Convenor Thanks

On behalf of the NZSA and ANZCA, I would like to express my gratitude to a number of people for making the 2018 New Zealand Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting a great success.

Our meeting, ‘Face the Future’, was intended to inspire new ideas and equip delegates with new skills. Our speakers, both from overseas and New Zealand, embraced the theme, and were instrumental in delivering on these aims.  A huge thank you to all our speakers, and the workshop presenters for all the time, energy and effort that they invested in our meeting.

The meeting would not have been possible without the extremely generous response from the Healthcare Industry. We are extremely grateful to our sponsors: Medtronic, MSD, The NZ Coffee Company and mORstaff, and to all our exhibitors. I trust they found the meeting and the networking useful and productive.

It was a privilege to work with the Middlemore Anaesthetic Department Organising Committee for nearly 3 years. A talented, energetic and enthusiastic group of people ensured that the planning and work required to deliver the meeting was fun and productive. We were guided and supported by the outstanding conference organisers “Outshine”, Jill Schirnack and the team were brilliant.

Craig Birch, Convenor
Anaesthetist, Middlemore Hospital

International Invited Speakers

DR DAVID AUYONG

Medical Director, Lindeman Ambulatory Surgery Centre; Section Head Orthopaedic Anaesthesiology, Virginia Mason Medical Centre, Seattle, Washington, USA

A/PROF LAURA DUGGAN

Vancouver General Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

DR GARY MINTO

Associate Director of Research, Development and Innovation at University Hospitals Plymouth; Consultant Anaesthetist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Invited Speakers

• Dr Sara Allen, Anaesthetist/Intensivist, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland
  
• Dr Paul Baker, Anaesthetist, Starship Hospital, Auckland
  
• Dr Vanessa Beavis, Director Perioperative Services, Auckland DHB, Auckland
  
• Dr Terri Bidwell, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Starship Hospital, Auckland
  
• Dr Troy Browne, Head of Dept ICU / HDU, Medical Leader Anaesthesia, Radiology and Surgical Services, Bay of Plenty DHB, Tauranga
  
• Dr Dean Bunbury, Anaesthetist, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
  
• Dr Doug Campbell, Specialist Anaesthetist, Auckland DHB, Auckland
  
• Dr Daniel Chiang, Specialist Anaesthetist, Waitemata DHB, Royal Oak
  
• Dr Steven Clendenen, Anesthesiologist, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA
  
• Mr Andrew Connolly, HOD General Surgery, Chair MCNZ, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
  
• Prof Nathan Consedine, Professor, University of Auckland, Auckland
  
• Prof Michael Corballis, Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland
  
• Dr Tony Diprose, Anaesthetist, Hawke's Bay DHB, Hastings
  
• Dr Matthew Drake, Specialist Obstetric Anaesthetist & ANZCA Supervisor of Training, National Women’s Health, Auckland DHB, Auckland
  
• Dr Lana Ferguson, Palliative Care Registrar, Waikato DHB, Hamilton
  
• Dr Michael Foss, Anaesthesia SMO, Waikato DHB, Hamilton
  
• Mr Kevin Henshall, Trauma Nurse Specialist General Surgery, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
  
• Dr Vanessa Jordan, Senior Research Fellow, Cochrane New Zealand, Auckland
  
• Dr Hamish Mace, Anaesthetist, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth
  
• Dr Andrew Martin, Specialist Anaesthetist, Waikato DHB, Hamilton
  
• Dr Stephen McBride, Clinical Head of Infectious Diseases, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
  
• Dr Alan McLintic, Smo Anaesthesia, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
  
• Dr Rodney Mitchell, President, ANZCA, Melbourne
  
• Prof Michael Paech, Emeritus Professor of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Consultant Anaesthetist, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Perth
  
• Dr Sunita Paul, Physician and Clinical Head ARHOP, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
  
• Mr Matthew Payton, GM Anaesthesia, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Auckland
  
• A/Prof Rocco Pitto, Consultant Orthop. Surgeon, University of Auckland, South Auckland Clinical Campus, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
  
• Dr Nicholas Randall, Anaesthetist, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
  
• Prof James Renwick, Professor of Physical Geography, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington
  
• Dr Jeanette Scott, Anaesthetist, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
  
• Dr Owen Sinclair, Paediatrician, Waitemata DHB, Auckland
  
• Dr Jane Torrie, Anaesthetist, University of Auckland, Auckland
  
• Mrs Jenny Wagener, General Surgeon, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
  
• A/Prof Chris Wilkins, Drugs Team Leader, SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, Massey University, Auckland
  
• Dr Caroline Zhou, Consultant Anaesthetist, Bay of Plenty DHB, Tauranga
  

Scientific Programme

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