This year's KK Obstetric Anaesthesia Symposium 2010 will focus on
WHERE:
KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229899 -
SINGAPORE,
SINGAPORE
WHEN: 27 February 2010
- 28 February 2010
Obstetric Anaesthesia Symposium 2010
“Improving Patient Safety &
Outcomes in Obstetric Anaesthesia”
Dept of Women’s Anesthesia, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Saturday 27th February - Sunday 28th February 2010
Guest Faculty
International Faculty
Prof Marc VAN de VELDE, MD, PhD, Professor of Anesthesia
Director of Obstetric Anesthesia and Extra Muros Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Leuven, Belgium
He has given over 120 invited lectures at the international and national level, has published 45 articles in peer reviewed journals, has produced 30 manuscripts for non peer reviewed journals and has co-authored 4 book chapters. He was member of the Committee of the Obstetric Anaesthetists Association from 2003 – 2009 and is currently president of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia (ESRA). His primary clinical interest focuses on obstetric anesthesia and anesthesia for children and adults with congenital heart disease undergoing non cardiac surgery. Most of his current research focuses on obstetric anesthesia.
Prof Ruth LANDAU, MD, Director of Obstetric Anesthesia and Clinical Genetics Research
Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, USA
She has recently been appointed Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Washington in Seattle and is the Director of Obstetric Anaesthesia and in charge of the Clinical Genetics research program, a post which she took up in June 2008. Ruth is well known for her genetic research in obstetrics and has divided her time conducting research at the University of Columbia, New York as well as in Geneva.
Dr Terry TAN, MBBCh, FCARCSI
Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Ireland
After graduating from the University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland in 1996, he subsequently became a Fellow of the College of Anaesthetists, RCSI in 2004. Terry has since been awarded the Registrar’s Prize in Dublin and the Teaching award in Anaesthesia. He has also shown a keen interest in obstetric anaesthesia presenting at the 9th World Congress of Perinatal Medicine in Berlin 2009, “Delivery of obstetric anesthesia in the developed world: state of the art, or not” as well as other numerous presentations covering the postoperative effects of obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia.
Local Faculty
A/Prof Kenneth KWEK,
Chairman Medical Board,
Head & Senior Consultant, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Peripartum Unit,
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Dr Jackie TAN Yu-Ling
Acting Head & Senior Consultant, Dept of General Medicine, TanTockSengHospital
Subspeciality: General Medicine with special interest in Obstetric Medicine
Dr SEOW Wan Tew
Director, Risk Management, Head & Senior Consultant, Neurosurgical Service
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Dr NG Huey Ping
Consultant, Dept of Anaesthesia, NationalUniversityHospital
Organising Committee
Chairman:
Dr Wendy Fun
Scientific Programme:
Dr Tan Chin How
Dr David Woo
Treasurer:
Dr Farida Ithnin
Publications / Trade:
Dr Sean Yeoh
Social Programme:
Dr Mary Tan
Members:
A/Prof Alex Sia
Dr Tan Hsiao Ming
Dr Mukesh Shah
Dr Eileen Lew
Dr Yvonne Lim
Dr Wendy Teoh
Dr Sandeep Kulkarni
Dr Sng Ban Leong
Scientific Programme
Saturday 27th February 2010
07:30 - 08:00
Registration
08:00 - 08:10
Welcome Address
by Dr Wendy Fun, Organizing Chairperson
08:10 - 08:20
OpeningAddress by Guest of Honour
by A/Prof Ivy Ng, CEO, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
08:20 - 09:00
Plenary Lecture: Chairperson: A/Prof Alex Sia
“Effects of Labour Analgesia on Foetal Outcomes - Are We Missing A Beat”
by Prof Marc Van De Velde
09:00 - 09:30
Lecture: “Recent Developments in Management of Postpartum
Haemorrhage”
by A/Prof Kenneth Kwek
09:30 - 10:00
Lecture: “Anaesthetic Management of Obstetric Emergencies”
by Dr Eileen Lew
10:00 - 10:10
Questions / Discussions
10:10 - 10:30
Tea break
10:30 - 11:10
Plenary Lecture:Chairperson: Dr Tan Hsiao Ming
“Putting Together The Puzzle: Using the Molecular Basis of Pain to Optimize Pain Management (Translational Research)”
by Prof Ruth Landau
11:10 - 11:50
Lecture: “The Advances of Ultrasound in Obstetric Anaesthesia”
by Dr Wendy Teoh and Dr Terry Tan
11:50 - 12:20
Lecture: “Changing the Future for Obstetric Patients: Understanding the Development of Acute to Chronic Pain”
by Dr Sandeep Kulkarni
12:20 - 12:30
Questions / Discussions
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:55
Problem-Based Case Discussions 1: Chairperson: Dr MK Shah
- Neurological Complications after Labour and Delivery
- Accidental Dural Puncture and Management of Post Dural Puncture Headache
14:55 - 15:00
Questions / Discussions
15:00 - 15:30
Tea Break
15:30 - 16:55
Problem-Based Case Discussions 2: Chairperson: Dr Yvonne Lim
- Epidural Risks and Alternatives for Labour Analgesia
- Advances in the Management of Difficult Airways
16:55 - 17:00
Questions/ Discussions
Sunday 28th February 2010
08:30 - 09:00
Lecture: Chairperson: Dr Tan Chin How
“Improving Labour Analgesia – New Techniques”
by Prof Ruth Landau
09:00 - 09:30
Lecture: “Management of Cardiac Problems in the Pregnant Patient”
by Dr Jackie Tan
09:30 - 10:00
Lecture: “Management of Adverse Outcomes in Anaesthetic Practice - a Medico-legal Perspective”
by Dr Seow Wan Tew
10:00 - 10:10
Questions /Discussions
10:10 - 10:30
Tea break
10:30 - 11:00
Lecture: Chairperson: Dr Wendy Teoh
“Breaking New Ground- Recent Developments in Obstetric Anaesthesia”
by Prof Marc Van De Velde
11:00 - 11:55
Problem-Based Case Discussion 3 –
Chairperson Dr Farida Ithnin
- Coagulation problems for the pregnant patient
11:55 - 12:00
Questions / Discussions
For Registration, please contact our secretariat below :
Events Management
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229899
Fax: +65 6394 1555 Tel: +65 6394 8746
email: events@kkh.com.sg
Registration fees in SGD:
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Early Bird (before 31st Jan 2010)
Late Registration (after 1st Feb 2010)
Nurses
$60
$100
Medical Officers / Trainees
$100
$150
Doctors / Specialists
$160
$210
Problem-Based Learning Discussions
$30 (3 sessions)
$30 (3 sessions)
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Speakers
International Guest Speakers - · Prof Marc Van De Velde (Belgium), Prof Ruth Landau (Seattle, USA), Dr Terry Tan (Ireland) · · Local Guest Faculty · A/Prof Kenneth Kwek, Dr Jackie Tan, Dr Seow Wan Tew, Dr Ng Huey Ping
