumni Distinguished Scholarship graduating with degrees in biochemistry and philosophy prior to enrollment in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Vanderbilt University. After medical school and doctoral work in structural biology, he trained in anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology at Stanford University. After a relatively brief stint in private practice, he joined the faculty at Emory University in 2015 where he led departmental data governance efforts including the development of a perioperative data warehouse. He came to Seattle in 2019 where he currently serves as Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Washington, leading the Center for Pain and Perioperative initiatives in Quality Safety and Outcomes (PPiQSO) and serving as the Associate Chief for Perioperative Informatics and Outcomes at Seattle Children’s Hospital, which is his clinical home as well. He also serves as an oral board examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair for the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Informatics and Information Technology.

Preventing Persistent Pain After Surgery – What Role Can Anesthesiologists Play? | Ainsley Sutherland MD, PhD, FRCPC, Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC

In this presentation, Dr. Sutherland will review the prevalence and impact of persistent post-surgical pain, and discuss how Anesthesiologists can identify patients at risk and work collaboratively to prevent persistent post-surgical pain.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the epidemiology and impact of persistent post-surgical pain
• Discuss strategies for preventing persistent post-surgical pain opioid weaning
• Discuss the use of technology to identify patients at risk for persistent-post surgical pain and provide tools for supported self-management of pain

Ainsley Sutherland MD, PhD, FRCPC, Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC

Consultant Anesthesiologist and Pain Physician
Physician Lead, Acute Pain Service
St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health Care, Vancouver BC

Dr. Sutherland obtained her PhD in Experimental Medicine at UBC examining genetic susceptibility to severe infections and sepsis in critically ill patients.  She completed her residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Toronto and a fellowship in Transitional and Chronic Pain at Toronto General Hospital.  She is now a member of the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine at St. Paul's Hospital.  Her focus of research is on the prevention of persistent pain and opioid use in post-surgical patients.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify clinical tools and research strategies to assess and study frailty.
• Relate frailty to surgical outcomes.
• Describe the importance of frailty assessment by anesthesiologists.

Itay Bentov, MD, PhD

Associate Professor Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine | University Of Washington School of Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Medicine | Harborview Medical Center

The focus of my career is to provide perioperative care to older patients and elucidate the basic mechanisms that govern the response to injury in this vulnerable population. After my residency in Israel, I pursued a PhD in the NIH-TAU graduate partnership program. My family relocated to Seattle in 2010, I work at Harborview Medical Center, the only level one trauma center in the WWAMI region. I received a GEMSSTAR award in 2012, which broadened my knowledge of the challenges of geriatric patient care and confirmed by commitment to aging research. At Harborview we have formed a multidisciplinary collaboration to assist in shaping the clinical care of older adults through productive academic partnerships. Our work has been acknowledged with awards and recently published in leading journals in the fields of Anesthesia (Anesthesiology), Surgery (JAMA Surgery) and internal medicine (New England Journal of Medicine).

Creating a Successful Same Day Total Joint Program | Beamy Shivalik Sharma, MD, MBA 

Learning Objectives:

• Criteria for creating a successful program
• The role of anesthesia in a successful program
• Logistic changes during a pandemic

Beamy Shivalik Sharma, MD, MBA
Anesthesiologist | Washington Permanente Medical Group

Beamy Sharma grew up in Northern California and then flew to upstate New York to be part of the Leadership in Medicine Program where she completed her B.S., M.B.A. and M.D. She completed her anesthesia residency at NYU and Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the U.S. This led her to go back west where she did a 1-year fellowship in regional anesthesia at University of California, San Diego. After a brief stint at University of Southern California, she moved up to the Pacific Northwest and joined the Kaiser Permanente family. At her current position she is able to pursue her interests in enhanced recovery pathways and quality assessment. 

Learning Objectives:

• Explore changes in nomenclature of fascial plane blocks
• Review recent clinically relevant papers in regional anesthesia
• Integrate upcoming novel regional anesthesia modalities into future clinical practice

Christopher Prabhakar, MD, FRCPC
Head, Regional Anesthesia Division, Department of Anesthesiology, Providence Healthcare
St. Paul's Hospital and Mt. St. Joseph's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Dr. Prabhakar completed his medical school undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto, his Anesthesiology residency at the University of British Columbia, and his fellowship in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine at Dalhousie University. He is currently the Head of the Regional Anesthesiology Division of Providence Healthcare in Vancouver, BC, a staff anesthesiologist at St. Paul's and Mt. St. Joseph's Hospitals in Vancouver, and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics at the University of British Columbia. He can usually be found standing in the rain on any given weekend watching his kids play soccer.