NWAC 2012 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Please note that the scientific program is still subject to change.

TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012
09:30-10:00 Opening Ceremony and Orientation Stavros Prineas, Australia 10:00-12:30 REFRESHER COURSE: III NWAC Highlights 2012 10:00-10:30 - Postoperative transition from acute to chronic pain: The role of the anesthesiologist / Emin Alp Yentur, Turkey 10:30-11:00 - Perioperative Glucose Control: Why and How? / Louis Brusco, USA 11:00-11:30 - Perioperative Renal Dysfunction / Madhav Swaminathan, USA 11:30-12:00 - Torrential hemorrhage in obstetric anesthesia: First decisive actions can improve outcome / Stephen Gatt, Australia 12:00-12:30 - Recent Advances in Lung Separation / Edmond Cohen, USA 10:00-12:30 PARALLEL SESSION 1: Cardiac Anasthesia - Chair: John Wasnick, USA 10:00-10:30 - Rescue Ecocardiography / John Wasnick, USA 10:30-11:00 - Perioperative Ischemia and Management of Patients with Stents: Current Guidelines / Daniel Thys, USA 11:00-11:30 - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Sudden Cardiac Death / John Wasnick, USA & Daniel Swistel, USA 11:30-12:00 - Ventricular Assist Devices for Non Cardiac Surgery / Alina Nicoara, USA 12:00-12:30 - The Heart Failure Patient for Non-cardiac Surgery / Carlo Missant, Belgium 10:00-12:30 PARALLEL SESSION 2: Airway Management - Chair: A. van Zundert, The Netherlands 10:00-10:30 - The Role of the Rigid Fiberscopes in an Unexpected Difficult Airway / Friedrich Puhringer, Germany 10:30-11:00 - Principles of Fiberoptic Intubation: From Basics to Advanced Applications / Chris Acott, Australia 11:00-11:30 - Principles of Safe Extubation: A Commonly Accepted "Wisdom Algorhythm" / Ellen OSullivan, Ireland 11:30-12:00 - Cannot Intubate, Cannot Ventilate: Are You Ready for Surgical Airway? / David T. Wong, Canada 12:00-12:30 - Difficult Airway Algorithm and Should You Have One Custom-made for Your Own Institution? / Friedrich Puhringer, Germany 10:00-12:30 WORKSHOP 1: Advanced Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Workshops: Upper Extremity Nerve Blocks - Moderator: Amar Salti, UAE Interscalene Supraclavicular, Infraclavicular, Axillary, Distal Upper Extremity Instructors: Catherine Vandepitte, Belgium, Olivier Choquet, France, Ercan Kurt, Turkey, Gurkan Turker, Turkey, Taylan Akkaya, Turkey, Andres Missair, USA, Graham Hocking, Australia, Anne Holmberg, Norway, Arthur Atchabaian, USA, Eryk Eisenberg, France, Chris Robards, USA, Xavier Sala-Blanch, Spain 10:00-16:00 WORKSHOP 2: Master Workshop "CORE" Training: Combined Obstetric Resuscitation and Emergencies - Moderator: Alex Sia Tiong Heng, Singapore

 Maternal Collapse and Resuscitation Pre-eclampsia Management Postpartum Haemorhage Failed Intubation Instructors: Farida Ithnin, Singapore, Sean Brian Yeoh Hann, Singapore, Ban Leong Sng, Singapore, Berrin Gunaydin, Turkey 10:00-12:30 Pain Medicine Master Class (Didactic) Chronic Pain Basic Topics in Pain Management - Chair: Honorio T. Benzon, USA 10:00-10:30 - Update on Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain / Honorio T. Benzon, USA 10:30-11:00 - Neuropathic Pain Syndromes: Pharmacological and Interventional Pain Management / Oscar de Leon Casasola, USA Discogenic Pain - Chair: Jose De Andres, Spain 11:00-11:20 - Imaging for Discogenic Pain / Salim Hayek, USA 11:20-11:40 - Provocation and analgesic Discography / Sudhir Diwan, USA 11:40-12:00 - Radiofrequency for the Treatment of Discogenic Pain / Suleyman Ozyalcin, Turkey 12:00-12:20 - IDD for FBSS and Discogenic Pain: Is it a Worthwhile Indication? / Sam Eldabe, UK 12:20-12:30 - Question & Answer Session 10:00-11:00 NWAC Humanities Series - Moderator: Stavros Prineas, Australia 10:00-10:30 - Sights you should not miss seeing in Istanbul / Huseyin Attila Kilinc, Turkey 10:30-11:00 - History of Istanbul / Huseyin Attila Kilinc, Turkey

