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Guest Speakers

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Wayne Morriss

President, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA)
MBChB(Otago) Dip Obst(Otago) FANZCA 
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Otago, Christchurch
Specialist Anaesthetist, Christchurch Hospital

New Zealand
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Daniela Ionescu 

Professor of Anesthesia
Consultant Anesthesia and Intensive Care 
The University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca – Department Anesthesia and Intensive Care I

​Romania 
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Matthias Eikermann

Professor, Department of Anesthesiology (Critical Care Anesthesiology)
Chair Department of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

USA
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 Jannicke Mellin-Olsen

Past President, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists
Governance Board of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. One of the most influential figures in anesthesiology, she is a former President of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, a global organization representing anesthesiologists across 150 countries. 

Norway
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Nabil El Askalany

President of the Egyptian Society of Anesthesiologists, 
Vice President/ President-Elect of Pan Arab Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists 
Emeritus Professor of Anesthesia, Military Medical Academ
y

Egypt
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Yasser Mandorah

Current Post: General Director at Military Medical Service, Chairman of General Staff at Ministry of Defense; Past Posts: Director of Intensive Care Services at RMHICS, Director of Center for Intensive Science and Research.

Saudi Arabia
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Quirino Piacevoli

Professor and Head Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care ACO San Filippo Neri
Member of the Board of the FEDERATION EUROPEEN des MEDICINE- BRUXELLES
President, World Society of Total Intra Venous Anaesthesia
President, Society of Clinical Risk Management, Italy
P .Member of the World Commission on Safety and Quality WFSA -WHO
Visiting Professor University "St. Cyril and Methodius" Skopje-Macedonia
Visiting Professor University "Campus Bio Medico" Rome -Italy
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Italy
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Beverly K. Philip

Director of Ambulatory Anesthesia| Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Founding Director of the Day Surgery Unit at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.

USA
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Hamza Zidan

Assistant Professor
Perioperative Echocardiography and Ultrasound (PErioperative Echocardiography & UltRaSonography - PEERS) Program Director at the Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Western University

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​Canada 
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Ioana Grigoras

Professor of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
Spitalul Clinic de Urgenta Bucuresti · Anesthesia and Intensive care
Professor, MD, PhD 

Romania
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Shahzad Anwar

Dr. Shahzad Anwar is Interventional Spine & Pain Medicine Physician and Regenerative Medicine  with over 20 years of experience in the fields of Pain Medicine, Regenerative Medicine and Medical Acupuncture

Pakistan
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Vanda Abi Raad  

Dr. Abi Raad is a Clinical Professor and Interim Chair of the Anesthesiology Department at the Lebanese American University, Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine. She also serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development within the same institution.
Currently, Dr. Abi Raad serves as the President of the Lebanese Society of Anesthesiologists.

Lebanon
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Mohamed Hassan

Clinical Manager for Masimo in Middle East, North Africa, Turkey and Eastern Asia
Graduated from Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University in 1999. Master’s degree in Medicine in 2004. Joined Masimo since 2012 and supporting all clinical activities in the region.

Egypt
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Karen L. R. Boretsky

Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital 
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

USA
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Yahya Shehabi 

Professor, Medicine Monash Health Victorian Heart Institute (VHI)
Leads the research team and activities within the Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University.  He is dual qualified in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, holds a PhD from the University of New South Wales, and an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Australia
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Michael O'Leary  

Senior Intensive Care Staff Specialist, Medical Director of the NSW Organ and Tissue Donation Service
Fellowships of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (UK) and the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia & New Zealand

​Australia
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Soichiro Obara

Consulting Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia, Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Japan
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Marie Aouad

Dr. Marie Aouad is a Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at the American University, of Beirut. She is the Chairperson of the department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

Lebanon
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​Danny Badawy

With leadership roles in Baxter Middle East, Biologix FZCO, and Novartis, I've managed medical teams across the Middle East and MENA regions in specialties like Oncology, Anesthesiology, and Cardiology. My key responsibilities have included setting medical strategies and budgets, overseeing product launches, and handling regulatory activities, making me a well-rounded medical professional.

UAE
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Norifumi Kuratani

Saitama Children's Medical Center - Anesthesiologist-in-Chief

​Japan
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John Fraser 

Founder and Chief Medical Officer, De Motu Cordis 
Founder and Director, Critical Care Research Group (CCRG), The Prince Charles Hospital & University of Queensland 
ICU Director, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital 
President, Asia-Pac Extracorporeal Life Support Org 
Founding member of the global clinical trials ECMOnet | CoChair, Queensland Cardiovascular Research Network
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​Australia
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Safaa Hilal  

Professor at Menoufia University- 

Egypt
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Elhassan Eghwila

Chair, Libyan Society of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Resuscitation (L.S.A.I.R).North Africa member of WFSA ARS Committee . Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Alasmarya Islamic University , Zliten Libya.
Consultant in Anesthesia and ICU at Zliten Medical Center. 

Libya
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Niamh Conlon 

Dr Conlon MB BCh BAO FCARCSI DIBICM MSc
Dr Niamh Conlon is a graduate of University College Dublin and was appointed as Consultant Anaesthetist in St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland in 2009. 

Ireland
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Hanane Barakat

Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Anesthesia Residency Program director LAU Medical Center Rizk Hospital Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

Lebanon
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