ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2026: CPMed’s Vision for Coordinated Perioperative Care
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ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2026 in San Diego, TopMedTalk hosts Kate Leslie and Sol Aronson speak with David L. Hepner, MD, MPH. Associate Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Bradley R. Cohn, MD, Regional Medical Director and the Chair of Perioperative Medicine for Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) / The Permanente Medical Group about the American Society of anesthesiologists (ASA) Center for Perioperative Medicine (CPMed) and its push to move perioperative care from fragmented episodes to a coordinated continuum. They describe CPMed’s origins in October 2022, its...
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ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2026: Welcome, Meeting Highlights and Upcoming Interviews
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TopMedTalk’s coverage of ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2026 (the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists) in San Diego begins, with Kate Leslie and Andy Cumpstey introducing this year’s hosting team. Hosts including Mike Grocott, Sol Aronson, James Bowness and new team member Harriet Hoff discuss meeting highlights such as the Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture from Anesthesiology editor-in-chief James Rathmell and the keynote by Will Flannery (Dr. Glaucomflecken). They emphasize perioperative medicine momentum, networking opportunities, and plans for upcoming TopMedTalk...
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TopMedTalk AI: AI, Augmented Reality and Simulation in Regional Anaesthesia
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Host James Bowness and co-host Andy Cumpsty introduce another TopMedTalk AI series recorded at St Andrews University with Alasdair Taylor, a Consultant Anaesthetist at NHS Tayside who runs an exam-focused anatomy course (“Anatomy for the FRCA”) and now leads a two-day regional anaesthesia “Regional Anesthesia: Plan A blocks” course aimed mainly at stage two registrars. Supported by NHS Education for Scotland and technology funding, the course is oversubscribed, attracts delegates internationally, has expanded to ICU and emergency medicine applications, and has trained nearly 200...
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EBPOM London: Cancer Care, Surgical Robotics and Pain Management
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At the Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) World Congress, and the first World Congress of Enhanced Post-Operative Care (EPOC), Andy Cumpsty interviews Deena Harji, Consultant Robotic and Colorectal Surgeon at the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and the Professor of Robotics and Digital Healthcare Technologies, alongside Cathy Price, Consultant in Pain Medicine at Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. Harji covers the rapid UK adoption of surgical robotics, noting potential benefits such as lower systemic inflammatory response, less pain, faster recovery, and earlier...
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Enabling the next generation of research leaders.
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At the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) held in Auckland, New Zealand, Kate Leslie and Andy Cumpstey interview ANZCA president David Story and the ASM New Zealand Visitor Tim Walsh about what inspired them to pursue a career in research and how they support emerging research leaders. David Story is Professor and Chair, Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Australia, and Consultant Anaesthetist at the Austin Hospital, Australia. Tim Walsh is Professor of Critical Care at the...
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GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Anaesthesia: Aspiration Risk in a UK Multicentre Study
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Recorded in Prato, Italy at the 8th Collaborative Clinical Trials in Anesthesiology meeting. Desiree Chappell and guest co-host Mark Priestley interview Professor Kariem El-Boghdadly, Consultant Anaesthetist and Clinical Lead for Theatres, Anaesthesia, and Peri-operative Medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, as well as an Honorary Reader at King's College London about the perioperative implications of GLP-1 receptor agonists. El-Boghdadly explains expanding GLP-1 use, delayed gastric emptying, and why early “hold for a week” guidance may be impractical. He describes a UK...
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TopMedTalk Classic: Detecting and managing frailty
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This month’s TopMedTalk Classic was originally aired in 2019 but remains very relevant today. Presented by Dr Jugdeep Dhesi, Clinical Lead, POPS and Consultant Geriatrician, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust, and an expert on frailty. This talk explores how our understanding and discussion has improved regarding a condition that is still yet to have a clear, universally accepted, definition. How do we build a patient's physical reserve? What is the best way to conceptualise frailty? Are there any universal treatments available? TopMedTalk’s back catalogue contains over 2000 episodes covering...
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EBPOM Ireland 2026: Pre-Hospital Care in Mountain Rescue and at Sporting Events
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Recording from TopMedTalk at EBPOM in Dingle, Ireland, Kate Leslie and Imogen Fecher-Jones interview Oliver Pratt, Consultant Anaesthetist at Salford Royal Hospital, Chair of the Primary FRCA Structured Oral Examinations for the Royal College of Anaesthetists, and a Medical Officer for the Kinder Mountain Rescue Team and Joe Cosgrove, a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a Primary FRCA Examiner for the Royal College of Anaesthetists, and the Critical Care Outreach Lead specializing in advance care planning. He is...
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Perioperative Profiles: Duminda Wijeysundera
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This month’s Perioperative Profile features Duminda Wijeysundera, Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and IHPME at the University of Toronto, and a Staff Physician at St. Michael's Hospital, who holds the Endowed Chair in Translational Anesthesiology Research, serves as Head of Science at SPHERE, acts as a Senior Adjunct Scientist at ICES, and is a Trustee for the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS). He describes growing up across Sri Lanka, the US, Singapore, and Canada, and how adaptability and cultural sensitivity shaped him; he entered medicine...
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EBPOM London 2026: Enhanced Postoperative Care Units (EPOCs)
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Recorded at the Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EPBOM) World Congress in London, this TopMedTalk episode, presented by Andy Cumpstey, features Guy Ludbrook, Professor of Anaesthesia and Head of Acute Care Medicine at the University of Adelaide and resident Georgia Cadzow, discussing the Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) POQI is a not-for-profit that uses a formal Delphi process to distill evidence and expert consensus into publishable clinical recommendations on topics such as perioperative hypotension, acute kidney injury, delirium, health economics, and fluid therapy. Georgia...
info_outlineWhat are the hot topics in the cardiac world at the moment? Alongside reflections on this year's annual meeting of 'The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists' (SCA) this piece tackles; the need for gender balance when composing panels and building a successful event; the need to do what we know and do it well; how quality improvement benefits from simplicity; the need to keep younger practitioners involved and finally the need for a fuller engagement with the multidisciplinary aspect of cardiac care.
Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with Sol Aronson, tenured Professor at Duke University and Executive Vice Chairman in the Department of Anesthesiology and Michael Eaton, Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Rochester, New York.