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July 1997
Volume 61 |
Number 7
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Emery A. Rovenstine
Memorial Lecture:
Michael J. Cousins, M.D., to Present 'Pain: The Past, Present
and Future of Anesthesiology?' |
Anthony D. Ivankovich, M.D., Chair
Section on Annual Meeting
The Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture will be presented this
year by Australian anesthesiologist Michael J. Cousins, M.D.,
at the ASA Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. His lecture
"Pain: The Past, Present and Future of Anesthesiology?"
will be delivered on Monday, October 20, at 11:15 a.m. in the
San Diego Convention Center.
Dr. Cousins graduated from the University of Sydney, Australia,
and trained in anesthesia at the Royal North Shore Hospital in
Sydney. In 1968, he became a Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists
of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons and received the T.
Cecil Gray Prize. In 1969, he was awarded a Traveling Fellowship
by the Postgraduate Medical Foundation of the University of Sydney
to take up a position as Clinical and Research Fellow at the Royal
Victoria Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Canada, where
he worked with Philip Bromage, M.D., in the field of postoperative
pain research.
From 1970-74, Dr. Cousins was Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
at Stanford University and collaborated with Richard Mazze, M.D.,
in studies of the metabolism and renal toxicity of inhalational
anesthetic agents. In only a few short years, Dr. Cousins had
established a distinguished record of accomplishments in research
involving pain management, opioid administration by various routes
and neural blockade techniques, the injury response, and the pharmacology
and physiology of anesthetic and analgesic drugs.
From 1975-90, he was Foundation Professor and Chair of the Department
of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the Flinders University of
South Australia. He is currently Professor and Head of the Department
of Anaesthesia and Pain Management at the Royal North Shore Hospital
at the University of Sydney as well as Director of The Pain Management
and Research Centre at the University of Sydney and Royal North
Shore Hospital.
Dr. Cousins has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications
and has presented more than 200 national and international invited
lectures over the last 20 years. His expertise as a scientist,
educator and author is evidenced by the innumerable editorial
activities in which he has participated over the years.
In addition to participating in the editorial process of nearly
all of the journals in our field, Dr. Cousins is perhaps best
known for his textbook "Neural Blockade in Clinical Anesthesia
and Management of Pain," which he co-authored with Phillip
O. Bridenbaugh, M.D., and which remains a classic contribution
in the area of pain management. His long-standing commitment to
the treatment of acute and chronic pain culminated in the founding
of the Pain Management Unit at Flinders Medical Center and The
Pain Management and Research Centre at Royal North Shore Hospital,
one of the world's largest and most state-of-the-art facilities
of its kind in the world.
Not surprisingly, Dr. Cousins has been bestowed with a large
number of national and international honors and awards, including
the Mushin Medal from the Welch National University, the Bonica
Medal from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and the
Ralph M. Waters Award presented by the Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists.
Dr. Cousins has been involved as an officer or director in many
national and international organizations. He served as President
of the International Association for the Study of Pain, the International
Pain Foundation and the Association of University Clinical Professors
of Australia, and he served as the Chair of the Anaesthesia and
Intensive Care Committee of the Australian Health Commission.
Over the last two decades, Dr. Cousins has delivered numerous
other distinguished lectures, including the Bonica Lecture at
the University of Washington, the Cullen Lecture at the University
of California and the Royal College Lecture at the Royal College
of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada. ASA is fortunate and honored
to have him present the Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture at
the 1997 Annual Meeting. His remarkable record of accomplishments,
dedication and excellence in our specialty attests to his qualifications
for delivering this most important memorial lecture.
Anthony D. Ivankovich, M.D., is the William
Gottschalk, M.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology,
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center,
Chicago, Illinois.
E-mail the author.
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