XXXVIIth Edinburgh
Anaesthesia Festival
20-22 August 2025
Edinburgh Anaesthesia Festival 2023 Programme
The Edinburgh Anaesthesia Festival has been awarded 15 CPD credits (5 per day) by the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
| Wednesday 23rd August Session 1 | |||
| 0845-0930 | Registration open, refreshments available | ||
| 0930-0940 | Welcome | Dr Adam Paul, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | |
| 0940-1000 | The art and science of simulation in health profession education | Prof Gerry Gormley, Queens University, Belfast | |
| 1000-1020 | Unicorns, High Performance Health Care and Other Myths | Dr Barry Schyma, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Queen Mary, University of London | |
| 1020-1040 | The long road to safer patient care - reflections from a pilgrim | Dr Nikki Maran, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | |
| 1040-1055 | Questions & Panel Discussion | ||
| 1055-1130 | Refreshments and Poster Viewing | ||
| 1130-1150 | eCPR | Dr Lyle Moncur, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | |
| 1150-1210 | Reducing harm from long term opioid use after surgery | Dr Mark Rockett, Derriford Hospital Plymouth & University of Plymouth | |
| 1210-1230 | Airway management with little or no device in the airway | Dr Michael Seltz Kristensen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen | |
| 1230-1245 | Questions & Panel Discussion | ||
| 1245-1345 | Lunch | ||
| Session 2 | |||
| 1345-1435 | Preparing for the next pandemic and learning from the last one JDR Lecture supported by EESSA and JDR Trust | Professor Linda Bauld, The University of Edinburgh | |
| 1435-1445 | Questions & Discussion | ||
| 1445-1505 | Anaesthesia for patients with Special Educational Needs | Dr Joanna Renée, Dr Audrey Jeffrey, St John's Hospital Livingston | |
| 1505-1525 | Perioperative care for transgender patients | Dr Stuart Edwardson, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | |
| 1525-1535 | Questions & Panel Discussion | ||
| 1535-1610 | Refreshments and Poster Viewing | ||
| 1610-1630 | Controversies in obstetric GA | Dr Mary Mushambi, University of Leicester | |
| 1630-1650 | Ultrasonography for airway management | Dr Michael Seltz Kristensen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen | |
| 1650-1700 | Questions & Panel Discussion | ||
| 1700-1830 | Welcome Drinks Reception at the conference venue, open to all delegates. No booking required | ||
| Thursday 24th August Session 3 | |||
| 0845-0930 | Registration open, refreshments available | ||
| 0930-0950 | High intensity bariatric lists | Dr Jill Homewood, Southmead Hospital, Bristol | |
| 0950-1010 | Marginal Gains in Prehabilitation | Dr Myra McAdam, Glasgow Royal Infirmary | |
| 1010-1030 | How can transitional pain services benefit surgical patients? | Dr Mark Rockett, Derriford Hospital Plymouth & University of Plymouth | |
| 1030-1045 | Questions & Panel Discussion | ||
| 1045-1130 | Refreshments and Poster Viewing | ||
| 1130-1150 | Thyroids and airway obstruction | Dr Sneh Shah, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | |
| 1150-1210 | Securing the airway AWAKE, why?..how?..and how to make it a good experience | Dr Michael Seltz Kristensen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen | |
| 1210-1230 | Anticipated difficult airway in the pregnant woman | Dr Mary Mushambi, University of Leicester | |
| 1230-1245 | Questions & Panel Discussion | ||
| 1245-1350 | Lunch | ||
| Session 4 | |||
| 1350-1410 | Airway Workshops: The NEO Way | Dr Rajinder Singh Chaggar, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | |
| 1410-1430 | A Randomized Trial of Medical Generative AI | Professor Ankur Teredesai, University of Washington | |
| 1430-1450 | Nocebo words hurt: The science & practical tips to avoid the nocebo effect | Dr Kate Arrow, NHS Highland | |
| 1450-1505 | Questions & Panel Discussion | ||
| 1505-1545 | Refreshments and Poster Viewing | ||
| 1545-1605 | White Island / Whakaari eruption - when a 50% mortality is a “good” outcome | Dr Matt Taylor, Te Whatu Ora, Counties Manukau, Auckland, NZ | |
| 1605-1625 | When right could be so wrong: laterality error in healthcare | Prof Gerry Gormley, Queens University, Belfast | |
| 1625-1645 | Regulatory reform and the GMC | Mr Nick Tennant, The MDU | |
| 1645-1700 | Questions & Panel Discussion | ||
| 1930-2300 | Festival Dinner, Royal College of Physicians, Guests welcome, Booking required | ||
| Friday 25th August Session 5 | |||
| 0845-0930 | Registration open, refreshments available | ||
| 0930-0950 | POSTPONED: What’s the perfect block for the Upper Limb? | (Dr Matt Taylor), Te Whatu Ora, Counties Manukau, Auckland, NZ | |
| 0950-1010 | Perioperative management of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension | Dr Colin Church, Golden Jubilee National University Hospital | |
| 1010-1030 | Obesity – changing perspectives | Dr Jill Homewood, Southmead Hospital, Bristol | |
| 1030-1045 | Questions & Panel Discussion | ||
| 1045-1120 | Refreshments | ||
| 1120-1140 | Realistic medicine - Doing the right thing; Anaesthetic care for seven generations | Dr Kate Arrow, NHS Highland | |
| 1140-1200 | When we (do) nothing at all | Dr Myra McAdam, Glasgow Royal Infirmary | |
| 1200-1210 | Questions & Panel Discussion | ||
| 1210-1230 | The Alastair Spence Memorial Award: Oral presentations from Top 2 finalists | ||
| 1230-1330 | Lunch | ||
| Session 6 | |||
| 1330-1340 | The Alastair Spence Memorial Award and Best Poster Award, Prizes | ||
| 1340-1400 | Perioperative diabetes update | Dr Catriona Kyle, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh | |
| 1400-1420 | Atypical analgesics – what do ketamine, magnesium lidocaine and the rest have to offer? | Dr Mark Rockett, Derriford Hospital Plymouth & University of Plymouth Faculty of Health | |
| 1420-1430 | Questions & Panel Discussion | ||
| 1430-1510 | Refreshments | ||
| 1510-1530 | Implantable Cardiac Devices in the Operating Room | Dr Neil Grubb, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | |
| 1530-1550 | One Lung Ventilation | Dr Bernhard Heidemann, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | |
| 1550-1600 | Questions & Panel Discussion | ||