Dates: 15 – 17 May 2026
Venue: Berg-en-Dal rest camp, Kruger National Park
Theme: Anaesthesia – Changing the Status Quo
Nelspruit Anaesthesiologists in conjunction with UCT Dept of Anaesthesiology & Peri-operative Medicine and Bloemfontein Anaesthesiology Department
Organisers
Paul Nepgen (Nelanest)
Reinier Swart (Nelanest)
Johan D’Assonville (Nelanest)
Pieter van Immerzeel (Nelanest)
Wendy Barrett (Nelanest)
Lloyd Duncan (Nelanest)
Fatima Hoosen (Nelanest)
Freddy Kabambi (Rob Ferreira Tertiary Hospital)
Faculty Members
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Venue
Berg-en-Dal Rest Camp, Kruger Park
For venue information and bookings, please click here.
We are aware that Kruger National Park accommodation may be limited at this time.
Other accommodation may be secured just outside of the Kruger National Park through the following recommended links:
Pestana Lodge: Click here
Hamiltons Lodge: Click here
Programme
TIVA/EEG workshop |
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Friday 15 May 2026 |
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| 12:30 | Delegates arrive | |
| 13:00 | Welcome and orientation | Reinier Swart (Nelanest) |
| 13:30 – 17:00 | Anaesthetic awareness monitoring: EEG / DSA | Sean Bennett / Michael Schupp |
| 17:30 | Closing Q&A | |
| 18:00 | Speakers’ Dinner | Speakers |
Saturday 16 May 2026 |
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| 07:00 | Registration | ||
| 07:30 | Opening | Reinier Swart (LOC representative) | |
| Session 1 | |||
| 08:00 | Welcome and orientation | Justiaan Swanevelder | |
| 08:30 | The anaesthesiologist and antimicrobial stewardship | Johan Kotze | |
| 09:00 | What’s changed in peripartum care / analgesia? | Gladness Nethathe | |
| 09:30 | Tea break | ||
| Session 2 | |||
| 10:00 | Making anaesthesia safer: Healthcare data integration | Hyla Kluyts | |
| 10:30 | Anaesthetic awareness monitoring – protecting the vulnerable brain | Sean Bennett | |
| 11:00 | Anaesthetic management during thoracic emergencies | Johan Bence | |
| 11:30 | Lunch | ||
| Session 3 | |||
| 12:30 | Advances in percutaneous procedures in the Cardiac Catheter Laboratory | Johan Bence | |
| 13:00 | The use of POCUS in paediatric anaesthesia | Francis Emperador-Marquez | |
| 13:30 | Managing paediatric patients for Eye Surgery | Elsa Dekker | |
| 14:00 | Tea break | ||
| Session 4 | |||
| 14:30 | Frequent complications of anaesthesia – back to basics | Justiaan Swanevelder | |
| 15:00 | Critical thinking around cardiac output in the delicate patient | Michael Schupp | |
| 15:30 | What should all medical and nursing staff know about mechanical cardiac support? | Edwin Turton | |
| 16:00 | The anaesthetic practitioner and moral injury (Ethics) | Shafeeqa Mayet | |
| 17:00 | End of day 1 | ||
| Evening bush braai | |||
Sunday 17 May 2026 |
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| 05:30 | Morning game drive | ||
| Session 5 | |||
| 09:00 | Volatile anaesthetic use in the intensive care setting | Ryan Davids | |
| 09:30 | Regional anaesthesia as a complete care pathway | Nondwe Mgoqo | |
| 10:00 | Ultrasound-guided neuraxial anaesthesia | Nondwe Mgoqo | |
| 10:30 | Tea break | ||
| Session 6 | |||
| 11:00 | Dr Nicholas James Procter Memorial lecture in paediatric care (Ethics) | Gavin Jones | |
| 12:00 | Low-Middle income countries – the need-as anaesthetists, what is our duty? (Ethics) | Francis Emperador-Marquez | |
| 13:00 | Anaesthetic pitfalls in perioperative interactions (Ethics) | MPS speaker name TBC | |
| 14:00 | Wrap up and lunch | ||
Course fees and Registration
| A. Friday workshop only – R1750 |
| B. Saturday symposium – R1750 |
| C. Sunday symposium – R1200 |
| D. Friday workshop and Saturday & Sunday symposium – R4500 |
| E. Saturday & Sunday symposium (discount for interns, CSMOs and MOs) – R2300 |
| F. Friday workshop and Saturday & Sunday symposium (discount for interns, CSMOs and MOs) – R4150 |
Bush Braai
Join us for a wild bush braai in the Kruger Park. Chat with your most inspiring faculty members under the African sky as the flames flicker across the wilderness. Attendance at LAPOMS guarantees a spot at the braai, all other attendees need to confirm with the organisers and pay separately.
Game Drive
Join us for a sunrise game drive. This event has to be paid for separately so please follow the registration link above to express your interest in joining us and more information will follow. If you do not wish to join the organised game drive, you are welcome to do one of your own at your own leisure and join us on the final day of LAPOMS for a delayed start.
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