Upcoming Events – May
Allori will be present at the 2009 ASM to be held at the Cairns Convention Centre (2nd-6th May) where topics in Anaesthesia, Pain Management and Intensive Care will be showcased. International Key Opinion Leaders attending the ASM will cover topics such as pain, cognitive function, monitoring, PONV and muscle relaxants.As well as acute pain, the Pain Medicine program will emphasise cancer pain management in this IASP Global Year against Cancer Pain.
International Key Opinion Leaders attending the ASM will include:
Dr Andrew Lumb (St James’ University Hospital and the University of Leeds, UK)
Anaesthesia for vascular surgery and thoracic surgery.
Prof Andrew Rice (Professor of Pain Research at Imperial College London)
Neuropathic pain.
Prof Rollin Gallagher (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Pennsylvania, US)
Pain Medicine.
Prof Matthew Chan (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Cognitive function after anaesthesia and neurophysiologic monitoring.
Dr Daniel Raemer (Centre for Medical Simulation in Boston)
Simulation and monitoring devices.
A/Prof Steven Passik (Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, Cornell University Medical College, US).
Prof T.J. Gan (Duke University Medical Center)
PONV, hemodynamic monitoring and fluid administration strategies
(sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences).
Dr Manfred Blobner (Technische Universitat, Munich, Germany)
Neuromuscular blocking drugs
(sponsored by Schering-Plough).
Click here to visit the ANZCA ASM 2009 website.
