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Educational Objectives: To provide the latest information on alternatives to blood transfusions, and current technological and pharmaceutical advances in non-blood medical management.


Target Audience: Physicians, nurses, clinicians, allied health care professionals and those with an interest in non-blood medical management.

Program

8:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.


Registration and Light Breakfast

10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.


Welcome and Introduction

Patricia A. Ford, M.D.

Medical Director, Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital;
Director, Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Program, Pennsylvania Hospital


10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.


Neurosurgery Without Blood – A Standard of Care


Peter D. LeRoux, M.D.,
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery,
Pennsylvania Hospital

10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Question & Answer

11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution (ANH) – A Valuable Technique for Tomorrow’s Surgeon

David G. Nazarian, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery,
University of Pennsylvania Health System; Director,
Hip Replacement, 3B Orthopedic, Pennsylvania Hospital

11:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.


Question & Answer


11:45 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.


Wound Healing and Hemostasis for the Bloodless Patient


Julia Goodkind, RN, BSN

Baxter BioScience

12:05 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.


Question & Answer


12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.




1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.






Blood Management – A Standard of Care


Richard K. Spence, M.D.


2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Question & Answer

2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.


Bloodless Pelvic Reconstruction Surgery – Minimally Invasive and Cell Salvage Techniques


Nathan Guerette, M.D.

Director of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital; Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania

3:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.


Question & Answer


3:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Treating Blood Diseases – Management Without Blood

Patricia A. Ford, M.D.
Medical Director, Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital;
Director, Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Program, Pennsylvania Hospital

3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Question & Answer

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Symposium is FREE of charge through an educational grant and private donations to The Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at PaH.



To Register Please Call: (888) 451-6060 or (800) 789-PENN (7366)

Attached Files

11 12 05 Symposium Program.doc (93.0 KB, 17 views)

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