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Bio
Areas of interest include regional anesthesia, acute and chronic pain management.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Bio
Rita Agarwal MD is a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, at Stanford, Past President and a founding member of the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, Past Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and former member of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Board of Directors. Her passion is for education, appropriate pain management and advocacy for safer dental anesthesia, opioid stewardship, and substance use prevention. She is a member of AAP Committee on Substance Use Prevention, the AAP Clinical Guideline Taskforce on Opioid Prescription, and the American Medical Association Taskforce on Substance Use Prevention and Pain Medicine. Her other academic interests include neuroanesthesia, mentorship, sponsorship, and faculty development.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
PBLD 2: All That Gushes is Not Patchable: Adventures with CSF Leaks
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Bio
As a pediatric pain specialist and pediatric anesthesiologist, Dr. Anghelescu built and led the Pain Management Service at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. a pediatric oncology academic institution in Memphis, TN, from 1999 to 2022, and made substantial contributions to clinical research in pediatric pain management, as reflected by over 100 peer-reviewed publications, and to the education of generations of pediatric oncologists and pediatric palliative care clinicians.
Currently, Dr. Anghelescu is a pediatric pain consultant for the Palliative Care Program and the Global Pediatric Medicine Department at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, with focus on adapting the concepts of pediatric pain management to limited resource settings around the world and striving to ensure equitable access to pain treatment for all children.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
PBLD 5: The Role of the Pediatric Anesthesiologist in Caring for Children at the End of Life
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
SESSION VII: Moderated Poster Session
Location: Grand Salon 5 - 4th Floor
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Bio
Dr. Becker is a pediatric integrative medicine and pain specialist, and a psychotherapist. Dr. Becker’s medical consultation clinics offer integrative consultations for children and young adults with a range of chronic and complex medical issues including chronic pain, gastrointestinal disorders, autoimmune conditions, and others. He also has a psychotherapy counseling practice for children and adults with anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges including coping with chronic illness, relationship difficulties, and other concerns.
Dr. Becker has extensive training and clinical experience in integrative medicine, mind-body modalities, chronic pain management, and clinical psychology. He received his medical degree, Master's in Public Health, and pediatric residency training from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Additional post-graduate training includes the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the Wright Institute, and a three-year psychotherapy internship at the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group. He also received training in mind-body skills and chronic pain management, in addition to completing the Teaching Scholars Program at UCSF.
Dr. Becker has a background in global humanitarian aid work with several relief organizations, including Doctors Without Borders. He teaches and lectures nationally and internationally on integrative medicine, mental health, chronic pain management, and mind-body strategies.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
1:31 PM - 2:00 PM
Up in Smoke or Real Science? Cannabinoids for Pediatric Pain
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Is it a Lion or a Leaf? Pain Neuroscience Education for Pediatric Chronic Pain
Location: Meeting Room 303 - 304: 3rd Floor
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Dr. Charles Berde is Senior Associate and Sara Page Mayo Chair in Pediatric Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital and Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. Research interests and ongoing collaborations involve clinical trials and outcome studies of treatment of acute pain, chronic pain and cancer pain in children, developing novel local anesthetics from bench through clinical trials, effects of general anesthetics on the developing brain, understanding disorders of altered pain sensitivity, and novel spinal therapeutics for pediatric neurologic diseases.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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- Latigo Biotherapeutics - research support (no current products, no personal income)
Bio
Talitha is an occupational therapist with 18 years of experience at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). Specializing in care for children with rheumatic diseases, her passion for this area of practice and the people affected led to growing involvement in the rheumatology community. As a patient educator and advocate, she served kids and their families by volunteering for the Arthritis Foundation and Scleroderma Foundation. To improve the skills and resources for other professionals who serve these kids and families, she volunteers for the Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP), and is currently serving on the ARP Membership and Nominations Committee. Because pain plays a role in rheumatology and many kids’ lives, she also helped develop the Pain Rehabilitation program at CHLA where many kids with chronic pain learn how to live their best lives. Talitha is continually learning and sharing information about these much-needed areas of practice.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Dr. Amber Borucki is an anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist whose focus is chronic pain management in children and adolescents/young adults and reducing or managing pain from chronic conditions or pain that occurs after surgery. Dr. Borucki completed her medical degree at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL. She attended anesthesia residency at the University of Chicago. She completed a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital as well as a combined adult/pediatric pain medicine fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham Women's Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Borucki worked for one year in private practice in anesthesiology in Reno, Nevada. Dr. Borucki then began her 5-year tenure at UCSF as a pediatric anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist and was the Director of the Pediatric Anesthesia Service at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. She is now a pediatric pain physician and anesthesiologist at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. She is the Education Director for Pediatric Pain Medicine.
Notable accomplishments at UCSF include developing and co-chairing the UCSF Benioff Transbay Pediatric Pain Management Committee, serving on the Bridge to One Bay project to standardize pain care across all UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital locations, and assisting ChildKind designation (a prestigious designation for a hospital indicating that it prioritizes pediatric pain care). Dr. Borucki is a member of the medical advisory council for the Make a Wish Bay Area chapter. She is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM) and also will be the program director for the upcoming 12th annual SPPM meeting. Dr. Borucki has also served on several committees through the American Society of Anesthesiologists and California Society of Anesthesiologists. Dr. Borucki served as an editorial board member for Paediatric and Neonatal Pain.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
Thursday, March 30, 2023
8:35 AM - 9:50 AM
SESSION II: Technology & Pain
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
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Professor
Seattle Children's Hospital and Univ. Washington
Seattle, WA
Bio
Current position Professor Anesthesiology, University Washington
Affiliation Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Seattle Children’s Hospital Washington
Retired
Training: Graduated MB ChB at University of Cape Town 1973.
Specialist training in Durban SA and New Zealand.
Fellow of Faculty Anaesthetists of South Africa 1981.
Paediatric Anaesthesia Fellowship in Seattle USA 1983-4.
Awards: Honorary member of APA of Great Britain and Ireland in recognition of contribution to paediatric anaesthesia worldwide
Honorary member of the European Society Paediatric Anaesthesia in recognition of contribution to paediatric anesthesia worldwide
Myron Yaster Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 in recognition of the contribution to made to Pediatric Anesthesia
Currently: (i) Sub Editor Paediatric Anaesthesia Journal
(ii) Past Executive member of Paediatric Pain SIG group of IASP.
(iii) Editorial Advisory Board SA Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia and Paediatric Anaesthesia Journal.
(iv) Member ASRA, Life member ESRA, Council RAPSA
(v) WFSA: Member Paediatric Anaesthesia Sub Committee
(vi) Reviewer for Anesthesiology, Anesthesia Analgesia, European Journal Anesthesia, Pain, Pediatric Anesthesia, Larynx.
(vii) Volunteer Operation Smile
Research interests: Regional anaesthesia in neonates, infants and children
Anaesthetic Challenges in a developing world environment.
