The UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
is proud to announce the 2017/18 annual
Dr. Jean Templeton Hugill Visiting Professor Lecture
“Local anesthetics – old drugs with a bright future”
Philipp Lirk, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Attending Anesthesiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 6:00 pm
Vancouver General Hospital, Jimmy Pattison Pavilion, Third Floor, Room JPPN 3414
910 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC
A reception with light refreshments will be held prior to the lecture at 5:30 pm (JPPN 3336).
Dr. Jean Templeton Hugill was one of the first female anesthesiologists in Western Canada in the 1950s. She earned a reputation for taking on difficult cases and became a key figure in developing obstetric anesthesia in BC. After a long career devoted to clinical care, Dr. Hugill was determined to support anesthesia research, which she said she was always interested in but unable to pursue herself. Motivated to facilitate collaborative research between anesthesiologists and pharmacologists, Dr. Hugill left a bequest to the Faculty of Medicine upon her death in 2012, adding to her previous 1991 gift that was matched by the BC Government to establish an endowed Chair in Anesthesia.
Dr. Philipp Lirk obtained his MD from the University of Innsbruck, Austria. After a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin, he trained in Anesthesia & Critical Care in Innsbruck, and completed an MSc at the University of Cardiff (UK). In 2010, Dr. Lirk was appointed to the Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, where he served as Head of Regional Anesthesia. In 2015, he earned a PhD at the University of Amsterdam with work on the pharmacology of local anesthetics. In 2017, Dr. Lirk moved to Boston to work at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and currently divides his time between research on local anesthetics and anesthesia care for orthopedics & trauma. He is an Associate Editor of the European Journal of Anaesthesiology; member of the European Society of Anaesthesiology’s Scientific Subcommittee on Regional Anesthesia; and member of the PROSPECT Working group of the European Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Therapy.
Host: Dr. Stephan Schwarz, UBC Dr. Jean Templeton Hugill Chair in Anesthesia.
This lecture will be broadcasted live to various hospital sites, including the following:
NRGH 2053, RJH CA 011, VGH 1914, UHNBC 5030, RH 1763, LGH 2506, and RCH 017.
How to attend remotely: Note: Use a computer. Mobile devices (smart phones, tablets) are not supported.
1. Web browser: In Chrome browser, go to http://meet.vc.ubc.ca and enter the 5 digit conference/bridge ID, 30303. For instructions and troubleshooting, see the Web Browser User Guide. 2. Skype for Business: enter 30303@vc.ubc.ca to join the meeting. Note: Your personal Skype is not compatible with Skype for Business. Refer to the troubleshooting guide. 3. Telephone (Audio-bridge): Dial the toll-free phone number, 1-844-521-0666, followed by the 5 digit ID (30303), followed by #.