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  • Saturday, Aug 22nd
    8:45 AM - 9:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Keynote Address: Survival Starts the Story. Resilience Builds the Rest. (1 MAC Ed)
    Location: CC- Exhibit Level- Hall B1
    Special InterestRNResident
  • Saturday, Aug 22nd
    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Beyond the Beep: Pulse Ox, Hidden Hypoxia, and Safety (1 MAC Ed)
    Location: CC- Exhibit Level- Hall B1
    Speaker: Jorge Valdes, DNP, Ed.S., CRNA, APRN, FAANA, FAAN (he/him/his) – Florida International University
    Speaker: Beth Ann Clayton, DNP, CRNA (she/her/hers) – University of Cincinnati
    Special InterestRNResident
  • Saturday, Aug 22nd
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Harnessing AI: A CRNA’s Journey From Cruise Control to ChatGPT to AI-Generated Patients (1 MAC Ed)
    Location: CC- Level 1- East Side- 157 A-C
    Speaker: Heather L. Bair, DNP, CRNA, CHSE, FAANA (she/her/hers) – DNP Program in Nurse Anesthesia, University of Iowa
    Clinical PracticeRN
  • Saturday, Aug 22nd
    1:45 PM - 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Anesthesia 2030: Business Models, Workforce Shifts, and the Future of Practice (1 MAC Ed)
    Location: CC- Level 1- East Side- 156 A-C
    Speaker: Randall D. Moore, II, DNP, MBA, CRNA – NorthStar Anesthesia
    Speaker: Adam D. Spiegel, MBA (he/him/his) – NorthStar Anesthesia
    Business of AnesthesiaRN
  • Saturday, Aug 22nd
    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Let Them: A Strategy for Resilience and Sustainable Anesthesia Practice (1 MAC Ed)
    Location: CC- Level 1- East Side- 153 A-C
    Speaker: Michele Gravois, DNAP, CRNA, APRN, CHSE – Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia
    Speaker: Richie Flowers, DNP, CRNA, CHSE, FAANA – Middle TN School of Anesthesia
    Well-BeingRN
  • Sunday, Aug 23rd
    8:15 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Advancing Surgical Readiness Through Preoperative Optimization and Patient Blood Management (1 MAC Ed with .5 Pharm)
    Location: CC- Level 1- East Side- 156 A-C
    Speaker: Thea Marx, ND – Private Practice
    Speaker: Connie L. Lorette, PhD, CRNA, APRN – Northeastern University Bouve College of Health Sciences School of Nursing Nurse Anesthesia Program
    ERASRN
  • Sunday, Aug 23rd
    9:30 AM - 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Jan Stewart Memorial Wellness Lecture: See Something, Do Something: Recognizing and Responding to Substance Use Disorder in the Anesthesia Professional (1 MAC Ed)
    Location: CC- Exhibit Level- Hall B1
    Speaker: Bridget Petrillo, MS, CRNA – Mayo Clinic Arizona
    Speaker: Louisa Dasher Martin, PhD, CRNA – Augusta University, College of Nursing, Nursing Anesthesia Program
    Well-BeingRNResident
  • Sunday, Aug 23rd
    10:45 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Rm8 iNoV8 Pitch Competition (No CE)
    Location: CC- Level 2- East Side- 253 A-C
    Special InterestResidentRN
  • Sunday, Aug 23rd
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Goldie D. Brangman Lecture: What the Chart Doesn’t Say: Social Determinants in the Anesthesia Plan (1 MAC Ed)
    Location: CC- Exhibit Level- Hall B1
    Speaker: Hallie D. Evans, DNP, CRNA, CNE, CHSE, FAANA – American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
    Speaker: Jennifer Majumdar, PhD, CRNA – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Special InterestRNResident
  • Sunday, Aug 23rd
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    RN Session: From Bedside to Boarded: Your Nurse Anesthesiology Roadmap (for RNs) (No CE)
    Location: CC- Level 3 - Ballroom East/West
    Speaker: Michelle Canale, DNP, CRNA, APRN, FAANA – American Associaton of Nurse Anesthesiology
    Speaker: Janet Setnor, MSN, CRNA, Colonel (Ret) USAFR NC – JCMC, LLC
    RN
  • Monday, Aug 24th
    1:30 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    John Garde Memorial Lecture: Guardians of the Profession: Leadership, Courage, and Timing in Nurse Anesthesiology (1 MAC Ed)
    Location: CC- Exhibit Level- Hall B1
    Special InterestRN
  • Monday, Aug 24th
    2:45 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Medical Malpractice - Mock Deposition (1 MAC Ed)
    Location: CC- Exhibit Level- Hall B1
    Speaker: John P. McDonough, EdD, CRNA, ARNP, FRSM – University of North Florida
    Speaker: Andrew M. Lynch – Barton Gilman LLP
    Business of AnesthesiaRN
  • Monday, Aug 24th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    RN/Resident Session: Your CRNA Career: Insights From Every Stage (1 MAC Ed)
    Location: CC- Level 3 - Ballroom East/West
    Speaker: Gerard T. Hogan, DNSc., CRNA, FAANA (he/him/his) – Florida State University
    Speaker: Hunter Edwards, BSN, RN, CCRN – Cleveland Clinic
    Speaker: Teagan Batis, BSN, RRNA – Cleveland Clinic
    RNResident
  • Tuesday, Aug 25th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Walk This Way: Following Pain Pathways to Better Outcomes (1 MAC Ed, with .5 Pharm and .5 Pain)
    Location: CC- Exhibit Level- Hall B1
    Speaker: Nicolette B. Hooge, DNP, MBA, CRNA, FAANA (she/her/hers) – Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia
    Speaker: Christian R. Falyar, DNAP, CRNA, FAANA – Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia
    PharmacologyRNResident
  • Tuesday, Aug 25th
    10:15 AM - 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Blowing Up the Balloon on Mask Inductions: How to Ethically Respond When Children Refuse Induction (1 MAC Ed)
    Location: CC- Level 1- East Side- 153 A-C
    Speaker: Patrick Haltom, DNP, CRNA, HEC-C (he/him/his) – Riley Children's Health, Indiana University Health
    Pediatrics/ObstetricsRNResident
  • Tuesday, Aug 25th
    11:30 AM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    From Skepticism to Strategy: Embracing AI in Your Practice (1 MAC Ed)
    Location: CC- Exhibit Level- Hall B1
    Speaker: Kirsten Meister, DNP, CRNA (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Special InterestRNResident