2026 California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) Annual Conference and Board of Directors Meeting

2026 California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) Annual Conference and Board of Directors Meeting is organized by California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) and will be held from Apr 09 - 12, 2026 at Disneyland Resort Hotel, Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, California, United States of America.

Global Educational Learning Objectives: 
1. Delineate options for anesthesia management in patients with chronic pain conditions or substance use disorders. 
2. Outline factors contributing to nerve injury related to peripheral nerve blockade. 
3. Understand the ethical implications related to anesthesia and ICU management in patients nearing end of life. 
4. Develop safe management plans for patients with cardiovascular diseases including carotid stenosis, MINS, and unstable hemodynamic states. 
5. Identify optimal situations in which POC coagulation monitoring facilitates appropriate transfusion therapy. 
6. Outline steps needed to develop a center - specific PBM program. 
7. Discuss key patient safety areas including concerns specific to NORA and ERAS 
8. Recognize the role EEG and processed EEG have in anesthesia and critical care patient management. 
. Explain safe management strategies for patients with pulmonary embolism, septic shock, or aortic stenosis. 
10. Delineate key aspects of peripartum management that contribute to safe, patient centric anesthesia care. 
11. Differentiate pediatric patients for whom regional anesthesia will be beneficial. 
12. Evaluate innovations in pediatric NORA care. 
13. Explore the evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) use in preoperative risk evaluation.
14. Examine AI - based preoperative tool use in the real - world. 
15. Identify practical applications of AI in anesthesiology, across short and longer time horizons, in the context of the current healthcare workforce and economic climate. 
16. Understand how AI may impact different practice models uniquely and similarly, and why