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Alan undertook his anaesthetic training in the West of Scotland, concluding with a year-long fellowship in regional anaesthesia at Toronto Western Hospital in 2008. He returned to Glasgow to take up a consultant post in 2009 at Glasgow Royal Infirmary where he still works as well now being a Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow. He is an Editor for BJA Education, on the associate Editorial board of the BJA and Past President of RA-UK. He is on the board of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia, the board of the European Diploma of Regional Anaesthesia and has recently been appointed Clinical Lead of the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ NAP8 project which is studying complications of regional anaesthesia.

Dr. Amanda Kumar is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Duke University Medical Center. She is the program director for the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine fellowship, GME simulation liaison for Duke's Human Simulation and Patient Safety Center, and is a member of the perioperative leadership group. She enjoys spending time with her wonderful husband and two daughters, being outdoors, and traveling.

Amy Pearson, MD, FASA is a board certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain physician at Aurora Advocate Healthcare in Milwaukee. She completed her Anesthesiology Residency and Pain Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She is the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation's Director of Digital Strategy and has been their social media manager since 2018. She has published over 30 articles on topics such as interventional cancer pain management, peripheral nerve and spinal cord stimulation, integrative medicine, and socioeconomic influences on access to pain care. She is a past president of Women in Anesthesiology and was the American Society of Regional Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (ASRA) 2022 Fall Annual Meeting Chair. She continues to serve as meeting faculty nationally and internationally.

Consultant- Anaesthesia and Pain management, Kent and Canterbury Hospital
East Kent University Foundation NHS Trust

Special interests in Regional Anaesthesia, Integrated transitional Pain Medicine, Neuromodulation and Medical education.
IBLM/BSLM Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician and IIN Health coach.

• Recipient of 2024 ESRA (European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain management) award of “Recognition of Education in Pain Medicine”
• An Internationally renowned educator in regional anaesthesia and Pain medicine.
• Faculty and examiner of various national and international governing bodies, fellowship and certification programmes.
• An innovator and thought leader in holistic pain management, anaesthesia and palliative care. Winner of multiple awards for presentations, research, leadership and academic achievement.
• A firm believer and practitioner of holistic approach to healthcare and wellbeing.
• Avid practitioner of lifestyle medicine and preventive medicine for personal, professional and organisational wellbeing.
• Active member of the community, with external interests spanning a range of charitable and value-focused initiatives.
• Author and co-author of many chapters in books and articles

Dr. Margaretha Breebaart is an anesthesiologist at the University Hospital Antwerp, specialized in regional anesthesia. At the University of Antwerp, she teaches medical students how to communicate — with a focus on positive and non-verbal communication during invasive procedures, where a calm word or gesture can make all the difference. She has delivered presentations and workshops at national and international congresses, and she runs medical communication workshops for healthcare professionals in Belgium and abroad.
She is a board member of EDRA and currently studies Lifespan Psychology. Her passion is exploring how patients perceive their doctors, and how non-technical skills can turn a good regionalist into a great one. In her workshops she uses improvisational theatre techniques to train communication — proving that while anesthesiologists may be known for putting people to sleep, they can also keep a room very much awake.
In her free time, she performs with several improvisational theatre groups, which keeps her outlook on life playful, flexible, and full of “yes-and.”

Consultant 1993
PNB 1985 landmark, then NS, USGPNB 2004 - now
I work i a public hospital in Copenhagen (Gentofte university hospital) 30 theaters, perform 15 - 30 surgical plocks a day and 15-25 postoperative blocks a day.
I have a certfication pogram for consultans in order for them to be able to run the asemblyline.
We have 10 block places, and the dayli staff in the block room is 2 consultans and 3 special trained nurses. We have 7 trained consultans and 13 trained nurses to cower that.

The main mantra during the 20 years have been "X - 60" in order to get the surgeon behind the concept - that means that the patient have to be in the block room 60 min. before the surgeon aplay the knife, the patient signed and instruments for the surgery is verified

For surgery out side the trunk I have a consept I have named "A danish model"
no fas ting,
no sedation,
montoring for 20 minutes during the block performance,
supplement block (7%)
no monitoring in the theater
no anaesthesia personel in the theater.

We have tested TKR, mastectomi although that is with full monitoring and anasthesia personel pressent!

Edducational mantras during time:
"Practice before punkture"
"needletip, needletip and needle tip"
"axilary block OOP is the best edducational block"
"Safty rather than mastery"
"inplane - out of plane - no plane"
"The distingtion between a block and a block

Dr. Weinberg trained in internal medicine and medical genetics before converting to anesthesiology (a wise move). He also spent time in biochemistry laboratories at UCSF and the NIH before leaving research forever (he thought) vowing never to do another experiment. After nearly fifteen years of clinical practice, an ‘outlier’ event brought him back to the laboratory to answer how carnitine deficiency could lead to severe local anesthetic sensitivity that nearly cost a patient her life. In trying to model this event, Dr. Weinberg identified the benefit of lipid emulsion infusion in treating local anesthetic systemic toxicity. Returning reluctantly to the laboratory, albeit with some measure of success, Dr. Weinberg was lucky enough to preserve 50% of his professional time for the operating room until 2022 when he retired from both the lab and clinical care. His wife Mary and three children claim he manages to stay very busy. He was recognized for his contributions to advancing the safety of regional anesthesia by the European Society of Regional Anesthesia's Carl Koller Award (2019) and by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine's Distinguished Service Award (2011) and Gaston Labat Award (2020). He gave the Severinghaus Lecture in Translational Medicine at the 2022 ASA Annual meeting.

