Speakers' Information
February 9, 2024 (Day 1)
Keynote Speech 1
- Speaker
- Steven B. Greenberg
- Editor-in-Chief, APSF Newsletter
- Title
- APSF Newsletter, past, current, and future directions

Session 1A
- Speaker
- Kazuyoshi Aoyama
- Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
- Title
- Patient Lives and Safety of the Medical Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic

- Speaker
- Mark Warner
- Former ABA, ASA and APSF president
- Title
- APSF involvement and Consensus Statements for the COVID-19

- Speaker
- Bu-Wei Yu
- Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine
- Title
- Anesthesia based therapy- A very effective lifesaving method for critically ill patients with COVID19

- Speaker
- Tokujiro Uchida
- Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Medicine
- Title
- Looking Back on the COVID-19 Pandemic

- Speaker
- Mary Dale Peterson
- Past President ASA
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Driscoll Health
- Title
- COVID-19
The American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Response and Collaboration with Governmental Entities in Saving Lives

Session 1B
- Speaker
- Megumi Okuyama
- Assistant Professor, Department of Anestheisa, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine
- Title
- Anesthesiologists as safety leaders for the non-operating room anesthesia (in the endoscopy room)

- Speaker
- Emily Methangkool
- ASA/APSF Safety Committee, University of California Los Angeles
- Title
- Anesthesia/sedation in the endoscopy room

- Speaker
- Sophie Hyemin Sohn
- Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine
- Title
- Massive intraoperative hemorrhage in the obstetric suite

- Speaker
- Norifumi Kuratani
- Chair of the Department of Anesthesia, Saitama Prefectural Children’s Medical Center
- Title
- Non-operating room anesthesia for children

Session 1C
- Speaker
- Maxime P R Cannesson
- Department Chair, Anesthesiology, Professor in Anesthesiology, University of California Los Angeles
- Title
- What is PSH, and how does it contribute to patient safety?

- Speaker
- Tomohiro Sawa
- Professor in Anesthesiology, Teikyo University
- Title
- JSAPIMS and Nationwide Anesthesia Case Registries
- A 30-Year Journey Towards Patient Safety and Quality Improvement -

- Speaker
- Elizabeth Rebello
- Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, on behalf of APSF
- Title
- Medication error reduction and prevention n the perioperative period, highlighting the Top #7 Medication error

- Speaker
- Jeong-Hyun Choi
- Professor, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Korea
- Title
- The current status of ERAS implementation and the role of the Patient Safety Committee in Korea

- Speaker
- Hiroshi Morimatsu
- Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Okayama University
- Title
- PSH implementation in Japan: Perioperative Management Center

February 10, 2024 (Day 2)
Keynote Speech 2
- Speaker
- Katsunobu Kato
- Former Minister of the Health, Labour and Welfare
- Title
- COVID-19, from the Japanese Government Perspective, on Protecting the Japanese Population

- Speaker
- Eiko Ueda
- Medical Safety Specialist, Regional Medical Planning Division, Health Policy Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
- Title
- Overview of Patient Safety Policies in Japan and Safety Measures in the Perioperative Period

Session 2A
- Speaker
- Michiko Taniguchi
- Director of the Division of Regional Physician Supplies; Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
- Title
- Regional Healthcare Strategies in Japan

- Speaker
- Michiaki Yamakage
- JSA President, chair and professor of the department of anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine
- Title
- Anesthesiologists are the perioperative primary care physicians

- Speaker
- Adrian W Gelb
- Immediate Past President WFSA
- Title
- A global perspective on patient safety

- Speaker
- Norihiko Ikeda
- Chair of the Department of Thoracic and Thyroid Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
- Title
- New collaboration between surgeons and anesthesiologists for safe surgery: surgeon’s perspective

- Speaker
- Ronald Harter
- ASA President, Professor and previous chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus
- Title
- ASA's Efforts to Promote Clinician Well-Being and its Impact on Patient Safety

- Speaker
- Ikuko Yamaguchi
- President of COML, the non-political organization for the protection of human rights in medicine
- Title
- Ideal anesthesiologists that we think

Session 2B
- Speaker
- Tomoyuki Kawamata
- Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Wakayama Prefectural Medical University
- Title
- The New Anesthesia Guidelines for the Geriatric Patients in Japan

- Speaker
- Daniel J. Cole
- Professor of clinical anesthesiology and vice chair for the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
- Title
- Perioperative Brain Health

Session 2C
2C-a
- Speaker
- Daniel Saddawi-Konefka
- Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- Title
- Barriers to Help Seeking for Physicians

- Speaker
- Toshihiko Matsumoto
- National Institute of Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan
Chair of the Department of Drug Dependence Research
- Title
- Confronting the social loneliness of opioid/illicit drug abusers

2C-b
- Speaker
- Della Lin, MD
- APSF board of directors: Queen’s Medical Center, HI
- Title
- Safety: Change the Story, Change Everything

Session 2E
- Speaker
- Yoshiki Sento
- Department of Anesthesiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Medicine
- Title
- Current Status and Issues of Post-anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) in Japan

- Speaker
- Harumasa Nakazawa
- Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Kyorin University, School of Medicine
- Title
- Current Status and Issues of Acute Pain Service (APS) in Japan

- Speaker
- Monica Harbell
- Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco
- Title
- Multimodal pain approach ~ Preventing and mitigating opioid-related harm in the acute postoperative period ~ Top # 6 Opioid-related harm

February 11, 2024 (Day 3)
Keynote Speech 3
- Speaker
- Sosuke Kimura
- Board of Directors, Japan Medical Safety Research Organization (Medsafe Japan)
- Title
- Eight years experience of “Medical Accident Investigation System / Japan”.
An approach for making preventive measures from accident reports.

Session 3A
- Speaker
- May C M Pian-Smith
- Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Quality and Safety, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- Title
- Team collaboration

- Speaker
- Nobuhiko Horioka
- Higher Education Bureau, Ministry of Education
- Title
- The Japanese Medical License and 6-year Undergraduate Medical Education Program

- Speaker
- Shigeko Mills
- Chair of the Board of Directors, Japan periOperative Nursing Academy JONA
- Title
- Nurses’ role in perioperative care and future perspective

- Speaker
- Ryohkan Funakoshi
- Director, Department of Pharmacy, Kameda Medical Center
- Title
- The role of the hospital pharmacists in perioperative care and future prospects

- Speaker
- Takayoshi Toriyabe
- Ministry of Labour, Health and Welfare
- Title
- The new ISO neuraxial connector rollout in Japan

- Speaker
- Norihisa Kitamoto
- Director, Clinical Engineering, Seirei Hamamatsu Hospital; Chair, Shizuoka Association of Clinical Engineering Technologists
- Title
- The basis of clinical engineer licensure in Japan, and our role in perioperative care and future prospects

ICAPS 2024 Honorary Lecture
- Speaker
- Jeffrey B Cooper
- Honorary Investigator, Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Mass General Research Institute, Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- Title
- TBA
