Organizing Committee Members
Organizing Committee Members
Dr. Lewis J Kaplan
Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, USA, Immediate Past-President of Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Dr. Kaplan is a critical care surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania in the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery and the Section Chief of Surgical Critical Care at PENN’s affiliated VA Medical Center since 2013. Education including a BA (Franklin and Marshall College; Biology; 1984) and an MD (Rutgers Medical School; 1988) was followed by Surgical residency (Medical College of PA, MCP; 1988-1995) and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship (CCF; University of Pittsburgh; 1996-1997). He has directed ICUs and CCFs in three systems (MCP, Yale, PENN). At Yale (2002-2013) he established the first Emergency General Surgery service, as well as Tactical Emergency Medical Services for a regional SWAT team with which he deployed. Dr. Kaplan serves in professional society leadership roles and is the current President of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He sits on multiple editorial boards (Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, Surgical Infections).
Dr. Heatherlee Bailey
Emergency Medicine Intensivist, Durham VA Medical Center, USA
Dr. Bailey is an Emergency Medicine Intensivist. She attended Alfred University and completed medical school at the Rutgers University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, New Jersey. Dr Bailey completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania In Philadelphia and then joined the faculty. After a faculty fellowship in critical care, she served as her department’s Director of Critical Care Education and their Associate Residency Program Director. She is currently Faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Durham VA Medical Center in North Carolina.
Her career has been rooted in education, trainee development, and mentorship. Her dedication and expertise has also been nationally recognized. She was awarded the Dr. Joseph and Rae Brown award for her SCCM chapter contributions as well as the American Medical Association’s Women’s Mentoring Award in 2008. Given her prominence in the field, Dr. Bailey serves as an Oral Board Examiner for the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
Volunteering remains an important part of Dr. Bailey’s career and her interests in the management of injury and critical illness span the globe. She was an important contributor and an international instructor of the Comprehensive Trauma Life Course for India as part of her work for the International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society.
Dr. Bailey has been actively involved in the Society of Critical Care Medicine for more than 20 years serving in a wide variety of roles, including as the 48th SCCM President from 2019-2020. Dr. Bailey’s path of volunteerism, mentorship and leadership led her to be the first Emergency Medicine trained President of SCCM.
Prof. Vladimir Cerny
Professor, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Vladimir Cerny is Professor of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. He obtained both his medical degree and PhD at Charles University, where he also completed his residency in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care. His current positions include Chairman and Professor of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care at J.E. Purkinje University, Masaryk Hospital, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic, Professor and Senior Researcher at University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, and Adjunct Professor of Anaesthesiology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Prof. Cerny’s clinical interests include airway management in perioperative medicine and critical care, coagulation management. Currently, the main field of his experimental/clinical research is related to microcirculation and glycocalyx. He serves in several professional bodies, both nationally (currently as a President of the Czech Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care) and internationally (e.g. member of the European Board of Anesthesiology, ESAIC Guidelines Committee and ESAIC Ethics committee). Prof. Cerny has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals and several textbooks at a national level. He has also coauthored all European guidelines on major trauma bleeding since 2007. Recently, he also served as a chairman of scientific committee for the World Congress of Anesthesiology held in Prague, Czech Republic, 2021. During COVID-19 he has served as a deputy of Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic and as a National Coordinator for Intensive Care.
Dr. Natasa Kovac
Senior Consultant, UHC Sestre Milosrdince, Zagreb
Natasa has completed her M.D. and PhD at School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Croatia. She is a Senior Consultant at UHC Sestre milosrdince, Zagreb. She is active member of European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) and Secretary of Croatian Society of Anaesthesiology, Reanimathology and Intensive medicine. Natasa was ESAIC Council member for Croatia for past 5 years. She participated as a lecturer at international professional meetings. Dr Kovac participated in writing several types of textbooks and professional literature, with WOS H-index 5. She is a reviewer in the medical journal PLOS ONE, Medicine.
Dr Prof. Caibao Hu, MD
Deputy Director of ICU, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China
President of WINFOCUS-CHINA, China
Dr Prof. Caibao Hu, MD is the Deputy Director of ICU department of Zhejiang Hospital in Hangzhou, China. He is the Founder and the President of WINFOCUS-CHINA official interlocutor in China. He is also the Founder of Chinese College of Critical Ultrasound and the Vice Chairperson of Ultrasonic Medicine Branch of Asia-Pacific Health Association.
