A state-of-the-art review of advances in anesthesia for non-cardiac thoracic surgery.
It is a day and-a-half program of panels, case discussions, workshops and PBLDs. Topics covered
will include pulmonary hypertension, hypoxemia during VATS, post-thoracotomy pain management,
non-invasive hemodynamic monitors, airway surgery, lung isolation with a difficult airway, and
much more. Registration is limited to ensure interactivity between the attendees and the faculty.

Paul Alfille, MD
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard School of Medicine
Boston, MA

David Amar, MD
Professor and Director of Thoracic
Anesthesia
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Michael J. Andritsos, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical
Anesthesiology
Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, OH
Sherif I. Assaad, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
VA Healthcare Systems
Yale University School of Medicine
North Haven, CT
Randal S. Blank, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, VA
Brandi A. Bottiger, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Jean Bussiéres, MD, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Hôpital Laval
Quebec, Canada
Javier H. Campos, MD
Professor and Director of Cardiothoracic
Anesthesiology
University of Iowa Health Care
Iowa City, IA
Edmond Cohen, MD
Professor and Director of Thoracic
Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
Lebron Cooper, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and
Director of Catheterization Lab Operations
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI
Samuel DeMaria, Jr., MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
Stephen A. Esper, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Jadelis Giquel, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
VA Hospital / University of Miami
Miami, FL
Katherine Grichnik, MD
Director of Research, Education
and Quality
American Anesthesiology
Mednax National Medical Group
Sunrise, FL
Jacob Gutsche, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Pennsylvania Presbyterian Medical Center
Narberth, PA
Marcus Gutzler, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and
Critical Care Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
Philip M. Hartigan, MD
Director of Thoracic Anesthesiology
Services and Assistant Professor of
Anesthesiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Paul Heerdt, MD, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology and
Pharmacology
Cornell University
New York, NY
Jagtar Singh Heir, DO
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
and Periopertative Medicine
University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Timothy Jackson, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
and Perioperative Medicine
University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center
Houston, TX
George Kanellakos, MD
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS, Canada
Benjamin Kozower, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, VA
Sundar Krishnan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, IA
Jonathan Leff, MD
Associate Professor at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
New York, NY
Adam Levine, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mount Kisco, NY
Jens Lohser, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of
Anesthesiology
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Rhett Lyerly, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL
Jennifer Macpherson, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Division of Thoracic Anesthesia
University of Rochester School of
Medicine
Rochester, NY
Ricardo Martinez-Ruiz, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Miami Miller School
of Medicine
Miami, FL
Meineri Massimiliano, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, ON, Canada
Ju-Mei Ng, MD
Instructor in Anesthesia
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
E. Andrew Ochroch, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Gian P. Paparcuri, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical
Anesthesiology
University of Miami Miller School
of Medicine
Miami, FL
Alessia Pedoto, MD
Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist
Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Stephen Pennefather, MD
Consultant Anaesthetist
Cardiothoracic Centre-Liverpool
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Wanda Popescu, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Ferenc Puskas, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Colorado Denver Hospital
Aurora, CO
Andrew J. Roscoe, MBChB, FRCA
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, ON, Canada
Andrew Schwartz, MD
Instructor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
New York, NY
Joshua J. Sebranek, MD
Section Head, Department of
Anesthesiology
University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI
Alan J. Sim, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Peter D. Slinger, MD
Professor of Anesthesia
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Andrew C. Steel, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Kathirvel Subramanian
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Kenichi Ueda, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
University of Iowa Health Care
Iowa City, IA
Vera Von Dossow-Hanfsting, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Ludwig-Maximilian University
Department of Anesthesiology
Munich, Germany

Sheraton New Orleans
500 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-2500
Reservations: 888-627-7033 (Make reservations online as shown below to get
the SCA group rate).
Convenient to Bourbon Street and the French Quarter, shopping on Royal Street,
the French Market and Jackson Square, the Sheraton is in the heart of one of the
world’s most exciting cities. Hotel room amenities include coffee makers with
complimentary coffee, flat screen LCD TVs, in-room safes, 24-hour room service,
video checkout and complimentary wifi for SCA registrants.
The SCA group rates are available through February 28, 2014 and are
for single/double guest rooms. Single/Double Guest Rooms: $232.00 per
night+ taxes; Additional guests are $25.00 per each
To make reservations, please visit www.scahq.org>Education>Continuing Medical Education>Meetings& Events>Third Annual Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium.
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Submission Info

Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
2209 Dickens Rd
Richmond, VA 23230-2005
Phone: (804) 282-0084
Fax: (804) 282-0090
Email: sca@societyhq.com