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break / PBLD Sessions

13:30-16:30 REFRESHER COURSE: III NWAC Highlights 2012 13:30-14:00 - Acute Pain Management: State of the Art / Christopher Gharibo, USA 14:00-14:30 - DEBATE: Regional Anesthesia Is Not Waste of Time! / Stavros Prineas, Australia 14:30-15:00 - Post-operative Respiratory Failure / Massimo Ferrigno, USA 15:00-15:30 - Management of a Patient with Massive Trauma. ABC / Christiana Burt, UK 15:30-16:00 - Preventive Ventilation in Thoracic Surgery / Mert Senturk, Turkey 16:00-16:30 - DEBATE: Regional Anesthesia: Is It Waste of Time or A Must Have Skill In A Department? 13:30-16:00 PARALLEL SESSION 1: Cardiac Anesthesia - Chair: John Wasnick, USA 13:30-14:00 - Aging and the Cardiovascular System / Patrick Wouters, Belgium 14:00-14:30 - Perioperative Cardiac Protective Strategies / Stefan de Hert, Belgium 14:30-15:00 - Valvular Heart Disease Patient for Non Cardiac Surgery / John Wasnick, USA 15:00-15:30 - What is Preload and How to Measure it? / Patrick Wouters, Belgium 15:30-16:00 - Management of the Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension / Steffen Rex, Belgium 13:30-16:30 PARALLEL SESSION 2: Airway Management - Chair: Andre van Zundert, The Netherlands 13:30-14:00 - Shared Airway for Glottic & Subglottic Surgery - the Anaesthetistss Perspective / Imran Ahmad, UK 14:00-14:30 - Shared Airway for Glottic & Subglottic Surgery - the Surgeons Perspective / Richard Oakley, UK 14:30-15:00 - Clinical Applications of Video Laryngoscopy / Andre van Zundert, The Netherlands 15:00-15:30 - Preparation for Awake Fibreroptic Intubation / Friedrich Puhringer, Germany 15:30-16:00 Cricoid Pressure is there any Evidence / Chris Acott, USA 16:00-16:30 - Discussion Panel

13:30-16:00 WORKSHOP 1: Advanced Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia: Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks - Moderators: Carlos Bolini, Argentina & Anna Lopez, Spain 13:30-13:45 - Main Explanation Approaches Transgluteal/Subgluteal & Anterior 13:45-14:30 - Living Model Practice in Different Stations 14:30-15:00 - Main Explanation Abdominal Approaches 15:00-16:00 - Living Model Practice Instructors: Eryk Eisenberg, France, Olivier Choquet, France, Jeff Gadsden, USA, Philippe Gautier, Belgium, Arthur Atchabahian, USA, Vicente Roques, Spain, Chris Robards, USA, Xavier Sala-Blanch, Spain, Thorsten Steinfeldt, Germany 13:30-16:30 Pain Medicine Master Class (Didactic) Old & New Therapies - Moderator: Salim Hayek, USA 13:3013:50 - Vertebroplasty & Kyphoplasty / Juan Francisco Asenjo, USA 13:50-14:10 - Role of Ultrasound in Interventional Chronic Pain Management / David Provenzaon, USA 14:10-14:30 - Complications of Interventional Pain Management / Salim Hayek, USA 14:30-15:00 - BREAK Intrathecal Drug Delivery (IDD) - Moderator: Jose De Andres, Spain 15:00-15:20 - Spinal Cord and Spine Anatomy relevant to IDD / Jose De Andres, Spain 15:20-15:40 - Catheter Position and Dynamics of CSF Relevant to IDD / Salim Hayek, USA 15:40-16:00 - Drug Selection in IDD: Evidence for Efficacy and Safety / Oscar de Leon Casasola, USA 16:00-16:20 - How to Avoid Complications in IDD Management / Serdar Erdine, Turkey 16:20 - Question & Answer Session 13:30-16:00 MINI SESSIONS: Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery - Chair: Edmond Cohenm, USA Anesthesia for Airway Surgery: Stents and Valves Recent Advances in Lung Separation New Concepts in Management of One-Lung Ventilation: HPV and the Microcirculation Post-thoracotomy Pain Control: Individually Designed Approach: o Topics on tracheal resection and airway stents. o Lung separation methods: Double lumen tubes versus endobronchial blockers o Recent advances in Management of one lung ventilation HPV and the pulmonary microcirculation o Management of postoperative pain following thoracic procedure: Thoracotomy versus video assisted 13:30-16:00 NWAC Humanities Series - Moderator: Stavros Prineas, Australia 13:30-14:30 - Smart Money. All You Wanted to Know about The Stock Market, But Were Afraid to Ask / Daniel Thys, USA 14:30-15:30 - Istanbul Bazaars: Which ones you should visit, what you should buy and how to get the BEST deal

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012

09:00-10:30 REFRESHER COURSE: NWAC HOT TOPICS in ANESTHESIOLOGY - III NWAC highlights 2012 09:00-09:30 - Anesthesia for A Pediatric Patient Undergoing Off-site MRI. Management tips /Franco Resta-Flarer, USA 09:30-10:00 - Lower Extermity Peripheral Nerve Blocks / Admir Hadzic, USA 10:00-10:30 - Pediatric Resuscitation: Update / Belen De Jose Maria Galve, Spain 09:00-10:30 PARALLEL SESSION 1: Critical Care Track Ventilatory and hemodynamic support - Chairs: Louis Brusco, USA & Sebastian Schulz-Stubner,

Germany 09:00-09:30 - ECMO a Bloody Mess or the Future? / Florian Falter, UK 09:30-10:00 - Monitoring of the High Risk Patient / Louis Brusco, USA 10:00-10:30 - Brain Death: Problems with Confirmatory Tests / Sebastian Schulz-Stubner, Germany 09:00-10:30 PARALLEL SESSION 2: Obstetric Anesthesia - Chairs: Alan Santos, USA & Marc Van de Velde, Belgium 09:00-09:30 - General Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery / Lawrence Tsen, USA 09:30-10:30- Pro-Con: Anesthetic Agents Exposure During Pregnancy May Cause Post-Natal Neurocognitive Effects / Frederik de Buck, Belgium / David Wlody, USA 09:00-11:00 WORKSHOP 1: Ultrasound Guided Face, Neck And Cervical Plexus Blocks Moderators: Olivier Choquet, France & Thomas B. Clark, USA 09:00-10:30 WORKSHOP 2: Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks: Upper Extremity Blocks: In Turkish Language - Moderator: Aysun Yilmazlar, Turkey Instructors: Ercan Kurt, Turkey, Ismet Topcu, Turkey, Fuat Guldogus, Turkey, Gurkan Turker, Turkey, Taylan Akkaya, Turkey, Murat Tekin, Turkey, Emine Aysu Salviz, Turkey 09:00-10:30 BASIC WORKSHOP 3: Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access - Moderator: Amar Salti, UAE & Yavuz Gurkan, Turkey * Apply Ultrasound Imaging to Cannulate Arteries, Central and Peripheral Veins * Identify Surface and Ultrasound Landmarks Required for Practice of Vascular Access * Identify Commonly Cannulated Arteries and Veins with Ultrasound * Apply Different Methods of Observing the Needles Using Ultrasound Imaging (in plane and out of plane) * Practice Imaging the Needles in Phantom Model 09:00-11:00 MINI SESSIONS 09:00-10:00 - "Interfascial Block" for the Cronic Pain Treatment / Tomas Domingo, Spain 10:00-11:00 - Super Long-Acting Local Anesthetics: Where are we today with the development?/ Jean-Pierre Estebe, USA 09:00-10:30 ECHO Master Class - Moderator: John Wasnick, USA TEE VIEWS, Machine, Physics / Yee-Eot Chee, Hong Kong TTE and Echocardiography in Unstable Patients / Steffen Rex, Belgium Indications, Contraindications, Complications / Alina Nicoara, USA 10:00-11:00 NWAC Humanities Series - Moderator: Stavros Prineas 10:00 -11:00 - Diving and Submarine Medicine: Clinical Problems shared with Anesthesia / Massimo Ferigno, USA

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break, Visit Exhibition & Poster Viewing

11:00 -12:30 REFRESHER COURSE: NWAC HOT TOPICS in ANESTHESIOLOGY - III NWAC Highlights 2012 11:00-11:30 - Thoracic Paravertebral Block for Breast Cancer Surgery: Improved Outcomes Beyond the Perioperative Period / M. K. Karmakar, Hong Kong 11:30-12:00 - Perioperative Management of Hypertension: What You Must Know / Louis Brusco, USA 12:00-12:30 - Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access / Amar Salti, UAE

11:00 -12:30 PARALLEL SESSION 1: Critical Care Track Ventilatory and Hemodynamic Support Continues - Chairs: Louis Brusco, USA & Sebastian SchulzStubner, Germany 11:00-11:30 - Abdominal Compartment Syndrome / Raymond Wedderburn, USA 11:30-12:00 - How to Treat Perioperative Ileus? / Franz Kehl, Germany 12:00-12:30 - Fast Track Concepts for Abdominal Surgery: a Reality Check / Avinash Kumar, USA 11:00 -12:30 PARALLEL SESSION 2: Obstetric Anesthesia - Chairs: Alan Santos, USA & Marc Van de Velde, Belgium 11:00-11:30 - Should Supplemental Oxygen be Routinely Administered in Obstetric Anesthesia / Warwick Ngan Kee, Hong Kong 11:30-12:00 - Update on the Use of Spinal Anesthesia in Severely Preeclamptic Women / Alan Santos, USA 12:00-12:30 - Optimizing Post Cesarean Analgesia and Preventing Chronic Pain Syndromes / Sukran Sahin, Turkey 11:00 -12:30 WORKSHOP 1: Thorasic Anesthesia - Chair: Edmond Cohen, USA 11:00-11:10 - Introduction 11:10-11:25 - Isolation of the lung: Double Lumen Tubes 11:25-11:40 - Isolation of the Lung: Endobronchial Blockers 11:40-12:30 - Hands on Demonstration 11:00-12:30 WORKSHOP 2: Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks: Upper Extremity Blocks: In Turkish Language Continues - Moderator: A. Yilmazlar 11:00-12:00 MINI SESSION - Minimally Invasive Therapies in the Elderly / Suleyman Ozyalcin, Turkey 11:00-12:30 ECHO Master Class - Moderator: John Wasnick, USA Doppler Basics / Alina Nicoara, USA Hemodynamic Calculations / Yee-Eot Chee, Hong Kong Systolic Function / John Wasnick, USA Diastolic Function / Patrick Wouters, Beligium

