Aaron Lai
Malaysia
Aaron Lai (Malaysia)
Dr. Aaron Lai Kuo Huo is an emergency physician currently practicing at Sunway Medical Centre in Sunway City. He earned his undergraduate medical degree (MBBS) from the International Medical University (IMU) in 2011 and further specialized in emergency medicine at the University of Malaya (UM), where he earned a Master of Emergency Medicine (MEmMed) in 2020. Dr. Aaron’s dedication to excellence led him to complete a Fellowship in Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound under WINFOCUS (The World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound) in 2023.
Throughout his career, Dr. Aaron has held significant roles at Sarawak General Hospital and Hospital Sultan Idris Shah Serdang, making impactful contributions to emergency medicine. His contributions extend beyond clinical practice, as evidenced by his active participation in numerous local and international emergency medicine conferences. He has received accolades for his presentations on topics such as the Selantik coal mine explosion, workplace violence against frontline workers in the emergency department and an innovation in trauma resuscitation.
Dr. Aaron’s scholarly endeavours have resulted in publications in international peer-reviewed journals and recognition for innovative teaching approaches, particularly in the gamification of point-of-care ultrasound training within the medical curriculum.
Adi Osman
Malaysia
Adi Osman (Malaysia)
Dr Adi Osman, MD
Senior Consultant Emergency Medicine & ED Critical Care
Resuscitation & Emergency Critical Care Unit,Trauma & Emergency Department, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh Perak
Malaysia
Dr Adi Osman is currently a Senior Consultant Emergency Physician and ED Critical Care in Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh, Malaysia. He obtained his M. Med (EM) in 2003 and fellowship in Critical Care and fellowship in Critical Care Ultrasound in Milan Italy in 2011.Dr Adi has been a past WINFOCUS board of directors (2012 – 2023) and current associate editor for The Ultrasound Journal Springer Nature since 2014. He is currently serves as a national coordinator for emergency critical care fellowship program, ministry of health Malaysia and director for emergency & trauma services, state of Perak, Malaysia. He is one of the appointed supervisors for European Diploma in Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography (EDEC) organized by European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). His current research interests and publications include non-invasive ventilation, airway ultrasound, resuscitative TEE in critical care and ultrasound-guided procedures.
Abstract
Ultrasound in Airway Management
Upper airway ultrasound is a valuable, non-invasive, simple, and portable point of care ultrasound (POCUS) for evaluation of airway management even in anatomy distorted by pathology or trauma. Ultrasound enables us to identify important sonoanatomy of the upper airway such as thyroid cartilage, epiglottis, cricoid cartilage, cricothyroid membrane, tracheal cartilages, and esophagus. Understanding this applied sonoanatomy facilitates clinician to use ultrasound in assessment of airway anatomy for difficult intubation, ETT and LMA placement and depth, assessment of airway size, ultrasound-guided invasive procedures such as percutaneous needle cricothyroidotomy and tracheostomy, prediction of postextubation stridor and left double-lumen bronchial tube size, and detecting upper airway pathologies. Widespread POCUS awareness, better technological advancements, portability, and availability of ultrasound in most critical areas facilitate upper airway ultrasound to become the potential first-line non-invasive airway assessment tool in the future.
Ahmad Zulkarnain
Malaysia
Ahmad Zulkarnain (Malaysia)
He obtained his MBBS in 2007 and Master of Emergency Medicine in 2014 at University of Malaya (UM). He is a senior lecturer in Academic Unit Emergency Medicine Faculty of Medicine UM and consultant emergency physician in Department of Emergency Medicine University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). He also the council member of College of Emergency Physicians (CEP) Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (AAM) and the representative of Specialty Conjoint Committee for Emergency Medicine (SCCEM). He has special interest in Emergency Airway Education & Management and member of Clinical Airway Skill Training in Emergency Room (castER) of Malaysia.
Alistair McNarry
United Kingdom
Alistair McNarry (United Kingdom)
Dr Alistair F. McNarry
Consultant Anaesthetist, NHS Lothian
Alistair McNarry is a consultant anaesthetist in Edinburgh, UK and his interest and clinical practice in airway management ranges from awake intubation to apnoeic oxygenation and everything in between. In 2016 he was appointed the UKs first Airway Lead’s Coordinator, a joint post between the Difficult Airway Society and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, which he demitted in 2023. In this post he was able to promote his real passion of improving airway safety wherever and whenever an airway is managed.
He has held various posts within the Difficult Airway Society and has had the privilege of being an author on three published DAS Guidelines. In addition, he has over 50 published works and has authored 4 book chapters. He has lectured around the world both in person and virtually from Dublin to Kuwait including to an audience of 48,000 at a virtual meeting of the International Airway Management Society. In his spare time he is an Associate Editor for the European Journal of Anaesthesia and has been abstract coordinator at the World Airway Management Meetings in 2015 and 2019, and where he would be delighted to see many of the delegates in 2025.
