Previous GWSSA Meetings

Details of the previous GWSSA meetings and events can be found here.

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2022 - 2023

Details of past meetings for the current year will be shown here.

2021 - 2022

No meetings held.

2020 - 2021

"Once Upon A Time"
18th March 2021 on Zoom.
  • A useful guide to creating and delivering presentations, avoiding some of the common pitfalls.
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Michael Murray.
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"Once Upon A Time" 18th March 2021

2019 - 2020

GWSSA Annual Golf Outing
​22nd May 2020 @ Loudon Gold Club
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GWSSA Annual Golf Outing 22nd May 2020
GWSSA President's Meeting - "Friends with Benefits"
26th March 2020 @ RCPSG
  • Lessons on wellbeing, innovation and good practice in Anaesthetics and Medicine in Scotland.
  • Guest speakers:
    • Prof Jackie Taylor, President RCPSG
    • Dr Karyn McLusky, Director Community Justice Scotland
    • Tam Begbie, Director Navigator Scotland
    • James Docherty, Violence Reduction Unit Glasgow
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GWSSA President's Meeting 26 March 2020
RA-UK Approved Regional Anaesthesia Study Day
​3rd February 2020 @ Golden Jubilee National Hospital
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RAUK Study Day 3rd February 2020
Trainee Winter and Research Meeting
​9th December 2019 @ RCPSG
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Trainee Winter Meeting 9th December 2019

2018 - 2019

RA-UK Approved Regional Anaesthesia Study Day
4th February 2019 @ Golden Jubilee National Hospital
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RAUK Study Day 4th February 2019
GWSSA Members Night (Hosted by Royal Hospital for Children)
​23rd January 2019 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Alyson Walker (Learning from Excellence).
    • Dr Sarah Smith (The Future of Preoperative Orientation).
    • Dr Sarah Hivey (Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy).
    • Dr Jocelyn Erskine (Spinal Anaesthesia in Infants).
    • Dr Tom Pettigrew (Paediatric Practice and its Benefits to an "Adult" Job).
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GWSSA Members Night 23rd January 2019
Trainee Winter and Research Meeting
​18th December 2018 @ RCPSG
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Trainee Winter Meeting 18th December 2018
Perioperative Medicine and Shared Decision Making
4th December 2018 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers:
    • John Carlisle - Risk assessment calculators (Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine Faculty).
    • Mike Swart & Chris Snowden (POM Leads, Royal College of Anaesthetists & Perioperative Exercise Testing and Training Society Faculty).
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Perioperative Medicine and Shared Decision Making 4th December 2018

2017 - 2018

RA-UK Approved Regional Anaesthesia Study Day
​19th March 2018 @ Golden Jubilee National Hospital
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RAUK Study Day 19th March 2018
GWSSA Members Night (Hosted by University Hospital Crosshouse)
16th January 2018 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Andrew Clark (Spice of Life, No More).
    • Dr Laura McGarrity (Perioperative Medicine).
    • Dr Peter O'Brien (Promoting a Culture of Change)
Trainee Winter and Research Meeting
28th November 2017 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Paul Edgar (Mentoring: What's in it for Me?).
    • Dr Alan Macfarlane (Regional Anaesthesia).
    • Dr Shane Campbell (Paediatric Anaesthesia).
    • Dr Genevieve Lowe (Bariatric Anaesthesia).
    • Dr Michael Murray (Personally I Blame the Scapegoats).
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Trainee Winter Meeting 28th November 2017
An Evening with Dr Felicity Plaat
26th October 2017 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Felicity Plaat - a leader in British anaesthesia who has published extensively in the field including NAP 5, Core Topics and GPAS guidelines.  Special interest in safety and medico-legal work, she also lectures widely - doing relief and and development work in troubled areas across the world from Haiti to Africa
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An Evening with Dr Felicity Plaat 26th October 2017

2016 - 2017

GWSSA Presidential Address - "Tales of the Riverbank"
21st March 2017 @ RCPSG.
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Alastair MacFie, Consultant Anaesthetist (Golden Jubilee National Hospital).
"From Processor to Patient - How can Large-Scale Biological Data Impact Acute Care?"
21st February 2017
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Ken Baillie.
GWSSA Members Night (Hosted by Queen Elizabeth University Hospital)​
18th January 2017
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Ange Baker.
    • Dr Indiran Raju.
    • Dr Euan McIntosh.
Trainee Winter and Research Meeting
14th December 2016 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr David Ball (Facing Africa - Facial Reconstructive Surgery for NOMA Patients).
    • Dr Stephen Noble (INsPIRE - Independence and Return to Work after ICU).
    • Dr Colin Rae (Chronic Pain Management).
    • Dr Andrew Clark (Evidence-based Obstetric Anaesthesia).
    • Dr Euan McIntosh (Transfer Medicine and Anaesthesia).

