Thirteen members of the Department of Anesthesiology attended the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologist’s 41st Annual Meeting & Workshops on May 18-21 in Chicago. During this meeting, they held roles in 10 scientific sessions and presented six abstracts on department work.
“These physicians did a tremendous job representing our department on a national stage,” said Division Chief Tara Brakke, M.D. “We truly are advancing the field and inspiring our peers to reach new levels, while gaining education to grow ourselves.”
Vice Chair of Strategy and Innovation, Sasha Shillcutt, M.D., is a member of the SCA’s board of directors, as well as the vice chair of the Scientific Program Committee. Dr. Brakke is the co-chair of the fellow and resident track.
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Sessions
When the Healer is Sick: Personal Stories of Surviving Burnout.
“Keeping it Together While I fell Apart,” Sasha Shillcutt, M.D.
Focus on POCUS – POCUS Certification is Needed to Ensure Adequate Technical Skill and Cognitive Competency
Pro viewpoint: Tara Brakke, M.D.
Evidence-Based Best Practice for Transplant
“High Risk Donors—What’s the Big Deal?” M. Megan Chacon, M.D.
Fireside Chat: Promoting Women Leaders
“Closing the Gender Gap: Promoting Women Leaders in Medicine,” Sasha Shillcutt, M.D.
Super Echo Panel Discussion
Complicated Fibrosing Mediastinitis
Jeffrey Songster, M.D.; Rebecca Aron, M.D.; Tara Brakke, M.D.
Perioperative Ultrasound: POCUS—It seems to be everywhere! Here’s how to use it.
Station faculty: FOCUS Cardial Examination – M. Megan Chacon, M.D.; CPR and TEE – Walker Thomas
Mechanical Circulatory Systems—new Development and Emerging Technologies in Extracorporeal Life Support
Station Faculty: LVAD I – Austin Adams, M.D.
Interventional Workshop – The Secrets of Percutaneous Procedures
Station faculty: Mitraclip 3D Analysis: M. Megan Chacon, M.D.
Problem-Based Learning Discussions
“Perfusion Secrets—What you should know, but probably don’t,” Austin Adams, M.D.
Problem-Based Learning Discussions
“LVAD Patient with a Struggling RV: Do’s and Don’ts During Narcotic Procedures,” Tara Brakke, M.D.
Abstracts
Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index A Look at Intraoperative Data to Predict Right Ventricular Failure after Left Ventricular Assist Device Insertion
Ben Jensen, M.D.; Nicholas Markin, M.D.; Jeffrey Songster, M.D.
Cardiac Output Response to Fluid in Elderly Surgical Patients with Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction
Sasha Shillcutt, M.D.; Thomas Schulte, M.D.; Chantal Mercier Laporte, M.D.: Tara Brakke, M.D.; Katie Goergen, M.D.; Walker Thomas; Lace Sindt; Elizabeth Lyden, M.D.; M. Megan Chacon, M.D.
The Representation of Women Lecturers at the SCA Annual Meeting 2015-2018
Sara Foulke, M.D.; Kristi Lorenzen, M.D.; Sasha Shillcutt, M.D.
Severe Mitral Valve Thrombosis Immediately Following Replacement After a Papillary Muscle Rupture
Sara Foulke, M.D.; Megan Chacon, M.D.; Kristi Lorenzen, M.D.
Pseudoaneurysm of the Mitral-Aortic Intervalvular Fibrosa Independent of Infective Endocarditis or Previous Cardiac Surgery
Ben Jensen, M.D.; Sean Leach, M.D.
Sapien S3 Valve Placement in the Mitral Valve Position via Median Sternotomy
Brandon Alex, M.D.; M. Megan Chacon, M.D.
Department members make significant contribution to SCA Annual Meeting
Sara Foulke, M.D., and Megan Chacon, M.D., present their abstract at the 41st annual Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists annual meeting.