SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Invited Speakers
Dr Adrian Gelb
Dr Adrian Gelb
University of California
United States
Adrian W Gelb is Distinguished Professor (Emeritus), Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He served as Professor & Chair of Anesthesia at Western University, Canada, before coming to UCSF as Vice Chair (2004 -2011). Dr Gelb has served as President of 4 international organizations and other leadership roles in multiple national and international Anaesthesia Societies. He is the current Immediate Past President of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA). WFSA is an umbrella organization for 135 national anesthesia societies.
Working with WHO and other global groups, he is a strong advocate for expansion of access to safe anesthesia. He is an active academic with > 300 publications (h-Index 64, citations >15,000) with a focus on the neurosciences and has served on many international editorial boards. He is an accomplished communicator and has given over 350 invited lectures around the world. He has won awards for research, teaching and mentorship.
Dr Annabell Chua
Dr Annabell E. Chua
Educational Background
Elementary: St. Jude Catholic School (1972-1978)
High School: St. Jude Catholic School (1978-1982)
College: INTARMED Program (1982-1989) (Integrated Arts and Medicine Program)
- a 7 year medical program including a BS in Basic Medical Sciences after 4 years and internship, limited to 40 select students per year
- College of Medicine, University of the Philippines
Physician Licensure Examination
University of the East 1987
Postgraduate Training
- Residency in Neurosurgery (1990-1994)
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital - Chief Resident (1994)
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital
Neurotrauma Fellowship (1995-1996)
Hartford Hospital/University of Connecticut Medical Center
- Epilepsy Surgery Fellowship (1996-1997)
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
- Pump Implantation Course (1999)
Melbourne, Australia
- X-Knife Training Course (1999)
Boston, USA
- Image Guided Surgery Workshop (2004)
New York, USA
- Epilepsy Surgery Workshop (2005)
Shizuoka, Japan
- Brainlab Course (2012)
Germany
Membership In Societies
- Fellow, Academy of Filipino Neurosurgeons, Inc.
- Fellow, Philippine College of Surgeons
- Member, Philippine Association of Women Surgeons
- Member, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Member, American Epilepsy Society
- Member, Frank H. Mayfield Society
- Member, Philippine Society for the Surgery of Trauma
- Member, Philippine Society of Oncology
- Member, Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Phi Lambda Delta Sorority
Hospital Affiliations
- Philippine General Hospital
- Manila Doctors Hospital
- Luke’s Medical Center QC and Global
- Medical Center Manila
Dr Chong Shang Yee
Dr Chong Shang Yee
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore
Dr Chong is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. She has a keen interest in Neuroanaesthesia and Neurocritical Care, and has given talks in various conferences such as this. Additionally, she is also the Chairperson of the Hospital Transfusion Committee, focusing on patient blood management and haemovigilance. Dr Chong is also heavily involved in the teaching of medical students at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and she sees anaesthesia and medicine as a mentorship and apprenticeship. Outside of work she enjoys time with her family, reading, and improving her fitness.
Prof Concezione Stella Tommasino, M.D.
Prof Concezione Stella Tommasino, M.D.
Professor of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Odontoiatric Sciences, University of Milano
Italy
Research interests: Neurosurgical anaesthesiology and neurosurgical critical care (anesthetic drugs and their effects on brain pathophysiology; cerebral effects of fluid therapy; intensive care of patients with brain pathology). Anesthesia in special needs patients.
