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UF Anesthesiology shines at the FSA Annual Meeting

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Faculty, residents, fellows, and staff from the University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology shared knowledge and research at the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists (FSA) Annual Meeting held June 6-8, 2025, at The Breakers in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Department members presented 14 posters and led 11 sessions or workshops at the event, which surpasses the numbers from last year’s meeting.

The FSA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of anesthesiologists in the Southeastern United States.

Faculty at the FSA Annual Meeting.

The meeting’s highlights included a number of sessions delivered or moderated by our faculty: Lauren Berkow, M.D., Chris Giordano, M.D., Barys Ihnatsenka, M.D., Brandon Lopez, M.D., Yong G. Peng, M.D., Julie-Ann Thompson, M.D., and Adam Wendling, M.D.

Drs. Lopez, Thompson, and Wendling were the speakers for the first session of the event, which involved a committee panel that discussed different methods of initiating neuraxial labor analgesia. The panel not only talked about those methods but also considered their advantages and disadvantages.

Doctors Bashir and Chan with their poster

Third-year resident Kyle Chan, M.D., and Asad Bashir, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology, contributed a poster that focused on ascorbic acid and its potential benefits. They concluded that ascorbic acid could serve as a potential option to manage hypotension caused by refractory vasoplegia after liver reperfusion.

Congratulations to all our amazing department members who contributed to this event and represented our department!

The next FSA Annual Meeting will be decided and announced later on by the association. The call for abstracts for the next annual meeting will be opening in winter 2025.

Sessions and Workshops

  • Obstetric anesthesia committee panel – battle for the best labor analgesia: The old standard (epidural) vs. the speedy (combined spinal epidural) vs. the new kid (dural puncture epidural)
    • Moderator: Dr. Jennifer Hochman-Cohn
    • Speakers: Dr. Brandon Lopez, Dr. Julie-Ann Thompson, and Dr. Adam Wendling
  • Point-of-care coagulation testing for major surgery
    • Moderator: Dr. Yong G. Peng
    • Speakers: Dr. Everett Jones and Dr. Yong G. Peng
  • Thinking outside the regional (block) box: new blocks, new service, no problem
    • Moderator: Dr. Osama Hafez
    • Speakers: Dr. Matthew Colontonio, Dr. Roland Rizzi, and Dr. Barys Ihnatsenka
  • High-yield head and neck blocks for everyday practice – Dr. Barys Ihnatsenka
  • Sustainability Talks: Strategies to Drive Cost Savings and Promote Sustainability in Your Anesthesia Practice
    • Moderator: Dr. Benjamin Houseman
    • Speakers: Dr. Lauren Berkow, Dr. Benjamin Houseman, and Dr. Veronica Zoghbi
  • Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Workshop
    • Moderators: Dr. Yong G. Peng and Dr. Peggy White
    • Faculty: Dr. Cameron Howard, Dr. Amanda Frantz, Dr. Leshawn Richards, Dr. Brian Osman, and Dr. Robyn Weisman
  • From the Summit to the OR: Applying Lessons from Mountain Rescue to Anesthesiology
    • Moderator: Dr. Chris Giordano
    • Speaker: Dr. Tiffany Brainerd
  • Surgical Tourism and Anesthetic Principles
    • Moderator:  Dr. Cindy Yeoh
    • Speaker: Dr. Felipe Urdaneta
  • Committee on Professional Diversity Panel: Disparities in Anesthesia Care and our Roles as Anesthesiologists
    • Moderator: Dr. Rosemarie Garcia-Getting
    • Speakers: Dr. Nahida Chaktoura, Dr. Anastasia Jones, Dr. Sonia Deshmukh Mehta and Dr. Paloma Toledo
  • Cardiovascular Topics for Every Anesthesiologist
    • Moderator: Dr. Mo Azam
    • Speakers: Dr. Hong Liang, Dr. Yong G. Peng, and Dr. Michael Smith
  • Atrial Fibrillation: An Old Clinical Dilemma and the Pursuit for Innovative Interventions – Dr. Yong G. Peng

Posters

Digital posters

Posters