March 2, 2026
Safety in Pediatric Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA)
Aarti Sharma, MD, FASA
Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Jacques Scharoun, MD
Associate Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Vice Chair, Equipment Committee
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medicine
March 9, 2026
Joseph F. Artusio, Jr. Memorial Lecture
Revealing Neural Mechanisms Related to Pain, Analgesia And Anaesthesia Through Advanced Neuroimaging
Professor Irene Tracey, CBE, FRS, FMedSci.
Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford
Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
March 16, 2026
EEG Case Conference: Artifacts and Noise
Seyed A. Safavynia, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Neuroanesthesiology
Associate Director, Anesthesiology Residency Program
Associate Director, Neuroanesthesiology Fellowship Program
Weill Cornell Medicine
March 23, 2026
Prehabilitation: From Promise to Perioperative Implementation
Daniel I McIsaac MD, MPH, FRCPC
Professor and Vice Chair (Research & Innovation)
Departments of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa
Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Lead, Aging Innovation in Perioperative Medicine & Surgery Research Group
March 30, 2026
Perioperative Management of the LVAD Patient for Non-Cardiac Surgery
Herie Sun, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medicine
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Statement of Need: Advances in this field need to be presented to Weill Cornell faculty and other physicians on a regular basis as one means of promoting state-of-the-art health care for patients.
Target Audience: Weill-Cornell physicians in Anesthesiology, other interested physicians and health care providers, and students.
Course Objectives: Weill Cornell CME Activities are intended to lead to improved patient care and safety. By the conclusion of this series, physicians should have a better understanding of recent developments in Anesthesiology which in turn should lead to improvements in clinical practice.
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