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break, Visit Exhibition & Poster Viewing/PBLD Sessions

13:30-16:30 REFRESHER COURSE: NWAC HOT TOPICS in ANESTHESIOLOGY - III NWAC highlights 2012 13:30-14:00 - Current Status of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery / Edmond Cohen, USA 14:00-14:30 - Awake Intubation Made Simple / Imran Ahmad, UK 14:30-15:00 - Anesthetic Techniques and Outcome: Does it Matter? / Stefan de Hert, Belgium 15:00-15:30 - Awareness During Anesthesia; Incidence, Monitoring, and Prevention Strategies 15:30-16:00 - Acute Perioperative Care of Spinal Cord Injury 16:00-16:30 - Perioperative Management of a Morbidly Obese Patient 13:30-15:00 PARALLEL SESSION 1: Critical Care Track Infection Control and Infectious Disease - Chairs: Louis Brusco, USA & Sebastian Schulz- Stubner, Germany 13:30-14:00 - Is Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis Needed or Counterproductive? / Franz Kehl, Germany 14:00-14:30 - How Early Is Early Enough with Enteral Nutrition in The Critically Ill? / Avinash Kumar,

USA 14:30-15:00 - Experiences from the German EHEC-Outbreak What does it mean for your ICU? / Sebastian Schulz-Stubner, Germany Critical Care and the Brain - Chairs: Louis Brusco, USA & Sebastian Schulz- Stubner, Germany 15:00-15:30 - Prevention of Post ICU PTSD - Does the Choice of Sedative Makes a Difference / Florian Falter, UK 13:30-16:00 PARALLEL SESSION 2: Obstetric Anesthesia - Chairs: Alan Santos, USA & Marc Van de Velde, Belgium 13:30-13:50 - Anesthesia for the Substance Abusing and HIV+ Parturient / David Wlody, USA 13:50-14:40 - Pro-Con: Low dose Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery / Susilo Chandra, Indonesia 14:40-15:00 - Optimizing labor neuoaxial analgesia drug regimens / Marcel Vercauteren, Belgium 15:00-15:30 - New labor Analgesia delivery systems / Alex Sia Tiong Heng, Singapore 15:30-16:00 - PDPH: Prevention and Therapy / Eva Roofthooft, Belgium 16:00-16:30 - Clinical Forum (2-3 complicated cases) / Marc van de Velde, Belgium & Alan Santos, USA 13:30-16:00 WORKSHOP 1: Chronic Pain Ultrasound Guided Interventional Pain Management Moderator: David Provenzano, USA Trunk Blocks - Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Transversus Abdominus Plane Intercostal Block Suprascapular Nerve Piriformis Injection Instructor: Thomas B. Clark, USA 13:30-16:00 WORKSHOP 2: Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks: Lower Extremity Blocks: In Turkish Language - Moderator: Aysun Yilmazlar, Turkey Instructors: Yavuz Gurkan, Turkey, Ercan Kurt, Turkey, Ismet Topcu, Turkey, Fuat Guldogus, Turkey, Gurkan Turker, Turkey, Taylan Akkaya, Turkey, Murat Tekin, Turkey 13:30-16:00 ECHO Master Class - Moderator: John Wasnick, USA RV Function & TV / Carlo Missant, Belgium MV Assessment / Madhav Swaminathan, USA AoV Assessment / John Wasnick, USA Ao Diseases / Madhav Swaminathan, USA 15:00-16:00 NWAC Humanities Series: The World of Violin / Ali Nima Shariat, USA

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012

09:00-10:30 REFRESHER COURSE: NWAC HOT TOPICS in ANESTHESIOLOGY - III NWAC HIGHLIGHTS 2012 09:00-09:30 - Perioperative Management of Lung Diseases / Arne Neyrinck, Belgium 09:30-10:00 - Local Anesthetic Toxicity: Does it Still Occur and Current Treatment Options: a Back Stage Story / Mehment Ozcan, Turkey 10:00-10:30 - Metabolic syndrome and obesity / Stephen Gatt, Australia 09:00-10:30 PARALLEL SESSION 1: Regional Anesthesia - Chairs: Xavier Capdevila, France & Aysun Yilmazlar, Turkey

09:00-09:30 - Ambulatory Surgery: Continuous Versus Single injection Nerve Blocks / Aysun Yukmazlar, Turkey 09:30-10:00 - Does Regional Anesthesia Change the Outcome? / Xavier Capdevila, France 10:00-10:30 - Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks: Indications / Jeff Gadsden, USA 09:00-10:30 PARALLEL SESSION 2: Ultrasound Guided Paediatric Regional Anaesthesia - Chair: M. K. Karmakar, Hong Kong 09:00-09:30 - Ultrasound For Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Young Children / Belen De Jose Maria Galve, Spain 09:30-10:00 - Ultrasound Guided Central Neuraxial Blocks in Neonates and Young Infants / M. K. Karmakar, Hong Kong 10:00-10:30 - Ultrasound Guided Regional Anestheia in Children. Considerations for Teaching, Training and Safe Practice / Steve Roberts, UK 09:00-10:30 WORKSHOP 1: Difficult Airway - Conquering The Difficult Airway - Moderator: Imran Ahmad, UK Instructors: Kamil Toker, Turkey, Zekeriyya Alanoglu , Turkey, Mert Senturk, Turkey, Kamen V.

