Speakers Biography

Michael A. E. Ramsay, MD, FRCA
Chief of Service
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Management
Baylor University

Also the Medical Director of Anesthesia Services at Baylor?s Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, Co-Medical Director for Operating Room Services at BUMC, and President of the Baylor Research Institute. Additionally, he is a clinical professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and a professor in the Department of Periodontics at the Baylor College of Dentistry of Texas A&M University in Dallas.

Gavin NC Kenny, BSc(Hons), MD, FRCA, FANZCA
Professor and Head, University Department of Anaesthesia
Royal Infirmary, Glasgow

Research Interests:
Postoperative analgesia, Infusion systems for anaesthesia and analgesia
Patient controlled infusion for analgesia and sedation
Measurement of the depth of anaesthesia, Closed-loop control of anaesthesia

Nick Sutcliffe, MBChB BSc.(Physiology) MRCP FRCA
Head of the Department of Peri-Operative Medicine
Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Clydebank, Glasgow
Honorary Senior Lecturer University Department of Anaesthetics

Clinical Interests:

ICU , Cardiac Anaesthesia, Intravenous Anaesthesia (Workshop Secretary for the European Society of Intravenous Anaesthesia)

Frank Engbers, M.D.
Staff Anaesthesiologist
Leiden University Medical Centre
Leiden, Netherlands

Secretary and webmaster of the European Society for Intravenous Anaesthesia
Clinical interests: Cardio-thoracic anaesthesia including children and neonates.
Research activities: Computer technology: Author of Intravenous simulation software Tivatrainer. Pk/Pd of intravenous anaesthesia. Infusion pump technology.

Ian H. Black, MD, MAJ, MC
Chief of Anesthesia, Army Institute for Surgical Research
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio, TX

Responsible for all aspect of anesthesia including anesthesia of critically ill patients, policies, hiring, staffing, equipment purchase, research, pain control, and resident education for DOD?s only specialized burn center. Helped direct research for close to 40 residents in a tertiary care hospital and nationally renowned burn center.
Task Area Manager, Battlefield Pain Control, Combat Casualty Care, Medical Research and Material Command- Responsible for developing goals, products, and funding for pain control research applicable to the austere environment.
Director of Triservice Anesthesia Research Group Initiative on TIVA (TARGIT)- Helped found a group that advances the use of TIVA in the austere environment. During the first year of operation made academic and industry collaborations worldwide. Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology? Uniformed Services University of the Health Services (USUHS)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma Surgery? University of Texas at San Antonio

Christopher L. Hutson, MAJ, MD
Chief, Anesthesia and Operative Service
Evan Army Community Hospital
Ft. Carson, CO

Chairman, Pain Committee- Member, Critical Care Committee- Member, Provision of Care Functional Management Team.

Dr. Chris Hutson was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Washington University in 1989 with a B.S. in Business Administration and entered the United States Army as an Infantry Officer. He spent 4 four years on active duty in Germany with one combat tour in Desert Storm. He left active service to pursue post-graduate studies and microbiology research at Northern Illinois University. Dr. Hutson started his medical training in 1995 at Uniformed Services University. He graduated in 1999 and interned at Walter Reed. Dr Hutson is a 2004 graduate and former Chief Resident of the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Anesthesiology Residency. He is a member of the Triservice Anesthesia Research Group Initiative on TIVA (TARGIT).

Joel Wayne McMasters, MAJ, M.D., MC, USA
Assistant Program Director-SAUSHEC Anesthesiology Residency Program
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas

Deployment: Chief of Anesthesia, 28th Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom
Vice-President of the Triservice Anesthesia Research Group Initiative on Total Intravenous Anesthesia-March 2004-present
Assistant Program Director-SAUSHEC Anesthesiology Residency Program-April 2004-present
Director of Cardiac Anesthesia-Brooke Army Medical Center-February 2005-present

Kurt W. A. Grathwohl, LTC, M.D., FS, FCCP
Asst. Chief Anesthesiology and Operative Services
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio, TX

Assistant Chief Anesthesiology and Operative Services, Associate Program Director Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Director SAUSHEC Anesthesiology Resident Research, Scientific Advisor TARGIT Center. Associate Professor of Surgery Trauma Division, University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio. Research Interest: TIVA in the Austere environment/Disaster Medicince/Space; Oxygen Conservation.

Ron Purugganan, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology (Cardiothoracic Anesthesia group), Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Medical Director of PACU at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Clinical Interests: TIVA techniques for cardiothoracic anesthesia.
Lecturer and Instructor, Cardiothoracic Symposium at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Instructor, Difficult Airway Course, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center