Biography

Victor M Whizar-Lugo received his MD degree from Facultad de  Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Hospital General de México and his residency in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the InstitutoNacional de la Nutrición in México City. He was a Fellow at the Department of Anaesthesia, Pain Clinic at University of California Los Angeles, USA. He works in the ICU of Hospital General de  Tijuana, Instituto de Salud de Baja California, México. He has an extensive private practice in anesthesia. Is a member of the InstitutosNacionales de Salud as an associated investigator. He has been a member of numerous medical societies and received several honors and awards, and was professor of anesthesiology at Universidad NacionalAutónoma de México and Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México. He has more than 100 publications on Anesthesia, Pain, Critical Care and Internal Medicine journals/books. He was a member Editor of several journals, and was Chief Editor for the journal Anestesia en México during 6 years. He was president of Federación Mexicana de Colegios de Anestesiología AC and is the founding President of Anestesiología y Medicinadel Dolor, a free medical educative program on internet.

Research Interest

Acute pain management; Spinal Anaesthesia; Medical education on the WEB

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Fadhil K Zwer-Aliqaby, is a retired specialist in anesthesia and intensive care medicine, practicing anesthesia and critical care since 32 years in many hospitals in Iraq. Now a retired doctor with a private practice and given a lectures in many hospitals and conferences in Intensive Care topics. He edited two books (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) and (Neuromuscular Blocking drugs).

Research Interest

Intensive Care Medicine, ARDS, Type 2 DM, and Pulmonary Pathophysiology.

Biography

Viachaslau Barodka is an Assistant Professor in Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine in The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his fellowship in 2009 PGY5, ACGME Accredited Cardiothoracic Anesthesia from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He worked as PGY4, CA3 Anesthesiology Resident Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, from 2005 -2008. He worked in PGY1 General Surgery Residency North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, NY from 2004 - 2005. He completed his MD from Minsk State Medical University 1993-2000. He was Pediatric Orthopedist, Department of Orthopedics, Minsk, Belarus. He has many publications in International journals and written Book chapters. He has patents and copy rights for his Inventions. He is scientific advisor for Cre8MDI, Inc

Research Interest

Vascular stiffness; Blood transfusion; Cardiovascular physiology

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Somchai Amornyotin is Associate Professor at Mahidol University in Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Thailand Bangkok. He has written number of books and Research Articles in international peer reviewed journals.        

Research Interest

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Liver Diseases; Hemodynamics; Gastroenterology

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Dr. Rakesh Garg, MD, DNB, PGCCHM, MNAMS, FCCS is an Anesthesiologist, Intensivist, Pain and Palliative Medicine Physician. He has done Fellowship in Palliative Medicine from Institute of Palliative Medicine. He is Associate Professor at Department of Onco-Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, Pain and Palliative Medicine at Dr BRAIRCH, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India. He graduated from University College of Medical Sciences (Delhi University) and got his MD Anesthesiology from Maulana Azad Medical College (Delhi University). He got his further training from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Thereafter he joined Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital as Assistant Professor. Later on, he joined as Assistant Professor at All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India and presently promoted to Associate Professor. He has over 260 National and International Publication and authored more than 20 Chapters in books. He has delivered over 100 guest lectures and panel discussions at various National and International Conferences/CMEs/Workshops. He has conducted over50 workshops in this field. He presently, apart from Anesthesiology services, is involved in Pain medicine and Palliative care management of cancer patients. He is serving as editors, editorial board members and Reviewer for various national and International journals.

Research Interest

He has special interest in Clinical, Teaching and Research activities. He is special interest in Onco Anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine. He is involved in regional analgesia for both acute and chronic pain. He has immense research exposure in difficult airway management.

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Lt Colonel Abul Kalam Azad, classified anesthesiologist of Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is medical doctor, graduated MBBS from Sylhet Osmany Medical College in 1993. He joined Bangladesh Army in 1995, served various field hospitals as well as specialized hospitals of Bangladesh Army in different capacities. Then he obtained diploma in anesthesiology (DA) in 2003 from University of Dhaka, FCPS (Fellowship) degree from Bangladesh College of Physicians & Surgeons (BCPS) and stood first for that he awarded Gold medal (Quader-Samad Merit Award) from Bangladesh Society of Anesthesiologists (BSA). He underwent post-fellowship training from Bangladesh Shishu (Children) Hospital, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne as well as from Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney. He participated in UN peace-keeping mission in Liberia, there he provided anesthesia and intensive care towards lot of war injured distressed African patients at Level II military hospital and Phebe Hospital, Gbanga of Bong County. He is associate member of Society of Pediatric Anesthesia New Zealand & Australia (SPANZA) and member of Asian Society of Pediatric Anesthesia (ASPA). He is an international ambassador & reviewer of Acta Medica International, associate editor & reviewer of JACCOA and reviewer of APICARE Journal. He wrote several articles in various national and international journals. His area of interest is pediatric anesthesia and pain management.

Research Interest

Pediatric anesthesia and pain management

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Francesco Sgalambro is chief of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care - Quality Manager and Risk Manager at Oncology Institute of the Mediterranean - Viagrande. (Italy) Tutor of graduate school in anesthesia at the University of Catania. He was Chief of the department of anesthesia and intensive care general hospital of Lentini and the Hospital Ascoli Tomaselli of High Specialization Company Garibaldi in Catania. It was the referent of Anesthesia for Clinic Obstetrics and Thoracic Surgery at the University of Catania. He is dealing with research and innovation in management of the difficult airway.

Research Interest

Difficult Airway Management - Post operative shivering

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Lakshmi Shankar Chaturvedi is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and Senior Research Associate in the Department of Surgery, College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Genetics from SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India. He has over 14 years of experience in Genetics; cell signaling, proliferation, migration, differentiation, apoptosis and invasion. His research interests are in the area of molecular mechanism of extracellular forces in Pathophysiology and physiology of human intestinal epithelial, lung epithelial and microglial cells and as well as application of nano-medicine in colon and breast cancer. He has over 20peer-reviewed publications, review, book chapter and more than 20 abstracts presented in various national and international scientific meeting. He is life member of Indian Society of Human Genetics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Nephrology. He is reviewer of Nature (Scientific Reports), American Journal of Physiology (AJP)-Cell physiology, American Journal of Physiology (AJP)-Renal physiology and Bio-Med Research International Journal.

Research Interest

- Mechanotransduction in human epithelial (Lung and Intestine) cells and cell signaling
- Cancer, inflammation and apoptosis
- Nano-medicine and drug delivery
- Cytokines and their role in microglial cells