International Symposium on Spine and Paravertebral Sonography for Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine 2010

International Symposium on Spine and Paravertebral Sonography for Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010 - Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Hong Kong, INTL

MEETING SPONSOR:
Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, CUHK
Dr WH Kwok
Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care
Prince of Wales Hospital, NT
Hong Kong, INTL 0000
Hong Kong
+852 2632 2735
FAX +852 2637 2422
Email: issps2010@gmail.com
Website: http://www.usgraweb.hk/issps2010/

CONFERENCE CENTER:
Postgraduate Education Centre,
Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT,
Hong Kong, INTL 0000
Hong Kong
+852 2632 2735
FAX +852 2637 2422
Email: issps2010@gmail.com
Website: http://www.usgraweb.hk/issps2010/

MEETING DESCRIPTION:
CONFERENCE NAME:
International Symposium on Spine and Paravertebral Sonography for Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine 2010

(Include: Refresher Course in Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia)

CONFERENCE SHORT FORM:
ISSPS2010

DATE
28-30 March 2010

EARLY BIRD DEADLINE
1 Jan 2010, then full rate apply

CONFERENCE VENUE:
Postgraduate Education Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT,
HONG KONG

CONFEREBCE WEBSITE
http://www.usgraweb.hk/issps2010/

CONFERENCE CONTENT:
Ultrasound Imaging of the Cervical Spine, Lumbar and Thoracic Spine and Injection Techniques.
Ultrasound Imaging of the Sacrum and Injection Techniques (caudal, sacral trans-foraminal, sacro iliac joint)
Sonoanatomy of the Scoliotic Spine.
Spinal Sonography in Obstetrics.
Thoracic Paravertebral Sonography and Injection Techniques.
Paediatric Spinal Sonography and Ultrasound Guided Central Neuraxial Blocks
3D 4D Ultrasound Imaging in Regional Anaesthesia.
Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography in Pain Medicine.
US-guided Interventions for Low Back Pain (Medial branch block, Selective lumbar nerve root injection and Caudal Epidural)
US-guided Peripheral Nerve and Sympathetic Blocks for Pain Management (Suprascapular, Intercostal, Pudendal nerves, Stellate ganglion and Ganglion Impar blocks).
Ultrasound Imaging for Hip Joint and Shoulder Injection.
Ultrasound Imaging for TAP Blocks.
Ultrasound Imaging for Ankle Blocks.
Spinal Phantom.

CONFERENCE ORGANSER
Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care
Prince of Wales Hospital
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, NT
Hong Kong

Telephone: +852 2632 2735
Contact:
Ms. Janet Fong
email: issps2010@gmail.com

CONFERENCE DIRECTOR:
Prof. Manoj Kumar Karmakar
email: karmakar@cuhk.edu.hk

FACULTY / INSTRUCTORS
Dr. Nigel Bedforth, UK
Dr. Peter Cheng, USA
Prof Vincent Chan, Toronto
Dr PT Chui Hong Kong
Dr. Manfred Greher, Austria
Dr. Admir Hadzic, USA
Dr Peter Hebbard, Australia
Prof MK Karmakar Hong Kong
Dr WH Kwok Hong Kong
Dr. C.S. Sean Lin, Taiwan
Dr. Carina Li, Hong Kong
Dr Peggy Li, Hong Kong,
Dr. Steve Roberts, UK
Dr Narouze Samer, USA
Dr. Yutaka Satoh, Japan
Dr Ban Tsui, Canada
Dr. Kristie Tsang, Hong Kong
Dr Belinda Wong, Hong Kong

Key Words
* Ultrasound, Sonography, Anaesthesia, Anesthesia, Anesthesiology, Anaesthesiology, Spine, Spinal, Epidural, Lumbar, Thoracic, Sacrum, Paravertebral, Musculoskeletal, Pain Medicine, TAP Blocks, Ankle Blocks, Phantom.

INSTRUCTORS:
Bedforth, Cheng, Chan, Chui, Greher, Hadzic, Hebbard, Karmakar, Kwok, Lin, Li, Roberts, Samer, Satoh, Tsui, Tsang, Wong

CME HOURS: 24

LECTURE TOPICS:
Musculoskeletal, Ultrasound