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ForwardAdvanced Airway & Line Placement Techniques Workshop 2026
This is a live, in-person activity.
This hands-on workshop is designed to reinforce and maintain anesthesia providers’ knowledge and technical skills in advanced vascular access and airway management procedures that may be encountered infrequently in general anesthesia practice. Faculty anesthesiologists with expertise in thoracic and vascular anesthesia will provide instruction and supervised practice in advanced central and arterial line placement, lung isolation and double-lumen tube techniques, airway exchange catheters, jet ventilation, cricothyrotomy, and intubation through a laryngeal mask airway (LMA). The activity is intended to enhance procedural readiness, confidence, and patient safety when these techniques are required in clinical practice.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for practicing anesthesiologists & CRNAs who frequently focus their practice in general anesthesia, but at times have to cover in areas that require more specialized skills, such as thoracic & vascular anesthesia cases.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate appropriate techniques and strategies for advanced central venous and arterial line placement.
- Demonstrate appropriate techniques for advanced airway management, including lung isolation, double-lumen tube placement, airway exchange catheter use, jet ventilation, cricothyrotomy, and intubation through a laryngeal mask airway.
- Select and appropriately apply advanced airway and vascular access techniques based on the clinical circumstances and patient needs.
- Demonstrate increased procedural readiness and confidence in managing infrequently encountered airway and vascular access challenges.
Additional Information
Course summary
- 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 4.50 Participation
| 8:30am | Introduction (Didactic) |
| 8:50 | Skills Session 1 - Cricothyrotomy |
| 9:30 | Skills Session 2 - Lung Isolation Station: Bronchial Blockers & Double Lumen |
| 10:10 | Skills Session 3 - Difficult Airway Endotracheal Tube Exchange |
| 10:50 | Skills Session 4 - Aintree Catheter through an LMA |
| 11:30 | Skills Session 5 - CVC Placement |
| 12:10pm | Skills Session 6 - A-Lines |
| 12:50 | Wrap-Up & Evaluations |
| 1:00pm | Adjournment |
Simona Iustina Lupu, MD – Course Director
Senior Director, Division of Multispecialty Anesthesia – Massachusetts General Hospital
Dennis McNicholl, DO
Anesthesiologist, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Matthew Allen, MD
Anesthesiologist, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Jerome Crowley, MD, MPH
Critical Care Physician/Cardiac Anesthesiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Daniel Dove, MD
Burn Surgery Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital
Catherine Jerman, MD
Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital
Mazen Maktabi, MBBCh
Anesthesiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
James Simpson, MD
Attending Anesthesiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Henry Su, MD
Anesthesiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Elisa Walsh, MD
Staff Anesthesiologist & Intensivist, Massachusetts General Hospital
In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statement
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 4.50 Participation