About OUR SYMPOSIUM

The Symposium is an all-day event with 10 CEU credits from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for members.
The AANA is currently reviewing this Symposium for 10 Class A CEUs. The AANA number will be listed here when it is available.
​Cost for the Symposium is $125 for CRNAs and $65 for SRNAs, RNs and anesthesia techs.

Sign In & Breakfast: 6:30-7:30 a.m.; Lectures start at 7:30 a.m.; lunch will be provided; Lectures conclude at approximately 5:30 p.m. Certificates of Attendance will not be issued until after the final presentation, as per AANA requirements.
PROGRAM COODINATOR'S NOTE:
The program schedule  listed below is still a work in progress.  .  We reserve the right to change the program as needed, prior to the start of the Symposium.  Stay tuned!

Program  Outline

  •   6:30-7.30 AM  - Sign-In in Conference Rooms A & B.  Breakfast is provided in the dining area.  
  • Video:  Manuel Vallejo, DMD, MD  "Promoting  A Healthy Working Environment"
  • 7:30-8:30-   Charles Giordano, CRNA.  "OB Anesthesia Update"
  • 8:30-9:30- Dr. William Simmons, MD.  "Opioid Crisis:  Historic Perspective & Current Trends"
  •  9:30-9:45-  AM BREAK.  Refreshments available in the dining area
  •  9:45-10:45-  Jason Bauer, CRNA.   "Preoperative Evaluation Clinic"
  • 10:45-11:45-  Kevin Driscoll, DNP, CRNA.  "The Continued Professional Certification (CPC) program:  The What, How & Where of Requirements"
  • 11:45-1 -  LUNCH BREAK. A full sit-down lunch will be provided. 
  • Video:  Patricia Dalby, MD.  "What's New in Bariatric Surgery"
  • 1-2 -  Laura Wiggins, CRNA.   "Expeditionary Critical Care Anesthesia & Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta"
  • 2-3 -   Paul Phrampus, MD.  "The Roads of Safety Culture & Patient Safety:  Do They Cross?"
  • 3-3:15 -  PM Break.  Refreshments provided.  Attendance certificates will be made available.
  • 3:15-4:15 - Dr. Nicholas Schott, MD.  "Modern Approaches to Breast Anesthesia/Analgesia"
  • 4:15-5:15- Dr. Manuel Vallejo, DMD, MD.  "Anesthetic Concerns for Labor & Delivery in the, Substance Dependent Parturient"

CANCELLATION POLICY

 Paid registrants unable to attend the Symposium will be refunded upon request to the Program Coordinator via email to lynchm2@mail.magee.edu. 
If you paid by credit/debit card, your account will be credited and you will receive a confirmation email. 
If you paid by check, please  send us a written request for a refund.  Please be sure to include a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request.  Written requests should be sent to:  Richard Morton, Department of Anesthesia, Magee Womens Hospital, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA  15213.
Refund requests must be received within 15 days of the event.
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