Meet the minds making paediatric anaesthesia safer, kinder, brighter.
Your guide to the keynote speakers, workshop faculty and invited international collaborators joining CMC Vellore for ASPA & IAPA 2026 — the premier international conference on paediatric anaesthesia in Asia.
13 pre-conference workshops
Hands-on sessions covering airway, regional anaesthesia, POCUS, simulation, AI and more — September 10.
International & National faculty
Invited speakers from Asia, Europe and North America — bringing global perspectives to paediatric anaesthesia.
Special interest groups
Parallel SIG sessions on cardiac anaesthesia, pain management, crisis management, cleft care and patient pathway.
Safety-first science
Airway, crisis, transfers and systems
Hands-on workshops
Regional, POCUS, simulation and PPLS
Education with warmth
Leadership, publication, AI and mentoring
Global child-centred care
Faculty from Asia, Europe and North America
international
Agnes NG
Senior Consultant
international
AKI UEMURA
Head of the Dep. of Anesthesiology
international
Angela Yeo Siok Hoong
Senior Consultant Paediatric Anaesthesiologist
international
Anjali Poudel
Anesthesiologist
international
Anju Anne Bendon
Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist and Royal College Tutor
international
Ayse Cigdem Tutuncu
Professor and Consultant Anaesthesiologist
international
Ayuko Igarashi, MD, PhD
Anaesthesiologist-in-Chief and Vice Director
international
Benoît A C BEAUVE
Consultant paediatric anaesthetist
international
BERRIN ISIK
Consultant Anaesthesiologist
international
Demet Altun Bingöl
Professor
international
Dilek Altun
Associate Professor and Consultant Anaesthesiologist
international
Duygu Kara, M.D
Professor and Paediatric Anaesthesiologist
international
Faye Mazo Evans
Associate Professor in Anaesthesia
international
Felicia S K Lim
Doctor, former Professor of Anaesthesia
international
Fredy Ariza
Anesthesiologist
international
Genevieve D’souza, MD, FASA
Clinical Professor
international
Gezy Giwangkancana
Consultant Anesthesiologist
international
Giuseppe A Marraro
Adj. Prof; Prof. Emeritus
international
Hee Soo Kim
Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine
international
Ina Ismiarti binti Shariffuddin
Professor
international
Jijian Zheng
Professor
international
Josephine Tan
Senior Consultant
international
Kavisha P. Dissanayake
Consultant Anaesthetist
international
Lalitha Manickam
senior consultant
international
Masao Yamashita
Senior Paediatric Anaesthesia Leader
international
Meera Kurup
Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia
international
Nicola Disma
Senior Consultant; Pediatric Anesthetist Head, Unit for Research in Anesthesia
international
Norifumi Kuratani, MD, PhD, MPH
international
Pauline Wake
Paediatric Anaesthetist
international
Preeta George
Pediatric Anesthesiology
international
Subramanyam Rajeev
Anesthesiology
international
Ritu Pradhan
Chief Consultant Anesthesiologist
international
Rodrigo Lopez Barreda
Dr
international
Rufinah Teo
Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer
international
Soichiro Obara
Associate Professor
international
S Sushila C Sivasubramaniam
Resident Consultant Anaesthesiologist
international
Tariq Majid Wani
Consultant Anaesthesiologist
international
USHA NAIR
CONSULTANT PAEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIOLOGIST
international
Utsav Acharya
Assistant Professor
international
Verghese T Cherian
Professor of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
international
Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic
Professor of Anesthesiology & Pharmacology; Immediate Past Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
international
YUEN, Vivian Man-Ying
Consultant
international
Zehra Serpil Ustalar Ozgen
Prof Dr
national
Aavula Muralidhar
Professor & HOD
national
Aditi Jain
Assistant Professor
national
Aikta Gupta
Senior Specialist Paediatric Anesthesia
national
Anisha De
Professor and Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist
national
Anshu Gupta
Director Professor & Head
national
Anita Nehete
Director
national
Ankit Desai
Founder Director
national
Anuradha Ganigara
Associate Professor
national
Bhagya D V
Associate professor
national
Chandrika Y R
Professor & former H.O.D
national
B.Chelsea Thanga Viola
Senior Resident
national
Deepti Manjunath
Consultant Anaesthesiologist
national
Ekta Rai
Senior Professor
national
Elizabeth Joseph
Professor
national
Elsa Varghese
Professor (Retd)
national
Himangi Bhokare
Assistant Professor
national
Indu M Sen
Professor
national
Koel Mitra
Professor
national
Malavika
Professor and Head
national
Mani Kiran
Assistant Professor
national
Meghna Jiwanmall
Professor
national
Mohammed Azam Danish
Academic Head, Sr. Consultant Anaesthesiologist & Critical Crae Specialist
national
Mridul Dhar
Associate Professor
national
Mridul Dua
Consultant Paediatric Anaesthesiologist
national
M.S.R.C.Murthy
Retired Professor of Anaesthesiology; Paediatric Anaesthesiologist
national
Naveen Kumar Suda
Associate Professor
national
Neerja Bhardwaj
Former Professor & Head
national
Nikhil Kesarkar
Consultant
national
Pradeep A Dongare
Senior Consultant
national
Pranita Mandal
Associate Professor
national
Preethy J Mathew
Professor
national
Priyanka Pradeep Karnik
Consultant Paediatric Anaesthesiologist
national
Rajani Sundar
Consultant Anesthetist
national
Rakesh Kumar
Additional Professor
national
Rakhee Goyal
Director
national
Raylene Dias
Associate Professor & Head (I/C)
national
Rebecca Jacob
Professor
national
Sailaja Kamabathula
Senior Consultant Anesthesiologist
national
Sandhya Yaddanapudi
Former Professor and Head
national
Sapna Bathla
Professor
national
Saraswathi Nagappa
Associate Professor
national
Sarathkumar M.S
Freelancing Paediatric Anaesthesiologist
national
M. Subrahmanyam
Head of Department of Anaesthesia
national
Suman Gupta
Professor & HOD
national
Uma Maskeri
Consultant
national
Usha Shenoy
Professor
national
Vrushali Ponde
Consultant
national
Vibhavari Naik
Senior Consultant