Stony Brook University
Department of Anesthesiology
Visiting Professors
 


Updated: 09-16-09

2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008 2006-2007 2005-2006 2004-2005 2003-2004 2002-2003
2001-2002 2000-2001 1999-2000 1998-1999 1997-1998 1996-1997 1995-1996



2009-2010

Aug 19, 2009
Harriet Hopf, MD
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
"Managing Anesthesia to Improve Wound Outcomes"

Aug 26, 2009
Joseph Tobias, MD
Vice-Chairman Department of Anesthesiology
Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
"Anesthesia for Neonates and Infants"

Oct 7, 2009
Elizabeth Sinz, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
Penn State University College of Medicine
Hershey, PA
"Simulation in Anesthesia"


2008-2009

Jul 16, 2008 Terry M. Button, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology
Director of the Medical Physics Track in Biomedical Engineering
Director of Medical Imaging Technology program in the School of Health Technology and Management
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
"MRI Safety"
Aug 27, 2008 Thomas F. Floyd, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
"On the Cold Trail of Posmiddleerative Cognitive Dysfunction:
A Macro and Molecular Look at this Enigma"

Sept 10, 2008 Howard Grenville Wakeling, B.Sc., MB, BS, MRCP, FRCA
Consultant Anaesthetist
Worthing and Southlands Hospitals
Worthing, UK
"Stroke Volume Optimization as a Tool for Improving Surgical Outcome"
Sept 12, 2008 Paul F. White, PhD, MD
Professor and Holder of the Margaret Milam McDermott Distinguished Chair in Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, TX
"Ambulatory Anesthesia:
Optimal Anesthetic Techniques"

Oct 22, 2008 Jerrold Lerman MD, FRCPC, FANZCA
Clinical Professor of Anesthesia
University of Rochester
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, New York
"Difficult Airway in Pediatric Patients"
Nov 26, 2008 Richard M. Smiley, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Cheif of Obstetric Anesthesia
Columbia University
New York, NY
"The Fault Lies Not in Our Stars But in Ourselves:
Pharmacogenetics in Pregnancy and Anesthesia"

Dec 17, 2008 Santhanam Suresh, MD
Attending Staff Anesthesiologist
Children's Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
"Regional Anesthesia for Pediatric Patients"
Jan 28, 2009 Warren S. Sandberg, MD, PhD
Team Leader, Operating Room of the Future
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Boston, MA
"Automatic Process Monitoring and Process Control in Anesthetizing Locations"
Feb 18, 2009 Alison J. Macarthur, MD, FRCPC, MSc
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia,
Mount Sinai Hospital,
Toronto, ON 
"Update of Obstetric Anesthesia"
March 25, 2009 Jack S. Shanewise, MD, FASE
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Columbia University
New York, NY
"Uses of TEE During Non Cardiac Surgery"
April 22, 2009 Douglas Merrill, MD
Medical Director Ambulatory Surgery Center
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
"Giving anesthesia:
Why you aren't better than average and why that's a good thing
(The use of 'standard work' in the operating room/anesthesia/ambulatory surgery centers)"

May 6, 2009 Joseph Gerald (Jerry) Reves, MD
Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean
College of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
"Academic Medicine and Anesthesiology"
May 27, 2009 James E. Caldwell, MB, ChB
Professor of Clinical Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
"Current Neuromuscular Controversies: How Should We Monitor Recovery"
May 27, 2009 Ronald D. Miller, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
"Blood Transfusions 2008-09"
June 10, 2009 Francois Donati, PhD, MD, FRCPC
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Université de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Drugs For Rapid Sequence Induction"


2007-2008

August 22, 2007 Stan Stead, M.D., M.B.A.
President, Stead Health Group
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, CA
"Future Trends in Anesthesiology Economics"
Sept 19, 2007 Thomas Ebert, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Residency Program Director
Vice-Chairman for Education
Adjunct Professor of Physiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
"Perioperative Considerations for the Morbidly Obese Patient"
Oct 31, 2007 Johanna Schwarzenberger, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Columbia University,
New York, NY
"Anesthesia Considerations for a Pediatric Patient
     Presenting for Cardiac Cath/Off-Site Anesthesia"

Nov 7, 2007 Theodore H. Stanley, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and
Professor of Surgical Research
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah
    and
Daniel Vezina, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah
"The Value of TEE in the Perioperative Period"
Dec 19, 2007

Peter J. Davis, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
"Transitional Tasks of the Newborn"

"Recovery from Anesthesia: The Pediatric Myth"

Feb 6, 2008 Edmond Eger II, M.D.
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
and Perioperative Care
University of California, San Francisco
"A Clinical Comparison of Modern Inhaled Anesthetics"
March 5, 2008 Marc L. Dickstein, M.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Columbia University
New York, NY
"Perioperative Right Heart Failure:
    Translating Physiologic Principles into Treatment Strategies"

May 28, 2008 Keith A. Jones, M.D.
Chairman and Habeeb Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
"Volatile Anesthetics to the Rescue:
   Molecular Mechanisms of Airway Smooth Muscle Relaxantion"

"What is Professionalism, Exactly?"


