ANESTHESIOLOGY® Annual Meeting OnDemand 2025

1. Acute Pain Management in Infants and Children: A Step by Step Guide to Continued Success

2. All About the Mitral Valve: Cases, Considerations, and Controversies

3. Artificial Intelligence and Patient Safety: Best Friends or Worst Enemies?

4. Block or General: Thought-Provoking Cases for the Budding Regional Anesthesiologist

5. Contracts and Compensation: Essential Considerations

6. Echo Basics for Transcatheter Procedures: What’s All the Fuss About

7. FAER Helrich Lecture: Activating the Brain’s Arousal Systems To Reverse Drug-Induced Unconsciousness

8. Hot Topics in Pediatric Anesthesia: Editor’s Selections Part 1

9. Perioperative Challenges of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists

10. Perioperative Stroke: Integrating Strategies for Risk Reduction, Early Detection and Rapid Intervention

11. Quality and Safety Initiatives: International Perspectives

12. The ASA Difficult Airway Management Practice Guidelines: Essentials for Safe Practice

13. The Evolving Landscape of Ambulatory Total Joint Replacement Arthroplasty

14. The Top 10 Articles in Obstetric Anesthesia From 2024 That Will Change Your Practice

15. The Updated ASRA Pain Medicine Anticoagulation Guidelines: How to Apply Them to the Most Challenging Cases: Sandra Kopp, MD

16. Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery: The ABCs

17. Consensus Guidelines on Patient Selection and Trial Stimulation for SCS Therapy for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

18. Fast Tracking Knee Surgery in All Ages: An Evidence-Based Approach to Regional Anesthesia

19. High Risk Anesthesia: Lessons from the AQI Closed Claims Project

20. Hot Topics in Pediatric Anesthesia: Editor’s Selections Part 2

21. International Forum: Global Approach to Risk Stratification in Cardiac Disease

22. Neurologic Complications After Regional Anesthesia

23. New Evidence in Anesthetic Management of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

24. Perioperative Management of Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

25. Psychedelics and Stimulants in the Perioperative Period: What Do I Need to Know

26. Gertie Marx Plenary Lecture: The OB Anesthesiologist and Transformation

27. U.S. Military Anesthesiology in 2025: Stateside Training to Global Impact

28. You Want Me to Do This Case!? Anesthetizing the Critically Ill for Non-Cardiac Surgery

29. Atrial Fibrillation: Everything You Need to Know From A to F

30. Awake Intubation Made Easy!

31. Cybersecurity: Are We Under Attack?!

32. Ellison C. Pierce Lecture: Tools for Enhancing Patient Safety

33. Favorite Papers From Critical Care Medicine 2024–2025

34. How Psychiatry and Anesthesiology Interface: The Revolution of Anesthetics as Antidepressants

35. Make It Clot: Managing Coagulation Challenges in Cardiac Surgery and MCS Patients

36. Mentorship Matters: The Power of Pipelines

37. Multisociety Practice Guidelines on the Safety of Neuraxial, Joint, and Peripheral Steroid Injections

38. Obstetric Difficult Airway Update

39. Professional Intervention: When Concerns Arise Because Performance Has Fallen

40. Recommendations From the 2025 ASA Practice Advisory on Perioperative Care of Older Adults Scheduled for Inpatient Surgery

41. The Business of Anesthesiology: Update 2025

42. The Debate Between Inhaled and Total IV Anesthesia in Pediatrics

43. The Great Remimazolam Debate: An Evidence-Based Debate on Safety, Value, and Scope of Practice

44. When OB and Cardiac Anesthesia Meet on L&D: What We Can Learn From Each Other!

45. Ambulatory Anesthesia News: Noteworthy Literature Published Within the Last Year

46. APSF Panel: Transforming Maternal Care: Innovations and Collaborations to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality

47. Best of the Best: Most Impactful Publications on Perioperative Care of the Cardiac Surgery Patient

48. Creating a Wider Door: The ABA’s Alternate Entry Pathway (AEP) Program

49. EEG as a Number: Love It or Leave It

50. High-Risk Obstetric Patients: The Next Frontier in Critical Care Medicine

51. Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: An Anesthesiologist’s Role and Perspective

