Review of the intraoperative management and hemodynamic goals for patients with aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis, aortic insufficiency, and mitral valve regurgitation.
Diagnostic considerations for asymptomatic patients who present in the outpatient setting with known or unknown disease (auscultatory exam / preoperative echocardiogram)
The objectives of this course are:
- An increased understanding of virtual reality (history, science)
- General healthcare applications of virtual reality
- Applications of virtual reality in anesthesia
Speaker information coming soon
This presentation will introduce new medications, discuss their pharmacologic properties, and dive into clinical applications useful for the Dentist Anesthesiologist.
Attendees will come away with an introduction to the following novel medications:
- BYFAVO® (Remimzolam): a new sedative with an ultra-short half-life that will improve safety of moderate sedation in dentistry.
- CLEVIPREX® (Clevidipine): A fast-acting, ultra-short half-life dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker used to rapidly reduce systolic blood pressure within two minutes of initial dosing.
- DSUVIA® (Sublingual Sufenanil): an enteral form of sufentanil FDA approved for management of moderate to severe pain.
- EXPAREL® (Liposomal Bupivicaine): Bupivicaine encapsulated in multivesicular liposomes injected locally for long lasting post-surgical pain management.
- AKYNZEO® (Netupitant/Palonosetron): An anti-nausea medication for treatment of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting utilizing both a NK-1 receptor antagonist and a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist in one pill or injectable.
An introduction to perioperative alternatives to opioids for general anesthesia, and a discussion of how reduced opioid use impacts patient care.
Attendees will come away with:
- Understand and identify reasons to minimize opioids perioperatively
- Identify alternative intraoperative anesthetic plans to decrease the use of opioids
- Identify potential patient candidates for opioid free and reduced anesthesia
- Identify alternative pain management strategies to opioids
- Understand how opioid-free and opioid-reduced anesthesia can contribute to Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
It’s 1987 and the term virtual reality was coined. Thirty-three years later, this technology is still young. What is this used for other than gaming and how can you apply it to anesthesiology?
Attendees will come away with:
- An increased understanding of virtual reality (history, science)
- General healthcare applications of virtual reality
- Applications of virtual reality in anesthesia
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the landscape of anesthesia care to involve telehealth, a tool that includes phone- and video-conferencing. Traditionally, pre-anesthesia consultations involve in person medical history-taking; laboratory testing or investigations; focused physical examination; and referral to other medical services to optimize the patient’s health prior to anesthetic procedures. The transition to incorporate virtual visits for not only patients living in rural and remote areas, but also local patients, prompts anesthesiologists to adapt their traditional practices to a new digital platform.
This lecture highlights best practices for virtual pre-anesthesia consultations.
The objectives of this course are:
- Review the components of traditional pre-anesthesia consultation
- Define telehealth and virtual anesthesia consultation
- Identify the advantages, challenges, and limitations of virtual visits
- Examine how current best practices of telemedicine may be adapted to anesthesia practice
- Develop best practices for virtual pre-anesthesia consultation
Dr. Michelle Wong, Assistant Professor of Dental Anesthesiology at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry, is a dental anesthesiologist who obtained her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 2010, Master of Science in Dental Anesthesia in 2014, and Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership in 2020. Dr. Wong is a Diplomate of the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology. She performs special care dentistry and anesthesia in an active hospital practice at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s Department of Dental Maxillofacial Sciences and in private practices in the Greater Toronto Area.
Dr. Andrea Fonner is a Diplomate of the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology and the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology. After graduating from the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry in 2004, she completed a GPR at the University of Washington. After two years in private practice, she entered the UCLA Dental Anesthesiology training program where she trained with Dr. John Yagiela and Dr. Christine Quinn.
She has maintained her mobile anesthesia practice in Bellevue, WA since graduating from her dental anesthesiology program 10 years ago, and she trains residents from various programs on a frequent basis.
