International Symposium of Ultrasound for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ISURA) 2010

June 4-6, 2010

Toronto Hilton

Confirmed Guest Faculty

Dr. Michael Barrington (Australia)

Dr. Victor Chee (Singapore)

Dr. Peter Cheng (USA)

Dr. Urs Eichenberger (Switzerland)

Dr. Su Ganapathy (Canada)

Dr. Michael Gofeld (USA)

Dr. Thomas Grau (Germany)

Dr. Manfred Greher (Austria)

Dr. Manoj Karmakar (Hong Kong)

Dr. Ed Mariano (USA)

Dr. Bernhard Moriggl (Austria)

Dr. Samer Narouze (USA)

Dr. Hans-Juergen Rapp (Germany)

Dr. Brian Sites (USA)

Dr. Suresh Santhanam (USA)

Dr. Ban Tsui (Canada)

Confirmed University of Toronto Faculty

Dr. Richard Brull

Dr. Vincent Chan

Dr. Ki Jinn Chin

Dr. Ahtsham Niazi

Dr. Philip Peng

Dr. Anahi Perlas

Dr. Arun Prasad

Ultrasound for Regional Anesthesia Program

Basic Principles of Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (UGRA)

Upper and Lower Limb Blocks

UGRA in the Challenging Patient

Implementing UGRA in Clinical Practice

Phantom Practice & Knowing the Equipment

Trunk Blocks (Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric/TAP)

Basic and Advanced Spine Imaging

Pediatric Considerations in UGRA

Ultrasound Innovation Award Contest

Thoracic & Lumbar Paravertebral Blocks

Ultrasound Guided Catheter Techniques

Sonopathology

Literature Review

Education & Future Directions in UGRA

Video Presentation of Clinical Cases

Advanced Spine Phantom Practice (Pig Model)

Ultrasound for Interventional Pain Program

Spine and Paravertebral Sonoanatomy

Ultrasound vs. Other Imaging Modalities for Spine Imagine

Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar and Sacral Spine & Paravertebral Injection Techniques

Ultrasound for Pediatric Pain Management

Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Head & Neck, Shoulder, Inguinal and Pelvic Pain

Musculoskeletal Imaging and Injection

Periarticular & Peri-tendinous Injections

Literature Review & Outcome Data

Novel Ultrasound Applications for Pain Management

Live Model Scanning Session & Video Demonstration

Intensive Hands-On Scanning Practice

Spine Phantom Needle Practice