52. Multi-Society Guideline Update on the Treatment of Sacroiliac Joint Pain

53. POCUS for Medical Emergencies: Thinking Out of the Box

54. Prehabilitation: What Is the Evidence?

55. Should We or Shouldn’t We: The Ethical Dilemma of DCD NRP

56. Understanding New Machine Learning Architectures: Practical Generative AI for Anesthesiologists

57. Updates on Advanced Spinal Interventions Including SCS, Augmentation, Spacers, Fusions and Decompressions

58. You’re Tearing Up My Heart: New Frontiers in Acute Aortic Emergencies

59. Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Management for Non-Cardiac Anesthesiologists

60. Mastering Acid-Base Disorders: Bedside Analysis and Treatment Strategies

61. The Future of Perioperative Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges

62. Vexing Values: Deciphering Abnormal Preoperative Labs Through a Critical Care Lens

63. Will Artificial Intelligence Transform the Practice of Anesthesiology?

64. ASRA Pain Medicine Chronic Pain Symposium: Optimizing Perioperative Pain Management

65. Cardiac Physiology for Clinical Practice: Key Concepts, Monitoring, and More

66. SEA: Mentorship, Sponsorship and Coaching: Essential Tools for Professional Development

67. SNACC: Individualized Management of Cerebral Autoregulation

68. SAMBA: Clinical Conundrums in Ambulatory Anesthesia

69. SPA Panel: Updates on Hypotension in Infants and Neonates

70. WFSA: Anesthesiologists at the Forefront of In-hospital Healthcare Emergencies

1. Advanced Strategies for Blood Transfusion and Conservation in Major Surgery: What’s New in 2025

2. Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery

3. Anesthesia in the Dental Office: Gaps in Safety and Resources for Improving Care

4. Anesthesiology to the Rescue: Managing the Unstable Patient in the OR, PACU, ICU and Beyond

5. Anesthetic Management for Complex Spine Surgery

6. Current Practice of Thoracic Anesthesia: What Should I Know

7. Disparities in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

8. Opioid Antagonists: Friend or Foe? Recommendations for the Anesthesiologist and Pain Physician

9. Regional Analgesia Options for Breast Cancer Surgery: The Search for the Holy Grail

10. Teaching Ethics in Anesthesiology

11. Understanding Medical Accidents: What Have We Learned Over 20 Years

12. Anesthesia for the High BMI Patient: Innovations, Evidence, and Emerging Challenges

13. ASA at the Vanguard of Healthcare Well-being

14. Buprenorphine for Acute Pain: Effective or Trouble?

15. Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Predict, Diagnose, Avoid and Treat