2006-2007

Aug 29-30, 2006
Janet Bickel, MA, AB
Career Development and Executive Coach
Faculty Career & Diversity Consultant
and
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Education
George Washington University School of Medicine
Janet Bickel & Associates, LLC
Falls Church, VA
"You are the CEO of your Own Career"

"The Eye of the Beholder:
   Overcoming Mental Models of Gender, Ethnicity & Work Ethic"

Sept 26 & 27, 2006
Mark Stafford-Smith, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
"Lung Separation Techniques for Normal and Abnormal Airways"

"Posmiddleerative Renal Dysfunction:
  Old and New Concepts of Renoprotection" 

Oct 3 & 4, 2006 Gregory A. Liguori, M.D.
Director, Department of Anesthesiology
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
"Regional Anesthesia Education and Re-Education"

"Mepivacaine as a Spinal Anesthetic"

Nov 8, 2006 Peter F. Ehrlich, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Pediatric Surgery
University of Michigan
Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI
"Pediatric Trauma"

Jan 23 & 24, 2007 Edmond I. Eger, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care
University of California
San Francisco, CA
"Uptake and Distribution of Inhaled Anesthetics"

"Recent Discoveries for Inhaled Anesthetics that Can Affect Your Practice"

March 7, 2007 Igor Kissin, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Director, Anesthesia Research Labroatories
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
"Opioids for Posmiddleerative Pain:
  Controversies on Tolerance, Hyperalgesia and Addiction"


March 17 & 28, 2007
Roger S. Brett Memorial Lecturer
Gary R. Strichartz, Ph.D.
Professor of Anaesthesia and Pharmacology
Pain Research Center
Department of Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
"Cancer, Pain and Endothelin-1:
   The Emergence of a Therapeutic Target"

"Models and Mechanisms for Post-Operative Pain"

April 25 & 26, 2007 Francis McGowan, M.D.
Professor of Anaesthesia
Chief, Division of Cardiac Anesthesia
Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
"Perioperative Considerations in Survivors of Congenital Heart Disease"

"Preserving the Infant Ventricle"

May 9, 2007 Spencer S. Liu, M.D.
Hospital for Special Surgery
Department of Anesthesiology
New York, NY
"Impact on Posmiddleerative Analgesia on Outcome"

June 26-27, 2007 Richard C. Prielipp, M.D., M.B.A., F.C.C.M.
J.J. Buckley Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
"Perioperative Nerve Injury"


2005-2006

August 9-10, 2005

Robert S. Lagasse, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
"Anesthesia Safety: Model or Myth"

"Mechanisms of Anesthesia Safety: How Do We Know What Works?"

August 17, 2005 Maisie L. Shindo, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Directorof Head and Neck Oncology
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
"Otolaryngolic and Head and Neck Surgery:
Considerations for the Anesthesiologist"

Sept 27, 2005 Richard A. Anderson, Ph.D.
Director of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
University of Wisconsin




Nov 15-16, 2005 Paul White, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, TX
"Role of Non-Opioid Analgesics"

"Fast-Tracking Anesthetic Techniques"

Jan 3-4, 2006 Paul P. Calle, VMD, Dipl. ACZM
Senior Veterinarian
Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, NY
"Zoo Animal Medicine"

"Anesthesia for Zoological Species"

Jan 17-18, 2006 Lynn Broadman, M.D.
Professor of Pediatric Anesthesia
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Morgantown, WV
"Pediatric Journal Club"

"Pro/Con Parental Presence in the OR"

Feb 7 & 8, 2006 2006 Roger S. Brett Memorial Lecturer
Thomas J.J. Blanck, M.D., Ph.D.
Chariman of Anesthesiology
New York University
New York, NY
"Malignant Hyperthermia: History and Pathophysiology"

"Volatile Anesthetics and Neuronal Calcium Regulation"

March 21 & 22, 2006 Brenda Bucklin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Colorado
Denver, CO
"Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Clinical Concerns and Besmiddletions"

"Obstetric Anesthesia: Implications of Current Practices"

April 4 & 5, 2006 Lawrence J. Saidman, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California
"The Virtues and Limitations of Peer Review-Can We Trust What is Published?"

