2026 Annual Meeting
Friday, November 13, 2026
to Saturday, November 14, 2026
Registration is Now Open!
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AAAC Concurrent Session
Friday, November 13
| 7:00 – 8:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 8:05am | Introduction / Welcome Cynthia A. Lien, MD |
| 8:05 – 10:00am | Money Missions and Academic Infrastructure Moderator: Lisa Leffert, MD |
| 8:05 – 8:30am | Institutional Funds Flow Warren S. Sandberg, MD, PhD |
| 8:30 – 8:40am | Q&A |
| 8:40 – 9:10am | Granting Research Time and Funding Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA |
| 9:10 – 9:20am | Q&A |
| 9:20 – 9:50am | Options for (or Approaches to) Assigning Non-Clinical Time |
| Approach 1: Afternoons Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MBA |
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| Approach 2 Rebecca A. Aslakson, MD, PhD, FAAHPM, FCCM |
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| Approach 3 Brian Bateman, MD, MSc |
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| 9:50 – 10:00am | Q&A |
| 10:00 – 10:30am | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:45am | Building and Sustaining Your Faculty Moderator: Rebecca A. Aslakson, MD, PhD, FAAHPM, FCCM |
| 10:30 – 10:35am | Introduction |
| 10:35 – 10:55am | Faculty Recruitment Andrew Leiberwitz, MD |
| 10:55 – 11:15am | Faculty Development Resources (Using Internal and External Resources for Faculty Development) John D. Mitchell, MD |
| 11:15 – 11:35am | The ABA Alternate Entry Pathway Jill M. Mhyre, MD |
| 11:35 – 11:45am | Q&A/Panel Discussion |
| 11:45 – 1:10pm | Box Lunch (Ticket Required) & Business Meeting |
| 11:45 – 12:45pm | Box Lunch (Ticket Required) and Networking |
| 11:45 – 12:45pm | AAAC Women’s Luncheon (Ticket Required) |
| 12:45 – 1:10pm | AAAC Business Meeting & Introduction of All New and Interim Chairs Moderator: Cynthia A. Lien, MD |
| 1:10 – 1:45pm | 2026 SAAAPM Salary Survey Results Preview: Surprises, Trends, and Initial Analysis Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MBA |
| 1:45 – 1:55pm | Q&A |
| 1:55 – 3:20pm | Coaching, Culture, and Strategies for Success Moderator: Luis E. Tolliche, MD, FASA |
| 1:55 – 2:15pm | Coaching for Faculty Karen Souter, MB, BS, PCC, FRCA, MACM |
| 2:15 – 2:35pm | Managing Up: A Critical Skill for the Successful Chairmanship Michael C. Lewis, MD, FASA |
| 2:35 – 2:55pm | Managing Problematic Physicians Keith Candiotti, MD |
| 2:55 – 3:10pm | Managing the Results of an Internal Departmental Review Dan Berkowitz, MB, BCh |
| 3:10 – 3:20pm | Q&A |
| 3:20 – 3:40pm | Break |
| 3:40 – 4:00pm | ACGME/RC Update Timothy R. Long, MD Cheryl Gross, MA, CAE |
| 4:00 – 4:10pm | Q&A |
| 4:10 – 5:00pm | Protecting Patients, Faculty and the Department: Diversion of Controlled Substances |
| 5:30 – 7:30pm | SAAAPM Reception |
AACPD Concurrent Session
Friday, November 13
| 7:00 – 8:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 8:05am | Introduction / Welcome Andrea Dutoit, MD |
| 8:05 – 9:05am | Remediation Panel Moderator: Emily L. Stebbins, MD |
| 8:05 – 8:10am | Overview Emily L. Stebbins, MD |
| 8:10 – 8:30am | Focused Action Plan vs. Remediation Plan Melissa L. Davidson, MD, MHPE |
| 8:30 – 8:50am | Coaching Struggling Learners Ellen Kaplan, MEd |
| 8:50 – 9:05am | Q&A |
| 9:05 – 9:15am | Move to Breakouts |
| 9:15 – 10:15am | Breakouts (Select 1) |
| Breakout 1: New Program Director Roundtable Opportunity for Program Directors in their first three years to discuss common challenges, network and share resources. Jed T. Wolpaw, MD, MEd |
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| Breakout 2: Associate Program Directors Opportunity to discuss common challenges, network and share resources related to the Associate Program Director role. Susan M. Martinelli, MD, FASA Crystal Manohar, MD, MBA, FASA |
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| Breakout 3: Challenges that Veteran PDs Have Faced Opportunity for veteran Program Directors to discuss common challenges, network and share resources. Timothy W. Martin, MD, MBA |
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| Breakout 4: Community Programs Opportunity for Community Programs to discuss common challenges, network and share resources. |
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| Breakout 5: Application Screening and Interviewing Opportunity to discuss application screening and interviewing approaches. Andrea Dutoit, MD Bryan Mahoney, MD |
