STS Summer Series: Addressing the Cardiac Surgery Opioid Crisis

In this episode of the STS Summer Series, Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD, and Michael C. Grant, MD, MSE, moderate a panel of experts in Addressing the Cardiac Surgery Opioid Crisis. Two short presentations – Why Is This Even an Issue? by Daniel T. Engelman, MD, and Now What Do I Do? by Michael C. Grant, MD, MSE – explore the role of cardiac surgery as a contributor to the opioid epidemic. Then, the panel discusses alternative interventions for pain management and strategies to minimize opioid use in perioperative management of patients (both adult and pediatric) under cardiac surgical care. Panelists include: Daniel T. Engelman, MD, Michael S. Firstenberg, MD, Rita Karianna Milewski, MD, PhD, MSEd, and Nathalie Roy, MD.