title: Pediatric anesthetic meetings and conferences.
abstract: In 1984, David Steward (in Figure 1, front row) and Seizo Iwai (Figure 2) organized a meeting of pediatric anesthetists in Manila during the World Congress of Anesthesiologists. Following the meeting, there was a dinner at which John Zorab, then Secretary of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA), told the audience that if they wanted to set up a Paediatric Committee in the WFSA, they should request to do so immediately. A show of hands at this informal occasion showed a majority but not unanimous approval (because no aims and objectives had been defined for the committee). It was established at the WFSA Executive meeting the next day. Eventually, a multiauthored WFSA handbook on Pediatric Anesthesia, initiated by David Steward and finalized by Anneke Meursing, was produced some years later.
authors: Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. tckbrown@netspace.net.au
authors: T C K
authors: TC
authors: Brown
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D002648:Child; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D012955:Societies, Medical