"Development of the Specialty"

May 23 & 24, 2006 Stephen M. Rupp, M.D.
Chief of Anesthesiology
Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic
Seattle, WA
"Maximizing the Benefits and Minimizing the Risks of Regional Anesthesia:
   Selected Case Studies"

"Applying Manufacturing Principles to Anesthesia and Perioperative Services
   to Improve Quality, Safety and Education"

June 6 & 7, 2006 Cynthia A. Wong, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Obstetrical Anesthesia
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, IL
"The Management of Inadvertent Dural Puncture in the Parturient"

"Timing of Neuraxial Analgesia in Labor, Prophylactic Blood Patches and
  Programmed Epidural Boluses for Labor Analgesia"

June 27 & 28, 2006 Parakulam Sebastian Thomas, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Pain Treatment Services
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY
"Neurolytic Blocks"

"Image Guided Procedures for Pain Management"


2004-2005

August 10-11, 2004

Steven L. Shafer, MD
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA
"Critical Thinking in Anesthesia"

"Models of Drug Behavior"

Sept 7-8, 2004 Kirk Hogan, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Madison, WI
"Nitrous Oxide's Numbered Days: New Pharmacogenetic Syndromes"

"The Anesthesiologist as Inventor - Winning the Patent Game"

Sept 15, 2004 John J. A. Marota, MD
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Massachusetts General Hosptital
Boston, MA
"Anesthetic Management of the Traumatic Brain Injured Patient"

Nov 2-3, 2004 James B. Eisenkraft, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
"Anesthesia Vaporizers"

"Problems with Anesthesia Gas Delivery Systems"

Nov 30, 2004

Scott Reuben, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Tufts University School of Medicine
Springfield, MA
"Recent Advances in Acute Posmiddleerative Pain"

Dec 7-8, 2004 Michael B. Howie, M.D.
Professor and Chairman of Anesthesiology
Ohio State University Hospital
Columbus, OH
"Implications for Robotic Surgery"

"Service Oriented Electronic Architecture for Health Care"

Jan 18-19, 2005 Robert A. Whittington, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
"Anesthetic considerations for the illicit substance abusing patient"

"An update on anesthetic-assisted opiate detoxification"

Feb 16, 2005 Stephen C. Vlay, M.D.
Department of Cardiology
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
"Perioperatiove Management of AICD's"
March 1-2, 2005 Lawrence Litt, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesia
UCSF
San Francisco, CA
"Anesthesiologists in Relation to Informed Consent and Legal Testimony"

"Anesthesia in Remote Locations - Some New and Old Issues."

March 8-9, 2005 Leila Mei Pang, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
New York, NY
"Have Anesthesia Equipment, Will Travel:
    Pediatric Anesthesia Outside of the OR"

"It's Just a Little Cold!"

March 15-16, 2005 

R.S. Brett Memorial Lecturer
Joe Henry Steinbach, Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
"Potentiation of GABA-A receptors by anesthetic steroids: mechanisms and sites"

"What are gating modes and do anesthetics change them?"

April 26-27, 2005 Rafael V. Miguel, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL


May 10-11, 2005 Eric Jacobsohn, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiac Critical Care
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
"Perioperative Fluid Management"

"Perioperative Care of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: What's New in 2005?"

May 31 - June 1, 2005 Joseph V. Pergolizzi, Jr., M.D.
Anesthesiology/ Critical Care Medicine/
Pain Management – Sr. Partner
Naples Anesthesia and Pain Associates
Naples, Florida
"PONV and the Use of Therapeutic Decision Support"

"Post Operative Nausea and Vomiting"

June 22, 2005 J. Gerald Quirk, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
"Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pregnancy:
   What is the Role of Perimortum Cesarean Delivery?"

July 19, 2005 Amitabha Chatmiddleadhyay, Ph.D.
Group Leader   
Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology
Hyderabad, India
"Interaction of Hippocampal Serotonin-1A Receptors with
    Tertiary Amine Local Anesthetics and Membrane Cholesterol"


2003-2004

August 7-8, 2003

Gary Loyd, M.D., M.M.M.
Associate Professor and Vice-Chairman of Education
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Louisville, KY
"Crisis Management"

"Teaching in a Simulator Center"

Sept 18-19, 2003


John J. Savarese, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY
"Neuromuscular Blockers: Metabolism, Elimination and Kinetics"

"What's new in Neuromuscular Blockers?"

Oct 3, 2003 Dennis Galanakis, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Chief of Blood Service
Stony Brook University Hospital, Blood Bank
Stony Brook, NY
"Blood Transfusion Errors and Their Prevention"
Oct 30-31, 2003 Enrico M. Camporesi, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
SUNY Health Sciences Center
Syracuse, NY
"A Primer of Undersea Medicine"

"Neuroprotection and Coiling Problems"

Nov 6-7, 2003 Admir Hadzic, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
New York, NY
"Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks"

"Neurological Complications after Nerve Blocks:
    Mechanisms and Means to Prevent Them?"

Dec 11-12, 2003 Debra A. Schwinn, M.D.
James B. Duke Professor of Anesthesiology
Professor of Pharmacology/Cancer Biology & Surgery
Vice-Chairman of Research & Director of Perioperative Genomics
Head, Molecular Pharmacology Laboratories
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
"Fostering Academic Anesthesiology"

"Perioperative Genomics and the Clinical Researcher"

Feb 19-20, 2004 Keith Miller, D. Phil.
2004 R. S. Brett Memorial Lecturer
Edward Mallinckrodt Professor of Anesthesia Research
Department of Anesthesia/Critical Care
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
"Molecular Mechanisms of Anesthesia: the Quest for Anesthetic Sites"

"How General Anesthetics Work"

Feb 26-27, 2004 W. Andrew Kofke, MD, MBA, FCCM
Professor of Anesthesia and Neurosurgery
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
"Anesthetic Neurotoxicity"

"Cardiovascular Considerations with Intracranial Hypertension"

March 9-10, 2004 Daniel Berkowitz, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
"Vasopressin: From Cell to CPR"

"The Aging Cardiovascular System"

March 23-24, 2004 Jackie L. Martin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
"Fast Track Anesthesia: Turning Fantasy into Fact:
   New Agents, Adjuvants and Attitudes"

"Understanding the Metabolism and Toxicity of Inhaled Anesthetics:
   Halothane to Xenon and Beyond
"

April 27, 2004 Steven P. Cohen, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY
"New Developments in the Treatment of Axial Low Back Pain"
May 19, 2004 Daniel Baram, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care
Stony Brook University Hospital
"Putting the Dynamics Back into Hemodynamics".
June 8, 2004 Navparkash S. Sandhu, MS, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
New York University Medical School
New York, NY
"Use of Ultrasound for Peripheral Nerve Blocks"
June 16 2004 Pamela Flood, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
New York, NY
"General Anesthetics and Their Role in Post-op Pain"

"Maternal Physiology and Pharmacology"

June 22-23 2004 John W. Severinghaus, MD FRCA
Professor Emeritus, Anesthesia
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
"Acid Base Balance"

"The True History of Oxygen: Sciences and Scandal"

July 14, 2004
 
Michael Roizen, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY Health Sciences Center at Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
"Preoperative evaluation:
    Is it of value and what laboratory choices to make?"


2002-2003

August 8-9, 2002 Walter G. Maurer, MD
Head, Section of Ambulatory Anesthesia
Department of General Anesthesia
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
"Sedation - From Local Standby to 'Big-MAC'"

"Office Based Anesthesia Perfect Recovery -
   Walk In, Walk Out, No Pain, No Nausea"

August 16, 2002 Daniel Spyker, Ph.D., M.D.
Senior Medical Director
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Stamford, CT
"Bench to Bedside - How does stuff get through the FDA?"
Sept 4-5, 2002 K.V.R. Chary, Ph.D.
Professor
Molecular Biophysics Group
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Mumbai, India
"The Role of NMR in Proteomics Research and Drug Design"

Sept 19-20, 2002 Talmadge D.  Egan, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
"Recent Advances in Intravenous Anesthesia"

"Pharmacodynamic Drug Interactions in Anesthesia"

Oct 3 & 4, 2002 Sheila R. Barnett, M.D.
Residency Program Director
Anesthesia and Critical Care
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
"Regional Anesthesia in the Elderly Patient."

"Anesthesia for the Elderly Patient"

Nov 7-8, 2002 Ellison C. Pierce, Jr., M.D.
Executive Director,
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
Associate Clinical Professor of Anaesthesia,
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
"The Anesthesia Patient Safety Movement"

"Human Error"

Dec 19 & 20, 2002 Daniel M. Thys, M.D.
Chairman
St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital
Department of Anesthesiology
Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY
"The Management of the Low Cardiac Output: A Physiological Approach"

Jan 16 & 17, 2003 Eugene Viscusi, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Medical Center
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
"Acute Pain Management"

Jan 23 & 24, 2003 Franklin Dexter, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Management Consulting
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA
"Understanding Hospital Decision Making: The Economics of Perioperative Care. A Broad Overview."

