May the Fourth be with you! Your daily update from the ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting in Gimuy/Cairns.
From Jedi workshops to exotic animal encounters, our delegates have seen it all today! Here are just a few of the highlights from day 2.
Interviews with keynote speakers
- Dr Alec Beresford speaks with Professor Kevin Fong about his pathway into anaesthesia, parallels between anaesthesia and space medicine, and how to change the narrative around risk.
- Dr Rosie Zacher speaks with Dr Simon Davies, following his breakfast session on “Reducing hemodynamic instability and intraoperative hypotension.”
- Dr Steve Wilson talks with Dr Eloise Cowie about her presentation “Innovating paediatric pain care: A regional tertiary partnership.”
We'll be adding interviews to our 2025 ASM playlist throughout the next five days.
Today's TopMed Talks
TopMedTalk is giving you live coverage of the ASM again this year – find out what they’ve been up to so far:
- Neuropathic pain and paediatric pain: Prof Nadine Attal and Professor Allen Finley
- Climate change and waste: Prof Eugenie Kayak and Daniele Lazzari
- Perioperative medicine: Prof Ramani Moonesinghe and Dr Phuong Markman
2025 FPM Best Free Paper Award
Congratulations to 2025 FPM Best Free Paper Award winner, Dr Henry Man Kin Wong, for the research paper "Intravenous Methadone for Pain Management in Cardiac Surgery: A Randomised Controlled Trial with Plasma Concentration Analysis".
Media coverage
We issued one media release today:
To keep up with the latest ASM media coverage check the media digest.
Acknowledgements
We’re indebted to the regional organising committee, who have worked hard to develop a stimulating and creative ASM program. We’re also grateful for the outstanding support of the healthcare industry. Their contributions help make this a successful and high-quality meeting and provide us with the opportunity to experience the latest technology and medicines in several fields.
onDemand available soon
Couldn't make it to Cairns? We've got you covered! ANZCA ASM and FPM Symposium onDemand packages will be available from 13 May, enabling you to view content from the scientific programs at a time that suits you.
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