Visiting Professor Emmett Whitaker joins us for “Spinal Anesthesia, General Anesthesia, and the Quest to Determine the Optimal Anesthetic for Neonates & Infants” at the next Grand Rounds on Thursday, January 5th, 2023.
Grand Rounds takes place at 7 AM in Hurd Hall. Please check your ACCM email for Zoom link and password to watch live. Rebroadcasts are available here the following day.
Speaker:
Emmett Whitaker, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurological Sciences, & Pediatrics
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
Objective(s):
- Review evidence relating to risk and benefits of spinal and general anesthesia in infants and children
- Discuss the unique cerebrovascular physiology of neonates and infants, and how vascular anesthetic effects may be exacerbated in this population
- Describe how anesthetized neonates and infants may be at higher risk for organ hypoperfusion during hypotension
- Propose a paradigm shift in anesthetic care may increase perioperative safety for neonates and infants
Upcoming Grand Rounds
- 1/12/2023: Quality Assurance Committee Meeting
- 1/19/2023: Visiting Professor Daniel McIsaac
- 1/26/2023: Patient-Based Learning Discussion
- 2/2/2023: Visiting Professor Chris Seymour
- 2/9/2023: Combined Grand Rounds-ACCM
- 2/16/2023: Quality Assurance Committee Meeting
- 2/23/2023: Patient-Based Learning Discussion
- 3/2/2023: Visiting Professor Phil Spinella
- 3/9/2023: Visiting Professor Mark Yazer
- 3/16/2023: Quality Assurance Committee Meeting
- 3/23/2023: Combined Grand Rounds with Nursing
- 3/30/2023: Patient-Based Learning Discussion
- 4/6/2023: Visiting Professor Sarah Henrickson-Parker
