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Terence Siew
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 anaesthetist in Hospital Sibu. I have special interests in point of care ultrasound and providing training for advanced life support (ALS).
Aaron Khoo
Dr. Aaron is an experienced anaesthesiologist and critical care specialist with over a decade of practice in the field since 2011. He formerly served as the Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at Hospital Kapit, Sarawak, and is currently based at Hospital Miri.
He holds a Doctor of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care from the National University of Malaysia. Dr. Aaron’s key interests include perioperative medicine, patient safety, and critical care.
An advocate for continuous education, he is actively involved in clinical teaching and has served as a trainer in advanced life support, trauma life support, and airway management.
Angelina Chong Swee Ching
I’m currently an anaesthesiologist in Hospital Kuala Lumpur and a fellow in Regional Anaesthesia Subspecialty training under MOH. 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). I am also the current president of the Sarawak Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Society (PERKAS), providing BLS and ALS training for the public and healthcare professionals. With regards to anaesthesia, I have great interests in regional anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, point of care ultrasound, thoracic anaesthesia and airway management. In my free time, I enjoy spinning, yoga classes and boxing classes.
Dayang Shariza Abang Abdillah
Graduated from University of Melbourne in 2010. Obtained my Master in Medicine (Anaesthesiology) from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2022. Previously worked in Sarawak General Hospital, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and Sibu Hospital. Currently working as an anaesthesiologist in Sarawak Heart Centre.
Jamie Tan Wen Yen
Dr Jamie Tan Wen Yen is a specialist anaesthesiologist based at Hospital Miri, Sarawak. She earned her Doctor of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2024 and has over 12 years of experience in the field, with the majority of her clinical practice spent at Hospital Kuala Lumpur, a leading tertiary referral centre.
Dr Tan has a special interest in critical care and perioperative medicine. She strongly believes that high-quality perioperative care is a cornerstone of safe and successful anaesthesia. In addition to her clinical work, she is actively involved in teaching and training, particularly in advanced life support, and is committed to nurturing the next generation of healthcare providers.
Passionate about continuous professional development and research, Dr Tan remains engaged in lifelong learning and regularly participates in local conferences. She brings both depth of experience and a dedication to improving patient outcomes in diverse healthcare settings.
Samuel Ern Hung Tsan
Associate Professor 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 is a keen researcher and in addition to authoring publications in international peer reviewed journals, he has published multiple book chapters. His research interest lies in regional anaesthesia in neurosurgery, neurointensive care, airway management, and mental health.
Sebastian Sundaraj
Dr. Sebastian Sundaraj is currently an anaesthesiologist at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang. He obtained his medical degree (Doctor of Medicine, MD) from Universiti Malaysia Sabah in 2010 and completed his specialty training (Master of Anaesthesiology, MAnaes) from Universiti Malaya in 2020. He is currently the Head of Anaesthetic Clinic at his institution and is pursuing his passion in Perioperative Medicine. Additionally, he serves on the Executive Committee of the Malaysian Perioperative Medicine Society.
Sunna Saadan
Sunna binti Saadan is an anaesthesiologist that is currently serving the district Hospital Sarikei community since early 2021, working alongside with Head of Department of Anaesthesia, and its team, often responsible for organizing the departments’ and hospital activities & courses such as Acute Pain Workshop, Training of Trainers, Management of Critically-ill Patients, celebration of 2024’s World Anaesthesia Day, and various presentations that is targeting their local fraternity. Other than doing clinical work as anaesthetist, she is also responsible for managing the department on-call roster, a committee member of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme and conduct teaching for their master students. She is a powerful force in the workplace and uses her positive attitude
and tireless energy to encourage others to work smart and succeed. She also received ‘ Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang ‘ in 2023 for her dedication towards the hospital. She is also actively involved the Hospital Family Day celebration in 2024 and did a group performance for the Hospital’s Family Day Dinner.