Influence of anaesthesia on syndromes, inherited metabolic disorders and congenital anomalies on
Difficult intubation techniques.
Publications: >150 publications in peer reviewed journals
>15book chapters many in leading textbooks in pediatric anesthesia
Book; Sub editor Practice of Pediatric Anesthesia ed B Bissonette.
Interests: Rugby, Cycling, Nature Photography, Travel, Collector (philately arctophily)
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Pediatrician and current Anesthesia Resident
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
PBLD 4: Long-COVID in a 16-year-old
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Bio
I am honored to be part of this year's SPPM Conference in my home town of Austin! I am currently an assistant professor at Seattle Children's Hospital / University of Washington. I grew up in Texas and Washington and enjoy outdoor activities especially skiing and hiking with my dog. My clinical focus is medical education, mobile sedation, and perioperative care of behaviorally complex children.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Reducing Pain Associated with Vascular Access
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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Staff Physician; Pediatric Pain Medicine; Instructor in Anesthesia Harvard Medical School
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
I am a Pediatric Anesthesiologist with more than 10 years of experience. I completed a Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Fellowship combined with research in 2019. In 2020 I completed the Pediatric Pain Medicine Fellowship. Then I joined the Division of Pain Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital working with the Chronic Pain Clinic, Interventional Pain management, Acute Pain Service. My areas of research interests include musculoskeletal Ultrasound applied to diagnostic of chronic Pain and Pain Interventional management and regional anesthesia.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Education and pain specialization.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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Bio
I am a Professor of Anesthesiology at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, where I am also the Director of Perioperative Pain. My clinical interests are in pediatric pain, UGRA, anesthesia for musculoskeletal deformities and fetal. I am also a physician scientist and an NIH funded clinical translational researcher. My research focuses on epigenetic, psychosocial and immune mechanisms underlying acute to chronic postsurgical pain transitions and racial disparities.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:40 PM - 4:15 PM
SESSION VI: Poster Awards & Oral Presentations
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Dr. Kim Clarno, PT, DPT is a physical therapist with specialty
practices in orthopedics and pediatric pain management. She is a
Diplomate Professional in Lifestyle Medicine, certified by the American
College of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Clarno has a clinical interest in rehabilitation for athletes of all ages, considering pain and behavior change along with traditional measures to enable successful return to sport.
Dr. Clarno has worked with athletes individually and as part of a multidisciplinary pain management team, She has served as a faculty mentor in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Orthopedic
Physical Therapy Residency program. During her free time, Dr. Clarno enjoys being outdoors in the beautiful SF Bay Area, and she can be found on Strava as Kim ClarnoDPT.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Retun to Play: Physical Therapy for Athletes
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Clinical Associate Professor
Stanford Univ School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California
Bio
Genevieve D’souza is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Stanford University. She is board certified Pediatric Anesthesiologist and a Fellowship trained Pediatric Pain Doctor and trained in Medical Acupuncture.
She is the Clinical Director of Pediatric Pain Management Service at Stanford and is the Director of the Pediatric Anesthesia Resource Center.
Her interests including Co Leading the Visual Pearl Series for the Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine. She is on the SPPM Board of Directors. Her interests include pediatric pain, anxiety, regional anesthesia, optimization of patients in the perioperative period, and adjunctive pain medications.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
PBLD 2: All That Gushes is Not Patchable: Adventures with CSF Leaks
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
SESSION VII: Moderated Poster Session
Location: Grand Salon 5 - 4th Floor
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Bio
My clinical work, research, and teaching focuses on Multidisciplinary pain management with a special emphasis on minimally invasive interventional pain techniques in both children and young adults. I direct the Pediatric Interventional Pain Program at Boston Children's Hospital and run its outcomes research projects. I am an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the Harvard Medical School.
My background includes training in Neurology / Child Neurology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Pain Medicine at the Harvard Combined Pain Fellowship through the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. I have a Master’s in business administration (M.B.A) through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T) Sloan School of Management.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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Associate Professor
Children's National Medical Center & George Washington University
Washington, DC
Bio
Robert Scott Dingeman, M.D., F.A.A.P., is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Children's National Hospital. His areas of clinical expertise are pediatric anesthesiology, pediatric regional anesthesiology and pediatric pain management.
Dr. Dingeman received his undergraduate degree in psychobiology from Occidental College in Los Angeles. He returned to his home state of Michigan where he earned his M.D. from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing and Grand Rapids. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, and subsequently finished his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Dingeman has a strong interest in medical education and is the former program director of the Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is currently finishing his Master of Education in the Health Professions at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education.
Dr. Dingeman’s clinical research has focused on the use of regional anesthesiology techniques to reduce opioid consumption in children undergoing surgery. His recent research interests focus on using these same techniques to improve the quality of life in children living with life-threatening illnesses.
Among his many professional activities, Dr. Dingeman serves on the board of directors for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, and he was the program chair for the society’s 2018 annual meeting. He is an active member of a number of professional organizations including the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, and the International Association for the Study of Pain’s Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood. Dr. Dingeman also serves on an international multidisciplinary consortium of experts who are creating global guidelines for supportive care in childhood oncology.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
2:15 PM - 3:10 PM
SESSION V: Chronic Pain and Palliative Care
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
SESSION VII: Moderated Poster Session
Location: Grand Salon 5 - 4th Floor
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Fatima Di Valentin is a registered Social Worker and psychotherapist. She has been a member of the Paediatric Chronic Pain team at Children's Hospital in London, Ontario, Canada since 2019 and a member of the Surgical Pain Pathway program. She is the co-chair of the Ontario Pain Network Knowledge Translation Committee and an adjunct professor at Western University. She is the co-creator of "Know Pain, Know Gain! For Caregivers" a 7-week virtual workshop for caregivers of children experiencing chronic pain. Children need families and families need support!
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Know Pain, Know Gain: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Managing Acute and Transitional Perioperative Pain
Location: Meeting Room 301 - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Henry Bone Ellis, Jr., M.D., is an Associate Professor at the UT Southwestern Medical School. He has been instrumental in the development and growth of the Scottish Rite for Children Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center in Frisco, Texas where he treats children, teens and young adults with sport-related injuries, hip conditions and other injuries and condition affecting the joints. As the Medical Director of Clinical Research, Ellis provides administrative leadership for the organization as well as leading many projects focused on pediatric sports medicine and hip conditions. He creatively engages trainees and future physicians in a novel program to support pediatric orthopedic research while introducing young professionals to clinical research. His commitment to teaching has brought him to the podium at many national and international society meetings including Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America (POSNA) and the International Pediatric Orthopedic Society (IPOS).
