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
AKI UEMURA
Head of the Dep. of Anesthesiology
international
Anjali Poudel
Anesthesiologist
international
Ayşe Çiğdem Tütüncü
Professor and Consultant Anaesthesiologist
international
Ayuko Igarashi, MD, PhD
Anaesthesiologist-in-Chief and Vice Director
international
BERRIN ISIK
Consultant Anaesthesiologist
international
Dilek Altun
Associate Professor and Consultant Anaesthesiologist
international
Duygu Kara, M.D
Professor and Paediatric Anaesthesiologist
international
Felicia S K Lim
Doctor, former Professor of Anaesthesia
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
Jijian Zheng
Professor
international
Masao Yamashita
Senior Paediatric Anaesthesia Leader
international
Norifumi Kuratani, MD, PhD, MPH
international
Ritu Pradhan
Chief Consultant Anesthesiologist
international
Soichiro Obara, MD, DrPH
Associate Professor
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, MD, PhD, MBA, FASA
Professor of Anesthesiology & Pharmacology; Immediate Past Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
national
Indu M Sen
Professor
national
Mohammed Azam Danish
Academic Head, Sr. Consultant Anaesthesiologist & Critical Crae Specialist
national
MRIDUL DHAR
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ANAESTHESIOLOGY
national
M.S.R.C.Murthy
Retired Professor of Anaesthesiology; Paediatric Anaesthesiologist
national
Pranita Mandal
Associate Professor
national
PRIYANKA PRADEEP KARNIK
CONSULTANT PAEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIOLOGIST
national
Sandhya Yaddanapudi
Former Professor and Head
national
Sarathkumar M.S
Freelancing Paediatric Anaesthesiologist
national
M. Subrahmanyam
Head of Department of Anaesthesia
national
Vrushali Ponde
Consultant
national
Vibhavari Naik
Senior Consultant