
MPOG Retreat
Marriott Rivercenter on the Riverwalk
Friday, October 10, 2025
7:00 – 8:00 Check-in – Salon E
Breakfast – Pearl 3
8:00 – 8:25 Welcome and State of MPOG
Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA – MPOG
8:25 – 9:15 Current Controversies in the Management of Postoperative Nausea and
Vomiting (PONV)
Tong Joo (TJ) Gan, MD, MBA, MHS, FRCA – MD Anderson Cancer Center
9:15 – 9:35 PONV Panel Discussion
Lucy Everett, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
Ashraf Habib, MB BCh, MHSc, FRCA – Duke University
Tong Joo (TJ) Gan, MD, MBA, MHS, FRCA – MD Anderson Cancer Center
09:35 – 10:10 Measuring Quality in Ambulatory Anesthesiology: Challenges and Opportunities
Jaime Hyman, MD – Yale University
10:10 – 10:30 Ambulatory Anesthesia Panel Discussion
Kenneth Cummings, III, MD, MS, FASA – Cleveland Clinic
Elizabeth Duggan, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jaime Hyman, MD – Yale University
10:30 - 10:50 Break
10:50 – 11:35 Best of MPOG
False Equivalents: Perioperative Opioid Equivalency and Opioid Dose Variation
During Cardiac Surgery
Clark Fisher, MD, PhD — Yale University
Using MPOG Data for External Validation
Virginia Tangel, MSc—Weill Cornell Medicine
Contemporary Sedation Practices for Cataract Surgery in the United States
Catherine Chen, MD — University of California San Francisco
11:35 – 12:45 Networking Lunch – Pearl 3