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ANZCA ASM Cairns 2025

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International PBM meeting-Implementing VHA in a local manner

In October 2024 , Dr Downs presented at the Werfen Academy PBM course on implementing VHA, overcoming barriers. This course had over 2000 regisitrations over more than 80 countries. The video goes for 30 minutes and would be useful to any hospital leads implementing VHA.

PRESENTATIONS

Australia,  New Zealand, Jordan, Antarctica, Thailand and India 

  1. ‘Anaesthesia for Uterine Transplant ‘Anaesthesia: Evolving and adapting to a changing world Conference, Galapagos Islands, 31st October to 9th November 2025 - accepted and will attend 
  2. ‘Implementing Global Protocols in a Local Manner: The lessons from Australia’, Certificate Course in Patient Blood Management-5th Edition (2800 cross discipline specialists registered) . Werfen Academy India. International live Webinar, 19thOctober 2024 (alongside international speakers including Prof Axel Hoffmann, External Steering Committee on Patient Blood Management for WHO).
  3. ‘Viscoelastic testing in Post Partum Haemorrhage and Cardiac Surgery’ Hong Kong live via Teams on 13th July 2024
  4. ‘Evidence Based Practices: Global and Local’, Certificate Course in Patient Blood Management-4th Edition. Werfen Academy India. International live Webinar, 16th September 2023 
  5. ‘ROTEM in cardiovascular surgery’ WERFEN ASIA PACIFIC PBM SAC meeting, Bangkok Thailand, 10th March 2023
  6. ‘Cardiac ECHO for the non-cardiac anaesthetist’, Anaesthesia at the EXTREME, on board ship in ANTARCTICA on 1stDecember 2018 
  7. ‘ROTEM and TEG for the uninitiated’, Anaesthesia at the EXTREME, on board ship in ANTARCTICA on 2ndDecember 2018
  8. ‘Anaesthesia for patients with mediastinal masses’ The 3rd Conference of the Jordan Society of Anaesthesia: Intensive Care and Pain Control Amman, Jordon, 16th- 18thMay 2001
  9. ‘Extrapleural Blocks for Thoracotomy’ The 3rd Conference of the Jordan Society of Anaesthesia: Intensive Care and Pain Control Amman, Jordon 16th-18th May 2001
  10. ‘Anaesthesia for the EXIT Procedure: A Neonatal Anaesthetic Perspective’ Continuing Education Committee meeting of Anaesthetists of Australia and New Zealand, Wellington, NZ, 26th August 1999


  1.  ‘Update on Viscoelastic hemostatic assays in major haemorrhage.(lecture)’, Accepted for Canberra ASA NSC 3rd October 2025
  2. ‘Real world scenarios: Viscoelastic hemostatic assays in major haemorrhage ‘Workshop lead: Accepted for Canberra ASA NSC 2nd October 2025
  3. ‘Using Viscoelastic hemostatic assays in major haemorrhage. (lecture)’ ANZCA ASM Cairns QLD 4thMay 2025
  4. ‘Make it stop: Major haemorrhage workshop’ repeated x3 times Cairns ANZCA ASM Cairns QLD 2nd May 2025
  5. ‘Viscoelastic Haemostatic Assays’ Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Clinical Transfusion Course, nationally available online on Lifeblood website released 2nd October 2024.
  6. ‘ROTEM in Cardiovascular Surgery’. Asia Pacific WERFEN.EMERGE nationwide live webinar online 15th March 2023 
  7. ‘ROTEM in Cardiac’. Asia Pacific WERFEN.EMERGE nationwide live webinaronline 4th August 2021 
  8. ‘ROTEM for Cardiac surgery’ invited lecture and workshop, ASA National Scientific Congress Darling Harbour, Sydney. - 23rd September 2019
  9. ‘Critical management of the shocked patient’. The Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting. Hilton, Sydney. 28th March 2014
  10. ‘Managing Massive Haemorrhage’. Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting, Grace Hotel, Sydney, 1st May-2006.  
  11. ‘Extrapleural intercostal nerve block for post thoracotomy analgesia in children’, Annual Scientific meeting of ANZCA/ASA. Perth-WA,: Oct 27th 1996


  1. ‘Patient Blood Management and the Anaesthetist’, UNSW Critical care Society Code Blue Conference , UNSW Sydney 26th July 2025.
  2. ‘Anaesthesia in Uterine Transplant’, UNSW School of clinical medicine Critical Care Research symposium, Randwick, NSW 19th June 2024
  3. ‘ROTEM for massive haemorrhage’. Red Cross, Blood Bank, Green square, Sydney. I scheduled it to be during the ASA national meeting so anaesthetists from interstate could easily attend. 23rd September-2019. 
  4. I coordinated this hands-on workshop evening was presented to trainees and post graduate specialists in many disciplines including haematology and obstetrics
  5. ‘Quality and CPD ‘, GASACT part 3 new fellows conference, Marriot, Sydney. -November 2010
  6. ‘Quality and Education’, GASACT part 3 new fellows conference, Marriot, Sydney-November 2009
  7. ‘Communicating difficult scenarios’ Strategies for successful Anaesthetic practice” Workshop presentation. Novotel, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay - July 19th ,, 2008.
  8. “Going into practice” GASACT Part 3 new fellows conference. - Sydney--November 17th, 2007
  9. ‘General anaesthesia for caesarean section has had its day-debate’, Pearls, Perils & Pitfalls. Australian Society of Anaesthetists meeting , Sydney Hilton, - Nov 3, 2001
  10. ‘Regional Anaesthesia Blocks Workshop’. Millennium Medicine Rural GP Refresher Weekend RACGP Annual Scientific Conference. Canberra, 25thOctober 1999
  11. ‘Extrapleural local anaesthetic infusions for post thoracotomy’, Sydney Children's Hospital. Pain 2000 and Beyond conference. Sydney 21stNovember 1999.

  


19th June 2024 - Anaesthesia for Uterine Transplant 

Presentation to the UNSW Critical Care Symposium 2024


  1.  Difficult Airway Relativity’, ANZCA/ASA ACE committee meeting Hilton Hotel Sydney, 13th June 2015
  2. ‘Anaesthetic committee meetings and whole department M&M meetings’. 42 separate evening events organised quarterly, over 11 years as Chair of Anaesthesia Committee at POWPH. 2013 to 2024
  3. ‘New challenges in Anaesthesia’ ANZCA/ASA ACE committee meeting Hilton Hotel Sydney, June 16th 2012.
  4. ‘Quality in Day Surgery’ ANZCA/ASA ACE committee meeting Hilton Hotel Sydney August 9th 2008.


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