University of Pittsburgh/UPMC
Department of Anesthesiology
at the American Society of
Anesthesiologists
2014 Annual Meeting
October 11-15, 2014
New Orleans, LA
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Presenter
Title
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8:00 AM
10:30 AM
Room 353-355
AW01: Workshop on Flexible Endoscopy for
Lung Isolation
9:00 AM
10:15 AM
Room 356-357
PP: De Novo Assembly of Musk Shrew
Hindbrain Transcriptome and Comparison of
Gene Expressions in Animals With High and
Low Incidence of Postanesthesia Nausea and
Vomiting
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
Hall B1-Area C
Daniela Damian, MD; John Kellum, MD;
Joseph Donaldson, MS; Ibtesam A. Hilmi,
MB, CHB, FRCA
Co-moderator: William Simmons, MD;
Faculty: Jerry R. Clark, MD; Andrew
Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP
PP: Recovery of Renal Function After Orthotopic
Liver Transplantation in Patients Who Were on
Pre-transplant Renal Replacement Therapy
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
Hall B1-Area D
AW02: Workshop on Flexible Endoscopy for
Lung Isolation*
10:30 AM
11:45 AM
Room 356-357
Robert G. Krohner, DO (faculty)
10:30 AM
1:00 PM
Room 353-355
Nicholas J. Schott, MD; Jonathan Waters,
MD; Robert G. Krohner, DO
CW: Basic/Advanced Flexible Fiberoptic
Intubation Workshop*
MCC: Cesarean Section of Patient with Sickle
Cell Disease, HELLP Syndrome with Developing
Acute Chest Syndrome
10:40 AM
10:50 AM
Hall B1,
Monitor 01
Co-moderator: William Simmons, MD;
Faculty: Jerry R. Clark, MD; Andrew
Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP
AW03: Workshop on Flexible Endoscopy for
Lung Isolation*
12:00 PM
1:15 PM
Room 356-357
12:30 PM
1:45 PM
Room 343-345
Iwan P. Sofjan, MD; Susan B. McElroy, DO
PBLD: A Patient With a Temperature of 102.5 F
and Rigors 3 Hours After Surgery
MCC: Emergent Cesarean Section in the ICU for
an Intubated Patient with H1N1
1:20 PM
1:30 PM
Hall B1,
Monitor 01
Co-moderator: William Simmons, MD;
Faculty: Jerry R. Clark, MD; Andrew
Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP
AW04: Workshop on Flexible Endoscopy for
Lung Isolation*
1:30 PM
2:45 PM
Room 356-357
2:00 PM
2:20 PM
Hall B1
2:30 PM
5:00 PM
Room 353-355
3:00 PM
4:15 PM
Room 356-357
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
Room 243
A1040
4:20 PM
4:30 PM
Hall B1,
Monitor 7
Robert G. Krohner, DO (faculty)
Co-moderator: William Simmons, MD;
Faculty: Jerry R. Clark, MD; Andrew
Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP
Shigekazu Sugino, MD, PhD; Charles C.
Horn, PhD; Piotr K. Janicki, MD, PhD
Theresa Anne Gelzinis, MD (moderator)
Mary Margaret Lim, MD; Kristin M.
Ondecko Ligda, MD Robert G. Krohner, DO (faculty)
Co-moderator: William Simmons, MD;
Faculty: Jerry R. Clark, MD; Andrew
Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP
Pulsar Li, DO; Joseph P. Resti, MD; Steven
L. Orebaugh, MD
Raj B. Padalia, MD; Joseph Pierson, MD;
Qing Liu, MD, PhD AW: Advanced Workshop
CW: Clinical Workshop
MCC: Medically Challenging Case
OP: Oral Presentation
CW: Basic/Advanced Flexible Fiberoptic
Intubation Workshop
MCC: Multimodal Pain Management with
Regional Anesthesia in an Electrical Burn Patient
with Brachial Plexus Injury
CW: Basic/Advanced Flexible Fiberoptic
Intubation Workshop*
AW05: Workshop on Flexible Endoscopy for
Lung Isolation*
OP: 3-Dimensional Simulation of Cadaver
Dissection Can Improve Sono-Anatomical
Structure Identification During Resident
Regional Anesthesia Education
MCC: Paravertebral Nerve Blocks As A Safe and
Effective Anesthesia Technique For Axillary BiFemoral Profunda Artery Bypass Surgery
PBLD: Problem-Based Learning Discussion
PD: Poster Discussion
PP: Poster Presentation
Bold=Presenter names
*Denotes duplicate presentation
All room numbers are in the Ernest N. Morial
Convention Center unless otherwise noted
Sunday, October 12, 2014
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Theresa Anne Gelzinis, MD (moderator)
PBLD: A Patient With a Temperature of 102.5 F
and Rigors 3 hours after Surgery*
CW: Basic/Advanced Flexible Fiberoptic
Intubation Workshop*
7:15 AM
8:30 AM
Room 343-345
8:00 AM
10:30 AM
Room 353-355
AW06: Workshop on Flexible Endoscopy for
Lung Isolation*
9:00 AM
10:15 AM
Room 356-357
PD: The Effect of Protamine and Hemodilution
on the Thrombus Formation Under Flow
Condition
10:00 AM
11:30 AM
Room 243
AW07: Workshop on Flexible Endoscopy for
Lung Isolation*
10:30 AM
11:45 AM
Room 356-357
10:30 AM
1:00 PM
Room 353-355
Meghan Cohen, MD; Anthony Silipo, DO
CW: Basic/Advanced Flexible Fiberoptic
Intubation Workshop*
MCC: From Bowel to the Brain: A Diagnosis of
MoyaMoya Disease Following Colonoscopy
11:50 AM
12:00 PM
Hall B1
Co-moderator: William Simmons, MD;
Faculty: Jerry R. Clark, MD; Andrew
Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP
AW08: Workshop on Flexible Endoscopy for
Lung Isolation*
12:00 PM
1:15 PM
Room 356-357
Nicholas J. Schott, MD; Mark I. Lischner,
DO; Christopher Schott, MD; Stephen M.
McHugh, MD; Li Meng, MD; Steven L.
Orebaugh, MD; Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD
PP A2252: Evaluation of a New Curriculum of
Focus-Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography
for Anesthesiology Residents
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
Hall B1-Area
D, A2252,
Monitor 3
Douglas S. Bentley, MD; Andrew Herlich,
DMD, MD, FAAP; Kristin Ondecko Ligda,
MD
MCC: Anesthetic Management of Central Core
Disease for Instrumented Vaginal Delivery
1:10 PM
1:20 PM
Hall B1
Monitor 3
1:30 PM
2:45 PM
Room 356-357
2:00 PM
5:00 PM
Room R08-09
Robert G. Krohner, DO (faculty)
Co-moderator: William Simmons, MD;
Faculty: Jerry R. Clark, MD; Andrew
Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP
Daniela Damian, MD; Tetsuro Sakai, MD,
PhD; Kenichi Tanaka, MD, MSc Co-moderator: William Simmons, MD;
Faculty: Jerry R. Clark, MD; Andrew
Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP
Robert G. Krohner, DO (faculty)
Co-moderator: William Simmons, MD;
AW09: Workshop on Flexible Endoscopy for
Faculty: Jerry R. Clark, MD; Andrew
Lung Isolation*
Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP
FAER Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship Symposium
Dac Teoli (mentor: Inna Belfer, MD, PhD): Exploratory Investigation Into Relationships Between Pain-Related Traits and Eye Color in PostMastectomy Patients
Robert G. Krohner, DO (faculty)
Brian A. Williams, MD, MBA (lecturer)
Co-moderator: William Simmons, MD;
Faculty: Jerry R. Clark, MD; Andrew
Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP
Michael Boisen, MD (SpeakerPerioperative Stent Thrombosis and
Surgical Risk-Clinical Management);
Kathirvel Subramaniam, MD (SpeakerPreoperative Evaluation, Perioperative
Statins, and Stenting)
Bryant Bunting, DO; Dennis Phillips, DO
Andrew Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP
(Speaker-Malignant Hyperthermia in Office
Based Anesthesia: Managing a Crisis)
CW: Basic/Advanced Flexible Fiberoptic
Intubation Workshop*
Refresher Course Lecture: The Economics of
Regional Anesthesia
2:30 PM
5:00 PM
Room 353-355
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
Room E-3
AW10: Workshop on Flexible Endoscopy for
Lung Isolation*
3:00 PM
4:15 PM
Room 356-357
Clinical Forum: A 65-Year-Old Male;
Preoperative Evaluation and Management of
CAD for Robotic Prostate Surgery
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
Room 206-207
MCC: Pulmonary Arterial Pressures Exceed
Systemic in Patient with PHTN Secondary to
CTEPH Undergoing Navigational Bronch for RLL
Biopsy
3:20 PM
3:30 PM
Hall B1
Monitor 2
90 Minute Panel: Crisis Management in OfficeBased Anesthesia
3:30 PM
5:00 PM
Room 208-210
University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Department of Anesthesiology Alumni Reception
Sunday, October 12, 2014, 6:00PM – 9:00 PM
New Orleans Marriott, 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA, 70130
AW: Advanced Workshop
CW: Clinical Workshop
MCC: Medically Challenging Case
OP: Oral Presentation
PBLD: Problem-Based Learning Discussion
PD: Poster Discussion
PP: Poster Presentation
Bold=Presenter names
*Denotes duplicate presentation
All room numbers are in the Ernest N. Morial Convention
Convention Center unless otherwise noted
Monday, October 13, 2014
Presenter
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Daniel T. Tamez, MD; Anthony Silipo, DO MCC: Resection of Multiple Large Desmoid
Tumors From the Chest Wall, Scapula, and
Thoracic Paravertebral Area in a Patient with
Gardner's Syndrome Status Post Small Bowel
Transplant
8:00 AM
8:10 AM
Hall B1
Shu Lu, BS; Kenichi A. Tanaka, MD, MSc;
Ezeldeen Abuelkasem, MB, ChB; Raymond
M. Planinsic, MD; Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD
PP: Applicability of Rapid Thrombelastography
and Functional Fibrinogen Assay in Adult Liver
Transplantation
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
Hall B1-Area C
Co-moderator: Joseph J. Quinlan, MD;
Faculty: Shawn T. Beaman, MD; Theresa
Anne Gelzinis, MD; David G. Metro, MD; Ryan Romeo, MD; Robert G. Krohner, DO CW: Difficult Airway Workshop With Simulation
8:00 AM
11:00 AM
Room 353-355
Gerhardt Konig, MD; Bridget M. Philip,
MD; Vicki Ting, MD; Gaurav Abbi, MD;
Gregg Adams, MD; Siddarth Satish, MS;
Jonathan H. Waters, MD
PP: Bleeding Curves: Time-course Assessment of
Surgical Hemoglobin Loss
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
Hall B1-Area C
Andrew J. Gentilin, MD; Theresa Anne
Gelzinis, MD MCC: Refractory V-fib and Pulmonary Artery
Thrombosis in a Patient Presenting for ECMO
Decannulation and BiVAD Placement
9:20 AM
9:30 AM
Hall B1
Monitor 5
Daniela Damian, MD; John Kellum, MD;
Joseph Donaldson, MS; Dan Winger, MS;
Ibtesam A. Hilmi, MB, CHB, FRCA
PP: Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury After
Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Using
Living-Donor Versus Cadaveric Donor Graft: A
Propensity Score Matched Analysis
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
Hall B1-Area B
Gregory M. Halenda, MD; Emily L. Sturgill,
MD; Colleen M. Moran, MD
MCC: This Sux: Dastardly PChE Deficiency,
Infiltrated IVs, and Troublesome Tourniquets
10:30 AM
10:40 AM
Hall B1
Phillip S. Adams, DO; Richard Zhang, BS;
Anthony Silipo, DO
MCC: Perioperative Management of a 14Week Pregnant Female with Severe Grave’s
Thyrotoxicosis (Thyroid Storm)
10:50 AM
11:00 AM
Hall B1
Andrew M. Clary, DO; Michael P.
