Opening Lectures
Euroanaesthesia is an annual conference that brings together professionals from the fields of anesthesiology and intensive care. As a way to honour those who have made exceptional contributions to these fields, Euroanaesthesia has established the tradition of opening the conference with the Prof. Ibsen and Sir Macintosh lectures. These lectures are an opportunity to recognise individuals’ outstanding contributions and emphasise their vital role in the medical community. The Prof. Ibsen and Sir Macintosh lectures are highly regarded within the field and are a highlight of the Euroanaesthesia conference.
Prof Ibsen Lecture
Sir Robert Macintosh Lecture
Prof Ibsen Lecture
Topic: Past, present and future of Intensive Care Medicine
Biography
Professor Jean-Louis Vincent is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Brussels (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and intensivist in the Department of Intensive Care at Erasme University Hospital in Brussels. He is a Past-President of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). He is member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine and was awarded the title of Baron by the King of Belgium.
Prof. Vincent has signed more than 1000 peer-reviewed articles, some 400 book chapters and review articles, 1000 original abstracts, and has edited more than 112 books. He is co-editor of the “Textbook of Critical Care” (Elsevier Saunders) and the “Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine” (Springer). He is the editor-in-chief of Critical Care, Current Opinion in Critical Care, and ICU Management & Practice and member of the editorial boards of about 30 other journals.
His name appears more than 1300 times in Pubmed, and his work has been cited more than 240,000 times; his H-index is 199.
Sir Robert Macintosh Lecture
Topic: Informed Consent: The Pursuers Perspective
Biography
Nadine is currently working as a trainee solicitor in Clinical Negligence with L&M Medilaw aiming to provide high quality legal care to individuals throughout Scotland. She is also currently completing her postgraduate law thesis, focussing on patient information disclosure cases and medical informed consent at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. She is more notably known as the pursuer in the landmark Supreme Court Judgment, Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board.
Nadine has a Law degree, LLB, and a Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, DPLP, from the University of Strathclyde. She also has a BSc in Molecular Biology from the University of Glasgow.
Birthrights, a human rights in childbirth charity, announced Nadine as their first ever patron. As a public ambassador she continues to champion women’s autonomy and consent in childbirth, supporting their communications and campaigns and training for healthcare professionals.
Nadine is an Ambassador for the unique national charity Baby lifeline which supports frontline NHS staff to prevent injuries and deaths in and around childbirth. Nadine also co-Chairs their Family Voices Group ensuring that the voice of families feeds into everything the charity does to make birth better and safer for all mothers, birthing people, and babies.
Nadine has recently accepted a position as a committee member of the Law Society of Scotland in Health and medical Law where she can now become involved in contributing towards the development of policy and legislation to the benefit of both the profession and the public.
