California Society of Anesthesiologists
CSA 2026 Winter Anesthesia Conference
January 19 - 23, 2026
Wailea, HI
Monday, January 19, 2026
6:15 AM – 12:30 PMRegistration Open
6:30 AM – 8:30 AMFamily Breakfast
6:45 AM – 7:00 AMWelcome Remarks
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Perioperative Management of Buprenorphine in Complex Pain Management Cases
David Copenhaver
8:00 AM – 9:00 AMWellness: What Do We Know and How Can We Apply it?
David Copenhaver
9:00 AM – 10:00 AMInnovative Approaches to the Identification and Treatment of Pediatric Perioperative Anxiety
Romy Yun
10:00 AM – 10:15 AMMorning Break
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM Anesthetic Considerations for Surgery in Pregnant or Breastfeeding Patients
Brendan Carvalho, MBBCh FRCA MDCH FASA
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM PBLD | Upper Extremity blocks
Vivian Ip
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
6:30 AM – 12:30 PMRegistration Open
6:30 AM – 8:30 AMAttendee Breakfast
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PBLD | Echocardiography: What Everyone Needs to Know
Nathaen Weitzel
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Neuromodulation and Applications to the Perioperative Space
David Copenhaver
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Advances and Innovations in Epidural Labor Analgesia
Brendan Carvalho, MBBCh FRCA MDCH FASA
10:00 AM – 10:15 AMMorning Break
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM Pushing the Surgical Boundaries in my Freestanding Surgery Center: When to Say Yes/When to Say No to New Procedures
Christina Menor
11:15 AM – 12:15 AM Are Outpatient Catheter Techniques Safe?
Vivian Ip
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
6:30 AM – 12:30 PMRegistration Open
6:30 AM – 8:30 AMAttendee Breakfast
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PBLD | Truncal and Lower Extremity Blocks
Vivian Ip
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PBLD | Essential Neonatal Resuscitation Protocol (NRP) Updates for the Anesthesiologist Covering OB
Romy Yun
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM What's new in perioperative AKI
Avery Tung, MD, FCCM
10:00 AM – 10:15 AMMorning Break
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM Anesthesia Stat: I am in the GI lab and my patient has heart failure
Nathaen Weitzel
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Key Strategies in the Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage
Brendan Carvalho, MBBCh FRCA MDCH FASA
Thursday, January 22, 2026
6:30 AM – 12:30 PMRegistration Open
6:30 AM – 8:30 AMAttendee Breakfast
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM The Obstetric Anesthesiologist's Vital Role in Preeclampsia Care
Brendan Carvalho, MBBCh FRCA MDCH FASA
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Perioperative Management of Right Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension in the Non-Cardiac Surgery
Nathaen Weitzel
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM How Shifting Literature Guidance Impacts How We Manage Chronic Medications Around theTime of Outpatient Anesthesia
Christina Menor
10:00 AM – 10:15 AMMorning Break
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ARDS in 2026
Avery Tung, MD, FCCM
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Anesthesia and the Developing Brain: Neurodevelopmental Impact and Anesthetic Considerations
Romy Yun
Friday, January 23, 2026
6:30 AM – 12:30 PMRegistration Open
6:30 AM – 8:30 AMAttendee Breakfast
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PBLD | Challenging Cases: "My Worst Day in Years" Types of Cases
Christina Menor
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Delirium and Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Avery Tung, MD, FCCM
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Outpatient LVAD Care: The Ins and Outs
Nathaen Weitzel
10:00 AM – 10:15 AMMorning Break
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ECMO in 2026
Avery Tung, MD, FCCM
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Pain and the Puffer Fish (From the Bench to the Bedside): Lessons from Rare Cases of Congenital Insensitivity to Pain
David Copenhaver