Feb 27-28, 2003 Nancy A. Nussmeier, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
Texas Heart Institute
Houston, TX
"Protecting the Brain and Spinal Cord in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery"

March 20-21, 2003 Thomas E. Wiswell, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY
"Historical Evolution of Neonatal Resuscitation"

April 3-4, 2003 Michael Roizen, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY Health Sciences Center at Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
"RealAge implications for your health and managing your patients"

April 24-25, 2003 T. J. Gan, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
"Intraoperative Fluid Management"

May 8-9, 2003 Brian Kaufman, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine
Director of Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
New York University
New York, NY
"Critical Care Radiology"

May 22 & 23, 2003 Beverley A. Orser, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Anaesthesia
University of Toronto
Toronto, CA
"Anesthetic Patient Safety: First do no harm"

June 19-20, 2003 Yaakov Beilin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology,
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
"Thrombocymiddleenia and Low Molecular Weight Heparin: Implications for Regional Anesthesia"


2001-2002

Sept 20-21, 2001

Aaron F. Kopman, MD
Vice-Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center
New York, NY
"Monitoring of Neuromuscular Blockade"

"The Ideal Neuromuscular Blocking Agent - Where Do We Stand?"
Oct 16, 2001
Andreas Hoeft, M.D.
Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Bonn
Bonn, Germany
"Influence of Genotype on Outcome of Patients with Severe Sepsis"

Nov 1-2, 2001

Jan Ehrenwerth, MD
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
"Anesthesia Machine Workshop"

"Fire Safety for the Anesthesiologist"
Nov 8-9, 2001

Anthony R. Brown, MD
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
New York, NY
"Should the Coracoid Infraclavicular Approach Replace the Axillary Approach to the Brachial Plexus?"

"Hypotensive/Bradycardic Events Associated with Regional Anesthesia"
Dec 6-7, 2001

Robert E. Johnstone, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
"Practice Management"

"Fluid Choices in Anesthesiology"
Dec 13-14, 2001

Peter Bailey, MD
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
"Opioids in Anesthesia"

"Anesthesia for Beating Heart Surgery"
Jan 10-11, 2002

David S. Warner, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
"Mechanisms of Anesthetic Neuroprotection"

"Advances in Anesthetic Neuroprotection"
Jan 18, 2002

Stephen L. Dewey,  Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Chemistry Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
"Imaging Drug Addiction and Developing Treatment Strategies"

Feb 28- March 1, 2002

Mark J. Lema, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
State University of New York at Buffalo
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
"Analyzing Epidural Outcomes"

"Perioperative Analgesia and Posmiddleerative Pain Control"
March 7- 8, 2002

Edmond I. Eger, M.D.
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of California
San Francisco, CA
"Inhaled Anesthetic Uptake and Distribution"

"How to Look Good Giving Anesthesia"
March 21-22, 2002

William Greeley, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
"Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia - An Update"

"Anesthesia for Fetal Surgery"
April 23, 2002

Thomas Bouillon, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Leiden, The Netherlands
"Respiratory Depression and Anesthesia."
April 25-26, 2002

Terri G. Monk, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Florida Medical Center
"RBC Transfusion in the Perioperative Period"

"Posmiddleerative Cognitive Dysfunction in the Elderly"
May 9-10, 2002

Pierre Fiset, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Royal Victoria Hospital
Montreal, Canada
"Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: What have we learned in the last 10 years."

"Brain imaging as a tool for understanding mechanisms of anesthesia"

2000-2001

August 10-11, 2000

Berend Mets, MBChB, PhD, FFASA, FRCA
Associate Vice-Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
New York, NY
"Volatile Anesthetic Uptake and Distribution"

"Pitfalls in the Interpretation and Use of the Swan Ganz Catheter"
Sept 21-22, 2000


Carl Rosow, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critial Care
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Oct 19-20, 2000

Michael Struys, M.D., Ph.D.
Tom DeSmet, M.Sc.
Department of Anesthesiology
Ghent University Hospital
Ghent, Belguim
"Optimization of Intravenous Anesthesia Techniques"

"Closed-Loop Anesthesia for Hypnotics ... Back to the Future ..."
Nov 2-3, 2000

Laurence McCullough, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
"Ethical Challenges in Managed Care"

"From Protection to Participation: Ethical Issues of Research with Vulnerable Subjects"
Nov 16-17, 2000

Stephen M. Klein, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Co-Director of Research
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University
Durham, NC
"Paravertebral Nerve Blockade for Thoracic and General Surgery"

"Application for Continuous Regional Anesthesia"
Dec 7-8, 2000

Elliott Bennett-Guerrero
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Columbia Presbyterian
New York, NY
"Can Anesthesiologists Reduce Systemic Inflammation and Improve Posmiddleerative Outcome?"

