Programme
FRIDAY, 24th MAY 2024
O'Reilly Hall
8:30 - 8:35
Welcome Address by Dr Hugh Gallagher
Dean Faculty of Pain Medicine
08:35 - 10:00
Paeds Session
CHAIRPERSON: Dr Nick Eustace
SPEAKERS: Ms Tafadzwa Mandiwanza
Consultant, Paediatric Neurosurgeon
'Paediatric Head Injuries'
Dr Nuala Quinn
Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at CHI Temple Street and the Paediatric Clinical Lead for Trauma, HSE
'The Development of the Paediatric Trauma Network in Ireland'
Dr Tom Howlett FCAI FJFICM FRCPC Adjunct Associate Professor University College Dublin ASM 2024
'Your Role in Paediatric Trauma'
George Moore Auditorium
8:35 - 10:00
FPM Medal
CHAIRPERSON: Dr Amy Donnelly
SPEAKERS:
Dr Paul Ryan GP in Cork City, Ireland
"Update on Management of Osteoarthritis in Primary Care"
Prof Colin Flanagan
Associate Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineer. University of Limerick
"Some Applications of Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Anaesthesiology"
Pain Medicine Medal
Medal Kindly sponsored by

10:00 - 10:30 BREAK: E-POSTERS DISPLAY & TRADE EXHIBITION
Rynd Lecture
Kindly sponsored by
St Vincent's Anaesthesia Foundation
10:30 - 11:15 O'Reilly Hall
CHAIRPERSON:
Dr John Browne
SPEAKERS:
Dr Siobhain O'Mahony
Neurobiological Scientist
The Microbiome in Pain Medicine: Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Potential
BJA Session
Peri-Operative Myocardial Injury
10:30 - 11:15 George Moore Auditorium
CHAIRPERSON:
Prof David Lambert/ Prof Donal Buggy
SPEAKERS:
Prof Gareth Ackland Professor of Perioperative Medicine at the William Harvey Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
"Mechanisms of Perioperative Myocardial Injury"
Prof Michelle Chew Academic Chair and Professor in Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Acute Care at Linköping University Hospital, Sweden
"The Clinical Use Pre and Postoperative Cardiac Biomarkers"
Dr Simon Howell
"Debate Around the Distinction Between Myocardial Injury and Infarction"
Faculty of Pain Medicine
11:15 - 12:45 O'Reilly Hall
CHAIRPERSON: Dr Conor Hearty
SPEAKERS: Dr Fiona Fenton Consultant Psychiatrist in the HSE National Drug Treatment Centre and Beaumont Hospital
"Navigating the Intersection of Addiction and Pain Management: Insights from a Psychiatrist's Perspective"
Dr Andrew Purcell
Consultant in Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine
"Once bitten twice shy - Gabapentinoids, a brewing crisis in chronic pain?"
Dr Rory Maguire
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Paediatric Pain, Children’s Health Ireland
"Integrative Care in Paediatric Pain. Are we there yet?"
Post Operative Neurocognitive Disorders/Acid Base in the OR
11:15 - 12:45 George Moore Auditorium
CHAIRPERSON:
Prof Donal Buggy
SPEAKERS: Dr Padraig Ó'Scanaill
Consultant in Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
"Perioperative Brain Health"
Prof Anthony Absalom
Professor of Anaesthesia, University Medical Centre Groningen University, Netherlands
“Postoperative neurocognitive disorders”
Prof David Story
Chair of Anaesthesia and President of ANZA
'Acid Base in the OR'
12:45 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
12:45 - 14:00 Credentials workshop - Birch Room
IPOMS
14:00 - 15:30 O'Reilly Hall
CHAIRPERSON: Dr Andrea Haren
Consultant in intensive care and anesthesiology, St Vincent's University Hospital
SPEAKERS: Prof Jan Sorensen
Professor of Health Economics, School of Population Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin
'Improving value from surgery – the health economic perspective'
Dr James Bedford
Consultant in Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
'NELA - Improving outcomes for patients undergoing emergency laparotomy'
Plenary Session
14:00 - 15:30 George Moore Auditorium
CHAIRPERSON:
Prof George Shorten
President CAI, Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and Foundation Director of the ASSERT Centre at University College Cork, Ireland
SPEAKERS: Prof David Story
Chair of Anaesthesia and President of ANZA
'Diabetes drugs that give us grief'
IACA - Training and Education
15:30 - 15:45 BREAK
O'Reilly Hall
15:45 - 16:00 Prize-Giving Ceremony
Close of meeting by Prof George Shorten, CAI President
Workshop 3
07:30 - 09:30
Essentials of QI – How to get started on your QI project
Birch Room
Dr Brian McCloskey
Workshop 4
09:30 - 12:30
PoCUS
Cedar Room
Dr Ciana McCarthy
PoCUS workshop Kindly sponsored by

We would also like to thank all the companies who supported us with equipment to make this workshop a success

Workshop 5
13:30 - 16:30
TIVA
Cedar Room
Dr Claire Nestor