Dr Gulchehra Khamraeva
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care in Pediatrics, Center for the development of professional skills of medical staff under the Ministry of Health of the RUz, Uzbekistan
Dr. Khamraeva – PhD, Associate Professor. Specialist in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Chief of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care in Pediatrics of Tashkent institute postgraduate medical education. National expert of the WHO Regional Office. Co-author of the national guidelines for intensive care and management of SARI and the national guidelines for COVID-19. Member of the COVID-19 Case Management Consultant Group.
Dr Balasaheb Bande
Senior Consultant, Critical care, Anaesthesiology, & Medicine, Noble Hospital, Pune, India
Dr. Bande has completed his M.D. in Anaesthesiology and General Medicine from University of Pune, India. He is a Senior Consultant of Critical care, Anaesthesiology, & Medicine at Noble Hospital, Pune. He is active member of Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA), ISCCM, IMA, API, ISSP, AOA, AORA, IAPA, ISPEN, CSI Pune. He was the Secretary of Indian College of Critical Care Medicine ( ICCM) 2014-2016. He participated as a speaker at various National and International Conferences on topics High Risk Anaesthesia, Transplant anaesthesia , Critical Care, ethical and legal issues. He is a reviewer in many medical journals like IJA, IJCCM, SQU Med J Oman.
Dr. Urszula Kościuczuk, MD, PhD
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medical University of Bialystok, PolandUrszula Kościuczuk is a specialist in anesthesiology and intensive care. She has academic title of doctor of medical sciences , 2018, dissertation entitled Effect of general anesthesia with rocuronium on serum tryptase concentration. She is the independent coordinator of neuroanesthesiology and intensive care, University Clinical Hospital in Bialystok. Her professional interests are perioperative safety, interdisciplinary perioperative medicine, use of skeletal muscle relaxants, opioid-free anesthesia, chronic pain therapy, perioperative anaphylaxis.
Dr. Prateek Koolwal
Consultant, Critical Care Medicine, EHCC Hospital, Jaipur, India
Dr. Prateek Koolwal a medical professional, possesses an impressive educational background, including a post-graduation degree and various certifications in the field of medicine. With an MBBS and MD in Anaesthesia, alongside additional qualifications such as IDCCM and FNB in Critical Care Medicine, He has established a comprehensive foundation in the medical realm. Currently serving as a dedicated Consultant in Critical Care Medicine at EHCC Hospital in Jaipur, India. His expertise lies in a range of specialized areas. Notably, He is particularly inclined towards conducting USG-guided critical care procedures, performing basic 2D echocardiography, managing cases related to sepsis, ARDS, acute kidney injuries, and obstetrics emergencies etc.
Dr Mohamed Amin
Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Department, Kasr Al-Aini medical School, Cairo University, Egypt
Dr. Amin is a Assistant professor of critical care medicine, Critical Care Department, Kasr Al-Aini medical school, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. He is a critical care medicine Consultant at International medical center IMC accredited by the Joint Commission International and a Consultant in ICU at Suez canal authority hospital Ismailai Governate. Education including M.B. Bch from Kasr Al-Aini Medical School, Cairo University, Cairo (1998-2004), Master degree in Critical Care Medicine (2009), Doctoral degree in Critical Care Medicine (2014), health care quality management diploma kasralainy (2016), health care organizations and hospital management diploma AICPD(2018-2019). Recently, he also served as a chairman and speaker in Broncology scientific society conference in Egypt 2022. He sits on multiple editorial boards (Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, Surgical Infections). He has many publications.
Dr. Xiaopeng Zhang, MD
Second Military Medical University, China
Dr. Zhang has completed his MD in 1989 from the second military medical university, China, did residency and then joined the staff of neurosurgery of the teaching hospital affiliated to the SMMU. He did post doc research fellowship in neuro critical care in University of Pittsburgh, in 2004 he was recruited clinical fellow by Department of anesthesia and critical care, Massachusetts General Hospital, he completed training in 2008 and joined the staff of Geisinger Clinic, which for more than 10 years has been named the best hospital by US News. Dr. Zhang is board certified by American board of anesthesiologist and the national board of echocardiography, he has published more than thirty peer reviewed papers, book chapters and case reports. His major research interests are individualized management of anticoagulation in cardiopulmonary bypass, peripheral vascular disease and anesthesia, pain management for labor and delivery.
