The 36th Annual Meeting of the Society of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists will be held from March 29-April 2, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Two of Weill Cornell Anesthesiology's own, Gregory Kerr, MD, MBA, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, and Nikolaos J. Skubas, MD, FASE, DSc, Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, will be presenting at panels the SCA.
The SCA is an international professional organziation of physicians. It describes its mission as "promoting excellence in patient care through education and research in perioperative care for patients undergoing cardiothoracic and vascular procedures." In addition to its Annual Meeting, the SCA sponsors numerous educational workshops for anesthesiologsts at all levels of their careers, and also offers grants through the SCA Foundation.
Dr. Skubas will be presenting on Saturday, March 29th, during "Workshop 3: Advanced TEE." The panel will have five speakers. Dr. Skubas's talk will be "Strain Analysis and Speckle Tracking: The Role in the OR".
Dr. Kerr will be presenting on Sunday, March 30, during a panel for the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists. (SOCCA) Dr. Kerr's talk will be "Surviving Sepsis, 2013, and Update".
In addtion to the Weill Cornell Anesthesiology faculty presenting at the Conference, three of the Department's Fellows in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology will also be presenting.
(left to right) Drs. Yao, Saatee, Al-Ruzzeh
Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, MD, PhD
Fellow in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
"Severe Acute Stenosis Of A Trans-Catheter Valve-In-Valve Aortic Prosthesis"
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Shanna Hill, Dr. Nikolaos Skubas
Siavosh Saatee, MD
Fellow in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
"TEE Findings in a Patient with Severe LVOT Obstruction and Previous History of Mustard Procedure"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nikolaos Skubas
Annie Yao, MD
Fellow in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
"TEE Imaging in a Patient with Dextrocardia and Situs Inversus"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nikolaos Skubas
Additional Weill Cornell Presentations
Natalia S. Ivascu, Zachary A. Turnbull, Gregory P. Giambrone, Jonathan M. Eskreis-Winkler, Akshay U. Bhat, Ramin Zabih, Peter M. Fleischut. Incidence and Outcomes of Permanent Pacemaker Placement after Aortic Valve Replacement. Society of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 29-April 2, 2014.
Zachary A. Turnbull, Natalia S. Ivascu, Gregory P. Giambrone, Jonathan M. Eskreis-Winkler, Akshay U. Bhat, Ramin Zabih, Peter M. Fleischut. Incidence and Implications of Re-intubation after Cardiac Surgery. Society of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 29-April 2, 2014.
Natalia S. Ivascu, Zachary A. Turnbull, Gregory P. Giambrone, Jonathan M. Eskreis-Winkler, Akshay U. Bhat, Ramin Zabih, Peter M. Fleischut. A Multistate Analysis of the Readmission Rates for Isolated Aortic Valves Replacement. Society of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 29-April 2, 2014.
For more information about the SCA, and to view the entire program for the 2014 Annual Conference, please visit their website.