Glasgow Anaesthetic Research Meeting
  • Guest speakers:
    • Mr Wai Huang Teng (RV Eccentricty Following Thoracic Surgery) - **WINNER 1st PLACE, RESEARCH CATEGORY**
    • Dr Adam Glass (Pulmonary Artery Wave Reflection Post Thoracic Surgery) - **OVERALL RUNNER-UP**.
    • Dr Sriram Naithilath (Comparison of Warmed Fluids vs Ranger Fluid Warmer).
    • Dr Laura Barry (Sugammadex Use in NHS GG&C).
    • Dr Graeme White (Improving Compliance with Fasting Instructions at Glasgow Royal Infirmary - **WINNER 1st PLACE, AUDIT/QI CATEGORY**.
    • Dr Miriam Stephens (Traums Observership at a London Major Trauma Centre).
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Trainee Winter Meeting 14th December 2016
"Anaesthetists and The Law: When Things Go Wrong"
22nd November 2016
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Rhona Siegmeth, Golden Jubilee National Hospital.
Combined meeting with Edinburgh & East of Scotland Society of Anaesthetists
4th November 2016 @ Royal Scots Club

Professor J D Robertson Memorial Lecture: "Improving the care of critically ill toxicology patients in Sri Lanka".
Guest Speaker: Professor Michael Eddlestone ScD FRCPEdin FEAPCCT
  • Director and Consultant Clinical Toxicologist, National Poisons Information Service, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
  • Professor of Clinical Toxicology & Lister Prize Fellow, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Edinburgh.
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Joint Meeting with EESSA 4th November 2016

2015 - 2016

GWSSA Annual Golf Outing
20th May 2016 @ East Renfrewshire Golf Club, Newton Mearns
GWSSA Annual General Meeting
13th April 2016 @ RCPSG
GWSSA Presidential Address - "Reflections on Training and History"
17th March 2016 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Alex MacLeod, Consultant Anaesthetist (Queen Elizabeth University Hospital).
"Skills Training Under Pressure"
24th February 2016
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Mark Stacey, Consultant Anaesthetist (Cardiff & Vale UHB), Associate Dean at Cardiff University.
GWSSA Members Night (Hosted by Glasgow Royal Infirmary)
Theme: "Before, During and After"
26th January 2016 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Sonya McKinlay (Establishing a Pre-Operative Anaemia Clinic - Processes and Pitfalls).
    • Dr Kerry Litchfield (Enhanced Recovery for Elective Caesarean Delivery).
    • Dr Tara Quasim (It's Not all About Me, But I'd Like It To Be).
Trainee Winter and Research Meeting
8th December 2015 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Ange Baker (Pre-Optimisation and Risk Assessment).
    • Dr Ben Shelley (The Right Ventricle).
    • Dr Fin O'Sullivan (Managing Polytrauma).
    • Dr Anisa Bhetty (A Paediatric Overview for the DGH).
    • Dr Claire McCue (Anaesthesia in Africa).
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Trainee Winter and Research Meeting 8th December 2015
"Perioperative Medicine Developments"
12th November 2015
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Colin Berry, Consultant Anaesthetist (Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust).
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"Perioperative Medicine Developments" 12th November 2015
Combined meeting with Edinburgh & East of Scotland Society of Anaesthetists
30th October 2015

2014 - 2015

GWSSA Annual Golf Outing
29th May 2015 @ East Renfrewshire Golf Club, Newton Mearns
GWSSA Annual General Meeting
16th April 2015 @ RCPSG
GWSSA Presidential Address
4th March 2015 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Philip Oates, Consultant Anaesthetist (Victoria Infirmary), GWSSA President.
    • "New Keys...but don't forget the old combination"
"Human Factors and Non-Technical Skills: what's in these for anaesthesia?"
25th February 2015
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Rona Patey, Consultant Anaesthetist (Aberdeen Royal Infirmary).
GWSSA Members Night (Hosted by Forth Valley Royal Hospital)
27th January 2015
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Martyn Hawkins - "From intensive care to critical care".
    • Dr Azfer Usmani - "Service improvement in chronic pain".
    • Dr Ewan Jack - "Trauma efficiency and efficacy".
    • Dr Sri Lakshminarayan - "Mortality, morbidity and incident reporting".
Glasgow Anaesthetic Research Club (GARC) Meeting
3rd December 2014
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Andrew Clark - "Carbohydrate loading in elective LSCS".
    • Dr David Wright - "The validation of a VAS for functional assessment".
    • Dr David Hall - "Introducing capnography training in recovery".
    • Dr Philip McCall - "BNP changes and functional ability after lung resection".
    • Dr Genevieve Lowe - "Bariatric anaesthesia at Texas Medical Centre".
Trainee Winter Meeting
3rd December 2014
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr David Blacoe - "Dealing with difficult airways".
    • Dr Andrew Cadamy - "Critical care transfers after the SHOCK team".
    • Dr David Griffith - "Acute liver failure in ITU".
    • Dr David Alcorn - "Enhanced recovery after surgery".
    • Dr Paul Robertson - "Microbiology update".
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Trainee Winter Meeting 3rd December 2014
GWSSA Wine Tasting
28th November 2014 @ The Western Baths
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GWSSA Wine Tasting 28th November 2014
"The Grey Tsunami: are we prepared?" - Perioperative Optimisation of the Frail Surgical Patient
27th October 2014
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Irwin Foo, Consultant Anaesthetist (Honorary President of Age Anaesthesia Association).
Combined meeting with Edinburgh & East of Scotland Society of Anaesthetists
17th October 2014 @ RCPSG

Professor J D Robertson Memorial Lecture: "All stations from Edgware Road to Rio: an Olympic Journey"
Guest Speaker: Dr Andrew Hartle, Consultant Anaesthetist, AAGBI President.​
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Joint Meeting with EESSA 17th October 2014

2013 - 2014

Friday 14th June 2014
Annual GWSSA Golf Outing
14th June 2014 @ The Glen Golf Club, North Berwick 
  • Winner: Dr Harvey Maule
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GWSSA Annual Golf Outing 14th June 2014
GWSSA Annual General Meeting
2nd April 2014 @ Victoria Infirmary
GWSSA Presidential Address
12th March 2014 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Tom Goudie - "How did I get here - and where am I anyway?"
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GWSSA Presidential Address 12th March 2014
GWSSA Wine Tasting
28th February 2014 @ The Western Baths
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GWSSA Wine Tasting 28th February 2014
Heart Failure Update
18th February 2014 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers (from the Golden Jubilee National Hospital):
    • Dr John Payne (Consultant Cardiologist) - "An update in the management of heart failure".
    • Dr Alistair Macfie (Consultant Anaesthetist) - "Patient preparation & transfer management to the Golden Jubilee for advanced heart failure treatment".
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"Heart Failure Update" 18th February 2014
GWSSA Members Night (Hosted by the University Department of Anaesthesia)
21st January 2014 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Tara Quasim - Introduction.
    • Dr Ben Shelley - The Response to Lung Resection Surgery.
    • Dr Bob Docking - The Cardiovascular Response to Renal Replacement Therapy.
    • Dr Kathryn Puxty - Cancer and ICU Outcome.
    • Dr Andrew Grant - The Regional Anaesthesia Randomised Trial.
    • Dr Chris Hawthorne - Neuromonitoring.
    • Professor John Kinsella - Closing remarks.
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GWSSA Members Night 21st January 2014
Glasgow Anaesthetic Research Club (GARC) Meeting
3rd December 2013 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Vanessa Vallance - "Lumbar punctures on medical wards".
    • Dr Neil Logan - "Neck of femur fracture audit".
    • Dr Philip McCall - "Plasma dimethylarginines and atrial fibrillation in lung resection".
    • Dr Stuart Hannah - "Microbial contamination within the ICU environment".
    • Dr Tony Vasallos - "Cardiothoracic anaesthesia observership in Toronto, Canada".
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Glasgow Anaesthetic Research Club 3rd December 2013
Winter Trainee Meeting
3rd December 2013 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Roy Williamson - "Advanced Obstetric Training in Merseyside".
    • Dr Marcia McDougall - "Fluid Management" 2A05.
    • Dr John Crawford - "The New South Glasgow Hospital".
    • Dr Alyson Calder - "Top Tips for Paediatric Anaesthesia" 2D02.
    • Dr Chris Hawthorne - "Truths and Untruths in Neuroanaesthesia".
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Winter Trainee Meeting 3rd December 2013
"Death is not Enough"
20th November 2013 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speaker:
    • Professor James Hutchison

