your brochure to the Midyear Seminar.

ACCREDITATION
The American Osteopathic Association has approved
the AOCA as an official provider of continuing medical
education. The AOCA has submitted the Midyear Seminar
for approval of 18.5 hours of Category 1A CME.
This program has been submitted for approval to the
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA).
InterContinental Hotel
CHICAGO
503-635-4761
or visit
www.aocaonline.org
March 13 - 15, 2015
Neera Tewari, DO
AOCA Program Chair
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, NY
American Osteopathic
College of Anesthesiologists
3085 Stevenson Drive, Suite 200
Springfield, IL 62703
www.aocaonline.org
800-842-2622
42nd Annual AOCA Midyear Seminar
Anesthesiology is adapting to the evolving field of medicine.
Through these changes, our skills, our dedication, and our
compassion remain steadfast.
To Register call
American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists
Healthcare is changing...
And the practice of Anesthesiology is
changing as well.
ACCOMMODATIONS
InterContinental Hotel
505 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
800-235-4670
312-944-4100
www.InterContinental.com
Discounted Rate
Grand Tower $199
Historic Tower $239
Rate Cut-off Date: Feb 9th
Please contact the
InterContinental directly for
hotel reservations, & mention
that you are attending the
“AOCA Midyear Seminar” to
receive the discounted rate.
American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists
REGISTRATION FEES EARLY-BIRD
Members
Non-Members
CRNA
Resident Non-member Resident Member
Students
Retired Members $725
$975
$625
$200
$0 $0
$250
AFTER 2/9
$775
$1025
$675
$250
Letter from Program Director required.
ID required
Please consider supporting our students’ and residents’ attendance by
including a donation to supplement their reduced fees.
Cancellation Fee: AOCA will assess a $100 processing fee for cancellations.
No refunds permitted after March 1, 2015.
To Register call toll free 866-924-7929
direct 503-635-4761 or visit: www.aocaonline.org
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
SATURDAY, MARCH 14
SATURDAY, MARCH 14
AOCA
1200 Registration - Visit the Exhibits
700 Registration & Breakfast - Visit the Exhibits
1415 BREAK - Visit the Exhibits
1300 AIMS- Optimizing Patient Care For The Surgical Patient
730
Burnout in Residency
1430 A Review of Sepsis and its Impact on Mechanical Ventilation
Define burnout and the causes of burnout. Discuss the origin and studies
of physician burnout. Discuss how burnout affects your daily life. Discuss ways to decrease burnout of you and your colleagues.
Jason Boatright, MS, CRNA, Anesthesia Healthcare Executive, Cerner
Corporation, Kansas City, MO
Define anesthesia information management systems (AIMS).
Differentiate between integrated vs non-integrated solutions. Discuss anesthesia workflow and how anesthesia information management systems could be utilized as a tool to implement this process.
1400 How to Determine High Risk Patients for the Ambulatory Surgical
Center
Carlo Cutler, DO, Blue Ridge Anesthesia Associates, Hagerstown, MD
Identify factors that determine a patient as high risk for an ambulatory surgical center. Determine special considerations and treatment
modalities for high risk patients at ambulatory surgical centers.
1500 BREAK - Visit the Exhibits
1515 Carcinoid Syndrome -What every Anesthesiologist Needs to Know
Travis J. Sayer, DO, North Iowa Anesthesia Associates, Mason City, IA
Identify specific anesthetic considerations for the safe and effective care of patients presenting for surgery with carcinoid syndrome. Discuss overall perioperative management. Determine the clinical signs and symptoms of carcinoid syndrome.
1615 Clinical Integration and the Surgical Home
SUNDAY, MARCH 15
Ronald Jasiewicz , DO, MBA, FAAP, Stony Brook University Medical
Center, Stony Brook, NY
Define and determine the Surgical Home and Clinical Integration. Identifying the role of the Anesthesiologist in Clinical Integration of the Surgical Home.
830
Amanda Chan, DO, Ohio Health Doctors Hospital, Columbus, OH
Burnout is NOT the Diagnosis; It’s the Symptom of the Disease
Kristianne Wargo, ACC, CPLC, CPT, FNS, Executive Life Coach
and Lifestyle Strategist, Create Your Now, Huxley, IA
Define burnout to the holistic individual. Apply burnout to the holistic
physician’s life, not limiting to one’s career. Define the disease and discuss symptoms of the disease. Determine how to self-diagnosis one’s own
symptoms or of one’s colleagues.
930 Life’s Equation of Hope, Health and Happiness
Kristianne Wargo, ACC, CPLC, CPT, FNS, Executive Life Coach
and Lifestyle Strategist, Create Your Now, Huxley, IA
Define the individuals’ life wheel. Discuss how to become a master of life with proven strategies and solutions. Discuss how to create hope, health and happiness in your personal life and practice. Determine how to create and maintain a schedule that benefits both you, your family and patients. Discuss how mind, body and spirit determines positive outcomes for you,
your family and your patients.