Ellis shares his leadership outside of the institution in a variety of settings. In 2023-24, Ellis will serve as the Texas Orthopedic Association (TOA) President where he served on the Board of Councilors 2020-22. He participated in the 2018-2019 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) Leadership Fellows Program and now serves on the AAOS Evidence-Based, Quality, and Value committee. He is a founding member of the Pediatric Research and Sports Medicine (PRiSM) Society and actively contributes to multiple forums. He created, secured funding for, and continues to lead the Sports Cohort Outcomes Registry (SCORE), a large multi-center pediatric arthroscopy complications registry. He contributes to many multi-center projects including the Research in Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee (ROCK) group.
Ellis received his medical degree from the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas. He completed both his internship in general surgery and residency in orthopaedic surgery at the UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. There, he received the W. Brandon Carrell Distinguished Physician Award and was elected Chief Resident. He completed fellowships in pediatric orthopedics at the Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto and sports medicine at the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colorado.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Back on the Field: A Surgeon's Perspective on Pain Syndromes in Athletes
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Bio
My clinical practice centers around caring for pediatric patients undergoing diverse surgical procedures. In providing anesthesia care to pediatric patient, I focus on enhancing patient experiences and ensuring safer, superior care. This commitment extends to adult patients in oral maxillofacial and oculoplastic surgery.
My research interests have been shaped by my engagement in providing anesthesia education in Zambia and other low resource countries. My current research inquiries are focused on vital areas: 1) Investigating the role of medical education in mitigating the impact of brain drain, encompassing locally cultivated educational programs and pioneering collaborative practices between developing and developed nations, 2) Crafting objective metrics to evaluate the impact of global health educational initiatives, and 3) Strengthening the sustainability of these initiatives by pinpointing pivotal components of successful interventions and using this knowledge to inform the design of future projects.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Reducing Pain Associated with Vascular Access
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
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Clinical Assistant Professor
Stanford Children's/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford/CA
Bio
Dr. Esfahanian is a clinical assistant professor of pediatric anesthesiology at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. He is board certified in pediatrics, anesthesiology, and pediatric anesthesiology and practices as a pediatric regional anesthesiologist. He has an interest in utilizing regional techniques to enhance postoperative recovery and has presented nationally on the effectiveness of head and neck blocks, particularly for cleft palate repair.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
PBLD 1: What's Best for the Chest? And All the Rest: Thoracic Blocks
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Associate Professor of Anes & CCM
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Bio
I am a Pediatric anesthesiologist with a special interest in Acute pain manamagement and regional anesthesia.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Dr. Garcia is an associate professor at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, TX. She currently serves as the Division Chief for Pain Medicine. Additionally, she is a member of the TCH simulation team and has an interest in using simulation to educate and empower individuals and teams.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
SESSION IV: PRO/CON Debate
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
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Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
Bio
Nancy Glass practiced Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine for thirty years, and added Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine to her clinical activities from 2012-2022. Now retired from clinical practice, she has recently completed an MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is working on a book of her hospice stories.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM
Disenfranchised Grief: The Hidden Cost of Caring for Suffering Children and Their Families
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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Bio
Dr. Stephen Gleich is a Consultant in Pediatric Anesthesiology, Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He completed medical school at Mayo Clinic, followed by residencies in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology and fellowships in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Anesthesiology. He is currently Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics within the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Reducing Pain Associated with Vascular Access
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Pediatric Anesthesiologist /2 time Achilles injury recovery champion with an interest in staffing models, the changing economics for anesthesiology as a practice, and regional anesthesia.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Associate Professor Anesthesia and Pain Management
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Bio
Dr. Golianu specializes in pediatric pain management and integrative medicine
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine Workshop
Location: Meeting Room 304 - 3rd Floor
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Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
RTD 1: Acute and Chronic Pain Management in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
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Professor of Anesthesiology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Bio
I am a pediatric anesthesiologist and a professor of anesthesiology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. I am the director of simulation for general anesthesia and the program leader for the simulation program in anesthesiology and CCM. I am interested in simulation education and am involved in several simulation-related educational programs at the regional and national levels. I also enjoy practicing and teaching regional anesthesia techniques as part of my anesthesia practice. Our group has written several reports to share our experiences with peripheral nerve blocks and catheters in pediatric patients.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
SESSION VII: Moderated Poster Session
Location: Grand Salon 5 - 4th Floor
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Bio
Kathryn (Katie) Handlogten is a dual-fellowship trained anesthesiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, having completed a regional anesthesia and acute pain fellowship followed by a pediatric anesthesia fellowship. She is passionate about pediatric regional anesthesia, ultrasound use, resident and fellow education, immersive technology, implementation science, and practice integration.
She has developed a keen interest in immersive technology use in pediatric anesthesia and anesthesia training in recent years. As a byproduct of this passion, she established the DREAMS (Digital Reality Experiences Augmented for Medical Support) Initiative at her institution in 2024. This is a multidisciplinary group of nurses, child life specialists, administrators, and physicians from multiple pediatric procedural and medical subspecialties that formed to enhance access to and implementation of various forms of immersive technologies in clinical practice. She has also initiated partnerships and pilots to integrate artificial intelligence into regional anesthesia residency and fellowship training, assessing it both as a teaching and a learning tool.
She has served as the Director of the Inpatient Pediatric Pain Service and Regional Anesthesia program for her group since 2022. She is active in clinical research and quality improvement endeavors and is developing a focus in pediatric regional academia and clinical immersive technologies.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Reducing Pain Associated with Vascular Access
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
PBLD 1: What's Best for the Chest? And All the Rest: Thoracic Blocks
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Division Chief of Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiologists, Assistant Professor
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Philadelphia, PA
Bio
I completed my anesthesiology residency at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Jersey. I completed a fellowship at Children's National Medical Center. I worked as an attending for a year at Stonybrook University Hospital before committing to a second fellowship in acute pain and regional anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital. Currently, I am the creator and division chief of acute pain and regional anesthesiology at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
PBLD 3: Is it LAST? Is it Anaphylaxis? I Don't Know, Just Give Epi! NO!!!
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Professor, Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Bio
Stephen Robert Hays, MS, MD, FAAP (he/they) joined the faculty of the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry as Professor of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and Pediatrics in Feb 2024. They also serve as Director of Pediatric Pain Medicine at University of Rochester Medicine Golisano Children's Hospital.
A native of Syracuse, NY and Presidential Scholar, Dr. Hays earned simultaneous B.S. / M.S. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry summa cum laude with Distinction in the Major from Yale University, New Haven, CT where they were elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. They earned their M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD where they remained for Internship & Residency in Pediatrics, Residency in Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, and Fellowships in Pediatric Anesthesia & Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Hays is Board-Certified in Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Medicine, and Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Dr. Hays was appointed Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN in 1999, and was promoted to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics in 2006. They developed the Vanderbilt Pediatric Pain Service and subsequently the Vanderbilt Pediatric Pain Clinic, and for many years served as Director of Pediatric Pain Services at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (MCJCHV). Dr. Hays received a 2004-2005 Vanderbilt Department of Anesthesiology Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, as well as the 2011 Sandidge Pediatric Pain Management Award in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Pediatric Pain Management at MCJCHV.