2023 Organizing Committee Members
Dr. Lewis J Kaplan
Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, USA, Immediate Past-President of Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Dr. Kaplan is a critical care surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania in the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery and the Section Chief of Surgical Critical Care at PENN’s affiliated VA Medical Center since 2013. Education including a BA (Franklin and Marshall College; Biology; 1984) and an MD (Rutgers Medical School; 1988) was followed by Surgical residency (Medical College of PA, MCP; 1988-1995) and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship (CCF; University of Pittsburgh; 1996-1997). He has directed ICUs and CCFs in three systems (MCP, Yale, PENN). At Yale (2002-2013) he established the first Emergency General Surgery service, as well as Tactical Emergency Medical Services for a regional SWAT team with which he deployed. Dr. Kaplan serves in professional society leadership roles and is the current President of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He sits on multiple editorial boards (Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, Surgical Infections).
Dr. Heatherlee Bailey
Emergency Medicine Intensivist, Durham VA Medical Center, USA
Dr. Bailey is an Emergency Medicine Intensivist. She attended Alfred University and completed medical school at the Rutgers University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, New Jersey. Dr Bailey completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania In Philadelphia and then joined the faculty. After a faculty fellowship in critical care, she served as her department’s Director of Critical Care Education and their Associate Residency Program Director. She is currently Faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Durham VA Medical Center in North Carolina.
Her career has been rooted in education, trainee development, and mentorship. Her dedication and expertise has also been nationally recognized. She was awarded the Dr. Joseph and Rae Brown award for her SCCM chapter contributions as well as the American Medical Association’s Women’s Mentoring Award in 2008. Given her prominence in the field, Dr. Bailey serves as an Oral Board Examiner for the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
Volunteering remains an important part of Dr. Bailey’s career and her interests in the management of injury and critical illness span the globe. She was an important contributor and an international instructor of the Comprehensive Trauma Life Course for India as part of her work for the International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society.
Dr. Bailey has been actively involved in the Society of Critical Care Medicine for more than 20 years serving in a wide variety of roles, including as the 48th SCCM President from 2019-2020. Dr. Bailey’s path of volunteerism, mentorship and leadership led her to be the first Emergency Medicine trained President of SCCM.
Prof. Vladimir Cerny
Professor, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Vladimir Cerny is Professor of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. He obtained both his medical degree and PhD at Charles University, where he also completed his residency in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care. His current positions include Chairman and Professor of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care at J.E. Purkinje University, Masaryk Hospital, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic, Professor and Senior Researcher at University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, and Adjunct Professor of Anaesthesiology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Prof. Cerny’s clinical interests include airway management in perioperative medicine and critical care, coagulation management. Currently, the main field of his experimental/clinical research is related to microcirculation and glycocalyx. He serves in several professional bodies, both nationally (currently as a President of the Czech Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care) and internationally (e.g. member of the European Board of Anesthesiology, ESAIC Guidelines Committee and ESAIC Ethics committee). Prof. Cerny has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals and several textbooks at a national level. He has also coauthored all European guidelines on major trauma bleeding since 2007. Recently, he also served as a chairman of scientific committee for the World Congress of Anesthesiology held in Prague, Czech Republic, 2021. During COVID-19 he has served as a deputy of Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic and as a National Coordinator for Intensive Care.
Dr. Natasa Kovac
Senior Consultant, UHC Sestre Milosrdince, Zagreb
Natasa has completed her M.D. and PhD at School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Croatia. She is a Senior Consultant at UHC Sestre milosrdince, Zagreb. She is active member of European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) and Secretary of Croatian Society of Anaesthesiology, Reanimathology and Intensive medicine. Natasa was ESAIC Council member for Croatia for past 5 years. She participated as a lecturer at international professional meetings. Dr Kovac participated in writing several types of textbooks and professional literature, with WOS H-index 5. She is a reviewer in the medical journal PLOS ONE, Medicine.
Dr Prof. Caibao Hu, MD
Deputy Director of ICU, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China
President of WINFOCUS-CHINA, China
Dr Prof. Caibao Hu, MD is the Deputy Director of ICU department of Zhejiang Hospital in Hangzhou, China. He is the Founder and the President of WINFOCUS-CHINA official interlocutor in China. He is also the Founder of Chinese College of Critical Ultrasound and the Vice Chairperson of Ultrasonic Medicine Branch of Asia-Pacific Health Association.