Angela Chong
Malaysia
Angela Chong (Malaysia)
Dr. Angelina Chong Swee Ching
General Anaesthesiologist
Sarawak Heart Centre
Profile: I obtained my M.D from Udayana University, Bali in 2012 and subsequently worked in Sarawak General Hospital as a medical officer. I’ve completed my postgraduate training in Master of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care in University Malaya (UM) and am currently serving as a general anaesthesiologist in Sarawak Heart Centre. I’m also the current president of the Sarawak Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Society (PERKAS), providing BLS and ALS training for the public and medical staff. With regards to anaesthesia, I great interests in regional anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, point of care ultrasound and airway management. In my free time, I enjoy spinning and yoga classes, as well as muay thai and boxing classes.
Betty Lee Leh Sieng
Malaysia
Betty Lee Leh Sieng (Malaysia)
Dr Betty Lee Leh Sieng
Anaesthetist, Sibu Hospital
Dr Betty Lee Leh Sieng worked as head of department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Sibu Hospital which is the referral centre and also the lead hospital of cluster hospitals for central zone of Sarawak. She obtained her medical degree from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 2009 and obtained her doctor of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care in UKM in 2017. She is active in training of airway management in her local centre. She has organized the first advanced airway workshop for central zone of Sarawak in 2022 and the first basic airway workshop for paramedics and medical officers in central zone of Sarawak in 2023.
Brian Rhadamantyne Ramon
Malaysia
Brian Rhadamantyne Ramon (Malaysia)
Name: Dr Brian Rhadamantyne Ramon
Qualification: MD (UNIMAS); M.MED ANAESTHESIA (UPM)
Place of Work: HOSPITAL MIRI (since 2022)
Working history: Involve in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care since 2009
Area of Interest: Regional Anesthesia and Airway Management
Objective during this coming course: To learn and have hands-on on airway management; applied it in my daily practice and disseminate the knowledge to local hospital and surrounding health care provider
Chan Yoo Kuen
Malaysia
Chan Yoo Kuen (Malaysia)
Prof Chan Yoo Kuen
Consultant Obstetric Anesthesiologist
University of Malaya Medical Centre
Malaysia
Dr YK Chan is currently an honorary professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. Having spent a lifetime training medical students and postgraduate students in the science and art of medicine, she has spent a fair amount of her time looking after the obstetric patient especially those who are considered high risk for morbidity and mortality.
She believes that good care for this set of patients involves looking at a holistic approach covering aspects of compatible medical policies and systems, practicing within recommended international guidelines and training practitioners to the highest standards.
In this regard she is not only a Council member of the Academy of Medicine, Malaysia, but also a committee member of the Obstetric Anesthesia discipline in the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists (WFSA). She has trained many obstetric anesthesiologists from less developed countries in collaboration with the WFSA and continues to be an international player in that field.
Abstract
Key Issues in Managing the Parturient’s Airway
The difficult to handle airway is 10 times more often encountered in the obstetric population than the normal female population. The push away from GA has seen this less of an issue, and the greater emphasis on a working epidural plus the use of regional anesthesia even for emergency situations have eased the burden further. Obesity can heighten the risk, but the use of appropriate positioning and video laryngoscopy have helped. As the collective experience with handling the obstetric airway recedes, it is important to have policies with respect to ensuring a well-trained team is always at hand.
Chan Weng Ken
Malaysia
Chan Weng Ken (Malaysia)
Dr Chan Weng Ken is an active clinical anesthesiologist at The National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia). His special interest lies in airway management, cardiothoracic and regional anaesthesia. He has a Doctor of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care degree from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and a Fellowship of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland. Dr Ken also pursues the European Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia & Acute Pain Management from the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy.
Dr Ken is passionate about education and research, contributing to advancing knowledge and practice in the field. He has published multiple articles and presented in prestigious journals and conferences, covering topics such as airway management, pediatric anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, and digital technology. His main goal is to improve the quality and safety of anaesthesia services, enhance the patient experience, and achieve better outcomes.
Chong Shin Yuet
Singapore
Chong Shin Yuet (Singapore)
Dr Chong Shin Yuet
Senior Consultant, Department of Anaesthesia
Singapore General Hospital / Sengkang General Hospital
Singapore
Dr Chong Shin Yuet is a senior consultant working in the Singapore General Hospital’s and Sengkang General Hospital’s Departments of Anaesthesia and is currently the Director of Paediatric Anaesthesia Service. A passionate educator, she is the Lead for Simulation Education in the SingHealth Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Sciences ACP and is also the Campus Director for SGH in SIMS (Singhealth- Duke NUS Institute for Medical Simulation). She is one of the core faculty in the SingHealth Anaesthesiology Residency Programme and is also a member of the international faculty who teach the Master Debriefer Course at the Debriefing Academy. She leads a team of enthusiastic simulationists who run in situ simulation workshops in the operating theatre and critical care areas for interprofessional team training in crisis management. They have also used process-oriented in situ simulation as a tool to test out new facilities and improve work processes and patient care within the hospital. She was also recently involved in a quality improvement project to introduce clinical debriefing in the operating theatre.