Prior to that, she completed her 4 years Master Degree in Anaesthesiology at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2021, and Bachelor of Surgery & Medicine MBBS (UiTM) in 2011. She worked at Hospital University Sains Malaysia for 4 years, some clinical attachments at Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainan 2 Kelantan (HRPZ II), and Pusat Jantung Hospital Umum Sarawak. She completed her housemanship in Sarawak General Hospital.
Tioh Beng Siong
Dr Tioh Beng Siong is an anaesthesiologist and critical care specialist who currently serves as the Deputy Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care at Hospital Duchess of Kent, Sandakan, Sabah. His clinical and academic interests include critical care medicine, patient safety, and healthcare law. Dr Tioh holds a Doctor of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and is a Fellow of both the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (FCAI) and the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (DESAIC). He also completed a Master of Laws (LL.M) in Healthcare and Medical Law with distinction at Taylor’s University, reflecting his commitment to medico-legal education and safe medical practice. He is a life member of the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists and the Medico-Legal Society of Malaysia and actively engages in ongoing professional development and teaching. Beyond his clinical role, Dr Tioh regularly facilitates CPR and first aid education and contributes to community health initiatives. He is also a strong advocate for sustainable ecotourism and rural outreach. Through all his endeavours, Dr Tioh integrates clinical excellence, legal insight, and community service into his anaesthetic and critical care practice.
Wong Wai Kit
Dr Wong Wai Kit is an active clinical lecturer and anesthesiologist at University of Malaysia, Sarawak. His special interest lies in airway management and obstetric anesthesia. He graduated from University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. He has a Master of Anesthesiology degree from Universiti Malaya in 2022.
Nik Ritza Kosai
Dr Nik Ritza Kosai is widely regarded as the leading Upper GI, Metabolic and Bariatric academic and clinical pioneer in Malaysia with an international reputation most notably relating to advanced surgical care with a focus on complex gastrointestinal conditions, metabolic health, and minimally invasive techniques. He has significantly influenced practice in Malaysia to ensures tailored, precise care for every patient and increasingly internationally related with extensive expertise in bariatric surgery and treating cancers of the digestive tract and addressing conditions like reflux, achalasia and etc. This has led to numerous recent keynotes or invited presentations worldwide.
Research is both diverse and increasingly impactful with numerous high impact journal publications in recent years. He is considered the leading Malaysian Upper GI, Metabolic and Bariatric surgeon with whom to collaborate for international multicentre trialists. He is the Principal Investigator for potentially, the most important trial and research in Upper GI, Metabolic and Bariatric surgery being conducted. He co-lead a large education and research group which includes the largest provider of clinical database in Malaysia. The group also delivers courses by other educators.
Afifi Arshad
Dr. Afifi serves as a Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Pain Specialist at Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah in Northern Malaysia. He holds a Master’s degree in Anaesthesiology & Critical Care and has specialized in Pain Medicine, training under notable mentors such as Dr. Mary Cardosa, Professor Stephan Schug, and Professor Philip Finch.
He is a member and trainer for the Special Interest Group in Regional Anaesthesia, a chapter of the College of Anaesthesiology and a POCUS trainer for the Malaysian Society for Critical Care and Emergency Sonography (SUCCES), a chapter of International WINFOCUS network. He is also a trainer for the Pain Medicine Subspecialty under the Ministry of Health Malaysia.
He manages pain intervention for advanced refractory cancer within a team led by a palliative care physician in his hospital. The service ranges from peripheral and plexus nerve blocks to neurolysis and home-based intrathecal drug delivery systems.
Adrian Sultana
Dr. Adrian Sultana MD FRCP (Glasg) FANZCA is a specialist anaesthesiologist at a number of private hospitals in Sydney, Australia. He graduated from the University of Malta in 1984, trained in General Medicine in the UK, and graduated FANZCA in 1993 after specialist training at the Prince Of Wales Group in Sydney and the Alfred in Melbourne.
Dr Sultana is a native English speaker and is also fluent in Medical Italian. He has Practised as a Specialist Anaesthesiologist continuously since graduating FANZCA in 1993.
