Perioperative Medicine Events
The Perioperative Medicine SIG will hold two sessions at the ANZCA ASM on Friday May 3, 2019. The sessions will feature the following topics:
"The evolving world of prehabilitation"
• Perioperative optimisation in practice – Dr Daniel Conway, United Kingdom
• Perioperative thyroid dysfunction – Associate Professor Elif Ekinci, Australia
• What gives the most bang for our buck? Weighing the evidence and cost of preoperative interventions to improve postoperative outcomes – Ms Ianthe Boden, Australia
• Global trends in geriatric surgical care – Dr Ming Loh, Australia
"Perioperative systems, don't underestimate their importance"
• Approach to elderly patients undergoing major colorectal resection – Clinical Associate Professor Tan Kok Yang, Singapore
• Prehab the known knowns – Professor David Story, Australia
• Advanced recovery room care – Professor Guy Ludbrook, Australia
• Perioperative diabetes guidelines – Associate Professor Elif Ekinci, Australia
2019 Perioperative Medicine SIG meeting
The 2019 Perioperative Medicine SIG meeting will be held on November 7-9, 2019 at the Sofitel Brisbane. Invited international speakers include Professor Monty Mythen and Professor Ramani Moonesinghe.
Registrations will open in April 2019. For further information, please contact the secretariat.