Dr. Hays moved to the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA as Clinical Professor of Anesthesia & Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Pain Services at University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in 2019. They served for several years as Vice-Chair for Faculty Affairs & Development in the Department of Anesthesia of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.
Dr. Hays is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and a member of the AAP including its Sections on Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine (SOAPM), Critical Care Medicine, and Hospice & Palliative Medicine (SOHPM). They serve on the AAP SOHPM Membership & Internal Communications Work Group, and have served on the AAP SOAPM Executive Committee. They are a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), and have served on the ASA Committees on Pediatric Anesthesiology and Hospice & Palliative Medicine. A Full Examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), they serve on the ABA Standardized Oral Exam and Objective Standardized Clinical Examination Committees, and as the ABA representative to the American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice & Palliative Medicine Advisory Committee. Dr. Hays is a member of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA), and currently Vice President of the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM), a section of SPA, having previously served on the SPPM Board of Directors and then as SPPM Secretary-Treasurer.
Dr. Hays' clinical practice focuses on perioperative care of children of all ages, with particular interests in pediatric regional anesthesia, pediatric pain management, and pediatric palliative care. Their clinical time is divided among the pediatric operating room, the inpatient pediatric pain & palliative care services, and various pediatric outpatient clinics. Their research interests have included industry-funded pharmaceutical licensing studies of analgesic agents in children, as well as multi-institutional studies of potential pediatric anesthetic neurotoxicity. Dr. Hays regularly presents at local, regional, and national meetings, and has been a named author on numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, textbook chapters, and online enduring educational content. Dr. Hays and their wife Deborah have two adult sons.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
SESSION IV: PRO/CON Debate
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
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Alyson Hermé is a Pediatric Psychologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Division of Anesthesiology in the Pediatric Pain Medicine Clinic. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Loma Linda University. She specializes in treating a variety of chronic pain patients across several domains including inpatient, inpatient rehabilitation programs, outpatient pain clinic, and pain focused psychotherapy. Patients that present for services vary across gender, race, ethnicity, and socio-economic status which has allowed Dr. Hermé to work with a variety of barriers that come up across levels of treatment. She works alongside physicians conducting evaluations for patients with pediatric chronic pain (initial assessments as well as follow up appointments). She also providers pain focused psychotherapy to patients. She provides psychological consultations for inpatient’s who are having a difficult time managing pain as part of the Inpatient Pain Medicine Service. Consultations can include hospitalized chronic pain patients experiencing acute on chronic pain, post-surgical patients having a difficult time managing pain, as well as patients presenting with new onset pain. Additionally, she is also a member of the Inpatient Pain Rehabilitation team, and acts as a primary therapist for patients engaged in the program. Through her work across various settings Dr. Hermé has been able to garner a knowledge of what barriers can impact engaging in treatment recommendations across levels of care. Dr. Herme’s research interests include pediatric pain, chronic illness, anxiety, disordered eating, evidence-based treatments, and health disparities.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
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Medical Director Pediatric Pain Center, Associate Professor
Akron Children's Hospial
Akron, OH
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Kathryn Hottinger, PhD is a licensed pediatric psychologist specializing in chronic pain and other functional/somatic symptom disorders. She is the inpatient therapy supervisor for the psychology department at Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. She obtained her graduate training from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. She completed fellowship training in Pediatric Pain Medicine and internship training in Child Clinical Psychology at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Is it a Lion or a Leaf? Pain Neuroscience Education for Pediatric Chronic Pain
Location: Meeting Room 303 - 304: 3rd Floor
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Assistant Professor
Texas Children's Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Bio
Pediatric Pain Management and Pediatric Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor
Texas Children's Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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Assistant Professor, Director of Pediatric Pain
American Family Children's Hospital / University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Madison, WI
Bio
Dr. Hylton specializes in both pediatric anesthesiology and acute pain and regional anesthesiology. He is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He also serves as Director of Pediatric Acute Pain at the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. His academic and research interests include pediatric acute pain, enhanced recovery, resident education, and simulation.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Christopher Joseph received his masters from Thomas Jefferson university in 1994 and his Doctorate in 2015 from Arcadia university in physical therapy. He started his career as a staff physical therapist dividing his time between school and outpatient based services. In 1998 he moved into early intervention and in 2003 became the director of physical therapy at The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh. He joined the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2011 as the Director of Physical therapy, and adjunct faculty of pediatrics at the University of Maryland school of medicine Physical Therapy and rehabilitation science program (PTRS). His clinical specialty is in the treatment of children and adults with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. He is the primary physical therapist in the Chronic Pain, and Connective tissue disorders clinics at Kennedy Krieger. He is an investigator for the natural history study for Osteogenesis Imperfecta. His research interests include the investigation of Sensory Modulation disorder ins chronic pain and the rehabilitation techniques and technology for children and adults with motor impairment.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
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Dr. Abi Kandasamy is a clinical and health psychologist and colead of the Paediatric Pain Program at the Children's Hospital - London Health Sciences Centre, which includes the Chronic Pain Program, Integrated Surgical Pain Prevention Program, and Two-Eyed Seeing Pathway. Dr. Kandasamy's research program is in the development and testing of novel intervention and assessment tools and her clinical focus is in promoting health equity.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Know Pain, Know Gain: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Managing Acute and Transitional Perioperative Pain
Location: Meeting Room 301 - 3rd Floor
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Chief, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Cohen Children's Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY
Bio
Dr. Michelle Kars is the Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health in New York. She completed her training in both pediatrics and anesthesiology at New York Presbyterian Weill-Cornell in New York, followed by a fellowship in pediatric anesthesia at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Dr. Kars is also the Director of the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Service at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. She is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell where she currently serves as the program director for the pediatric anesthesia fellowship. Dr. Kars clinical and research interests include pediatric regional anesthesia, pain management, and pediatric point-of-care ultrasound. She currently serves on the editorial board for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine journal and is the chair of the pediatric SIG for ASRAPM. Dr. Kars is the program chair for the 2024 SPPM annual meeting.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
SESSION III: Pain in Young Athletes
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
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Staff Anesthesiologist and Assistant Professor
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Bio
Pediatric Anesthesiologist at the London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada. I have special interest in pediatric anesthesia, pediatric pain medicine and regional anesthesia.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Know Pain, Know Gain: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Managing Acute and Transitional Perioperative Pain
Location: Meeting Room 301 - 3rd Floor
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Associate Professor
The Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Bio
Dr. Deepa Kattail is a pediatric anesthesiologist and pain physician at The Hospital for Sick Children and associate professor at the University of Toronto. She is an active member of the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine where she is currently an executive board member and chair of the communications committee. Dr. Kattail is involved in various organizations advocating for improvements in pain care at the national and provincial levels in Canada, as pediatric co-chair of the Ontario Chronic Pain network, affiliated with Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, member of the National Advisory Committee for Pain Canada and an inaugural board director of a newly launched non-profit, Pain Ontario. She was honoured as a 2023 fellow of The May Day Pain & Society fellowship.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
1:31 PM - 2:00 PM
Up in Smoke or Real Science? Cannabinoids for Pediatric Pain
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
SESSION VII: Moderated Poster Session
Location: Grand Salon 5 - 4th Floor
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Dr. Khan is a pediatric anesthesiologist and pediatric pain physician at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he is the associate fellowship director for the pediatric pain medicine fellowship. He completed his anesthesiology training at the University of Texas Southwestern and then completed a pediatric anesthesiology and pediatric pain medicine fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. His interests include interventional pain medicine and acute postoperative pain.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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Sabina Khan, MD completed her Anesthesiology Residency at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas followed by Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at UT Houston/ McGovern Medical School. After serving as a faculty member at UT for 4 years, she worked for 2 years at the only Children's Hospital in the UAE before returning to UT as an Assistant Professor in 2021.
