Tēnā koutou,

On behalf of the Organising Committee, it is our great pleasure to invite you to join us to the City of Sails for the Obstetric Anaesthesia Special Interest Symposium (OASIS) 2022. 

With Omicron forcing the country again into the Covid-19 Protection Framework Red setting and cases numbers modelled to peak around our original date in April, it was a sad decision but a sensible one to postpone OASIS22. Thank you to our wonderful delegates, sponsors, speakers and facilitators who have continued to support us through this period.

OASIS22 in November will be delivering an outstanding scientific programme for the obstetric anaesthetist, the general anaesthetist who covers obstetrics on call, anaesthesia technicians and midwives. We will explore the latest trends in Obstetric Anaesthesia and promote lively discussions on the current controversies with special focus on delivery world-leading care for wahine in New Zealand. Our scientific sessions at The Maritime Room in the Auckland Viaduct, will draw on the combined knowledge of anaesthetists, obstetricians and maternal medicine physicians from the Auckland’s National Women’s Health and related specialties, and will address a broad range of topics relevant to peripartum anaesthetic care. 

We look forward to reconnecting with our frequent flyers and extend a warm welcome to our first time delegates.

Ngā mihi

Dr Jo Doa, Dr Mei Soo and Dr Nicola Broadbent

Conference Convenors for OASIS 2022