SAMBA Webinar Series

SAMBA and CAS Webinar: Preoperative Evaluation and Criteria for Ambulatory Surgery
Presented by: Dr. Niraja Rajan
Moderated by: Dr. Natalie Clavel
Recording on: October 1st, 2025 


SAMBA and SPA Webinar – An Update on Malignant Hyperthermia: Anesthesiology's Disease
Presented by: Meera Gangadharan, MBBS, FAAP, FASA
Moderated by: Chhaya Patel, MD, SAMBA-F
Recorded on: June 12, 2025


SAMBA Webinar – Preoperative Evaluation & Management: The Intricacies of Patient Selection and Optimization
Presented by: Angela F. Edwards, MD, FASA, DFPM and Kenneth Cummings, MD, MS, FASA, DFPM
Moderated by: Kelly Lebak, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F
Recorded on: April 29, 2025


 SAMBA and CAS Webinar – Diabetic Mangement in Ambulatory Surgical Patients
Presented by: Elizabeth Duggan
Moderated by: Ronald Goldenberg
Recorded: March 12, 2025


 SAMBA Webinar – NORA Pearls
Presented by: Richard Urman, MD, MBA and Basem Abdelmalak, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F
Moderated: Rafael Vazquez, MD
Recorded: February 19, 2025


 SAMBA and CAS - SAMBA Pediatric Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy (T&A) Guidelines
Presented by: Marjorie Brennan, MD, MPH
Moderator: Kimmo Murto
Recorded: January 29, 2025

SAMBA and ARSA - POCUS
Presented by: Siva Arumugam, MD, FASA and Anahi Perlas, MD, FRCPC
Recorded: January 23, 2025


 SAMBA Webinar – Pulsed Field Ablation - Anesthetic Considerations
Presented by: Saumil Patel, MD
Recorded: December 19, 2024


SAMBA Sponsored Webinar – Mindray: Intraoperative Ventilation: Lung Protection and Beyond
Presented by: Victor R. Davila, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F
Recorded: December 18, 2024


SAMBA Webinar – Non-obstetric Ambulatory Surgery During Pregnancy: Present and Future State
Presented by: Melissa Kreso MD, MsBA, FASA
Recorded: August 22, 2024


SAMBA Webinar – Geriatric Patients for Ambulatory Anesthesia: Must Know Overview and a Special Focus on Cognition
Presented by: Marek Brzezinski, MD, PhD; Stacie Deiner, MS, MD
Recorded: April 10, 2024


SAMBA Webinar – Nerve Block Injuries and Management
Presented by: Charles Luke, MD; Michael Munin, MD; Yamaan Saadeh, MD
Recorded: February 8, 2024


SAMBA Webinar - Women in Office-Based Anesthesia
Presented by: Grace "Lee" Dorsch, MD and Penelope Duke, MD
Recorded: September 14, 2023


SAMBA Webinar - Recent Updates to the Pediatric Difficult Airway Algorithm
Presented by: Chhaya Patel, MD, SAMBA-F and Audra Webber, MD, FASA
Recorded: August 24, 2023


SAMBA Webinar - Patient Reported Outcomes in Ambulatory Surgery
Presented by: Kara M. Barnett, MD, FASA and Sonia Pyne, MD, MS, FASA
Recorded: March 9, 2022


SAMBA Webinar - Active Listening and Empathy for the Ambulatory Anesthesiologist
Presented by: Chhaya Patel, MD, SAMBA-F and Kara M. Barnett, MD, FASA
Recorded: December 15, 2022


SAMBA Webinar - Anesthesia Machines and Gas Delivery Systems for the Dental Office
Presented by: Kelly Lebak, MD, FASA and Philip Yen, DDS
Recorded: November 17, 2022


SAMBA Webinar - Kratom, Cannabis, and the Patient Undergoing Anesthesia
Presented by: Chhaya Patel, MD, SAMBA-F, Connie Tran, MD, and Karlyn Powell, MD
Recorded: September 29, 2022


SAMBA Webinar - NPO Guidelines and Gastric POCUS in Pediatric Patients
Presented by: Claude Abdallah, MD, MS, FASA and Andrew Matisoff, MD
Recorded: August 18, 2022 


SAMBA Webinar - Anesthesia For Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery
Presented by: Meghan C. Valach, MD and Adel Bishai, MD
Recorded: June 27, 2022
 