Abstract
Playing it Safe: Gamification Strategies for Teaching Airway Management
This presentation explores the diverse innovative gamification strategies tailored for the teaching of airway management skills. These can range from low-cost approaches such as adapting familiar games and creating escape rooms, to designing realistic high-tech virtual simulation scenarios. The interactive nature of serious games facilitates risk-free skill refinement and knowledge assessment, and trains time-sensitive decision making (particularly valued in airway management). Incorporating multiplayer features encourages collaborative problem-solving and effective communication within the healthcare team. Serious games offer a dynamic engaging platform for anaesthesiologists to enhance their proficiency in airway management, ultimately contributing to improved patient safety and healthcare outcomes.
Edwin Seet
Singapore
Edwin Seet (Singapore)
Dr Edwin Seet, MBBS (Singapore), M.Med (Anaesthesia), FAMS (Singapore)
Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist
Private Practice
Singapore
Dr Edwin Seet is a Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist in Singapore and is the current President of the College of Anaesthesiologists, Singapore. His past academic appointments held include Adjunct Associate Professor with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (National University of Singapore), Associate Professor with Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Nanyang Technological University), member of the Anaesthesiology Residency Advisory Committee and Master of Medicine (Anaesthesia) Examination Committee.
Administratively, Edwin was Clinical Head of the Anaesthesia department at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (2014-2019), Operating Theatre Committee Chairman of Yishun Health (2017-2019), Clinical Director of the Office of Clinical Governance (2019-2021), Clinical Director of Patient Relations Services (2021-2022), and Chairman of the JCI Steering Committee (2020-2022).
Dr Seet completed a clinical fellowship in Ambulatory Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine with the University Health Network (University of Toronto, Canada) under an inaugural Ministry of Health scholarship in 2008. He has research interests and publications in obstructive sleep apnoea, airway management, pain adjuvants, preoperative evaluation and geriatric anaesthesia; with more than 80 peer reviewed publications.
Abstract
OSA and Perioperative Management of the Difficult Airway
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is prevalent in patients presenting for surgery, particularly in patients with obesity and those scheduled for bariatric procedures. Over half of patients with OSA may be unrecognized prior to anaesthesia, putting these vulnerable patients at risk of perioperative adverse events.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine, Canadian Anesthesia Society and others have published clinical guidelines pertaining to the perioperative management of OSA. Uptodate.com has also summarised the evidence and provided pointers for the practicing Anaesthesiologists. These serve to reduce complications in surgical patients with OSA.
The lecture will explore the current published literature and evidence; review the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative management of patients with OSA, including evaluation, diagnosis, risk mitigation and monitoring. In particular, OSA and the difficult airway will be discussed.
Elise Wong Chui King
Malaysia
Elise King (Malaysia)
Dr Elise Wong Chui King
Emergency physician
Hospital Tunku Azizah
Dr Elise Wong Chui King is an emergency physician based in Paediatric emergency department Hospital Tunku Azizah and emergency department of Hospital Kuala Lumpur. She completed her postgraduate training at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and obtained the title Doctor of Emergency Medicine DR.EM.MED.(UKM) in year 2022. She is an instructor for advanced life support course and her special interest is in the field of critical care medicine.
Ellen O’Sullivan
Ireland
Ellen O’Sullivan (Ireland)
Prof Ellen O’Sullivan, FRCA,FCAI, FCPSP FCANECSASt James’s Hospital & Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
- Anaesthesiologist with interest in anaesthesia for ENT, Head & Neck & maxillofacial surgery
- Director of National Fellowship in Anaesthesia for Advanced Airway Management & Simulation
- Past President College of Anaesthetists of Ireland, CAI, & Lead Airway Advisor for CAI
- Past President Difficult Airway Society (DAS) & now International Liaison Officer DAS
- Member ASA TF Airway Guidelines & PUMA Task Force
- Exec Director World Alliance for Airway Management (WAAM) & Co-Chair, WAMM 1&2 & 3
- Published more than 100 scientific papers with h-Index 29, & with > 100 citations.
