Inaugural Macintosh Day 2020

Impressively organised by OXDAT and OxfordCPD, the inaugural Macintosh Day showcased current research and quality improvement work by anaesthetists in our region. The event was fully booked with live streaming available.

Professor Pierre Foex, Emeritus Professor of Anaesthetics opened the day speaking about Professor Macintosh and his time at Oxford. Keynote addresses were by Dr Helen Higham Medical Director OXSTAR, and Professor Andrew Farmery, Head of Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics

Presentations included:

Blood - the most important humour? - Dr Akshay Shah

Biomedical engineering in healthcare to improve patient monitoring - Dr Mirae Harford

Role of nitric oxide in the control of cerebral blood flow following subarachnoid haemorrhage - Dr Martyn Ezra

Perioperative and Regional Fellows programme - Dr Khurram Ayub and team

Measuring theatre efficiency - Professor Jaideep Pandit

Targeted Metagenomic Sequencing in Sepsis Diagnostics - Dr Cyndi Goh

Getting involved in research - Dr Payashi Garry

Making Virtual a Reality - Dr Sally Shiels

Major Complications of Airway Management in Thames Valley - Dr Henry Lewith

Humanitarian Anaesthesia - Qualifications vs Skills - Dr Soren Kudsk-Iversen

Preop Carbohydrate drinks debate - Dr Khurram Ayub (For), Dr Shaun Scott (Against)

The Macintosh Dinner was held at Trinity College followed by dancing (music by DJ Dr Johnny G)