SAMBA Webinar - Outpatient Surgery: Not Everyone's Cup of Tea
Presented by: Jaime Hyman, MD and Niraja Rajan, MD, SAMBA-F
Recorded: March 31, 2022
 


SAMBA Webinar – Multimodal Analgesia for Ambulatory Total Joint Arthroplasty: Total Knee Arthroplasty and Total Hip Arthroplasty
Presented by: Alberto Ardon, MD, MPH and Jinlei Li, MD, PhD, FASA
Recorded: December 9, 2021 


SAMBA Webinar – Task Load Differences and Interprofessional Simulation in Non-OR Settings
Presented by: Hedwig Schroeck, MD, FAAP & Louise Y. Wen, MD
Recorded: August 12, 2021


SAMBA Webinar – Outpatient Perioperative Management of the Child with Diabetes Mellitus
Presented by: Samuel Vanderhoek, MD
Recorded: July 29, 2021 


SAMBA Webinar – Interfascial Plane Blocks for Ambulatory Surgery
Presented by: Chang Park, MD and Sylvia H. Wilson, MD
Recorded: June 14, 2021 


Fresenius Kabi Sponsored Webinar – Drug Diversion Risks in the Ambulatory Setting: Challenges and Opportunities to Protect Yourself
Presented by: Keith Berge, MD and Kimberly New, JD, BSN, RN
Recorded: June 2, 2021


Acacia Pharma Sponsored Webinar – A New, Short-Acting Sedative for Procedures 30 Minutes or Less
Presented by: Dr. Randall D. Ostroff
Recorded: May 27, 2021


SAMBA Webinar – Crowdsourcing Best Practices in Ambulatory Anesthesia
Presented/Moderated by: Clarissa Tomeldan, MD; The-Hung Edward Nguyen, MD and Joseph Walpole, MD, PhD
Recorded: April 29, 2021


SAMBA Webinar - Outpatient Arthroplasty: Setting the Stage for Success
Presented/Moderated by: Alberto Ardon, MD, MPH and Ashley Shilling, MD
Recorded: March 25, 2021
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SAMBA Webinar - Optimizing Perioperative Care for Patients Requiring Ophthalmic Surgery
Presented/Moderated by: Drs. George Dumas, Maggie Jeffries, Howard Palte, & Tina Tran
Recorded: February 18, 2021
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SAMBA Webinar - Patient Selection for the Ambulatory Surgical Center
Presented/Moderated by: Ashley Matthews Shilling, MD
 and Brett Elmore, MD
Recorded: January 29, 2021
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SAMBA Webinar - Postdischarge Nausea and Vomiting After Ambulatory Surgery
Presented/Moderated by: Jaime B. Hyman, MD
 and Catherine Dawson Tobin, MD
Recorded: December 17, 2020 
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SAMBA Webinar - It’s Not Just Anthracyclines Anymore! What Every Ambulatory Anesthesiologist Should Know About Cancer Treatment Cardiotoxicities
Presented/Moderated by: Kara M. Barnett, MD, FASA
 and Stephanie Feldman, MD
Recorded: November 19, 2020 
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SAMBA Webinar - Perioperative Management of Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Presented/Moderated by: Greta Duncan Wiebe, MD
Recorded: September 23, 2020


SAMBA Webinar - Updates in Pediatric Ambulatory Anesthesia
Presented/Moderated by: Michelle Harvey, MD
Recorded: August 27, 2020


SAMBA Webinar - Perioperative Management of the Lactating Patient in the Ambulatory Surgical Setting
Presented/Moderated by: Kara M. Barnett, MD
Recorded: July 23, 2020


SAMBA Webinar - Multimodal Analgesia Review
Presented/Moderated by: Peter Amato, MD
Recorded: January 23, 2020
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SAMBA Webinar - Nerve Blocks All Ambulatory Anesthesiologists Should Know
Presented/Moderated by: Ashley Matthews Shilling, MD and Grant A. Neely, MD
Recorded: November 20, 2019


SAMBA Webinar - Office-Based Anesthesia 2020 Update
Presented/Moderated by: Fred E Shapiro DO, FASA, Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA, FASA, & Rosalind Ritchie
Recorded: October 24, 2019
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SAMBA Webinar - What Medical Directors Should Know about Infection Prevention in ASCs
Presented/Moderated by: Leopoldo Rodriguez, MD, FASA
Recorded: September 25, 2019
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SAMBA Webinar - Temperature Management During the Perioperative Period
Presented/Moderated by: Joseph M. Hendrix, MD, FASA
Recorded: February 20, 2019
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