Venue: Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Website: http://www.aosra2013.org

Pre-Congress Workshop 1
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Anaesthesia

By the Asia Society of Sleep Medicine and Anaesthesia (ASASM)

The Special Interest Group of Asia Society in Sleep Medicine and Anaesthesia (ASASM) and the College of Anaesthesiologists, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia will be hosting a full day event on "Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Anaesthesia" as one of the pre-conference workshops of the 12th Asian & Oceanic Society of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine Congress (AOSRA-PM) on 19th June 2013 in Kuching, Sarawak. This first event of ASASM is held in collaboration with the Society of Sleep Medicine and Anaesthesia (SASM).

I am delighted to invite you to attend this pre-congress workshop on Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Learn about the latest developments of obstructive sleep apnea and other sleep disorders, and how to improve the perioperative care of patients with obstructive sleep apnea. The conference will feature an outstanding panel of speakers from all over the world. The speakers include Professor Frances Chung (Canada), Professor David Hillman (Australia), Dr. Norman Bolden (USA), Professor Shiroh Isono (Japan), Professor Matthew Chan (Hong Kong) and 2 local experts on obstructive sleep apnea. You are guaranteed a conference with high educational value! Please access the AOSRA 2013 Congress website http://www.aosra2013.org for more details.

Some of the lectures that will be delivered during the workshop include:

• "The Health and Economic Impacts of Obstructive Sleep Apnea"... David Hillman
• "Pathophysiology of Upper Airway Obstruction in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea"... Shiroh Isono
• "Screening Patients for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Experience from Preoperative Evaluation"... Frances Chung
• "Anaesthesia: Managing the Risks in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea"... Norman Bolden

WORKSHOP CO-DIRECTOR