PRESENTATIONS

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2021- 4th August ROTEM in CARDIAC: National webinar presentation with international WERFEN panel, partnering with industry to bring education to a wide group of registrars and anaesthetic, ICU and surgical consultants on Patient Blood Management for cardiac surgery.

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2019 – 23rd September- interactive workshops conceived and implemented to trainees and post graduate specialists in many disciplines at Blood Bank Green square on ROTEM for massive haemorrhage 

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2019- ASA National Scientific Conference Darling Harbour presentation, workshops and invited speaker on ROTEM for Cardiac surgery

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2014- oral presentation –invited speaker at post graduate Gynaecologists meeting- AGES Annual Scientific Meeting “Critical management of the shocked patient” 28th March 2014

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Oral presentation Sydney- GASACT Part 3 course “Going into practice” November 17th 2007

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2008 Workshop presentation “communicating difficult scenarios” Strategies for successful Anaesthetic practice” Novotel, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay. July 19th 2008 5.2007 

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2006 Workshop presentation, Sydney- “Managing massive Haemorrhage” at “Blood sweat and tears” ANZCA/ASA meeting 2006 Grace Hotel Sydney 

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2001 Oral presentation, Sydney Hilton - Downs CS. Obstetric Anaesthesia Debate. General anaesthesia for Caesarean Section has had its Day. Obstetric Anaesthesia - Pearls, Perils & Pitfalls. ASA Nov 3, 2001 

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1999 Oral Presentation, Sydney - Downs CS. Extrapleural local anaesthetic infusions for post thoracotomy at the Sydney Children's Hospital. Pain 2000 and Beyond conference . Sydney, Nov 13, 1999.  

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1999 Oral Presentation, Canberra- Downs CS. Regional Anaesthesia Blocks Workshop. Millennium Medicine Rural GP Refresher Weekend. Canberra, Nov 21, 1999 

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1996 Free paper presentation, Perth- Downs CS, Cooper MG: Continuous extrapleural intercostal nerve block for post thoracotomy analgesia in children. Proc of CSM ANZCA/ASA. Perth, Oct 26-30 1996.

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I was on Faculty presenting live online at the  4th Indian Patient Blood Management Certificate Qualification with over 1000 registrants worldwide. This online, live, 6 week course ran from August to September 2023 with a 3.5 hour session each Saturday.

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2023- 10th March Invited speaker :ASIA PACIFIC WERFEN meeting “ROTEM in cardiovascular surgery” Bangkok Thailand

I was an invited speaker at the WERFEN Asia Pacific Patient Blood Management meeting in person on 10th March 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. At this meeting I presented the Randwick Campus experience and research. This is a leading area of current research and part of this meeting was involving the clinicians on the future direction that industry can take to fill the needs of users.

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2018- oral presentations in Antarctica as invited speaker “Anaesthesia at the EXTREME” –“ROTEM and TEG for the uninitiated” on 1/12/2018 and “Cardiac ECHO for the non-cardiac anaesthetist” on 2/12/2018 

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2017-  “Implementation of ROTEM guided transfusion in cardiac surgery unit” Jain, Downs, MacCallum, presented at the HAA International Haematology Scientific Meeting Sydney ICC 31st October 2017

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2001 Oral presentation, Amman, Jordon - Downs CS. Extrapleural Blocks for Thoracotomy. The 3rd Conference of the Jordan Society of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care & Pain Control 16-18th May 2001

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2001 Oral presentation, Amman, Jordon- Downs CS. Anaesthesia for patients with Mediastinal Masses. The 3rd Conference of the Jordan Society of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care & Pain Control 16 -18th May 2001

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1999 Oral Presentation Wellington- Downs CS. Anaesthesia for the EXIT Procedure - A Neonatal Anaesthetic Perspective. CECANZ ASM Wellington, NZ. Aug 26, 1999   

19th June 2024 - Anaesthesia for Uterine Transplant 

Presentation to the UNSW Critical Care Symposium 2024

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2015 – Conference Convener- 13th June “Difficult Airway Relativity” ANZCA/ASA ACE committee meeting Hilton Hotel Sydney. 

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 2012 Conference Convener “New challenges in Anaesthesia” Hilton Hotel Sydney, June 16th 2012 

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2008 Conference Convener “Quality in Day Surgery” ANZCA/ASA ACE committee meeting Hilton Hotel Sydney August 9th 2008