Saturday 01 May 2010
Abstracts
(in Program order)

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0830 - 1000	Plenary Session ANZCA ASM Visitor: Prof Talmage Egan (Ellis Gillespie Lecture) FPM ASM Visitor: Prof Jeffrey S Mogil (Michael Cousins Lecture)
1030 - 1200	Concurrent Session 1 Fast track surgery Prof Michael "Monty" Mythen Assoc Prof Andrew Hill Concurrent Session 2 Medical professionals in distress - patient safety in jeopardy? Dr Marion Andrew Mr Werner Naef Concurrent Session 3 Clinical trials group Assoc Prof David Story Ms Stephanie Poustie Assoc Prof Andrew Davidson Concurrent Session 4 Palliative care pointers: what can we learn? Dr Kate Grundy and Dr Amanda Landers FPM: acute perioperative pain Prof Richard Rosenquist Assoc Prof Pam Macintyre Prof Stephen Schug Moderated Poster Session: Pharmacology Dr Corinne Law-Schuitemaker Rebecca Bailey Dr Alex Konstantatos Dr Sinead McGuirk Dr Cameron Osbourne Dr Masashi Uchida Dr Jonathan Jarratt Prof Kate Leslie (1) Prof Kate Leslie (2) Prof Paul Myles Assoc. Prof. David Liley Dr Judith Penney
1330-1500	Concurrent Session 1 The eyes have it Dr David Kent Dr Phil Guise Prof Mark Elder Concurrent Session 2 Making your department hum Dr Ross Kerridge Dr Steve Watts Assoc Prof Tomas Corcoran Concurrent Session 3 Bariatric anaesthesia Dr Tony Burn Mr Steve Kelly Dr Graham Sharpe Concurrent Session 4 Obstetrics anaesthesia SIG Dr Pamela Flood Dr Nolan McDonnell Dr Alicia Dennis FPM: research Prof Maree Smith Prof Jeffrey S Mogil Prof Christine Winterborn Moderated Poster Session: Regional Anaesthesia and obstetric anaesthesia Dr Nusrat Zahan Dr Anne Jaumees Dr Ban Leong Sng Dr Chin How Tan (1) Dr Chin How Tan (2) Prof Warwick Ngan Kee Dr David Law Assoc. Prof Graham Hocking (1) Assoc. Prof Graham Hocking (2) Assoc. Prof Graham Hocking (3) Dr James Moore
1530-1700	Concurrent Session 1 Confessions of an academic anaesthetist: the how and the why of becoming a big name in anaesthesia Panel Discussion Concurrent Session 2 Peri-operative cardiology Dr James Lai Prof Gerard Manecke Concurrent Session 3 Refresher session: unusual patients you may be asked to anaesthetise Dr Mark Shulman Dr Bobby Manasiev Dr Melissa James Dr David Whybrew Concurrent Session 4 Curriculum redevelopment - why meets how Ms Claire Byrne; Ms Mary Lawson; Dr Lindy Roberts; Felicity Hutton FPM: pain assessment Assoc Prof Michael Nicholas Prof Stephen J Gibson Dr Susan Lord Dr Michael Butler