Dr. Neeraj Kumar
Associate Professor, AIIMS Patna, India
Neeraj Kumar is currently working as Associate Professor in Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care. He worked as Assistant professor for more than 3 years at Trauma and Emergency, AIIMS Patna, India. His area of interests is in Critical Care Medicine, Neuro Critical Care & Trauma Critical Care.He is serving as editorial board member of various journals like Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (ECCM) , World Journal of Critical Care Medicine (WJCCM), Journal of Acute disease (JAD) and Critical Care Innovations (Poland).He is the regular reviewer of many journals like AJCR, TARD, WJCCM, IJA, WJEM, and Respiratory Care. He has more than 150 + Medline and PubMed indexed Publications with over 700+ citations with H index of 6. During COVID-19 he has served as a Clinical coordinator of COVID-19 at AIIMS Patna,Bihar,India. He worked as the Nodal Officer for USAID RISE, JHPIEGO, Critical Care Working Group (CCWG) to coordinate capacity building, teaching and training during COVID-19. He participated as a speaker at various National and International Conferences on topics like ARDS, Sepsis & Nanotechnology, Neuro-Critical Care, and infectious diseases.
Dr. Siva Vyasam
PICU, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
Siva Vyasam completed his MBBS at the age of 24 years. He finished his Post graduation in pediatrics from CMC-Vellore. He finished his fellowship in PICU from CMC-Vellore. He was working in PICU for last 5 years. Currently pursuing DM pediatric critical care from PGIMER, Chandigarh.
Dr Gulchehra Khamraeva
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care in Pediatrics, Center for the development of professional skills of medical staff under the Ministry of Health of the RUz, Uzbekistan
Dr. Khamraeva – PhD, Associate Professor. Specialist in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Chief of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care in Pediatrics of Tashkent institute postgraduate medical education. National expert of the WHO Regional Office. Co-author of the national guidelines for intensive care and management of SARI and the national guidelines for COVID-19. Member of the COVID-19 Case Management Consultant Group.
Dr Balasaheb Bande
Senior Consultant, Critical care, Anaesthesiology, & Medicine, Noble Hospital, Pune, India
Dr. Bande has completed his M.D. in Anaesthesiology and General Medicine from University of Pune, India. He is a Senior Consultant of Critical care, Anaesthesiology, & Medicine at Noble Hospital, Pune. He is active member of Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA), ISCCM, IMA, API, ISSP, AOA, AORA, IAPA, ISPEN, CSI Pune. He was the Secretary of Indian College of Critical Care Medicine ( ICCM) 2014-2016. He participated as a speaker at various National and International Conferences on topics High Risk Anaesthesia, Transplant anaesthesia , Critical Care, ethical and legal issues. He is a reviewer in many medical journals like IJA, IJCCM, SQU Med J Oman.
Dr. Urszula Kościuczuk, MD, PhD
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medical University of Bialystok, PolandUrszula Kościuczuk is a specialist in anesthesiology and intensive care. She has academic title of doctor of medical sciences , 2018, dissertation entitled Effect of general anesthesia with rocuronium on serum tryptase concentration. She is the independent coordinator of neuroanesthesiology and intensive care, University Clinical Hospital in Bialystok. Her professional interests are perioperative safety, interdisciplinary perioperative medicine, use of skeletal muscle relaxants, opioid-free anesthesia, chronic pain therapy, perioperative anaphylaxis.
Dr. Naresh Kumar Kaul
Senior Consultant and Head, Anesthesiology, Khoula, India
Naresh Kumar Kaul has completed his post-graduation from PGI Chandigarh, India and has worked at prestigious places thereafter at All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India, SKIMS in J and K India, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi India and in National Trauma Centre at Khoula Hospital Muscat Oman, which is a National Trauma center, National Neurosurgical center and National Plastic surgery & Burns center besides other specialties. He has been the senior consultant and Head Anesthesiology at Khoula. He has around eighty publications to his credit and has been involved with organization of many conferences and difficult airway workshops. He has been the Director of BLS courses and is on the editorial & reviewer board of many journals.
