Advances in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.

ACS is a one-day single theme meeting offering anaesthetists, intensivists and pain specialists an in-depth look at an area of rapidly changing clinical practice. The theme for ACS 2025 is Advances in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome management.

Our keynote speakers are Professor David Story and Dr Michael Margarson.

Professor Story is the Foundation Chair of Anaesthesia at the University of Melbourne and Head of the University Department of Critical Care. He is the current ANZCA President. He will provide an update on the perioperative management of the patient with Diabetes.

Dr Michael Margarson is a Consultant Anaesthetist from Chichester in the UK who is currently on sabbatical to Hobart Hospital in Tasmania. His interests include the anaesthetic management of the obese patient including drug dosing and airway management.

We also have talks on the medical and surgical management of morbid obesity, OSA and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Liver Disease (MASLD).