Westmead Hospital
Anaesthetic Department Morning Education Meetings 2006
Welcome to our departmental morning meeting website. Meetings in February, March, April and May are on Tuesdays at 07:30am in Lecture Theatre 1 (usually) in the education block. The topics so far are:
| Date | Topic | Speaker | |
| January 31st | TUE | Registrar's meeting (in dept library) | |
February 7th |
TUE | Anaesthesia in Cebu | David Elliott/Josh Vieusseux |
| February 14th | TUE | TOE vs PA catheters | Andrew Lo |
| February 21st | TUE | Anaesthesia and thyroid disease | Sanjay Sharma |
February 28th |
TUE | 1) Nimodipine 2) Prone position and anaesthesia |
Lisa Dayman Quy Lam |
| March 7th | TUE | 1) Failure to wake up 2) Epidural abscess |
Mark Tahmindjis Gary Willis |
| March 14th | TUE | Perioperative medicine -CARDIOLOGY (Breakfast: Novo Nordisk) |
Mark Cooper (cardiologist) |
| March 21st | TUE | Combined meeting with Kids Hospital Topic TBA |
AT KIDS HOSPITAL |
| March 28th | TUE | AIMS | Mark Lovell |
| April 4th | TUE | Heart failure pharmacology | Emily Wilcox Rajdeep Kanwar |
| April 11th | TUE | Intravenous Fluid Controversies | Orison Kim |
| April 18th | TUE | RMO Presentations | |
| April 25th | TUE | ANZAC DAY -NO MEETING | |
| May 2nd | TUE | Obstetric Bleeding | Jane Brown |
| May 9th | TUE | 1) What's new in scoliosis 2) Acute pain safety |
Peter Gibson Richard Halliwell |
| May 16th | TUE | AIMS | Mark Lovell |
| May 23rd | TUE | Difficulties in acute pain | Steve Williams |
| May 30th | TUE | Perioperative Medicine -RESPIRATORY 1) Non-invasive ventilation 2) Guidelines for reducing postoperative pulmonary complications |
Nav Gupta Dept of Resp Medicine |
| June 7th | WED | Professionalism | Greg Downey |
| June 14th | WED | Latest Acute Pain Guidelines | Jerry Wikarsa |
| June 21st | WED | AIMS | Mark Lovell |
| June 28th | WED | Trauma cases | Karen Chee |
| July 5th | WED | RMO Presentations | |
| July 12th | WED | Perioperative medicine -NEUROLOGY Myasthenia Gravis | Dani Goh |
| July 19th | WED | Radiology: chest X-rays | Albert Goh |
| July 26th | WED | Cardiovascular update | Alex Oh |
| August 2nd | WED | Ultrasound for regional anaesthesia | Alwin Chuan |
| August 9th | WED | High risk obstetric clinic (combine with O&G) | Jane MacDonald |
| August 16th | WED | Ultrasound for regional anaesthesia workshops | Alwin Chuan |
| August 23th | WED | NO MEETING: HOSPITAL WEEK | |
| August 30th | WED | Inspired oxygen: issues | Meredith Tey |
September 7th |
THU | AIMS | Mark Lovell |
September 14th |
THU | Transthoracic echocardiography | Clement Fong |
| September 21st | THU | Neurological disease and obstetric anaesthesia | Wanda Yung |
| September 28th | THU | Acid-base/ABG interpretation | Eddie Stachowski |
| October 5th | THU | Perioperative Medicine -CARDIOLOGY Electrophysiology |
David Ross |
| October 12th | THU | Intralipid for LA toxicity | Simon Zidar |
| October 19th | THU | RMO Presentations | |
| October 26th | THU | Infection control issues | Gretchen Willis and Infection Control |
| November 2nd | THU | Yeescope survey results | Kevin Yee |
| November 9th | THU | AIMS | Mark Lovell |
| November 16th | THU | Perioperative medicine -HAEMATOLOGY Haemophilia, Von Willebrands disease and surgery |
Jerry Koutts |
| November 23rd | THU | Cerebral Aneurysms | Caroline Yeoh |
| November 30th | THU | RMO Presentations | |
| TBA | Combined Meeting with Kids Hospital: Westmead And New Childrens Quiz in Anaesthesia (WANCQA) -The "Coffee Cup" |
AT KIDS HOSPITAL |