WELCOME TO AUSTRAUMA 2009 !

We greatly look forward to the Austrauma 2009 conference with another excellent and world renown International faculty from  the United States, France, Switzerland and New Zealand.  We also welcome a superb Australian faculty with trauma, critical care and emergency care leaders from almost every State.

Our greatest highlight for 2009 is the involvement of the International Committee of the Red Cross and one of their Chief Surgeons, Dr Chris Giannou. We will have sessions on Global Trauma Systems, Rural Trauma, Disaster Management, Civilian and War Medicine, Difficult and Challenging Emergency Surgery, Neurotrauma, Obstetric and Paediatric Trauma Care, Critical care Complexities and Orthopedic Injuries. We will also have the well received Debates and Case Scenarios.

Due to last year's oversubscription and success of the Workshop Day, Austrauma 2009 will dedicate a full  covering a number of workshops in Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Surgery. Also due to the great oversubmission of abstracts, we have included a new Research Forum as part of this 3 day Congress. An increasing interest and demand has led to the development of a comprehensive hospital-based Australian Disaster Preparedness Course with a unique surgical perspective.

Again at the fantastic Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre by our world famous harbour, many of Sydney's major tourist attractions are at or near  the  conference doorstep. Austrauma 2008 proved an enormous success and was extremely well received by delegates, speakers and sponsors. Austrauma 2009 will certainly prove to be an outstanding three day event and we ask that you check the website regularly for the new program, updates and details.   

Dr Valerie Malka - Convener