Annual MPOG Retreat
October 16, 2026
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, California
7:00 – 8:00
Pediatric Subcommittee Workgroup - Coronado B
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
Keyvan Karkouti, MD, FRCPC, MSc – University Health Network Toronto
Ashraf Habib, MD – Duke University
Susan Goobie, MD, FRCPC – Boston Children’s Hospital
9:30 – 9:50
MPOG Emerging Scholars Series
Machine learning classification of American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status from
Preoperative Data and Associations with Outcomes
Zach Murphy, MD, MSE – University of Michigan
9:50 – 10:10
Break
10:10 – 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
Can we deliver high-quality healthcare without AI and automation?
Karandeep Singh, BS, MD, MMSc
University of California San Diego
11:40 – 12:50
Networking Lunch - Coronado A and Terrace
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
Precision Analytics for Coaching Effectiveness (PACE)
Matthew Caldwell, MD – Michigan Medicine
VEGA-2 / THRIVE / Introp-Ox
Allison Janda, MD – Michigan Medicine
2:45 – 3:00
Wrap up
3:00 – 4:00
Office Hours
3:30 – 6:00
THRIVE Investigators Meeting - Coronado B
Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA
