SOJ Anesthesiology & Pain Management

Dr. Bijan Najafi is currently serving with the University of Arizona, Department of Surgery and Department of Biomedical Engineering (Tucson, USA) since April 2012. He serves as Associate Professor of Surgery and the Director of Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP), member of Arizona Center on Aging, Associate Member of Arizona Cancer Center and scientific advisory board member of Arizona Arthritis Center.

He has over a decade experience in designing bio-inspired sensors for objective evaluation of healthy state of patients with locomotor dysfunctions, over 150 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals or conference proceeding with more than 2000 citations , three patents and four pending patents and have been PI or a key investigator on over 20 industrial, national and international grants.

Dr. Bijan Najafi research interests include:
Outcomes evaluation, body worn sensors/mHealth, elderly care, diabetes care, pain management, stress management, locomotor dysfunctions, frailty, home telemonitoring, virtual reality and motor learning.

Dr. Sherif Sultan boasts over twenty six years of vascular experience. Upon obtaining his medical degree from the Ain Shams University in 1987, he was first specialized in general and vascular surgery where he completed a master degree in surgery in 1991, then worked solely in vascular surgery. He had his MD and awarded his FRCS in Dublin 1995.

He was awarded the American board of Anti Aging and Regenerative Medicine in Florida. He established strong international reputation with 80 peer-reviewed papers, 350 publications, 7 book chapters, more than 240 abstracts, in excess of 400 international presentations, and over 270 national presentations. His prolific research portfolio has been recognized by 30 international awards. Recently the National Institute of Health in the USA cited his seminal publication on the cost-effectiveness of endovascular aortic repair as one of the most ground-breaking publications in this field in the last decade.

In 2002 Dr. Sultan founded the Western Vascular Institute, a charitable research foundation committed to vascular research, technical innovation, professional and public education. He was elected as the chairman.

He is a distinguished Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and President of the American Society of Angiology, Irish chapter. He is a fellow of society of Vascular Surgery, international society of vascular surgeons, member of association of vascular surgeon of Great Britain and Ireland and European Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery.

                                                       
In October 2013, Dr. Sultan was presented with a Clinical Innovation Award by Mr. Richard Bruton, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. The award is a joint venture by Enterprise Ireland and the Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Sherif Sultan research interests include:
Emergency Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm,Stroke in evolution by urgent Carotid Endarterectomy,Aortic dissection,Traumatic Aortic Tran section.

Dr. Giustino Varrassi graduated in Medicine at Roma (Italy). He started the academic career at the same University, in the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care. Three years later he moved to the University of L’Aquila (Italy), where in 1985 he became Chairman of the Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Department. At the end of 2010, he was called as General Manager of a public company, part of the national Health Care Service. For this reason, in 2011 he left the University, as Full Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. At the moment he is President of the Paolo Procacci Foundation, which is involved in research and education on Pain Medicine.

As a member of the scientific community, he has published over hundred papers, authored chapters of books, and edited over 30 books. In 1993 he had been one of the Founding Members of the EFIC, of which he had been Member of the Executive Board for 21 years, also serving as President (2008-2011). At the moment, he had been nominated Liaison Officer with the European Institutions by the European Pain Federation EFIC, for the triennium 2014-2017.

Dr. Giustino Varrassi research interest's include:
Obstetric Anesthesia and Analgesia
Research on Pain Medicine, including the social impact of pain

Dr. Jian Guo Cui was a neurosurgeon for 12 years as a carrier start. In 1993, he went to Karolinska Hospital for learning stereotaxic and functional neurosurgery under the supervision of Dr. & Prof. Bjorn Meyerson and Dr. & Prof. Bengt Linderoth (Dr. Lekcell, a founder of stereotaxic and functional neurosurgery, was in Karolinska Hospital). Eventually, he stepped into research field. He had published more than 60 original papers in various prestigious journals, such as the Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Pain, etc. His paper “spinalcord stimulation attenuates augmented dorsal horn release of excitatory amino acids in mono neuropathy via a GABA ergic mechanism” published in Pain (1997; 73: 87-95) was selected into Mosby Year Book in 1999. His research work “Intrathecal BAGA_B receptor agonist Baclofen enhanced spinal cord stimulation effects” was patented (by Karolinska Institute and Medtronic) and honored a Swedish Scientific Award by Swedish Academy of Science.

Dr. Jian Guo Cui research interests include:
Neuropathic pain, Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer Disease and Parkinson Disease, and stem cells.