Medical School
- 1975 – Medical Doctor Degree, University of Naples, Italy
- 1978 – Board Certificate in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Naples, Italy
- 1980-84 – Neuroanesthesia Research Laboratory, University of California at San Diego, USA
Professional Curriculum
Chief of Anesthesia, Dental Anesthesia Department
Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies
- Società Italiana di Anestesia, Analgesia, Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva, SIAARTI
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, ASA
- European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, ESAIC (Member of Scientific Subcommittes Ethics; Member and Chair of Scientific Subcommittee Geriatric Anaesthesiology)
- Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
- Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care, SNACC (2002 Secretary-Treasurer; 2003 Vice President for Education and Scientific Affairs; 2004 President Elect; 2005 President; 2006 Past President)
- Società Italiana di Anestesia in Odontoiatria
Appointment in Scientific Journals
- Member of the Editorial Board (1988-2005) and reviewer for the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, Lippincott-Raven Publisher
- Member of the Editorial Board (1997-2000) and reviewer for Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, Lippincott-Raven Publisher
- Reviewer for Anesthesia and Analgesia, Lippincott Williams Wilkins
- Reviewer for Anesthesiology, Lippincott Williams Wilkins
- Reviewer for Minerva Anestesiologica, Minerva Medica, Torino
- Reviewer for Minerva Stomatologica, Minerva Medica, Torino
- Reviewer for Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Reviewer for Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Wile
Associate Professor Eddy Fan
Associate Professor Eddy Fan
University of Toronto
Canada
Eddy Fan is an Associate Professor in the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and a Staff Intensivist at the University Health Network/Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Fan received his undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto, his medical degree from the University of Western Ontario and a PhD in Clinical Investigation from Johns Hopkins University. He is currently the Medical Director of the Extracorporeal Life Support Program at the Toronto General Hospital. Dr. Fan’s research has focused on advanced life support for acute respiratory failure and patient outcomes from critical illness.
Dr Elizabeth Wilcox MD PhD ATSF FRCPC
Elizabeth Wilcox MD PhD ATSF FRCPC
University of Alberta Hospital
Canada
Dr. Wilcox is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta and attending physician at the University Alberta Hospital (UAH). She is the medical director of the Neurocritical Care Unit at UAH. She completed medical school at the University of Calgary, internal medicine and adult critical care residencies at the University of Toronto, a master’s degree in Health Services Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto. Her research program focuses on the short- and long-term effects of critical illness on neurocognition. Dr. Wilcox recently conducted a multicenter cohort study that evaluated the association of genetics, EEG, and sleep on cognitive outcomes in ICU survivors.
Dr Geraldine Melendres
Dr Geraldine Melendres
East Avenue Medical Center, Quezon City
Philippines
Dr Geraldine Melendres is a neuroanesthesiologist and an active member of the Society for Neuroanesthesia of the Philippines (SyNAPs). She is currently a consultant at the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City and is active in both the residency training program as well as the Neuroanesthesiology fellowship training program, which she co-established in the same institution. She is also an active consultant at the Fatima University Medical Center in Antipolo City. Dr Melendres finished her residency training and neuroanesthesiology fellowship training in the University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital in 2011 and 2013 respectively. She has since maintained her clinical practice while training in business management and operations, a profession she also ardently practices.
Prof Girija Prasad Rath
Prof Girija Prasad Rath
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
India
Dr. Girija Prasad Rath is a professor of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care at Neurosciences Centre of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. He has received three years of exclusive training in Neuroanesthesia at AIIMS and is among the first batch of anesthesiologists in India to hold a super-specialty degree, i.e., Doctorate of Medicine (DM) in Neuroanesthesiology.
Dr. Rath has been involved in educational, clinical, and research activities of neuroanesthesia and neurocritical care with a special interest for pediatric neuroanesthesia. To his credit, he got more than 250 scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals and edited two books titled Handbook of Trigeminal Neuralgia and Fundamentals of Pediatric Neuroanesthesia. He is a member of the editorial board of five peer-reviewed journals. And since its inception, he is the executive editor of the Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care (JNACC).
Dr. Rath is the Secretary of the Indian Society of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care (ISNACC), an EXCO Member (India) of Asian Society for Neuroanesthesiology and Critical Care (ASNACC), and the Secretary-Treasurer for the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC) and International Council for Perioperative Neuroscience Training (ICPNT). He is also the Chair for SNACC Global Outreach Sub-Committee. He is an invited speaker in the scientific meetings of various anesthesia societies that include the Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA), ISNACC, ASNACC, EURONEURO, Bangladesh Neuroanesthesia Conference, Neuroanesthesia Symposium (NAS) of Malaysia, World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) and World Stoke Congress (WSC). Dr. Rath was involved in the first successful separation surgery of conjoined craniopagus twins in India.
