Summer greetings! Its late July and our 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting (September 13-15, 2019) is almost upon us.
I am excited at the variety and depth of topics to be covered and am confident that the program will offer special value to attendees whether they are anesthesiologists, ophthalmologists, CRNAs or allied professionals. We are indeed fortunate to host top local experts as well as a number of esteemed international guests. Their combined experience has not been paralleled at prior meetings. In fact, this assembly will offer attendees a rare opportunity to glean valuable theoretic and practical knowledge in a condensed 2-day span.
Many of our local faculty is well known to you. They offer attendees the benefit of invaluable knowledge and years of experience gained from practice at their academic institution or private practice. I am confident that each lecture will leave you with at least one ‘pearl of wisdom’.
In the interest of brevity, I want to whet your appetites with a peep at a few of our faculty. Steve Gayer, MD, MBA, is an internationally acclaimed, widely published authority on ophthalmic anesthesia. Similarly, we are fortunate to host Chandra Kumar, MB BS a well-respected academician and keen proponent of sub-Tenon anesthesia. And to complement them we will benefit from the erudite and articulate deliveries of British ophthalmologist, Tom Eke, MA (Cantab), MD, FRCOphth. In addition, we host Sujatha Ravichandran, DA, DNB, a pediatric anesthesiologist from India. The eye block workshop is not to be missed because brief technique presentations are complemented by hands-on exposure in cadaver and porcine eye models. And, world-class experts in needle and cannula-based regional ophthalmic anesthesia will tutor this year’s workshop!
Finally, our program offers a great balance between didactic lectures, practical workshops, interactive group discussions and most importantly, social discourse. As a reminder, registration is now open on our website (eyeanesthesia.org) and early-bird registration extends through August 24.
OAS Chicago 2019 is one meeting you don’t want to miss! I look forward to welcoming you.
Warm regards,
Howard Palte, MBChB, FCA Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
