PANA Symposium Pictures

University of Pennsylvania SRNAs: This years winners of the College Bowl.

In this picture with the students, are Program Director Maria Magro and AANA President Jim Walker.
College Bowl Winners - UofP



If you've photos that you would like to share, please forward them to the webmaster. Chester Wei, CRNA has shared some excellent photos he spent the weekend taking. The photos will load automatically if you have Flash loaded. Click on the photos to advance, or allow them to change at their own pace.PANA Photographer, Chester Wei, CRNA

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PANA Symposia Agenda

Thursday, April 8, 2010—5 CE Credits

4:00-7:00 Registration Garden Terrace Lobby
5:00-7:00 Welcome Reception Garden Terrace Lobby

Garden Terrace Ballroom—Recertification Course

5:00-10:00 ACLS, BCLS, and PALS Recertification—Judith Haluka, BS, RCIS and Mary Carolyn Nash, RN, CEN, EMT-P

Starlight Terrace Room—Educational Lectures

4:00-7:00 Registration Garden Terrace Lobby
5:00-6:00 Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: Physiology of Hemostatic Resuscitation—Samantha Zambotti, SRNA & Nancy Dines, SRNA
6:00-7:00 Substance People: The Human Impact on Anesthesia Delivery—Angelarosa DiDonato CCRN, SRNA
7:00-8:00 ASA Guidelines for the Perioperative Management of Pacemakers and AICDs—Margaret Preston, SRNA
8:00-9:00 Cardiac Stents and Anesthesia—Ashley Fedan, SRNA
9:00-10:00 Question & Answer—Student Speakers

Friday, April 9, 2010—11 CE Credits

6:30-8:30 Registration Garden Terrace Lobby and Breakfast Circular Dining Room

Garden Terrace Ballroom—Educational Lectures

6:45-7:00 Welcome—Diana Davidson, CRNA, PANA President
7:00-9:00 New Clinical Guidance on Surgical Fire Prevention and Management—Albert L. de Richemond, M.S., P.E.
9:00-10:00 Anesthesia Outcomes: Your Actions Can Have Lasting Consequences—Kenneth C. Plitt, CRNA, MBA

10:00-10:15 Break Garden Terrace Lobby

10:15-11:15 Current Initiatives of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation: Implications for CRNAs—Kenneth C. Plitt, CRNA, MBA & Maria Magro, CRNA, MS, MSN
11:15-12:15 Past and Present Applications of High Frequency Jet Ventilation: Does Ontogeny Recapitulate Phylogeny?—Joseph S. Goode, Jr., MSN, CRNA
12:15-1:15 Anesthesia Considerations with Morbid Obesity: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly—Art Zwerling, CRNA, DNP, DAAPM

1:15-2:15 Lunch Circular Dining Room and Fountain Lobby

2:15-4:00 Break from Educational Sessions

2:15-4:00 PANA Board Meeting—PANA Board of Directors Tea House Room

4:00-7:00 Registration Garden Terrace Lobby

5:00-8:00 Welcome Reception with Vendors Castilian Room and Mezzanine

Garden Terrace Ballroom—Recertification Course

5:00-10:00 ACLS, BCLS, and PALS Recertification—Judith Haluka, BS, RCIS and Mary Carolyn Nash, RN, CEN, EMT-P

Starlight Terrace Room—Review Course

5:00-10:00 Anesthesia Review Course—Howard F. Armour, CRNA, MS

Saturday, April 10, 2010—6 CE Credits

6:00-7:00 Wellness Walk ‘n’ Talk—sponsored by PANA Wellness Committee—meet at registration desk to begin
6:30-8:30 Registration Garden Terrace Lobby and Breakfast Circular Dining Room

Garden Terrace Ballroom—Educational Lectures; Simulcast Available in the Starlight Terrace Room

6:45-7:00 Welcome—Guy Hornig, CRNA, MS, PANA President Elect
7:00-9:00 Three’s Company: Exploring Current and Future Perspectives in Nurse Anesthesia Education, Credentialing and Professional Development—Francis Gerbasi, CRNA, PhD, Karen Plaus, PhD, CRNA, FAAN, John Preston, CRNA, DNSc
9:00-10:00 Fatigue: Are You Tired?—James Walker, CRNA, DNP
10:00-10:15 Break Castilian Room and Mezzanine
10:15-11:15 AANA Update—James Walker, CRNA, DNP
11:15-12:15 PANA State Update and Open Forum, Meeting to Vote on Bylaw Amendment—PANA Board of Directors
12:15-1:15 Question & Answer Session—PANA Board of Directors
1:15-2:15 Lunch Circular Dining Room and Fountain Lobby
2:15-4:00 College Bowl
4:00-5:00 RISK: Substance Abuse and Anesthesia, an Intercollegiate Presentation
7:00-11:00 Party With a Purpose—to benefit PANA PAC

Sunday, April 11, 2010—5 CE Credits

6:30-8:30 Registration Garden Terrace Lobby and Breakfast Circular Dining Room

Garden Terrace Ballroom—Educational Lectures

7:45-8:00 Welcome—James Woomer, CRNA, MSN, PANA Vice President
8:00-9:00 Kick Aspiration: New Tools for an Old Problem—Andrew Teich, CRNA, MS
9:00-10:00 New Frontiers in Anesthesia Ventilation—Brent A. Dunworth, MSN, CRNA
10:00-12:15 Health Care Reform—Presentations and Roundtable Discussion—Representative Steven Barrar; James Woomer, CRNA, MSN; Brent A. Dunworth, MSN, CRNA
10:00-10:15 Break Garden Terrace Lobby