April 17, 2009
Oral/maxillofacial surgery faculty attend Dental Society of Anesthesiology meetings
Six members of the oral/maxillofacial surgery department attended the March 18, 2009, Scientific Meeting of the California Dental Society of Anesthesiology in Costa Mesa, California.
The morning session, titled "Precautions and Pitfalls in the Cockpit and in the OR" featured a husband-wife presentation team - Captain Carlyle “Jai” Rampersad, BSc, ATP, and Sally Rampersad, MB, DCH, FRCA—a senior airline pilot and a pediatric anesthesiologist.
The couple discussed the similarly grave responsibilities of their different professions and the lessons to be learned from both.
The afternoon speaker, Susheela Bala, MD, an allergist-immunologist, provided an excellent review of pharmacology, asthma, and allergic reactions as they pertain to anesthesia.
LLUSD attendees included (L-R): Alanna Wilkinson, receptionist; Ken Spint, DMD, attending; Carlos Moretta, DDS, chief resident; Zolton Horvath, OMS clinic manager. Also attending but not pictured: Adam Clark, DDS, chief resident; Wayne Tanaka, DDS, attending