Mangione, MD MCC: A Novel Approach to Airway Management
Following Palatal Perforation from Glidescope
Intubation
1:00 PM
1:10 PM
Hall B1
Monitor 8
PP: WNT1 Inducible Signaling Pathway Protein
1 (WISP1) Production Is Not Dependent
on Activation of Wnt/β-catenin Pathway in
Response to Mechanical Stretch in Mice
CW: Peripheral Nerve Blocks: Ultrasound,
Simulation and Stimulation
1:00 PM
3:30 PM
Hall B1-Area D
1:00 PM
4:00 PM
Room 352
Co-moderator: Joseph J. Quinlan, MD;
Faculty: Shawn T. Beaman, MD; Theresa
Anne Gelzinis, MD; David G. Metro, MD; Ryan Romeo, MD; Robert G. Krohner, DO CW: Difficult Airway Workshop With
Simulation*
1:00 PM
4:00 PM
Room 353-355
Christopher E. Howson, MD; Ibtesam A.
Hilmi, MB, CHB, FRCA
MCC: The Use of Veno-Venous Bypass for
Surgical Repair of Complete Transection of the
Suprahepatic Inferior Vena Cava after Trauma
1:50 PM
2:00 PM
Hall B1,
Monitor 11
Kristin L. Schreiber, MD, PhD; Jacques E.
Chelly, MD, PhD, MBA; R. Scott Lang, MD;
Ezeldeen Abuelkasem, MD, MSc; David A.
Geller, MD, FACS; Allan Tsung, MD; J. Wallis
Marsh, MD, MBA; Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD
OP: Bilateral Paravertebral Block Versus Epidural
Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Open Liver
Resection: A Prospective Randomized Clinical
Trial
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
Room 231-232
Yan Xu, PhD (faculty)
The Benefits of Having PhDs in Research in a
Clinical Department (Part of FAER Panel: Future
of Anesthesiology Research)
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
Great Hall B
Christopher C. Johnson, MD; Kristin
Ondecko Ligda, MD
MCC: Limiting Propofol Administration
to a Patient with Mitochondrial
Neurogastrointestinal Encephalopathy
3:20 PM
3:30 PM
Hall B1
Monitor 3
Li-Ming Zhang, MD
Jacques E. Chelly, MD, PhD, MBA (faculty)
AW: Advanced Workshop
CW: Clinical Workshop
MCC: Medically Challenging Case
OP: Oral Presentation
PBLD: Problem-Based Learning Discussion
PD: Poster Discussion
PP: Poster Presentation
Bold=Presenter names
*Denotes duplicate presentation
All room numbers are in the Ernest N. Morial Convention
Convention Center unless otherwise noted
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Presenter
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Ezeldeen Abuelkasem, MD, MSc;
Raymond M. Planinsic, MD; Kenichi A.
Tanaka, MD, MSc; Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD
OP: Comparison Between Thrombelastography
and Thromboelastometry in Liver
Transplantation
8:00 AM
9:30 AM
Room 244
Jacques E. Chelly, MD, PhD, MBA (faculty)
8:00 AM
11:00 AM
Room 352
Brian A. Williams, MD, MBA (SpeakerPRO: Multimodal Perineural Analgesia
Should Be Considered Best Practice)
CW: Peripheral Nerve Blocks: Ultrasound,
Simulation and Stimulation*
Point-Counterpoint: Should I Be Using More
Than One Local Anesthetic Additive During
Peripheral Nerve Blockade?