Currently, Dr. Khan is the Program Director of the Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Program and is an active member of the Anesthesiology Perioperative Excellence Grand Rounds planning committee. She also serves as a co-chair on the Culture, Accountability and Outreach Sub-Committee. Dr. Khan is passionate about promoting an inclusive and safe environment where everyone is treated fairly and has equal access to opportunities.
Apart from her clinical interests in fellow education, workshops, patient safety and quality improvement projects, Dr. Khan is also involved in collaboration between institutions for various educational projects and community outreach initiatives aimed at teaching high school students about healthcare opportunities.
Outside of work, Dr. Khan enjoys exploring Houston's diverse cuisine scene, traveling, and spending time with her family. She lives by the motto "Together Everyone Achieves More" (TEAM).
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Bio
Dr. Eugene Kim completed his Anesthesia residency at Stony Brook Medicine in New York. He went on to complete fellowships in Pain Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Pediatric Anesthesia at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He is currently Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology there and the Chief for the Division of Pain Medicine.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
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Associate Professor
Emory University Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Bio
Dr. Jamie Kitzman is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. She is also a board-certified Medical Acupuncture and a member of the Inpatient Pain Services at Egleston. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine. She is an active member of their Editorial Board, Education Committee, and Advocacy Committee. Her advocacy efforts focus on increasing awareness of non-pharmacologic methods of pain management and the prevention of adolescent opioid misuse. Her research interest includes the use of non-pharmacologic tools in the perioperative period, in chronic pain management, and in the prevention/treatment of opioid use disorders. When she is not busy running around in the OR, Preop Clinic, or Acupuncture clinic, she a proud mother, chasing around her young twins.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
SESSION VII: Moderated Poster Session
Location: Grand Salon 5 - 4th Floor
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine Workshop
Location: Meeting Room 304 - 3rd Floor
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Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
Anjali Koka, MD is an pediatric anesthesiologist and pediatric pain medicine physician at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA. Clinically, she specializes in pediatric pain management, pain interventions, regional analgesia and perioperative pain management. She manages in-and outpatients with pediatric chronic pain conditions. She is the program director for the Pediatric Pain Medicine Fellowship at BCH and directs the inpatient pain treatment service.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
RTD 2: One for All, All for One! - Establishing Collaboration Between Pediatric Pain Medicine Fellowship Programs in the U.S.
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Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Nemours Children's Health
Thomas Jefferson University
Bio
Robert Scott Lang, MD is a Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware. He is the Medical Director of the Pain Service and Director of Liver and Kidney Transplant Anesthesia. Dr. Lang also chairs the Nemours Opioid Stewardship Committee and is an active member of many hospital committees, including Nemours’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.
Dr. Lang obtained his medical degree at the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia followed by a residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and fellowships in Pediatric Anesthesia as well as Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management at the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He holds a rank of Assistant Professor via the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.
Dr. Lang has authored several regional anesthesia chapters in various textbooks and has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals. He has served as faculty for many local, regional, and national ultrasound guided regional anesthesia programs, including those presented by the Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Blocks for Jocks: Novel Regional Techniques for Sports Procedures
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Galaxy Li is a pediatric anesthesiologist and chief of pain medicine at Nemours Children’s Health Jacksonville. His clinical and research interests span from pediatric acute to chronic pain to environmental sustainability in medicine. As a graduate of the University of North Carolina, he acquired his bachelor’s degrees with honors distinction in chemistry and piano performance. Li earned his medical degree at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and completed a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He continued his training with two fellowships – pediatric anesthesiology with Emory University at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and pain medicine with Harvard Medical School at Children’s Hospital Boston. Dr. Li is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology with subspecialty certifications in pediatric anesthesiology and pain medicine. He serves on faculty at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, on the board of directors for the Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine, on the board of directors for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Improvement Network, and as editor of SPPM Newsletter.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
RTD 1: Acute and Chronic Pain Management in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
SESSION VII: Moderated Poster Session
Location: Grand Salon 5 - 4th Floor
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Senior Associate in Periopertive Anesthesia and Pain Medicine,
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
Senior Associate in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Children's Hospital Boston
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia and Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Thursday, March 30, 2023
7:40 AM - 8:00 AM
Welcome/Overview of Educational Program/Board Change
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
3:40 PM - 4:15 PM
SESSION VI: Poster Awards & Oral Presentations
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
SESSION VII: Moderated Poster Session
Location: Grand Salon 5 - 4th Floor
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine Workshop
Location: Meeting Room 304 - 3rd Floor
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Reducing Pain Associated with Vascular Access
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
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Associate Professor Anesthesiology
Univ of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle/WA
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Associate Professor of Anaesthesia
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
Dr Petra Meier Haran is a senior, full term Faculty member of the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine and an Associate Professor of Anaesthesia of Harvard Medical School. She has a broad spectrum of research interests in the area of chronic pain, pharmacokinetic studies of antifibrinolytics and local anesthetics, research projects with the local robotic research group, and national research projects with the national Craniofacial Collaborative Group (PCCG) and urology robotic research group. With the emerging COVID-19 crisis, Dr Meier realized the need for the pediatric community to exchange clinical experience, share data and consequently built an international pediatric anesthesia collaboration for multicenter COVID-19 studies and the Pediatric Anesthesia COVID Collaborative (PEACOC) was born.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
8:00 AM - 8:35 AM
SESSION I: 10th Anniversary - KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
SESSION VII: Moderated Poster Session
Location: Grand Salon 5 - 4th Floor
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Constance L. Monitto, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her clinical work centers on the anesthetic management of pediatric patients experiencing illnesses of varying levels of severity, as well as perioperative pediatric acute pain management. Her research has evaluated institutional and national pediatric pain management practices, methods to minimize opioid-related side effects, monitoring paradigms to help identify opioid-related respiratory depression, and postoperative opioid prescribing in the setting of the ongoing opioid epidemic. She has also participated in translational studies examining the impact of genetic and behavioral factors on inter-individual differences in opioid analgesic responsiveness, adverse effects, and pain perception.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
SESSION VII: Moderated Poster Session
Location: Grand Salon 5 - 4th Floor
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Michael Nemergut is a physician with dual appointments in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine as well as the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He is an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine. He obtained his MD and PhD degrees from the University of Virginia, and completed residency and fellowship training in Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Pediatric Anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins. He is the medical director of both the Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit as well as the Pediatric ICU. Interests include pediatric anesthesiology, pediatric critical care and anesthetic neurotoxicity.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Reducing Pain Associated with Vascular Access
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
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Chair, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Nemours Children's Health, Delaware Valley
Wilmington, DE
Bio
Dr. Olbrecht was born and raised in New Jersey but spent part of her childhood in Switzerland. She attended Cornell University where she studied Biology and Spanish. She graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2007 and completed her residency in Anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. She joined the faculty at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 2012 after finishing her pediatric anesthesia fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She received her MBA from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2015.
