Kn02wledge VII Programme

Joint meeting of Xtreme Everest and the Nepal Mountain Medicine Society

Saturday 19th May 2012. Summit Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal

Chairs - Dr Buddha Basnyat , Prof Monty Mythen & Dr Daniel Martin

0900-0915: Nepal high altitude research update - Buddha Basnyat
0915-0955: Introduction and background - Mike Grocott (video)
1000-1030: Exercise capacity and oxygen content - Daniel Martin
1030-1100: Coffee Break and poster viewing
1100-1130: Microcirculation and nitric oxide metabolism - Daniel Martin
1130-1200: Mitochondrial biology - Andrew Murray
1200-1230: Medical management at high altitude - Kay Mitchell
1230-1400: Lunch Break and poster presentations
1400-1430: The brain at high altitude - Chris Imray
1430-1500: The upper airway at high altitude - David Howard
1500-1530: Children at altitude - Monty Mythen
1530-1600: Coffee Break and poster viewing
1600-1630: Climbing Everest and arterial blood gases - Chris Imray
1630-1645: Xtreme Everest II (2013) - Daniel Martin

Prize giving for poster competition