Dr. Sultana has experience in anaesthesia and perioperative management for all types of surgery, and has a special interest in bariatric surgical patients. He is currently the President of the International Society for the Perioperative Care of Patients with Obesity: https://www.ispcop.net based in the USA.
He is also considered a leader in regional anaesthesia and pain management and is the current chair of the Acute Pain Special Interest Group, ANZCA.
His current clinical workload is focused on orthopaedics and day surgery.
Current appointments include:
- North Shore Private Hospital
- Macquarie University Hospital
- Nepean Private Hospital
- Strathfield Private Hospital
- East Sydney Private Hospital
- Sydney Private Hospital
- Campbelltown Private Hospital
- Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre.
Dr Sultana’s clinical interests include:
- Day Surgery
- Regional anaesthesia for upper and lower limb surgery,
- Novel techniques in the management of patients with obesity
- Target controlled infusion anaesthesia and
- Opioid-free anaesthesia
Jonathan Tan
Jonathan M. Tan, MD MPH MBI FASA, is a pediatric anesthesiologist, clinical informaticist, and public health policy leader at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), the Keck School of Medicine, and the Spatial Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California (USC). As the Vice Chair of Analytics and Clinical Effectiveness in the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Tan spearheads initiatives that uses data science and analytics approaches to advance patient safety and quality improvement. His work is dedicated to designing and implementing systems that enable clinicians to effectively deliver safe, effective and compassionate care to critically ill children.
Dr. Tan serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Co-Chairs the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation’s Safety Advisory Group on Clinical Deterioration and is the Director of Communications for the Society for Technology in Anesthesia. He is also an editor for Perioperative Medicine.
Dr. Tan leads a multidisciplinary spatial data science team developing digital health solutions to prepare pediatric health systems for the impacts of climate change, extreme weather, and public health emergencies. By linking high-resolution environmental data with electronic health records, his team delivers actionable insights that inform hospital readiness and policy decisions. His work has been recognized by global organizations including the World Bank, AccuWeather, and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
Through the integration of data science, digital innovation and policy leadership, Dr. Tan is helping to shape the future of pediatric anesthesiology and perioperative medicine—one that is safer, smarter, and better prepared for the challenges ahead.
Naveen Eipe
Dr. Naveen Eipe completed his undergraduate (MBBS) in 1995 and specialty training (MD Anesthesiology) in 2003 training both at Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. From 2003 to 2006, he worked as the only Consultant Anesthetist in a remote rural Christian Mission Hospital in Central India where he developed an interest in Difficult Airways and Acute Pain.
Dr. Eipe moved to Canada in 2006 for further training and successfully completed Fellowships in Clinical Anesthesia (uToronto), Pediatric Anesthesia (CHEO) and Acute Pain (uOttawa). In 2009, he accepted a Staff position at The Ottawa Hospital and was appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa. Since then he has worked at the Civic Campus of The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) with a special interest and expertise in Bariatrics, Acute Pain, Complex Spines and Difficult Airways. Amongst his administrative responsibilities, he continues to be the Clinical Lead for Bariatric Anesthesia (TOH) since 2013, and has in the past been the Co-Director of the Acute Pain Fellowship program and Director of the Post Anesthetic Care Unit (PACU).
Dr. Eipe was the Chair of the planning committee for the University of Ottawa’s Annual Anesthesia Winter Symposium between 2011 and 2016. In 2016, he was elected VP (Education) for the International Society for Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient (ISPCOP) which is an ASA recognized society for obesity anesthesia. In 2019, he was promoted to Associate Professor and continues to focus his teaching and research around acute pain, airway management, and perioperative care of patients with severe obesity. He has over 80 peer- reviewed publications that have been cited approximately 1800 times and has a hi-index of 21. Dr. Eipe has organized conferences and lectured internationally on Acute Pain, Airway Management, and Bariatric Anesthesia. Outside of his work, he likes to rest, recover and recharge, in the gym or enjoying the beautiful outdoors with his dark chocolate Labrador retrievers Olivier and Alfredo.
