ASA 2026
Date postedAugust 17, 2026
Below is a list of sessions being led by SAMBA members at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2026. This is not an inclusive list. If you are a SAMBA member and we missed you, please contact us to have your session added.
Saturday, October 17th, 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
- WS814. ASA Diagnostic POCUS Certificate Part 2 Workshop: Gastric Ultrasound Image Acquisition
- Location: Ballroom 6C, Upper Level | Time: 10:30AM - 12:00PM
- Faculty: Sivasenthil Arumugam, MD, FASA and Hari Kalagara, MD, FCARCSI
- WS818. Advanced Ultrasound Guided Interfascial Plane, Paraspinal and Neuraxial Blocks
- Location: 6E, Upper Level | Time: 10:30AM - 12:00PM
- Moderator: Sivasenthil Arumugam, MD, FASA
- Faculty: Hari Kalagara, MD, FCARCSI
- CF105. The Limits of ASC and Office-Based Anesthesia and Surgery: Case Discussions by SAMBA Experts
- 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?
- RCL103 - Optimal High-Value Anesthesia Care Starts Before the Day of Surgery
- 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
- PN117 - Preoperative Conundrums: How Do We Know When It's Safe to Proceed With 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?
Sunday, October 18th, 2026
- RCL203. Live Scanning - Advanced Neuraxial Sonography: Live Scanning Techniques for Paravertebral Blocks, Epidurals, and Spinals.
- Location: 30AB, Upper Level | 8:00AM - 9:00AM
- Moderator: Hari Kalagara, MD, FCARCSI
- PN210. Precision in Practice: Regional Anesthesia for Outpatient Surgery
- Location: 31AB, Upper Level | 9:15AM - 10:15AM
- Speakers:
- Matthew Thames, MD: Precision in Practice: Regional Anesthesia for Outpatient Surgery
- Alberto Ardon, MD, FASA: Same but Different: Regional Anesthesia in the Ambulatory Setting
- Hanae Tokita, MD, FASA: Why Regional is Critical in the Ambulatory Patient Population
- Ashley Shilling, MD: Risks of Regional Complications in the Ambulatory Setting
- PN214. Pediatric Ambulatory Anesthesia: Brain, Behavior, and Biology in a Changing Landscape
- Location: 4, Upper Level | 10:30AM - 11:30AM
- Moderator: Audra Webber, MD, FASA
- Speakers:
- Kumar Belani, MBBS, MS, FAAP, FACA, SAMBA-F: GLP-1 Agonists and Children: It’s Already Happening!
- Steven Butz, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F: Quick Turnovers, Complex Behaviors: A Clinical Balancing Act!
- Chhaya Patel, MD, SAMBA-F: One Exposure, Many Questions: Neurotoxicity and Anesthesia in Kids!
- RCL207. All You Need to Know About the ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm
- Location: 31AB, Upper Level | 10:30AM - 11:30AM
- Speaker:
- Basem Abdelmalak, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F: All You Need to Know About the ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm
- SPE23. International Forum I: Challenges and Successes With Ambulatory Anesthesia: Global Perspectives
- Location: 32AB, Upper Level | 2:45PM - 3:45PM
- Moderator: Basem Abdelmalak, MD, FASA
- PN231. Are You Prepared for Code ASC: Anticipate and Act, Stabilize, Command – Leading Crisis in Ambulatory Anesthesia
- Location: 10, Upper Level | 2:45PM - 3:45PM
- Speakers:
- Mark Phillips, MD, FASA: Code Facility: Building ASC Resilience and Response to OR Fire, Oxygen/Power Failure, and Active Shooter Threat Events
- Sher-Lu Pai, MD, FASA: From Recognition to Resolution: Advanced Malignant Hyperthermia and Anaphylaxis Management in Resource-Limited Ambulatory Surgery Settings
- SUB03. SAMBA Panel: Expert Answers to Your Toughest Clinical, Quality, Regulatory, and Operations Questions in Ambulatory and Office-Based Anesthesiology