At Cincinnati Children’s, she was an Associate Professor in Anesthesiology and Pediatrics and the Director of Quality Improvement and Accreditation for Procedural Sedation for the institution. She was also the Associate Director of Research and the Clinical Director of the Procedure Center. She joined Nationwide Children’s Hospital in 2021 and spent two years as the Vice Chair of Quality Improvement and Development and the Director of Fetal Anesthesiology. She is currently the Chair for the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware Valley and a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Pediatric Sedation (SPS) as well as on the Executive Committee and is the Chair of the Quality and Safety Committee.
Dr. Olbrecht’s research interest lies in improving pediatric pain with innovative, non-pharmacologic therapies. She began her current research in the use of biofeedback-based virtual reality for pain management in 2018. Since 2018, she has received over $1.5 million in funding both for her research and device development and she currently has an R34 and Blueprint MedTech grant from the NIH to develop a clinical trial protocol for the integration of biofeedback-based virtual reality in perioperative pain management and to further develop the technology. She looks forward to the day when VR becomes part of everyday pain management.
Outside of work, Dr. Olbrecht enjoys spending time with her family, including her husband and 6-year-old daughter, Marcella. She is an avid equestrian and enjoys English riding and jumping. She also loves to travel and explore new parts of the world.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
8:35 AM - 8:50 AM
Gaga for Goggles: Virtual Reality and Pain
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Division Chief, General Anesthesia
Texas Children's Hospital
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Sophie Pestieau is on faculty at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, where she is the Vice-Chief of Clinical Affairs in the Division of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, and the Medical Director in the Center for Surgical Care. For many years, she has been an active member of the Acute Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesia services. From an academic standpoint, she is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine. Her areas of expertise and research focus on improving perioperative outcomes of children, by emphasizing the use regional anesthesia, multimodal analgesia, and clinical care pathways such as the perioperative surgical home and ERAS protocols.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
7:40 AM - 8:00 AM
Welcome/Overview of Educational Program/Board Change
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
8:00 AM - 8:35 AM
SESSION I: 10th Anniversary - KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
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Associate Professor and Consultant Physician
London Health Sciences Centre
Western University
Bio
Dr Yuva Raju Poolacherla attended medical school at Stanley Medical College in Chennai, India and graduated in 1992. Underwent extensive postgraduate training in Anesthesia at Madras Medical College in Chennai, India, and in the United Kingdom which culminated in the award of Completion of Certificate of training (CCT) from the Post graduate Medical Training Board, United Kingdom. Raju completed FRCA(UK) from the Royal College of Anesthesiologists UK. He did Advanced training in Pediatric Anesthesia (Fellowship) at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London UK.
Raju has worked as a Consultant Pediatric anesthesiologist both in the United Kingdom and Canada.
Raju is an Associate Professor at the Schulich Medical and Dental School at University of Western Ontario.
Raju is the founding Physician of interdisciplinary Pediatric Chronic Pain Program for London and Southwestern Ontario. Has been running a successful program since its inception in 2015 as its Medical Director. He takes pride inorganizing the first-ever multidisciplinary Pediatric Pain Conference in 2018 in Southwest Ontario.
Raju is the Director of Pediatric Anesthesia Program, has worked with the MOH Ontario in establishing a alternate payment plan (APP) to help recruit and retain Pediatric anesthesiologists for the region of London ON. He has many invited talks on pediatric pain in the international forum.
His main areas of interest in research are Pediatric pain, Neuroimaging of inflammatory states and innovative care models.
Raju likes to spend most of his spare time with his family and has a wife Vasavi and has 2 children with a daughter Shruthi(19) and a son Shreyas(16).
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Know Pain, Know Gain: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Managing Acute and Transitional Perioperative Pain
Location: Meeting Room 301 - 3rd Floor
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Professor
Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Maywood, IL
Bio
I am a professor of Anesthesiology at Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago, IL. I did my Anesthesiology residency at the Tufts University Medical Center, Boston, MA. I later completed a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI with an emphasis on anesthesia for children with congenital heart disease undergoing corrective and palliative surgeries. My passion for acute pain and regional anesthesia was ignited by the introduction of ultrasound guidance.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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sarah.rebstock@utsouthwestern.edu
Dallas Childrens Hospital/ UTSW
Dallas
Bio
Dr. Rebstock did her undergraduate work at Jacksonville University (Jacksonville, Florida) in 1992, and went on to receive a Master's Degree at the University of Florida ( Gainesville, Florida) in 1994 in Nutritional Biochemistry, having completed a human study in Folic Acid Absorption at 2 stages of human gestation within the Clinical Research Center at U.F. In 1994. Dr. Rebstock worked at Hoechst Pharmaceautical division doing research into collagen formation inhibition in the cirrhotic liver. She attended Medical School at the Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, and did her doctoral research at the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich looking at gap junction communication in the microvasculature.
Dr. Rebstock did her residency and fellowship at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Collage of Medicine, working with Dr. David Sherry and Dr. John Rose in Pediatric Pain Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as part of her training. She went on to be an attending anesthesiologist at Penn State and develop the first pediatric pain service/ clinic at Penn State Children's Hospital. In 2011, Dr. Rebstock was recruited at the Children's National Medical Center as director of pediatric pain medicine, and as a principal Investigator in the Sheikh Zayed Institute of Pediatric Surgical Innovation. She was then recruited to be Chief of pediatric anesthesiology with Envision Physician Services to be pediatric site director for their residency. Dr. Rebstock has been at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center since 2019 as an associate professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management. She has an appointment with the Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture where she continues her folic acid research in Anesthesia and the developing brain and is the founder of a videogaming technology project for pain rehabilitation and monitoring. Her research in this area is on the effects of immersion technology on the autonomic nervous system and pain.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
SESSION VII: Moderated Poster Session
Location: Grand Salon 5 - 4th Floor
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Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
My passion for working with at risk youth and adolescents has remained constant throughout my professional growth, and I continue to focus on ways to improve care for the young adolescent and young adult populations related to chronic pain. My professional efforts center on using a multidisciplinary approach to manage chronic pediatric pain. My specific interests include cancer related, perioperative planning and functional abdominal pain, in children with an incorporation of interventional techniques.
