Tuesday Morning Conferences
Thursday Morning Conferences
Anesthesia Department Grand Rounds

Tuesday Morning Conferences

Beginning in September, resident conferences are held most Tuesdays from 6:15 - 6:45 am primarily to review import basic science topics covered on the written anesthesia board exams. Residents are expected to have read the assigned chapter in Miller's Anesthesiology prior to the conference.

Listed below are typical topics covered over the course of the academic year:

Basic principles of pharmacology related to anesthesiology I
Basic principles of pharmacology related to anesthesiology II
Mechanisms of anesthetic action I
Mechanisms of anesthetic action II
Uptake and distribution I
Uptake and distribution I
Cardiovascular pharmacology
Pulmonary Pharmacology
Basics of Airway Evaluation
Metabolism and toxicity of inhalation anesthetics I
Metabolism and toxicity of inhalation anesthetics II
Inhaled anesthetic delivery I
Inhaled anesthetic delivery system II
Barbiturates
Nonbarbiturate intravenous anesthetics
Intravenous opioid anesthetics I
Intravenous opioid anesthetics II
Intravenous drug delivery systems
Inhaled anesthetic delivery system: Anesthesia ventilators
Croup, epiglottis, patient with URI
Local anesthetics I
Local anesthetics II
The autonomic nervous system I
The autonomic nervous system II
Respiratory physiology and respiratory function during anesthesia I
Respiratory physiology and respiratory function during anesthesia II
Cardiac physiology I
Cardiac physiology II
Kidney, pancreas & kidney transplant
Renal physiology I
Renal physiology II
Cerebral physiology and the effects of anesthetics
Anesthetic management of thoracic aortic aneurysms
Neuromuscular physiology and pharmacology
Initiating a research project
Central venous line placement

Thursday Morning Conferences

Throught the year, conferences are held Thursday monrings at 6:15 - 7:00 am, prior to the weekly Grand Rounds presentations. These conferences cover a variety of primarily clinical topics.

Listed below are topics covered over the 2005 academic year:

Anatomy and physiology of pain
Anesthesia for endovascular aortic surgery
Anesthesia for organ donation
Anterior mediastinal mass
Case Conference - Right Upper Lobectomy
Cerebral physiology and the effects of anesthetics and techniques
Communication
Congenital heart disease
HealthStream Online Courses (2)
Journal Clubs (6)
Kidney, pancreas & kidney transplant
Lung reduction surgery
Miller Q&A Chapter 1
Neonatal physiology
Neonatal surgery
One-lung ventilation: Management of hypoxemia
Pain management for thoracic surgery
Pathophysiology of pain
Pharmacology of muscle relaxants and their antagonists
Preoperative assessment for thoracic surgery
Primary pulmonary hypertension
Renal protection
Research opportunities for anesthethesia trainees
The dirty details of muscle relaxants and reversal
Treatment of cancer pain
Treatment of chronic pain
Types of jobs & job acquisition

Anesthesia Department Grand Rounds

The Department's formal Grand Rounds are held each Thursday from 7:00 - 7:50 am throughout the adacemic year. These feature outside speakers, monthly Anesthesia Morbidity & Mortality conferences, and combined surgical anesthesia M&M conferences. In addition, mock orals are conducted for all CA-2 and CA-3 residents approximately four times a year.

Listed below are topics covered over the 2005 academic year. Outside speakers are noted with an asterix.

Anesthesia M&M Conferences (10)
Joint Anesthesia Surgery M&M Conferences (4)
Mock Orals (4)

*All About the New Defibrillators
*Anatomy and Physiology of the Voice
*Anesthesia for Functional Neurosurgery
  Anesthesiology Residency: Current Status & Future Directions
*Artificial Intelligence and the OR of the Future
  ASA Presentations
  Cardiac Case Conference
*Fabius Anesthesia Machine
*Heart Transplantation: Indications, procedure and post op care
  Hepatic transplantation
  ICD, biventricular pacing
  Innovian basic training: How to use the new Anesthesia Information System
  Introduction to the New Anesthesia Information System
  Management of sepsis during the golden hours
  Massive Transfusion
  Neurointensive care
  One-lung ventilation equipment
*Organ & Tissue Donation: The role of anesthesiology
  Perioperative Hypertension
*Spinal Myelopathy, Surgical Treatment & Anesthesic Implications From A Surgeon's Perspective
*Surgery of the Voice
  The Anesthesia Machine
  Understanding Heart Failure