special breakout session of the

2nd International
Medical Congress of Armenia
www.2imca.am

Anesthesia Symposium

June 29 2007

Program
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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CENTER OF MATERNAL  AND CHILD HEALTH PROTECTION
Georgy G. Okoyev , Director
Address 375002, Yerevan, Mashtotsi Ave. 22
Phone (374-10) 531342, 530641, 530882
Fax: (374-10) 530192
http://www.armobgyn.com

General Lectures

8:45 - 9:00

Welcome note and Opening

Prof. Gagik Mkhoyan, Doctor of Medical Sciences, RA

9:00 - 9:30

Basic Principles of Image-Guided Spine Intervention: Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain

Stephen Boyajian, DO

USA

9:30 - 10:00

Anesthesia for Neurosurgery

Rafi Avitsian, MD

USA

10:00 - 10:30

Recent Trends in Pediatric Anesthesia

Nishan Goudsouzian, MS, MA, MD

USA

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 11:30

Management of Intoxications by Phosphor Organic Compounds

Jean-Michel Ekherian, MD

France

11:30 - 12:00

Advances in Obstetric Anesthesia

Kevork Apkarian, MD

France

12:00-12:30

Complications in Anesthesia                        

Rafi Avitsian, MD

USA

12:30-13:45

Lunch & a Problem-Based Discussion

Rafi Avitsian, MD

USA

Airway Lectures and Workshops

14:00-14:30

Airway Management Outside the Operating Room

Richard Aghababian, MD, FACEP

USA

14:30-15:00

The Difficult Airway:  An Overview of Airway Management Options

Rafi Avitsian, MD

USA

15:00-15:30

Laryngeal Mask Airways: The Wave of the Future

Andranik Ovassapian, MD

USA

15:30-16:00

The Surgical Airway                                  

Ara Chalian, MD

USA

16:30-19:00

Airway Workshop

19:00-19:15

Closing Remarks

Workshop Instructors:

Richard Aghababian, MD, FACEP

Kevork Apkarian, MD

Rafi Avitsian, MD

Stephen Boyajian DO

Ara Chalian MD

Jean-Michel Ekherian, MD

Nishan Goudsouzian MD, MS, MA

Armine Kharratian, MD

Gagik Mkhoyan MD, PhD

Andranik Ovassapian,  MD

Emil Vardapetyan, MD

Armen Varosyan, MD, DEAA

Workshop Stations:

Table 1:            Fiberoptic Intubation

Table 2:            Laryngeal Mask Airways and Combitube

Table 3:            Double-lumen Tubes and Bronchial Blockers

Table 4:            Cricothyrotomy and TTJV

Table 5:            Extubation of the Difficult Airway:  Use of tube changers and the classic laryngeal mask