
Valerie Zaphiratos
@valzaph
OB #Anesthesiologist. Clinical Associate Professor @UMontreal. Mom of 3, Wife of 1. One with nature. Work hard/play hard. @CAS_OBSection Past Chair
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14-10-2020 00:45:55
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Congratulations, Dr. Ruthi Landau, first female EIC of an academic journal of anesthesiology! International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons SOAP


Thinking of #VirginiaApgar on her birthday (6/7/1909) & the tremendous impact she has as a Columbia University obstetric anesthesiologist who thought out of the box profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/cp/fโฆ The Apgar score developed in 1952 still shapes neonatal resuscitation womenofimpactinanesthesiology


Congrats to DalAnesthesiaโs prodigal son Garrett Barry!! (Donโt let the Victoria subtitle fool you) Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society #CASAM2024 Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Kwesi Kwofie ๐ฉบ Hari (เฐนเฐฐเฐฟ ๐ฎ๐ณ) Kalagara Janice Chisholm Janny Ke, MD MSc Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA ๐บ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ Raj Gupta, MD, FASRA Dr Nav Bahal Steve Coppens Kavita Houthoff Khemlani James K. Kim


Amazing session moderated by Anton Chau on the Obstetrics anesthesia expert panel, featuring Dr.Dolores M McKeen ๐จ๐ฆ, Paul Weiczorek and Roanne Preston!! Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Obstetric Anesthesia of CAS ๐จ๐ฆ ObAnesthesiaDigest


Mohamed Eissa Anton Chau Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Obstetric Anesthesia of CAS ๐จ๐ฆ ObAnesthesiaDigest thx Mohamed Eissa!! packed room highly engaged group excellent Qs. so fun w panelists Roanne Preston @pweiczorek. ๐ฏ๐credit to the Anton Chau who did the lionโs share BC Women's Hospital Obstetric Anesthesia of CAS ๐จ๐ฆ

Presenting our study on use of intraoperative echocardiography to monitor changes in CO in pregnancy Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Cardio-Obstetrics Obstetric Anesthesia of CAS ๐จ๐ฆ Universitรฉ d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital CJA - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia OttawaAnesthesiology #pocus #victoria


#CASAM2024 ๐จ๐ฆ Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ fantastic talk on #PDPH ! Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society CAS Regional & Acute Pain Section Patrick Wong Dr.Dolores M McKeen ๐จ๐ฆ @AnaSjaus ASRA Pain Medicine ESRA | European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Eleni Moka Thomas Volk Clara Lobo ๐ต๐น๐บ๐ฆ๐ช๐บ๐ฆ๐ช Rakesh Sondekoppam Grace Lim, MD MS SOAP Nuala Lucas OAA ASAยฎ Valerie Zaphiratos Rony Hakim


so proud to see these former @IWKHealth residents & fellows presenting w colleagues across ๐จ๐ฆat #CASAM2024! @AnaSjaus @hilarykatem Valerie Zaphiratos future of ๐จ๐ฆ#OBAnes is right here folks! Dr. Ron George ๐จ๐ฆ #Anesthesiologist missing from pics! Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Matt Simms, MSc MD FRCPC Allana Munro Bruce Macaulay Discipline of Anesthesia

Incredibly entertaining and educational IV Remi PCA vs Fentanyl PCA debate in an OB patient without labour epidural between Drs Anne Lavoie and Valerie Zaphiratos Valerie Zaphiratos moderated by ๐จ๐ฆOB anesthesia giant Dr Ron George Dr. Ron George ๐จ๐ฆ #Anesthesiologist #CASAM2024 Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society


Neuromuscular blocking drugs vs remifentanil for intubation. The use of remifentanil (2-4 mcg/kg) makes little to no difference in terms of producing excellent tracheal intubation conditions. Anyone changing their practice after reading this paper? ๐โฆ-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anโฆ


Great #OBAnes ProCon Debate by Valerie Zaphiratos & Dr A Lavoie on IV PCA - remi versus fentanyl. Moderation by Dr. Ron George ๐จ๐ฆ #Anesthesiologist for me local resources & context matters #fentanylwins CAS #CASAM2024


Great job all!! bringing evidence & entertainment to #CASAM2024 #OBAnes pro/con debate. great points but I still endorse IV PCA fentanyl! Valerie Zaphiratos Anton Chau Dr. Ron George ๐จ๐ฆ #Anesthesiologist Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ @hilarykatem Allana Munro Obstetric Anesthesia of CAS ๐จ๐ฆ

Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society CAS Regional & Acute Pain Section Patrick Wong Dr.Dolores M McKeen ๐จ๐ฆ @AnaSjaus ASRA Pain Medicine ESRA | European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Eleni Moka Thomas Volk Clara Lobo ๐ต๐น๐บ๐ฆ๐ช๐บ๐ฆ๐ช Rakesh Sondekoppam Grace Lim, MD MS SOAP Nuala Lucas OAA ASAยฎ Valerie Zaphiratos Rony Hakim #CASAM2024 ๐จ๐ฆ #POCUS in #OBAnes Anton Chau Great lectures by exerts !! Gastric ultrasound Dr Arzola Cardiac @AnaSjaus Neuraxial ultrasound Dr Barrera Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society CAS Regional & Acute Pain Section Dr.Dolores M McKeen ๐จ๐ฆ Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Lucie Filteau MD ๐จ๐ฆ Valerie Zaphiratos Mandeep (เจฎเจจเจฆเฉเจช | เคฎเคจเคฆเฅเคช) Singh MD DalAnesthesia Garrett Barry


Great discussion just concluded on I-AIM & #POCUS in anesthesia .. lots of evidence for benefit & clinical pearls on gastric, cardiac & spine imaging. Consider settings & use frequently to support image acquisition & comfort doing #casam2024 @AnaSjaus Anton Chau Obstetric Anesthesia of CAS ๐จ๐ฆ


Thank you to Cristian Arzola @AnaSjaus and Juliana Barrera for a practical, high yield panel on #POCUS in #ObAnes - it was a priviledge to be the moderator for this session Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Obstetric Anesthesia of CAS ๐จ๐ฆ


Congratulations to the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society on an incredibly successful #CASAM2024 Thank you to all Editorial Board members for their participation and the ongoing hard work serving the journal.


To all Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society members just saying June in NL is iceberg season! This was the same view of Fort Amherst during #CASAM2014 with both whales & icebergs!! Obstetric Anesthesia of CAS ๐จ๐ฆ CAS Regional & Acute Pain Section CJA - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia CARF CAS IEF CAS-EnviroSustainability Anesthesia Archives & Artifacts CAS Chiefs (pc unknown)


Weโll need a bigger room if we repeat this session next year at #CASAM2025 Jason Chui Lorraine Chow Valerie Zaphiratos Wesley Edwards Allana Munro Dr.Dolores M McKeen ๐จ๐ฆ Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society #ObAnes