Friday, October 17

Resident Scholar Welcome Reception
8:30-10 p.m.
Florida Ballroom I
The Peabody Orlando

This informal welcome reception allows FAER/Abbott - Volwiler & Tabern Resident Scholar Program participants an opportunity to meet FAER Board members and other scholars before the ASA meeting sessions.

For more information on the FAER/Abbott - Volwiler & Tabern Resident Scholar Program go to www.faer.org/programs/scholars.

Resident Scholars Orientation
7-8:45 a.m.
Florida Ballroom III
The Peabody Orlando

Speakers and topics:
Lee A. Fleisher, MD, Robert D. Dripps Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA: “My Journey from New Haven Back to My Home in Philadelphia: The Role of Mentorship, Perseverance and Luck.”

Simon Gelman, MD, PhD, Leroy D. Vandam/Benjamin G. Covino Distinguished Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA: “Can GPS Find the Way to Professorship?”

FAER Luncheon
12-2 p.m.
Florida Ballroom III
The Peabody Orlando

This luncheon is held to express FAER’s appreciation for the support of individual and corporate sponsors and to strengthen industry relations with FAER, ASA and subspecialty leadership.

Topic: “Imaging in Pain Medicine: Is FAER Focused?”

Moderator: David L. Brown, MD, Chair, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

Panelists and subtopics:
Timothy J. Brennan, MD, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: “Molecular Imaging - Incisional Pain.”

Allen W. Burton, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX: “Interventional Pain – Imaging.”

Sean C. Mackey, MD, PhD, Chief, Division of Pain Management, Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA: “Chronic Pain – Imaging.”

Pamela P. Palmer, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco, CA: “Molecular Pain - Image of Entrepreneur Spirit.”

Brian D. Sites, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Director of Regional and Orthopedic Anesthesia, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH: “Regional Ultrasound – Imaging.”

FAER Academy of Research Mentors in Anesthesiology Workshop
8-10 a.m.
Room W415BC
Orange County Convention Center

Topic: “Being a Successful Mentor”

The workshop will feature short talks followed by panel discussions on how to attract talented students, residents, and junior faculty to mentored research training, and how to maximize their chances of becoming successful, independent investigators.

Moderator: Alex S. Evers, MD, Henry Mallinckrodt Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.

Panelists and topics:
Zeljko J. Bosnjak, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI: “Successful Approaches to Mentoring.”

Paul R. Knight, III, MD, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Microbiology, Vice Chair for Research (Anesthesiology), Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Western New York Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Buffalo, NY: “Attracting Talented Students, Residents and Junior Faculty for Research Training.”

For more information on the Academy of Research Mentors in Anesthesiology, go to www.faer.org/about/mentor.

Celebration of Research Lunch (co-hosted with the journal Anesthesiology)
12:30-2 p.m.
Room W415BC
Orange County Convention Center

Moderator: James C. Eisenach, MD, Editor-in-Chief of Anesthesiology

Featured speakers:
2008 recipient of the ASA Excellence in Research Award: Zeljko J. Bosnjak, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology, Vice Chairman of Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

Recipient of the 2008 Presidential Scholar Award: John H. Eisenach, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Eighth Annual FAER Honorary Research Lecture
2-3 p.m.
Room W415BC
Orange County Convention Center

Topic: “Critical Thinking”

Speaker: Steven L. Shafer, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Columbia University, New York, NY

Dr. Shafer's lecture will explore a framework for evaluating evidence and illustrate the traps and consequences of noncritical thinking within that framework.

FAER Panel
3-5 p.m.
Room W415BC
Orange County Convention Center

Topic: “Anesthesia and the Elderly Brain: What the Anesthesiologist Needs to Know”

Participants will discuss the importance of geriatric anesthesia with the trend for more elderly patients, normal aging of the brain, postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction.

Moderator: Arnold Berry, MD, MPH, Professor of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Panelists and topics:
Jeffrey H. Silverstein, MD, Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY: “The Graying of the Surgical Patient: Trends You Need to Understand.”

Christopher J. Jankowski, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN: “Why Can’t I Remember Where I Put My Car Keys? What Happens to the Older Brain?”

Frederick E. Sieber, MD, Director, Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD: “Postoperative Delirium in the Elderly: Does Anesthesia Care Play a Role?”

Deborah Culley, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA: “Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: Is It the Surgery or the Anesthesia?”

Anesthesiology/FAER Session
1-3 p.m.
Room W23OA
Orange County Convention Center

The first annual session presented by the journal Anesthesiology and FAER highlights research developed by FAER grant awardees.

Topic: “Anesthesia and the Developing Brain: Implications for Obstetrics and Pediatrics”

Session moderators and topics:
Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic, MD, PhD, Harold Carron Professor of Anesthesiology and Neuroscience, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA: “General Anesthetics—Neurotoxins for the Developing Brain.”

Lena S. Sun, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Vice Chairman, Columbia University, New York, NY: “Clinical Studies of Anesthetic Neurotoxicity: Past, Present and Future.”

Piyush M. Patel, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA: “tPA Reduces Isoflurane Induced Neuronal Apoptosis and Dendritic Spines Loss in Rat Neonatal Neurons.”

Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship Symposium
3-6 p.m.
Lecture Hall 414 A/B
Orange County Convention Center

As part of the FAER Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship, FAER offers students the opportunity to make a research presentation during the ASA Annual Meeting at the FAER MSARF Symposium. In addition to presentations by selected students, poster presentations will be displayed for viewing and students will be available for discussion.

Moderator: Donn M. Dennis, MD, FAHA, the Joachim S. Gravenstein, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Director of Nanomedicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine, and Vice President of Pharmacology at ARYx Therapeutics, Inc., Fremont, CA.

For more information on the FAER Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship, go to www.faer.org/programs/students.

FAER/Abbott Resident Scholar Farewell Reception and FAER Medical Student Research Fellowship Reception
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Florida Ballroom I
The Peabody Orlando