Stanford Advanced Airway Management Course

Saturday, March 26, 2022, 7:00 AM - Sunday, March 27, 2022, 4:30 PM, Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge (LKSC), Palo Alto, CA

This comprehensive, multidisciplinary, state-of-the-art course offers airway training to a national and international audience. It provides participants with the essential evidence-based knowledge and technical skills to manage anticipated and unanticipated difficult airway in the operating room, emergency department, and intensive care unit as well as in diverse clinical settings. The conference will integrate various educational formats including extensive hands-on practice at the stations, didactic lectures, immersive simulation workshops, Lunch and Learn sessions, and expert panel discussions. The course is ideally suited for the anesthesiologists, critical care, emergency medicine, and ENT physicians.

ATTENTION: 
In order to register and attend the Stanford Advanced Airway Management Course, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, (including a booster vaccination).  The format of the course includes small, hands-on groups, working very closely with each other.  Due to the inability to maintain social distancing, we are requiring that attendees are vaccinated.

All attendees must wear a mask when indoors.

All visitors need to complete the Daily COVID-19 Health Attestation Form, found here, on the same day they plan to visit a Stanford campus, and prior to their arrival. 

Do not attend the event if:

• You are experiencing, or within 10 days prior to the event, have experienced signs and symptoms of COVID-10
• Have been exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19
• Have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and are not yet cleared by the health care team responsible for your treatment.

Registration fee includes course materials, certificate of participation, breakfast and lunch.

Early Bird
Physician/CRNA: $1195 
Stanford Affiliated Physician/CRNA: $900
Non-Stanford Resident/Fellows: $900

After 02/26/2022
Physician/CRNA: $1295 
Stanford Affiliated Physician/CRNA: $900
Non-Stanford Resident/Fellows: $900

Special Rates
Returning Learners: $800
International Groups (5 or more): $800
*Prior to registering, please review the Stanford guidelines on international travel here. 
*Please contact Melissa Schwartz at [email protected] for more information on obtaining special rates.

If you need registration assistance, please email [email protected]. Be sure to register with an email address that you check frequently. Your email address is used for critical information, including registration confirmation, evaluation, and certificate.

STAP-eligible employees can use STAP funds towards the registration fees for this activity.  Complete the STAP Reimbursement Request Form and submit to your department administrator. 


Bring Your Own Case to the 2022 Conference:
As an attendee of the Stanford Advanced Airway Management Course, you have the opportunity to submit a challenging airway case for potential presentation at the 2022 conference. The course director and co-directors will select three winners for presentation and discussion by a panel of experts.

Submit your case here.

 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (17.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (17.00 hours)

1. Integrate into practice effective approaches and strategies for predicting and managing difficult airway, per latest evidence-based medicine data.
2. Apply advanced oxygenation techniques, such as Transnasal Humidified Rapid-Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange (THRIVE).
3. Develop skills for alternative ventilation and oxygenation strategies using supraglottic airway (SGA) devices, flexible scope-assisted SGA-endotracheal tube exchange, and emergency front of neck access (eFONA)
4. Enhance crisis resources management (CRM) skills.
5. Determine proper patient selection and preparation for awake flexible scope intubation (FSI).

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

 
Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 17.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received in writing no less than 20 days before the course will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Please send cancellation requests to [email protected].

Stanford University School of Medicine reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the CME Conference Coordinator.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health

For activity related questions, please contact
     Name: Melissa Schwartz
     Title: Events Project Manager
     Email: [email protected]

For CME general questions, please contact 
     Email: [email protected]

Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education (SCCME) is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for event attendees and staff members.  SCCME’s decisions and preventive measures will be guided by the requirements and recommendations of Stanford, as well as any federal, state, and local health authorities.  We will continue to monitor the evolving situation and guidelines. 

The responsibility of a safe and healthy environment is shared among SCCME, the venue, and all event attendees.  All attendees are expected to adhere to and abide by the safety measures below, to protect against the spread of COVID-19. 

*Important information for visitors traveling to Stanford Campus, including international visitors: https://healthalerts.stanford.edu/covid-19/visitors/

All visitors need to complete the Daily COVID-19 Health Attestation Form, found here, on the same day they plan to visit a Stanford campus, and prior to their arrival.

Conference Location
Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge
291 Campus Drive
2nd Floor Conference Center 
Stanford, CA
Phone: 650-725-6884

Nearby Hotels
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Visiting Stanford
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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Medicine adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Course Planning Team

Course Director
Vladimir Nekhendzy, MD
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and, by courtesy, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Stanford Advanced Airway Management Program
Past President, Society for Head and Neck Anesthesia

Course Co-Directors
Edward Damrose, MD
Professor of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Laryngology and Laryngeal Surgery

Amit Saxena, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology


Guest Faculty

Elizabeth Behringer, MD
Cardiac Surgical Intensivist-Anesthesiologist
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery & Critical Care
Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles
Past President, Society for Airway Management
Executive Director, World Alliance for Airway Management

David Cattano, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Anesthesia Service Chief for Head and Neck Surgery
McGovern Medical School, UTHealth
Houston, TX

Jeremy Collins, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Executive Vice Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Irene Osborn, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Neuroanesthesia
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY