Faculty Participate in Salzburg Seminar

Faculty from the Department of Anesthesiology participated in the Open Medical Institute’s 2019 Salzburg Weill Cornell Seminar in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, held in Austria from September 15 to 21. Department Chair Dr. Hugh Hemmings served as a course director. 

The Salzburg Medical Seminars is a global initiative established by doctors from Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to bridge the knowledge gap between East and West and prevent brain drain from countries in transition. 37 fellows attended this year's program, representing 29 countries and regions.

Speakers representing Weill Cornell Medicine Anesthesiology included: 

Hugh C. Hemmings, Jr., MD, PhD
Are Anesthetics Toxic to the Brain?
Workshop: Fellows' Case Presentations
Antidotes in Anesthesia 

June M. Chan, MB BS, FANZCA
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Workshop: How to Present a Case
Ultrasound Workshop A: UGRA and Vascular Access
Perioperative Anaphylaxis
Workshop: Fellows' Case Presentations
Cardiac Output Measurement
Heart Failure

Roniel Weinberg, MD
Abdominal Wall Nerve Blocks
Ultrasound Workshop A: UGRA and Vascular Access
Enhanced Recovery after Orthopedic Surgery
Regional Anesthesia and Cancer Recurrence
Ketamine: Anesthesia, Analgesia, Depression?

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