Thursday, March 31, 2022

 Finally published after so many years!

Preoperative internal medicine evaluation is associated with a reduction in 30-Day postoperative mortality risk in patients with cancer

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcorm.2021.100240

Conclusion:

Our findings demonstrate that a preoperative internal medicine evaluation was associated with lower 30-day mortality. Additional studies are needed to identify which patient populations are most likely to benefit and which attributes of the internal medicine evaluation are most beneficial.

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Perioperative Medicine, an introduction.

Talk given to Baylor College of Medicine Internal Medicine Resident's Wednesday School during the Summer of 2019.




Link to PDF <here>


Thursday, October 25, 2018

Perioperative Medicine Special Interest Group 2018 Meeting - Melbourne, Australia



#PeriSig18 2018’s meeting is in association with the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZGM) and the Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (IMSANZ).  I was honored to be invited to speak at what became the world's largest multidisciplinary perioperative medicine meeting with more than 500 attendees





 Link to the PDF (click here)




Link to the PDF (click here)




Sunday, May 20, 2018

The Internist/Hospitalist & Enhanced Perioperative Recovery

The Internist/Hospitalist & Enhanced Perioperative Recovery

May 19, 2018



Presented at TexMed2018. Link to PDF (click here)

Monday, February 12, 2018

Perioperative Management of the Metabolic Syndrome

Perioperative Management of the Metabolic Syndrome

February 13, 2018



Link to the PDF (click here)

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Anesthesiology 2015 in San Diego, California


My talk, as part of the panel discussion with my colleagues from MD Anderson: The End Of Anesthesia As We Know It: The Perioperative Surgical Home, Optimized Perioperative Care, and Global Accountability On Tuesday, October 27, 2015.



Presentations as part of the panel discussion:
ModeratorDavid Mackey, M.D..
Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Speaker-Beginning With The End In Mind: From Prehab to Rehab, Your 'Preop Clinic' Is Obsolete So Replace It!Sunil K. Sahai, M.D..
Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Speaker-Don't Call Intensivists The Physicians Of Lost Causes And Desperate Situations. We Have Much To Offer All Of Your Patients (Well, almost all of them...)Joseph L. Nates, M.D..
Critical Care, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Speaker-Anesthetic Plan With Functional Recovery As The Goal: Traditional OR Anesthesia Management May Also Be Obsolete!Vijaya Gottumukkala, M.D..
Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Speaker-Get Rid of Your Traditional Acute Pain Service and Broaden Your Vision! Get Your Surgical Patients Back to Their PCP's ASAP By Facilitating Postoperative Convalescence and RecoveryEdward Mariano, M.D., MAS.
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA.