2025 Annual Education Meeting - Agenda

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*Subject to change

Thursday, May 1st

11:00am-12:00pm…Registration Opens
12:00pm-1:00pm… Why CRNA should learn TEE for non-cardiac surgery - Barry Swerdlow MD
1:00pm-2:00pm…..The effects of Anesthesia availability and CRNA scope of practice on veterans’ access to surgery - Kevin Griffith/Julia Harris
2:00pm-2:30pm….. Break & Visit with Exhibitors
2:30pm-3:30pm......CRNAs in Action: Enhancing Air Force Medical Readiness and Mobile Ground Surgical Team Operations - Ed Ha
3:30pm-4:30pm….. Office of National Anesthesia Services Update - Roberta Reedy, CRNA, DNSc &
Christina Matadial, MD
4:30pm-5:30pm….. Meet & Greet Happy Hour

Friday, May 2nd

7:00am-8:00am…. Registration & Breakfast
8:00am-9:00am…. Crucial Conversation in Clinical Arena - Jose Castillo Ph.D., MS, CRNA, APRN
9:00am-10:00am... PTSD and Veterans - Jan Setnor
10:00am-10:30am…. Break & Visit With Exhibitors & Student Posters
10:30am-11:30am…..The Inequitable Response to the Opioid Epidemic: Low-Threshold Treatment Is the Path Forward - Derrick Glymph, Ph.D., DNAP, CRNA, CHSE, COL, USAR, FAANA, FAAN
11:30am-12:30pm… Lunch & Learn: TBD
12:30pm-1:30pm….. Enhanced CPC update by NBCRNA - John Preston, DNS, CRNA, APRN,FAANA, FNAP, FAAN & Chris Gill, PhD, MBA, CRNA, ACNPC-AG, FACHE
1:30pm-2:30pm….. AANA Update - Jan Setnor/Debra Diaz
2:30pm-3:00pm…. Break - Visit with Exhibitors & Student Posters
3:00pm-4:00pm.... Navigating the federal system to advocate for your compensation - Rishelle Zhou
4:00pm-5:00pm…. AVANA Update & Business Meeting - Christian Campbell, CRNA & AVANA BOD

Saturday, May 3rd