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| 10:15 – 10:30am | Break / Move Back to General Session |
| 10:30 – 11:30am |
Good Advice from Your Peers |
| 11:30 – 11:45am | Business Meeting Moderator: Andrea Dutoit, MD |
| 11:45am – 12:45pm | Box Lunch (Ticket Required) and Networking |
| 12:45 – 3:00pm | Annual Updates (with AAPAE & Clerkship Directors) Moderator: Andrea Dutoit, MD |
| 12:45 – 1:15pm | ACGME Update Timothy R. Long, MD Cheryl Gross, MA, CAE |
| 1:15 – 1:30pm | Q&A |
| 1:30 – 2:00pm | ABA/ITE Update John E. Fiadjoe, MD Mohammed Minhaj, MD, MBA Michele Pore, MBA, CAE |
| 2:00 – 2:15pm | Q&A |
| 2:15 – 2:25pm | ERAS Signaling Andrea Dutoit, MD |
| 2:25 – 2:45pm | ERAS-Thalamus Update |
| 2:45 – 3:00pm | Q&A |
| 3:00 – 3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30 – 5:00pm | Everything You Wanted to Know Moderator: Bryan Mahoney, MD |
| 5:30 – 7:30pm | SAAAPM Reception |
AASPD Concurrent Session
Friday, November 13
| 7:00 – 8:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 8:05am | Welcome and Announcements Moderator: Lynn R. Kohan, MD |
| 8:05 – 9:00am | Faculty Development as a Sustainability Strategy for Fellowship Programs (Details) Moderator: Kimberly Youngren, MD |
| 8:05 – 8:20am | Building the Educational Team: Moving Beyond the Solo Program Director or Building the Educational Team: Creating a Sustainable Faculty Model Benjamin D. Morley, MD |
| 8:20 – 8:35am | Supporting the Educational Team: Demonstrating Value and Securing Time Erin Hennessey, MD, MEHP |
| 8:35 – 8:50am | Aligning the Educational Team: Creating Consistency Across Faculty and Site Alex Bautista, MD |
| 8:50 – 9:00am | Q&A |
| 9:00 – 10:00am | When Things Go Sideways: High Risk Trainee Situations Every Subspecialty PD Faces Moderator: Alex Bautista, MD |
| 9:00 – 9:15am | The Fellowship Pressure Cooker: Boards, Moves, and The Job Hunt in 12 Months Albert Tsai, MD |
| 9:15 – 9:30am | Mistreatment, Harassment, and Boundary Violations in Training Environments Melissa L. Davidson, MD, MHPE |
| 9:30 – 9:45am | The “Almost There” Fellow: Borderline Competency & Graduation Decisions: When a Fellow is Technically Passing, but Not Practice-Ready Brett Elmore, MD |
| 9:45 – 10:00am | Q&A |
| 10:00 – 10:20am | Break |
| 10:20 – 11:05am | Breakout Block 1 (Select 1) |
| Breakout 1: The Struggling Learner – Practical Remediation That Holds Up Dalia Elmofty, MD T.J. Lockhart, MD, FASA |
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| Breakout 2: Teaching Across Generations – Professionalism, Expectations, and Conflict Alex Bautista, MD Babar Fiza, MD |
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| Breakout 3: Artificial Intelligence in Education and Clinical Practice: Immediate, Responsible Applications for Training Programs Emily E. Sharpe, MD Brian F.S. Allen, MD, FASA, FASRA |
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| Breakout 4: Well-Being Under Pressure – Structural Solutions, Not Platitudes Albert Tsai, MD |
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| 11:05 – 11:15am | Move to Breakout Block 2 |
| 11:15 – 12:00pm | Breakout Block 2 (Select 1) Repeat of Block 1 + New PDs/APDs Session |
| Breakout 5: New PDs/APDs Session Kimberly M. Youngren, MD Jai Madhok, MD, MSE |
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| 12:00 – 1:00pm | Box Lunch (Ticket Required) & Networking |
| 1:00 – 1:20pm | AASPD Business Meeting Moderator: Lynn R. Kohan, MD |
| 1:20 – 2:15pm | Updates from the Subspecialties Moderator: Lynn R. Kohan, MD |
| Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine | |
| Pediatric Cardiac | |
| Pediatric Marco Corridore, MD |
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| Pain Medicine Trent Emerick, MD |
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| Obstetric Stephanie K. Woodward, MD |
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| Critical Care Medicine Nazish Hashmi, MBBS |
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| Adult Cardiothoracic | |
| 2:15 – 2:45pm | Break |
| 2:45 – 5:30pm | Subspecialty Breakout Sessions |
| Adult Cardiothoracic | |
| Critical Care Medicine Babar Fiza, MD Jai Madhok, MD, MSE Nazish Hashmi, MBBS |
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| Obstetric Stephanie K. Woodard, MD Emily E. Sharpe, MD |
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| Pain Medicine Trent Emerick, MD |