​ - Regius Chair of Surgery, University of Aberdeen.
 - Sir Harry Platt Chair of Orthopaedics, University of Aberdeen.
 - Vice-President, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.
 - Chair, Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality (SASM).
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"Death is not enough" 20th November 2013
Combined meeting with Edinburgh & East of Scotland Society of Anaesthetists
4th October 2013 @ RCPSG

Professor J D Robertson Memorial Lecture: "We are all musical: the psychology of music and the universality of musical communication"
Guest Speaker: Professor Raymond MacDonald, Professor of Music Psychology and Improvisation (University of Edinburgh)
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Joint Meeting with EESSA 4th October 2013

2012 - 2013

GWSSA Annual Golf Outing
14th June 2013 @ Ranfurly Castle Golf Club
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GWSSA Annual Golf Outing 14th June 2013
GWSSA Annual General Meeting
​22nd April 2013 @ RCPSG
GWSSA Presidential Address - "The Year of the Water Dragon"
19th March 2013 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Joyce Reid, Consultant Anaesthetist (Western Infirmary)
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GWSSA Presidential Address 19th March 2013
Regional Anaesthesia
21st February 2013 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Emily Walker, Consultant Anaesthetist (Western Infirmary).
    • Dr Judith Ramsey, Consultant Anaesthetist (Ayr Hospital).
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Regional Anaesthesia 21st February 2013
GWSSA Members Night (Hosted by Victoria Infirmary)
22nd January 2013 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Dmitri Sokolov - "Adverse effect of patient blue dye".
    • Dr Heather Hosie - "Use of antiemetics in day surgery patients in South Glasgow".
    • Dr Kim Flatman - "Care of the very elderly in intensive care".
    • Dr Will Watson - "Inditherm Mattress: a suitable alternative to forced air warming?".
    • Dr John Crawford - "The new South Glasgow Hospital".
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GWSSA Members Night 22nd January 2013
Glasgow Anaesthetic Reserach Club (GARC) Meeting
​10th December 2012 @ RCPSG
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr Swapna Sharma - "Intrathecal prilocaine in day surgery".
    • Dr Fiona Christie - "Optimal trolley height for intubation".
    • Dr Ross Junkin - "Acute epidural catheter migration".
    • Dr Ben Shelley - "Validating mathematical calculations of extra lung water measurement in thoracic surgery patients".
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Glasgow Anaesthetic Research Club 10th December 2012
Trainee Winter Meeting
10th December 2012 @ RCPSG
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Trainee Winter Meeting 10th December 2012
GWSSA November Evening Meeting
22nd November 2012 @ RCPSG
  • Guest Speakers:
    • Dr Millie Lo, Consultant Paediatric Intensivist (RHC Edinburgh) - "Paediatric brain trauma management: Moving towards evidence-based practice".
    • Dr Andrew Inglis, Consultant Intensivity (Southern General) - "The Emergency Medical Retrieval Service".
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GWSSA November Evening Meeting 22nd November 2012
Combined meeting with Edinburgh & East of Scotland Society of Anaesthetists
28th September 2012 @ Caledonian Hall, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

Professor J D Robertson Memorial Lecture: "Cultivating Creativity: Panacea or Placebo"
Guest Speaker: Professor Iain M Robertson, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington.
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Joint Meeting with EESSA 28th September 2012
GWSSA Wine Tasting
14th September 2012 @ The Western Baths
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GWSSA Wine Tasting 14th September 2012
​GWSSA Annual Golf Outing
24th August 2012 @ Whitecraigs Golf Club
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GWSSA Annual Golf Outing 24th August 2012

2011 - 2012

GWSSA Presidential Address
14th March 2012
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Mick Serpell, Consultant Anaesthetist (Western Infirmary).
"Being an IHI Fellow - Standing on the other side of the riverbank"
21st February 2012
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Malcom Daniel, Consultant Anaesthetist (Glasgow Royal Infirmary).
GWSSA Members Night (Hosted by Golden Jubilee National Hospital)
​24th January 2012
GWSSA Glasgow Anaesthetic Research Club
13th December 2011
"The Small Society"
23rd November 2011
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Ronnie Glavin (Victoria Infirmary).
Combined meeting with Edinburgh & East of Scotland Society of Anaesthetists
7th October 2011