Vlassakov, USA, Andre van Zundert, The Netherlands, Tulay Sahin, Turkey, Ellen OSullivan, Ireland, Chris Acott, Australia, Richard Oakley, UK, Carl Waldman, UK, Elise Richards, UK, Marcin Sicinski, UK, Manish Raval, UK, Jonathan Watkiss, UK, John Friis, UK
09:00-10:30 WORKSHOP 2: Chronic Pain Master Classes (no cadaver, no fluoro): Chronic Pain Interventional Treatments for Low Back Pain I (Transforaminal ESIs, Medial branch Blocks/RFs, SI Joint Injections, Lateral Branch Blocks) / Kenneth Candido, USA Intradiscal procedures for low back pain / Salim Hayek, USA / Sudhir Diwan, USA Nuts & bolts of spinal & peripheral nerve stimulation / Salim Hayek, USA /Juan Francisco Asenjo, USA Fluoroscopy Assisted Peripheral & Visceral Sympathetic Blocks / Sudhir Diwan, USA/Oscar de Leon Casasola, USA 09:00-10:30 ECHO Master Class - Moderator: John Wasnick, USA TEE VIEWS, Machine, Physics / Yee-Eot Chee, Hong Kong TTE and Echocardiography in Unstable Patients / Steffen Rex, Belgium Indications, Contraindications, Complications / Alina Nicoara, USA 09:00-10:30 NWAC Humanities Series: Running for Your Health and Your Mind: Why Run? / Steven A. Dewaele, Belgium & Anna Lopez, Spain

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break, Visit Exhibition & Poster Viewing

11:00-12:30 REFRESHER COURSE: NWAC HOT TOPICS in ANESTHESIOLOGY - III NWAC HIGHLIGHTS 2012 11:00-11:30 - Intraoperative Care for Organ Harvesting Patient: Anesthetic Management / Louis Brusco, USA 11:30-12:00 - Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation Current Guidelines / Stefan de Hert, Belgium 12:00-12:30 - Near Miss Audit in Anesthesia and Reducing the Chance of Litigation / Stephen Gatt, Australia 11:00-12:30 PARALLEL SESSION 1: Regional Anesthesia - Chairs: Xavier Capdevila, France & Aysun Yilmazlar, Turkey 11:00-11:30 - Regional Anesthesia for the Elderly Patient / Daniel Monkowski, Argentina

11:30-12:00 - New Ideas for Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks ( 3D, GPS, echogenic needles): Do we need them? / Xavier Capdevila, France 12:00-12:30 - Are we sure not to be intraneural: Which tools? Which locations? / Olivier Choquet, France 11:00-12:30 PARALLEL SESSION 2: Ultrasound Guidance and Something New from the Far East Chair: Admir Hadzic, USA 11:00-11:30 - 3D-4D Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging in Regional Anaesthesia / M. K. Karmakar, Hong Kong 11:30-12:00 - Chinese Medicine + Herbal Medicine and its Implications for Anesthesia / Tony Gin, Hong Kong 12:00-12:30 - Ultrasound Imaging of the Adult Airway / M.K. Karmakar, Hong Kong 11:00-12:30 WORKSHOP 1: Difficult Airway - Conquering The Difficult Airway Continues Moderator: Imran Ahmad, UK Instructors: Kamil Toker, Turkey, Zekeriyya Alanoglu , Turkey, Mert Senturk, Turkey, Kamen V.

Vlassakov, USA, Andre van Zundert, The Netherlands, Tulay Sahin, Turkey, Ellen OSullivan, Ireland, Chris Acott, Australia, Richard Oakley, UK, Carl Waldman, UK, Elise Richards, UK, Marcin Sicinski, UK, Manish Raval, UK, Jonathan Watkiss, UK, John Friis, UK
11:00-12:30 WORKSHOP 2: Chronic Pain Masterclasses NWAC ATMC (Advanced Trauma Management Course) / Steven A. Dewaele, Belgium & Roman Zuercher, Switzerland 11:00-12:30 ECHO Master Class Doppler Basics / Alina Nicoara, USA Hemodynamic Calculations / Yee-Eot Chee, Hong Kong Systolic Function / John Wasnick, USA Diastolic Function / Patrick Wouters, Belgium 11:00-12:00 NWAC Humanities Series: The Origami of Anesthesia / Stavros Prineas, Australia

Lunch Break, Visit Exhibition & Poster Viewing/PBLD Sessions

13:30-16:00 REFRESHER COURSE: NWAC HOT TOPICS in ANESTHESIOLOGY - III NWAC HIGHLIGHTS 2012 13:30-14:00 - New Horizons in Neurocritical Care / Andrea Gabrielli, USA 14:00-14:30 - Preoperative Assessment of the Cardiac Patient undergoing non-cardiac surgery / YeeEot Chee, Hong Kong 14:30-15:00 - Current Concepts in Transfusion Medicine 13:30-16:00 PARALLEL SESSION 1: Regional Anesthesia - Chairs: Xavier Capdevila, France & Aysun Yilmazlar, Turkey 13:30-14:00 - Best Practices in Orthopedic Anesthesia: Shoulder Surgery (Techniques, Positions, Blood Pressure, Sedation,etc) / Carlo Franco, USA 14:00-14:30 - Best Practices in Orthopedic Anesthesia: Hip Surgery (Techniques, Positions, Blood Pressure, Sedation,etc) / Roy Greengrass, USA 14:30-15:00 - Best Practices in Orthopedic Anesthesia: Total Knee Replacement and ACL repair. (Techniques, Positions, Blood Pressure, Sedation,etc) / Graham Hocking, Australia 15:00-15:30 - Best Practices in Orthopedic Anesthesia: Elbow, Hand & Wrist Surgery (Techniques, Positions, Blood Pressure, Sedation,etc)

15:30-16:00 - Orthopedic Anesthesia Foot & Ankle Surgery (Techniques, Positions, Blood Pressure, Sedation,etc) / Anna Lopez, Spain 13:30-16:00 PARALLEL SESSION 2: Ultrasound Guided Paediatric Regional Anaesthesia 13:30-14:00 - Hypothetical: Igor and the Snake. A Budding Fibreoptic Hot-shot Is Asked to See A Patient with A Serious Airway Problem in An Australian Rural Hospital... 14:00-14:30 - ...The Old Locum Consultant Thinks He Can Manage, But He's Never Used A Bronchoscope and Can Barely Speak English...Should The Young Turk Take Over? 14:30-15:00 - ...An exploration of decision-making for grown-ups, with many twists and turns / Chair: Stavros Prineas, Australia 13:30-16:00 WORKSHOP 1: Pediatric Airway - Moderator: Kamen V. Vlassakov, USA Instructors: Luc Tielens, The Netherlands, Yavuz Gurkan, Turkey, Zekeriyya Alanoglu, Turkey, Kamil Toker, Turkey, Bistra Vlassakov, USA, Lucie Beylacq, France, Franz Kehl, Germany and Franco Resta-Flarer, USA 13:30-16:00 WORKSHOP 2: Ultrasound-Guided Pain Management - Moderator: David Provenzano, USA Lumbar and Sacral Spine Sonoanatomy (Lumbar medial branch blocks, Sacroiliac joint, Caudal) Cervical Spine Sonoanatomy (including the stellate ganglion block) MSK joint injections (knee and hip) Instructors: Tomas Domingo, Spain, Thomas B. Clark, USA 13:30-16:00 ECHO Master Class RV function & TV / Carlo Missant, Belgium MV Assessment / Madhav Swaminathan, USA AoV Assessment / John Wasnick, USA Ao Diseases / Madhav Swaminathan, USA 13:00-14:30 NWAC Humanities Series: A Practical Guide to Photography: Making the Best out of your Camera / Alvin Chuan, Australia

FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012

09:00-10:30 REFRESHER COURSE: III NWAC Highlights 2012 09:00-09:30 - Management of Cardiac Arrest for Anesthesiologists / Andrea Gabrielli, USA 09:30-10:00 -Traumatic Brain Injury: Basics an beyond / Andrea Gabrielli, USA 10:00-10:30 - Pediatric Postoperative Pain Management / Steve Roberts, UK 09:00-10:30 PARALLEL SESSION 1: Ambulatory Anesthesia - Chair: Johan Raeder, Norway 09:00-09:30 - Patient and Procedure Selection. Criteria in General, Children, Obese Patients, Sleep Apnea Syndrome / Johan Raeder, Norway 09:30-10:00 - Patient Selection and Anesthetic Set-up. The cardiovascular sick patient, the elderly / Ian Smith, UK 10:00-10:30 - Role of Regional Anesthesia, Local Anesthesia Infiltration and Wound Catheters in Modern Ambulatory Anesthetic Practice / Anil Gupta, Sweden 09:00-10:30 PARALLEL SESSION 2: Chronic & Acute Pain Management - Chair: Jose De Andres, Spain & Honorio T. Benzon, USA 09:0009:30 - Rediscovering the Anatomy for Understanding SCS Clinical Effects / Jose De Andres, Spain

