Oakstone Perioperative Management 2025
This online CME course — created by the established leader in perioperative medicine specifically for clinicians who provide patient care before, during, and after surgery — delivers current and concise knowledge ideally suited to improving patient outcomes through perioperative evaluation, intraoperative management, and postoperative care.
Perioperative Management is based on an examination of evidence-based, peer-reviewed literature, recent research, course participant feedback, and input from colleagues inside and outside Johns Hopkins. Speakers deliver the most up-to-date knowledge in a series of 50 expert continuing medical education lectures and eight informative Q&A sessions.
Topics / Speakers
Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Testing – Ilan Wittstein, MD
Prevention and Treatment of Perioperative Myocardial Injury – Nauder Faraday, MD, MPH
Perioperative Management of Patients with Cardiomyopathy – Todd Dorman, MD, MCCM, FSACME
Preoperative Evaluation – Optimized, Not Cleared – Lenny Feldman, MD
Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion – Faculty
Perioperative Management of Patients on Anti-Platelet Therapy – Nauder Faraday, MD, MPH
Perioperative Management of Patients on Vitamin K Antagonists and Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) – Nauder Faraday, MD, MPH
Preoperative Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Heart Failure – Ilan Wittstein, MD
Preoperative Management of the Patient with “New ECG Abnormalities” – Ilan Wittstein, MD
Practical Interpretation and Perioperative Implications of an ECHO Report – MaryBeth Brady, MD
Preoperative Lab Testing – Choosing Wisely – Lee Goeddel, MD, MPH
Resolving Common Perioperative Conundrums – The Role of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) – Stephanie Cha, MD
Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion – Faculty
Preoperative Pulmonary Risk Assessment and Testing – Peter Rock, MD, MBA, FCCM
Perioperative Management of the Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension – Megan Kostibas, MD
Management of Perioperative Anemia, Transfusion, and Bleeding – Nauder Faraday, MD, MPH
Burnout and the Role of Gender, Race, and Micro-aggressions – J. Bryan Sexton, PhD
Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion – Faculty
Work-Life Integration – Measuring and Understanding Health Care Worker Well-Being – J. Bryan Sexton, PhD
Perioperative Respiratory Insufficiency – Mechanisms and Management – Peter Rock, MD, MBA, FCCM
Perioperative Management of the Patient with Pacemakers and ICDs – Ilan Wittstein, MD
Perioperative Considerations of COVID – Megan Kostibas, MD
Perioperative Hypotension – Todd Dorman, MD, MCCM, FSACME
Incidence, Implications, and Management of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation – Stephanie Cha, MD
Managing the Difficulty Airway – Updated ASA Guidelines – Laeben Lester, MD
“It’s only a sedation case…” – Strategies to Prevent a Cardiopulmonary Catastrophe – Laeben Lester, MD
Controversial Debates – Navigating Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) – Megan Kostibas, MD and Stephanie Cha, MD
Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion – Faculty
Perioperative Management of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia – Lenny Feldman, MD
Perioperative Renal Dysfunction – Derek Fine, MD
Acute Pain Management – Limiting Narcotics through Multimodal Analgesia – Kara G. Segna, MD
Prevention and Treatment of Surgical Site Infections – Pamela Lipsett, MD, MHPE, FACS, FCCM
Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion – Faculty
Preventing, Identifying, and Managing Common Healthcare Associated Infections – Pamela Lipsett, MD, MHPE, FACS, FCCM
Perioperative Management of the Patient with Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Peter Rock, MD, MBA, FCCM
Case-Based Perioperative Care of the Patient with Diabetes/Hyperglycemia – Lenny Feldman, MD
Perioperative Management of Hyponatremia and Other Electrolyte Abnormalities – Derek Fine, MD
Perioperative Management of the Patient with Chronic Opioid Use Disorder – Methadone, Buprenorphine, and More – Kara G. Segna, MD
Perioperative Management of the Pregnant Patient for Non-Obstetrical Surgery – Kara G. Segna, MD
Perioperative Management of Cannabis – Kara G. Segna, MD
Perioperative Management of Steroids, Biologics and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors – Lenny Feldman, MD
Perioperative Fluid Management – Pamela Lipsett, MD, MHPE, FACS, FCCM
Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion – Faculty
Perioperative DVT and Pulmonary Embolism – Nauder Faraday, MD, MPH
Post-Operative Delirium – Prevention and Treatment – Frederick E. Sieber, MD
Identifying and Managing Risks in Ambulatory Surgery Patients – Tina Tran, MD
Caring for the Liver Patient Undergoing Non-Liver Transplant Surgery – Aliaksei Pustavoitau, MD, MPH
Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion – Faculty
Improving Perioperative Quality and Safety through System and Culture Change – J. Bryan Sexton, PhD
Implementing Programs to Enhance Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) – Aliaksei Pustavoitau, MD, MPH
Managing End of Life Care in Surgical Patients – Pamela Lipsett, MD, MHPE, FACS, FCCM
Prehabilitation of the Frail Patient – Frederick E. Sieber, MD
Looking into the Future – Anesthesia Workforce Trends – Frederick E. Sieber, MD
Improving the Quality of Sepsis Care – Todd Dorman, MD, MCCM, FSACME
ERAS for Ambulatory Surgery – Tina Tran, MD
New Monitoring Devices for the OR – Neurologic, Hemodynamic, and More – Lee Goeddel, MD, MPH
Continuous Physiologic Monitoring Outside the OR – Why, Which One, Where, and for Whom? – Lee Goeddel, MD, MPH
Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion – Faculty
Date of Original Release: May 15, 2025
Date Credits Expire: May 14, 2028
Price: $30
