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Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adult Ambulatory Anesthesia Webinar

February 25, 2026
8 pm ET

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), whether diagnosed prior or suspected on the day of surgery, can pose many challenges for safe perioperative care. Anesthesiologists are commonly tasked with providing preoperative directives for the care of OSA patients, reducing patient risk with anesthesia care tailored to avoid the hazards associated with OSA, and coordinating appropriate postoperative patient disposition. As ambulatory surgery becomes increasingly common, establishing a patient’s safe discharge from hospital on the day of surgery requires insight and good clinical judgement. In this webinar we will review evidence and give direction to navigate guidelines of care in order to facilitate safe home discharge for OSA patients having ambulatory procedures.

After participating in this activity, participants will be able to: 

  1. Identify parameters that can influence the duration of OSA Patient postoperative continuous monitoring.  
  2. Recognize unique aspects of anesthesia care for OSA patients having ambulatory procedures.  
  3. Use an evidence-based algorithm as a basis for patient disposition following ambulatory procedures.  

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society. You may claim a maximum of 1 hour (credits are automatically calculated).​


Moderator: Dr Kathryn Sparrow
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland 
 

Dr Kathryn Sparrow is an Associate Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland's Discipline of Anesthesia. She is an anesthesiologist at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Following Anesthesiology training at Memorial University of Newfoundland, she completed an Airway Fellowship at Dalhousie University in 2016 and an MScHQ at Queen's University in 2018. Dr Sparrow is the current Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society and Canadian Journal of Anesthesia CPD Editor. She is the former Chair of the Canadian Anesthetic Incident Reporting System, a member of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee, and she serves as the Memorial University Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Medical Education QI/QA Educational Director. Her areas of interest include healthcare and quality improvement, patient safety, quality metrics, and airway management. 

Presenter: Dr Donald Young
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC

Dr Donald Young is a staff anesthesiologist at Vancouver General Hospital and UBC Hospital, where he has practiced since 2016. Originally from Chilliwack, British Columbia, he earned his medical degree from the University of British Columbia in 1994 and completed a family practice residency at UBC’s Victoria site in 1996, followed by GP Anesthesia training in 2002.

After a decade of exclusively practicing anesthesia in Campbell River, Dr Young returned to UBC to complete Royal College anesthesiology training, receiving his FRCPC in 2016. He completed a fellowship in perioperative anesthesia through UBC and McMaster University in 2018 and was appointed Clinical Assistant Professor in the UBC Department of Anesthesia, Pharmacology and Therapeutics in 2020. He currently serves as Medical Director for the Vancouver Acute Preadmission Clinic and Perioperative Anesthesia.

His clinical interests include presurgical patient optimization, obstructive sleep apnea, same-day discharge lower limb arthroplasty, point-of-care ultrasound, and quality improvement and patient safety.