"New Concepts in Plasma Volume Expansion"
Dec 14-15, 2000

Julian M. Goldman, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthetisiology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
"Capnography and Spirometry in the Circle Breathing System: Advanced Concepts"

"Update on Pulse Oximetry Technology: Clinical Implications"
Jan 18-19, 2001

Brian Ginsburg, MB, ChB
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University
Durham, NC
"Posmiddleerative Pain Management"

"Pre-Emptive Analgesia"
Feb 1-2, 2001

Dr. Eberhard Kochs
Professor and Chairman of Anesthesiology
Klinikum rechts der Isar, School of Medicine, Technical University
Munich, Germany
"Monitoring the CNS for Drug Effects and ICU Sedation."

"How Do Anesthetics Affect Synaptic Transmission and Synaptic Plasticity?"
March 8-9, 2001

William Greeley, MD, MBA
Anesthesiologist-in-chief, Chair
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Children's Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
"Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia - An Update"

"Cultivating Clinical Research in Pediatric Anesthesia"
March 29-30, 2001

Rebecca Twersky, MD
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Vice-Chairman for Research
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Director, Division of Ambulatory Anesthesia
Long Island College Hospital
Brooklyn, NY
"OBA-Office Based Anesthesia"

"Recovery and Discharge of the Ambulatory Anesthesia Patient"
April 19-20, 2001

Roger S. Brett Memorial Lecturer
Neil Harrison, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Medical College at Cornell University
New York, NY
"Developing a Research Career"

"Mechanisms of Anesthesia - What Have We Learned Since 1846?"
May 10-11, 2001

Robert N. Sladen
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Columbia Presbyterian
New York, NY
"Perioperative Hypertension - What's New and Useful"

"Perioperative Renal Protection - Is there a Magic Bullet?"
May 24-25, 2001

Johan F. Coetzee
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
"Aspects of Equipment and Training"

"The Practice of Low Flow Anaesthesia"
June 7-8, 2001

David Lubarsky, M.D.
Associate Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University
Durham, NC
"Understanding Cost Concepts in the Medical Literature"

"Valuing Health Care: New Approaches to Costs and Outcomes"
June 14-15, 2001

Alan C. Santos, M.D.
Associate Director
Department of Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, NY
"Anesthesia for Emergency Cesarean Delivery Management"

"Newer Amide Local Anesthetics for Obstetric Use"

1999-2000

Oct 28 & 29, 1999



Norman L. Herman, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University Medical Center
New York, NY
"Current Controversies in OB Anesthesia"

"Anesthesia and the Placenta"

Nov 11 & 12, 1999



Jeffrey G. Gross, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesia
University of Connecticut Medical School
Farmington, CT
"Ventilatory Effects of Anesthetic Agents"

"Electrical Safety in the Operating Room"

"Perioperative Drug Interactions and Their Implications for Anesthesiologists"

Dec 2 & 3, 1999

Paul B. Langevin, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacodynamics
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL
"X-ray Ventilator Interface Demonstration"

"Consideration of Mean Arterial Blood Pressure"

"Evidence for Vascular Responsiveness in Pregnancy"

Dec 9 & 10, 1999

Jeffrey Uppington, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
"Basic Neurophysiology"

"Right Ventricular Function"

"Some Ethical Issues in Anesthesia"

Jan 6 & 7, 2000

Keith J. Ruskin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
"Finding and Using Internet Medical Resources"

"The Internet and the Clinician: What's New?"

"User Defined Resources: Using the Internet for Educational Research"

Jan 21, 2000


Thomas W. Schnider, M.D.
Staff Anesthesiologist
Inselspital, Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland

"Feedback Controlled Anesthesia: Can the Computer Replace the Anesthesiologist?"

Feb 10 & 11, 2000



Lee A. Fleischer, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
The John Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
"Preoperative cardiac evaluation for noncardiac surgery: Case Presentations"

"Risk of Anesthesia: How far have we come and where are we going?"

"Evidence based anesthesia: Management of the cardiac patient for noncardiac surgery"

Feb 18, 2000
Jacques Somma, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
"Strategy to Analyze the Effect of Aging on Pharmacokinetics and Dynamics"

"Secrets of Drug Dosing"

March 9 & 10, 2000
James M. Bailey, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
"Diagnosis for Ventricular Dysfunction"

"Current Strategies for Management of Perioperative Vertricular Dysfunction"

"What Determines the Duration of Drug Effect?"

March 16 & 17, 2000



Carl Lynch, III, M.D.
ROGER S. BRETT MEMORIAL LECTURER
Professor and Acting Chairman of Anesthesiology
Charlottesville, VA
"Discussion of Anesthesia Practices and Techniques"

"Perioperative Considerations in Patients with Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators"

"Anesthetic Protection of the Myocardium and Other Tissues"

April 6 & 7, 2000
John C. Rowlingson, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, VA
"Chronic Pain Management - Where are We?"