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| Pediatric Marco Corridore, MD |
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| Pediatric Cardiac | |
| Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine | |
| 5:30 – 7:30pm | SAAAPM Reception |
AASPD Breakout Session
Saturday, November 14
| 12:30 – 1:00pm | ACGME Updates Timothy R. Long, MD Cheryl Gross, MA, CAE |
| 1:00 – 1:30pm | ABA Updates John E. Fiadjoe, MD Mohammed Minhaj, MD, MBA Michele Pore, MBA, CAE |
| 1:30 – 2:30pm | Strengthening Academic Fellowship Training: A Dialogue with the ASA Committee on Academic Anesthesiology |
AAPAE Concurrent Session
Friday, November 13
| 7:00 – 8:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 8:15am | Introduction / Welcome / Business Meeting Moderator: Erin M. Wood, MS, C-TAGME |
| 8:15 – 9:00am | The Amy Miller Juve Keynote Address: “Will it Help You Beat the Reaper?” Dr. Sariya Saabye |
| 9:00 – 9:15am | Break / Setup for Snap Talks |
| 9:15 – 10:45am | Snap Talks Moderator: Rachel Moquin, EdD, MA |
| 9:15 – 9:27am | Automating Common Processes Vasili Tabakis |
| 9:28 – 9:40am | Basic Accessibility Practices in the Workplace Katherine Brogan |
| 9:41 – 9:53am | Incorporating Active Learning Becky Allard, MEd |
| 9:54 – 10:06am | Snap Talk 4 |
| 10:07 – 10:19am | Snap Talk 5 |
| 10:20 – 10:32am | PC/PD Relations Megan Souter, BA, C-TAGME Natasia Bongcas, MS |
| 10:33 – 10:45am | Q&A |
| 10:45 – 11:15am | Break and Community Building Activity |
| 11:15am – 12:00pm | Breakout Sessions |
| Session Option 1: New Coordinator Session Moderator: Lucine Torosian, BS |
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| Session Option 2: Educators/Researchers Moderator: Rachel Moquin, EdD, MA |
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| Session Option 3: Prepping for Site Visits | |
| 12:00 – 12:45pm | Box Lunch (Ticket Required), Mentorship & Networking |
| 12:45 – 5:30pm | Move to Sessions |
| 12:45 – 5:00pm | Join AACPD Annual Updates Everything You Wanted to Know |
| 1:20 – 5:30pm | Join AASPD Updates from the Subspecialties Subspecialty Breakout Sessions |
| 3:30 – 5:00pm | Round Tables and Community Building Activities |
| UME Jannot Ross Vasili Tabakis |
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| PEC Meeting Process Megan Souter, BA, C-TAGME |
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| Getting Started with Research Fei Chen, PhD, MEd |
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| ABA Connection | |
| TAGME | |
| TBD Natasia Bongcas, MS |
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| 5:30 – 7:30pm | SAAAPM Reception |
AAPAE Breakout
Saturday, November 14
| 12:30 – 2:30pm | Open Workshop |
| AI and Workflow Automation Belinda Sanborn, BS |
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| New Innovations | |
| MedHub | |
| Clinical Competency Committee | |
| Well-Being Table – Put your Oxygen Mask on First! | |
| Seeking Mentorship – How to Find and Build Mentorships! | |
| ABA Connection |
Medical Student Clerkship Director Working Group
Friday, November 13
| 8:00 – 9:30am |
Welcome, Introductions and Roundtable Discussion Support for Clerkship Directors, Curricular Implementation |
| 9:30 – 10:15am | Current Challenges in Medical Student Education Moderator: Elizabeth Vogel, MD, PhD |
| Visiting Students: Recommendations, Screening, and Logistics Patrick Sullivan, MD, MS Robert Shaw, MD |
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| Pitfalls and Pearls for Creating an Anesthesia Rotation Lindsey Grabek, MD |
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| 10:15 – 10:30am | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:45am | Workshop: Medical Student Advising Lead: Michael Hofkamp, MD, FASA Facilitator: Lara India, MD, FASA Facilitator: Tim Webb, MD Facilitator: Susan Shichen Yin, MD Facilitator: Wendy Nguyen, MD, MEd |
| 11:45 – 12:00pm | Wrap Up |
| 12:00 – 12:45pm | Box Lunch (Ticket Required) and Networking |
| 12:45 – 3:10pm | Annual Updates (with AACPD – See AACPD Schedule) |
| 3:00 – 3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30 – 5:00pm | Everything You Wanted to Know (with AACPD – See AACPD Schedule) |
| 5:30 – 7:30pm | SAAAPM Reception |
SAAAPM Presentations
Saturday, November 14
| 7:00 – 7:30am | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30 – 7:50am | SAAAPM Business Meeting |
