What a wonderful turnout at our 53rd SNACC Annual meeting in Atlanta. In addition to the excellent catalogue of speakers, we had a wonderful turn out of trainees! We got to listen to several of the challenging case abstracts and was quite impressed by the work we are all doing. The multitude of different approaches from different areas of the world to the challenges we face in preforming anesthetics in the neurosurgical population makes us proud to be a part of this group. Great job to all those trainees who presented.
Other highlights from our trainee engagement committee
We continue to ask that you spread the word to your trainees and introduce them to our Neuroanesthesia Classrooms. Our Advanced Classroom has been a great resource for our own trainees and has gotten a lot of online attention. This, in addition to our Basic Classroom, is a mostly free resource to help guide junior and senior residents through their Neurosurgical Anesthesia rotations. It can be found within the Education Corner tab under Education and Trainees. We continue to thank Dr. Kamilla Esfahani (Director) and Dr. Rashid Hussain (Associate Director) for their work in this endeavor and Dr. Matt Whalin for his regular updates.
Our JNA podcast has produced two additional episodes. Dr. Lakshmi Kurnutala interviewed Dr. Vikas Chauhan on the “Effect of Remimazolam on Transcranial Electrical Motor Evoked Potential in Spine Surgery: A prospective preliminary dose escalation study,” from July 2025 edition of JNA. A great conversation of a very new and exciting drug that many of us have limited experience with. Soon to come, Dr. Matthew Whalin interviews Dr. Adele S. Budiansky on her publication “Temporary Intraoperative Cerebral Blood Flow Reduction to Facilitate Neurovascular Procedures,” published ahead of print for the October 2025 edition of JNA. What an excellent review of the four principal techniques commonly used to achieve flow reduction. To date no single technique is superior to others but knowing when to use each is critical to the outcome of these cases. What a great read and a great interview. As always, to listen to the full episode, you can visit SoundCloud and search “SNACC podcast”. In addition, these podcasts can also be found not just on our website but on Spotify and Apple podcasts, just search “SNACC”.
Our Challenging Case team continues to produce publications in the SNACC newsletter. This edition features a case discussing management of an acute cervical spinal cord injury by Dr. Eman Nada. Dr. Nada does a wonderful job reviewing airway management, blood pressure goals, and new approaches to pain management. Acute cervical spine injurie cases are delicate, and we should all do our best to remain up to date on ways to best care of this patient population. Please enjoy this great review.
Hope everyone enjoyed our annual meeting. Wishing everyone a great holiday season and a healthy and happy New Year!
