Welcome Addresses

Dear Colleagues,

We are cordially inviting you to participate in the International Medical Congress entitled 2^nd International Congress: Anesthesia for Seniors to be held in Prague, Czech Republic, June 7–9, 2012. It will follow, after three year a very well attended Congress in Prague “Perioperative Care for the Geriatric Patient”.

The average age of the population is steadily increasing. During the next two decades, the population older than 65 years is expected to grow by 75 %. It is estimated that the number of people aged 85 and older will exceed over 20 million by 2025. Increase in life expectancy, early recognition of medical problems and reduced mortality from chronic age-related diseases, has increased the number of elderly patients subjected to perioperative medicine: anesthesia, surgery, critical and postoperative care surgery, and pain management. The implications of an aging population for clinical practice are well recognized with growing new information.

The 2^nd International Congress: Anesthesia for Seniors provides a unique opportunity to meet and interact with participants from many medical specialities from around the world in order to discuss improvements of care in the elderly.

The organizing committee will update information on website: www.anesthesiaforseniors2012.cz.

We look forward to seeing you in Prague

 

George Silvay, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York

 

Dear Colleagues,

It is my great privilege to invite you wholeheartedly to visit Prague and to participate in the important scientific event “2^nd International Congress: Anesthesia for Seniors“. I am sure that you will not only apprecciate the scientific content of the event. Prague is a real gem! It is an ancient city of magic beauty having all the amenities of a modern metropolis. The congress venue and most hotels are situated close to the very heart of the ancient Prague´s Old Town. The stroll there could be breathtaking. There will be good programe for accompanying persons a possibilities of trips into the countryside will be offered. Should you go to the following ESA Congress in Paris, it is less than two
flight hours away…

 

Karel Cvachovec, M.D., CSc., MBA
Professor, President, Czech Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Chair, Dept. of Anaesth/CCM, 2nd Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague
and Postgraduate Medical Institute