09:30-10:00 - SCS in Pelvic Visceral Organ Dysfunction / Sam Eldabe, UK 10:00-10:30 - Use of Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Cancer pain syndromes / Oscar de Leon Casasola, USA 09:00-12:30 COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP 1: Regional Anesthesia - Chair: Carlos Bolini, Argentina & Anna Lopez, Spain The most commons US approaches you should know (English & Spanish workshops) 09:00-09:20 - Main explanation Interescalene & Supraclavicular 09:20-10:00 - Living Model Practice Interscalene & supraclavicular 10:00-10:20 - Main explanation Infraclavicular & Axillary 10:20-10:30 - Break 10:30-11:15 - Living Models Practice 11:15-11:35 - Main Explanation Femoral & Popliteal 11:35-12:30 - Living Model Practice Instructors: Pablo Helayel, Brazil, Pedro Kimachi, Brazil, Anna Maria Espinoza, Chile, Andres Missair, USA, Miguel Moreno, Argentina, Peggy Li, Hong Kong, Uma Shastri, USA, Kwesi Kwofie, USA, Hiroaki Murata, Japan, Emily Koo, Hong Kong, Maria Fernanda Rojas Gomez, Colombia, Rainer J. Litz, Germany 09:00-10:30 WORKSHOP 2: Basics of Statistics: Choosing proper statistical methods / Max Kuroda, USA 09:00-10:30 NWAC Humanities Series: Running: 3 Most Fun Runs I Have Ever Done - Preparation and Logistics / Steven A. Dewaele, Belgium

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break, Visit Exhibition & Poster Viewing

11:00-12:30 REFRESHER COURSE: III NWAC Highlights 2012 11:00-11:30 - Anesthesia for Pediatric Emergencies / Luc Tielens, The Netherlands 11:30-12:00 - Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia Techniques for Spine Surgery / Paul Kessler, Germany 12:00-12:30 - Acute Pain Management. A review of new and upcoming pharmacology developments / Eugene Viscusi, USA 11:00-12:30 PARALLEL SESSION 1: Ambulatory Anesthesia - Chair: Johan Raeder, Norway 11:00-11:30 - Postoperative nausea, vomiting (PONV) and pain Management. PONV / Johan Raeder, Norway Pain / Metha Brattwall, Sweden 11:30-12:00 - Expectations, Problems and Management for the Patient After Discharge / Metha Brattwall, Sweden 12:00-12:30 - Different Good Ways of Running a Case: The elderly, Overweight Female for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: a) Inhalational Anesthesia / Ian Smith, UK b) Total Intravenous Anesthesia / Johan Raeder, Norway c) General Discussion, Panel / Anil Gupta & Metha Brattwall, Sweden 11:00-12:30 PARALLEL SESSION 2: Chronic & Acute Pain Management - Chair: Jose De Andres, Spain & Honorio T. Benzon, USA 11:00-11:30 - Do the Physicians Know What are they Treating in Peripheral Nerve Stimulation? / Salim Hayek, USA 11:30-12:00 - Update on Anticoagulation and Regional Anesthesia: New Anticoagulants / Honario T. Benzon, USA

12:00-12:30 - Exremity Blocks for Postop Pain Control: Refinements of Traditional Techniques / Sanjay Sinha, USA 11:00-12:30 COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP 1: Regional Anesthesia Continues - Carlos Bolini, Argentina & Anna Lopez, Spain

11:00-12:00 NWAC Humanities Series: History of Medicine and Anesthesia: The Contribution of the Orient / Zekeriyya Alanoglu, Turkey

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break, Visit Exhibition & Poster Viewing/PBLD Sessions

13:30-16:00 REFRESHER COURSE: III NWAC Highlights 2012 13:30 14:00 - New anesthetic Drugs / Tony Gin, Hong Kong 14:00-14:30 - Major Joint Replacement Surgery: Modern Surgical Techniques and Implications for Anesthesia / Douglas Unis, USA 14:30-15:00 - Medico-legal Medicine: How to Protect Yourself / Wendy Wasnick, USA 15:00-15:30 - Current Update on Neuroanesthesia 15:30-16:00 - Ventilatory Management Essentials and new developments 13:30-16:00 PARALLEL SESSION 2: Chronic & Acute Pain - Acute Pain Management - Chair: Honorio T. Benzon, USA 13:30-14:00 - Perioperative Non-opioid Analgesics / Honorio T. Benzon, USA 14:00-14:30 - Radiofrequency Treatments: Thermal, Pulsed, Water-cooled 14:30-15:00 - Basic & Translational Aspects of Radiofrequency Lesioning / David Provenzano, USA 15:00-15:30 - Postdural Headache & Low CSF Pressure Headache / Honorio T. Benzon, USA 15:30-16:00 - Cervicogenic and Other Headaches / David Provenzano, USA 13:30-16:30 WORKSHOP 2: Difficult Airway: Conquering The Difficult Airway - Moderator: Imran Ahmad, UK Instructors: Kamil Toker, Turkey, Zekeriyya Alanoglu , Turkey, Mert Senturk, Turkey, Kamen V.

