Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists(SCA) 3rd Annual Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium

There have been many recent advances in anesthesia for non-cardiac thoracic surgery including, but not limited to, lung isolation techniques in patients with difficult airways, prevention of hypoxemia during one-lung ventilation and management of minimally invasive and robotic lung surgery.
Discussions with attendees at recent anesthesia meetings and a survey of course evaluations have identified these areas as professional practice gaps and this program of continuing education is designed to address the knowledge and performance deficiencies in these areas.
Anesthesia for thoracic surgery is not a separate subspecialty but is commonly included within the subspecialty of cardiovascular anesthesia. However, many clinicians who provide anesthesia for thoracic surgery do not provide cardiac anesthesia and a large proportion of thoracic surgery is performed in hospitals that do not do cardiac surgery.
There has not been an adequate forum at national specialty or subspecialty anesthesia meetings to allow these practitioners to keep pace with the advances in thoracic anesthesia. This program is designed to be an update and review of thoracic anesthesia for both anesthesiologists who practice and those who do not practice cardiac anesthesia.