ANESTHESIA

SYMPOSIUM
Toronto
Anesthesia
Same but

TORONTO
different – time

Symposium
to adopt an
international

ANESTHESIA
consensus
April 2 & 3, 2022 universal airway
Double Tree Hotel Toronto guideline?

SYMPOSIUM
TORONTO
ANESTHESIA
SYMPOSIUM
www.cpd.utoronto.ca/anesthesia/
Symposium Directors
Laura Giron, MD
Anesthesiologist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences

Michael Dinsmore, BSc PhD MD FRCPC David Paul Goldstein, MD FRCSC MSc
Assistant Professor Clinician Investigator
Staff Anesthesiologist – Toronto Western Hospital Cancer Clinical Research Unit (CCRU)
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Diana Tamir, BSc MD FRCPC
Staff Anesthesiologist, Toronto General Hospital Jesse Goldmacher, BMSc MD FRCPC
Clinical Director, Acute Pain Service Lecturer
Co-coordinator, TGH Postgraduate Program Anesthesiologist
Toronto Western Hospital
Evan Wild, MBBS BMedSci FRCA FRCPC
Lecturer, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Jay Han, H.BSc MD MSc FRCPC
Medicine Assistant Professor
Staff Anesthesiologist, Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Guest Speakers
Deepa Kattail, MD MHS FAAP
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia
Laura V. Duggan, MD FRCPC McMaster University/Hamilton Health Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and
Pain Medicine Melinda Li, MD FRCPC
University of Ottawa Lecturer
Department of Anesthesia, Mount Sinai Hospital

Faculty Aria Lokon, MBBS

Advanced Airway Management Fellow
Department of Anesthesia
Tural Alekberli, M.D M.Sc Mount Sinai Hospital
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Fellow
Mount Sinai Hospital Gianni R. Lorello, BSc MD MSc (Med Ed) CIP FRCPC
PhD(c)
Cristian Arzola, MD MSc Assistant Professor
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Staff Anesthesiologist
Pain Medicine. Toronto Western Hospital, UHN
Mount Sinai Hospital
Rebecca Moga, MD FRCPC
Fabricio Batistella Zasso, MD MHSc MBA Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Pain
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Management
Pain Medicine Site Coordinator - Postgraduate Residency Training
Mount Sinai Hospital Program
Site Clinical Fellowship Coordinator Toronto Western Hospital

Linor Berezin, MD Sabine Nabecker, MD MStudies, PgCert AFAMEE, FHEA

Anesthesiology Resident (PGY-1)
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Martin Chapman, BM FRCA FRCPC DTM&H
Assistant Professor, Anaesthesia
Staff Physician, Department of Anaesthesia
Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Stephen Choi, BSc MD FRCPC MSc
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia
Staff Anesthesiologist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Javier Cubillos, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia &
Perioperative Medicine
University of Western Ontario
Staff Anesthesiologist
London Health Sciences Center
Advanced Clinical Practice Fellow
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Mount Sinai Hospital
Philip Peng, MBBS FRCPC Founder
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
University Health Network, Sinai Health Network,
Women’s College Hospital
Pablo Perez d’Empaire, MD FRCPC FCCM FASE
Cardiovascular Anesthesiology and Perioperative
Echocardiography
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Department of
Anesthesia
Faculty Continued Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Section 3:

Ian Randall, MD MPH FRCPC This activity is an Accredited Simulation Activity (Section 3)
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Pain as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of
Medicine and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada,
Medicine and approved by Continuing Professional Development,
Staff Anesthesiologist and Intensivist, Toronto Western Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. You may
Hospital claim a maximum of 4.5 hours (credits are automatically
calculated).
Michael Ricci, MD
Anesthesiologist
American Medical Association – AMA PRA Category 1
Sachin Sahni, MD Credit™ Designation
Anesthesiologist and Chronic Pain Physician
University Health Network Through an agreement between the Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American
Simone Schiavo, MD, MSc Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Pain Medicine For more information on the process to convert Royal
Anesthesiologist, Fellowship Program Coordinator College MOC credit to AMA credits please see: https://
Department of Anesthesia, Toronto Western Hospital www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-
international-activities
Evan Shao, MD FRCPC
Neuroanesthesia Fellow, Department of Anesthesia
Toronto Western Hospital College of Family Physicians of Canada – Mainpro+:

Marietjie Slabbert, MD This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program

Staff Anesthesiologist meets the certification criteria of the College of Family
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Physicians of Canada and has been certified by Continuing
Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine,
Paul Tumber, MD University of Toronto for up to 6.5 Mainpro+ credits.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Pain Management Consultant, UHN-SHS-WCH
Anesthesiologist CFPC members can claim up to 50 Mainpro+ certified
Toronto Western Hospital credits per cycle for attending Royal College accredited
events. This event has been accredited for 4.5 Royal
Takayuki Yoshida, MD, PhD, MClinRes College Section 3 hours. CFPC members can claim 13.5
Department of Anesthesia, Toronto Western Hospital Mainpro+ credits (calculation is not automatic).

* Unless otherwise indicated, all academic appointments

are with the University of Toronto. Disclosure Declaration
Speakers have been requested to disclose to the audience

Accreditation any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a

direct bearing on the subject matter of this program.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada –

Section 1

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity

(Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification
Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Canada, and approved by Continuing Professional
Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
You may claim up to a maximum of 6.5 hours (credits are For Information
automatically calculated).
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 Program Saturday, April 2, 2022

0730 Registration and Breakfast

Welcome and Opening Remarks

0800
Program Directors

Keynote Address: Update on the airway guidelines

0815
Laura Duggan

0900 Q&A Discussion

Panel Discussion: Extubation of a difficult airway

0915 Moderator: Ian Randall
Speakers: David Goldstein, Martin Chapman, Marietjie Slabbert

1000 Q&A with panel

1015 Refreshment break with exhibitors

Lecture: High flow nasal oxygenation – where are we now?

1045
Sabine Nabecker

1130 Q&A and discussion

1145 Lunch & Exhibitor Hall

Small Group Problem-Based Learning Discussions/Case Discussions

1300
Participants may select one PBLD in each of the three time slots

1. Elective Surgery after concussion/TBI

Evan Shao
2. Tackling the Thoracic Thyroid: where getting a tube through the cords isn’t your biggest airway problem
Aria Lokon
3. Tracheal Tears – Risk factors, diagnosis and prevention.
Rebecca Moga & Linor Berezin
4. Update on Pediatric Pain Management for the Perioperative Period
Deepa Kattail
5. Obstetrics – Update in Uterotonics and Labour Analgesia
Melinda Li
6. Cognitive effects of Anesthesia
Stephen Choi
7. Bring POCUS to ACLS
Pablo Perez D’Empaire
8. Trans(forming) the Medical Gaze: Considerations for Transgender People Coming for Surgery
Gianni Lorello
 9. Mushroom magic, a good or bad trip?
Paul Tumber
10. Managing Cardiac Patients undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery – An Update
Jay Han

1400 Break

1415 PBLD Session Repeat

1515 Break

1530 PBLD Session Repeat

Program Saturday, April 3, 2022

0730 Registration and Breakfast

0800 Hands-on Workshops: Session One

1. Motor sparing block for hip and knee surgery (PENG, iPACK, Adductor)
Philip Peng, Laura Giron, Michael Ricci
2. Neuroaxial/ESP/Tap
Simone Schiavo, Takayuki Yoshida, Sachin Sahni
3. POCUS-gastric
Cristian Arzola, Javier Cubillos, Tural Alekberli
4. Advanced Airway technique and technology/Airway topicalization/Orsim Simulation
Fabricio Zasso, Jesse Goldmacher

0930 Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

0945 Workshops: Session Two – Topics repeated

1115 Break

1130 Workshops: Session Three – Topics repeated

1300 Adjourn
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 Planning for the 2022 Ontario Anesthesia Meeting
and Conference Weekend is well underway. This
year’s event will be held from September 15th-18th
Ontario’s Anesthesiologists at The Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto. Located

Invites You to Our Ontario

on the shores of Lake Ontario, The Westin Harbour
Castle offers direct access to some of Toronto’s most
Anesthesia Meeting and noteworthy sites, high-end shopping and delicious

Conference Weekend restaurants. Our exciting academic program will

Visit ontariosanesthesiologists.ca/annual-conference
for details.
feature outstanding speakers from across Ontario
with presentations that will speak to both academic
and community practice with an intent to drive
quality of care. Registration will open in June. For
more information, email Jennifer Csamer.