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Ten sessions within ANESTHESIOLOGY 2025 have been identified by the Center as CPMed Supported Sessions. These sessions will provide learners with an understanding of the principles of developing and implementing multidisciplinary perioperative care pathways while highlighting the value of the specialty. To review the full list of CPMed Supported Sessions, see below. You can also look for the CPMed Supported Sessions tag within the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2025 Program Planner.
| Number | Title | Presenter | Presentation | ||
| PN105 | Perioperative Stroke: Integrating Strategies for Risk Reduction, Early Detection and Rapid Intervention | Laurel Moore, MD Univ of MI Anes. Dept. |
Moderator | ||
| Phillip Vlisides, MD University of Michigan |
Perioperative Stroke Risk: Key Predictors and Timing of Surgical Intervention | ||||
| Steven Robicsek, MD, PhD Univ of FL College of Med. - Faculty |
Anesthetic Approach and Hemodynamic Goals in Reducing Perioperative Stroke | ||||
| Sonal Sharma, MD Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center |
Perioperative Stroke: Rapid Assessment and Intervention | ||||
| Description: Perioperative stroke is a devastating complication, increasing morbidity and mortality in surgical patients. Identifying patients at risk for perioperative stroke is crucial, as is the implementation of strategies to minimize that risk. Additionally, early recognition and rapid intervention of perioperative stroke is essential in improving outcomes. This panel will cover risk stratification factors (e.g., recent stroke history, key comorbidities) and evidence-based guidelines on surgery timing after recent cerebrovascular event in patients undergoing non-cardiac, non-neurologic surgery. We will also discuss role of anesthetic choice (general vs regional) on stroke risk and discuss controversies surrounding intraoperative blood pressure targets. Additionally, we will outline tools for quickly differentiating perioperative stroke from anesthesia effects, including essential neurologic assessment and imaging and review role of thrombolytics and thrombectomy in the perioperative setting. The session will provide anesthesiologists and perioperative teams evidence-based approaches to mitigate the risk of stroke, improve patient safety, and manage stroke in the perioperative setting. | |||||
| PN126 | Problems in Perioperative Medicine: Device? What Device? |
Rebecca Gerlach, MD, FRCPC University of New Mexico |
Cardiac Devices |
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| Elizabeth Duggan, MD, MA University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Diabetic Devices | ||||
| Garret Weber, MD Westchester Medical Center |
Pain Pumps and Nerve Stimulators | ||||
| Description: With advancement in technology, many patients present to the operating rooms with medical devices. This panel aims to familiarize the audience with new devices as well as address perioperative management challenges and options in patients with cardiac devices (e.g., leadless pacemakers, subcutaneous ICDs), diabetic devices (insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors), and pain pumps and stimulators (implantable drug delivery, spinal/nerve stimulators). | |||||
| PN110 | Atrial Fibrillation: Everything You Need to Know From A to F |
Jacob Schaff, MD, FASE Anesthesiology, White Plains Hospital, North American Partners in Anesthesiology |
Atrial Fibrillation: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Anticoagulation, and Treatment Strategies | ||
| BobbieJean Sweitzer, MD, FASA Inova Health |
Atrial Fibrillation: From A to F | ||||
| Rohesh Fernando, MD, FASE, FASA Wake Forest |
Interventional Treatment Strategies of Atrial Fibrillation | ||||
| Description: This panel will provide information on current strategies for perioperative management of atrial fibrillation (AF). Given the aging population, these clinical situations are presenting with ever-increasing frequency in both ambulatory surgery centers as well as inpatient procedures. Having a thorough understanding of successful management strategies and understanding of pathophysiologic changes is critical to the perioperative management of these patients. The panel hopes to provide real-world examples to help with everyday scenarios such as new-onset atrial fibrillation and recently discovered atrial fibrillation as it applies to different levels of urgency for procedures. We will also address short, intermediate, and long-term implications of atrial fibrillation diagnosis. Finally, as an increasing number of patients are treated with newly introduced interventional procedures (e.g., pulse field ablation, left atrial occlusion devices), we will review key concepts for both the cardiac and general anesthesiologist. | |||||
| ST111 | Recommendations From the 2025 ASA Practice Advisory on Perioperative Care of Older Adults Scheduled for Inpatient Surgery |
Stacie Deiner, MD Department of Anesthesiology, Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth Health |
Expanded Preoperative Evaluation to Assess Cognitive Decline and Frailty Reduces Postoperative Delirium | ||
| Karen B. Domino, MD, MPH University of Washington. |
Moderator and Q&A | ||||
| Mark D. Neuman, MD, MSc Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania |
Both General or Neuraxial Anesthesia Are Appropriate in Older Adults | ||||
| Frederick Sieber, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital |
Influence of TIVA vs. Inhaled Anesthesia and Dexmedetomide on Post-operative Delirium | ||||
| Julie McSwain, MD, FASA Department of Anesthesiology, Medical U of S Carolina |
Perioperative Use of Medications With Potential CNS Effects | ||||
| Description: This session will review the recommendations and the data supporting these recommendations in the new 2025 Practice Advisory on Perioperative Care of Older Adults Scheduled for Inpatient Surgery. | |||||
| SPE04 | APSF Panel: Transforming Maternal Care: Innovations and Collaborations to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality |
May Pian-Smith, MD, MS Lexington, MA, USA |
Moderator | ||
| Melissa Bauer, DO, FASA Duke University, Durham, NC, USA |