| 7:50 – 8:45am | Annual Updates Moderator: Cynthia A. Lien, MD |
| 7:50 – 7:52am | Introduction / Welcome Cynthia A. Lien, MD |
| 7:52 – 7:55am | SEA Update |
| 7:55 – 8:25am | ASA Legislative and Policy Update |
| 8:25 – 8:35am | FAER Update |
| 8:35 – 8:45am | Q&A |
| 8:45 – 10:15am | AI Impacts in Anesthesiology in Clinical and Non-Clinical Functions Moderators: Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MBA & Erin Wood, MS, C-TAGME |
| 8:45 – 8:50am | Introduction Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MBA |
| 8:50 – 9:10am | AI Impacts in EMR Operations for MPOG Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA |
| 9:10 – 9:30am | AI in Non-Clinical Functions Erin Wood, MS, C-TAGME |
| 9:30 – 9:50am | Practical Uses for AI Tools as an Administrative Leader in Medicine Peter Mosca |
| 9:50 – 10:15am | Q&A |
| 10:15 – 10:45am | Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00pm | Well-Being Keynotes Moderator: Megan Souter, BA, C-TAGME |
| 10:45 – 10:50am | Introduction Megan Souter, BA, C-TAGME |
| 10:50 – 11:15am | Stuart Slavin, MD, MEd |
| 11:15 – 11:40am | Bree Andrews, MD, MPH |
| 11:40 – 12:00pm | Panel / Q&A |
| 12:00pm – 12:30pm | Box Lunch (Ticket Required) |
| 12:30 – 2:30pm | Breakouts by Society |
| AAAC (Chairs) Breakout Moderator: Cynthia A. Lien, MD |
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| AACPD (Program Directors) Breakout Moderator: Andrea Dutoit, MD |
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| AASPD (Subspecialty Program Directors) Breakout See AASPD Agenda for Details |
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| AAPAE (Program Administrators and Educators) Breakout See AAPAE Agenda for Details |
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| 2:30pm | Event Ends |
| 2:45pm | SAAAPM Hosted Buses Depart for Airports [More Information] |
Registration Options
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SAAAPM 2026 Annual Meeting – Member Registration
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$425.00
Price will increase to $525.00 on
10/14/26 12:00 AM CST
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SAAAPM 2026 Annual Meeting – Non-Member
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$550.00
Price will increase to $650.00 on
10/14/26 12:00 AM CST
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Product Add-ons
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| Friday Lunch Ticket View Product | $20.00 |
| Saturday Lunch Ticket View Product | $20.00 |
| O'Hare Bus Ticket – 2026 Annual Meeting View Product | $20.00 |
| Midway Bus Ticket – 2026 Annual Meeting View Product | $20.00 |
Lodging starts at $269 per night and can be made online at https://book.passkey.com/e/50914408 or by calling the Swissotel Reservations Department at 1-888-737-9477.
If you are planning to attend the SEA Fall Meeting prior, you will need to make a second reservation for those nights online at https://book.passkey.com/e/50859246 or by calling the Swissotel Reservations Department at 1-888-737-9477. The hotel will assign you the same room for your entire stay.
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SAAAPM is offering bus transportation to both O’Hare and Midway airports, immediately following the meeting.
Please RSVP yourself and any family/friends with your registration. The cost is only $20 per ticket.
The meeting ends at 2:30pm and buses would leave from the hotel by 2:45pm. This will allow for every member to catch a flight home on Saturday. PLEASE make your travel plans such that you do not leave from Chicago (O’Hare or Midway) before 6:00pm to allow ample travel time to the airport and to go through airport security.
The SAAAPM meeting is short, but the content is always outstanding.
Join the Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) a day prior - on Thursday, November 12 for their Fall Meeting.
Continuing for 2026! The SEA will be hosting a New Program Director Workshop at the SEA 2026 Fall Meeting. This workshop spanning two 90-minute sessions will provide new program directors, associate program directors, and those starting new programs with advice from veteran program directors. You do not have to reinvent the wheel! Learn from peers and experts in this interactive session that will help you start this new part of your career on the best possible footing and help prepare you for success.
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