Prof Hemant Bhagat
Prof Hemant Bhagat
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, PGIMER, Chandigarh
India
Qualifications
Primary – MBSS, Mysore Medical College (1995)
Specialist – MD (Anaesthesiology), Medical College, Kanpur (2003)
Specialist – DM (Neuroanaesthesiology), AIIMS, New Delhi (2006)
Current Employment
Professor
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
Skills Obtained
- Jugular Venous Oximetry
- Transcranial Doppler
Areas of Interest
- Aneurysmal SAH
- Anaesthesia and the Brain
- Emergence from anaesthesia
Publications
106 Articles in peer reviewed journals
Editorial Responsibility/Reviewer
- Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care – Section Editor
- Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology – Editorial Board Member
Dr Jamie Uejima
Dr Jamie Uejima
United States
Dr. Jamie L Uejima completed her Anesthesiology residency and Neurosurgical Anesthesiology fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL USA. She is active in the residency program as a member of the core faculty as well as the coordinator for the Quality Improvement Projects and Resident Morbidity and Mortality conference. She also serves as the program director for the Neurosurgical Anesthesiology fellowship.
Dr Jin Joo
Dr Jin Joo
Seoul St Mary’s Hospital
Catholic University of Korea
Jin Joo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Catholic University of Korea. Dr. Joo received her medical degree and a Ph.D. from the College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea. She trained as a resident and clinical fellow at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital. She studied the mechanism of neuroinflammation related to anesthesia at Hong Kong University as a visiting researcher from March 2021 to February 2022. Her interests in clinical practice and research include neuroanesthesia and geriatric anesthesia.
Prof John Patrick F. Bebawy
Prof John Patrick F. Bebawy
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
United States
John F. Bebawy is a Professor of Anesthesiology & Neurological Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Dr. Bebawy completed his Anesthesiology residency and Neurosurgical Anesthesiology fellowship training at Northwestern University in 2008, where he is currently Chief of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology. He is currently the President-Elect of SNACC, the Vice Chair of the ASA Neuro Track Education Subcommittee, and serves as Section Editor of Neuroanesthesia for the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia and as an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, among other editorial responsibilities. His educational, clinical, and research endeavors relate to cerebral hemodynamics, cerebrovascular disease, awake craniotomy, brain oncology, and intraoperative neuromonitoring.
Dr Jose Francisco A. Aguilar, M.D., F.A.F.N., F.P.C.S.
Dr Jose Francisco A. Aguilar, M.D., F.A.F.N., F.P.C.S.
Cardinal Santos Medical Center
Philippines
Dr. Jose Francisco A. Aguilar is the current Clinical Director of the Philippine Movement Disorder Surgery Center at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center, and he is also the Section Head of Neuorsurgery at the Child Neurosciences Center, Philippine Children’s Medical Center. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital and is also a staff neurosurgeon at the Philippine Gamma Knife Center.
Dr. Aguilar is a graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine and took his residency in Neurosurgery at the Philippine General Hospital. He was also an international fellow in Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospital in Boston, U.S.A.
Dr. Aguilar together with the Philippine Movement Disorder Surgery Center team pioneered Deep Brain Stimulation surgery in the Philippines for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and X-Linked Dystonia Parkinsonism. He also performed the first cases of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatments for Tremor Dominant Parkinson’s Disease with the HIFU team at the Philippine General Hospital.
