Talmage Egan ANZCA ASM Visitor Chair in Anaesthesiology at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Adjunct Professor in Pharmaceutics and Bioengineering, and Director of Neuroanaesthesia at the University of Utah.

Talmage Egan completed his anaesthesia training in 1991. He undertook a fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology at Stanford University, CA. In addition to his Academic Chair in Anaesthesia he is Adjunct Professor in Pharmaceutics and Bioengineering, and Director of Neuroanaesthesia at the University of Utah.   His clinical interests include neuroanaesthesia, intravenous and obstetric anaesthesia and he is an award winning teacher of clinical anaesthesia. He has wide-ranging research interests including pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modelling of intravenous anaesthetics, computer controlled infusions, pharmacodynamic drug interactions and the development of intravenous anaesthetic agents.    Professor Egan has extensive editorial experience as Associate Editor of Anesthesiology, is co-author of a number of major anaesthesia texts and has in excess of fifty published papers.

Jeffrey S. Mogil FPM ASM Visitor E.P. Taylor Professor of Pain Studies at McGill University, Canada and Canada Research Chair in the Genetics of Pain.

Born in Toronto, Canada Jeffrey S. Mogil .completed a B.Sc. (Honours) in Psychology from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from UCLA.   He is currently the E.P. Taylor Professor of Pain Studies at McGill University, CA and the Canada Research Chair in the Genetics of Pain.    Dr. Mogil has made seminal contributions to the field of pain genetics and is the author of most major reviews of the subject, including an edited book, The Genetics of Pain (IASP Press, 2004).  He is also a recognised authority in the fields of sex differences in pain and analgesia, and algesiometric testing in the laboratory mouse.  Dr. Mogil is the author of over 130 articles and book chapters since 1992.  He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Patrick D. Wall Young Investigator Award from the International Association for the Study of Pain (2002) and the Early Career Award from the Canadian Pain Society (2004).

  

Paul Myles Australasian Visitor and Douglas Joseph Professor Professor and Director of the Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, and Monash University, Australia.

Paul Myles is an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Practitioner Fellow, and is a member of the Research Committee of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. Professor Myles is a member of 3 Editorial Boards, including the British Journal of Anaesthesia, is an Editorial Consultant for The Lancet, and has reviewed for 20 journals.  He has published more than 150 papers.   The main focus of his research has been on patient quality of recovery, avoidance of postoperative complications and large multicentre trials in anaesthesia.

 

Michael (Monty) Mythen ANZCA New Zealand Visitor Smiths Medical Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Director of The Joint Biomedical Research Unit and Director of the Centre for Anaesthesia at University College London, UK.

Professor Michael (Monty) Mythen completed his UK anaesthesia fellowship (FRCA) in 1990, and then went on to gain an MD in 1995 and was appointed assistant professor at Duke University Medical Centre, North Carolina, USA before returning to the UK.   He has a wide range of research interests including; peri-operative fluid management and trans-oesophageal Doppler, haemostasis in the critically ill, endotoxin and endotoxin immunity and the determinants of post-operative morbidity and mortality. He is a prolific author and has extensive editorial involvement with a number of anaesthetic and critical care journals.   As a father of four he has recently taken part (with his family) in “Caudwell Xtreme Everest“ – an expedition conducting research into hypoxia, altitude sickness and human performance at extreme altitudes.

Richard W. Rosenquist FPM Visitor Fellowship Director, Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa, USA.

Richard Rosenquist’s principal interests include regional anaesthesia and acute and chronic pain management. As a co-author of the ASRA consensus guidelines he is an internationally sought-after speaker and is widely respected for his expertise in the management of post-operative pain.   His current research projects include studies on lenalidomide for the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome and painful lumbar radiculopathy. Professor Rosenquist has made a major editorial contribution to a wide range of anaesthesia and pain journals.

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