Welcome to EBPOM-ASIA 2019 in Singapore

On behalf of the Organising Committee of Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine - Asia Congress 2019 (EBPOM-Asia 2019) and the 21^st General Scientific Meeting (GSM) of Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists. This meeting is held in conjunction with the General Scientific Meetings of the Society of Geriatric Medicine of Singapore and the Geriatric Surgery Society of Singapore, and it gives us great pleasure to invite you to EBPOM Asia 2019.

EBPOM-Asia 2019 will take place in sunny Singapore from 1st – 3rd November 2019 at the Academia-Singapore General Hospital and Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre. This unique event brings together anaesthesiologists, surgeons and geriatricians in a collaboration to improve the care and outcomes for our patients. It is with great pleasure our three societies welcome EBPOM International, a large network of international academic institutions that exists to promote the examination, discussion and application of evidence based medicine to perioperative care. This collaboration will enable EBPOM-Asia 2019 to feature and network with internationally renowned clinicians and researchers, who will share, discuss and debate new developments and controversial topics that impacts our daily practice.

Under the theme “Breaking Boundaries of Perioperative Care in the Elderly” the scientific program of EBPOM-Asia 2019 will focus on the medical needs of the aging surgical patient with a high incidence of chronic diseases and reduced physiological reserve. As more elderly patients undergo surgery, new approaches are required to improve surgical outcome, contain healthcare costs and facilitate rapid return to the community. This will require patient-centric, team-based management of the surgical patient; identification and optimisation of the frail and at-risk; and specialised enhanced recovery programmes for the elderly.

Furthermore, the 21st GSM of Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists will continue to feature new advances in all subspecialties of anesthesiology such as pediatric, obstetrics, cardiac, neuro and transplant anesthesia. No effort will be spared to make the scientific programme for the EBPOM-Asia 2019, exciting, productive and a major learning event for surgeons, anaesthetists, physicians, nurses and allied health personnel locally and internationally.

The EBPOM-Asia 2019 will also provide an open space for discussion and exchange of ideas.

Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, the EBPOM-Asia 2019 main venue, is sited in the Marina Bay area next to hubs for transport, and to world-class restaurants and entertainment. The secured congress venue is located above a shopping mall and has upgraded facilities designed for your effective and comfortable participation.

We look forward to welcoming you to Singapore on early November next year for EPBOM-ASIA 2019!

Dr. Hairil Rizal Bin Abdullah
Chairperson
Local Organising Committee
 

A/Prof Tan Kok Yang
Co-Chairperson 
Local Organising Committee
President, GSSS

Dr. Edwin Seet
Co-Chairperson
Local Organising Committee
 

Dr. Chew Aik Phon
Co-Chairperson
Local Organising Committee
President, SGMS

Prof David Walker BM (Hons) FRCP FRCA FFICM PFHEA
Consultant in Anaesthesia, Perioperative & Intensive Care Medicine
Clinical Lead, ICU Westmoreland Street, UCLH
Director, UCL Masters Programme in Perioperative Medicine