Dr Karen Adapon-Sajo
Dr Karen Adapon-Sajo
Philippines
- Section Head of Neuroanesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Rizal Medical Center, Pasig City
- Fellowship in Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care – Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- Fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia at Philippine Children’s Medical Center
- Masteral in Business Administration in Health (MBAH) – Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Rockwell Makati City
- Associate Professor of UERM College of Medicine; and Active Consultant of the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (UERMMMCI)
- Member, Resident Training Committee of Las Piñas General Hospital & Perpetual Hospital, Las Piñas
- Other Hospital Affiliation: The Medical City, South, South City Hospital, Las Piñas Doctors Hospital, Lipa Medix, Mary Mediatrix Medical Center
Dr Karen Cindee Abalajon
Dr Karen Cindee Abalajon
Philippines
Dr. Karen Cindee Abalajon had her residency training in anesthesiology at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital and finished her tour of duty as chief resident in 2013. She then took her fellowship training in Neuroanesthesia at the same institution. She is currently the Section Head of Neuroanesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology in East Avenue Medical Center with active participation in both residency training and neuroanesthesia fellowship program. She is a member of the Scientific committee of the Philippine Society of Anesthesiologists since 2020 to present. She is also an active member of the Society for Neuroanestheia in the Philippines (SyNAPS) and currently a part of the organizing committee, international liaison and publicity committee and scientific committee of the 7th Congress of Asian Society for Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care (ASNACC). She is presently a consultant at San Juan Medical Center, Urology Center of the Philippines, East Avenue Medical Center, and Manila East Medical Center.
Dr Kenji Yoshitani
Dr Kenji Yoshitani
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka
Japan
Dr. Kenji Yoshitani is the director of the Department of Transfusion and vice director of the Department of Anesthesiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan. He trained as a resident and clinical fellow at Nara Medical University in Japan. He studied a rat cardiopulmonary bypass model at Duke University as a visiting researcher from 2005 to 2007. His Clinical practice includes cardiac and neuroanesthesia.
Dr Kwek Tong Kiat
Dr Kwek Tong Kiat
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore
Dr Kwek is Senior Consultant in the Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine and Assistant Chairman, Medical Board (Clinical Development) at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He is also Senior Consultant to the Ministry of Health for the National Deceased Donor Programme in Singapore.
His clinical interests include neuroanaesthesia, neurocritical care, general intensive care and deceased organ donation.
Dr Kwek is Assistant Dean (Admissions) and Associate Professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Associate Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore.
He is a regular Examiner for the local Master of Medicine (Anaesthesiology) Part 1 and 2 examinations and External Examiner for the Primary Examination of the Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists. He is an External Faculty and Examiner for the Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care Program at the University of Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia.
Dr Masahiko Kawaguchi
Dr Masahiko Kawaguchi
Department of Anesthesiology, Nara Medical University
Japan
Professional Training and Employment
2012-present: Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Nara Medical University
2006-2012: Associate professor, Department of Anesthesiology,
Nara Medical University
2000-2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology,
Nara Medical University
1998-2000: Research Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology,
University of California, San Diego
1995-1998: Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology
Nara Medical University
1992-1995: Chief Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia,
Osaka Neurological Institute, Osaka, Japan
1991-1992: Resident, Department of Anesthesiology,
National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
1988-1991 Resident, Department of Anesthesiology,
Nara Medical University
Society activity:
Japanese Society of Anesthesiology, a member of a delegation
Japanese Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, the vice president
Japanese Society of Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (JSNACC), secretary general
Asian Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology and Critical Care (ASNACC), president elect
Research interest
Neuromonitoring, neuroanesthesia, perioperative management, hospital environment.
Prof Monica S. Vavilala
Prof Monica S. Vavilala
University of Washington
United States
Monica S. Vavilala, M.D, is Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Pediatrics and adjunct professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiology at the University of Washington School of Medicine as well as an adjunct professor of Health Systems and Population Health within their School of Public Health. She is also the only anesthesiologist to serve as a CDC Injury control center director at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center. Dr. Vavilala’s research focuses on pediatric traumatic brain injury with particular emphasis on implementation of evidence-based practice guidelines. She is a member of several professional societies and has served as a past president of the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care. Dr. Vavilala has published over 350 peer reviewed publications and has been continuously funded by NIH for over 15 years.
Dr Peter Rivera
Dr Peter Rivera
University of the Philippines, Philippine General Hospital
Philippines
Dr. Rivera obtained his medical degree from the University of the Philippines. He finished his neurosurgery residency from the same university in 1999. He then did a fellowship in Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery at the Toronto Western Hospital of the University of Toronto and a Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship at the University Hospital of the Western University in London, Ontario.
He is presently a staff neurosurgeon at the University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital, heading its Cerebrovascular Service. He is the head of the Stroke Service of the St. Luke’s Medical Center – Global City in Metro Manila.
Dr Phuping Akavipat, M.D., FRCAT, Ph.D.
Dr Phuping Akavipat, M.D., FRCAT, Ph.D.
Neurological Institute of Thailand, Bangkok
Thailand
Phuping Akavipat is an anesthesiologist from the Anesthesiology Department, Neurological Institute of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand. He was given the honorary neuro-anesthesia subspecialty board from the Royal College of Anesthesiologists of Thailand in 2005. Besides the assorted certifications in continuing medical education program received, he completed his Doctoral Degree in Biostatistics and clinical epidemiology in 2016. He has been working professionally since 1995 in anesthesia related tasks, i.e. services, researches, technology transfer and post graduated educational program. He is also the pioneer of Thai Society of Neuro-anesthesia (TSNA) establishment and currently he is a president of this society as well as the deputy secretary assistant of the Royal College of Anesthesiologists of Thailand. For more than 65 articles issued, the diversity of neuro-anesthesia technique, neuro-intensive care management, intraoperative neuro-monitoring and the safety in anesthesia are of his interests. Apart from the practicing of clinical services and active researcher, he has been recognized as an expert in research methodology and biostatistics who has been invited to be an editorial board and participate in many academic meetings worldwide.
Dr Reynaldo Benedict Villamor Jr. MD
Dr Reynaldo Benedict Villamor Jr. MD
Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center
Department of Health – Brain and Spine Center
Cebu City Philippines
Section Head of Endovascular and Cerebrovascular Division
Medical School: Cebu Institute of Medicine
Neurosurgery Residency: University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital
Fellowship in Endovascular Neurosurgery and Cerebrovascular in Seoul National University
Dr Serafin Bernardo
Dr Serafin Bernardo
University of Philippines College of Medicine
Philippines
Dr. Serafin L. Bernardo V is an Associate Professor of the Department of Anesthesiology of the University of Philippines College of Medicine (UPCM). He presently heads the Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Anesthesia and a faculty member of the Division of Neurosurgical Anesthesia of UPCM.
Dr. Bernardo took up medicine at University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center and finished his anesthesia residency at the UPCM. He had fellowship training in Washington Hospital Center and Washington Adventist Hospital in Washington DC USA in Cardiovascular Anesthesia.
He was a Board Examiner and Board Accreditor of the Philippine Board of Anesthesiologist (PBA). Currently he is a member of Board of Trustees of the PBA.
Presently, Dr Bernardo is also the Department of Anesthesia Head of St Luke’s Medical Center- Global City
Dr Sheri Ann Liquete
Dr Sheri Ann Liquete
Philippines
Fellowship Training in Neuroanesthesia and Neuro-critical Care
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore
Residency Training in Anesthesiology
University of Santo Tomas Hospital
Manila, Philippines
Consultant
University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Chinese General Hospital
Assistant Professor
University of Santo Tomas – Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Basic Human Sciences
Dr Sudadi
Dr Sudadi
Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy Departement Faculty Medicine of Universitas Gadjah Mada – Dr. Sardjito General Hospital Yogyakarta
Indonesia
Education:
- Medical Doctor, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta (1991)
- Anesthesiologist, Program Study Anesthesiolgy and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta (2002)
- Consultant Regional Anesthesiologist, Colegium Anesthesiology and Therapy Intensive Indonesia (2007)
- Consultant Neuroanesthesiology and Neurocritical Care, Colegium Anesthesiology and Therapy Intensive Indonesia (2009)
- PhD, Faculty of Medicine Padjadjaran University, Bandung (2011)
Appointment:
- Senior Consultant Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Gadjah Mada.
- Pass Head of Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Gadjah Mada.
- President Indonesian Society of Neuroanesthesiologist and Neurocritical Care (Ina SNACC) since 2021.
