The 8th Annual Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium
Thursday, December 7, 2023, 7:00 AM–6:00 PM |  Monday, December 11, 2023, 1:00–4:00 PM
Symposium Director: Edmond Cohen, M.D.
A one-and-a-half-day program with leading experts in thoracic anesthesia including the Thoracic Workshop. Registration will be limited to 50 registrants on a first come, first serve basis. Breakfast and lunch are included.

Speakers and Faculty

David Amar, M.D.
Diana Anca, M.D.
Jaime Baratta, M.D.
Javier Campos, M.D.
Maria Castillo, M.D.
Dawn Desiderio, M.D.

Deborah Dubensky, M.D.
Gregory Fischer, M.D.
Stephen Goldberg, M.D.
Jacob Jackson, M.D.
Bessie Kachulis, M.D.
​Andrew Kaufman, M.D.

Joseph Larese, M.D.
Jonathan Leff, M.D.
Andrea Miltiades, M.D.
Morgan Montgomery, M.D.
Steven Neustein, M.D.
​James Osorio

Cesar Rodriguez-Diaz, M.D.
Naum Shaparin, M.D.
Peter Slinger, M.D.
Marcos Vidal Melo, M.D.
Eugene Viscusi, M.D.
Menachem Wiener, M.D.

The 8th Annual Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium
Thursday, December 7, 2023 | 7:00 AM–6:00 PM

7:00–7:45 AM: Continental Breakfast

7:45–8:00 AM: Welcome and Introduction | Dr. Cohen

8:00–10:00 AM: Panel 1­– Current Issues in Thoracic Anesthesia | Panel Chairs: Drs. Fischer and Campos
Tidal Volume or Driving Pressure During OLV: How Essential? | Dr. Vidal Melo
Protective Lung Ventilation during OLV: Can the Data Be Applied to OLV? | Dr. Amar
ECMO Support During Thoracic Procedures? | Dr. Slinger
Recent Advances in Lung Transplantation | Dr. Miltiades

10:00–10:20 AM: Coffee Break

10:20–12:00 PM: Case-Based Learning Discussions
30-minute sessions. Participants may choose up to three to attend.
CBLD 1. The Cardiac Patient Undergoing Lung Resection | Dr. Fischer
CBLD 2. Pediatric Thoracic Anesthesia | Drs. Rodriguez-Diaz and Larese
CBLD 3. Post Thoracotomy Arrhythmias | Drs. Amar and Anca
CBLD 4. Epidural/Paravertebral/Erector Spinae Block | Drs. Shaparin and Viscusi
CBLD 5. Management of Mediastinal Mass | Drs. Weiner and Jackson
CBLD 6. Lung Isolation in the Difficult Airway | Drs. Slinger and Campos
CBLD 7. Lung Ultrasound | Drs. Osorio and Miltiades
CBLD 8. Severe Hypoxemia during OLV | Drs. Vidal Melo and Leff
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12:00–1:00 PM: Lunch Session
Panel 2 – All You Want to Know About Thoracic Anesthesia and You Never Asked | Drs. Flores, Slinger, Campos, Fischer and Viscusi

1:00–1:40 PM: Special Lecture
Lung Surgery: Are We Winning the Battle? | Dr. Kaufman

1:40–3:30 PM: Panel 3 – Challenges in Thoracic Surgery
Panel Chairs: Drs. Vidal Melo and Slinger
Pain Management in Thoracic Surgery: Traditional vs. Alternative Therapies | Drs. Shaparin and Viscusi
Sharing the Airway: Challenging Cases | Dr. Cohen
Patient with Pacemaker or ICD for Lung Resection | Dr. Anca
Lung Ultrasound: Clinical Applications | Dr. Osorio

3:30–4:00 PM: Coffee Break

4:00–5:00 PM: Panel 4 – Issues in Thoracic Anesthesia
Panel Chairs: Drs. Wiener and Leff
Recent Advances in Lung Isolation: DLT vs. Blockers | Dr. Campos
Anesthesia and Cancer Surgery: Can We Influence Outcome? | Dr. Fischer
Recent Advances in Esophageal Surgery | Dr. Jackson

5:00–6:00 PM: Thoracic Jeopardy! | Dr. Slinger
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6:00 PM: Closing Remarks | Dr. Cohen

After completion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Avoid the perioperative factors that contribute to lung injury in thoracic surgery patients.
• Provide safe and reliable lung isolation with double-lumen tubes and bronchial blockers.
• Manage anesthetic care during esophagectomy and airway surgery, including invasive pulmonology, tracheal resection and tracheal injury repair.
• Create an anesthetic plan for management of a patient with a large mediastinal mass.
• Apply lung ultrasound for diagnostic purposes.
• Provide effective post-thoracotomy pain control when epidural analgesia is contraindicated.
• Appraise recent advances in anesthesia for lung transplantation.

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Workshop on Thoracic Anesthesia: Hands On
Monday, December 11, 2023 | 1:00–4:00 PM
Introduction: Brief presentation of the faculty and the workshop set-up.
Hands-on Demonstrations: The workshop will consist of “Hands-on Demonstration” of various stations equipped with fiberoptic bronchoscopes, video cameras, mannequins, lung models, double lumen tubes, endobronchial blockers, and tube exchangers. During the hands-on session, participants will be divided into groups to ensure interaction with the faculty.

Station 1: Left sided DLT
Station 2: Right sided DLT 
Station 3: Bent Tip Blocker
Station 4: Tip Deflecting Endobronchial Blocker
Station 5: Snared Endobronchial Blocker
Station 6: Double Pronged Endobronchial Blocker
Station 7: Camera Embedded Tubes 
Station 8: Thoracic Epidural
Station 9: Paravertebral Block 
Station 10: Erector Spinae Block
Station 11: Pediatric Thoracic
Station 12: POCUS in Thoracic Anesthesia

After completion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Apply fiberoptic techniques to successfully insert left and right double lumen tubes.
• Place endobronchial blockers to provide one lung ventilation.
• Provide lung separation in the pediatric patient.
• Utilize a specialty laryngoscope to provide lung separation in the patient with a difficult airway.
• Perform ultrasound guided paravertebral block and thoracic epidurals.