Dr Radhakrishna Ramchandani
Professor, Surgery at AIIMS, Raipur
Dr Radhakrishna Ramchandani MS,FMAS,FICS,FAIS,FIAGES at AIIMS,Raipur India.Around 17 years of teaching,Clinical, research and Administrative Experience.He is Ex Pooedl Scientist of AIIMS,New Delhi India. He has Copyright course (Patent)named “ Basic Trauma Emergency Life Saving Skill Course.(BTELS).Around 25 Publications with over 125 citations with H index 7. Now working as Professor,Surgery at AIIMS, Raipur (CG).
Dr Mohamed Amin
Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Department, Kasr Al-Aini medical School, Cairo University, Egypt
Dr. Amin is a Assistant professor of critical care medicine, Critical Care Department, Kasr Al-Aini medical school, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. He is a critical care medicine Consultant at International medical center IMC accredited by the Joint Commission International and a Consultant in ICU at Suez canal authority hospital Ismailai Governate. Education including M.B. Bch from Kasr Al-Aini Medical School, Cairo University, Cairo (1998-2004), Master degree in Critical Care Medicine (2009), Doctoral degree in Critical Care Medicine (2014), health care quality management diploma kasralainy (2016), health care organizations and hospital management diploma AICPD(2018-2019). Recently, he also served as a chairman and speaker in Broncology scientific society conference in Egypt 2022. He sits on multiple editorial boards (Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, Surgical Infections). He has many publications.
Dr Prabhleen Kaur
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Government Medical College Thrissur, Kerala, India
Dr Prabhleen Kaur is an ECFMG Certified young physician from India. She is an all-arounder who graduated medical school with honours and was ranked among the best outgoing students. Being passionate about global and equitable health practices, she worked as the Medical Officer in the COVID Brigade under the National Health Mission during the peak of COVID-19. She has a curious mindset that kindles her interest in research and innovation, which is visible in her publications early in her professional career. She is also passionate about mentorship and has a social media following of over 500, operating with a motto of “Happy to Help”. Dr. Kaur is currently striving to realise her dream of pursuing Anaesthesiology in the United States of America.
Dr. Xiaopeng Zhang, MD
Second Military Medical University, China
Dr. Zhang has completed his MD in 1989 from the second military medical university, China, did residency and then joined the staff of neurosurgery of the teaching hospital affiliated to the SMMU. He did post doc research fellowship in neuro critical care in University of Pittsburgh, in 2004 he was recruited clinical fellow by Department of anesthesia and critical care, Massachusetts General Hospital, he completed training in 2008 and joined the staff of Geisinger Clinic, which for more than 10 years has been named the best hospital by US News. Dr. Zhang is board certified by American board of anesthesiologist and the national board of echocardiography, he has published more than thirty peer reviewed papers, book chapters and case reports. His major research interests are individualized management of anticoagulation in cardiopulmonary bypass, peripheral vascular disease and anesthesia, pain management for labor and delivery.
Dr. HK Venkatesh
Consultant, Department of Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Khoula Hospital,
Muscat, Oman
Dr. Venkatesh, a highly accomplished medical professional, has dedicated his career to the field of neuroanaesthesia and neurocritical care. Currently serving as a Consultant at Khoula Hospital, MOH, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, He holds the esteemed position of Senior Consultant and Chief of the Division of Neuroanaesthesia & Neurocritical Care at Apollo Hospitals in Bengaluru. He completed his MD in Anaesthesia from KMC, Manipal in 1991. He has held notable positions such as President of the Indian Society of Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care (ISNACC) in 2019-20, treasurer of ISNACC for 9 years, and secretary and President of the ISA Bengaluru city and Karnataka state branch.
Previous Edition Conference Organizing Committee Members
Dr. Lewis J Kaplan
Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, USA, Immediate Past-President of Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Dr. Kaplan is a critical care surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania in the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery and the Section Chief of Surgical Critical Care at PENN’s affiliated VA Medical Center since 2013. Education including a BA (Franklin and Marshall College; Biology; 1984) and an MD (Rutgers Medical School; 1988) was followed by Surgical residency (Medical College of PA, MCP; 1988-1995) and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship (CCF; University of Pittsburgh; 1996-1997). He has directed ICUs and CCFs in three systems (MCP, Yale, PENN). At Yale (2002-2013) he established the first Emergency General Surgery service, as well as Tactical Emergency Medical Services for a regional SWAT team with which he deployed. Dr. Kaplan serves in professional society leadership roles and is the current President of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He sits on multiple editorial boards (Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, Surgical Infections).
Dr. Heatherlee Bailey
Emergency Medicine Intensivist, Durham VA Medical Center, USA
Dr. Bailey is an Emergency Medicine Intensivist. She attended Alfred University and completed medical school at the Rutgers University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, New Jersey. Dr Bailey completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania In Philadelphia and then joined the faculty. After a faculty fellowship in critical care, she served as her department’s Director of Critical Care Education and their Associate Residency Program Director. She is currently Faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Durham VA Medical Center in North Carolina.
Her career has been rooted in education, trainee development, and mentorship. Her dedication and expertise has also been nationally recognized. She was awarded the Dr. Joseph and Rae Brown award for her SCCM chapter contributions as well as the American Medical Association’s Women’s Mentoring Award in 2008. Given her prominence in the field, Dr. Bailey serves as an Oral Board Examiner for the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
Volunteering remains an important part of Dr. Bailey’s career and her interests in the management of injury and critical illness span the globe. She was an important contributor and an international instructor of the Comprehensive Trauma Life Course for India as part of her work for the International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society.
Dr. Bailey has been actively involved in the Society of Critical Care Medicine for more than 20 years serving in a wide variety of roles, including as the 48th SCCM President from 2019-2020. Dr. Bailey’s path of volunteerism, mentorship and leadership led her to be the first Emergency Medicine trained President of SCCM.
Prof. Vladimir Cerny
Professor, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Vladimir Cerny is Professor of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. He obtained both his medical degree and PhD at Charles University, where he also completed his residency in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care. His current positions include Chairman and Professor of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care at J.E. Purkinje University, Masaryk Hospital, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic, Professor and Senior Researcher at University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, and Adjunct Professor of Anaesthesiology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Prof. Cerny’s clinical interests include airway management in perioperative medicine and critical care, coagulation management. Currently, the main field of his experimental/clinical research is related to microcirculation and glycocalyx. He serves in several professional bodies, both nationally (currently as a President of the Czech Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care) and internationally (e.g. member of the European Board of Anesthesiology, ESAIC Guidelines Committee and ESAIC Ethics committee). Prof. Cerny has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals and several textbooks at a national level. He has also coauthored all European guidelines on major trauma bleeding since 2007. Recently, he also served as a chairman of scientific committee for the World Congress of Anesthesiology held in Prague, Czech Republic, 2021. During COVID-19 he has served as a deputy of Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic and as a National Coordinator for Intensive Care.
Dr. Cristiane Tavares
Neuroanesthesiologist and Clinical Research Physician, University of Sao Paul, Brazil
Dr. Cristiane Tavares is a neuroanesthesiologist and clinical researcher at Hospital das Clinicas of University of São Paulo Medical School since 2014. She did her graduation from University of São Paulo Medical School in the year 1998. Her Education includes Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology residencies at Hospital das Clinicas of University of São Paulo Medical School from 1998-2003. She worked with a neuroanesthesiology and neurosurgical team at Hospital Beneficiencia Portuguesa of São Paulo from 2003-2013. She did her Pain Medicine residency from Federal University of Sao Paulo in 2010. She works as a clinician specialized in pain since 2011. She is a Ph.D. student since 2017. She is a Member of D&I (Diversity and Inclusion) Committee of SNACC (Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care) since 2019. She is the Coordinator of the first neuroanesthesiology specialization in Brazil (began in 2021).
Dr. Nandkishor Agrawal
Professor, AIIMS, Raipur, India
Professor (Dr.) Nandkishore Agrawal, having more than 25 years of experience in the field with National and International exposure in research with copyrights and serving in Institute of pride ,AIIMS, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Special field of interest is alveolar gas exchange and per operative management of Diabetes Melliutus for which developed two equations and software and research is going on. He believes in self and of opinion that “ THE BEST SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR MONITORING AND ANESTHESIA IS IN THE BRAIN OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST”. Always be proud to be Anesthesiologist who helpfull in relieving pain not only in surgical procedure but also due to Cancer or Neuropathic, now a days with development of Palliative care also helpful for peaceful departure.
Dr Prof. Caibao Hu, MD
Deputy Director of ICU, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China
President of WINFOCUS-CHINA, China
Dr Prof. Caibao Hu, MD is the Deputy Director of ICU department of Zhejiang Hospital in Hangzhou, China. He is the Founder and the President of WINFOCUS-CHINA official interlocutor in China. He is also the Founder of Chinese College of Critical Ultrasound and the Vice Chairperson of Ultrasonic Medicine Branch of Asia-Pacific Health Association.
