The Program

7:00 - 7:30 am
Registration and Breakfast with Exhibitors

7:30 - 7:50 am
Welcome and Outline of Educational Program
James A. Dinardo, MD, Anshuman Sharma, MD, FFARCSI and Suanne M. Daves, MD

SESSION I – LIVING WITH HYPOXIA

Moderator: Chandra Ramamoorthy, MBBS, FRCA

7:55 - 8:25 am
Surviving Chronic Hypoxia: Do we have the necessary genes?
Mike Crowder, MD, PhD

8:25 - 8:55 am
Ischemic Preconditioning: An interesting concept or a clinical reality?
Christopher Caldarone, MD, FRCSC

8:55 am - 9:15 am
Anesthetic Management of a Child with Long Standing Hypoxemia
Scott G. Walker, MD

9:15 - 9:30 am
Questions and Discussion

9:30 - 9:45 am
Coffee Break with Exhibitors and Posters

SESSION II – CARDIAC MRI: SEXY PICTURES OR USEFUL INFORMATION?

Moderator: Helen Holtby, MBBS, FRCP(C)

9:50 - 10:15 am
Cardiac MRI: Why cardiologists want it?
David A. Parra, MD

10:15 - 10:40 am
Challenges of Anesthetizing for Cardiac MRI
Kirsten C. Odegard, MD

10:40 - 10:50 am
Questions and Discussion

SESSION III – SICKEST OF THE SICK

Moderator: Suanne M. Daves, MD

10:55 - 11:15 am
Three Month Old Child with Dilated Cardiomyopathy for Evaluation for Heart Transplantation
Emad B. Mossad, MD

11:15 - 11:35 am
Williams Syndrome with Critical AS and PS for Cardiac Cath and Potential Balloon Dilation
Alexander K. Hughes, MD

11:35 - 11.55 am
Three Month Old with BT Shunt Brought to Cath. Lab with Severe, Persistent Desaturation
Nina A. Guzetta, MD

11.55 am - 12:15 pm
Panel Discussion

12:15 - 1:15 pm Lunch with Exhibitors

SESSION IV: POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Moderator: Courtney Hardy, MD

1:15 - 1:45 pm
Three Poster Presentations

SESSION V – EARLY EXTUBATION AND PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY

Moderator: Glyn D. Williams, MB, ChB, FRCA

1:50 - 2:15 pm
Respiratory Mechanics After Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Jon Meliones, MD, MS, FCCM

2:15 - 2:30 pm
Pro: Extubation in the OR after CPB: Could we, should we, would we?
Alexander C. Mittnacht, MD

2:30 - 2:45 pm
Con: What’s the Hurry: Pathophysiology the “fast trackers” don’t want you to know
Francis X. McGowan, Jr., MD

2:45 - 3:00 pm
Panel Discussion and Audience Response

3:00 - 3:15 pm
Coffee Break with Exhibitors and Posters

SESSION VI – DISEASE UPDATE: TETRALOGY OF FALLOT

Moderator: James A. DiNardo, MD

3:20 - 3:50 pm
Surgical Pathology of TET
Angela Sharkey, MD

3:50 - 4:20 pm
Surgical Repair
John Lamberti, MD

4:20 - 4:50 pm

TEE Evaluation of TET/DORV
Wanda C. Miller-Hance, MD

4:50 - 5:00
Questions and Discussion

5:00 - 5:30 pm SESSION VII – JEOPARDY

Moderator: Anthony J. Clapcich, MD; Radhika Dinavahi, MD

IMPORTANT!