"Acute Pain Management"

"Cancer Pain Management"

April 10, 2000

Ira J. Rampil, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesia
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
"Mechanisms of General Anesthesia"

April 21, 2000

Helene Benveniste, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
"The Effect of Mean Arterial Blood Pressure on Lesion Size after Brain Biopsy"

May 11 & 12, 2000

Girish Joshi, MBBS, MD, FFARCSI
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Management
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
"Pain Management after Ambulatory Surgery"

"New Concepts in Recovery after Ambulatory Surgery"

May 18 & 19, 2000

George P. middleulos, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
"Anesthesia in MR Environments"

"Pulmonary Microvascular Pressure-Volume Characteristics"

May 23, 2000

Eric Moody, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
"Chronic exposure to volatile anesthetics results in behavioral and receptor changes in mice."

June 15 & 16, 2000

William R. Camann, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
"Current Controversies in Obstetric Anesthesia"

"Obstetric Anesthesia and the Neonate"


1998-1999

Sept 17-18, 1998



Hugh C. Hemmings, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY
"Recent Progress in Defining the Mechanisms of General Anesthetics."

"General Anesthetic Effects on Protein Kinase C."

"General Anesthetic Effects on Neurotransmitter Release - Depressing and Exciting News."

Oct 29-30, 1998

Lena S. Sun, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
New York, NY
"Case Discussion of Pediatric Patient for Anesthesia."

"Ecstasy and Anesthesia."

"Inotropic Agents in Children."

Nov 12-13, 1998


Edmund I. Eger, II, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
University of California
San Francisco, CA
"Awareness During Anesthesia."

"Controversies Concerning Toxicities of Sevoflurane and Desflurane."

"Kinetic Considerations in the Choice of a Modern Inhaled Anesthetic."

Dec 10-11, 1998

Susan A. Vassallo, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
"Pediatric Epidural Anesthesia."

"Massive Blood Loss."

"Latex Alergy."

Jan 14-15, 1999

Raymond Sinatra, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
"Acute and Chronic Pain Issues."

"New Agents/Techniques for Managing Acute Pain."

"New Concepts for Labor and Delivery Analgesia."

Feb 4-5, 1999

Pamela Flood-Radoslovich, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
New York, NY
"Spinal Headache"

"What the Clinician has to Teach the Scientist about Anesthetic Mechanisms"

"Central Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and General Anesthetic Mechanisms"

March 4-5, 1999

Professor Dr. Bernd Urban
ROGER S. BRETT MEMORIAL LECTURE
Professor Anesthesiology
University of Bonn
Bonn, Germany
"Local anesthetic toxicity"

"Mechanisms of Anesthetic Action"

"Mechanisms of Anesthesia"

April 15-16, 1999

Edward Lowenstein, M.D.
Professor of Anaesthesia
MGH - Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
"A Brief History of Opoid Anesthesia"

"An Exercise in Withdrawal of Treatment"

"Challenges to Professionalism in Anesthesiology"

May 6-7, 1999

Richard M. Smiley, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
New York, NY
"Obstetric Anesthesia Case Presentations/Discussions"

"Adrenergic Pharmacology for the Anesthesiologist: What's New and What Matters"

"DEBATE: Epidural Anesthesia Slows Labor and Delivery and Increases the Cesarean Section Rate"

June 3-4, 1999

Simon C. Body, M.B., Ch.B.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Brigham & Women's Hosptial
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
"The attending is at coffee, the lobectomy is hypoxic, the day is heading downhill. Help!"

"Nitric oxide donors and other anti-inflammatories in thoracic surgery. Will gaseous NO ever find an indication?"

"Coagulation and Inflammation - Their Relationship to Clinical Outcomes."


1997-1998

Sept 11-12, 1997

Gilbert J. Grant, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY
"Clinical Problems in OB Anesthesia."

"Effects of Neuraxial Anesthesia in the Progress and Outcome of Labor."

"Neurological Complications of Neuraxial Anesthesia."

Oct 9-10, 1997

Berend Mets, MBChB, PhD, FFASA, FRCA
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
New York, NY
"Emergency Surgery in Acute Asthma."

"Anesthesia for New Cardiothoracic Procedures."

"Cocaine, Toxicity, Treatment."

Nov 6-7, 1997

Joseph S. Beckman, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Biochemistry
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, Alabama
"Myocardial Injury by Peroxynitrite."

Dec 11-12, 1997

Douglas E. Raines, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
"Mini-Clinical Case Conferences."

"Hepatic Failure in Transplantation."