Arney Abcejo
Dr. Arney Abcejo, MD, serves as the Vice Chair for Innovation and Transformation for the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and as the Division Chair for Neuroanesthesiology and Radiology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Dr. Abcejo is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, a board-certified anesthesiologist with a completed fellowship in neuroanesthesiology. He serves as the Associate Program Director for the Neuroanesthesiology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic. His research focuses on traumatic brain injury, perioperative cognitive dysfunction, patient safety in neuroanesthesia, neurosurgery and neurocritical care, healthcare communication, technology, innovation, and communications. His work also is dedicated to leading innovation, understanding the culture, change, and work needed for implementation of innovative technology and workflow in a dynamic perioperative practice.
Dr. Abcejo serves as the Website Medical Director for the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) website and as a member of several APSF Priority Groups: Perioperative Brain Health and Non-Operating Room Anesthesia. He serves on the Editorial Board of the APSF Website, largely directing the infographic information for the Newsletter. He is also an active member of SNACC, the previous SNACC Communications Chair. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology. He is the writer and editor for two articles on Up-to-Date: “Air Embolism” and “Air Embolism for Neurosurgery”.
Within innovation, his current work focuses on integration of large language model applications as a means of communication, clinical prediction risk modeling, and practice assessment.
Sophia Ang
Sophia Ang was a graduate of NUS medical school in 1990 and obtained her Master of Medicine Anaesthesia in 1995. She specialised in cardiac anaesthesia and completed a year of cardiac anaesthesia training in Massachusetts General Hospital in 1998 to 1999 and another year in Texas Heart Institute in 1999 to 2000.
Sophia is interested in promoting and teaching patient safety. She is the Vice Chairman Medical Board for National University Health Systems( Clinical Governance and Medicolegal ) with interest in projects promoting patient safety such as critical laboratory test communication, reduction of failure to rescue and proper handover of care. Currently she is a member of the Singapore Medical Council and an advisor to the Ministry of Health . She is also the curriculum lead for patient safety at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
Sophia was awarded the Public service excellence Gold award in 2011 and was leader of the team awarded the Singapore National Medical Excellence Team award in 2012 for Communication of critical laboratory tests. She was previously a Patient safety consultant with the Ministry of Health and a representative at in the WHO High 5 Patient Safety Project in which her team in National University of Singapore was awarded best poster for implementation of Correct Site Surgery in 2012 at WHO High 5 Project Seminar. In 2020 she received a Bronze National Day Award for Administration work in the area of Patient Safety.
She was previously the President of Singapore Society of Anaesthesia 2006 and immediate President of the Patient Safety Special Interest Group for AMEE 2022-2023( Association of European Medical Education )
Awards :
- Merit Awards Healthcare Quality
- Ministry of Health (Team Award)
- Prevention of Wound Infection After Cardiac Surgery (2006)
- Rapid Escalation System (2008)
- Hospital Management Asia Merit Award
- Laboratory dashboard for critical lab test management (2009)
- MOH Merit Award Intelligent Operating Theatre Dashboard(2010)
- National Medical Excellence Team award for critical laboratory test communication (2012)
- Patient Hand over improvement Project Gold Award Hospital Management Asia (2013)
- Trigger Programme Implementation. Excellence award Hospital Management Asia (2014)
- Patient Safety Game for Teaching Medical Students. APMEC 2016
- Merit Award for Poster competition
- National Day Award (Bronze) Admin (2020)
Kho Boon Phiaw
Kho Boon Phiaw is a registered pharmacist and Head of the Pharmacy Resources and Information Section at Sarawak General Hospital. He oversees medication safety, formulary management, drug information provision, quality management, and competency development.
He holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) from Monash University, Australia, and master’s degrees in Social Pharmacy (University of Science Malaysia) and Public Administration (Wawasan Open University, Malaysia). Kho is passionate about enhancing healthcare safety, particularly within the pharmacy setting, by integrating concepts from outside healthcare. He co-authored Chapter 33 on Medication Safety in the Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management (Springer, 2021).
Kho conducts training and refresher courses on medication safety for hospital and pharmacy staff, and authors Medication Safety newsletters for the hospital. His interests focus on learning from errors, proactive prevention, and promoting a safety culture.
Beyond patient and medication safety, Kho also has a keen interest in pharmacy research and evidence-based medicine. He serves as a national pharmacy trainer for evidence-based medicine and conducts research courses on qualitative research methodologies and research writing. He has published numerous articles as the first or second author in international peer-reviewed journals.
Prit Anand Singh
Dr. Prit Anand Singh is a Senior Consultant at the Department of Anaesthesia & Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at Changi General Hospital, Singapore. He serves as the Director of the Chronic Pain Management Service and leads the Regional Anaesthesia & Pain
Medicine Pillar.
Dr. Singh holds multiple prestigious qualifications, including MBBS, FRCA, FFPMRCA, EDRA, and an M.Sc in Pain Management. In addition to his clinical role, he is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore. He also plays an active role
in professional organisations, currently serving as the Honorary Secretary of the Pain Association of Singapore.
With a strong dedication to advancing pain management and regional anaesthesia, Dr. Singh’s key areas of interest include chronic pain management, particularly in patients with dependence or addiction issues, as well as ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia
and pain interventions. His expertise extends to perioperative point-of-care ultrasonography, crisis resource management simulation and debriefing, and prehospital emergency evacuation.
Through his leadership and academic contributions, Dr. Singh continues to shape the field of anaesthesia and pain medicine in Singapore and beyond.
Meghan Brooks Lane-Fall
Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM serves as the Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Lane-Fall is an anesthesiologist, intensive care physician, and implementation scientist. Her lab’s research focuses on the application of implementation science and systems engineering to improve patient safety and communication in perioperative and critical care settings.
She co-leads an NIH-funded national implementation science hub focused on maternal health equity and collaborates on implementation research in maternal health, health equity, and HIV/AIDS. She is supported by grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and has served as PI or MPI on grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Heart Association, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation.
Dr. Lane-Fall is a dedicated mentor with more than 90 lifetime mentees from undergraduate students to faculty. She also serves on the Boards of Directors of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation and the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research.
Prior to her appointment at Columbia, Dr. Lane-Fall served as the Executive Director of the Penn Implementation Science Center, the David E. Longnecker Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, and Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and faculty lead for Accelerate Health Equity, an equity-focused coalition of all the major health systems in metro Philadelphia.
Titles:
- Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
- Co-Director, AMETHIST@Penn (Achieving Maternal Equity and Transforming Health through Implementation Science and Training) implementation science hub
Becky Black
Dr Becky Black is the vice president for the Society for Obesity and Bariatric Anaesthesia (SOBA) UK and is passionate about the safety of patients living with obesity undergoing anaesthesia. She is Consultant Anaesthetist at University College London Hospital where she is the clinical lead for pre assessment. She is also a honorary clinical lecturer at University College London.
Andrew McKechnie
Dr Andrew McKechnie is an anaesthetic consultant at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in South London. His clinical interests are in anaesthesia for patients living with obesity and in airway management. As a result his regular lists include ENT and Bariatric
surgery and he is the airway and obesity lead for the Trust.
Andrew is the President of SOBA UK and during his years SOBA has collaborated on projects with many societies, seen membership engagement increase and continued to promote best practice in this specialist area.
His research interests are currently focused on management of patients with obesity. He led on the SOBA consent guidance, transfer guidance, Paeds guidance. He has recently published a meta analysis of V/L vs DL in patients living with obesity, has submitted an update to the 2015 SOBA guidelines and is at the final draft stage of a SOBA airway management guidance manuscript.