Severe Maternal Mortality | ||||
| Jill Mhyre, MD UAMS Anesthesiology, Little Rock, AR, USA |
Birth Equity | ||||
| Brian Bateman, MD Palo Alto, CA, USA |
Maternal Mortality: Anesthesiologists’ Role in Bending the Curve | ||||
| Description: The maternal morbidity and mortality crisis in the United States stands out as the most severe among developed nations, highlighting an urgent need for systemic change. This expert panel will delve into many contributors to this crisis, including inadequate management of severe illness, as well as persistent inequities in care delivery. Panelists will explore how anesthesiologists, through collaborative efforts with clinicians and policy makers, can play a pivotal role in improving outcomes. Strategies for impactful involvement, such as optimizing perioperative care, advancing protocols for early detection and intervention, and addressing disparities in access to care, will be discussed. | |||||
| ST101 | Prehabilitation: What is the Evidence? |
Ruben J. Azocar, MD, MHCM, FASA, FCCM Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
Why Should We Consider Prehabilitation? | ||
| Michelle Humeidan, MD, PhD Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University |
Will Training the Brain Improve Postoperative Cognitive Outcomes? | ||||
| Maurice Joyce, MD, MEd, FASA Anesthesiology, Tufts University |
Mens sana in corpore sano, but you got to exercise. | ||||
| Paul Wischmeyer, MD Anesthesiology, Duke University School Of Medicine |
Malnourishment Affects the Mind and the Body: Feeding the Patients Well Is a Must | ||||
| Kimberly Rengel, MD Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University |
We All Agree It Needs to Be Done, but How? | ||||
| Description: This Snap-Chat will cover the rationale of prehabilitation in frail and geriatric patients. | |||||
| PN130 | The Future of Perioperative Medicine. Opportunities and Challenges |
Tong Gan, MD, MBA, MHS, FRCA, FASA MD Anderson Cancer Ctr. |
The Future of Perioperative Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges | ||
| Gary Stier, MD, MBA Riverside University Health System Med Ctr. |
Getting the C-suite to Recognize the Effort for Perioperative Medicine | ||||
| Richard Urman, MD, MBA, FASA Upper Arlington, OH, USA |
Perioperative Medicine Fellowship Curriculum | ||||
| Description: This panel addresses the importance of perioperative medicine for the anesthesiologists. The various topics will cover the critical factors to ensure the success of perioperative medicine, including successful model of preoperative care, training the next generation of anesthesiologists, residency and fellowship curriculum, and how to engage the hospital executives for the recognition of effort in perioperative medicine. | |||||
| RL208 | Hot Topics and Controversies in the Perioperative Management of Patients with Diabetes |
Adriana Oprea, MD Yale School of Medicine |
Hot Topics and Controversies in the Perioperative Management of Patients With Diabetes | ||
| Description: Diabetes mellitus affects ~10% of the United States population and is often underdiagnosed in patients undergoing surgery. Both diabetes as well as perioperative hyperglycemia are associated with adverse outcomes such as perioperative infections. Therapies for management of diabetes are evolving rapidly, both in terms of pharmacotherapy, as well as the use of diabetes devices, and anesthesiologists should be familiar and understand the nuances and perioperative implications of such therapies. Optimal perioperative diabetes management relies on appropriate antihyperglycemic medication management, observing glycemic targets as well as optimizing comorbid diseases related to this chronic disease. | |||||
| PN410 | Coexisting Diseases and Anesthesia: Then and Now |
Rebecca Gerlach, MD, FRCPC University of New Mexico |
Case 1 | ||
| Adriana Oprea, MD Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine |
Case 2 | ||||
| BobbieJean Sweitzer, MD, FASA Inova Health |
Case 3 | ||||
| Description: This panel will feature perioperative considerations for patients with significant comorbidities in the context of what is already known and recently published literature. The panelists are all authors of the chapter on “Anesthetic Implications of Concurrent Diseases” in the 10th edition of Miller’s Anesthesia. This chapter is unique from the preoperative evaluation chapter in Miller in that it discusses the entire spectrum of perioperative care for patients with comorbid conditions. The presenters for this panel will shed new light on old topics, both summarizing what is known about the condition and putting it into context of new literature published in 2024-2025. It is essential anesthesiologists embrace the perspective of a continuum of perioperative care, particularly as it pertains to incorporating implications of coexisting disease into the anesthetic plan. | |||||
| ST404 | Preoperative Conundrums: Now What??? |
Angela Selzer, MD, FASA University of Colorado |
General Strategies for Addressing Incidental Findings in Preoperative Patients | ||
| Obianuju Okocha, MD Northwestern University |
My Knee Arthroplasty Patient Has Aortic Stenosis, Now What??? | ||||
| Erin Stewart, MD, MS Stanford University |
My Lumbar Fusion Patient Has Elevated Liver Associated Enzymes, Now What??? | ||||
| Kenneth Cummings, MD, MS, FASA Cleveland Clinic |
My Craniotomy Patient Has Untreated Hyperthyroidism, Now What??? | ||||
| Description: During preoperative evaluation, anesthesiologists can be faced with incidental findings which create complex clinical conundrums. Based on these findings, the anesthesiologist must decide whether to proceed with surgery or postpone for further workup. Through a case-based format, the management of conditions often discovered incidentally will be discussed. National experts in preoperative medicine will review current guidelines for the management of aortic stenosis, elevated liver associated enzymes and hyperthyroidism, thereby giving anesthesiologists an important context within which to better approach these complex clinical scenarios. | |||||
Curated by: the ASA Center for Perioperative Medicine
Date of last update: June 24, 2025
