Effect of Systemic Blood Pressure Changes on Spinal Cord Perfusion

Sponsored by: Anesthesiology & Critical Care in Research in Progress Academic Year 2012-2013

“Effect of Systemic Blood Pressure Changes on Spinal Cord Perfusion.”

June 13, 2013, Thursday 12:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M. 5 Dulles Dripps Library

Arman Dagal MD, FRCA Division Head of Spine and Orthopaedic Anesthesia Services Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Adj. Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery Department Lead for Airlift North West Air Medical Rescue (ALNW) Co-Chair of Education for the Washington State Society of Anesthesiology Harborview Medical Center University of Washington

Target Audience This program has been designed for departmental/institutional faculty, fellows, residents, other health sciences students, nurses, post-docs, and lab technicians in the medical specialties of anesthesiologists, intensivists, neurologists, surgeons in all specialties that contribute to perioperative care.

Educational Objectives After completing this activity, participants should be able to:  Articulate how use of new anesthetic drugs and techniques will affect changes in practice and discuss patient outcomes  Review various patient factors to improve perioperative patient management  Assess costs and value of individual aspects of anesthetic practice to improve cost effectiveness of perioperative care

Accreditation The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation of Credit The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Acknowledgement of Commercial Support* NONE For more information, please contact Ann Marie Tenuto 215-662-3765 [email protected]

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The staff in the Office of CME at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Mila Kostic, Director of CME and the peer reviewer Zalman Agus, MD, Associate Dean for CME, have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity.

The following individuals have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity:

PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBER NAME RODERIC ECKENHOFF, MD DAVID ECKMANN, PHD, MD JEFF E. MANDEL, MD, MS

PRESENTER NAME Arman Dagal MD, FRCA

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