The 2019 International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) Annual Meeting and International Science Symposium will be aligned with the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) and Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA) Annual Meetings from May 16 –20, 2019 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Many faculty members, residents, fellows from our department will participate in the meetings:
Abstract Reviewers
- Ezeldeen Abuelkasem, MBBCh, MSc
- Peter J. Davis, MD
- Brian Gierl, MD
- Ibtesam A. Hilmi, MB, CHB, FRCA
- Stephen M. McHugh, MD
- David G. Metro, MD, FASA
- Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA
Poster Moderators
- Ezeldeen Abuelkasem, MBBCh, MSc
- Ibtesam A. Hilmi, MB, CHB, FRCA
- Michael Schnetz, MD, PhD
Presenters
- Maria Cohen, MD, IARS Poster Presentation: “Sevoflurane is Associated with Worse Clinical Outcomes and Altered Inflammatory Markers in Blunt Trauma Patients: Pharmacogenomic Association with Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms rs4715332 and rs1695.” Assigned Session: IARS Poster Session E, Sunday, May 19: 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
- Grace Lim, MD, MS, IARS/AUA: “Prenatal, Labor, and Postpartum Pain are Predictors for Postpartum Depression Symptoms: A Prospective Observational Study” (Authors: Grace Lim, Kelsea R. LaSorda, Lia M. Farrell, Ann M. McCarthy, Ajay D. Wasan)
- Grace Lim, MD, MS, IARS/AUA: “Genetic Associations of Perinatal Pain and Depression” (Authors: Lora McClain, Lia M Farrell, Kelsea R LaSorda, David Peters, Grace Lim)
- Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD will present the lecture “Biosensors and Wearables in Healthcare” at IARS 2019 as part of a panel on Monday, May 20, 2019, 9:30 – 11:00am.
- Michael Schnetz, MD, PhD: “Response to Inhaled Anesthetics Measured by the Triple Variable Index Reveals Population-specific Patterns of Intraoperative Hypotension Exposure” (Authors: Michael Schnetz, Pritika Dasgupta, Douglas Landsittel, Harry Hochheiser, Keith M. Vogt, James W. Ibinson, Steven Whitehurst, Aman Mahajan, #David Danks and #A. Murat Kaynar [#Contributed equally]); AUA Resident Travel Award Recipient/IARS Best of Meeting Top Finalist. AUA Scientific Advisory Board Oral Session I, Thursday, May 16, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm; IARS Kosaka Best of Meeting Abstract Awards Session and Oral Presentations, Sunday, May 19, 7:00 am – 9:30 am
- Aisha P. Ullah, MD, IARS case report poster: “Prolonged unexpected hypotension after routine combined spinal epidural in an obese parturient” (Authors: Aisha P. Ullah, Keith Vogt)
Other
- Keith M. Vogt, MD, PhD will participate as the Early-Stage Anesthesiology Scholars representative to the AUA council.
Several of our faculty members will also participate in the 3rd Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA) Annual Meeting, which will be held in Montreal after the IARS/AUA/SOCCA meetings:
SATA Program Committee Members
- Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA
- Kathirvel Subramaniam, MD, MPH, FASE
Moderator, Session 1: Everything is Going to be Faster and Better
- Raymond M. Planinsic, MD, FASA
Presenter
- Joshua Knight, MD: Echocardiographic Evaluation of Right Ventricular Function in the Organ Transplant Recipient, 10:45-11:05