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E L EVAT ING A C C R E D I TAT I O N
M AT ERN AL College of Family Physicians of Canada – Mainpro+® (Group Learning):
C ARE: This 1 credit(s)-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification
K EY U PDATES criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been

A ND CL INI CAL certified by Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of

Medicine, University of Toronto for up to 11 Mainpro+® credits.
O UT C O MES Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – Section 3
IN O B S T ETRI C (Simulation)
A NE S T HESI A This activity is an Accredited Simulation Activity (Section 3) as defined by
the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Canada and approved by Continuing Professional
Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. You may
claim a maximum of 4.5 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – Section 1
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined
by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by Continuing Professional
Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. You may
claim a maximum of 6.5 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Disclosure Declaration
Speakers have been requested to disclose to the audience any real or
apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the
subject matter of this program.
SYMPOSIUM F A C U LT Y
DIRECTORS Sanket Agrawal MD DM Cheryl Hunchak MD CCFP(EM) MPH FCFP
Assistant Professor Physician Advisor
Laura Girón-Arango MD Department of Anesthesia and Pain Safe Medical Care and Learning
Staff Anesthesiologist, Toronto Western Medicine CMPA
Hospital Staff Anesthesiologist, Neuroanesthesia
Assistant Professor Toronto Western Hospital Harsimran Kaur MD
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Regional Anesthesia Clinical Fellow Mount
Medicine
Sinéad Campbell MB BCh BAO FCAI Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
Staff Anesthesiologist Joseph Park MD FRCP
Michael Ricci MB BCh BAO FRCPC Department of Anesthesia and Pain Clinical Associate Professor
Lecturer, Department of Anesthesiology and Medicine Michael DeGroote School of Medicine McMaster
Pain Medicine Toronto Western Hospital University
Staff Anesthesiologist
David Carrasco Guariento MD Ameya Pappu MD
St. Michael’s Hospital
Airway Management fellow
Atul Prabhu MD
Evan Wild MBBS BMedSci FRCA FRCPC Mount Sinai Hospital
Staff Anesthesiologist, Mount Sinai Hospital
Santiago Chaverra Kornerup MD Anuja Rathore MD MCAI
Lecturer Clinical Fellow, Department of Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Advanced Airway Management Fellow
Toronto Western Hospital
Medicine Toronto General Hospital
University of Toronto Daniel Cordovani MD MSc Associate Edward Rogers MD BSc MBBS FRCA RAMC
Professor Regional Anaesthesia Fellow Department of
McMaster University Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
GUEST SPEAKERS Staff Anesthesiologist Western Hospital - UHN
Hamilton Health Sciences
Simone Schiavo MD, MSc Fellowship
Mrinalini Balki MBBS MD Jason Denis (JD) Cyr MD FRCPC Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor
Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Pediatric Anesthesiologist Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Pain management Department of Anesthesia and Pain Toronto Western Hospital - UHN
Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and Physiology Medicine
Staff Anesthesiologist The Hospital for Sick Children Howe Yee Chong MD MBBS FANZCA
Mount Sinai Hospital Regional Anaesthesia Fellow Department of
Diogo B. da Conceicao MD Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Kendra Derry MSc MD FRCPC POCUS Clinical Fellow Toronto Western Hospital
Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain
Toronto Western Hospital Fabricio Batistella Zasso MD MHSc MBA
Medicine Assistant Professor
St. Michael’s Hospital Hermann dos Santos Fernandes Department of Anesthesiology and Pain
Medicine
MD PhD
Ronald B. George MD FRCPC Assistant Professor
Staff Anesthesiologist
Professor & Director of Obstetric Anesthesia Mount Sinai Hospital
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
Staff Anesthesiologist
University of Toronto
Mount Sinai Hospital
Kan Ma MD FRCPC
Lecturer Jason Goh MD
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Airway Management fellow
Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital
Staff Physician
St. Michael’s Hospital Jay Han H.BSc MD MSc FRCPC
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiologist
Toronto General Hospital

Melissa Ho HBSc MD FRCPC Lecturer,

Department of Anesthesia Staff
Anesthesiologist
North York General Hospital

Unless otherwise noted, all academic appointments are with the University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine.

