NJSSA 2025 Annual Meeting

The overall purpose of this activity is to educate our attendees about equity and diversity in healthcare delivery, and the leadership role anesthesiologists can play to ensure the delivery of equitable care in their communities and healthcare setting.

Statement of Need
Current practice of our learners may lack diversity and equity in healthcare delivery, in addition to lacking the tools to identify quality and safety aspects of anesthesia care.

Meeting Schedule

7:00am - Registration, breakfast and exhibits

8:00am - Welcome

Richard Colavita, MD, FSA

NJSSA President

Walter S. Lapicki, DO

NJSSA Vice-President, Program Chair

8:15am - ASA Update: Working For You

Donald E. Arnold, M.D., FACHE, FASA

ASA President

Learning Objectives

To learn about topics of ASA members interest including, “Who We Are”, ASAPAC Update, advocacy focus areas for 2025, and updates on key member-focused initiatives and programs.

9:00am - Political Advocacy from Both Sides of the Desk

Assemblyman John V. Azzariti, Jr., MD

President, Bergen Anesthesia Group, PC., Ridgewood, NJ

NJSSA Past President

Learning Objectives:

9:45am - Resident Poster Discussions

10:30am - Regional Anesthesia in Orthopedics protocols for fast tracking care

Ramya Krishnan, MD, MBA

Director of Regional Anesthesia, Hunterdon Health

Learning Objectives:

11:15am - Resident Poster Discussions 

Lunch and Workshop Breakout Schedule: 

Medical Student Workshop Participants (in Atrium):

11:45pm – Lunch

12:10pm – Medical Student Airway Workshop

Ultrasound Workshop Participants (Room I upstairs):

11:45pm – Ultrasound Workshop

12:35pm – Lunch  

If no breakout workshop was selected: Lunch served 11:45am-1:00pm

1:00pm -  14^th Annual Ervin Moss, MD Patient Safety Lecture: Lecture Title: Update on Perioperative Resuscitation and Life Support (PeRLs)

Talia K. Ben-Jacob MD, MSc, FASA, FCCM

Division Head of Critical Care Medicine

Department of Anesthesiology

Cooper University Hospital

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Learning Objectives:

Describe differences in etiology, epidemiology and management of cardiac arrest in the perioperative period when compared to out of hospital and in hospital arrest.  2 Identify rare and complex pre-arrest circulatory crises that require immediate response in the preoperative setting. Manage various forms of shock that may devolve into cardiac arrest using current AHA and PeRLS recommendations.

1:45pm - AI in Medicine: Deus or Machina?

C. William Hanson, III, MD

Chief Medical Information Officer and Vice President

Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Learning Objectives:

Understand the historical roots of AI.  Learn about the evolution of computer technologies in medical care.  Understand the current state of the art and near term future of medical applications of AI 

2:45pm - Regulatory and Legal Update

AJ Sabath
Lobbyist, NJSSA

CEO and President, Advocacy & Management Group

John D. Fanburg, Esq.
Legal Counsel, NJSSA

Chair, Health Law Practice Group

Managing Partner Brach Eichler, LLC

3:05pm - Announcement of Poster Competition Winners

3:10pm - Annual Business Meeting

President’s Report

Treasurer’s Report

Director’s Report

Nominating Committee Report

Election of Officers

3:25pm - Adjournment

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4:30pm - BLS/ACLS/PALS Re-certification Course (Cancelled due to low registration)

Resident Poster Competition

All New Jersey Anesthesia Residents are invited to present their research or medically challenging case at NJSSA's 65^th Annual Meeting at the Hyatt in New Brunswick, NJ.     Residents will present their e-poster on a large display monitor.  All Residents presenters are expected to be available at their presentation time.  

$250 will be awarded for the best research case and for the most medically-challenging case.  Winners of the e-poster competition will be announced at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.

Medical Student Airway Workshop

NJSSA is proud to offer an Airway Workshop for medical students! Medical students currently enrolled in a medical school (M.D. or D.O.) in the state of New Jersey are eligible for this workshop. 

Leading academic faculty will introduce medical students to airway anatomy, basic and advanced airway techniques, and an armamentarium of airway devices using a hands-on, intensely interactive approach.  Stations will be setup with a small group of medical students, along with an attending and a resident for instruction.


NOTE: Annual Meeting attendance is required of all workshop attendees.

Ultrasound Workshop

Join us for an engaging and practical ultrasound workshop designed to elevate your regional anesthesia techniques. This interactive session will provide attendees with hands-on experience using the cutting-edge ultrasound system and needles and catheters. Facia Iliaca regional identification technique will be taught on live models.

Commercial Support Acknowledgement

The CME activity is supported by in-kind donations (equipment) from GE Healthcare and PAJUNK.

AHA Re-Certification Course

We are offering a re-certification course for BLS/ACLS/PALS immediately following the NJSSA Annual Meeting on March 22, 2025.   NJSSA members will receive a discounted rate on each course.

You must register for the Annual Meeting before you can register for the re-certification course.  The confirmation email you receive after registering for the Annual Meeting will include a link to register for the re-certification course.

Certification cards will be mailed 1-2 weeks after completion.

CANCELLED DUE TO LOW REGISTRATION RATE