A note about accreditation
Under the RCPSC guidelines, these presentations are considered a self-learning activity, under "Section 2: Other Learning Activities."
Self learning activities include reading or reviewing various enduring materials such as medical journals, CD-ROMs, audiotapes, videotapes or other online material.
Session: Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in Non Cardiac Surgery
(Perioperative symposium)
The debate, moderated by Dr Duminda Wijeysundera, brought together three presenter - Drs Joel Parlow and PJ Devereaux from Canada, and Joshua Beckman from the US, in a debate on Relevant Canadian and US guidelines and opinions.
Learning tracks
Named sessions | Ambulatory | Anesthesia Assistants | Cardiovascular and Thoracic | Chronic Pain Management | Critical Care and Trauma | Education and Simulation | Ethics | Faculty Development | French | Neuroanesthesia | Obstetric Anesthesia | Patient Safety | Pediatric | Perioperative | Regional and Acute Pain | Research | Residents | Oral competitions: Residents' Competition | Richard Knill
Track: Named sessions
Session: President’s Symposium: Pride, Patriotism and Professional Association
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Pride, Patriotism and Professional Association |
Douglas DuVal, CAS President |
Pride, Patriotism and the Professional Association: The Power of Association |
Paul Pomerantz, Chief Executive Officer, American Society of Anesthesiologists |
The Power of Association: Association of Anaesthetists of GB & I Perspective |
Dr Paul Clyburn, President, AAGBI |
New Zealand Society of Anesthetists: Value Proposition |
David Kibblewhite, President of NZSA |
The Australian Scene |
David M Scott, Associate Professor, President - ASA |
Pride, Patriotism, Professional Association and…Professional Citizenship |
Jeffrey S. Plagenhoef, President, American Society of Anesthesiologists |
Session: Angela Enright Lecture
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
The Myths & Magic of the New Canadian Training System |
Jason R Frank, Director of Specialty Education, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
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Session: Refresher course: Videolaryngoscopy and SGA in Ambulatory Cases, is That All We Need
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Videolaryngoscopy: A Masterpiece for Complete Airway Management |
André van Zundert, The University of Queensland & Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital |
Session: Lessons From Recent Large RCTs: Clinical Applications in Ambulatory Anesthesia
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Lessons From Recent Large RCT:
Implications to Ambulatory Anesthesia |
Matthew Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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Track: Anesthesia Assistants
Session: AAs Roles in Conscious Sedation at UHN
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
AAs Conscious Sedation Roles at UHN |
Rinko De Vito, University Health Network
Joanne Bosche, University Health Network |
Session: CAS Standards Symposium
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
The Anesthesia Care Team (ACT) in Canada: Current Practice and Future Directions |
Panel discussion
Susan O’Leary
Claire Middleton
Wendy So
Mark Ratz |
Position Papers on Anesthesia Assistants |
Extra document |
Anesthesia Assistants: The Michener/ UHN Experience |
Claire Middleton |
Life as an AA at the UHN |
No speaker listed |
Clinical Assistant Anesthesia: Manitoba Anesthesia Care Team Model |
Mark Ratz, University of Manitoba |
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Track: Cardiovascular and Thoracic
Session: CVT Challenging Cases
Irreversible acquired noncompaction cardiomyopathy in a parturient with corrected atrial septal defect
Videos
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Is’haq Al Aamri, McGill University |
Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy with Tracheal Stenosis |
Diem T.T. Tran |
Major Anesthesia for Minor Surgery |
Keita Sato, University of Western Ontario |
Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation Following Pacing Wire Removal |
Satoru Fujji, Christopher Harle |
Session: Fluid Management in Cardiac Surgery
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Crystalloids and Colloids: What Now? |
Stuart A. McCluskey, University of Toronto |
The Importance of Setting Goals: Protocolized Fluid Therapy in Cardiac Surgery |
Bernard McDonald, University of Ottawa |
RBC Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery - What's the Evidence in 2017? |
David Mazer, University of Toronto |
Session: Pro Con Debate: Volatile Anesthetics are Better Than TIVA for Thoracic Surgery
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Intravenous Anesthesia is the Best Choice for Thoracic Surgery |
Peter Slinger, University of Toronto |
Volatile Anesthetics are Better than TIVA for One-lung Ventilation
Videos |
Jens Lohser, University of British Columbia |
CVT Section – Report to Members
CAS Annual Meeting 2017 |
A. Stephane Lambert |
Session: New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine: Percutaneous Approaches to Mitral Regurgitation
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Percutaneous Approaches to Mitral Regurgitation |
Han Kim, University of Toronto |
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Track: Chronic Pain Management
Session: Beyond Steroids, PRP
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Beyond Steroids: Tendinopathy and Regenerative Injection Treatment Options |
Michael Cicchetti |
Session: Medical Cannabis: Clinical Evidence, Pharmaceutical Relevance, and Usage in the Perioperative / Hospital Setting
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Efficacy of Medical Cannabis for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Conditions
Videos |
Jason J. McDougall, Dalhousie University |
Session: Refresher Course: Chronic Pain Management
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Do Opioids Still Have a Role in Chronic Pain?