Dr Vaishali Waindeskar
Professor and Head, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AIIMS Bhopal, India
Dr Vaishali Waindeskar did her MBBS, MD Anesthesiology and has more than 25 years of experience. She is the professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at AIIMS Bhopal. She has worked in Cardiac, Neuro-anaesthesia and critical care in both government and private sector. She has several publications in the areas of post operative pain, preoperative assessment, airway assessment, hemodynamic variations in laparoscopic surgeries etc. and many case reports. She has been serving as an editorial board member of reputed Journals. Reviewer of many National and International Journals. Presented oral papers and lectures in various national conferences. Working in pain and palliative care and started first palliative care dept in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Dr Gulchehra Khamraeva
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care in Pediatrics, Center for the development of professional skills of medical staff under the Ministry of Health of the RUz, Uzbekistan
Dr. Khamraeva – PhD, Associate Professor. Specialist in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Chief of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care in Pediatrics of Tashkent institute postgraduate medical education. National expert of the WHO Regional Office. Co-author of the national guidelines for intensive care and management of SARI and the national guidelines for COVID-19. Member of the COVID-19 Case Management Consultant Group.
2021 Organizing Committee Members
Dr. Somchai Amornyotin
Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Dr. Somchai Amornyotin is a staff of Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. In 2020 he became the professor of Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. From 2005 until 2009 he was the chief of Anesthesiology Division of Siriraj GI Endoscopy Center, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital. His first scientific paper was published in Thailand in 1999. He has practiced anesthesia for gastrointestinal endoscopy since 2002. He was the committee of Siriraj Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Center, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital in 2005. More than 90 of his articles have been published in Thai and international medical journals. Dr. Amornyotin is a member and committee of the Royal College of Anesthesiologists of Thailand, the Gastroenterological Association of Thailand and many scientific societies. He is the reviewer and editor of many international journals
Dr. Kathryn Rosenblatt, MD, MHS
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Rosenblatt is an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and serves as director of the neurosurgical anesthesia fellowship. Following residency training in anesthesiology, Dr. Rosenblatt completed dual fellowships in neuroanesthesia and neurocritical care at Johns Hopkins. She also completed a research fellowship, earning a Master of Health Science in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Rosenblatt’s research interests include cerebral autoregulation monitoring to improve outcomes from sepsis. She is the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Cerebral Autoregulation in Sepsis Research Group, a multi-disciplinary team of intensivists, anesthesiologists, and engineers with shared expertise in white matter disease, cerebrovascular autoregulation, delirium, immunopathology, and multimodality neuromonitoring whose mission is to personalize and improve care of sepsis patients through a better understand of the pathophysiology of brain disease in sepsis-associated encephalopathy.
Dr. Ruchi Dua
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Ruchi Dua completed her post-graduation from Department of Pulmonary Medicine, King George Medical University, India at age of 26 years. She is the Additional Professor in Department of Pulmonary Medicine at AIIMS Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India. She has 30 publications with H index of 14 and 50 presentations and has been serving as member of respiratory societies nationally & internationally.
Dr Vaishali Waindeskar
Professor and Head, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AIIMS Bhopal, India
Dr Vaishali Waindeskar did her MBBS, MD Anesthesiology and has more than 25 years of experience. She is the professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at AIIMS Bhopal. She has worked in Cardiac, Neuro-anaesthesia and critical care in both government and private sector. She has several publications in the areas of post operative pain, preoperative assessment, airway assessment, hemodynamic variations in laparoscopic surgeries etc. and many case reports. She has been serving as an editorial board member of reputed Journals. Reviewer of many National and International Journals. Presented oral papers and lectures in various national conferences. Working in pain and palliative care and started first palliative care dept in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Dr. Dusooma Abdul Razzag
Consultant Anaesthesiologist,
President MAA (Maldives Anaesthesia Association), Maldives
Dr. Dusooma Abdul Razzaq MBBS, MD is a Senior Anaesthesiologist, Maldives. . She has specialization in cardiac, neuroanaesthesia and critical care cases. She is the president of Maldives Anesthesia Association. She has started first labour analgesia services in Maldives. She is a reviewer for Journal of Society of anaesthesiologists of Nepal.