Fauzia Mir
United Kingdom
Dr Fauzia Mir (United Kingdom)
Dr Fauzia Mir
Consultant Anaesthetist
St Georges Hospital, London
United Kingdom
I am a consultant Anaesthetist at St Georges Hospital, London. My interest in difficult airway management and anaesthesia for airway surgery began at an early stage in my career and has continued to grow. I led the organization of the DAS 2017 meeting in London and was in the organising committee for WAMM in 2019 and co organised the DAS ASM 2020 and the Annual DAS 2021 webinar. I am a regular faculty in advanced airway courses regionally, nationally, and internationally. I am a co-author of the DAS Awake Tracheal intubation guidelines launched in November 2018 and in the working groip for the DAS Intubation guidelines 2025. I have an interest in HFNO, Jet Ventilation and Airway management in trauma.
Glen Tan Chiang Hong
Malaysia
Glen Tan Chiang Hong (Malaysia)
Dr Glen Tan Chiang Hong
Emergency Physician @ Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) Klang
Dr. Glen is an Emergency Physician serving in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR), Klang. He completed his Masters in Emergency Medicine (MMed) from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2019. He has also served in Sarawak General Hospital’s Emergency Department and also Kuching Divisional Health Division Flying Doctor Services. He has keen interest in airway management, regional anaesthesia and ventilator care management.
Imran Ahmad
United Kingdom
Imran Ahmad (United Kingdom)
I am a Consultant at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, where I am the Deputy Clinical Director. I have a specialist interest in difficult airway management and I am the clinical lead for airway management at the Trust and was the education lead for the Guy’s advanced airway fellowship for over 10 years. I am the President of the Difficult Airway Society (DAS) UK, having been the Honorary Secretary and I have been a DAS committee member for 13 years. I am also an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London.
I have over 3000 citations and 100 peer reviewed publications which include three DAS guidelines (intubation guidelines, ATI guidelines and post thyroidectomy haematoma guidelines). The 2015 DAS Guidelines paper was awarded the top cited airway paper ever by BJA in its 100 year history. I have also been awarded ‘Anaesthesia Journal paper of the year 2020’ for the Intubate COVID study and 2nd ranked paper in 2022 for the AEROCOMP study and many commendations for top downloaded and cited papers of the year awards.
I have contributed to numerous airway management books, including Hagberg & Benumhof’s Airway Management book, Core Topics in Airway management and Virtual Endoscopy and 3D reconstructions in the airways.
Kariem El-Boghdadly
United Kingdom
Kariem El-Boghdadly (United Kingdom)
Professor Kariem El-Boghdadly
Consultant, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Cleveland Clinic London
Kariem is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Cleveland Clinic London, as well as an Honorary Reader at King’s College London. He is the Clinical Service Lead as well as the Research and Development Lead for Theatres, Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’. His interests include regional anaesthesia, airway management, perioperative medicine and research delivery. He is the Scientific Officer for the Difficult Airway Society, Senior Editor of Anaesthesia Journal; developed multiple innovations for practice; has written four books and multiple book chapters; and is very well-published in peer-reviewed literature. Kariem was awarded the 2022 Featherstone Professorship by the Association of Anaesthetists and the 2024 Dudley-Buxton Prize by the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
Mohamed Hassan Ariff
Malaysia
Mohamed Hassan Ariff (Malaysia)
Dr Mohamed Hassan Ariff attended Jelutong Primary and Secondary School, and Penang Free School. He received Colombo Plan Scholarship from the Australian Government and graduated in medicine (MBBS) from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
He obtained the fellowship in Anaesthesia from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FFARCSI). He was the Head of Anaesthesia, Medical Faculty, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Kubang Kerian, Kelantan. His subspecialty in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and clinical perfusion at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia. He is the Chief of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute) since inception till 2011. Presently holds the post of Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist there.
Ft Mohamed Hassan was awarded the Fellow of Academy of Medicine Malaysia, Fellow National Heart Association of Malaysia and Fellow of ASEAN College of Cardiology.
Mohammad Haizar Khan
Malaysia
Mohammad Haizar Khan(Malaysia)
Dr Mohd Haizar Khan graduated with a masters in Anaesthesiology and Critical Care from the National University of Malaysia in 2015, and has since served as an anaesthesiologist and critical care specialist in Sarawak General Hospital. He has interest in airway management, obstetrics and bariatric anaesthesia. Alongside his clinical duties, he is actively involved in Basic and Advanced Life Support Training, serving as an elected Sarawak state liaison for the National Committee of Resuscitation Training (NCORT) under the Malaysia Ministry of Health.
Mohd Fahmi bin Lukman
Malaysia
Mohd Fahmi bin Lukman (Malaysia)
Assoc Prof Dr Mohd Fahmi bin Lukman
Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Department of Anaesthesia
Tuanku Mizan Armed Forces Hospital, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Graduating with a Doctor of Medicine and Master of Medicine (Anaesthesiology) qualifications from the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Dr. Mohd Fahmi bin Lukman is a consultant anaesthesiologist at the Tuanku Mizan Armed Forces Hospital and an associate professor at National Defence University of Malaysia. His research focuses on airway management and neuroanaesthesia. He is also the co-author of various books related to anaesthesia, resuscitation, and pain management. He is the inventor of IComPBag, a multiple award-winning inflatable positioning device that is widely available in the market now.
