Our faculty, residents, and adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology (ACTA) fellows will present the following work at the 2025 cardiothoracic anesthesiology meetings in Montreal, Canada – the Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium (TAS), Friday April 25 -Saturday April 26, and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) Meeting and Workshops, Saturday, April 26 – Tuesday, April 29.
 | Michael L. Boisen, MD, FASE, D.ABA, Associate Professor and Program Director of our ACTA Fellowship, is serving on the SCA Scientific Program Committee. Dr. Boisen will moderate the SCA general session “Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac Anesthesia: Are You Ready for the AI Wave?” on Saturday, April 26, 3:00 - 4:30 PM. Dr. Boisen is also a moderator and speaker for “Structural Heart and Electrophysiology Workshop: Ensuring Success in the Lab” at SCA on Sunday, April 27, 9:30 – 11:30 AM |
 | Bernardine Cabral, MD, ACTA Fellow, will present “Optimizing Vasopressor Management” (Presentation # SP2-kiosk 10-poster 4, Scientific Poster Session 2, authors: Bernardine Cabral, MD; Joe Williams, MD; Ryan Rivosecchi, PharmD; Andrew Teletnick; Danine Sullinger; Bedda Rosario- Rivera, PhD; Michael L. Boisen, MD, FASE, D.ABA) at SCA on Monday April 28, 12:30 - 1:30 PM.
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 | Willie Carter, MD, ACTA Fellow, will present “Intrathecal Morphine versus Paravertebral Block as Part of an Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery (ERACS) Protocol on Postoperative Pain and Outcomes: A retrospective Cohort Study” (Presentation #: SP 2 - Kiosk 1 - Poster 2, Scientific Poster Session 2) at SCA on Monday April 28, 12:30 – 1:30 PM.
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 | Joshua DeWalt, MD, PGY-2 Resident, will present “Left Ventricular Outlet with Two Aortic Valves: How a Shifting Valve Shifted the Surgical Risk” (Session: Super Echo) at SCA on Monday April 28, 3:45 - 5:45 PM.
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 | Theresa A. Gelzinis, MD, Professor and Co-Chair of our Residency Curriculum Committee, will moderate TAS problem-based learning discussion (PBLD) #4, “It’s Only a Simple Procedure – Segmentectomy in a Patient with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Dysfunction” on Saturday, April 26, 6:00 - 6:45 AM.
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 | Kimberly Howard-Quijano, MD, MS, FASE, Associate Professor, Associate Vice Chair for Research, Director of Translational Research, and Academic Chief of Cardiac Anesthesiology, is one of the faculty instructors for “Tips and Tricks from the Editors: Anesthesia & Analgesia Reviewers Workshop” at SCA on Sunday, April 27, 9:30 - 11:30 AM. Dr. Howard-Quijano will also present “Echo Education: Have We Stalled as Educators, Is It Time for Increased Standardization and What Is New on the Horizon?” at SCA on Tuesday, April 29, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM. |
| Joshua Knight, MD, FASE, Associate Professor and Medical Director of Quality, will present “Donation After Circulatory Death: Methods and Outcomes” at SCA on Sunday, April 27, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM. Dr. Knight will also present “Best Practices in Neuroprotection During Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest” at SCA on Tuesday, April 29, 2:30 - 4:00 PM. |
 | Luca La Colla, MD, MSHI, D.ABA, ABPM-CI, Assistant Professor and Director of our Acute Interventional Perioperative Pain Service at UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Montefiore, is one of the faculty instructors for “Regional Workshop: Integrating Regional Anesthesia into a Cardiac Anesthesiology Practice” at SCA on Saturday, April 26, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Dr. La Colla is also one of the faculty instructors for the three TAS Regional Anesthesia Workshops from 10:00 – 11:00 AM, 1:30 – 2:30 PM, and 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM on Friday, April 25. |
 | Paul Lecker, DO, MBA, PGY-3 Resident, PITTrack Program, will present the poster “Bypassing Severe Heparin Hypersensitivity with Successful Desensitization” (authors: Alice Whyte, MD, and Paul Lecker, DO, MBA) on Sunday, April 27, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
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 | Victoria Nguyen, MD, ACTA Fellow, will present “Association Between Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Post-Induction Hypotension” (Presentation #: SP 2 - Kiosk 2 - Poster 1, Scientific Poster Session 2) at SCA on Monday April 28, 12:30– 1:30 PM.
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 | Kathirvel Subramaniam, MD, MPH, FASE, Professor, Chief of our Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Division, and Director of Perioperative Echocardiography, will moderate SCA PBLD #10, “Moving from Two to Three Stars: Using Big Data to Improve our Program’s STS Rating,” on Saturday, April 26, 12:00 - 1:00 PM.
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 | Harikesh Subramanian, MBBS, MS, D.ABA, ABPM-CI, Assistant Professor, will present “Overview of Artificial Intelligence for the Clinician: Threats and Opportunities” at SCA on Saturday, April 26, 3:00 - 4:30 PM.
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 | Joe Williams, MD, ACTA Fellow, will present “Effect of Fibrinogen Concentrate vs. Cryoprecipitate in Orthotopic Heart Transplant” (Presentation #: SP 1 - Kiosk 2 - Poster 2, Scientific Poster Session 1) at SCA on Sunday April 27, 12:30 – 1:30 PM.
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