Elizabeth Rebello
Elizabeth Rebello, MD, FASA, FACHE, CPPS, CMQ is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and serves as the Executive Director, Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine for the Cancer Network. A pharmacist by training, she has been involved in quality and patient safety efforts for over fifteen years.
She serves as a past Chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ (ASA) Committee on Professional Diversity and past Chair of the ASAQuality, Management and Departmental Administration Committee and led the Medication Safety Workgroup to standardize drug concentrations. She is the current Chair of the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting Oversight Committee.
She serves on the board of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF), United States Pharmacopeia Expert Compounding Committee, US Food and Drug Administration Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee, and chairs the APSF Patient Safety Advisory Group on Medication Safety.
She also serves as the President-Elect of the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, past chair of the Section for Women Physicians for the Texas Medical Association, and past chair of the Harris County Medical Society Board of Socioeconomics.
Teo Shu Ching
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.
Luc De Baerdemaeker
My current anaesthesia activity is in abdominal surgery and liver transplantation for adults and children. Research subjects were on cerebral blood flow, applied total intravenous anaesthesia and applied modern inhalation anaesthesia. Main study group was morbidly obese patients, and this resulted in June 2008 in the public defence of a thesis on the optimisation of anaesthetic and analgesic drug administration in obese patients.
Appointed professorship since 2012 at the University of Ghent Belgium, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences.
Chan Weng Ken
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.
Alex Kim
Dr. Alex Kim Ren Jye serves as the Deputy Director of Sarawak General Hospital, where he is committed to advancing healthcare quality and patient safety. He holds a Master’s in Healthcare Administration from Nagoya University, Japan, completed under the prestigious Young Leaders’ Program with the Japan MEXT scholarship, and a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the Science University of Malaysia (USM). As Hospital Director of Kanowit Hospital (2013–2015), he successfully led the institution to achieve MSQH accreditation.
Dr. Alex is a Fellow of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) and holds certifications as a Certified Medical Impairment Assessor, Occupational Health Doctor, and MS-ISO 9001:2015 internal auditor. He is currently pursuing the Kiani Global Interprofessional Patient Safety Fellowship with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. His expertise spans patient safety, risk management, Lean Healthcare, and quality improvement.
Recognized for his contributions to healthcare innovation, Dr. Alex has received numerous accolades, including the Patient Safety Champion and QA/QI Champion awards from Malaysia’s Ministry of Health. An accomplished author and trainer, he has published extensively in international and local journals and authored a book titled “Empowering Patient Safety through Kiken Yochi Training”.
Steven Greenberg
Steven Greenberg has been practicing Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Endeavor Health in Evanston, Illinois, since 2006. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School and continued his medical training at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the field of Anesthesiology. There, he served as Chief Resident of Anesthesiology and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Chapter for clinical excellence. After his residency, Dr. Greenberg completed his training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, as a critical care fellow. He currently serves as Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine since 2018. In addition, Dr. Greenberg has been appointed to be the Jeffery S. Vender Endowed Anesthesiology Chair of Research and Education, where he has focused his efforts on reshaping the Anesthesiology Research Program at Endeavor and is enhancing perioperative safety research. He also was the longest serving ICU Medical Director of Evanston Hospital for the last decade and a half. Dr. Greenberg created and developed the Endeavor Health Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program and served as ECMO Medical Director for 6 years. The ECMO program outcomes are well above the national and international averages.
Dr. Greenberg has given over 100 lectures nationally and internationally, served on 4 editorial boards for anesthesia and medical journals and published several articles and has contributed to a variety of book chapters in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine texts. He has served on a variety of notable national committees including the Program Committee for the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), the Adult Concepts of Critical Care Committee for the SCCM (served as chair of the Adult Concepts course in 2014-2015), the Critical Care Steering Committee for the American College of Chest Physicians and was a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Critical Care Medicine. He was the Co-Chair of the 2019 SCCM Annual Congress in San Diego, CA. With his interest in safety, he has also served on both the editorial and executive boards of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) and was appointed by the President to the position of Editor-in-Chief for the APSF Newsletter in 2017. This publication is distributed to 700,000 out of the 850,000 anesthesia professionals worldwide and it remains the most widely read safety publication globally. In addition, he was appointed to Associate Editor, Patient Safety Section, of Anesthesia & Analgesia. In 2020, he was elected by the APSF Board of Directors to be the Secretary of the organization (one of four officer positions) due to his work in extending patient safety education to 234 countries worldwide. In 2023, he continued his focus on spreading anesthesia patient safety education worldwide as he helped to create and co-chair the first ever Anesthesia Patient Safety Symposium (APSS), a Malaysian Virtual Safety Conference that was attended by over 1000 participants from 48 different countries. In 2024, Dr. Greenberg created and co-chaired the first ever International Conference on Anesthesia Patient Safety (ICAPS) held in Tokyo, Japan, and in collaboration with the ASA, JSA, and JFA. In 2024, he was elected as Vice President of the APSF. With his focus on safety, he has provided lectures for multiple national and international organizations on handoff communication, goal directed therapy, neuromuscular blockade, perioperative safety priorities, clinical deterioration, and developing practical point of care protocols for massive transfusion/hemorrhage.
Shahridan bin Mohd Fathil
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 in recently in Gaza during the conflict.
Michelle Humeidan
Michelle Humeidan is a graduate of the MD-PhD Program at the University of Kentucky. She completed Anesthesiology Residency and Fellowship in Neuroanesthesiology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, in Columbus, OH, USA. Dr. Humeidan is a Professor of Anesthesiology and currently serves as the Medical Director for Enhanced Surgical Recovery at Ohio State. Her doctoral work concentrated on translational studies of central nervous system aging, and Dr. Humeidan has since remained focused on neurological research, both preclinical and clinical. Through education, research, quality, and practice, she is committed to optimizing perioperative management of geriatric patients to facilitate the best possible functional recovery after surgery.
Jeffrey Pasternak
Dr. Jeffrey J. Pasternak is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Dr. Pasternak is the prior Chair of the Division of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology and Radiology and is the current Program Director of the Neuroanesthesiology Fellowship Training Program at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Pasternak is a Past-President of the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology and the Neurosurgical Anesthesiology Section Editor for Up-To-Date.
Hairil Rizal
Assoc Prof Hairil Rizal is a Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Perioperative Physician in Singapore General Hospital. After completing his advanced specialist training in Singapore, he underwent fellowship in Perioperative Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada, followed by a MSc degree in the same discipline from University College London, UK. He holds a PhD from DukeNUS Medical School Singapore, on the utilisation of Data Science in Healthcare, a topic that he deeply believes in. His passion for lifelong learning has led him to be awarded the National Medical Research Council Research Training Fellowship in 2020 and the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship by the Public Service Commission, Singapore in 2022.
Since 2020, Hairil has been appointed as the Value Lead for SGH. He is tasked with guiding a cross-functional multidisciplinary team in scaling up and operationalising Value Based Healthcare initiatives across all areas in the hospital. In recognition for his passion and expertise in promoting positive systemic change, he has been awarded the “Distinguished Champion of Change Leader Award” by SingHealth in 2022. Furthermore, the team that he leads was subsequently awarded the “Distinguished Team Award” by SingHealth in 2024. He is concurrently the Director, Value Driven Care in SingHealth.
Frances Chung
Dr. Frances Chung is the ResMed Chair in Anesthesia, Perioperative, and Sleep Medicine Research at University Health Network and Professor, Dept of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine at University of Toronto. She is a co-founder and past president of the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine. In total, she has over 400 publications with a h-index of 93 and over 37500 citations. She is the inventor of the STOP-Bang Questionnaire for screening sleep apnea. The tool is being used worldwide (link: stopbang.ca). In 2022 and 2023, she received the “Best Female Scientist Award” from Research.com and was ranked top 1000 female scientist in the world (link: bio).