Association of University Anesthesiologists 59th Annual Meeting

May 17-19, 2012 InterContinental Cleveland - Cleveland, Ohio

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Welcome to Cleveland!

We are extremely pleased to host the 2012 Association of University Anesthesiologists’ Annual Meeting in Cleveland. The Anesthesiology Institute at Cleveland Clinic is proud to host this meeting for the first time, and we look forward to an exciting program.

We welcome all the AUA members to Cleveland, a city with a great tradition for clinical medicine, research and medical education. Cleveland Clinic sponsors the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, a 5 year program designed to create the physician investigators of the future, and one of the newest medical schools in the country. The Clinic sponsors GME training for more than 900 physicians in residency and fellowship programs. The Cleveland Clinic campus is just minutes from University Circle, with Severance Hall (home of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra), the Museum of Art, the Botanical Gardens, the Museum of Natural History, and historic Cleveland Auto Museum. A few blocks further is the campus of Case Western Reserve University, which includes the Case School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland. As you can see, medicine is a major part of the life-blood of Cleveland.

The AUA leadership has again created an exciting program, assembling elements of healthcare dynamics, anesthesiology education, and basic science. The EAB will present a panel describing international anesthesiology education, and a panel on performance assessment during anesthesiology residency. The President’s Panel will explore the basic science on consciousness, including the controversial topic of intraoperative awareness. The SAB offers oral presentations and poster discussion sessions, where junior faculty and residents mix with senior faculty presenting a wide array of scientific work. The Host Program is entitled “When Music Sings, the Brain Listens and the Heart Modulates: A Concert-Lecture” and will explore the science of how music stimulates the brain, is created, and can be used therapeutically. The science will be complemented by a performance by a virtuoso pianist, Prisca Benoit. The meeting reception will be Friday night, to allow early departure from Cleveland on Saturday for those who wish to do so. This reception will be held in the world famous Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where cocktails and a buffet dinner will complement free access to all exhibits in the Rock Hall. There is no better way to come in touch with the origins of rock and roll than a gently stroll through the Rock Hall, and even better- only the AUA guests will be present, promising uncrowded access to all the exhibits.

Great meetings do not just happen. Christine Dionne and her team from the AUA headquarters in Park Ridge, Illinois have made a major commitment to making this a great meeting, handling logistics, challenging scheduling issues and the innumerable critical issues involved in creating a running a meeting of this size. The EAB and SAB have done their usual stellar job of assembling a cutting edge program. The Cleveland Clinic CME office has made positive suggestions, and the leadership of the InterContinental Hotel has planned a warm, comfortable welcome for all AUA attendees. The planning committee gratefully acknowledges the hard work and expertise of all who have contributed to creating this program. We look forward to seeing you in May.

Host Committee:

David L. Brown, M.D.
Andrea Kurz, M.D.
John E. Tetzlaff, M.D.

Hotel and Transportation Information

InterContinental Cleveland 9801 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Phone: (216) 707-4300 Fax: (216) 707-4395 www.InterContinental.com The InterContinental Cleveland, the site of the AUA 59th Annual Meeting, is a full service luxury hotel that is attached to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation via a walk way. The daily room rate is $189 for deluxe king/double double plus applicable taxes. This conference rate will be offered three (3) days prior and three (3) days after the official dates of the Annual Meeting, based on availability. The cut-off date to make your hotel reservations at this rate is April 14, 2012. Reservations received after the cut-off date are subject to space and rate availability.

Make your reservations online at: Association of University Anesthesiologists

Reservations can also be made directly with the Hotel Reservations Department at (216) 707-4000 or toll free at (877) 707-8999. Please be sure to identify yourself as an Association of University Anesthesiologists’ meeting participant in order to receive the special group rate.

The InterContinental Cleveland is just miles from downtown Cleveland. Transportation to all Cleveland Clinic Campus buildings is complimentary.

Valet and overnight parking are available. AUA has negotiated a rate of $18.

Transportation

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE)
The InterContinental Cleveland is approximately 40 minutes from the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

Host Program

When Music Sings, the Brain Listens and the Heart Modulates: A Concert-Lecture
Saturday, May 19, 2012, 8:00 a.m. – Noon

Therapeutic properties of music have been intuitively perceived since the dawn of humanity. Today’s technological advancements allow scientists and researchers to qualify and quantify the physiological changes that music produces in different body organs. Music perception is a highly complex phenomenon starting with sound waves causing vibration of the tympanic membrane and ending with an elaborate decoding process at the auditory cortex. The brain integrates this input, and other associated inputs, in order to create a musical emotion, which, in turn, modulates basic bodily functions, including cardiovascular responses, breathing, cerebral blood flow and sweat output, to name a few. The series of physiological changes that music can produce in our organism feeds back into the musical emotion and becomes the basis of the therapeutic properties of this art. Touching and transforming (“haptonomizing”, from the Greek haptein=touch and make contact) the listener during a live performance enables one to draw a parallel between the artist-audience relationship and the doctor-patient relationship. Through an interactive approach and alternation of scientific talk and live piano performance, Dr. Kamal Chémali and Ms. Prisca Benoit bring a lively demonstration of a collaboration between a physician-scientist and a professional musician aiming at creating awareness of the impact of music on human physiology and triggering new research ideas in the field of the neuroscience of music.

Program Information

Target Audience
This meeting is designed for anesthesiologists in the clinical and laboratory setting who desire to improve development of anesthesiology teaching methods by engaging in an interchange of ideas as represented in this meeting.

Needs Assessment
Topics for this meeting were derived from evaluations from the 2011 and previous annual meetings. Suggested topics were discussed and developed by educators who attended previous Annual, Council and Advisory Board meetings and by other authorities in the field of anesthesia education.

Accreditation and Credit Designation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Cleveland Clinic and the Association of University Anesthesiologists. Cleveland Clinic is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Faculty Disclosure
The Cleveland Clinic adheres to ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosures of faculty and commercial relationships will be made known at the activity. Speakers are required to openly disclose any limitations of data and/or any discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentations.

Special Needs Statement
The Cleveland Clinic and the Association of University Anesthesiologists are committed to making its activities accessible to all individuals. If you are in need of a special accommodation, please do not hesitate to call the AUA office at (847) 825-5586 and/or submit a description of your needs in writing to c.dionne@asahq.org

Disclaimer The information provided at this CME/CE activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical/clinical judgment of a health care provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition.

Program Objectives

President’s Panel
At the conclusion of the session, the attendee should be able to:

EAB Panel – Anesthesia Education: Impact on Global Health
At the conclusion of the session, the attendee should be able to:

EAB Panel: High Stakes Performance Assessment: During Residency and for Certification
At the conclusion of the session, the attendee should be able to:

SAB Oral Sessions
At the conclusion of the sessions, the attendee should be able to:

When Music Sings, the Brain Listens and the Heart Modulates: A Concert- Lecture
At the conclusion of the session, the attendee should be able to:

NIH Session Panel – From Discovery to Product
At the conclusion of the session, the attendee should be able to:

Program Schedule

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Friday, May 18, 2012

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Social Events

Resident and Junior Faculty Meet and Greet Reception

InterContinental Hotel
Thursday, May 17, 2012, 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
(Included in the Resident/Fellow registration fee)

A return feature from last year is the Resident and Junior Faculty Meet and Greet Reception. This reception gives residents and fellows and opportunity to meet their peers and the AUA Council members in an informal settling before the start of the formal program.

Welcome Reception

InterContinental Hotel
Thursday, May 17, 2012, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

AUA meeting attendees are encouraged to attend the Welcome Reception. This is an ideal opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues.

Evening Social Event at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Friday, May 18, 2012, 6:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Join your friends and colleagues for a evening of relaxation and nostalgia. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum exists to collect, preserve and interpret the impact rock has made on our world. Attendees have access to the exhibits and galleries. Consider this your backstage pass.

Coach busses have been secured to transport attendees to and from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Resident Luncheon
Saturday, May 19, 2012, Noon – 1:30 p.m.
(Included in Resident/Fellow registration fee)

A special luncheon for residents, fellows and their sponsoring chair-members of the AUA Council will be present to meet with these future academic anesthesiology leaders.

Mark Your Calendars!