As medical liaison to the Comfort Ability Program (CAP) I am collaborating with our pain psychologists to develop specialized programs targeted at the abdominal pain and cancer pain related populations.
In 2020, in collaboration with Dana Faber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) Orthopedics departments to work to develop the Clinic of Oncological Pain Excellence (COPE) program, which prioritizes a multidiscipline approach for manage acute and chronic pain management within the solid tumor population.
My research interests are focused on the value of interventional that improve on the management of chronic pain. Specific to the oncology population I am interested in identifying interventions that can be incorporated before during and after cancer treatment that will have a long-term positive impact on pain control and outcomes.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
PBLD 5: The Role of the Pediatric Anesthesiologist in Caring for Children at the End of Life
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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Assistant Professor
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Division of Pain Medicine and University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles
Bio
Dr. Alvina Rosales is a pediatric pain psychologist who oversees psychological services within Children's Hospital Los Angeles' Division of Pain Medicine and is the Co-Director of the Chronic Pain Inpatient Rehabilitation Program. Dr Rosales is the Psychology Liaison for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Exercise the Mind: Psychological Impact of Persistent Pain in Athletes
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
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As in CV
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Gregory J. Schears, M.D. is a pediatric intensivist and anesthesiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN with a long standing interest in reducing patient complications and improving our approach to vascular access. He is the physician liaison to the nurse led PICC team and former medical director of the ECMO service. He is a Professor of Anesthesiology and has given hundreds of presentations locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Reducing Pain Associated with Vascular Access
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Bio
Ravi D. Shah MD is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Division Head of Pain Medicine within the Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. He also serves as Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director. His areas of interest include opioid stewardship, regional anesthesia, chronic pain, and medical education.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Assistant Professor
Pediatric anesthesia fellowship director
Western university
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Know Pain, Know Gain: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Managing Acute and Transitional Perioperative Pain
Location: Meeting Room 301 - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Dr. Marisa Wiktor-Sharkey, DO is a Pain Medicine Specialist in Aurora, CO. Graduated from Michigan State University College Of Osteopathic Medicine. They currently practice at Practice. Dr. Wiktor-Sharkey is board certified in Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
8:35 AM - 9:50 AM
SESSION II: Technology & Pain
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
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Dr. Irfan Suleman completed his anesthesiology residency training at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and was awarded “Excellence in Pediatric Anesthesia 2008” upon his graduation. He also completed his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship from Arkansas Children’s Hospital/UAMS in 2009. He continues to work as a Pediatric anesthesiologist at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) and develops and serves as director of pediatric regional anesthesia.
Dr. Suleman’s passion and interest in pediatric pain continue to grow and he decided to advance his skill in multidisciplinary pediatric chronic pain management and chronic interventional pain management and completed his "Pediatric Pain fellowship from Boston Children’s Hospital/ Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard university which make him a unique physician in the country.
Currently, he is working and leading as a Director of Pediatric chronic pain interventional management at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and Medical Director of a multidisciplinary chronic pain clinic at Kennedy Krieger Pediatric Rehabilitation Institute.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
Thursday, March 30, 2023
2:15 PM - 3:10 PM
SESSION V: Chronic Pain and Palliative Care
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Associate Professor , University of Washington , Seattle Childrens Hospital.
Academic pediatric anesthesiologist,
Faculty fellowship director , pediatric regional anesthesia, Seattle Childrens Hospital.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Reducing Pain Associated with Vascular Access
Location: Lonestar Salon G - 3rd Floor
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Professor & Chair, Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Bio
Dr Suresh is Chair-Emeritus at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the Arthur C. King Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics at Northwestern University. He has served on various leadership roles including being the immediate past President of the American Board of Anesthesiology and current Chair of the Board of Trustees of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS), Member of Board of Directors of the American Society of Anesthesiology. He serves as a Senior Vice President and Chief of Provider Integration for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago where he works on business solutions for advancing the care of children while creating an opportunity for expansion in the marketplace. He is an avid researcher who has significant presence in the world of Anesthesiology as a leader in pain management of children. He is the chair of the Opioid Stewardship Committee at Lurie Children’s Hospital. His research has focused on measures to reduce pain in infants and children. He is also a member of the executive education team and serves as an academic director at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Chicago.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
8:00 AM - 8:25 AM
Building an Acute Pain Management & Regional Anesthesia Service In Pediatrics: Block by Block!
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Associate Professor, Program Director, Pediatric Pain Medicine Fellowship, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
RTD 2: One for All, All for One! - Establishing Collaboration Between Pediatric Pain Medicine Fellowship Programs in the U.S.
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Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Philadelphia, PA
Thursday, March 30, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
PBLD 3: Is it LAST? Is it Anaphylaxis? I Don't Know, Just Give Epi! NO!!!
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Dr. Tassone is Chief of Anesthesia at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital. She serves as the Chair of the Research Committee for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine and has an interest in integrative medicine and medical acupuncture.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine Workshop
Location: Meeting Room 304 - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Keziah Vargas is trained in pediatric anesthesia and regional pain management. She completed her Anesthesia Residency at Rush University Medical Center in 2021, followed by a Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship and a Regional and Acute Pain Anesthesia Fellowship at Northwestern Medical Hospital/Lurie Children’s Hospital, which she finished in 2023. She is currently a pediatric anesthesiologist at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago and part of the regional team.