Her current positions include: Board of Directors, American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA), Board of Directors, American Dental Board of Anesthesiology (ADBA), President & Co-founder, Washington State Society of Mobile Dental Anesthesia (WSSMDA), President and Delegate, Washington State American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA), Faculty & Clinical Instructor, Parenteral Moderate Sedation, Oregon Academy of General Dentistry (OAGD) Co-Director, High Fidelity Human Simulation (SimMan), American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA), Course Director of the Assistant’s Course, American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA) and Editorial Advisory Board, Decisions in Dentistry
Dr. Fonner has published several articles in national newsletters and journals and has been a contributing author for two textbooks (Anesthesia Complications in the Dental Office and Complications of Regional Anesthesia: Principles of Safe Practice in Local and Regional Anesthesia). She frequently gives continuing education courses to local dentists interested in sedation dentistry, and she has a passion in medical emergency training for the dental community.
This session will be an amazing opportunity to teach and learn as a community through a live interactive panel discussion with our Dentist Anesthesiologist experts Dr. Andrea Fonner, Dr. Steve Ganzberg and Dr. Joe Giovannitti.
Join us to see how some of our esteemed colleagues approach interesting cases. These may be cases that may not be appropriate to be treated in the office and/or patients with complex medical issues.
Dr. Naftalin is a ADBA board-certified dentist anesthesiologist who provides hospital-quality anesthesia and sedation services in dental offices through his mobile anesthesiology practice. He earned his DDS degree from the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at USC and completed a general practice residency at the Veteran’s Administration in West Los Angeles. He then completed the UCLA Dental Anesthesia residency.
He teaches part time at the UCLA School of Dentistry in both the dental anesthesia and pediatric dental departments, where he trains future dentist anesthesiologists. He is treasurer of the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists. He serves on the board of the California Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists and the California Dental Society of Anesthesia. He is past president and former editor for the Southern California Society of Dentistry for Children.
Dr. Naftalin is dedicated to a program that provides anesthesia for dental patients with special needs in Nicaragua. Without this program these patients would have no access to dental care. A sought-after expert, he lectures nationally and internationally on oral sedation, anesthesia and dental office emergency management.
A dedicated family man, he is the proud father to two energetic daughters. As a family, they enjoy beach time, biking, hiking, and skiing in the mountains.
In 1990, Ken Kromash made the decision to move to Chicago to attend a training program in anesthesia for dentists at Illinois Masonic Medical Center. He only expected to stay a year or two at the most. Thirty years later, he is the Program Director of the youngest training program for one of the newest specialties in dentistry. He is honored to be invited to speak to his colleagues at the ASDA Fall Virtual Meeting. Stay safe, be well, and keep fighting!
Dr. Giovannitti is a dentist anesthesiologist and Professor and Chair of the Department of Dental Anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, and the Anesthesia Director of the school’s Center for Patients with Special Needs. He is the recipient of the Leonard M. Monheim Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists and the Jay A. Heidbrink Award from the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology. He has been actively involved in teaching at all levels of dental education, has authored numerous scientific articles, book chapters and a textbook pertaining to pain and anxiety control in dentistry, has lectured at professional seminars nationally and internationally, and is active in national dental anesthesiology professional organizations.
Dr. Ganzberg, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at the UCLA School of Dentistry, is a dentist anesthesiologist with over 30 years of experience in pain management. Dr. Ganzberg graduated from M.I.T. in 1977 and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 1981. He completed his pain management training at New York University and his anesthesiology training and Master’s degree at O.S.U. Dr. Ganzberg is a Diplomate of the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Orofacial Pain.
Dr. Ganzberg taught at The Ohio State University medical and dental schools for 17 years before coming to UCLA. Dr. Ganzberg is a past president of the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists and the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology and past editor of Anesthesia Progress. He is active clinically as Director of Anesthesiology for the Century City Outpatient Surgery Center, a Joint Commission accredited surgery center focusing on dentoalveolar, maxillofacial and facial plastic surgery. He has published over 70 original research articles and book chapters in the field. His research focuses on out-patient anesthesia techniques and clinical pharmacology.
