Aspen Anesthesia Seminar
February 3 - 10, 2024 at the Viceroy Snowmass Resort
2023 Lecture Schedule Below - 2024 Lecture Schedule Coming Soon!
Lecture Schedule
| Saturday, January 28 | Optional Travel Day | |
| Sunday, January 29 | ||
| 4:30-6:00 PM | Registration and Welcome Reception for Attendee and Spouse/Guest | |
| Monday, January 30 | ||
| 7:00 AM | Dr. Slinger | Update on Lung Isolation and One-Lung Ventilation |
| 8:00 AM | Dr. Abdelmalak | Difficult Airway Management: Highlights of the New 2022 ASA Guidelines |
| 4:30 PM | Dr. Allen | The Needle or the Tube: Evidence for General versus Regional Anesthesia |
| 5:30 PM | Dr. Schell | Choosing Inotropes and Vasopressors in 2023: What is Your Perioperative Goal? |
| 6:30 PM | Panel Discussion | Drs. Schell, Abdelmalak, Allen, and Slinger |
| Tuesday, January 31 | ||
| 7:00 AM | Dr. Arendt | Preventing Maternal Mortality in 2023: The Role of Anesthesia |
| 8:00 AM | Dr. Allen | What is Plain About Planes: Evidence for Fascial Blocks |
| 4:30 PM | Dr. Abdelmalak | Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA): Complexities and Opportunities |
| 5:30 PM | Dr. Slinger | Management of Patients with Anterior Mediastinal Masses and Other Lower Airway Problems |
| 6:30 PM | Panel Discussion | Drs. Schell, Abdelmalak, Allen, Arendt, and Slinger |
| Wednesday, February 1 | ||
| 7:00 AM | Dr. Abdelmalak | High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygenation: Clinical Perspectives |
| 8:00 AM | Dr. Slinger | Will This Patient Survive a Lung Resection? How Can We Help? |
| 4:30 PM | Dr. Arendt | Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy |
| 5:30 PM | Dr. Arendt | A Guided Walk Through Clinical Conundrums in Obstetric Anesthesia |
| 6:30 PM | Panel Discussion | Drs. Schell, Abdelmalak, Arendt, and Slinger |
| Thursday, February 2 | ||
| 7:00 AM | Dr. Allen | 4 Keys to Managing the Opioid Dependent Patient |
| 8:00 AM | Dr. Slinger | Intraoperative Management of the Patient with Severe Lung Disease |
| 4:30 PM | Dr. Arendt | Emotional Intelligence: Communication at Work The Dr. Bill Smith Lecture Series Presentation |
| 5:30 PM | Dr. Abdelmalak | Perioperative Glycemic Management |
| 6:30 PM | Panel Discussion | Drs. Schell, Abdelmalak, Allen, Arendt, and Slinger |
| Friday, February 3 | ||
| 7:00 AM | Dr. Schell | Perioperative Coagulation Optimization: When Should I Use TXA, DDAVP, aVII, and PCCs? |
| 8:00 AM | Dr. Allen | Clinical Conundrums in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine |
| Saturday, February 4 | Optional Travel Day | |
*Please note that the lecture topics and/or schedule may change if necessary.
Holiday Seminars does not accept any funds from commercial interests and no one involved in the planning or choice of presentations has any commercial interests. All members of the faculty are evaluated in advance and in the opinion of Holiday Seminars have no commercial ties to ensure that the presentations are free from any bias from commercial interests.
Course Objectives
To review related physiology, pharmacology, agents and techniques that contribute to the art and science of anesthesiology. To discuss new agents, techniques, and controversies in the field, assisting the participant in preparing better patient care plans.