Annual Meeting Virtual Highlights Event: June 9-10, 2025

This program will be recorded and available in the SOAP Learning Center post event for pre-registered Virtual Highlights attendees a week post event. Registrants from the Annual Meeting in Portland, OR will be able to access recordings. *The schedule below is in central time. 


CME

Accreditation and Designation Statements 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology. 

The American Society of Anesthesiologists is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

The American Society of Anesthesiologists designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


REGISTRATION 

Registration closes Friday, June 6th at 12 PM EST. 

Register Here
Member Type Fees
SOAP Member (Active & Associate) $750
SOAP Member (Fellows) $575
SOAP Member (Residents, Medical Students, Retired)  $150
Non-Members $1,200
Middle & Low Income Countries  $585

 


ZOOM ACCESS 

Virtual Highlights registrants will be emailed their Zoom access link directly from Zoom on or after May 30th.

Troubleshooting:

  • If you did not receive a link from Zoom, please check your spam/junk folder.
  • If it is not in there, contact [email protected] for more assistance.
  • NOTE: Some institutions block emails from Zoom.

Attendees for the in person 2025 SOAP Annual Meeting in Portland, OR will be emailed the Zoom registration link on or after May 30 and are invited to register themselves (Zoom registration is free).

Troubleshooting:

  • If you registered for the event in Zoom but did not receive a link from Zoom, please check your spam/junk folder.
  • If it is not in there, contact [email protected] for more assistance.
  • NOTE: Some institutions block emails from Zoom.

 SCHEDULE 

Monday, June 9, 2025
Time  Topic 
10:00am - 11:00am  KEYNOTE LECTURE: Empowering Clinicians: Leveraging AI to Enhance Outcomes while Upholding Ethics, Privacy, and Scientific Rigor 
Ashley Duque Kienzle
11:00am - 12:00pm  SMFM Session: AI in Obstetrics

Speaker: Melissa Wong, MD

12:00pm - 1:45pm 

SOAP/SOCCA Panel:  Extending Knowledge Beyond the OR: What Happens to My Patients in the ICU? 
Moderator:  Ioannis Angelidis, MD

  • Mental Health in Maternal Critical Illness
    Kaitlyn Brennan, DO, MPH Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt
  • Sepsis Management in Pregnancy
    Benjamin Brakke, DO, Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic
  • Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
    Monica Lupei, MD, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota
1:45pm - 2:00pm  BREAK 
2:00pm - 3:00pm  President's Panel: AI: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 
Panelists:  Ashley Duque Kienzle, Heather Nixon, MD, Sarah Armstrong, MD, Mahesh Vaidyanathan, MD, Ashwathi Jayaram, MD 
3:00pm - 5:00pm  Sol Shnider Track #1
  • The Role of AI in Medicine 
    • Speaker: Mike Burns, MD
  • Wrangling the Experts: OB Anesthesia Legends Debate Approaches to Controversial Cases and Topics
    • Moderator: Brendan Carvalho, MD
    • Presenters: Rich Smiley, Md, Jill Mhyre, MD, Paloma Toledo, MD
5:00pm - 6:00pm   Gerard W. Ostheimer Lecture
Intro:  Melissa Bauer, MD 
Speaker:  Emily Sharpe, MD
6:00pm - 7:00pm 

Oral Presentations #1
Moderator:  Lisa Leffert, MD 

  1. A randomized controlled trial using programmed intermittent epidural bolus with 0.15% versus 0.075% ropivacaine in labor epidural analgesia: effect on analgesic requirement and obstetric outcomes – Tao Han, MD
  2. Incidence of new onset of persistent pain after cesarean delivery and associated risk factors – Mary Yurashevich, MD, MPH
  3. A multicenter assessment of postpartum recovery using the STanford Obstetric Recovery checKlist (STORK) – Moe Takenoshita, BSc, MBBChir, MRCS
  4. Post-Cesarean Opioid Use and Pain Scores Among Opioid Dependent Patients before and after Implementation of a Modified Enhanced Recovery Protocol – Lindsey Gleason, BA
7:00pm - 7:45pm  OAA: Burnout, Resilience, and AI
Sarah Armstrong, MD
President, Obstetric Aneaesthetists' Association 
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Time Topic
10:00am - 11:20am  Best Case Reports

Moderator: Emily McQuaid-Hanson, MD
Panelists: Marie-Louise Meng, MD, Feyce M. Peralta, MD, MS, FASA, & Christine Warrick, MD