Safe Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain |
Peter MacDougall, University of Ottawa |
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Track: Critical Care and Trauma
Session: Update for Critical Care Anesthesiologist
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Pre-procurement Management of Organ Donors |
Faisal Siddiqui |
The P in ICP – and what to do about it… |
Tobias Witter |
Session: Perioperative Care: A Patient for Emergency Laparotomy for Ischemic Gut
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Perioperative Care: A Patient for Emergency
Laparotomy for Ischemic Gut |
Victor Tran |
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Track: Education and Simulation in Anesthesia
Session: Plenary Symposium: Simulation, Education and Competence in Anesthesiology
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Simulation, Education and Competence in Anesthesiology |
David M. Gaba |
Session: Archives symposium
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
History of NMB’s: Discovery to the Clinic |
John J Savarese, Weill Cornell Medical College |
The Contribution of Harold Griffith to Modern Anesthesia |
David R. Bevan |
The Contribution of Harold Griffith to Modern Anesthesia: 75th Anniversary of Introduction of Curare into Clinical Practice |
François Donati, Université de Montréal |
Session: CASIEF symposium: Global Anesthesia After the Lancet Commission
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Global Surgery: Past, Present, and Future |
Mark G. Shrime, Harvard Medical School |
Moving the Needle: Advocacy to Create Change in Global Surgery and Anesthesia |
Kathleen Casey |
Zambia: A Lancet Commission Pilot Country |
Naomi Shamambo |
Session: Competency Based Medical Education for Anesthesia: The New Normal
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Competence by Design: Views From the Front Line |
Daniel Dubois, University of Ottawa |
A Day in the Life of Rob |
Janice Chisholm, Dalhousie University |
CBD…The Next 30 Years! |
Robert Anderson, NOSM |
“A Day in the Life of Rob”: The New Normal? |
Viren Naik, University of Ottawa |
Session: Novel and Non-traditional Ways of Maintaining Competence While in Practice
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Novel & Non-Traditional Ways to Maintain "Competence" |
David Gaba |
Onboarding Aviation Practices into Healthcare
Videos |
Robert Nag, CAE |
Quality Improvement with Competency Based CPD |
Viren Naik, University of Ottawa |
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Track: Ethics
Session: Ethics Symposium
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Ethics of Health Care and Social Media
Videos |
Karen Devon |
Anesthesia: social media and its use by anesthesiologists…Beneficence and Risks |
Clyde Matava, University of Toronto |
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Track: Faculty Development
Session: Consensus in Medicine and Science
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Consensus in Medicine and Science - the Importance of Consensus (and the world according to Norm) |
Norm Buckley, McMaster University |
What Residents Learn to Accept |
Neil M. Goldenberg, University of Toronto |
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Track: French
Session: De l’anesthésie régionale à l’anesthésie générale échoguidée
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Speaker: |
De l’anesthésie régionale à l’anesthésie générale échoguidée
Videos |
André Denault, Université de Montréal |
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Track: Neuroanesthesia
Session: Management of Coagulopathy During Neurosurgical Procedures
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Intracerebral Hemorrhage on Direct Oral Anticoagulants |
K. Pavenski, St. Michael’s Hospital and University of Toronto |
Pathophysiology and Management of Coagulopathy in Traumatic Brain Injury |
Sandro Rizoli |
Session: Change in Neuromonitoring During Carotid Endarterectomy
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Swinging Pendulum of Neuromonitoring in Carotid Endarterectomy
~ Case Discussion ~ |
Jason Chui, Western University |
Session: One Day Neurosurgery
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
One-day Neurosurgery: Surgery & Anesthesia Perspective |
Eric M. Massicotte, University of Toronto
Lakshmikumar Venkat Raghavan, University of Toronto |
Acute and Chronic Pain Following Craniotomy |
Quitaiba Tawfic, Western University |
Session: Cervical Spine Biomechanics and the Unstable Neck
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
The Cervical Spine: Cervical Spine Biomechanics and the Unstable Neck |
Michael M. Todd |