2020 Organizing Committee Members
Dr. Nandkishor Agrawal
Professor, AIIMS, Raipur, India
Professor (Dr.) Nandkishore Agrawal, having more than 25 years of experience in the field with National and International exposure in research with copyrights and serving in Institute of pride ,AIIMS, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Special field of interest is alveolar gas exchange and per operative management of Diabetes Melliutus for which developed two equations and software and research is going on. He believes in self and of opinion that “ THE BEST SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR MONITORING AND ANESTHESIA IS IN THE BRAIN OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST”. Always be proud to be Anesthesiologist who helpfull in relieving pain not only in surgical procedure but also due to Cancer or Neuropathic, now a days with development of Palliative care also helpful for peaceful departure.
Dr Vaishali Waindeskar
Professor and Head, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AIIMS Bhopal, India
Dr Vaishali Waindeskar did her MBBS, MD Anesthesiology and has more than 25 years of experience. She is the professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at AIIMS Bhopal. She has worked in Cardiac, Neuro-anaesthesia and critical care in both government and private sector. She has several publications in the areas of post operative pain, preoperative assessment, airway assessment, hemodynamic variations in laparoscopic surgeries etc. and many case reports. She has been serving as an editorial board member of reputed Journals. Reviewer of many National and International Journals. Presented oral papers and lectures in various national conferences. Working in pain and palliative care and started first palliative care dept in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Dr. Dusooma Abdul Razzag
Consultant Anaesthesiologist,
President MAA (Maldives Anaesthesia Association), Maldives
Dr. Dusooma Abdul Razzaq MBBS, MD is a Senior Anaesthesiologist, Maldives. . She has specialization in cardiac, neuroanaesthesia and critical care cases. She is the president of Maldives Anesthesia Association. She has started first labour analgesia services in Maldives. She is a reviewer for Journal of Society of anaesthesiologists of Nepal.
2019 Organizing Committee Members
Dr. Charu Sukhlecha
Specialist Doctor, Intensive Care Medicine, Queens Hospital, United Kingdom
Dr. Charu Sukhlecha has graduated with MBBS, MD(Anaesthesia), MRCP(United Kingdom), European Diplomat of Intensive Care Medicine (EDIC) and European Diplomat of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (EDA). He is currently working as a Specialist Doctor in Intensive Care Medicine at Queens Hospital, United Kingdom. He has several publications to his name and has been serving as an editorial board member of reputed Journals. His special clinical interest is in Renal physiology, Acute Kidney injury, Renal failure in ICU and Renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Critical care. He is also the national convener for the updation of KDIGO guidelines in UK.
Dr. Dyah Kanya Wati
Pediatric Critical Care Consultant, Medical Faculty Udayana University, Indonesia
Dr Dyah Kanya Wati did her Ph.D from University of Indonesia Faculty of Medicine, Jakarta, Indonesia. Presently she is Pediatric Critical Care Consultant at Medical Faculty Udayana University, Bali-Indonesia. She has attended many national and international conferences and honoured with many awards. She has many publications.
Dr. Amarja Havaldar
Assistant Professor, St Johns Hospital Bangalore, India
Dr Amarja has completed her DM in critical care medicine from St Johns Medical college, India. She has presented several papers at National and International Conference. Her research interest in weaning and cardiac dysfunction in critically ill and simulator based training.. She has won the Hansraj Nayyar Award for the research paper. Presently she is working in St Johns Hospital Bangalore, as an Assistant Professor.
Dr. Rano Mal Piryani
Professor, Internal & Chest Medicine and Medical Education, Nepal
Dr. Rano Mal Piryani is a professor of Internal & Chest Medicine and Medical Education. He has completed MBBS (1986), MCPS (1991), DTCD (1992), MD in Chest Medicine (2002) from Sindh Pakistan and Fellowship in Medical Education (2013) from PSG FAIMER Institute Coimbatore India. He has been serving Nepal since April 2003. He has over 120 publications cited over 348 times; his publication H-index is 10. He has been serving as an editorial board member for reputed journals and peer reviewer of more than 15 national and international scientific journals. He has produced clinical method titled “History Taking & Clinical Examination at a glance”; second edition is published by Jaypee Brothers in 2015 and third edition will be released in January 2019. He has produced tow dictionaries “Alike words in Nepali & Urdu” and “Alike words in Nepali & Sindhi”. He is a resource person for training in medical education and bioethics.