13 th Congress of African Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Therapy

Eleni Moka

MD, PhD, MSc, EDRA President of European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA)

President of European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA) Dr Eleni Moka was born in Athens, Greece in 1973. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine (School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) in 1996, and after her graduation, she completed her 5–year residency training in the Specialty of Anaesthesiology (Aretaieion University Hospital, Athens, Greece), followed by successful board examinations in 2003. From March 2004 until now, she works as a Consultant Anaesthesiologist in Heraklion–Crete, Greece (Hellenic HealthCare Group Institution – HHG), with her main topics of interest being Regional Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Management, Enhanced Recovery after Surgery, Ambulatory Anaesthesia, as well as TOE in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia. In parallel, from March 2004 and up to now she holds the position of Head of Anaesthesiology Department at her institution. She has received training during and after specialty completion in Regional Anaesthesia, PNBs application with NS and US, Pain Therapy and Palliative Care, Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and TOE Echocardiography, in Greece and abroad. In 2014 she received official post graduate leave (sabbatical) and worked in salaried position as a specialist in UK for a six month period, mainly for advancing her TOE skills. She supported her Doctorate Thesis in October 2010 and was awarded her PhD with Honours in June 2011 from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. In 2015 she was awarded her MSc in Health Care Management with Honours by the University of Cyprus (OUC). She is ESRA-DRA Diplomat (2015), following successful written and oral exams, and it is estimated that at the end of 2025 she will complete her second MSc in Pain Therapy (Athens University, Greece). She has authored chapters in Greek Medical Books, publications in national and international peer reviewed journals, whereas she has been invited speaker and instructor in many Greek, European or International congresses, with her work having also been recognized by awards for presentation of free papers or posters. Currently she is serving as Vice Chair of ESRA Hellas, the zone of ESRA in Greece and Cyprus. From September 2011 till 2015, she was member of ESRA Council, as the Greek Representative. In 2015 she has been elected ESRA Board Member for 3 years and from 2018 – 2022 she served as ESRA Treasurer. In September 2022 she was honoured by being elected the forthcoming President of ESRA (ESRA President Elect), and she serves as President of ESRA from 2023 and for 3 years. She has served as ESRA-DRA Board Member for the period 2013 – 2019. Currently she continues her involvement in the Diploma activities as ESRA-DRA examiner. She has been reviewer or/and member of Editorial Board in international journals (Pain Practice, Journal of Minimally Access Surgery, Journal of Anaesthesiology & Clinical Pharmacology, Cureus Journal, Signa Vitae Journal, Clinical Pharmacology and Pain Research & Treatment Journal). She is also RA Section Editor of Signa Vitae Journal, since 2020 and associate editor in RAPM since 2024. She has participated in multicenter trials and surveys at the national and european or international level (EuSOS, Regional Anaesthesia Application in Greece, OMG Study, Plan A PNBs, AI, Thromboprophylaxis Recommendations in Orthopaedic Surgery, NAP8 project, ICAROS and other). She is an enthusiastic and passionate teacher and loves to disseminate topics related to her scientific interests. As such, in October 2024 she has been elected as Ass. Professor of Anaesthesiology in Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, with an estimation to take over this position in August 2025.

Nat Haslam

RA-UK President, ESRA Council member and sits on the Association of Anaesthetists UK (AoA) council

Nat is a consultant anaesthetist at the South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. He is RA-UK President, ESRA Council member and sits on the Association of Anaesthetists UK (AoA) council. He is clinical lead for regional anaesthesia for STSFT where he introduced one of the first block rooms in the UK. He is course director for the Sunderland Ultrasound Guided Regional Anaesthesia (SUGRA) course. He is co-lead for the University of East Anglia MSc in Regional Anaesthesia, is an invited speaker for both the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) and the AoA and is a regular international speaker. He led the development of the UK’s Prep, Stop, Block national patient safety initiative. He sits on the RCoA’s Anaesthesia Associates scope of practice core writing group, co-authored the recent RCoA General Provision of Regional Anaesthesia chapter and is a member of the latest UK National Audit Project (NAP8) steering group. He also co-authored the RA-UK/British Society of Orthopaedics nerve injury guidelines.

Nabil Elkassabany

MD, MSCE MBA.Virginia University USA.John C Rowlingson Professor of Anesthesiology and the vice chair of clinical operations.

