What were the highlights of ANESTHESIOLOGY 2024 for you?
On this last day of ANESTHESIOLOGY 2024, the Annual Meeting Daily News asked attendees what they most enjoyed about this year's meeting. Here’s what they had to say.
Sonja Gennuso, MD“Listening to everybody’s different perspectives on the anesthesia practice and how I can incorporate things to make them safer for patients. In obstetric anesthesiology, I enjoyed (learning) how different people will start neo-infusions for patients and how they are looking at neo versus norepinephrine infusions for patients with postoperative hypertension or postspinal hypotension.” — Sonja Gennuso, MD, LSU Health, Shreveport, Louisiana
Chelsea Gustafson, MD “I’m a resident, so it’s nice to see all of the new innovations in anesthesia and all of the things that we might be doing in the future in our practice, as well as where the field is going.” — Chelsea Gustafson, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
Amit Prabhakar, MD, MBA, FASA“Probably one of the biggest highlights for me was the community of all the different anesthesiologists from around the world coming together. I think the sessions have been excellent. There were some sessions on the economics of anesthesia that I found incredibly enlightening, and I feel that’s something that’s not always considered from an anesthesiologist.” — Amit Prabhakar, MD, MBA, FASA, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
Ioana Pasca, MD, FASA “Honestly, I really love how much ASA involves our medical students and residents from across the country. I’ve been able to reconnect with a lot of the rotators that have come through our hospital, and I’ve been able to see them highlight our posters at the poster session. I’m very, very appreciative of all the work that has gone into those posters and into making sure that our medical students can be part of ASA.” — Ioana Pasca, MD, FASA, Riverside University Health System, Moreno Valley, California
Nabil Elkassabany, MD“For me, the highlight was the abundance of scientific sessions; it’s almost too much. It’s so much content that you’re almost at a loss to know what to capture and what to pass on. The amount of expertise and the amount of session science that’s at your fingertips and the networking opportunities are plenty.” — Nabil Elkassabany, MD, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Micah Newton, MD“I was surprised to see how much new tech there was that I didn’t even know about, like the non-invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring solution, in particular. I didn’t know that was an option. Also, as residents, we come here a lot for the different committees that we’re a part of and the different poster sessions and to learn about interesting cases from other residents.” — Micah Newton, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
Sonja Gennuso, MD
Chelsea Gustafson, MD
Amit Prabhakar, MD, MBA, FASA
Ioana Pasca, MD, FASA
Nabil Elkassabany, MD
Micah Newton, MD
