2019 Annual Meeting

Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM)
9th Annual Meeting: State-of-the-Art Technologies, Pharmacology & Pathways
October 17-18, 2019
Hilton Orlando * Orlando, Florida
#SASM19Orlando
Program Co-Chairs:
Krish Ramachandran, MD, MBBS, Harvard Medical School
Christine Won, MD, Yale University School of Medicine
Stephen Haskins, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery

Annual Meeting Speaker Handouts

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The Unique Challenges of Acute and Chronic Pain Management in the Sleep-Disordered Breathing Patient - Eugene Viscusi, MD
Opioid Epidemic and the OSA Patient - A Review of the Literature - Edward Mariano, MD
Regional Anesthesia for the OSA Patient - Is There a Benefit and When Should it Be Used? - Crispiana Cozowicz, MD
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Artificial Intelligence and Sleep - The Next Frontiers - Nate Watson, MD
Top 5 Technologies in 2019 - Sleep & Anesthesia - Jonathan Wanderer, MD, MPhil
Can Big Data Analytics Support Personalized Sleep Medicine? - Allan Pack, MBChB, PhD, FRCP
Big Data in Postoperative Monitoring - What's Changing? - Ashish Khanna, MD
Wearables and Interactive Devices for Post-Discharge - John Pearson, MD
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Postoperative Sleep as a Patient-Centered Outcome After Hospital Discharge - Implications for QOL and Safety - Rebecca Aslakson, MD
Sleep Promoting Pharmacologics - New Agents and Challenges - Dennis Auckley, MD
Alertness Promoting Pharmacologics - New Agents and Outcomes - Lynn Trotti, MD
Delirium and Sleep After Cardiac Surgery - New Avenues - Balachunder Subramaniam, MD
Gabapentin: ERAS Darling with a Dark Side: Do Associated Respiratory Depression Deaths Warrant Pathway Caution? - Michael Pilla, MD
In-Hospital Sleep Program - Challenges & Success Stories - Lauren Tobias, MD
Postoperative Central Sleep Apnea to Treat or Not to Treat - Christine Won, MD
High Risk OB and SDB: Sleep Medicine & Anesthesia Update - Jennifer Dominguez, MD
High Risk OB and SDB: Sleep Medicine & Anesthesia Update - Judette Louis, MD, MPH
- 1st Place Abstract - Eva Christensson, MD, DESA
- 2nd Place Abstract - Gincy Lukachan, MD
- 3rd Place Abstract - Rabail Chaudry, MD

2019 Annual Meeting Abstract Winners

First Place Award:
Title: The Effect of CPAP Treatment in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Global Gene Expression Profile in the Whole Blood
Co-Authors: E. Christensson, MD, DESA, S. Mkrtchian, MD, PhD, A. Ebberyd, BMA, L. I. Eriksson, MD, PhD, FRCA, M. Jonsson Fagerlund, MD, PhD, DESA, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Second Place Award:
Title: Describing the Trends in Neck, Leg and Total Fluid Volumes in Patients
Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery in the Perioperative Period in Surgical Patients - A Prospective Cohort Study
Co-Authors: Gincy Lukachan, MD, Azadeh Yadollahi, PhD, Nayeemur Rehman, MBBS, Stuart McCluskey, MD, Douglas Bradley, MD, Frances Chung, MBBS, Mandeep Singh, MD, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Third Place Award:
Title: Risk of Major Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Complications after Elective Surgery in Patients with Sleep Disordered Breathing
Co-Authors: Rabail Chaudhry MD, Colin Suen, MD, PhD, Talha Mubashir, MD, Jean Wong, MD, Frances Chung, MBBS, Department of Anesthesia, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

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