16. Current Challenges and Controversies in Trauma Anesthesia

17. Debunking Common Myths in Pediatric Anesthesia Practice

18. Geriatric Anesthesia: Beyond Cognition and Frailty

19. Perioperative Resuscitation and Life Support (PeRLS)

20. WLM Lewis H. Wright Lecture: Crawford W. Long, MD

21. ICU Cases in NORA: Between “A Rock and a Hard Place”

22. ECMO for the Multispecialty Anesthesiologist

23. Common Pediatric Surgical Emergencies

24. Perioperative Management of Patients with Diabetes: Hot Topics and Controversies

25. Aging Population and Medicare Stability: Implications for Anesthesiology

26. Labor Analgesia

27. Pediatric Clear Liquid Fasting Guidelines: Clear as Mud

28. Regional Anesthesia for Neurosurgical Procedures

29. Safety Tips Live: APSEB Panel

30. Vascular Anesthesia for Aortic Procedures: Fundamentals and Beyond

31. Truncal Blocks: Updates on Fascial Plane Blocks (Live Scanning)

32. Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Upper Airway Management

33. Anesthesia for Interventional Bronchoscopy

34. Anesthesia Safety in Oral Surgical Offices

35. Coding, Billing, and Payment in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine

36. Electroencephalography in the OR: Established and Emerging Applications

37. Extreme Hyperthermia: Is It Malignant Hyperthermia?

38. Intraoperative Pain Management for Cesarean Delivery

39. Intraoperative Thoracic and Airway Crises

40. Perioperative Sepsis: The Anesthesiologist as the First Intensivist

41. Peripheral Nerve Blocks of the Lower Extremity (Live Scanning)

42. Pulmonary Hypertension: Masterclass

43. Should Pediatric Patients With URI Be Extubated Deep?

44. Integrative and Functional Medicine for Anesthesiologists

45. Anesthesia for Pain Procedures: Pumps, Spacers, Ablations and Spinal Interventions

46. Elevating Every Birth: Equity and Excellence in Maternal Anesthesia Care

47. Hematologic Hiccups: Coagulopathy and Neuraxial Procedures

48. History Panel Part 1: Anesthesiology Pioneers

49. Paging Neuroanesthesia: Clinical Questions Answered

50. Regional Anesthesia Billing: Pitfalls and Possibilities

51. The ASA, CPOM, CMS and You: Patient Safety at Its Finest

52. Navigating From Clinical Start to Administration

53. Regional Anesthesia for the Upper Extremity (Live Scanning)

54. Leadership and Advocacy to Improve Pain Care

55. Perioperative Brain Health: From Prehabilitation to Biomarkers

56. Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Non-Cardiac Procedures

57. Intraoperative Neuromonitoring: What Do I Need to Know?

58. Bringing Pain Together: Leaders From Different Pain Societies

59. How to Critically Read the Medical Literature

60. Cardiac Conundrums for Non-Cardiac Surgery: 2024 ACC/AHA Guidelines

61. Medicolegal Threats in Anesthesiology: ASA Committee Update

62. ASA Committee on OB Anesthesia: Guidelines and Consensus Updates

63. History Panel Part 2: Anesthesiology Pioneers

64. Intraoperative Crossroads: Anesthesia and Critical Care

65. New Consensus Guidelines for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: Tong Gan, MD

66. Perioperative Care of the Frail and Elderly

67. Physician Death by Suicide: Prevention and Support

68. Practice Challenges in Thoracic Anesthesia

69. Would You Extubate? Debates Around Extubation of Complex Patients

70. Before GLP-1RA: Risk Factors for Gastroparesis and Aspiration

1. Anesthesiologists and the Opioid Crisis: How Can We Impact Care in the Hospital and Perioperative Setting?

2. Clinical Practice and Innovation in Perioperative Anticoagulation: On the Knife’s Edge of Bleeding and Clotting

3. Consensus Recommendations for Anesthetic Management of High-Risk Thyroidectomy

4. Every Drop of Blood Counts: 2025 Editors’ Pick of Patient Blood Management Papers

5. Managing Drug Shortages: Building Partnerships Between Clinicians and Industry

6. Navigating Normal vs. Abnormal with POCUS

7. Negotiate, Navigate and Nurture: Strategies for Career Success

8. New Frontiers in Traumatic Brain Injury: Biomarkers and Sex Differences

9. Perioperative Cardiovascular Management for Noncardiac Surgery: The New Guidelines

10. Sedation for High-Risk Patients: When Anesthesia Is the Riskiest Part

11. Transcatheter Mitral Repair Procedures: Why You Should Care

12. Cardiac Secrets for Non-Cardiac Providers

13. Pediatric Ambulatory Center: Making the Right Decisions

14. Difficult Conversations and Navigation Strategies

15. Expanding the Use of Perioperative Buprenorphine in Acute Pain Management

16. Effective Use of Emergency Manuals

17. I Want to Retire but I Don’t Want to Retire: Alternative Career Paths

18. Management of Patients with Neurologic Stimulators During Surgery

19. Modern Monitoring Approaches in Pediatric Anesthesia

20. MythBusters in Pain Medicine

21. Navigating Patient Safety in a Locums Driven World

22. Patient Safety Lessons From the Anesthesia Closed Claims Project: Karen B. Domino, MD, MPH

23. Anemia, Blood Transfusion, and Hemostasis in Cardiac Surgery

24. The Transplant Recipient Presenting for Elective Surgery

25. Transforming Postpartum Anesthesia Care

26. Understanding and Mitigating Perioperative Deteriorations