Dr. Dario Galante is a Pediatric and Neonatal Anesthesiologist in Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti of Foggia, Italy. He is author of many publications indexed on PubMed, member and Editor-in-Chief of editorial board and peer-reviewer of many international journals. Expert in Ultrasound Regional Anesthesia and President and founder of SIAATIP, Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Pediatric Intensive care (www.siaatip.it) and President and founder of SUA-The Society for Ultrasound in Anesthesia - Italian Chapter (www.ultrasoundanesthesia.it). Inventor and creator of a new innovative technique in simultaneous non invasive hemodynamic monitoring and ventilation through proseal laringeal mask airway and transesophageal doppler called TED-PLMA Technique, published in Anesthesia & Analgesia and Canadian Journal of Anesthesia.

Dr. Dario Galante is an expert in Ultrasound Regional Anesthesia.

Dr. Dabo -Trubelja is a faculty member in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Her interests focuses on clinical management and patient outcomes, and has been involved in the Regulatory Affairs and QA committees. As such, she has been involved in the development of multiple QA projects. On a national level, she is serving as moderator for Learn ICU committee of the SCCM. She has presented research, and serves as moderator at the annual SCCM congress and is active in the scientific sessions by giving lectures and moderating problem-based learning discussions at the annual PGA in NY. 

Dr. Dabo -Trubelja research interests include:
TEE for Non-Cardiac Surgery, QA, patient safety and outcomes.

Dr. Shady Hayek after finishing his Medical School at the American University of Beirut, he joined the Department of Surgery at the same University where he trained in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Then he travelled to the USA where he pursued a fellowship in Hand Surgery at the University of Iowa and then a fellowship in Burn Surgery at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. After that, he returned back to Beirut where he joined the division of Plastic Surgery at the American University of Beirut.

In 2011, Dr. Hayek started his own private practice in Beirut and Saudi Arabia. He has many publications in the field of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and has presented in many national, regional and international meetings.

Dr. Shady Hayek research interests include:
Burns, Hand Surgery, Peripheral Nerve Surgery, and Cosmetic Surgery.

Dr. Francesco Sgalambro is Chief of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care - Quality Manager and Risk Manager at Oncology Institute of the Mediterranean - Viagrande. Tutor of graduate school in anesthesia at the University of Catania. He was Chief of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care general hospital of Lentini and the Hospital Ascoli Tomaselli of High Specialization Company Garibaldi in Catania. It was the referent of Anesthesia for Clinic Obstetrics and Thoracic Surgery at the University of Catania. He is dealing with research and Innovation in Management of the Difficult Airway.

Dr. Francesco Sgalambro research interests include:
Difficult Airway Management - Post Operative Shivering.

Dr. Zhong Jin Yang is the Director of Thoracic Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY. He worked as a Member of Professional societies like American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Medical Association, New York State Society of Anesthesiologists. His research has received funding from NIH Grants and also from both public and private sources. Dr. Zhong Jin Yang received several honors and awards not only his role as a researcher but also an educator. He also served Editorial Board Responsibilities and Peer Reviewed many Publications.

Dr. Zhong Jin Yang research interests include:
Protective role of Hyperbaric oxygenaton in Ischemic and Traumatic Brain Injury. Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygenation on chronic constriction induced Sciatic Neuropathic Pain.

Dr. Kenneth C Jackson, II (Kenny) received his B.S. Pharmacy from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, and Doctor of Pharmacy from the Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions. He completed an ASHP accredited residency in nutrition support at St. Mary Hospital in Lubbock, Texas and a Post-Doctoral research fellowship in Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy at the University of Utah. In 2010. He completed the Academic Leadership Fellows Program with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

Prior to joining Wingate University, he served as Professor and Chair for the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Maier Foundation Chair in Pharmacy at the University of Charleston. Prior to his time in Charleston, WV Dr. Jackson was Professor and Campus Dean at South University School of Pharmacy in Columbia, South Carolina and Professor and Associate Dean for the Pacific University Oregon School of Pharmacy. Of note, Dr. Jackson has been a Certified Pain Educator (CPE) with the American Society of Pain Educators since 2009.

He is an active member of the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and the American Pain Society. He currently serves as an editor with the Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Review Group.

Dr. Kenneth C Jackson research interests include: Ambulatory Pain Management, Community Pharmacy, Health-System Pharmacy, Home Infusion, Hospice and Inpatient Palliative care.

Dr. Young Chang P Arai completed his MD from Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan in 1995. He received PhD in Anesthesiology from Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan in 2004. He obtained Certification and Licensure in 1995. He started his Professional Career as Assistant Professor in Department of Anesthesiology, Kochi Medical School, Japan. From 2005 he is working as an Assistant Professor in Multidisciplinary Pain Center at Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan.