Vlassakov, USA, Andre van Zundert, The Netherlands, Tulay Sahin, Turkey, Ellen OSullivan, Ireland, Chris Acott, Australia, Richard Oakley, UK, Carl Waldman, UK, Elise Richards, UK, Marcin Sicinski, UK, Manish Raval, UK, Jonathan Watkiss, UK, John Friis, UK
13:30-16:00 ICU MINI SESSION Trauma Care in the ICU / Raymond Wedderburn, USA Organ Donation and Donor Management in Different Parts of the World / Florian Falter, UK, Sebastian Schulz-Stubner, Germany and Franz Kehl, Germany 13:00-15:30 NWAC Humanities Series 13:00-14:00 - The First International Anesthetic Sudoku Championship / Stavros Prineas, Australia 14:00-15:30 - Using Adobe Photoshop to Touch-Up Your Pictures: Tips from the PRO / Alvin Chuan, Australia

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2012

09:00-10:30 REFRESHER COURSE: III NWAC Highlights 2012 09:00-09:30 - Epidural Analgesia: Indications and Optimal Management / Eugene Viscusi, USA 09:30-10:00 - Anesthesia for The Pediatric Patient with Significant Coexisting Disease / Steve Roberts,

UK 10:00-10:30 - Neonatal Resuscitation / Belen De Jose Maria Galve, Spain 09:00-10:30 PARALLEL SESSION 1: Regional Anesthesia Fireworks - Chair: Xavier Capdevila, France 09:00-09:30 - Spinal Sonography and Central Neuraxial Blocks. Where do we Stand? / M. K. Karmakar, Hong Kong 09:30-10:00 - Popliteal Block: My Techniques of Single Injection and Continuous Techniques / Xavier Sala-Blanch, Spain 10:00-10:30 - Lumbar Paravertebral Sonography and Possible approaches for Ultrasound Guided Lumbar Plexus Block / M. K. Karmakar, Hong Kong 09:00-10:30 WORKSHOP 1: Commonly Overlooked Pain Syndromes: Treatable with Simple TherapyA Practical Guide for Physicians (With Case Presentation and Discussion) - Moderator: Danilo Jankovic, Germany 09:00-11:00 WORKSHOP 2: US-Guided Nerve Blocks: Upper Extremity. Basic Techniques Moderator: Anna Lopez, Spain & Carlos Bollini, Argentina 09:00-09:20 - Main Presentation Interescalene & Supraclavicular 09:20-10:00 - Living Model Practice Interscalenic & supraclavicular 10:00-10:20 - Main presentation Infraclavicular & Axillary 10:20-11:00 - Living Model Practice Instructors: Simon Hebard, UK, Sandeep M. Diwan, India, Stephen D. Lucas, USA, Roman Zuercher, Switzerland, Ali Nima Shariat, USA, J De Coster, Belgium, Carlo Franco, USA, Vicente Roques, Spain, Anne Holmberg, Norway, Luc Sermeus, Belgium.

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

11:00-12:30 REFRESHER COURSE: III NWAC Highlights 2012 11:00-11:30 - Management of A Difficult Airway / Kamil Toker, Turkey 11:30-12:00 - Consensus on Postoperative Pain Management 12:00-12:30 - Anesthesia for Abdominal Aortic Aneurism Surgery 11:00-12:30 PARALLEL SESSION 1: Regional Anesthesia Fireworks - Chair: Xavier Capdevila, France 11:00-11:30 - Femoral Block: My Techniques of single Injection and Continuous Technique / Graham Hocking, Australia 11:30-12:00 - Lumbar Plexus Block: My Technique of Single Injection and Continuous Technique: Tips on Indications, Success, Safety, Teaching and Local Anesthetic Selection Infusion Strategies / Xavier Capdevila, France 12:00-12:30 - Interscalane Block: My Technique of Ultrasound-Guided Single Injection and Continuous Technique / Philippe Gautier, Belgium

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break & Poster Viewing/PBLD Sessions

13:30-14:30 PARALLEL SESSION 1: Regional Anesthesia Fireworks - Chair: Xavier Capdevila, France 13:30-14:00 - TAP and Abdominal Wall Blocks: My Technique and Considerations for Safety and Efficacy. 14:00-14:30 - Ultrasound-Guided Paravertebral Block: My Technique of Single Injection and Continuous Technique

13:30-16:00 WORKSHOP 2: US-Guided Nerve Blocks: Lower Extremity. Basic Techniques Moderator: Anna Lopez, Spain & Carlos Bollini, Argentina 13:00-13:15 - Main explanation Sciatic different approaches 13:15-14:15 - Living model practice 14:15-14:30 - Main explanation Femoral & saphenous 14:30-15:10 - Living Model Practice 15:10-15:20 - Main Explanation Popliteal 15:20-16:00 - Living Model Practice Instructors: Luc Tielens, The Netherlands, Simon Hebard, UK, Sandeep M. Diwan, India, Stephen D. Lucas, USA, Roman Zuercher, Switzerland, Ali Nima Shariat, USA, J De Coster, Belgium, Carlo Franco, USA, Vicente Roques, Spain.