Neuroanaesthesia Symposium 2025
Excellence Through Synergy

16-18 May 2025 Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
 
Congress is accredited with 20 CPD points (CPDE47313)
16 May, Friday (Sipadan II)
Time Agenda Speaker
0730-0830 Registration  
0830-0905 Plenary 1: Functional Neurosurgery and Its Impacts on Anaesthesia Delivery Geraldine Jose (Philippines)
0905-0930 Opening ceremony  
0930-1000 Coffee break  
1000-1035 Plenary 2: TBC Gemma Nickols (UK)
1035-1145 Symposium 1  
1035-1055 Acute Neuro Care: The Algorithm-based Approach in Acute Neurological Emergencies Keshav Goyal (India)
1055-1115 Anticoagulants and Neurosurgical Emergencies Cheah Saw Kian (Malaysia)
1115-1120 Q&A  
1120-1205 Lunch symposium 1  
1205-1400 Lunch & Friday prayer  
1400-1510 Symposium 2
(Concurrent Oral Presentations)
 
1400-1420 Postoperative Delirium: Mitigation of Risks Phuping Akavipat (Thailand)
1420-1440 ERAS in Neurosurgery Maizatulhikma Md Miskan (Malaysia)
1440-1500 Cranioplasty: It's More Than Just a Cosmetic Repair See Chang Seng (Malaysia)
1500-1515 Q&A  
1515-1545 Coffee break  
1545-1700 Symposium 3
(Concurrent Poster Presentations)
 
1545-1605 Cardiac Effects of Neurological Conditions: Implications for Perioperative Management Chidananda Swamy (Brunei)
1605-1625 Regional Anaesthesia for Spine Surgery Samuel Tsan (Malaysia)
1625-1645 Anaesthesia for extracranial-intracranial bypass Yeap Boon Tat (Malaysia)
1645-1700 Q&A  
1700 End of Day 1  

 

17 May, Saturday (Sipadan II)
Time
Agenda
Speaker
0800-0835
Plenary 3: Intraoperative EEG: The Basics, the Problems, the Future
Paul GarcĂ­a (USA)
0835-0910
Plenary 4: Bacteria and the Brain: How the Microbiome Affects Perioperative Brain Health
Ines Koerner (USA)
0910-0945
Coffee break
 
0945-1115
Symposium 4: SNACC- NACCS Panel (Neuromonitoring)
 
0945-1005
Is Anaesthetic Depth a Useful Concept in Paediatrics?
Audrey Tan (UK)
1005-1025
Pupillometry in Intracranial Hypertension and Brain Herniation
Alexander Papangelou (USA)
1025-1045
Awake Craniotomy and Brain Mapping
Joseph Sebastian (UK)
1045-1105
Advances in Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Technology
Jason Chui (Canada)
1105-1115
Q&A
 
1115-1200
Lunch symposium 2
 
1200-1330
Lunch
 
1330-1440
Symposium 5
 
1330-1350
Looking Beyond Age: Understanding Cognitive Frailty
Alexander Papangelou (USA)
1350-1410
Age-related Changes in Intraoperative Frontal EEG Monitoring
Paul Garcia (USA)
1410-1430
Neuromonitoring in the ICU: Finding the Sweet Spot
Ines Koerner (USA)
1430-1440
Q&A
 
1440-1515
Tea symposium 2
 
1515-1545
Coffee break
 
1545-1700
Symposium 6
 
1545-1605
Updates from Neuroanaesthesia Literature: Best Papers from the Past Year
Audrey Tan (UK)
1605-1625
Anaesthesia for Epilepsy Surgery in Children
Girija Prasad Rath (India)
1625-1645
TBA
Gemma Nickols (UK)
1645-1700
Q&A
 
1700
End of Day 2
 
1930-2130
Faculty dinner (by invitation)
 

 

18 May, Sunday (Sipadan II)
Time
Agenda
Speaker
0830-0905
Plenary 5: Artificial Intelligence in Research and Publishing
Matthew Wiles (UK)
0905-0940
Plenary 6: Value-Based Care in Neuroanaesthesia Practice: The Time Has Come
Alana Flexman (Canada)
0940-1015
Coffee break
 
1015-1125
Symposium 7
 
1015-1035
Managing Patients with Complex Cerebral Aneurysms
Jason Chui (Canada)
1035-1055
Frailty and the Neurosurgical Patient: Where Do We Go from Here?
Alana Flexman (Canada)
1055-1115
Tracheal Intubation in Patients with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Matthew Wiles (UK)
1115-1125
Q&A
 
1125-1245
Symposium 8
 
1125-1145
Anaesthesia for Acoustic Neuroma Surgery
Joseph Sebastian (UK)
1145-1205
Endovascular Thrombectomy for Acute Ischaemic Stroke: Is There a Superior Technique?
Beatrice Lim (Singapore)
1205-1225
Perioperative Nerve Injury Prevention and Detection
Jason Chui (Canada)
1225-1235
Q&A
 
1235-1300
Closing ceremony & award presentations
 
1300-1400
Lunch
 
1400
Adjourn
 
* Disclaimer: The Organising Committee may, in its discretion, amend any part of the programme without prior notice.