Husband to the fabulous Philippa, father to four amazing sons, part time triathlete and occasional anaesthetist

Jordana Garbati is Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in the Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy at the University of Toronto (Mississauga campus). Her research and teaching focuses on academic writing, intercultural communication, business communication, and emoji communication. She is an emojiologist! She is also Director of the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre she oversees programming in writing, mathematics, study skills, and game based learning.

Kariem is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Cleveland Clinic London, as well as an Honorary Reader at King’s College London. He is the Clinical Lead and Research and Development Lead for Theatres, Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’. His interests include regional anaesthesia, airway management, perioperative medicine and research delivery. He is the Scientific Officer for the Difficult Airway Society, Senior Editor of Anaesthesia Journal; developed multiple innovations for practice; has written four books and multiple book chapters; and is very well-published in peer-reviewed literature. Kariem was awarded the 2022 Featherstone Professorship by the Association of Anaesthetists and the 2024 Dudley-Buxton Prize by the Royal College of Anaesthetists. He co-developed the HIT List model.

Dr Ki Jinn Chin is an anesthesiologist and regional anesthesia enthusiast whose career spans three continents. He studied medicine in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; completed residency training in Singapore; and pursued fellowships in Canada: Neuroanesthesia at Western University and Regional Anesthesia at Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto. Along the way, he stumbled into a role as an “accidental academic” through a desire to deliver excellent patient care. Guided by the belief that teaching is the best way to learn, he is dedicated to imparting practical clinical skills to the next generation and advancing patient-centered care through education and research. Away from work, he is a devoted husband and father who embraces the simple life, finding joy in nature and the outdoors, whether hiking, running, or biking.

Dr. Philip Peng is the professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine of University of Toronto. He is a leader, researcher, educator and pioneer in the application of ultrasound for pain medicine. His contribution of pain education resulted in “Founder” status from Royal College in Pain Medicine, and the Award of Recognition of Education in Pain Medicine by ESRA.

His innovative research led to different new procedures in pain intervention. He received numerous awards including the John J Bonica award from ASRA, Distinguished Service Award from both ESRA-Spain and Canadian Pain Society, Gold Medal Award from Canadian Anesthesiology Society, International Distinguished Career Award from Mexico Pain Society, and Leadership in Advocacy Award from CSF Leak Canada. He is the inaugural fellow to ASRA (FASRA) which recognizes the contribution of prominent member of the field. He has delivered more than 700 lectures and workshops nationally and internationally. He has edited 8 books and published 280 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.

Just a regular anæsthetist in Derby UK for 35 years, a
fabulous centre for a regional anæsthetist to practice in.
I have a keen interest in RA particularly for orthopædics and trauma (upper and lower limb) as well as spinal anæsthesia for ambulatory surgery using Prilocaine and Chloroprocaine. I enjoy teaching trainees and lecturing/workshopping on RA.
Whilst mostly being an awake RA advocate I am passionate about the integration of RA into GA to maximise the benefits for my patients.

I love running, walking, skiing, rugby, whisky, reading and restoring classic cars.
Married to my fab wife with 3 incredible daughters.
I am a big James Bond fan and I love a good dad joke.
I try not to take myself too seriously!

Dr. William Michael Bullock is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Duke University Medical Center. He earned his BS and BA from New Mexico State University, followed by his MD and PhD at the University of New Mexico, where his doctoral research focused on the molecular biology of schizophrenia. He completed his anesthesiology residency and fellowship in regional and ambulatory anesthesia at Duke, where he has remained on faculty since 2015.

Dr. Bullock’s research and clinical interests center on orthopedic and sports medicine anesthesia, with a particular emphasis on optimizing pain control and recovery. His work has advanced understanding of tourniquet hypertension and ischemic pain as a potential surrogate for compartment syndrome, as well as perioperative management in spine surgery with a focus on regional anesthesia techniques and the development of awake spine surgery approaches. He is especially dedicated to refining strategies that improve patient outcomes and enhance recovery.

A committed educator and mentor, Dr. Bullock is actively involved in training residents and fellows at Duke as both Director of the Senior Resident Regional Rotation and Duke North Site Director for the Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship. He also regularly shares his expertise at national scientific meetings through lectures and research presentations. His career is defined by a passion for advancing patient care through innovation, collaboration, and the integration of clinical excellence with research discovery.

Outside of medicine, Dr…Read More