Abstract
Airway Innovation – Airway Trauma
Airway management in patients with direct trauma to the airway is among the most challenging problems for anaesthesiologists. Management of the patient varies according to the time, the availability of resources and the difficulties anticipated. It is best to secure the airway early whenever signs of active and impending obstruction are identified or there is doubt about the extent of the injuries. In no-time-available conditions, patients may present in extremis, hence the basic approach is the same as for patients without airway trauma. If time available and difficult airway is anticipated, there is time to consider different approaches and to prepare accordingly. If time available and difficult airway is not anticipated, standard RSII could be used.
Problem based Learning Discussions – Challenging Airway Management for Trainees
In this session, the trainees will be exposed with airway problems to solve and a structured approach to solving it. The main objectives of this session are to develop group learning practices, assist trainees in understanding and learning wide variety of specific difficult airway situations, enhance their understanding in context sensitive airway management concept as every difficult airway situation is indeed different, and support trainees in gaining skills for problem-solving and reasoning that they will be able to apply in their professional lives as an anaesthesiologist and airway manager.
Mohd Fahmi Zakariah
Malaysia
Mohd Fahmi Zakariah (Malaysia)
Dr Mohd Fahmi Zakariah is a Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Pain Interventionist at Gleneagles Hospital Medini, Johor Bahru, Johor in Malaysia. His specialty is in Anaesthesiology and sub specialty in pain management. Dr Mohd Fahmi obtained his fellowship in interventional pain, sports and regenerative medicine from Intervention Pain & Spine Center, India in 2022. He is a member of Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists and Malaysian Society of Interventional Pain Practitioners.
Muhammad Maaya
Malaysia
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Maaya (Malaysia)
Assoc Prof Dr Muhammad Maaya is a senior lecturer and consultant anesthesiologist in the Dept of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
He obtained his medical degree from University of Manchester, England in 1996 and Final FRCA (Fellow Royal College of Anaesthetists, UK) in 2004. He returned to Malaysia in 2005 and has been serving in UKM ever since then.
He has facilitated and lectured in various anaesthetic-related workshops in Malaysia which includes Total Intravenous Anaesthesia and Airway Management Workshops. He is a committee member of both the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists and College of Anaesthesiologist of Malaysia. Also, he is an American Heart Association-certified Advanced Cardiac Life Support trainer and training faculty member, overseeing and monitoring new ACLS providers and instructors.
Nadia Md Nor
Malaysia
Assoc Prof Dr Nadia Md Nor (Malaysia)
Dr Nadia Md Nor is currently a senior lecturer and consultant anaesthesiologist at the Department of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). She graduated with a medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, in 1997. In 2006 she obtained her Masters in Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care from UKM. She has since worked in Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (HCTM), UKM. She is an examiner for the university’s Part 1 and Part 2 Masters in Anaesthesiology and Critical Care exams.
Her special interests include airway and pain management. She is currently the head of the Pain Management Unit of the department. She has been involved in national and international airway workshops and conferences, as committee member, speaker and facilitator. In 2010, she had a short stint in Ruetlingen, Germany, under the tutelage of Prof Dr Frederick Puhringer, where she had intensive sessions in learning to use the CMAC videolaryngoscope and Bonfils Intubation Endoscope.
She has guided trainees in the Masters of Anaesthesiology program, in writing up their dissertations with regards airway management. She and her colleagues have guided trainees in the management of various challenging airway scenarios, where HCTM is an otorhinolaryngology referral centre for difficult airways.
Nicholas Lee Kwan Tuck
Malaysia
Nicholas Lee Kwan Tuck (Malaysia)
Dr Nicholas Lee Kwan Tuck
Anaesthesiologist
Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur
Dr. Nicholas Lee Kwan Tuck is an anaesthesiologist at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, a leading quaternary specialist hospital in Malaysia. With a focus on advancing patient care and medical advancements, Dr. Lee actively collaborates with Otolaryngology and Facial Maxillofacial Surgery (OFMS) and Otorhinolaryngology teams to enhance skills in Airway, Head, and Neck surgery. Dr. Lee’s commitment extends to comprehensive patient care, evident through vital contributions to the hospital’s sleep study and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) management multidisciplinary team.
With special interest in transplant anaesthesia, Dr. Lee focuses on renal transplants weekly and occasionally partakes in liver transplant procedures, gaining valuable insights into complex surgical cases and perioperative strategies. Dr Lee also contributes to the perioperative medicine and anaesthesia preoperative clinic committee.
An advocate for education, Dr. Tuck actively engages in medical simulation education, mentoring undergraduates, and contributing to national-level simulation training programs.
Paulo San Pedro
Philippines
Paulo San Pedro (Philippines)
Paulo San Pedro had his medical education and anesthesiology training at University of the Philippines: Philippine General Hospital. He has a lifetime experience on airway management as a provider and a recipient. At a young age, a patient who has received several intubation (including elective, emergency, paralyzed, awake and RSI. He is an airway enthusiast and has given hundreds of lectures in various events regarding this topic. He is the founding president of the Philippine Airway Management Society. He is the director of Airway Academy, an airway management course performed on live animals. His clinical practice mainly involves airway management of difficult airways. Mostly he is called in to manage failed airways around the country.
Puteri Nurul Diyana
Malaysia
Puteri Nurul Diyana (Malaysia)
Dr Puteri Nurul Diyana Binti Ahmad Ainuddin
Anaesthetist
Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching Sarawak
Dr Puteri Nurul Diyana obtained her MBBS Degree from International Islamic University Malaysia and Master Degree in Anaesthesiology from University Malaya.
She previously worked in Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah Alor Setar, before pursuing her Master Degree in University Malaya Medical Center.
Her interest is in airway management.
Rafidah Atan
Malaysia
Rafidah Atan (Malaysia)
Dr Rafidah bt Atan
Intensivist, Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya
Rafidah Atan is Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya and Consultant Intensivist in the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre. Rafidah is a simulation enthusiast and frequently convenes simulation workshops, as well as accepting speaking engagements on this topic. She was a member of the protem committee in setting up the Malaysian Society for Simulation in Healthcare (MaSSH) and thereafter was its Vice Chairman from 2019 to 2021. Her experience and leadership in simulation combines well with her other passion – teaching and promoting Patient Safety and crisis management skills to medical undergraduates and other healthcare professionals. After joining Universiti Malaya, she was appointed Lead of the Writing Committee for the National Postgraduate Medical Curriculum: Patient Safety Core Curriculum that was released in 2021. She was entrusted to develop and deliver the Patient Safety component during the Pre-intern (PRINT) training period as part of Universiti Malaya Medical Programme (UMMP) in 2020. She is currently the UMMP coordinator for the Anaesthesia Rotation and through this appointment continues to integrate patient safety, crisis management skills and simulation-based training into the Acute Medicine posting.
Rhendra Hardy Mohd Zaini
Malaysia
Assoc Prof Dr Rhendra Hardy Mohd Zaini (Malaysia)
Graduated from Master in Medicine (Anaesthesiology) in 2002, currently a senior lecturer and clinical consultant in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive care in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) in Kubang Kerian Kelantan, Malaysia.
Hold the post of Operation Theatre Coordinator for 10 years
Examiners for Conjoint exam of Master of Medicine (Anaesthesiology)
Have done attachment in
1. Regional block in in Sriraj Hospital, Thailand.
2. Airway management in Aneasthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum am Steinenberg, Ermstalklinik Bad Urach, Kreiskliniken Reutlingen, Germany
Special interest
1. Airway management
2. Regional anaesthesia
3. Peri-operative medicine
Samuel Tsan Ern Hung
Malaysia
Samuel Tsan Ern Hung (Malaysia)
Dr Samuel Ern Hung Tsan
Consultant Anaesthesiologist, University of Malaysia Sarawak
Dr Samuel Ern Hung Tsan is a consultant neuroanaesthesiologist and neurointensivist at the University of Malaysia Sarawak and Sarawak General Hospital. He has a Master of Anaesthesiology with Distinction from University of Malaya, and he is also a Fellow with the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland. He completed his neuroanaesthesiology and neurointensive care fellowship In St George’s Hospital in London, United Kingdom. He has a keen interest in airway management and has published multiple research in this area. In addition, he is passionate about, and has been heavily involved in the teaching of airway management among junior doctors.
Sanah Mohtar
Malaysia
Sanah Mohtar (Malaysia)
Dr Sanah Mohtar is a paediatrics anaesthesiologist currently based in Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching Sarawak, Malaysia. She obtained her medical degree (MBBS) from University of Malaya in August 2000 and subsequently qualified as anaesthesiologist from University Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2009. She pursued her subspeciality training in paediatric anaesthesia under Ministry of Health in 2012 and subsequently gazetted as paediatric anaesthethesiogist in 2015. She has special interest in TIVA and had involved in various TIVA workshops as facilitator. Her other interests are thoracic anaesthesia and airway management; and point of care ultrasound. Academically, she actively engaged in mentoring postgraduates training in anaesthesia and appointed as Honorary Lecturer of medical faculty of local universities.
Shahridan Mohd Fathil
Malaysia
Shahridan Mohd Fathil (Malaysia)
Dr Shahridan bin Mohd Fathil obtained his MBBS from the University of Malaya in 1996. He underwent anaesthesia training initially in Malaysia, and then Ireland and England. He has also completed a Regional Anaesthesia Fellowship in Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia. He was appointed as a consultant and later senior consultant in Alexandra and Ng Teng Fong General hospitals, Singapore for nearly six years until April 2017. He was also appointed as clinical senior lecturer with NUS Yoong Loo Lin School of Medicine and was the trainer for the basic and advanced regional anaesthesia modules of the NUHS Anaesthesiology Residency at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. He is a consultant anaesthesiologist in Gleneagles Medini Hospital, Malaysia. His passions are ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia and point-of-care ultrasound. He has been on humanitarian relief work in post-disaster missions in Indonesia, Philippines and Pakistan as well as quality assurance relief work in Malawi. He was helping with the efforts post tsunami and earthquake in Palu, Sulawesi, spent 6 weeks with Medicins Sans Frontiere in the East Mosul project in Iraq and about 2 weeks in the Malaysian foeld Hospital at Cox Bazar, Bangladesh.
Sophia Chew
Singapore
A/Prof Sophia Chew (Singapore)
A/Prof Sophia Chew obtained her MBBS from the National University of Singapore and subsequently trained to be an anesthesiologist. She obtained the MMED(Anaesthesia) from the National University of Singapore and the Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthestists (FANZCA). She did a fellowship training in cardiac anaesthesia at the Duke University Medical Centre in the United States of America.
A/Prof Chew currently practises at the Singapore General Hospital and is the Director of Research at the Division of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine. She is also the Academic Deputy Vice-Chair, Research, SingHealth Duke-NUS Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Sciences Academic Clinical Programme. Her research interests include safety outcomes after cardiac surgery, airway management, aging and perioperative medicine. She has published several peer reviewed papers in highly acclaimed journals.
A/Prof Chew is the President, Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists and the Bursar, Academy of Medicine. She previously served as the President, College of Anaesthesiologists and chaired the Sedation Guidelines Committee, Ministry of Health, Singapore.
Tan Leng Zoo
Singapore
Dr Tan Leng Zoo (Singapore)
Dr Tan Leng Zoo
Anaesthesiologist
Private Practice
Singapore
Dr Tan Leng Zoo is an anaesthesiologist in private practice in Singapore with his own company distributing airway devices.
He has a special interest in airway management and completed a one-year airway fellowship in 2013 at Toronto General Hospital with Professor Richard Cooper. Upon his return, he established and became the director of the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Airway Fellowship Programme, which took in its inaugural fellow in 2015.
Dr Tan was an adjunct assistant professor at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, a clinical teacher and core tutor at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and the airway module supervisor for the National Healthcare Group residency programme, for which he received a residency teaching excellence award in 2016.
He was one of the 2 founding course directors of “The Difficult Adult Airway Course” in its 4 renditions since 2014 and continued as faculty in its new expanded iteration “The National Airway Programme of Singapore” from 2018.
Dr Tan was the immediate past Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists Airway Special Interest Group lead and a current active member.
He has published several articles on supraglottic airways, given airway-related talks annually and received a number of hospital grants to pursue airway research.
Abstract
Advances in Supraglottic Airways
In this Symposium on “Advances in Supraglottic Airways”, Dr Tan Leng Zoo will be introducing the latest developments in supraglottic airways (SGA) featuring quality improvement and patient safety. He will be highlighting the world’s first 2nd-generation reinforced SGA and its novel features then discuss about the next step in evolution of the SGA- video SGAs, of which at least 3 are already available commercially but yet to become widely adopted just like video laryngoscopes when they first came out but subsequently has become almost the standard of care during intubation akin to ultrasound use for insertion of central venous catheters.
Teo Shu Ching
Malaysia
Teo Shu Ching (Malaysia)
Dr Teo Shu Ching
Head of Department and Consultant Paediatric Anaesthesiologist, Sarawak General Hospital
Graduated from University of Western Ontario (partnership with IMU) 2000. Passed Master of Medicine (Anaesthesiology) (National University of Singapore) in 2005. Worked in Sarawak General Hospital and Sibu Hospital before I joined Hospital Kuala Lumpur for Paediatric anaesthesia training in 2009. Underwent training in Birmingham’s Children Hospital for a year in 2010 before returning to Sarawak General Hospital till now. Special interest in TIVA, EEG monitoring and regional blocks in children.
Terence Siew
Malaysia
Terence Siew (Malaysia)
I obtained my medical degree from the University of Indonesia in 2012, and subsequently served as a medical officer in Sarawak General Hospital and Kapit Hospital. I then completed my post-graduate training in Master of Medicine (Anaesthesiology and Critical Care) in Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2023. Currently I’m serving as an anesthetist in Hospital Sibu. I have special interests in point of care ultrasound and difficult airway management.
