Academic Meetings organised by the College in 2000

Date and Time Speaker Topic Venue Sponsor
18 Mar 2000 Chairman: Prof Cindy Aun, PWH

"Paediatric Regional Anaesthesia"

 PYNEH HA Commissioned Training
0830 h Dr A T Bosenberg,
University of Natal, South Africa		 Neonatal Regional Anaesthesia
0905 h Dr M Karmakar,
PWH		 Paravertebral block in Children
0940 h Dr A T Bosenberg,
University of Natal, South Africa		 Epidural in Children
1015 h Discussion
1100 h Dr A T Bosenberg,
University of Natal, South Africa		 Peripheral nerve blocks in Children
1135 h Dr SL Tsui,
QMH		 Paediatric pain assessment
1210 h Dr A T Bosenberg,
University of Natal, South Africa		 Complications and Pitfalls in  Regional Anaesthesia

1245 h

 Discussion
22 March 2000
7:30 - 9:00 pm		 Dr John Sear
University of Oxford
John Radcliffe Hospital		 Anaesthesia and cardiovascular disease: their interactions and outcomes HA Building Hong Kong Oxygen
Dr John Russel
Royal Adelaide Hospital
South Australia		 Volatile agent monitoring
17 April 2000
7:30 - 9:00 pm		 Symposium on Organophosphorus Chemical Warfare Agents:
Implications For ALS, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care		 HA Building GlaxoWellcome Hong Kong
Dr. T. M. Moles
Freelance Anaesthesiologist
Hong Kong		 Anaesthesia: Problems & Management
Dr. David Baker
SAMU de Paris, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades
Civilian Consultant Advisor in Trauma Anaesthesia
Royal Navy, United Kingdom		 TOXALS: Radical Approaches to Respiratory Management
22 May 2000
7 - 8 pm		 Prof Arthur Lam
Dept of Anesthesiology
University of Washington School of Medicine
USA		 Update on the Anesthetic Management of Acute Head Injury Furama Hotel Astra-Zeneca
8 - 9 pm Prof Stephan Schug
Discipline of Anaesthesiology
University of Auckland
New Zealand		 Does Regional Anaesthesia Improve Postoperative Outcome?
27 July 2000
7 - 7:30 pm		 Dr W Aveling
University College London Hospitals Trust
London, UK		 Is heart surgery bad for your brain? Does clomethiazole protect you? HA Building Agilent Technologies
7:30 - 8 pm Dr G Sharpe
Wellington Hospital
Wellington, New Zealand		 Long QT Syndrome in Pregnancy
8-10 Sept 2000 Annual Scientific Meeting in Anaesthesiology
Perioperative Medicine in the New Millenium		 Sheraton Hotel
6 Nov 2000
7 - 8 pm

Dr. Roger Goucke
Director of Pain Management
Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital
Perth, Australia

 "Evidence-based interventional pain management" Conrad International Hong Kong Metronic
8 - 9 pm

Dr. Warwick Ngan Kee
Director of Research & Obstetric Services
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prince of Wales Hospital
Shatin, Hong Kong

 Use of opioids in obstetric analgesia