Is the John C Rowlingson Professor of Anesthesiology and the vice chair of clinical operations in the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia (UVA). He is also the Medical Director of the main operating rooms at UVA. Dr. Elkassabany did his undergraduate and medical education in Alexandria University. He was then appointed as a faculty in the department of Anesthesiology, Menoufia University, Egypt. He completed his anesthesia residency training at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio and his regional anesthesia subspecialty training at the University of Florida at Gainesville, Florida. He earned a master degree in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics in December 2012 from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and had his MBA in December 2021 from the Fox School of Business, Temple University in Philadelphia. Dr Elkassabany was the division chief of regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine at the University of Pennsylvania from 2010-2022. His research interest focuses on patients’ outcomes after orthopedic surgery, specifically patient who receives regional anesthesia in different clinical settings. He is especially interested improving patient outcomes after major joint arthroplasty and defining the value added by regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine to patients’ perioperative experience. Nabil was a member of the Board of Directors for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) from 2018-2022. He also chairs educational track subcommittee on regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine at the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).

Sebastien Bloc

Anesthesiologist specializing in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. Sports Clinique Drouot in Paris

Dr Sébastien Bloc is an anesthesiologist at Clinique Drouot Sport, a private orthopedic clinic in Paris, France. He is actively involved in training, research, and publications in Regional Anesthesia, Pain Medicine and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery He is a member of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA) and the French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (SFAR).

Morné Wolmarans

Consultant Anaesthetist Expert in ultrasound‑guided regional anaesthesia UK.Honorary Secretary of RA‑UK and is an examiner for ESRA.

Consultant Anaesthetist (UK-based) Current Position: Consultant Anaesthetist at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the UK Specializations: Expert in ultrasound‑guided regional anaesthesia, vascular anaesthesia, and bariatric anaesthesia. Served as Honorary Secretary of RA‑UK and is an examiner for ESRA (European Society of Regional Anaesthesia) Academic Contributions: Published numerous research works, including international consensus studies standardizing nomenclature for regional anesthesia techniques, and contributions to education in emergency department regional Education & Practice: Born in South Africa, studied medicine at the University of Pretoria, began practice in Cape Town before moving to the UK in the late 1990s, completing specialization in Cambridge. Member of the UK General Medical Council

Anissa Belbachir

Head of the Anaesthesia-Intensive Care sector in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery at Cochin Hospital.Head of the Pain and Palliative Care Development Committees

Cochin-Paris Cite University Hospital: 27, rue du Faubourg St Jacques 75014. PARIS. Email : anissa.belbachir@aphp.fr Doctor of Medicine, Anesthesiologist: René Descartes University, Paris V Pain specialist. Qualified in acupuncture and hypnosis Titles : Head of the Anaesthesia-Intensive Care sector in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery at Cochin Hospital since 2015 Founded The Pain and Regional Anesthesia Unit at CHU Cochin. Paris-Descartes in 2014. Head of the Cochin-Hôtel Dieu University Hospital Pain Committee from 2005 to 2018. Head of the Pain and Palliative Care Development Committees (CLUD-SP) of the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP: 37 Hospitals) from 2008 to 2020. Head of the Francophone Association of Anaesthetists in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (AFARCOT) from 2010 to 2021. Co-President of the Organizing Committee for the French Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Congress (SFAR) 2017-2020 Head of the ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) project from 2016 to the present: Implemented across all APHP Hospitals. Expert consultant for the ARS (Regional Health Agency)

Steve Coppens

MD, PhD.Head of the locoregional fellowship program UZ Leuven.

E-mail : steve.coppens@uzleuven.be Telephone work : 0032 (0)16 336830 Telephone private : 0032(0)471 64 48 51 https://twitter.com/Steve_Coppens Born : Cologne (DBR Germany) 14/09/1971 Nationality : Belgian Dr. Steve Coppens obtained his medical degree at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium in 1996. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology in 2001 at the University Hospitals of Leuven. He was appointed member of staff in 2013 at the department of Anesthesiology of the University Hospitals in Leuven, Belgium. He finished his PhD in 2025 on evaluating new analgesia techniques for abdominal and thoracic surgery Head of clinic in the University Hospitals. Head of the locoregional fellowship program UZ Leuven Author of more than 50 peer reviewed publications and bookchapters Countless national and international lectures and courses (ESRA, BARA, ARAR, BSAR, NYSORA, DARA, ESAIC, ASA) Research grant awards by BARA, ESRA and BSAR Reviewer BMJ, RAPM, Journal of Clinical Anesthesia and the BJA Associate editor RAPM Elected BARA board member ESRA council member, ESRA scientific committee, ESRA educational committee

Luc K.P. Tielens

Senior Staff Member Pediatric Anesthesiologist President of the board of the DARA (Dutch Association for Regional Anesthesia).

