Many Updates for Hospitalists Promised at Perioperative Medicine Summit

MIAMI – The Perioperative Medicine Summit in Miami Beach promises to deliver several clinical updates for hospitalists presented in innovative and interactive formats, according to summit director Dr. Amir K. Jaffer.

"The meeting in general is about patients having surgery. It’s been documented time and again in surveys that a large number of hospitalists across the country spend part of their time managing the medical aspect of surgical patients," Dr. Jaffer said in an interview.

Therefore, attendees will learn strategies and tools to better manage patients in the perioperative period, a core competency of the Society of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Jaffer is division chief of hospital medicine within the department of medicine at the University of Miami.

The meeting will run from March 15-17. During a plenary session scheduled to kick off the meeting, Dr. Thanjavur S. Ravikumar will outline his models to improve hospitalwide patient outcomes. He will explain how his strategies also decrease health care utilization and costs. Dr. Ravikumar is the chief quality officer, surgery and interventional procedures, and director of the center for surgical innovation at Geisinger Health System in Wilkes Barre, Pa.

A point-counterpoint session on optimization of deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis in major joint replacement surgery is expected to be another highlight. The back and forth between thromboembolism specialist James D. Douketis and orthopedic surgeon Cliff W. Colwell is sure to include relevant clinical guidelines just released in February by the American College of Chest Physicians, Dr. Jaffer said.

Dr. Jaffer, who is on the board of advisers for Hospitalist News, will also present at the meeting. "I’m going to be talking about the perioperative management of new and old antithrombotic therapies."

The second day of the summit is set to start with relevant and practical talk on the role of hospitalist medicine in the era of value-based care. Dr. Joseph Ming Wah Li will share his unique perspective as current president of the Society for Hospital Medicine.

Rapid-fire, 1-minute perioperative consults are a new feature of the summit this year. These will include advice on identification of noncardiopulmonary triggers for transfusion in postoperative anemia, with a discussion of blood transfusion alternatives. Other topics include when noninvasive coronary assessment is indicated for asymptomatic patients undergoing surgery for cancer and whether discontinuation of immunomodulatory medications in the perioperative period is warranted. The idea for these rapid-fire consults came from similar and well-attended sessions at the American College of Physicians meeting in which experts answer specific clinical questions.

The summit has a global reach, Dr. Jaffer said. "We do have people coming from all over the world ... including attendees signed up from New Zealand, Australia, and Singapore." In addition to hospitalists, attendees will include internists, anesthesiologists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.

The scope of the summit also goes beyond a single-institution or regional meeting, he added. This is in large part due to the summit codirectors and cosponsors. For example, Dr. Franklin A. Michota Jr. who is on the medicine faculty at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University brings his expertise as director of academic affairs for the department of hospital medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. The Cleveland Clinic is cosponsoring the meeting along with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Michota is the medical editor for Hospitalist News. Another codirector, Dr. Darin J. Correll, is director of the acute postoperative pain management service at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a member of the governing board of the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement, a third cosponsor of the meeting.

Visit periopmedicine.org for additional information and updates on the seventh Perioperative Medicine Summit.

MIAMI – The Perioperative Medicine Summit in Miami Beach promises to deliver several clinical updates for hospitalists presented in innovative and interactive formats, according to summit director Dr. Amir K. Jaffer.

"The meeting in general is about patients having surgery. It’s been documented time and again in surveys that a large number of hospitalists across the country spend part of their time managing the medical aspect of surgical patients," Dr. Jaffer said in an interview.

Therefore, attendees will learn strategies and tools to better manage patients in the perioperative period, a core competency of the Society of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Jaffer is division chief of hospital medicine within the department of medicine at the University of Miami.

The meeting will run from March 15-17. During a plenary session scheduled to kick off the meeting, Dr. Thanjavur S. Ravikumar will outline his models to improve hospitalwide patient outcomes. He will explain how his strategies also decrease health care utilization and costs. Dr. Ravikumar is the chief quality officer, surgery and interventional procedures, and director of the center for surgical innovation at Geisinger Health System in Wilkes Barre, Pa.

A point-counterpoint session on optimization of deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis in major joint replacement surgery is expected to be another highlight. The back and forth between thromboembolism specialist James D. Douketis and orthopedic surgeon Cliff W. Colwell is sure to include relevant clinical guidelines just released in February by the American College of Chest Physicians, Dr. Jaffer said.

Dr. Jaffer, who is on the board of advisers for Hospitalist News, will also present at the meeting. "I’m going to be talking about the perioperative management of new and old antithrombotic therapies."

