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Program:

• Welcome and Introductions – Jaime Baratta, MD, Moderator
• Patient Selection and Potential Pitfalls – Sanjay Sinha, MBBS
  
• Is There an Optimal Anesthetic Ambulatory TJA? – Maggie Holtz, MD
• Optimizing Analgesia for TJA – Brittany Deiling, DO
• Q&A Discussion

Faculty:

• Jaime Baratta, MD; Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
• Sanjay Sinha, MD; St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT
• Maggie Holtz, MD; WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center, Marietta, GA
• Brittany Deiling, DO; University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, VA

Learning Objectives:

1. Review selection criteria to reduce complication and readmissions in patients having outpatient total joint surgery.
2. Discuss the benefits of neuraxial anesthesia in the total joint population and if these benefits persist in the ambulatory setting.
3. Recognize the benefits of a multimodal analgesia approach, and to understand the regional anesthesia nerve block options that maintain mobility with ambulatory total joint arthroplasty.