Radboudumc (University Medical Centre) Department of Anesthesiology P.O. Box 9101 (717) 6500 HB Nijmegen The Netherlands T +31 24 3614406 luc.tielens@radboudumc.nl Contact details Private: Praetoriumstraat 17 6522 HN Nijmegen The Netherlands T +31 6 28924924 CV: 1986-1995 Medical Studies at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands: MD 1996-2001 Anesthesiology at the University Hospital Radboudumc Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2002-2003 For 1½ year Senior Staff Member at the Pediatric Anesthesiology Department in Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, University of Barcelona, Spain 2004- up till now Senior Staff Member Pediatric Anesthesiologist at the Anesthesiology Department in Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, teaching staff President of the board of the DARA (Dutch Association for Regional Anesthesia). Director and teacher of the DARA Ultrasound-guided nerve block courses. Basic course 3 times, Thoracic and Abdominal Wall blocks 2 times, Neuraxial block course 2 times, emergency medical block training 3 times a year and Pediatric Regional Anesthesia course 1 time in 2-3 years. Organizer of the DARA-ESRA annual symposium. Council in the ESRA (European Society for Regional Anesthesia). Faculty in the annual GAMC courses from the DAS (Difficult Airway Society) in London. Member of the board of the KCMC Radboud Collaboration section Anesthesiology. The department of anesthesiology from the Radboudumc has a commitment towards the KCMC (Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre) Moshi, Tanzania, East Africa to collaborate in the development of the department of anesthesiology. To develop the quality and safety of the anesthesiological care service given in the KCMC and abroad towards the patients in northern Tanzania. Member of the schisis-team Radboudumc - Rotary Gent working in Lombok, Indonesia. Every year a mission for a week to provide anesthesia to 30-50 children for their cleft-lip-operation. Member of the schisis-team from the Hospital PazHolandesa in Arequipa Peru. Mission for 2 weeks to provide anesthesia to 50-60 children for their cleft-lip-operation and reconstruction of burning problems. Co-founder of the foundation “Anesthesia in developing countries Radboudumc.(collecting money for materials for anesthesiological services In developing countries) Founder of the foundation TIE-KCMC (TIElens - Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre) Foundation to support medical doctors in KCMC to become Anesthesiologist. Support the organization of the annual Loco-Regional Anesthesia Symposium KCMC Moshi Tanzania. The first took place in October 2018, the second in 2023. Course leader of the NYSORA Pediactric Anesthesia course in Amsterdam Speaker and workshop teacher in several congresses with lectures of Pediatric Anesthesia, Pediatric difficult airway, Neonatal Resuscitation and Loco-Regional Anesthetic Techniques in children (and adults) with nerve stimulation and ultrasound guidance.

Kiran Kumar Koneti

MB BS, DA, FCARCSI, FRCA, EDRA

0044-7859927551 email: kiran.koneti@gmail.com Current Appointments:  Substantive NHS Consultant in Anaesthetics and Pain Management at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (STSFT)  Clinical Lead, Pain Management – STSFT  British Pain Society- EWG member on HRG – NHS Innovation  Clinical Lecturer – Newcastle University (Faculty of Medical Sciences)  NUSGRA & NUSGRAP USG Cadaver Course Director  NESRA, UK – Education/ Chronic Pain Coordinator  Reviewer: Neuromodulation Journal/ ATOTW (WFSA) Areas of Interest: Relevant to Anaesthesia / Pain Management  Regional Anaesthesia  Acute/ Chronic Pain Management  Transitional Pain  Ultrasound in Medicine  Perioperative Medicine Professional Experience: I have over 25 years of experience in Anaesthesia. Primarily Anaesthetcs /Pain Management training were in the Northeast UK. I currently work as Consultant Anaesthetist with special interest in Orthopaedics /Spine, General including ENT & Urology Anaesthesia. I have extensive pain management experience with various fluoroscopic interventions and have pioneered use of Ultrasound in Pain Management and have been the first to introduce and use Ultrasound guided pain interventions in the Northeast UK. As course director of NUSGRA, the first center in UK to establish fresh frozen cadaver based Regional Anaesthesia and Pain courses/workshops to promote the delivery of precision- based RA/ Pain therapies by all clinicians involved in patient care. Research  STSFT – Pain Research Lead.  Principal Investigator for OIC – Opioid Induced Constipation study at STSFT 2018/19.  Principal Investigator for POPULAR study, completed with 125 recruits from CHSFT in June 2015. The multi-center study was published in 2018.  Green Shoots Awardee: Local CRN and CHSFT research department funded (2015/16) for setting up and initiating pain studies for CHSFT.  I was a sub investigator for multi centre double blind research study on “Comparison of Intermittent Boluses to Simple Continuous Infusion on Patient Global Perceived Effect in Intrathecal therapy for Pain”, which is due to complete soon. The interim analysis of the study results were presented as poster presentation at NANS ASM, 2013, USA.  Sub Investigator for research project “Assessment of effect of pulsed RF lesioning of DRG on affective & Pain components of pain in Brain by fMRI” for ethics committee approval and recruiting patients @ JCUH.  As research associate at The James Cook University Hospital, UK, I was actively involved in this study- “effect of intravenous vasopressor on spread of spinal anaesthesia and fetal acid-base equilibrium – a randomized and double blinded prospective study”. This was presented at the AAGBI annual meeting at Dublin, 2007 and published in British Journal of Anaesthesia, May 2007 as an original article. Publications  Authored chapter on “The role of Pain Management in Cancer Prehabilitation” in Springer Publication book – “Prehabilitation for Cancer Surgery” 2022  Kiran K Koneti, Naresh Rajasekar “Chronic pain Management after Surgery” original article published in the journal Surgery Oxford, April 2022 & 2025.  Naresh Rajasekar, Kiran K Koneti “Surgical Management for Chronic Pain” original article published in the journal Surgery Oxford, March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpsur.2022.03.009 a  Kiran Koneti; Joel Perfitt “Chronic Pain Management after Surgery” Original article published in the journal Surgery Oxford. 37(8):467-471, August 2019  Robert Lyons, Kiran K Koneti “Surgical Management for chronic pain” original article published in journal surgery oxford June 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpsur.2019.05.006  Chapter in book - Deer’s Treatment of Pain on “Diagnostic Cervical Nerve Root Blocks” Kiran K Koneti and Ashish Gulve 2019 (p 347 - 356) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12281-2.  DW Cooper, SC Gibb, T Meek, S Owen, MS Kokri, AT Malik, KK Koneti “effect of intravenous vasopressor on spread of spinal anaesthesia and fetal acid-base equilibrium” published in BJA, May 2007 (Br. J. Anaesth. (2007) 98 (5):649-656 doi: 10.1093/bja/aem056.)  KK Koneti, MS Jones “Management of acute pain”. Original article published in the journal “Surgery” Feb 2013, which is widely read by surgical trainees and others interested in pain.  KK Koneti, S Eldabe, A Gulve “Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation (PNFS) in management of chronic nonmalignant pain”. Published in the “Hospital Pain Management Europe” journal, May 2014.  Apart from being active in submitting articles for publication, I am a regular reviewer for PLOS – ONE and NIHR studies.