1030 BREAK - Visit the Exhibits
1045 The Future of Osteopathic Medicine
1145
American Osteopathic Association Representative, Chicago, IL
Discuss the challenges facing the osteopathic profession. Determine ways to distinguish osteopathic medicine from allopathic medicine in your
practice. Discuss what you can do individually and as an association to
secure the future of the AOA and the osteopathic profession.
Lunch Lecture (Lunch with Panel of 4 speakers, CME provided)
Navigating the Impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA-
Obamacare) from a Financial, Legal and Tax Perspective
Panel: Dave Rao, Managing Principal, Wells Fargo Advisors, New York, NY
Michael Gregory, Managing Director, Highland Capital Mgmt. Dallas,TX
Jaswant S. Gill, CPA, Jaswant Gill CPAs, Beverly Hills, CA
Kathryn Hickner-Cruz, Esq, Partner, The Health Law Partners, PC, Southfield, MI
Determine what type of industries are most impacted by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Discuss what components of the ACA will have the biggest impact on private practice and small business owners. Discuss the impact of the recent election results on the ACA and how it will affect your practice.
Michael S. O’Connor, DO, MPH, Cleveland Clinic, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland, OH
Define sepsis and its continuum of illness. Discuss the epidemiology and pathophysiology of sepsis. Examine treatment recommendations from
the 2012 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines. Determine the impact of mechanical ventilation on sepsis patients.
1530 Anesthesia Care of the Trauma Patient in Case of Burns
Ashley M. Classen, DO, FAOCA, Trinity Pain Management
Associates, Ft. Worth, TX
Determine special considerations for anesthesia treatment in trauma burn patients. Discuss risk factors and associated treatment modalities for trauma patients with burns. Discuss intraoperative fluid management of trauma patients with burns.
1630 Coronary Revascularization and Perioperative Management
of Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery
Nitesh S. Mody, DO, MS, Mody Anesthesiology Corporation,
Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, Fountain Valley, CA
Discussion and update on the current perioperative ACC/AHA guidelines. Determine Perioperative Cardiac Risk Factors in patients. Discuss Perioperative PCI Considerations and treatments.
SUNDAY, MARCH 15
700 Registration & Breakfast - Visit the Exhibits
730 The Safety of Etomidate in a High Acuity Patient Population:
An Evidence Based Review of a Routinely Utilized Induction Drug
Jennifer Hargrave, DO, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Determine the goals of anesthetic induction in the high acuity patient. Discuss the pharmacology of etomidate and review the side effects of
etomidate. Understand the hemodynamic effects of etomidate. Explore the use of etomidate in ICU patients. Discuss the long term effects on
morbidity and mortality with etomidate use in high acuity patients.
830 Physician-Led Change in the 2015 Value-Driven Hospital
Environment
Jason M. Golbin, DO, MS, Internist, Critical Care Specialist, Pulmonologist, Sleep Medicine Specialist, Bayshore Long Island Lung Center, Bay Shore, NY
Discuss current evolving demands in value-based hospital care which are driving the need for change. Discuss different techniques of achieving change and their advantages and disadvantages. Determine the role of the physician leader in achieving those changes. Discuss generalized change management techniques and leaders.
930 BREAK - Visit the Exhibits
945 Interventional Pain Medicine - More Than Just Epidural
Steroid Injections
Brian Durkin, DO, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY
Determine the diagnosis and treatment of degenerative spinal disease. Discuss the role of epidural steroid injections in the management of spine pain. Discuss
the history of intradiscal procedures in the management of discogenic pain. Determine the newer advancements in interventional pain medicine and their
associated advantages and disadvantages. Determine the role of spinal cord
stimulation and new and emerging targets for the treatment of chronic pain. Recognize the limitations of single modality treatments for chronic spine pain.
1045 Responsible Opioid Prescribing for Non Malignant Pain
Daniel G. Morris, DO, Director at Recovery, Interventional Pain Medicine
Tulsa, OK
Determine proper patient evaluation and treatment plans. Discuss patient informed consent, review and monitoring. Determine proper documentation to be compliant with state and federal laws. Discuss proper patient education and termination strategies.
1145 Remifentanil: Another Look
Robert Tubben, DO, DABA, Associate Professor, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Anesthesiology Residency Program Director, McLaren Greater Lansing, Lansing, MI
Discuss the pharmacology of Remifentanil. Determine the rationale for the
safe administration of Remifentanil. Discuss indications and off-label uses for Remifentanil
1245 ADJOURN
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