WELCOME!
D AY 1 P R O G R A M
S AT U R D AY A P R I L 6 , 2 0 2 4
T I M E SESSION PRESENTER
0730 Registration and Breakfast
0800 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Keynote 1
0815 Ron George
Recovery after Cesarean: Expectations and Enhancements
0900 Q&A
Keynote 2
0915 Mrinalini Balki
Maternal Major Hemorrhage and Uterotonics
1000 Q&A
1015 Refreshment Break
Anesthetic Care of the Pregnant Patient with Cardiovascular
1045 Kendra Derry
Disease
Obstetrical Anesthesia in Patients with Neurological and
1115 Kan Ma
Neurosurgical Diseases – 10 Things you Need to Know
1145 Q&A and Discussion
Lunch
1200
Special Presentation
1300 PBLD sessions will run at the following times: 13:00, 14:15 and 15:30
1. Aspiration Risk and Perioperative Management of Patients on
Atul Prabhu & Ameya Pappu
GLP Receptor Agonists
2. Sleeping soundly in anesthesia practice: Medico-legal pearls
Cheryl Hunchak & Evelyn Constantin
to keep you and your patients safe
3. Sustainability and ‘Green’ OR practices Melissa Ho
4. Cspine Instability and Airway Management Santiago Chaverra
5. Clinical Pearls for Same Day Arthroplasties Simone Schiavo & Michelle Chong
6. The Neuroanesthesia Update: EEG Monitoring Interpretation
Sinead Campbell & Sanket Agrawal
and Depth of Anesthesia
7. Management of Heart Failure in Non-Cardiac Surgery Jay Han
8. Pediatric Tonsillectomy: the good, the bad and the ugly JD Cyr
9. Improving Epidural Efficacy: Tsui Testing and Epidural
Hermann Dos Santos Fernandes
Waveform Transduction
D AY 2 P R O G R A M
S AT U R D AY A P R I L 7 , 2 0 2 4
T I M E SE SSI ON SPE A K ER (S )
0730 Registration and Breakfast
0800 Workshops: Session One
1. Spine Ultrasound, Erector Spinae Plane block Sinead Campbell, Hermann Dos Santos Fernandes,
and Quadratus Lumborum block Harsimran Kaur
Laura Giron Arango, Anuja Rathore,
2. Gastric ultrasound
Diogo da Conceicao
Fabricio Zasso, Daniel Cordovani, Joseph Park, Jason
3. Airway Workshop – Hybrid Intubation
Goh, David Carrasco Guariento
Techniques
& Santiago Chaverra
4. Nerve blocks for Same Day Arthroplasties Simone Schiavo, Michelle Chong, Edward Rogers
0930 Refreshment Break
0945 Workshops: Session Two – Topics repeated
1115 Refreshment Break
1130 Workshops: Session Three – Topics repeated
1300 Adjourn
 Ontario’s Anesthesiologists invites you to save
the date for their 69th Annual Ontario Anesthesia
Meeting and Conference Weekend, returning
to the Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton
Centre from Friday, September 27 to Sunday,
September 29, 2024 (with an optional Leadership

69th Annual Ontario Development Day on September 26, 2024).

Enjoy an exciting academic program presented
Anesthesia Meeting and by outstanding speakers who will elevate the

Conference Weekend
quality of anesthesia care. Learn about current and
clinically relevant topics, participate in interactive
workshops and connect with your colleagues.
September 27 – 29, 2024
To learn more about the Ontario Anesthesia
Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Meeting and Conference Weekend, please visit
Eaton Centre us online.

For details, please visit

ontariosanesthesiologists.ca/annual-conference
I N D U S T RY S Y M P O S I U M
An Introduction to Intraoperative EEG
Saturday, April 6th, 2024 : 12:15pm – 12:45pm

Speaker: Objectives:
Andrew Peeling MD FRCPC completed • Describe the different technologies
his anesthesia residency program at the available for intraoperative
University of Saskatchewan in 2021. He neuromonitoring
subsequently attended the University • Discuss EEG and Spectral Array
of Toronto for clinical training in patterns of commonly used Anesthesia
Neuroanesthesia. He is currently working as • Discuss clinical scenarios where
a Staff Anesthesiologist in Saskatoon and neuromonitoring can aid in making
is an Assistant professor with the University clinical decision
of Saskatchewan. His academic interests • This non-accredited, industry
include intraoperative neuromonitoring and sponsored symposium is brought to
undergraduate medical education. you by

This non-accredited, industry sponsored

symposium is brought to you by
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