Dr. Young Chang P Arai research interests include: Complementary and Alternative medicine for Pain Management.

Dr. Wendy K Bernstein is an Associate Professor and board certified Anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. As a fellowship trained Cardiac Anesthesiologist, she has served as the Division Chief for 5 years and remains as the Director of the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Program for the past 13 years. Appointed as the Director of Simulation, she has been instrumental in developing a robust simulation based education program for the Department of Anesthesiology, as well as partnering with other clinical departments to develop innovative multidisciplinary simulation scenarios.

She is active in her local and state Medical Societies, Maryland Society of Anesthesiology as well as serving on the Diversity Committee for the American Society of Anesthesiology, and the membership committee for the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia. She serves on the editorial review boards for several journals, as well as a consultant for health care companies and the  Ministry of Health for Rio de Janeiro in preparation for hosting the World Cup Games and Summer Olympic. Lastly, she recently completed Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree program to further her budgetary/fiscal, management and administrative knowledge. 

Dr. Wendy K Bernstein research interests include:
Medical / Simulation Education, Patient Safety Initiatives and Performance Improvement Initiatives, as well as Cardiac Anesthesiology. 

Dr. Rachel Kachmar completed her undergraduate education at the University of Notre Dame and attended medical school at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Then she completed Anesthesiology Residency at Northwestern University where she served as Chief Resident during her CA-3 year. Following an Obstetrical Anesthesiology fellowship at Northwestern University she accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Colorado, Denver, where she currently practices. Her clinical practice includes Obstetric and General Anesthesiology. She also serves as an instructor for the simulation component of the ABA MOCA. She is active in the American Society of Anesthesiologist, the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology and the Society for Education in Anesthesia, and has presented research abstracts and workshops on both the regional and national level. In her free time she enjoys running, hiking, golfing and skiing.

Dr. Rachel Kachmar research interests include:
Obstetric Anesthesiology, Medical Education, Simulation Education.

Dr. Utpal S Bhalala is an assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical care medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also holds an appointment as a Pediatric Intensivist at Bloomberg Children’s Center of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He serves as Chair-elect of the steering committee of in-training section of Society of Critical Care Medicine. He also serves as a member of Pediatric CPR committee of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Over last one year, he has been working as a principal investigator of Johns Hopkins site for a multicenter study on cooling children after cardiac arrest. He is heavily involved with laboratory and clinical research related to cardiac arrest, resuscitation and neuroprotection after cardiac arrest. He has several peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and presentations related to science of cardiac arrest and resuscitation.

He joined in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) of Johns Hopkins Hospital as a full-time faculty in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD in 2012. He was honored with Diploma Child Health by College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bombay in 2002 and Diplomate of National Board in Pediatrics in 2004 after his Pediatric Residency training in Mumbai. His dissertation work on Vitamin D status of exclusively breast-fed infants won National Research Award in India.

Currently he is Chair-Elect of the Steering Committee of the In-Training Section of Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and enjoys networking with In-training professionals and organizing In-Training sessions and workshops on job interview at the SCCM Annual Congress.

Dr. Utpal S Bhalala research interests include:
Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Neuroprotection after Cardiac Arrest, Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest, Hemodynamic Monitoring, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care.

Dr. Rupi Mavi completed her undergraduate education at the University of Cincinnati and attended medical school at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Then she completed anesthesiology residency at Loyola Medical Center, where she presented multiple posters at Annual Residents Conference and was part of two mission trips. Following Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, She accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology at the same institution in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is active in the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, and has presented research abstracts and workshops at both of these annual meetings. She is also the representative and liason with the department of Anesthesiology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and serve on the Curriculum Competency Committee.

Dr. Rupi Mavi research interests include:
Pediatric Pain Management, Resident and Fellow Education.

Orisa J. Igwe completed his undergraduate training in Pharmacy with a BS degree graduating with the Latin honor of Summa cum Laude from the College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana at Monroe. He is a registered Pharmacist in Louisiana, Ohio and Minnesota. He obtained a MS degree in Toxicology from the University of Kentucky, Lexington, and earned a Ph. D in Environmental Health with specialization in Inhalation Toxicology & Industrial Hygiene from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.  He had a year of postdoctoral training in Molecular Biology at the Eppley Cancer Research Institute, Omaha and a further training in Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience under Professor Alice A. Larson at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul (1986 -1990). At the University Of Missouri School Of Pharmacy, he is a member of the graduate and regular doctoral faculty since 1995, and has served as Thesis and Dissertation Director for M.S and Interdisciplinary Ph. D students in the Division. Furthermore, he has served in and chaired the Thesis and Dissertation Committees of several M.S and IPh.D students. He serves as a reviewer for many scientific journals, and as ad hoc on NIH Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Groups.