- Location: 5AB, Upper Level | 4:00PM - 5:00PM
- Moderator: Chhaya Patel, MD, SAMBA-F
- Speakers:
- Arnaldo Valedon, MD: Quality Questions
- Kumar Belani, MBBS, MS, SAMBA-F, FAAP, FACA: Clinical Questions
- Meghan Valach, MD: Regulatory and Operations Questions
Monday, October 19th, 2026
- PN302. Frontiers of Ambulatory Anesthesia: Transforming Care Through New Technologies, Medications, and Procedures
- Location: 11A, Upper Level | 9:15AM - 10:15AM
- Speakers:
- Sher-Lu Pai, MD, FASA: Frontiers of Ambulatory Anesthesia: Transforming Care Through New Technologies, Medications, and Procedures
- Kenneth Cummings, MD, DFPM, MS, FASA: Advances in Ambulatory Anesthesia Pharmacology: Novel and Repurposed Medications
- WS826. Regional Anesthesia for Trauma and Burns: Choose Wisely
- Location: Ballroom 6E, Upper Level | 9:15AM - 10:45AM
- Alberto Ardon, MD, FASA: Brachial Plexus Block: Superior Trunk Block/Costoclavicular Brachial Plexus Block/Superficial Cervical Plexus Block
- PN311. Ambulatory Anesthesia News: A Review of Noteworthy Literature Published Within the Last Year in Ambulatory Anesthesia
- Location: 11A, Upper Level | 10:30AM - 11:30AM
- Speakers:
- Jaime Hyman, MD: Patient-Centered Outcomes in Ambulatory Anesthesia
- Kathryn Bridges, MD, FASA: Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA)
- Sylvia Wilson, MD: Regional Anesthesia
- Steven Butz, MD, FASA: Pediatric Anesthesia
- PN334. Advancing Care for Geriatric Patients in Ambulatory Surgery Settings
- Location: 4, Upper Level | 2:45PM - 3:45PM
- Speakers:
- Mary Ann Vann, MD: Ambulatory Anesthesia in Older Adults: Proceed with Caution
- Sher-Lu Pai, MD, FASA: Faster Recovery and Safer Outcomes: Ambulatory Anesthesia is the Best Choice for Geriatric Patients
- RCL307. Anesthesiologist Injury Prevention Promotes Health, Well-Being, and Maintains the Workforce
- Location: 11B, Upper Level | 4:00PM - 5:00PM
- Speaker:
- Mary Ann Vann, MD, FASA: Anesthesiologist Injury Prevention Promotes Health, Well-Being, and Maintains the Workforce
- FC305. When There’s No Way Out Move Forward: Solution-Oriented Approach to Ambulatory Anesthesia Dilemmas
- Location: 23ABC, Upper Level | 1:30PM - 2:30PM
- Moderator: Kelly Lebak, MD, FASA
- Speakers:
- Jihye Ha, MD: Intraop: How to continue surgery in the face of obstacles
- Niraja Rajan, MBBS, FASA: Postop: How to send a patient home safely and when not to
- Atul Gupta, MB: Preop: How to Proceed With a Case That Begs to be Cancelled
- PN318. Margins of Care: Medicolegal Challenges in Ambulatory and NORA Practice
- Location: 4, Upper Lever | 1:30PM - 2:30PM
- Moderator: Kara Barnett, MD, FASA
- Speaker:
- Conrad Myler, MD: DNR in the Day-Case Era: Respect, Risk, and Reasoned Plan
- Olga Cornovitsky, MD, FASA: When Resources Tighten: The Ethics of Rationing for NORA
- Kathryn Bridges, MD, FASA: No Ride, No Home, No Problem? Caring for Socially Vulnerable Ambulatory Patient
Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
- PN405. Expanding the Scope of Preoperative Optimization - You Can Do That in a Preoperative Clinic?
- Location: 11A, Upper Lever | 8:00AM - 9:00AM
- Moderator: Kenneth Cummings, MD, MS, FASA, DFPM
- PN429. Metabolic and Endocrine Pitfalls in Ambulatory Anesthesia: When to Proceed and When to Pause
- Location: 11A, Upper Lever | 1:00PM - 2:00PM
- Moderator: Jaime Hyman, MD
- Speakers:
- Bobbiejean Sweitzer, MD, SAMBA-F, FACP, FASA: Is hyponatremia really a problem in the perioperative period?
- Kara Barnett, MD, FASA: Hypothyroidism at the Ambulatory Site: When Is It Safe to Proceed?