27. Using Real-World Data for Quality Improvement and Education

28. Advances in Artificial Intelligence in Regional Anesthesia

29. Clinical Application and Interpretation of Brain Monitoring

30. Error Traps in Pediatric Trauma Anesthesia

31. Occipito-Cervical Fusion: Avoiding Crisis in a Compromised Airway

32. Opioid Agonists and Antagonists: Perioperative Management

33. Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy: Management Strategies

34. Our Favorite Papers of the Year: Reney Henderson, MD

35. Perioperative Challenges in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

36. Recruiting and Retaining Our People: Well-Being Strategies

37. Strategies to Achieve Your First NIH Award

38. The Geriatric Patient in the Cardiac OR

39. The Governor Signed Our CAA Bill: What’s Next?

40. Thoracic Endovascular Repairs: To Drain or Not to Drain?

41. Advanced Ventilation Considerations in the OR

42. Anaphylaxis, Allergy, and Adverse Drug Reactions: Perioperative Considerations

43. Perioperative Red Blood Cell Salvage: Myths and Evidence

44. Managing Challenging Postoperative and Perioperative Pain

45. Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway: Current Initiatives

46. Large Pragmatic Trials: The Science That Guides Our Practice (PCORI)

47. Minimizing Risk and Enhancing Safety in NORA

48. Pediatric Anesthesia Pitfalls: Peggy McNaull, MD

49. Preeclampsia: What’s Old and What’s New

50. Stylet or Channel? Video Laryngoscopy Approaches

51. The Delicate Balance of End-of-Life Care

52. Awake Spine Surgery: A Point-Counterpoint

53. Should General Anesthesia Be the Default in NORA?

54. EGD in a DNR Patient: Perioperative Decision Making

55. Evolution in Coronary Stent Technology: Perioperative Implications

56. Goldilocks in the ICU: Navigating Pain and OUD

57. Management of the Frail Patient: Mark Neuman, MD, MSc

58. Office-Based Anesthesia: Emergencies and Cognitive Aids

59. Perioperative Monitoring of Cerebral Perfusion: Clinical Update

60. Postpartum Hemorrhage: Preparation and Prevention

61. Procedures You’ve Never Seen Before

62. Neurologic Complications in the PACU

63. The Value of Regional Anesthesia in Cardiothoracic Surgery

64. Total Intravenous Anesthesia: What’s New and How to Do It Successfully

65. You Can Do That in a Preoperative Clinic

66. Emery A. Rovenstine Lecture: Anesthesiologists as Leaders in a Data-Driven World

67. From Gaps to Gains: Improving Communication and Teamwork for Patient Safety

1. Anesthesiologists Are Doctors! Ambulatory Surgery Encounters as a Springboard for Better Health and Care

2. Coexisting Diseases and Anesthesia: Then and Now

3. From Adverse Events to M&M: Lessons Learned From a Just Culture

4. Help or Harm? Do Guidelines for Anesthesia in ASCs Support or Limit Individualized Care?

5. Intraoperative Echocardiography in the Cardiac OR: What You Should Know

6. Is This Patient Too Sick for Regional Anesthesia?

7. Making the TEAM: Using Quality Data to Demonstrate Value in CMS’ Bundled Payment Model

8. Medicine Over Mind: Neurological Impact of Newer Perioperative Drugs

9. Neonatal Anesthesia Isn’t Child’s Play: The ABCs of Babies

10. On Writing, Reviewing and Publishing

11. Preoperative Conundrums: Now What?

12. Supply Chain Shortages and Healthcare: Strategies for a Stronger Future

13. To NPO or Not to NPO in Labor: That Is the Question

14. Alternatives to Classic Techniques: Supraglottic Airways, Opioid-Free Anesthesia, and TIVA

15. Airway Management in Complex Neuroanesthesia Scenarios

16. Anesthetic Care of the Pregnant Patient With Cardiovascular Disease

17. Blood Pressure Management in the Operating Room

18. Injury Prevention and Workforce Well-Being in Anesthesiology

19. Mastering Fluid Choices in Anesthesiology

20. Artificial Intelligence in Anesthesia: Clinical Care and Education

21. A Practical Guide to Perioperative TEE and TTE for Hypotensive Emergencies

22. You Would Like Us to Give Anesthesia Where?

23. All About Vasopressors: Optimizing Support and Minimizing Harm

24. Basics of Heart Failure: Curbside Consult with the Experts

25. Case-by-Case: Tips to Keep Patients Out of the ICU

26. DBS, VNS and ICDs: Practical Pearls for Ambulatory Surgery

27. Minimally Invasive Neurointerventional Challenges

28. Leadership Lessons for Respectful Behavior in 2025

29. Is the Interscalene Block Obsolete?

30. Women’s Health in Interventional Pain Management

31. Innovations in NORA, Regional, Pediatric, and Ambulatory Anesthesia

32. Caring for Children With Congenital Heart Disease: What’s New?

33. Post Dural Puncture Headache: Reducing the Pain

34. Restructuring Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management Services

35. Transporting ICU Patients Safely

36. Medical History and Contemporary Health Disparities

37. When Is Further Cardiac Testing Appropriate? 2024 ACC/AHA Guidelines

38. 2026 ASA Practice Guidelines on Perioperative Pain Management

39. John W. Severinghaus Lecture: The Cognitive Basis of Error: Joyce Wahr, MD

40. SOAP: The Obstetric Anesthesia Workforce: Evidence, Equity, and Evolution

41. Center for Perioperative Medicine Highlights 2026