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CH A L L E NGES I N A C C R E D I TAT I O N
PER I O PE RATIVE Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – Section 3
(Simulation)
AND
This activity is an Accredited Simulation Activity (Section 3) as defined
A M BU L AT ORY by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College
A N E S THESIA of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by Continuing
Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of
Toronto. You may claim a maximum of 4.5 hours (credits are automatically
calculated).
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, approved by Continuing Professional
Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. You
may claim a maximum of 6.5 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Disclosure Declaration
Speakers have been requested to disclose to the audience any real or
apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the
subject matter of this program.
PLANNING SPEAKERS
COMMITTEE Sanket Agrawal MD DM Seung Cheol (Paul) Kim MBChB
Neuroanesthesia FRCA FFPMRCA
Laura Girón-Arango MD FRCPC Assistant Professor Regional Fellow
Assistant Professor Staff Anesthesiologist Anesthesia and Pain Management
Staff Anesthesiologist Toronto Western Hospital Toronto Western Hospital
Toronto Western Hospital
Hilda Alfaro MD Pranab Kumar MD FRCA FFPMRCA
Fernanda Septimio Lanza Oliveira Associate Professor FRCPC
MD Department of Anesthesia and Assistant Professor
Obstetric Anesthesia Fellow Perioperative Medicine Staff Physician
Mount Sinai Hospital Western University UHN-Toronto Western Hospital
Fabio de V. Papa MD MScCHB FASE Ahmad Alli MD MMed FRCPC Michelle Lazar MD
Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Anesthesiologist
Staff Anesthesiologist Staff Anesthesiologist and Intensivist Anesthesia Education and Simulation
St. Michael’s Hospital Medical Director of CVICU University Health Network
St Michael’s Hospital
Michael Ricci MB BCh BAO FRCPC Faraj Massouh MD CABMS FRCPC
Lecturer Camila Arango MD Assistant Professor
Staff Anesthesiologist
St. Michael’s Hospital Sinéad Campbell MB BCh BAO FCAI Staff Anesthesiologist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Assistant Professor
Soniya Sharma MBA MD FRCPC Staff Anesthesiologist Ameya Pappu MD
Assistant Professor Toronto Western Hospital Clinical Fellow, Anesthesia
Staff Anesthesiologist and Intensivist
Mount Sinai Hospital Luis E. Chaparro MD FRCPC Toronto Western Hospital
Staff Anesthesiologist Atipong Pathanasethpong MD
Diana Tamir MD FRCPC Peterborough Regional Health Centre Anesthesiologist
Lecturer
Staff Anesthesiologist and Intensivist Santiago Chaverra MD University Health Network
Toronto General Hospital Advanced Airway Management Fellow Pablo Perez d’Empaire MD FRCPC
Toronto General Hospital FCCM FASE
Daniel Cordovani MD MSc Assistant Professor
GUEST SPEAKERS Associate Professor
Cardiovascular Anesthesiology and
Perioperative Echocardiography
McMaster University
Ki Jinn Chin MMBBS (Hons) MMed Staff Anesthesiologist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
FRCPC Hamilton Health Sciences Karla Pungsornruk MBBS FANZCA
Professor
Anesthesiologist Fernando Escudero MD Staff Physician
Toronto Western Hospital
Toronto Western Hospital Airway Fellow
University of Toronto Sabri Soussi MD PhD
Natalie Anne Clavel MD FRCPC MHSc Mount Sinai Hospital Assistant Professor
CHE
Anesthesiologist Wesla Packer Pfeifer Ferrarezi Staff Anesthesiologist
Toronto Western Hospital
Director, Faculty Development and MD MSc MScCH (HPTE) UHN Women’s College Hospital
Professionalism Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Pain Program Director of Obstetrical Michael Szpejda B.Sc MD FRCPC
Management Anesthesia Clinical Fellow
Toronto Western Hospital St. Michael’s Hospital Cardiac Anesthesia & Critical Care
Stuart A McCluskey HBSc PhD MD Marcos Frasson MD FIPP
St. Michael’s Hospital
FRCPC Fellow in Chronic Pain Vandana Vaishnav MBBS FRCPC
Associate Professor Toronto Western Hospital Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
Staff Physician Staff Anesthesiologist
Toronto General Hospital, UHN Ben Goodman MD McMaster University
Anesthesiologist
Duminda N. Wijeysundera MD PhD University Health Network Roland S. Xu MD FRCPC
FRCPC Lecturer
Professor Farhang Jalilan MD, FRCPC Staff Anesthesiologist
Staff Anesthesiologist Lecturer Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
St. Michael’s Hospital Anesthesiologist and Pain Physician
Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute St. Michael’s Hospital
Isabella Jaramillo MD MSc
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Unless otherwise indicated, all academic
Pain Medicine appointments are with the Department
McMaster University of Anesthesiology and Pain
Staff Anesthesiologist Management, Temerty Faculty of
McMaster Children’s Hospital Medicine, University of Toronto
WELCOME!
D AY 1 P R O G R A M
S AT U R D AY, M A R C H 2 9 , 2 0 2 5
T I M E SESSION SPE A K ER (S )
07:30 Registration and Breakfast
08:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks Laura Giron Arango
Pragmatic Cardiac Risk Assessment for Major Elective Non-Cardiac
08:15 Duminda Wijeysundera
Surgery: Where are We in 2025?
09:00 Q&A and Discussion
09:15 Patient Blood Management – Is there a role for Anesthesia? Stuart McCluskey
10:00 Q&A and Discussion
10:15 Break
10:45 Crash Course in Ambulatory Anesthesia Natalie Clavel
Challenges and Troubleshooting for spinal anesthesia in the ambulatory
11:15 KiJinn Chin
setting
11:45 Q&A and Discussion
Lunch
12:00
Sponsored Session
PBLD Session One
13:00
Choose one topic per session for a total of three
1. Sedation Strategies Outside the OR Natalie Clavel
2. Best Practices for Spine Surgery Sanket Agrawal
3. Rebound Pain in Regional Anesthesia Sinead Campbell
4. Management of PDPH – What’s New Faraj Massouh
5. Myocardial infarction following non-cardiac surgery Ahmad Alli
6. Management of a difficult or failed epidural in obstetrics Wesla Pfeifer
7. The risks behind the routine: Anesthesia for pediatric tonsillectomy
Isabella Jaramillo
and postoperative complications
8. Five Papers and Multimedia Sources of 2024 that Changed my
Luis Chaparro
Practice
9. High Stakes, Narrow Valves: A Crash Course in Navigating Aortic
Hilda Alfaro, Camila Arango
Stenosis in the OR
10. Anesthetic considerations in patients with chronic pain Pranab Kumar
11. Fluid therapy: Crystalloids vs Albumin – Why, when, and how? Sabri Soussi, Michelle Lazar
14:00 Break
14:15 PBLD Session Two – Topics repeated
15:15 Break
15:30 PBLD Session Three – Topics repeated
D AY 2 P R O G R A M
S U N D AY, M A R C H 3 0 , 2 0 2 5
T I M E SE SSI ON SPE A K ER (S )
07:30 Registration and Breakfast
Workshops: Session One
08:00
Choose one topic per session for a total of three
Camila Arango, Hilda Alfaro, Fabio Papa,
1. Cardiac POCUS
Pablo Perez, Roland Xu
Daniel Cordovani, Santiago Chaverra,
2. Emergency Front-of-Neck Access
Fernando Escudero, Ameya Pappu,
(eFONA) Workshop
Atipong Pathanasethpong, Vandana Vaishnav
3. What is new in Upper limb blocks: Motor sparing
blocks for hand surgery, Superior trunk block Karla Pungsornruk, Paul Kim, Ben Goodman
and costoclavicular
4. Neuroaxial ultrasound / Epidural
Michael Ricci, Farhang Jalilian, Michael Szpejda
guidance, Spine Ultrasound, ESP, Paravertebral
09:30 Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
09:45 Workshops: Session Two – Topics repeated
11:15 Break
11:30 Workshops: Session Three – Topics repeated
13:00 Adjourn
You’re invited to save the date for an incredible event!
Join Ontario’s Anesthesiologists for the 70th Annual
Ontario Anesthesia Meeting, September 26 to 28, 2025,
at The Westin Ottawa in beautiful Ottawa, Ontario!
Get ready for an exciting and informative academic
70th Annual Ontario
program that will keep you at the forefront of the latest
trends and advancements in anesthesia! Participate in
Anesthesia Meeting
clinically relevant sessions that cater to both academic
and community practice.
Event updates will be shared here closer to the
September 26 to 28, 2025 conference. If you have any questions, please reach out
The Westin Ottawa to us at info@ontariosanesthesiologists.ca.
For details, please visit
ontariosanesthesiologists.ca/annual-conference
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