ASA 2026

PN101. Quick Hits, Big Impact: Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA) Guidance and Recommendations You’ll Use Tomorrow

• Location: 31AB | Time: 10:30AM - 11:30AM
• Moderator: Kelly Lebak, MD, FASA
• Speakers:
  • Alberto Ardon, MD, FASA: SAMBA Guidance: Perioperative Glucose Control and Regional Management for Breast Surgery and Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
  • Kara Barnett, MD, FASA: SAMBA Guidance: Cataracts, OSA, PONV, Succinylcholine, VTE Prophylaxis
  • Chhaya Patel, MD, SAMBA-F: SAMBA Guidance: Pediatric Tonsillectomy and Obesity, Breast Cancer and Limb Use, and MH Patients

• Location: Ballroom 6C, Upper Level | Time: 10:30AM - 12:00PM
• Faculty: Sivasenthil Arumugam, MD, FASA and Hari Kalagara, MD, FCARCSI

• Location: 6E, Upper Level | Time: 10:30AM - 12:00PM
• Moderator: Sivasenthil Arumugam, MD, FASA
• Faculty: Hari Kalagara, MD, FCARCSI

• Location: 9, Upper Level | Time: 1:30PM - 2:30PM 
•  Speakers:
  • Fred Shapiro, DO: A simple cataract under MAC and block in a freestanding ASC: the ENT surgeon states do not manipulate the airway?
  • Richard Urman, MD, MBA, FASA: An ASA 3 patient is booked in your office practice for an all-day case
  • Niraja Rajan, MBBS, FASA: I can’t believe this is happening in the ASC: unusual situations and their solutions
  • Steven Butz, MD, FASA: Pediatric patient with multiple comorbidities: when does an ASA 2 patient become an ASA 3? 

• Location: 25ABC, Upper Level | Time: 1:30PM - 2:30PM
• Speaker:
  • BobbieJean Sweitzer, MD, SAMBA-F, FACP, FASA: Optimal high-value anesthesia care starts before the day of surgery

• Location: Ballroom 6A, Upper Level | Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM
• Speaker:
  • Kenneth Cummings, MD, DFPM, MS, FASA: My cystectomy patient has a bifascicular block, now what?