She enjoys music and traveling with her 2 kids and husband.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Dr. Vecchione is an assistant professor of pediatric anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She completed an anesthesiology residency at Montefiore Medical Center followed by a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital. I then completed a second fellowship in pediatric acute pain management and regional anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital. I have been on faculty at Johns Hopkins where I am the director of the pediatric regional anesthesia service and have built the pediatric regional anesthesia program at Johns Hopkins. I also serve as the director of the pediatric acute pain service. My research has focused on the role of regional anesthesia and multi-modal pain regimens in pediatric patients to reduce opioid consumption in an era of an opioid epidemic. She has published on the use of ultrasound in clinical care for pediatric patients. She has lectured at various national conferences on pediatric regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine and taught at numerous workshops in regional anesthesia.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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Senior Physical Therapist
Children's Specialized Hospital
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Bio
Kate Vieni is a pediatric physical therapist at Children’s Specialized Hospital. She is a senior physical therapist and the program lead for physical therapy within the Chronic Pain Management Program. Kate graduated from Ithaca College with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2006. Kate received her Therapeutic Pain Specialist Certification in 2022 and is currently completing her Fellowship of Pain Sciences.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Is it a Lion or a Leaf? Pain Neuroscience Education for Pediatric Chronic Pain
Location: Meeting Room 303 - 304: 3rd Floor
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Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia & Psychiatry
University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital
Iowa City, IA
Bio
Dr Walia is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine and shares a joint appointment within the Departments of Anesthesia, Psychiatry and Pediatrics. She is board certified in Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Pain Medicine. Her primary academic interest is treating chronic pain in the pediatric population, and is the founder and director of the Pediatric Comprehensive Pain Clinic where she combines use of her unique board certifications in child and adolescent psychiatry and pain medicine. Besides that, she also provides clinical services in the Child & Adolescent psychiatry inpatient unit and the Adult Chronic Pain Clinic. She strongly believes that pain control is best achieved by using a combination of therapies- The Multimodal Approach and tries to use that best in treating her patients.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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Dr Wallace is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Phoenix Children's in Arizona. He did an anesthesia residency at LAC + USC and a fellowship in pediatric anesthesia at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Thursday - Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Location: Meeting Room 306 - 3rd Floor
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Bio
Dr. Wang is a California native, born and raised in Southern California. After completing a BA in Computer Science at UC Berkeley and MD at UC San Francisco, she returned to UCLA for residency, where she was convinced to leave her beloved state for Boston. There, she completed her pediatric fellowship, and stayed as faculty from 2008-2011. When she returned to California in 2011, she pursued additional training in informatics and simulation at Stanford and remained as faculty to grow her interests in informatics and medical technologies. She is board-certified in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Clinical Informatics and continues to be passionate about EHR enhancement and optimization projects that advance surgical, nursing, and pediatric and obstetric anesthesia workflows. She is also Co-Director of the Stanford Chariot Program, combining her interest in clinical care, process improvement, data analytics and research with virtual/augmented reality technologies to advance and evolve standards in patient care. She has a keen interest in adapting technologies for overall benefit to humanity, by augmenting human relationships instead of replacing them.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
8:50 AM - 9:05 AM
Getting High-Tech: Safe Opioid Prescribing in the Era of Technology
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UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School
NYU- Anesthesiology residency
Yale School of Medicine- Fellowship in Pediatric anesthesia
Faculty at Yale School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology 1996-2010
Faculty at UCI Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Health 2010-2011
Clinical faculty Department of Anesthesiology University of Connecticut 2011-present
Thursday, March 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine Workshop
Location: Meeting Room 304 - 3rd Floor
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Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Bio
Since my fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital, I have had a strong interest in pediatric pain medicine as well as pediatric anesthesia, including regional blocks. I did a second fellowship at Boston Children's in Pain Medicine and stayed on the staff there until I was recruited to start the Pediatric Pain Service at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. My work at Mayo has been balanced between operative pediatric anesthesia and pediatric pain. This has led to my involvement in the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, eventually having been president from 2021 to 2023.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
7:40 AM - 8:00 AM
Welcome/Overview of Educational Program/Board Change
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
PBLD 4: Long-COVID in a 16-year-old
2:15 PM - 2:35 PM
In for the Long Haul: COVID-19's Impact on Pain Syndromes
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
SESSION VII: Moderated Poster Session
Location: Grand Salon 5 - 4th Floor
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Medical Director, Pediatric Pain & Headache Medicine
Prisma Health
Greenville, SC
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Dr. Windsor is a pain and headache physician specializing in the treatment of complex pain and headache conditions affecting children, adolescents and young adults in the Carolinas. He is Director/Chief of the Division of Pediatric Pain & Headache Medicine and Medical Director of the Pediatric Concussion Program at the Children's Hospital of Prisma Health Upstate. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, and adjunct with Anesthesiology and Psychiatry. He leads a multidisciplinary group of pain specialists from the fields of medicine, nursing, psychology, and rehabilitation therapies, and is the first comprehensive program like it in the Carolinas.
Dr. Windsor is a graduate of the pediatric pain fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital with Harvard Medical School and completed a residency in Pediatrics with the Boston Combined Residency Program with Harvard Medical School and Boston University. He completed his medical degree at Mercer University School of Medicine in Savannah, GA. He is board certified in Pediatrics, Medical Acupuncture, and Headache Medicine by the United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
SESSION III: Pain in Young Athletes
Location: Lone Star E - 3rd Floor
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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management; Associate Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Anesthesiology
Emory/Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Atlanta, GA
Bio
Dr. Anna Woodbury founded the Division for Pain Management at the Veterans Affairs Health Care System (VAHCS) in Atlanta and currently serves as the Associate Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Anesthesiology at Emory University. She is double-board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and licensed to practice Acupuncture. She is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at Emory University School of Medicine and active in research in neuroimaging and neuromodulation at both Emory and VAHCS. She serves on the Board of Directors for the United States Association for the Study of Pain and has served on institutional and federal grant review committees including NIH and VA study sections. Her clinical expertise and research interests include the use of non-pharmacologic therapies for the management of pain, and she has a specific interest in understanding and treating chronic widespread pain syndromes. Her active federal funding allows her to study non-invasive brain stimulation techniques for the treatment of chronic widespread pain.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
9:05 AM - 9:20 AM
What's All the "Buzz" About? Neuromodulatory Devices for Pain
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Associate Professor
Texas Children's Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine
Austin, TX
Bio
I believe that good medicine starts with a compassion for people and a mind to serve those in need…
I began my journey into medicine as an electrical engineer. Intrigued by radiofrequency transmission systems and cartilage regeneration, I completed graduate study focusing on nanoparticles and mechanokinetic device design. I ventured into medicine with a mind geared towards research in pediatric outcomes and improving the anesthesia delivery and monitoring systems designed for smaller patients.
My interests in quality improvement associated with regional anesthesiology for pediatric patients, led me to serve as the Principal Investigator for the national Pediatric regional anesthesia network (PRAN) at Texas Children’s Hospital, with a focus on improving pediatric regional anesthesia drug delivery and quality outcomes. As a pediatric regional anesthesiologist and pain management specialist it is my aim to advance the practice of regional anesthesia and pain medicine in infants and children through safe and efficacious drug delivery. The incorporation of new peripheral nerve blocks brings both excitement and responsibility among anesthesiologists. My expertise in regional anesthesiology has permit me to transcend the perioperative environment and form a collaborative network that enhances pain delivery streams for a multitude of children in the oncology and hematology realm.
Equally important to the advancement of pediatric pain medicine is my role as an educator. Along the course of my anesthesiology faculty development, I have taken an active role in the teaching of medical students, residents and fellows through curriculum development, lecture series, workshops and interactive small-group teaching sessions. I am committed to advocating for student education while upholding the highest standards of medical care. I look forward to enhancing the practice of pediatric anesthesiology in continuing to learn from and with medical students, resident-physicians, and colleagues, reviewing the best practices and critically assessing the present standards with evidence-based medicine.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
9:20 AM - 9:35 AM
Take a Walk around the Blocks: Latest Technology Advances in Regional Anesthesia
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Basic Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia with Stimulation Training on Phantoms
Location: Lonestar Salon F - 3rd Floor
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