- Chairman Indonesian College of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy since 2022
- Vice Dean Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta since 2022
Prof Toru Goyagi
Prof Toru Goyagi
Tokyo Medical University
Japan
Toru Goyagi is a professor of Department of Anesthesiology at Tokyo Medical University. He previously worked at Akita University. In his clinical practice, he is responsible for all areas of anesthesia, including neuroanesthesia. He has done research as well as clinical practice. His initial research interests were in cerebral ischemia protection, and more recently he has been studying the effects of anesthetics on the neonatal brain and cognitive dysfunction in the perioperative period. The importance of muscle in perioperative cognitive dysfunction was examined by testing a sarcopenia model and showing that preoperative sarcopenia exacerbates postoperative cognitive decline and is caused by decreased neurogenesis and BDNF in the hippocampus. He is also studying the effectiveness of exercise in preventing postoperative cognitive decline due to muscle loss.
He is soothed by munchkins whose legs are not so short and enjoy craft beer and sake.
Dr Tumul Chowdhury MD, DM, FRCPC
Dr Tumul Chowdhury MD, DM, FRCPC
Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
Canada
Dr. Chowdhury is a Faculty anesthesiologist at Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada. He is currently Chair of the Neuroanesthesia Section of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society. He the co-program director of Neuroanesthesia Program at Toronto Western Hospital. He is an active researcher, clinician, educator and mentor.
He has published more than 100 articles. He is an active reviewer for more than 20 journals, and also an editorial board member in Journal of Neuroanesthesiology and Critical Care, Official journal of ISNACC. He has edited two books and authored more than ten book chapters.
His main research areas are brain-heart interactions, trigeminocardiac reflex, and anesthesia & brain cancer survival. He has received several grants.
Internationally, he is an active member of various committees SNACC (clinical affair committee and trainee engagement committee), WFSA (constitution committee) and Brain-Heart Interactions Society (Secretary).
Dr Chowdhury is the Editor-in-Chief of SNACC newsletter. He is a member of the Neuroanesthesia program relations committee of ICPNT and served as a reviewer of various Neuroanesthesia fellowship programs for ICPNT. He is the Board of Director, SNACC and also serves as the Director of Membership and Global Outreach Committee of SNACC.
Assoc Prof Dr Wan Mohd Nazaruddin Wan Hassan
Associate Prof. Dr Wan Mohd Nazaruddin Wan Hassan
MD (UKM), M Med (Anaes) USM, Fellowship in Neuroanaesthesia (Toronto), A.M
Malaysia
Assoc. Prof. Dr Wan Naza has been a lecturer in Universiti Saina Malaysia (USM) since 2005 and is currently the Head of Department (HOD) of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care since 2017. As the HOD, he is also one of the member in the Conjoint Board of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care training. In sub-specialty field, he is a trained Neuroanaesthesiologist from Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada, in 2009, and has been a regular speaker for conferences representing Neuroanaesthesia SIG, Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologist (MSA). He has also recently been a co-opted Committee Member for the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists 2021-2022 and currently is holding a post as Vice President for Malaysian Society of Neuroanaethesiology and Neurocritical care (MSNACC).
Dr Wong Yu Lin
Dr Wong Yu Lin
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore
Yu-Lin is dually accredited in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine. She is currently the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Director and chair of Tan Tock Seng Hospital Brain Death Workgroup and Organ Transplant Improvement Programme.
She is also current faculty and lead for the Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS) Singapore course.
She has an interest in sedation and delirium in ICU as well as as palliative care in ICU.
Current and past research grants include projects for ICU diary to reduce the risk of Post intensive care syndromes (PICS), Use of virtual reality for rehabilitation in acute stroke patients, non-verbal communication tools for communication in ICU and use of Platelet Mapping as a POINT of care testing (POCT) in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) on antiplatelets in ICU.
Publications include Singapore SPICE: sedation practices in ICU evaluation in Singapore, Sedation Intensity in the first 48 hours of mechanical Ventilation, Integrating Palliative Care in Neurosurgical ICU, Physiological Changes during Prone positioning in COVID-19 Acute respiratory Distress syndrome, challenges in adapting exisiting hyperacute stroke protocols in Singapore for COVID-19.
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