Professor J D Robertson Memorial Lecture: "Doctored Images"
Guest Speaker: Dr Michael Murray, Consultant Anaesthetist (Institute of Neurological Sciences).
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Joint Meeting with EESSA 7th October 2011
GWSSA Wine Tasting
​9th September 2011 @ The Western Baths
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GWSSA Wine Tasting 9th September 2011

2010 - 2011

GWSSA Annual General Meeting
​25th April 2011
GWSSA Presidential Address
16th March 2011
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Stephen Lawrie, Consultant Anaesthetist (Crosshouse Hospital).
Presentations from Greater Glasgow & Clyde Pain MNC
​21st February 2011
GWSSA Members Night (Hosted by Southern General Hospital)
20th January 2011
GWSSA Glasgow Anaesthetic Research Club
​13th December 2010
"Afternow - what's next for the health of Society?"
22nd November 2010
  • Guest speaker:
    • Professor Phil Hanlon - Professor of Public Health, University of Glasgow.
Combined meeting with Edinburgh & East of Scotland Society of Anaesthetists
1st October 2010

Professor J D Robertson Memorial Lecture: "The question is not, can they reason, nor can they talk, but can they suffer?
Guest Speaker: Professor Eddie Clutton, Professor of Veterinary Anaesthesiology​.
GWSSA Annual Golf Outing
​20th August 2010 @ Barassie Golf Club, Troon​
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GWSSA Annual Golf Outing 20th August 2010

2009 - 2010

GWSSA Annual General Meeting
19th April 2020
GWSSA Presidential Address
17th March 2010
  • Guest Speaker:
    • Dr Colin Miller (Stobhill Hospital).
 Multidisciplinary M&M - Pan-Glasgow Cases
​9th February 2010 @RCPSG

​Chair: Dr Nick Pace
  • Guest speakers:
    • Dr N Pace (Anaesthesia induced trauma support service).
    • Dr N Pace (Difficulty intubation case).
    • Dr JC Howie (Recent Fatal Accident Inquiry).
    • Dr N Smart (Difficult Airway Trolley).
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Morbidity & Mortality 9th February 2010
GWSSA Members Night (Hosted by Stobhill Hospital)
11th January 2010
Glasgow Anaesthetic Research Club
15th December 2009
"Too Much Medicine?"
16th November 2009
  • Guest Speaker:
    • Dr Des Spence, GP & BMJ Columnist.
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"Too Much Medicine?" 16th November 2009
Combined meeting with Edinburgh & East of Scotland Society of Anaesthetists
9th October 2009

Professor J D Robertson Memorial Lecture: "By drap an' pill: Robert Burns and the Stimulant Regime"
  • Guest Speaker:
    • Professor Nigel Leask, Regius Chair in English Language & Literature, University of Glasgow.
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Joint Meeting with EESSA 9th October 2009

2008 - 2009

GWSSA Annual General Meeting
20th April 2009
GWSSA Presidential Address
25th March 2009
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Tom Ireland (Royal Alexandra Hospital).
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GWSSA Presidential Address 25th March 2009
Multidisciplinary M&M - Pan-Glasgow Cases
18th February 2009


GWSSA Members Night (Hosted by the Western Infirmary)
12th January 2009

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Glasgow Anaesthetic Research Club
​9th December 2008
"Space"
20th November 2008
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Alyson Calder.
Combined meeting with Edinburgh & East of Scotland Society of Anaesthetists
14th November 2008

Professor J D Robertson Memorial Lecture: "In Featherstone's Footsteps"
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr David Whitaker (Immediate Past President, AAGBI).

2007 - 2008

GWSSA Annual Golf Outing
​16th May 2008
GWSSA Annual General Meeting & Trainee Travel Award Report
​21st April 2008
GWSSA Presidential Address
20th March 2008
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Willie Frame, Consultant Anaesthetist (Glasgow Royal Infirmary).
Medical Murders
19th February 2008
  • Guest speaker:
    • Mr John Robertson, The Poison Garden, Alnwick Gardens.
GWSSA Members Night (Hosted by Royal Alexandra Hospital)
15th January 2008
"Thoracic Blast Injury"
20th November 2008 @ RCPSG
  • ​Guest speaker:
    • Dr Emrys Kirkman, University of Durham.
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"Thoracic Blast Injury" 20th November 2007
Combined meeting with Edinburgh & East of Scotland Society of Anaesthetists
5th October 2007 @ RCPSG

Professor J D Robertson Memorial Lecture: "Excavations at the Medieval Soutra Hospital"
  • Guest speaker:
    • Dr Brian Moffatt
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Joint Meeting with EESSA 5th October 2007