The IARS and SAFEKIDS International Science Symposium: Anesthetic-Induced Neonatal Neuronal Injury

March 20, 2010

   Symposium Schedule (as of press time)
   11:00 am - 12:00 noon Poster Discussion
   12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Emery N. Brown, MD, PhD
   12:35 pm - 1:10 pm John W. Olney, MD
    1:15 pm - 1:50 pm William Slikker, Jr., PhD
    1:50 pm - 2:05 pm Break
    2:05 pm - 2:40 pm Andrew J. Davidson, MBBS, MD, FANZCA
    2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Peter J. Davis, MD
    3:20 pm - 4:00 pm Panel Discussion


ANESTHETIC-INDUCED NEONATAL NEURONAL INJURY:
AN OVERVIEW

Emery N. Brown, MD, PhD
Professor of Computational Neuroscience
and Health Sciences and Technology
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Boston, Massachusetts

ANESTHESIA-INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN THE DEVELOPING RODENT AND PRIMATE BRAIN
John W. Olney, MD
John P. Feighner Professor of Psychiatry,
Professor of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University in St. Louis
Department of Psychiatry
St. Louis, Missouri

TRANSLATIONAL MODELS AND BIOMARKERS TO ASSESS PEDIATRIC ANESTHETICS
William Slikker, Jr., PhD
Director National Center for Toxicological Research
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Jefferson, Arkansas

ANESTHETIC-INDUCED NEURONAL BRAIN INJURY IN INFANTS; FINDING AN ANSWER WITH CLINICAL STUDIES
Andrew J. Davidson, MBBS, MD, FANZCA
Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
Victoria, Australia

DO ANESTHETICS REALLY MAKE YOU STUPID?
Peter J. Davis, MD
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania