Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd May


Annual Congress of Anaesthesiology 2020

O’Reilly Hall, UCD

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Welcome from the President

Dear Delegates,

To be updated soon.

Dr Brian Kinirons, President, CAI

This two day meeting is the highlighty of the College’s academic calendar.

IT WILL FEATURE:

  • Keynote Addresses & Parallel Sessions
  • Workshops
  • E-posters
  • Annual Gala Dinner
PROGRAMME COVERS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF TOPICAL ISSUES INCLUDING
Timeline & Schedule

We would encourage all Fellows of the College in good standing to attend the College Annual General Meeting at 1pm on Thursday.

This meeting will provide a summary of the many activities we have participated in over the past year but also provides an important opportunity for you to voice your view and opinions as a Fellow of the College.

Attending Events

We hope you find that Congress 2020 meets its objective of being an effective and enjoyable source of quality CEPD.

We look forward to seeing you over the two days and at the Congress dinner in Dublin Castle on Friday evening.

We would urge you to take the time to visit the wide variety of stands and avail of the opportunity to engage with them.

As a College we realise the significance of this event and the time commitment required to attend, we would therefore also welcome your feedback.

DISTINGUISHED NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS
Dr Dorothy Breen

Dr Dorothy Breen

Dr Steve Bolsin

Dr Steve Bolsin

Dr Giacomo Bellani

Dr Giacomo Bellani

Dr David Cosgrave

Dr David Cosgrave

Mr John Gibbons

Mr John Gibbons

Prof Jim Lucey

Prof Jim Lucey

Dr Solmaz Nakhjavanki

Dr Solmaz Nakhjavanki

Dr Peter Moran

Dr Peter Moran

Dr Rosie Hogg

Dr Rosie Hogg

Prof Olle ten Cate
Prof Olle ten Cate

Prof Olle ten Cate

Dr Jeffrey B. Cooper
Dr Lindi Snyman

Dr Lindi Snyman

Dr Anne Doherty

Dr Anne Doherty

Dr John Browne

Dr John Browne

Prof Martin Corbally
Prof Suellen Walker

Prof Suellen Walker

Dr Cian McDermott

Dr Cian McDermott

Dr Andrew Smith
Prof Doris Østergaard
Dr Jennifer Hastings

Dr Jennifer Hastings

Prof Jennifer McElwain

Prof Jennifer McElwain

Dr Philip Hu
Dr Kathleen Ferguson

Dr Kathleen Ferguson

Dr Mahesh Prabhu
Dr Brian Kinirons

Dr Brian Kinirons

Dr Peter Lee
Dr Robert Plant

Dr Robert Plant

Prof Adam Sapirstein
Dr Chris Elton

Dr Chris Elton

Dr Cathy Lawson
Prof Weiping Chen

Prof Weiping Chen

Dr Helen Daly

Dr Helen Daly

Dr Barry John Kelly

Dr Barry John Kelly

Prof Sharon Einav

Prof Sharon Einav

Event Schedule
Thursday, 9th May 201908:30AM - 17:30PM, 7 CPD points
Time Main Hall Moore Auditorium, O’Brien Centre H1.51Room, O’Brien Centre
07:45-08:25 Registration, Tea/Coffee
08:30-10:00 Intensive Care Medicine

Chairperson:
– Dr Leo Kevin & Dr John Bates (Galway University Hospital)

Speakers:
– Dr Robert Plant
(Cork University Hospital) Lung ultrasound in the ICU

– Dr Giacomo Bellani
(University of Milan)
Current concepts for liberation from ventilation

– Dr Jennifer Hastings
(Mater Hospital)
When should I contact the ECMO service?

Sustainability

Chairperson:
– Dr Donall O’Cróinín
(Mercy University Hospital, Cork)

Speakers:
– Prof Jennifer McElwain
(Trinity College Dublin)
The consequences of climate change – a warning from before the time of the dinosaurs

– Dr Cathy Lawson
(UK)
Sustainable anaesthesia – how we can really make a diff erence to climate change

– Mr John Gibbons
(UK)
This is not an environmental crisis

 
08:30-12:30     Workshop

ISRA Regional Anaesthesia Workshop

10:00-10:30 TEA/COFFEE, TRADE EXHIBITION & EˇPOSTERS DISPLAY
10:30-11:15 Keynote Lecture

Welcome by Dr Brian Kinirons, President, CAI

Prof Jeffrey B Cooper PhD
Respectful, trusting relationships are essential for patient safety, especially the surgeon-anesthesiologist dyad.

   
11:15-12:45 Wellbeing

Chairperson:
– Prof Ellen O’Sullivan (St James’s Hospital)

Speakers:
– Prof Jim Lucey
(President, St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services)
Keeping doctors doctoring

– Prof Martin Corbally
(Bahrain)
The second victim – a personal perspective?

– Dr Kathleen Ferguson
(President, Association of Anaesthetists)
Flourishing-support strategies in anaesthesiology

Obstetrics

Chairperson:
– Dr Niamh Hayes
(Rotunda Hospital)

Speakers:
– Dr Chris Elton
(President Elect, Obstetric Anaesthetist’s Association, UK) Obstetric haemorrhage

– Dr David Cosgrave
(Galway)
The high risk parturient — lessons from a regional hospital

– Dr Anne Doherty
(Rotunda Hospital)
Epidural fever: a hot topic for mother and baby

 
12:45-13:45 LUNCH AND TRADE EXHIBITION
13:00-13:45 ROBING ROOM, O’REILLY HALL: CAI ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
13:45-15:15 Competency Based Medical Education Training

Chairperson:
– Dr Camillus Power
(Tallaght University Hospital)

Speakers:
– Prof Olle ten Cate
(The Netherlands)
Entrustable professional activities in competency – based medical education

– Dr Dorothy Breen
(Cork University Hospital)
How do we deliver training for clinical communication that really works?

– Dr Lindi Snyman
(CAI Fellow in Clinical Leadership and Medical Education) Introducing the E-Curriculum for the National Specialist Anaesthesiology Training Programme

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Chairperson:
– Dr Sinéad Harte
(Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin)

Speakers:
– Prof Suellen Walker
(UK)
Neuropathic post – surgical pain in children

– Dr Helen Daly
(Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin)
First responses of first responders to child with congenital heart disease

– Dr Solmaz Nakhjavani
(Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin)
EXIT Procedure for airway anomalies, CHI Experience

 
15:15-15:45 TEA/COFFEE, TRADE EXHIBITION & EˇPOSTERS DISPLAY
15:45-17:15 Keynote Lecture

Chairperson:
– Prof George Shorten (Cork University Hospital)

Speakers:
– Dr Stephen Bolsin
(Melbourne)
Origins of clinical governance

– Prof Adam Sapirstein
(Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA)
Does technology + data science = anesthetic vigilance?

   
17:15-17:25 MAIN HALL CAI CURRICULUM LAUNCH, DR BRIAN KINIRONS FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION
17:30-18:30 ISRA AGM
FRIDAY, 10th MAY 201908:00AM - 15:30PM, 6 CPD Pts
Time Main Hall Moore Auditorium, O’Brien Centre H1.51 Room, O’Brien Centre
07:45-08:25 Registration, Tea/Coffee
08:30-10:00 Pain Medicine

Chairperson:
– Dr Brendan Conroy
(Bon Secours, Limerick)

Speakers:
– Dr John Browne
(Cork University Hospital)
Intrathecal drug delivery systems: indications, maintenance and complications

– Dr Philip Hu
(Tallaght University Hospital)
Opioid free analgesia: myth, reality or necessity

– Prof Weiping Chen
(China)
What you should know about the current challenge and opportunity of Chinese anesthesiology and perioperative analgesia

Abbvie Scholarship & Delaney Medal Competition 2020

Chairperson:
– Prof John Laffey
(National University Of Ireland, Galway)

WORKSHOP:
Peri-operative point of care ultrasound (PoCUS) workshop

Chairperson:
– Dr Catherine Nix
(Limerick)

10:00-10:30 TEA/COFFEE, TRADE EXHIBITION & EˇPOSTERS DISPLAY
10:30-12:00 Keynote Lecture

Chairperson:
Dr Anne Hennessy (Beaumont Hospital)

Speakers:
– Prof Andy Smith
(Royal Lancaster Infirmary, UK)
Patient safety in anaesthesiology: Where are we now?

– Prof Doris Østergaard
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
The benefit of simulation-based training for the individual, the team and the organization

   
12:00-13:00 LUNCH TEA/COFFEE, TRADE EXHIBITION & EˇPOSTERS DISPLAY
12:15-13:00 ROBING ROOM: GAINING ENTRY TO THE SPECIALIST REGISTER

Chairperson:
– Dr John O’Dea
(Limerick Regional Hospital)

– Dr Ehtesham Khan
(Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda)

12:15-12:45 MOORE AUDITORIUM, O’BRIEN CENTRE: SANI MEETING

Chairperson:
– Prof Gerry Fitzpatrick (Vice President, CAI)

13:00-14:30 Cardiothoracic

Chairperson:
– Dr Parvaiz Hafeez
(Cork University Hospital)

Speakers:
– Dr Mahesh Prabhu
(Newcastle, UK)
Anaesthetic management of non-cardiac surgery in a cardiac patient

– Dr Barry John Kelly
(Cork University Hospital)
Generation D: The anaesthesiologist in the era of cardiac devices

– Prof Wei Liu
(China)
Update of labor analgesia in China

Anaesthetic Care of the Elderly

Chairperson:
– Dr Gabriella Iohom
(Cork University Hospital)

Speakers:
– Prof Sharon Einav
(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in elderly patients

– Dr Peter Lee
(Bons Secours Hospital Cork)
Perioperative care of people with dementia

– Dr Brian Kinirons
(University College Hospital Galway)
Peripheral nerve blocks in the ambulatory elderly

 
14:30-14:45 TEA/COFFEE & TRADE EXHIBITION EˇPOSTERS DISPLAY
14:45-16:15 Plenary Session

Chairperson:
– Prof Gerry Fitzpatrick
(Vice President, CAI)

Speakers:
– Prof Adam Sapirstein
(Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA)
Can data improve VTE risk prediction?

– Prof Jeffrey B Cooper
(Harvard)
Performance of practicing anesthesiologists can be reliably assessed via simulation.
But, should it be?

– Prof Doris Østergaard
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
Speak up and psychological safety

– Prof Andy Smith
(Royal Lancaster Infirmary, UK)
Evidence and practice in patient safety: intravenous lidocaine for postoperative pain

– Dr Steve Bolsin
(Melbourne)
Clinician engagement – where we need to be

   
16:15 PRIZE-GIVING
16:30 CLOSE OF MEETING
Sponsors & Partners

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