Emmanuel Boseli

Xavier Raingeval

Doctor Xavier RAINGEVAL, intensive care anaesthetist in charge of the ADRALE Training and Research Centre for Echoguided Loco-Regional Anaesthesia (LRA) at the Jouvenet Clinic in Paris, which has been welcoming trainees from all over the world for over 18 years.

Ashwani Gupta

MBBS MD FRCA ESRA-DRA

Consultant anaesthetist at Queen Elizabeth hospital, Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust, UK ESRA-DRA board member and examiner Honorary lecturer & founding Faculty member and Co-lead for the Master’s degree in regional anaesthesia offered by University of East Anglia

Shabani Majaliwa

a senior anesthesiologist with the International Committee of the Red Cross and AFSRA’s Lead for Nurse Anaesthetists.

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Ahmed Elrefaey

FRCA, DESA, EDRA, MSc, MBBCh •

Consultant Anaesthetist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Peňafrancia Cano

is an Associate Professor of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine-Philippine General Hospital. She is the one who initiated creation of the Division of Regional Anesthesia (RA) in 2017 and later the Fellowship training in RA in 2019.

Isabella Epiu

Noreddine Bouarroudj

serves as Consultant Anesthesiologist and Chief Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Clinique Maissalyne. Since 2017 he is the Director of the Masterclass of Ultrasound Guided Anesthesia and POCUS for anesthesiologists and Director of Anesthesie Club.

Fatma Sarıcaoğlu

MD

Chair at hHcettepe University Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation Born in 1969 Ankara-Turkıye Married-2 children (twins) Prof at Hacettepe University Dep. of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, ANKARA Education: Gazi University Medical Faculty ANKARA: 1993 Hacettepe University Dep.

Mohamed Tiouririne

I pursued an OB/GYN residency and obtained my DMS in 1992/93. I moved to the USA in 1996 and obtained my ECFMG certificate in 1998.

My journey started in Algeria when I graduated from INESSM in 1988. I pursued an OB/GYN residency and obtained my DMS in 1992/93. I moved to the USA in 1996 and obtained my ECFMG certificate in 1998.

Alison Ingham

Ezzat Aziz

Mohamed Mostafa

Stephan Clem

Ynineb Yacine

Chakib Rahmoun

Ali Bourezg

Abdennour Lamine

Ouichen Fatima Zohra

Mekroud Amel

Bouzid Cherif

Mokhtari Messaoud

Hemamid Habiba

Ait Mouhab Tahar

Benhamed Mohamed Amine

Bougabs Amina

Tabet Nabil

Grainat Nadia

Hamrouni Belgacem

Amziane Belkacem

Chenaker Amine

Benhocine Yacine

Sonia Lala

Afak Nsiri