His research interests include:

1. Understanding the fundamental mechanisms that underlie signal transduction pathways in chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain states.
2. Oxidant stress -mediated regulation of chronic pain state through Toll-like receptors.
3. Phospholipids/Ca2+ pathways in neuronal transmissiondeficits associated with aging.

Dr. Luiz Eduardo Imbelloni is an associate director of the Regional Anesthesia Institute and a Professor at the School of Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina Nova Esperança. He pursued his Ph.D in Anesthesiology from Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He earned the title of Professor Etranger, Universite Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France, in 1981. He is a pioneer in the use of spinal anesthesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Brazil and is at present active in clinical trials for spinal anesthesia and peripheral nerve blocks. He has published extensively in the field of spinal anesthesia and peripheral nerve blocks. He is having over 250 publications in the peer reviewed journals. His main research interest is the spinal anesthesia, and he recently published a study on magnetic resonance imaging of the thoracic spine, opening the field to the use of thoracic spinal anesthesia.

Dr. Luiz Eduardo Imbelloni research interests include:
Regional Anesthesia.

Dr. Sukhminder Jit Singh Bajwa is currently working as Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Rajpura, Patiala, Punjab, India. He has also served on the Board of Directors for the Post graduation committee of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab, India. He has more than 6 book chapters and over 250 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals with more than 1200 citationsand indexed on PubMed. He is an Editor, member of editorial board and peer-reviewer of many international and national journals. He is the executive committee member of the Research Society of Anesthesiology and Clinical Pharmacology. He was awarded with KPR Best Young Anesthesiologist of India in 2012 for his scientific and academic achievements and was also awarded the best research paper by Indian society of urology in 2013. He has done MBA in Human Resource Management in 2009 from Punjabi University Patiala, Punjab, India and was awarded the gold medal for topping the merit list. He has also done Fellowship in Emergency Medicine from AIIMS, New Delhi in collaboration with three American universities.

Dr. Sukhminder Jit Singh Bajwa’s research interests include:

Intensive care, Regional anesthesia, Obstetric anesthesia and Emergency medicine.

Cheung CW is Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, The University of Hong Kong and Director, Laboratory and Clinical Research Institute for Pain, The University of Hong Kong and he is 

Honorary Consultant, Queen Mary Hospital, Grantham Hospital, Duchess of Ken Children Hospital

He was Assistant Dean (Private Sector Liaison)Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.Immediate Past President, The Society of Anaesthetists of Hong Kong.1st Vice President, Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists.Cheung CW published numerous research papers and articles in reputed journals and has various other achievements in Anesthesiology. Cheung CW has extended valuable service towards the scientific community with his extensive research work.

Pain Management,Chronic Pain,Pain Medicine,Pain Assessment,Pain Measurement,Neuropathic Pain,Anaesthesiology

Dr. John Maa was currently working as an Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Surgery. During his career as Assistant Professor of Surgery at UCSF, he served as the Associate Clerkship Director in Surgery for the School of Medicine and as Director of the Surgical Hospitalist Program. A series of publications in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and other leading medical journals lead to his recognition with the Perlman Award for Medical Journalism from the San Francisco Medical Society in 2013. He was recognized as both a “San Francisco Super Doctor” in the San Francisco Chronicle and “[415] Top Doctor” from Marin Magazine in 2012 and 2013.

In 2013, he was elected President of the Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and was awarded the ACS National Arthur Ellenberger Award for Excellence in State Advocacy. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the American Heart Association and the San Francisco Medical Society and on the Advisory Board of General Surgery News.

Dr. John Maa research interests include:
Reducing the impact of smoking on surgical outcomes, particularly through improved collaborations between surgeons and anesthesiologists.

Dr. Srinivas Pentyala is a faculty member of Anesthesiology, Urology, Health Sciences, Physiology and Biophysics at Stony Brook Medical Center, New York. He is also the Director for Translational Research in Stony Brook's Anesthesiology Department where he is working on several applied projects, including drug discovery, diagnostic markers, and devices for health care settings. His research has received funding from both public and private sources. He has several publications and patents to his credit and also received numerous honors and awards. He received several honors and awards not only for his role as a researcher but also as an educator. He is the founding director of several biotech and health care companies. He serves on the advisory board of several journals, national and international biotech and health care companies, and research institutes.

Dr. Srinivas Pentyala research interests include:
Lead drug discovery,Biomarkers,Diagnostics and Devices.