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Track: Obstetric Anesthesia
Session: Substance Abuse Disorder and Labour and Delivery
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Case Discussion: Substance Use Disorder and Labor and Delivery |
Lisa Leffert, Harvard Medical School |
Session: Multidisciplinary Approach to the Obstetric Patient with Neurological Disease: From Assessment to Management of Complications
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Multidisciplinary Approach to the Obstetric Patient with Neurological Disease:
Assessment and Anesthetic Management |
Lisa Leffert, Harvard Medical School |
The Obstetric Patient with Neurologic Disease |
Cindy Maxwell, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON |
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Track: Patient Safety
Session: Dr John Wade CPSI Patient Safety Symposium
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Medication Errors Don’t Need to Happen |
Ludwik Fedorko, University of Toronto |
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Track: Pediatric Anesthesia
Session: Pierre Limoges Lecture
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Spoken and Unspoken |
Helen Holtby |
Session: Journal Articles that Have Influenced My Practice
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Autism and anesthesia |
Amanda Whippey, McMaster University |
Journal Articles that Have Influenced My Practice |
Jonathan Gamble |
Drug Errors in Pediatric Anesthesia:
An experience in fellowship that has changed my practice |
Meggie Livingstone, University of Calgary
Roman Gusztak, University of Saskatchewan
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Session: Refresher Course: Pediatric Anesthesia
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Update in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension |
Katherine Taylor, Hospital for Sick Children |
Session: Challenges of Anesthesia and Sedation Outside the OR
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Challenges of Dental Anesthesia in the
Non-Operating Room Setting |
Carilynne Yarascavitch, University of Toronto |
Development and Implementation of a
Hospital-wide Pediatric Sedation Service |
Tobias Everett, University of Toronto |
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Track: Perioperative
Session: Training for the Future: Defining the Anesthetist’s Core Competencies in Perioperative Medicine
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Applied Perioperative Medicine in the United States |
Adam B. King, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine |
Perioperative Medicine: A UK perspective…
Video |
Rupert Pearse, Queen Mary University of London |
Session Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in Non Cardiac Surgery
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on perioperative cardiac risk assessment and management of patients who undergo non cardiac surgery |
P.J. Devereaux, McMaster University |
Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in Non Cardiac Surgery: The American Perspective |
Joshua Beckman, Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management for Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery: Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment |
Joel Parlow, Queen’s University |
Session CARF Lecture: How Ultrasound Research is Changing Perioperative Anesthesia
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
How ultrasound research is changing perioperative anesthesia
Videos |
André Denault, Université de Montréal |
Session: CAS Choosing Wisely - Where Are We At
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
The Pulmonary Artery Catheter: Still a Role? |
Jason Taam, University of Alberta |
Choosing Wisely: Pain Management |
Hance Clarke |
CAS Choosing Wisely Update: Opportunities, Implementation and Next Steps |
Kyle Kirkham, University of Toronto |
Session: Perioperative Pulmonary Complications
Can CPAP prevent postoperative respiratory failure? |
Rupert Pearse, Queen Mary University of London |
Sleep Apnea: An Update |
Mandeep Singh, University of Toronto |
Physiologic Basis of Mechanical Ventilation |
Cournand |
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Track: Regional and Acute Pain
Session: Competency in Regional Anesthesia
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Defining Competence in Regional Anesthesia |
Kyle R Kirkham, University of Toronto |
Technology for Teaching and Learning Regional Anesthesia |
Edward R. Mariano, Stanford University School of Medicine |
Essential Knowledge and Skills in Peripheral Nerve Blockade |
Steven Orebaugh, University of Pittsburg Medical |
Session: Optimizing the Practice of Ultrasound and Regional Anesthesia
