Keynote Speakers
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Professor Ian Maconachie Prof Maconochie is a world renowned expert in paediatric resuscitation, and a key leader in ILCOR's work in this area. Prof Maconochie co-Chairs the Paediatric Section of ILCOR, and was an Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, a Registrar for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the current President of the Paediatric Section of the European Society of Emergency Medicine
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Professor Laurie Morrison Prof Morrison is one of Canada's leading resuscitation experts, respected globally for her research achievements.
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Professor Robert Neumar An engaging speaker and a global leader in our field, we are delighted that Prof Neumar's expertise and eloquence will be on offer at NZ Resus 2020.
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Dr Tony Smith
Tony Smith is the Medical Director for St John in New Zealand and is also an Intensive Care Medicine Specialist at Auckland City Hospital.
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Dr Tony Walker Associate Professor Tony Walker ASM is Chief Executive Officer of Ambulance Victoria. He is a Registered Paramedic with over three decades experience working in a range of senior clinical, operational and leadership roles within the ambulance sector.Over past four years Tony has led significant transformation at Ambulance Victoria to improve the health and wellbeing of their workforce and the response they provide to the community. Tony is a Fellow of Paramedics Australasia and a Board Director of the Emergency Services Foundation, the Australasian Council of Ambulance Authorities and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. He has been awarded the National Heart Foundation President's Award and the Australian Resuscitation Council Medal for his significant contributions to improving cardiovascular health and resuscitation practice and outcomes. |
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Professor Charles Deakin A consultant in cardiac anaesthesia and cardiac intensive care at University Hospital Southampton, Divisional Medical Director for South Central Ambulance Service and Medical Director for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance. He is also Honorary Professor of Resuscitation and Prehospital Emergency Medicine at Southampton University where his main academic interests are cardiac arrest, major trauma and resuscitation. Charles is a lead author for UK paramedic, national and European resuscitation guidelines and is a fellow of the Resuscitation Council (UK) and European Resuscitation Council. He co-chaired the ILCOR ALS guidelines in 2005 and 2010 and remains a member of the ALS working Group where he is also the ILCOR domain lead for defibrillation. He was a member of the Trial Management Group for the recently published PARAMEDIC2 study and Trial Steering Committee for the AIRWAYS2 study. |
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Professor Gavin Perkins Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Warwick and National Institute for Health Research Senior Investigator. He is Director of Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and an active researcher in emergency and critical care trials. Clinically he holds appointments as a Consultant Physician in Critical Care Medicine at University Hospitals Birmingham and MERIT Team Consultant with West Midlands Ambulance Service. He chairs the Resuscitation Council UK Community and Ambulance Resuscitation Committee, serves as Director of Guidelines for the European Resuscitation Council and is co-chair of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. Prof Perkins' portfolio of work includes the National Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes (http://warwick.ac.uk/ohcao), the PARAMEDIC trials (PARAMEDIC-1, mechanical CPR, PARAMEDIC-2, adrenaline for cardiac arrest). He co-ordinated the Utstein Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Working Group and Core Outcome Set for Cardiac Arrest (COSCA) initiative. |