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Saturday, April 7

7:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
7:30 AM Welcome – Jim Fink, CEO, Allegheny Anesthetists Introduction & Electronic Scoring – Rich Haas, PhD, CRNA
7:45 AM Keynote Presentation: The Path to Improved Patient Outcomes: The DNP Degree Objectives Christopher Smith, DNP, CRNA
8:45 AM Ether Day and the History of Anesthesia Amy Liptak, BSN, SRNA University of Pittsburgh / North Huntingdon, PA
9:45 AM Break
10:00 AM Are We Safely Dosing Medications in Obese Children? Kasei Worley, BSN, CCRN, SRNA Bloomsburg University / Milton, PA
11:00 AM Pediatric Massive Transfusion Chelsea Runkle, SRNA Villanova University
12:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Case Study Panel Discussions: Anesthetic Management of the Pediatric Patient with Congenital Disorders in a Non-Pediatric Institution Tiffany Harris MSN, RN, CCRN, SRNA Villanova University / Philadelphia, PA Obstetric Emergency: Postpartum Hemorrhage in the Parturient with Comorbidities Disorders in a Non-Pediatric Institution Julia Dixon-Ernst BSN, SRNA University of Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh, PA Awake Carotid Endarterectomy Eddie Steil SRNA St. Vincent College / Trafford, PA Anesthetic Management of a Patient with Trisomy 18 and Tracheoesophageal Fistula Erin Drumheller BSN, SRNA York College of Pennsylvania / Sykesville, MD
3:30 PM Break
3:45 PM Intra-operative Crises Matthew Zeiler, SRNA LaRoche College / Pittsburgh, PA

Sunday, April 8

7:00 AM Registration and Coffee
7:25 AM Introduction (brief) Rich Haas, PhD, CRNA
7:30 AM Perineural Vs Intravenous Use of Dexamethasone in Orthopedic Surgery with Potential ERAS Application Steven Mobley SRNA St. Vincent College / Pittsburgh, PA
8:30 AM The Physiology and Pharmacology of Neuromuscular Reversal Diane Farrell BSN, SRNA York College of Pennsylvania / New Cumberland, PA
9:30 AM Break
9:45 AM To Stress or Not? Considerations for Perioperative Steroid Stress Dosing Matt Loftus SRNA LaRoche College / Baden, PA
10:45 AM Current Trends in Opioid Free Anesthesia Megan Hornyak BSN, SRNA, Gannon University / Meadville, PA
11:45 AM Awards Ceremony