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Novel Thoraco-Abdominal Plane Blocks |
Ki Jinn Chin, University of Toronto |
Session: Improving Patient Outcomes with Regional Anesthesia
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Regional Anesthesia and Perioperative Outcomes |
Edward Mariano, Stanford University School of Medicine |
Regional Anesthesia in Breast Surgery |
Patrick Wong |
Regional Anesthesia and Trauma Patients |
Stephen Choi, University of Toronto |
Session: Regional Anesthesia Workshops
Presentation: |
CAS Essential Peripheral Nerve Blocks Workshop: Femoral/ACB |
CAS Essential Peripheral Nerve Blocks Workshop: Popliteal Sciatica |
CAS Essential Peripheral Nerve Blocks Workshop: Interscalene |
CAS Essential Peripheral Nerve Blocks Workshop: Axillary BP Block |
Session: Truncal Workshop
Presentation: |
TAP / Rectus sheath /Ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric Blocks |
Pectoral and Serratus Anterior Blocks |
Ultrasound of the Lumbar Spine |
Session: Handover Tools
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Handover Tools
Josh Anesthesia Records |
Josh Gleicher
Zeev Friedman
Sophia Lane
Irene McGhee |
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Track: Research
Session: Return on Investment in Anesthesia Research; Knowledge Translation, Clinical Impact and Engaging the Anesthesia Community
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Clinical Perioperative Research: Can We Compete? |
Eric Jacobsohn, University of Manitoba |
Research in Anesthesia: Why Clinicians Should Support It |
Brian Kavanagh, University of Toronto |
Session: CJA Symposium: Open Season
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Open Season: What’s New in Academic Publishing |
Philip Jones |
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Track: Residents
Session: What's New at the Royal College
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Royal College Examination in Anesthesiology |
Rolf Gronas, North York General Hospital |
Track: Oral Competitions
Session: Residents’ Competition
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) is an adverse prognostic indicator in elective non cardiac surgery |
Justyna Bartoszko |
Perioperative Goal-directed Therapy: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of RCTs |
Matthew Chong, Western University |
Optimal training frequency for attainment and maintenance of high-quality CPR on a high-fidelity manikin |
Alexandre Sebaldt, Rob Anderson, Adam Cheng,
Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, ON
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB |
Intravenous dexmedetomidine for the treatment of shivering during cesarean delivery under neuraxial anesthesia |
Christina Lamontagne, University of Montreal |
Can pediatric gastric sonography be used as a clinical tool to establish empty antral cross-sectional areas? |
Joanna J. Moser PhD, Cummings School of Medicine, University of Calgary |
Effect of dexamethasone dose and route on interscalene block duration after arthroscopic shoulder surgery: A factorial randomized trial |
Darren Holland, University of Manitoba |
Session: Richard Knill Competition
Presentation: |
Speaker: |
Prevention of Pruritus after Cesarean Delivery with Spinal Morphine: A Meta-analysis |
Y Subramani, Western University |
A preoperative smoking cessation intervention utilizing patient e-Learning - An observational study |
Jean Wong, Raviraj Raveendran, Junior Chuang,George Ho, Zeev Friedman, Frances Chung
University of Toronto |
Moderate Anemia is Associated with Renal Tissue Hypoxia and Increased Cerebrovascular Reactivity in Mice |
Nikhil Mistry, C David Mazer, John G Sled, Alan H Lazarus, Lindsay S Cahill, Max Solish, Yu-Qing Zhou, Nadya Romanova, Alexander GM Hare, Allan Doctor |
Side-stream dark field imaging of sublingual microcirculation to assess pre-eclampsia microvascular dysfunction |
Ronald George, Amélie Pelland, Christian Lehmann, Jillian Coolen
Dalhousie University & IWK Health Centre |
Efficacy and Safety of Erythropoietin and Iron Therapy to Reduce Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Surgical Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
Tiffanie Kei, Gerard Curley, Katerina Pavenski, Nadine Shehata, Rosemary Tanzini, Marie-France Gauthier, Nikhil Mistry, C. David Mazer, Gregory M.T. Hare
St. Michaels Hospital |
Documentation of Frailty, Capacity and Consent for Elderly Patients Having Elective Inpatient Non-Cardiac Surgery |
David MacDonald, Dmytro Pelipeychenko, Laura Boland, Daniel McIsaac,
University of Ottawa
The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute |
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