Theodore Wong
Singapore
Theodore Wong (Singapore)
Dr Theodore Wong
Senior Consultant
Dept Of Anesthesiology
Singapore General Hospital
Dr Ted Wong is a senior consultant anesthesiologist at the Singapore General Hospital. Born, raised and trained in Canada, after completing his neuroanesthesia fellowship in London, Ontario, Canada – he has spent the last 25 years in Singapore gaining extensive experience in airway management for head and neck surgeries and evaluating various airway adjuncts. He heads the airway group at Singapore General Hospital and has been instrumental in evaluating and procuring airway adjuncts, developing and stocking the airway carts and developing and stocking FONA (front of neck access) kits for all anesthetic sites. He is presently platform director of critical care and anesthesia workshops – SGH Surgical Skills Center, which includes the FACT workshop (Fundamentals in Airway and Central line Training), the advanced airway workshop – primarily teaching basic and advanced skills in fiberoptic use. In 2018 Dr Wong managed to amalgamate the anesthesia airway workshops among the public hospitals in Singapore to direct and run the inaugural National Airway Programme Singapore (NAPS) and its most recent iteration under the affiliation of the WCA 2024 as a pre-congress workshop. Dr Wong has published various articles in airway management and has given numerous talks and conducted workshops both locally and internationally on the management of difficult airways.
Vladimir Nekhendzy
United States
Vladimir Nekhendzy (United States)
Prof Vladimir Nekhendzy, M.D., FASA
Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
United States
Vladimir Nekhendzy, M.D., FASA is Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and, by courtesy, Otolaryngology at the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Nekhendzy has been Director of Stanford Head and Neck Anesthesia and Advanced Airway Management Program since its inception in 1998 and directs a fellowship program in this subspecialty. He lectures extensively nationally and internationally, has authored over 25 peer reviewed publications and over 15 book chapters, and has directed over 60 U.S. and international workshops on difficult airway management. He has directed annual Stanford Advanced Airway Course since its inception in 2012.
Dr. Nekhendzy’s clinical research focuses on different aspects of advanced airway management and head and neck anesthesia, including application of THRIVE for complex laryngologic surgery, anesthetic management for sleep apnea patients, and on the use of non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (transcranial electrostimulation) for postoperative pain relief.
Most recent interests include the development of next generation image-guided, robotic-assisted airway management devices for difficult tracheal intubation.
Dr. Nekhendzy is a founding member, Past President, and current Board Member at Large of the international Society for Head and Neck Anesthesia (SHANA, www.shanahq.com).
Abstracts
Artificial Intelligence and Airway Management
This lecture will cover the development of the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in airway management over the last decade and most recent advances towards developing AI-enabled, image-guided robotic tracheal intubation. The rationale for the development of new, next generation, precision airway management devices and techniques will be discussed.
Airway Management in Head and Neck Cancers
This state-of-the-art update will focus on the topics of safe performance of nasotracheal intubation, the value of preoperative endoscopic airway examination and the intraoperative use of THRIVE (Transnasal Humidified Rapid-Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange) for selected head and neck surgical procedures.
Zhang Jinbin
Singapore
Zhang Jinbin (Singapore)
Dr Zhang Jinbin
Senior Consultant, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore
Dr. Zhang graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2005 before obtaining her Masters in Medicine, MMED (Anaesthesiology) in 2012. She went on to complete a one-year fellowship in difficult airway management in Dalhousie University, Halifax Canada in 2013.
Since returning from her fellowship, Dr. Zhang has been actively engaging in difficult airway management education and research. Apart from being the airway lead in her department, Dr. Zhang is also the current Lead of the Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists’ Airway Special Interest Group. She is part of the local faculty for numerous airway workshops, including the annual National Airway Program Singapore, for which she was the program director in 2021. She has also been invited as a speaker and faculty at international conferences and airway workshops.
Dr. Zhang has co-authored chapters for textbooks on difficult airway management. She keeps her clinical worklife interesting by dabbling in simple airway research and is still constantly learning from her colleagues and trying new airway techniques to keep up with the times.
Dr. Zhang is the current Lead of the Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists’ Airway Special Interest Group
Abstract
Supraglottic Airways: From Resuscitation to Rescue
Since the invention of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) by Dr Archie Brain, the LMA has been ubiquitous in our anaesthetic practice. The term ‘supraglottic airway’ now encompasses airway devices that are designed to form a seal above the laryngeal inlet. Improvements in design and function of supraglottic airways have allowed airway practitioners to push the envelope in airway management, using the devices in a multitude of situations. This talk aims to summarise the current roles of supraglottic airways in prehospital resuscitation, surgeries and emergency airway rescue during a ‘cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate’ crisis.
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