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Geriatric Surgery: We Can Cut But Can We Care

The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Section for Enhancing Geriatric
Understanding and Expertise among Surgical and Medical Specialists (SEGUE)

May 5, 2012
6:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Sheraton Seattle Hotel
Seattle, WA

Developed and supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation supported Geriatrics-for-Specialists project, Increasing Geriatrics Expertise in Surgical and Related Medical Specialties.

Learning objectives: (1) identify time and financial constraints for the caretaker of an older adult; (2) discuss issues surrounding transitions of care and identify strategies to implement them; and (3) describe and discuss ethical and legal considerations for do not resuscitate orders.

6:30	Breakfast
7:00	Multi-Morbidity Update
7:45	Hospitalization of the Geriatric Patient: The Ripple Effect for the Caregiver Moderator: Arvind Nana, MD Caregiver Burden for the Acutely Hospitalized Geriatric Patient Barbara Muntz, RN, Visiting Nurse Association of Texas Transitions of Care - Options and Issues Amit Shah, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center Case discussion with audience participation Moderator and panelists
9:30	Re-Inventing Risk: Classification and Its Consequences for Surgery in the Elderly Mark D. Neuman, MD, Penn Medicine
10:15	Break
10:30	The Peri-Operative Management of the "Do Not Resuscitate" Order Moderator: Thomas Robinson, MD Nursing Home Patients Undergoing Abdominal Operations - What Outcomes Can We Expect? Emily Finlayson, MD, MS, University of California, San Francisco Why Do Patients Request "Do Not Resuscitate"? Robert A. Pearlman, MD, MPH, University of Washington Ethical Issues for Withdrawing Do Not Resuscitate Orders around An Operation Margaret L. Schwarze, MD, University of Wisconsin Legal Implications of Withdrawing Do Not Resuscitate Orders Cindy Jacobs, RN, JD, University of Washington Revocation of Do Not Resuscitate Orders - What's a Reasonable Peri-Operative Strategy? Geoffrey P. Dunn, MD, FACS, Hamot Medical Center

Geriatric Surgery: We Can Cut But Can We Care

The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Section for Enhancing GeriatricUnderstanding and Expertise among Surgical and Medical Specialists (SEGUE)

The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Section for Enhancing Geriatric
Understanding and Expertise among Surgical and Medical Specialists (SEGUE)