10:00 AM
11:30 AM
Room 211-213
Jonathan M. Tan, MD, MPH; Jamie
Artman, MSN, CRNA; Patrick M. Callahan,
MD; Franklyn P. Cladis, MD PP: The Impact of Parental Presence for
Pediatric Inhalation Induction on Operating
Room Time
1:00 PM
3:00 PM
Hall B1-Area A
Jacques E. Chelly, MD, PhD, MBA (faculty)
CW: Peripheral Nerve Blocks: Ultrasound,
Simulation and Stimulation*
1:00 PM
4:00 PM
Room 352
Franklyn P. Cladis, MD (lecturer)
Refresher Course Lecture: Anesthetic
Management of Common Pediatric Emergencies
2:15 PM
3:15 PM
Room E-1
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Brian A. Williams, MD, MBA (Lead
Speaker-Perineural Dexamethasone and
Buprenorphine: Animal Data and Safety
Concerns)
120 Minute Panel: Regional Anesthesia
Adjuncts: Helpful or Harmful?
8:00 AM
10:00 AM
Room 255-257
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
AW: Advanced Workshop
CW: Clinical Workshop
MCC: Medically Challenging Case
OP: Oral Presentation
PBLD: Problem-Based Learning Discussion
PD: Poster Discussion
PP: Poster Presentation
Bold=Presenter names
*Denotes duplicate presentation
All room numbers are in the Ernest N. Morial Convention
Convention Center unless otherwise noted
ASA and ASA-related committee members:
James G. Cain, MD, MBA, FAAP - Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists (PSA) (Board of Directors); ASA House of Delegates (Delegate);
Wake Up Safe (Board Member)
Patricia Dalby, MD - ASA Emergency Manual Implementation Committee; Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) Membership
Committee; Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) Education Committee; SOAP Membership Committee; SOAP
Fellowship Committee; SOAP International Outreach Committee
Peter J. Davis MD, FAAP - Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (ASPF) Committee on Scientific Evaluation
Andrew Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP - ASA Committee on Ambulatory Surgical Care (adj.); PSA Vice President & Member of Board of Directors
& Finance Committee; ASA House of Delegates (delegate); ASA Liaison to the American Dental Association, the American Association of Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and the American Dental Society of Anesthesiologists/American Society of Dental Anesthesiologists
Christopher Howson, MD - ASA House of Delegates Resident Component, PSA House of Delegates Resident Component (delegate)
Kristin Ondecko Ligda, MD - PSA (Board of Directors); ASA House of Delegates (alternate delegate); PSA Alternate Delegate to PA Medical
Society
K. Grace Lim, MD - SOAP Education and International Outreach Committee; SEA Simulation Education Committee; SOAP-ASA Booth
Raymond M. Planinsic, MD - ASA Committee on Transplant Anesthesia (adj.)
Anthony Silipo, DO - PSA Board of Directors (alternate delegate)
Erin A. Sullivan, MD - ASA Committee on Governmental Affairs (Chair); ASA Committee on Surgical and Procedural Anesthesia; ASA
Committee on Governance Effectiveness and Efficiencies; ASA Board of Directors (Director, Pennsylvania); Vice Chair, Mid-Atlantic Caucus;
ASA House of Delegates (delegate); ASA House of Delegates Reference Committee on Scientific Affairs (Chair); ASA House of Delegates
Credentials Committee (Mid-Atlantic Caucus Delegate)
Kenichi Tanaka, MD, MSc - ASA Committee on Blood Management (adj.)
Margaret M. Tarpey, MD - PSA Assistant Secretary-Treasurer and Board of Directors; ASA House of Delegates (delegate)
Jonathan H. Waters, MD - ASA Committee on Blood Management