"Molecular Mechanisms of Anesthetic Action."

Jan 22-23, 1998

Margaret Wood, MD
Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
New York, NY
"Interesting Clinical Drug Interactions."

"New Ideas on Sedation Pharmacology."

"Variability in Anesthetic Drug Response."

Feb 5-6, 1998

Alex S. Evers, MD
ROGER S. BRETT MEMORIAL LECTURER
Mallinckrodt Professor and Chairman of Anesthesiology
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri
"Case Presentation and Discussion."

"Molecular Mechanisms of Anesthesia."

"Steroidal Anesthetics: New Insights into their Mechanisms and Actions."

March 5-6, 1998

Roberta L. Hines, MD
Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
"Perioperative Evaluation of the Patient with Cardiac Disease for Noncardiac Surgery."

"Right Vertricular Function: Clinical Implications."

"New Cardiotonic Drugs: Clinical Applications."

April 23-24, 1998

John B. Pawlowski, MD
Instructor in Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
"Midcab Surgery: How and Why."

"Mechanism of Intrinsic Tone in Blood Vessels."

"Rational Use of Vasoactive Substances."

May 14-15, 1998

Subhash Jain, MD
Director, Anesthesia Pain Management Group
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY


June 4-5, 1998

Michael T. Bailin, MD
Instructor in Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
"When to Use Invasive Monitoring."

"Anesthesia for Aortic Reconstruction."

"Anesthesia in Patients with Liver Disease."


1996-1997

Oct 24-25, 1996

Ferenc Gyulai, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
"Novel Pharmacological Strategies in Acute Pain Management: alpha2 and Cholinergic Agents."

"Monitoring Anesthetic Depth - The Ultimate Parameter. Is There Any?"

"In Vivo Imaging of Drug Action in Humans."

Nov 14-15, 1996

Richard Teplick, M.D.
Vice Chairman and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
"Hemodynamic Concepts, Measurements and Interpretation Based on Case Presentations."

"A Physiologic Approach to Interpreting Cardiovascular Data."

"Assessment of Cardiac Risk for Non-cardiac Surgery: A Reassessment."

Dec 19-20, 1996

Henry Rosenberg, M.D.
Professor and Chairman of Anesthesiology
Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
"The Future of Anesthesiology"

"35 Years of Malignant Hyperthermia (MH). What Have We Learned?"

"Anesthetic Considerations for Patients with Neuromuscular Disorders"

Jan 16-17, 1997

Charles B. Berde, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
"Pediatric Anesthesia Case Discussion"

"Prolonged Regional Anesthesia"

"Chronic Pain Therapy in Pediatric Patients"

Feb 6-7, 1997

Mieczyslaw Finster, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New York, NY
"Prehydration - How Much is Enough?"

"Should We Continue Using Lidocaine for Spinal Anesthesia?"

"Does Epidural Analgesia Alter the Course of Labor and the Mode of Delivery?"

April 3-4, 1997

Marcel E. Durieux, M.D.
ROGER S. BRETT MEMORIAL LECTURER
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Neurosurgery
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, VA
"Closed Head Injury"

"Droperidol: A Drug That Outlived Its Usefulness?"

"Muscarinic Signaling in the Central Nervous System"

May 1-2, 1997

Susan Firestone, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Medical Director of Perioperative Services at Children's Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Management Challenges: Neonatal Emergencies."

"Application of Nitric Oxide in Pediatrics."

"Recent Advances in the Management of the Hypoplastic Heart Syndrome."

June 5-6, 1997

David J. Cullen, M.D., M.S.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Tufts University School of Medicine
Chairman, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Boston, MA
"The Revolution in Anesthesia Patient Safety."

"Adverse Drug Event Prevention Study."

June 20, 1997

Joseph Brimacombe, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
Cairns Base and Cavalry Hospitals
Cairns, Australia
"The Role of LMA in the Difficult Airway"


1995-1996

April 18-19, 1996

Paul R. Knight, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
University at Buffalo
Buffalo General Hospital
Buffalo, NY
"Anesthetic Management of Immuno-suppressed Patients"

"Implications of Immune Alterations During the Perioperative Period"

"Asperation Pneumonitis"

May 2-3, 1996

Marc J. Bloom, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Director of Neuroanesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
"Bispectral Index as an EEG Measure of Sedation with Methohexital"

"Neuroanesthesia"

"Bispectral Index of EEG as a Measure of Sedation"

June 20-21, 1996

Burton S. Epstein, M.D.
Seymour Alpert Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
George Washington University
Washington, DC
"Guidelines for Nonoperating Room Anestheizing Locations"

"Controversies in Ambulatory Surgery"

"Pros and Cons of Developing Practice Parameters"