SPA / JSPA 2003 Meeting

October 10, 2003, San Francisco, CA



  Thursday, October 9, 2003
 3:00 - 5:00 pm Registration / Poster Mounting
 5:00 - 6:00 pm Welcome Reception
  Friday, October 10, 2003
 7:00 - 7:45 am Registration / Continental Breakfast / Poster Viewing
 7:45 - 8:00 am Welcome and Introductory Remarks
  Mark A. Rockoff, MD / Katsuyuki Miyasaka, MD, PhD
   
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO THESURGICAL NEONATE
 Moderator: Anne M. Lynn, MD
   
 8:00 - 8:30 am Fetal Surgery: The Surgical Perspective
Michael Harrison, MD
 8:30 - 9:00 am Fetal Surgery: The Anesthesia Perspective
Laura Myers, MD
 9:00 - 9:30 am The Japanese Approach to Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
  Shoichi Uezono, MD
 9:30 - 10:00 am Questions and Discussion
 10:00 - 10:30 am Break and Exhibits / Poster Viewing
   
THE UPPER AIRWAY IN PEDIATRICANESTHESIA
 Moderator: Etsuro Motoyama, MD
   
 10:30 - 11:00 am Physiology of the Upper Airway
  Shiro Isono, MD
 11:00 - 11:30 am Sleep Apnea in Infants and Children
  Thomas G. Keens, MD
 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Questions and Discussion
 12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch and Exhibits / Poster Viewing
   
MEDICAL AND ANESTHESIA CAREIN JAPAN AND THE USA
 Moderator: Robert Crone, MD
   
 1:30 - 2:00 pm Problems of Health Care Systems in Japan and the USA
  Yumiko Nishimura, PhD
 2:00 - 2:30 pm Controversial Issues in Pediatric Anesthesia Training and Practice: In Japan
  Yasuhiro Shimada, MD, PhD
 2:30 - 3:00 pm Controversial Issues in Pediatric Anesthesia Training and Practice: In the USA
  Steven C. Hall, MD
 3:00 - 3:30 pm Questions and Discussion
 3:30 - 4:00 pm Break and Exhibits / Poster Viewing
   
SPECIAL LECTURE
   
 4:00 - 5:00 pm Beyond Borders - History of the Nobel Prizes
  Sten Lindahl, MD, PhD
  Introduction: Shigeho Morita, MD
  7:00 - 10:00 pm Dinner Reception - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

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