The second day of the summit is set to start with relevant and practical talk on the role of hospitalist medicine in the era of value-based care. Dr. Joseph Ming Wah Li will share his unique perspective as current president of the Society for Hospital Medicine.

Rapid-fire, 1-minute perioperative consults are a new feature of the summit this year. These will include advice on identification of noncardiopulmonary triggers for transfusion in postoperative anemia, with a discussion of blood transfusion alternatives. Other topics include when noninvasive coronary assessment is indicated for asymptomatic patients undergoing surgery for cancer and whether discontinuation of immunomodulatory medications in the perioperative period is warranted. The idea for these rapid-fire consults came from similar and well-attended sessions at the American College of Physicians meeting in which experts answer specific clinical questions.

The summit has a global reach, Dr. Jaffer said. "We do have people coming from all over the world ... including attendees signed up from New Zealand, Australia, and Singapore." In addition to hospitalists, attendees will include internists, anesthesiologists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.

The scope of the summit also goes beyond a single-institution or regional meeting, he added. This is in large part due to the summit codirectors and cosponsors. For example, Dr. Franklin A. Michota Jr. who is on the medicine faculty at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University brings his expertise as director of academic affairs for the department of hospital medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. The Cleveland Clinic is cosponsoring the meeting along with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Michota is the medical editor for Hospitalist News. Another codirector, Dr. Darin J. Correll, is director of the acute postoperative pain management service at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a member of the governing board of the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement, a third cosponsor of the meeting.

Visit periopmedicine.org for additional information and updates on the seventh Perioperative Medicine Summit.

MIAMI – The Perioperative Medicine Summit in Miami Beach promises to deliver several clinical updates for hospitalists presented in innovative and interactive formats, according to summit director Dr. Amir K. Jaffer.

"The meeting in general is about patients having surgery. It’s been documented time and again in surveys that a large number of hospitalists across the country spend part of their time managing the medical aspect of surgical patients," Dr. Jaffer said in an interview.

Therefore, attendees will learn strategies and tools to better manage patients in the perioperative period, a core competency of the Society of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Jaffer is division chief of hospital medicine within the department of medicine at the University of Miami.

The meeting will run from March 15-17. During a plenary session scheduled to kick off the meeting, Dr. Thanjavur S. Ravikumar will outline his models to improve hospitalwide patient outcomes. He will explain how his strategies also decrease health care utilization and costs. Dr. Ravikumar is the chief quality officer, surgery and interventional procedures, and director of the center for surgical innovation at Geisinger Health System in Wilkes Barre, Pa.

A point-counterpoint session on optimization of deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis in major joint replacement surgery is expected to be another highlight. The back and forth between thromboembolism specialist James D. Douketis and orthopedic surgeon Cliff W. Colwell is sure to include relevant clinical guidelines just released in February by the American College of Chest Physicians, Dr. Jaffer said.

Dr. Jaffer, who is on the board of advisers for Hospitalist News, will also present at the meeting. "I’m going to be talking about the perioperative management of new and old antithrombotic therapies."

The second day of the summit is set to start with relevant and practical talk on the role of hospitalist medicine in the era of value-based care. Dr. Joseph Ming Wah Li will share his unique perspective as current president of the Society for Hospital Medicine.

Rapid-fire, 1-minute perioperative consults are a new feature of the summit this year. These will include advice on identification of noncardiopulmonary triggers for transfusion in postoperative anemia, with a discussion of blood transfusion alternatives. Other topics include when noninvasive coronary assessment is indicated for asymptomatic patients undergoing surgery for cancer and whether discontinuation of immunomodulatory medications in the perioperative period is warranted. The idea for these rapid-fire consults came from similar and well-attended sessions at the American College of Physicians meeting in which experts answer specific clinical questions.

The summit has a global reach, Dr. Jaffer said. "We do have people coming from all over the world ... including attendees signed up from New Zealand, Australia, and Singapore." In addition to hospitalists, attendees will include internists, anesthesiologists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.

The scope of the summit also goes beyond a single-institution or regional meeting, he added. This is in large part due to the summit codirectors and cosponsors. For example, Dr. Franklin A. Michota Jr. who is on the medicine faculty at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University brings his expertise as director of academic affairs for the department of hospital medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. The Cleveland Clinic is cosponsoring the meeting along with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Michota is the medical editor for Hospitalist News. Another codirector, Dr. Darin J. Correll, is director of the acute postoperative pain management service at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a member of the governing board of the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement, a third cosponsor of the meeting.

Visit periopmedicine.org for additional information and updates on the seventh Perioperative Medicine Summit.