  1. Medical Management of Congenital Heart block: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach – Jordan Abrams, MD
  2. Easing the Tension: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Pulmonary Hypertension in
    Pregnancy – Emily Eruysal, MD
  3. A Narrowing case of Subglottic Stenosis in Pregnancy: multidisciplinary approach for optimal maternal and fetal outcomes – Nikke Bowerman, MD
  4. Anesthesia for Maternal-Assisted Cesarean: A Patient-Centered Approach – Rebecca Boothe
  5. Cesarean Section in an Impella Dependent Patient Sierra Trost, MD
  6. Sensorineural Hearing Loss After Labor Epidural Analgesia: A Diagnostic Dilemma – Kresimir Ukalovic, MD, FRCPC
  7. Management considerations for the obstetric patient with Takayasu's arteritis – Jasmine Kim, MD
  8. Management of pregnancy termination for a patient with Eisenmenger syndrome and Chiari I malformation with associated syringomyelia – Jacob Nieb, MD
  9. Varicella zoster meningitis: A rare case of disseminated reactivation – Paul Francois, MD
  10. REBOA to the Rescue: Management of Massive Hemorrhage following Catastrophic Uterine Rupture – Travis Cuddy, MD
11:20am - 1:20pm 

Sol Shnider Clinical Track #2

  • Delivery Disasters!
    • Moderator: Adam Wendling
    • Presenters: AFE - David Arnolds, MD, ECMO - Emily Naoum, MD, MH - Dave Berman, MD, Lost Airway - Mark Rollins, MD
  • How to Leverage Point of Care Viscoelastic Testing Technology to Take Better Care of Your Patients
    • Moderator: Michaela Farber, MD
    • Panelists: Denis Snegovskikh, MD, Shubangi Singh, MD, John Kowalczyk, MD
1:20pm - 1:30pm  BREAK 
1:30pm - 2:30pm SOAP/ASRA Panel: Spinal Pathology & Neuraxial Techniques

Moderator: Phil Rubin, MD
Panelists: Hans Sviggum, MD, Pamela Flood, MD, Jeanette Bauchat, MD, Jaime Daly, MD

2:30pm - 4:00pm  Gertie Marx Research Competition 

Moderator: Ruth Landau
Judges: Rich Smiley, MD, Jill Mhyre, MD, Feyce Peralta, MD, Caitlin Sutton, MD, David Berman, MD, Anton Chau, MD

1. Adjuvant Analgesic, Anxiolytic, and Sedative Medications Administered During Cesarean Delivery: A Retrospective Report from the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group Research Consortium - Eric Chen, MD
2. Frequency of Adherence to Obstetric Anesthesia Best Practices for Cesarean Delivery: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Analysis – Jordan Francke, MD, MPH
3. Efficacy and Safety of Dexmedetomidine or Sufentanil in Combination With Ropivacaine With Dural Puncture Epidural Technique For Labor Analgesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial - Yongxin Liang
4. Comparison of Dexamethasone vs Ondansetron as the First-Line Antiemetic to Prevent Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting after Cesarean Delivery – A Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial -Maria Patrocinio, MD
5. The Effect of Sufentanil for Combined Spinal-Epidural Anesthesia on Fetal Heart Rate During Labor Analgesia – Jian Xu

4:00pm - 6:00pm  Sol Shnider Track #3
  • Panel: Troubleshooting Tricky Epidurals
    • Presenters: Ron George, MD, Dominique Arce, MD, Michael Hoffkamp, MD
      • Troubleshooting Epidurals in Labor
      • Troubleshooting Epidurals for Intrapartum Cesarean
      • #Hot Take - Every Intrapartum Cesarean Gets a Spinal
  • Updates from ASA Committee on OB Anesthesia
    • Presenter: Mark Zakowski, MD
  • Totally Epic Enhancements in the Electronic Medical Record
    • Moderator: Thomas Klumpner
    • Presenters: Mahesh Vaidyanathan, MD & Alice O'Brien, MD
      • Building an Interactive Dashboard for the OB Anesthesiologist
      • New and Improved Epic Workflows for OB Anesthesiology
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Best Paper Research Competition
Moderator: Ashraf Habib, MD
Judges/Panelists: Phil Hess, MD, Lisa Leffert, MD,  Ron George, MD,  Michaela Farber, MD,  Allison Lee, MD

1. The TRPV4 channel could be part of the problem—and the solution—in uterine atony - Daiana Fornes, PhD
2. Single nuclear transcriptomics uncover downregulation of FSHR in the myometrium of patients with uterine atony - Jessica Ansari, MD, MS
3. Severe Perioperative Surgical Morbidity in Patients undergoing Cesarean Delivery in California 2016 - 2021 - Alexander Butwick, MBBS, FRCA, MS
4. Impact of the Kybele Program on Regional Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery: A 13-Year Evaluation of Anesthesiologist Proficiency at UCCV - Borislava Pujic
5. Influence of pain psychological and sleep variables on acute to chronic postsurgical pain after cesarean delivery: a prospective observational study -Sarah Ciechanowicz, MA, BMBCh, FRCA, MRes
6. Medicaid expansion, Medicaid generosity, and severe maternal morbidity during delivery hospitalizations - Jean Guglielminotti MD, PhD