Annual MPOG Retreat
October 16, 2026
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, California
7:00 – 8:00 Pediatric Subcommittee Workgroup
Morgan Brown, MD, PhD
Boston Children’s Hospital
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast and Check-in
8:00 – 8:20 Welcome and State of MPOG
Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA
MPOG
8:20 – 9:10 Past, Present, and Future of Perioperative Bleeding Management: Research and Quality
Improvement
Keyvan Karkouti, MD, FRCPC, MSc
University Health Network Toronto
9:10 – 9:30 Transfusion Panel
Pediatric: Ashraf Habib, MD – Duke University
Obstetric: Susan Goobie, MD, FRCPC – Boston Children’s Hospital
09:30 – 10:00 MPOG Emerging Scholars Series
Comparative Effectiveness of Saline Versus Balanced Crystalloids in Elective, Major Non-
Cardiac Surgeries
Ayesha Bryant, MSPH, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Machine learning classification of American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status from
Preoperative Data and Associations with Outcomes
Zach Murphy, MD, MSE – University of Michigan
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 10:45 MPOG Subcommittee: Past, Present, and Future
Cardiac: Allison Janda, MD – Michigan Medicine
Obstetrics: Brandon Togioka, MD – Oregon Health and Sciences University
Pediatric: Morgan Brown, MD, PhD – Boston Children’s Hospital
10:45 – 11:40 AI Implementation
Karandeep Singh, BS, MD, MMSc
Harvard School of Medicine
11:40 – 12:50 Networking Lunch
12:50 – 1:10 QI and Development Update
Nirav Shah, MD - MPOG
1:10 – 2:10 Best of MPOG
Extended Work Periods Among Anesthesiologists and Postoperative Patient Outcomes
Anjali A. Dixit, MD, MPH – Stanford University
Brain Health Screening in Older Surgical Patients: A Multicenter, Retrospective, Observational
Analysis and Survey
Alexander Abess, MD – Dartmouth Health
Cardiac Surgery Practices and Concurrent Risks of Kidney Injury, Prolonged Ventilation, and
Death
Michael Mathis, MD – Michigan Medicine
2:10 – 2:45 MPOG Trials Updates
VEGA-2 / THRIVE / Introp-Ox
Allison Janda, MD – Michigan Medicine
Precision Analytics for Coaching Effectiveness (PACE)
Matthew Caldwell, MD – Michigan Medicine
2:45 – 3:00 Wrap up
3:00 – 4:00 Office Hours
3:30 – 6:00 THRIVE Investigators Meeting
Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA
