FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31

7:00 a.m.

Registration

9:00 a.m. - 9:05 a.m.

New Chairs' Program
Kevin K. Tremper, M.D., Ph.D.

9:05 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Hospital and Financial Issues
Kevin K. Tremper, M.D., Ph.D.

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Dealing With Your Boss - The Dean
Steven J. Barker, Ph.D., M.D.

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Dealing With Faculty and Other Chairs
David A. Lubarsky, M.D., M.B.A.

11:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Dealing With Residents
Charles A. Vacanti, M.D.

11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Panel Discussion with Participants

Chairs Closed Session - AAAC
Parallel Session for Program Chairs

1:30-1:35 p.m.

Welcome

1:35-2:00 p.m.

Structure and Function of SAAA, AAAC and AACPD
Charles A. Vacanti, M.D.
Stephen M. Rupp, M.D.
Berend Mets, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D.
Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, M.D.

2:00-2:40 p.m.

The Perfect Storm
Kevin K. Tremper, M.D., Ph.D.

2:40-3:00 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:00-4:30 p.m.

Meeting Anesthesia Service Demands

3:00-3:10 p.m.

Alternative Non-Physician Anesthesia Provider - Anesthesiology Assistants
John A. Ulatowski, M.D., Ph.D.

3:10-3:25 p.m.

Anesthesia Workforce Needs Now and For the Future, Making a Case For AAs
Robert E. Johnstone, M.D.

3:25-3:40 p.m.

AA Organization and Programs, AAAAASA
Collaborations, AA Certification, Program Accreditation, Comparison to CRNAs in Training, Medical Direction,Billing
Deb Lawson, M.D.

3:40-3:55 p.m

Creating an Educational Program for AAs
James R. Hall, M.D.

3:55-4:10 p.m.

AA Licensure - One State’s Experience
Michael K. Cahalan, M.D.

4:10-4:30 p.m.

Discussion

4:30-4:45 p.m.

Break

4:45-6:15 p.m.

AAAC (the last SAAC) Business Meeting
Nominations will take place.

Open Session - AACPD
Parallel Session for Program Directors

1:25-1:30 p.m.

Welcome
Stephen M. Rupp, M.D.

1:30-1:45 p.m.

Introduction
James R. Zaidan, M.D.

1:45-2:30 p.m.

Discriminating Among Residency Applicants: Implications of Changes in the USMLE
Lindsey C. Henson, M.D., Ph.D.

2:30-4:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Experiences with the ACGME Portfolio Project
Moderator: James R. Zaidan, M.D., M.B.A.
Pam Derstine; Thomas E. Philpot, M.D.;
Marc L. Bertrand, M.D.

4:00-4:45 p.m.

Restructure of SAAC/AAPD and the Creation of the
Association of Anesthesiology Core Program Directors (AACPD),
Society of Academic Anesthesiology Associations (SAAA)
and the Association of Anesthesiology Academic Chairs (AAAC)
Stephen M. Rupp, M.D.

4:45-6:15 p.m.

First Business Meeting of AACPD
Elections will take place.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1
Open Session

7:00-8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:00-9:20 a.m.

Subspecialties in Anesthesiology Issue - Part 1: Accreditation

8:00-8:20 a.m.

Joy Hawkins, M.D.

8:20-8:40 a.m.

James R. Zaidan, M.D., M.B.A.

8:40-9:00 a.m.

Panel Discussion
Joy L. Hawkins, M.D.; James R. Zaidan, M.D., M.B.A.; Jeffrey B. Gross, M.D.; Debra A. Schwinn, M.D.

9:00-9:20 a.m.

Question and Answer Session

9:20-9:40 a.m.

Coffee Break

9:40-11:00 a.m.

Subspecialties in Anesthesiology Issues - Part 2: Certification

9:40-10:00 a.m.

Francis X. McGowan, Jr., M.D.

10:00-10:20 a.m.

Steven J. Barker, Ph.D., M.D.

10:20-10:40 a.m.

Panel Discussion
Francis X. McGowan, Jr., M.D.; Steven J. Barker, Ph.D., M.D.;
Neal H. Cohen, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.; Howard M. Schapiro, M.D.

10:40-11:00 a.m.

Question and Answer Session

11:00-11:10 a.m.

Membership Closed Poll (AAAC and AACPD members only)

11:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Lunch on own

1:30-3:00 p.m.

Panel: Upcoming Changes in the USMLE/NBME and the Future of Resident Candidate
Assessment

1:30-1:45 p.m.

What the Program Directors Need in Resident Candidate Assessment
Stephen M. Rupp, M.D.

1:45-2:15 p.m.

Upcoming Changes in USMLE/NBME: Status of the Strategic Review
Richard Hawkins, M.D.

2:15-2:45 p.m.

How Changes in USMLE/NBME Will Affect Medical Education: An Opportunity for Anesthesiology?
Lindsey C. Henson, M.D., Ph.D.

2:45-3:00 p.m.

Question, Answer and Discussion

3:00-3:15 p.m.

Break

3:15-3:30 p.m.

Update From Our SAAC-AAPD ASA Delegate
Steven J. Barker, Ph.D., M.D.

3:30-4:15 p.m.

ASA Update
Roger A. Moore, M.D.

4:15-4:45 p.m.

Academic Anesthesiology - The Three Legged Stool Is Now a Chair With Four Legs
Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, M.D.; Jane C.K. Fitch, M.D.

6:30-8:00 p.m.

Reception

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2

6:45-7:45 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:45-8:45 a.m.

Standardized Application and Timeline for Fellowship Applications
Moderator: Stephen M. Rupp, M.D.

7:45-8:05 a.m.

Creating a Uniform Fellowship Application Process: A Request From the ASA
Resident Component
Christopher R. Cook, D.O.

8:05-8:30 a.m.

Fellowship Program Directors Concerns Summary
Stephen M. Rupp, M.D.

8:30-8:50 a.m.

Question and Answer Session

8:50-9:05 a.m.

Break

9:05-9:35 a.m.

In-Training Examine Update
Glenn P. Gravlee, M.D.

9:35-10:15 a.m.

ABA Update
Mark Rockoff, M.D.

10:15-11:05 a.m.

ACGME Anesthesiology RRC Update
Lois L. Bready, M.D.

11:05 a.m.

Adjourn