 Welcome
to the Society for the Advancement of Geriatric Anesthesia.
SAGA is dedicated to improving the care of the older patient
coming to surgery. At
present we offer educational programs at our annual meeting as
well as at meetings of other anesthesia societies.
We also offer educational support for anesthesia training
programs.
Join SAGA/Renew Membership
SAGA and OAPRS (Orthopedic Anesthesia Pain Rehabilitation
Society) have joined forces and are offering $25 off SAGA Active
membership and $25 off OAPRS membership ($125 by itself) if you
join both societies. See "Join SAGA" on the left.
View the January 2011 SAGA Newsletter:
Opinion and information on postoperative brain complications,
education in geriatric anesthesia and research opportunities are
provided by former Presidents Chris Jankowski, Sheila Barnett
and President-Elect Zhongcong Xie.
January 2011 Newsletter
SAGA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
SAGA-OAPRS Meeting 2010. The second joint meeting with
the Orthopedic Anesthesia Pain Rehabilitation Society
(OAPRS) was held
on October 15, 2010 in San Diego. Speakers from SAGA included
Sheila Barnett, Fritz Sieber and Alec Rooke. For details,
see the flyer,
as well as the flyer for the 2009
joint meeting.
SAGA at the SCA.
SAGA had a Panel at the 2010 meeting of the Society of
Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (scahq.org), as we have done
since 2003. This year’s panel, moderated by Shams Akhtar, was
on “Drugging the Drugged: Pharmacological Challenges in the
Elderly”. Talks were given by Mihai Podgorneau (effect of
genomics and aging on cardiovascular pharmacology), Raymond Roy
(drug dosing for elderly patients ) and Marty London (hemodynamic
management of elderly patients)
FAER ASA Panel focuses on the aging brain.
The 2008 FAER Panel at the ASA Annual Meeting in Orlando was
"Anesthesia and the Elderly Brain: What the Anesthesiologist
Needs to Know". The speakers and talks were Jeff Silverstein:
"The Graying of the Surgical Patient: Trends You Need to
Understand", Chris Jankowski: "Why Can't I Remember Where I Put
My Car Keys? What Happens to the Older Brain?", Fritz Sieber:
"Postoperative Delirium in the Elderly: Does Anesthesia Care
Play a Role?" and Deb Culley: "Postoperative Cognitive
Dysfunction: Is It the Surgery or the Anesthesia?."
 Terri Monk,
former SAGA President-, gave the Rovenstine
lecture at the 2003 ASA meeting. Entitled "Postoperative Cognitive
Dysfunction: The Next Challenge in Geriatric Anesthesia", the talk reviews
one of the most serious problems facing elderly patients having major
surgery.
Download a PowerPoint copy of the
slides from the Rovenstine lecture. (just less than
one megabyte)
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