Dr. Somchai Amornyotin currently is professor of Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand in 1996. Until 2004 he became the associate professor of the Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. From 2005 until 2009 he was the chief of Anesthesiology Division of Siriraj GI Endoscopy Center, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. His first scientific paper was published in Thailand in 1999. He has practiced anesthesia for gastrointestinal endoscopy since 2002. He was the committee of Siriraj GI Endoscopy Center, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital in 2005. More than 50 of his articles have been published in Thai and international medical journals. Dr. Amornyotin is a member of the Royal College of Anesthesiologists of Thailand, the Gastroenterological Association of Thailand and many scientific societies. He is the reviewer and editor of many international journals.  

Dr. Somchai Amornyotin research interests includes Anesthesia for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy,Total intravenous sedation,Target controlled infusion,
Sedation for pediatric patients,Anesthesia outside the operating room,Ambulatory anesthesia,Airway management,Acute postoperative painmanagement.
 

Dr. Filip Roos is an anesthesiologist in Oakland, California. He received his medical degree from Karlovy University and has been in practice for more than 20 years. Present Vice Chief of Medical Staff, North Bay Healthcare, Fairfield, CA. He has a clinical experience General and Cardiovascular Anesthesiologist He published many articles and Published Abstracts and Presentations at Scientific Meetings.

Awards:                                        

FASE - Fellow of American Society of Echocardiography, 2010

Recipient of Doctor Dan Reid Memorial Award for Excellence in Cardiac and Intensive Care, Mt. Diablo Medical Center, 2003

Recognition Awards for Outstanding Achievement, Genentech, Inc., 1991 & 1992

Charles University Medical School Scholarships, 1986, 1987, 1988 & 1989

• Anesthesiology
• Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
• Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology 
• Echocardiography

HU, Ling Qun (胡灵群), MD, is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Member of Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators at Northwestern University, Chicago. He graduated from Zhejiang University School of Medicine in 1984, and was an internist in China for almost the first decade right after. He was involved in development of Canadian Blood Transfusion Guidelines in 1996 prior to my anesthesia residency training in both University of Florida and University of Michigan. He has been a faculty member and anesthesiologist in Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago since 2001. He is very passionate about translational medicine especially in the last step application of evidence based clinical practices to communities. Establishing No Pain Labor & Delivery – Global Health Initiative, organizing Operation Walk Chicago (Chengdu, China; Hangzhou, China; Quito, Ecuador; Pune, India), directing Understanding Working Spouses – Anesthesia Machine Workshop , and the books he wrote all reflect my passion. His research is focusing on obstetric anesthesia and airway managements.

Dr. Lingqun Hu research interests includes Obstetric anesthesia and difficult airway predication.

Thomas Kalogirou, Vascular Surgery Resident - Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki. Master of Science (MSc) in Endovascular Techniques Kapodistrian University of Athens. Doctor of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Presently he worked as a Vascular Surgery Resident.

Vascular Surgery, General Surgery Resident and Endovascular Techniques.

Antonio Cutrupi, is a Dean of Pediatric Online Public Society. He is a specialist in Pediatric Surgery with discussion of thesis on Diseases of Separation Sexual Development in Children, Ordinary Member of ESPU (European Society Pediatric Urology) and BAPES (British Association of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgeons and also a Member of IPEG (International Pediatric Endoscopic GROUP). He also acted as a Substitute Pediatrician in COMO ASL 3 and as a Consultant at the Clinic of San Carlo Paderno Dugnano (Milan) and also in General Hospital Zone, at the Department of Pediatrics and Urology. He is also an Executive Chief of Primary Level SSD Pediatric Urology with CLP Fixed Hospital Foundation Circle Macchi.

Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Urology, laparoscopy and Robotics in Pediatric Surgery.

Tao Hong is a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology and also diplomate of National Board of Echocardiography in advanced perioperative transesophageal echocardiography. He published many His main interests were cardiothoracic anesthesia and regional anesthesia. Dr. Hong studied at the Wuhan Medical College Branch, Tongji Medical University, and obtained a postgraduate degree in pathophysiology. After receiving a full scholarship to study in the United States, he studied for a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology at Georgetown University and entered the National Institute of Health for research in the Human Genetics Program. In 1998, Dr. Hong passed the American Medical Licensing Examination and began to train inpatient anesthesia. He was subsequently certified by the American Society of Anesthesiology and entered the large general hospital Geisinger Medical Centre as the attending physician. Dr. Hong is a member of the American Association of Advanced Experts in Cardiac Ultrasound and is interested in the exploration and research of the frontier issues of cardiac anesthesia.

Cardiac and Regional Anesthesia; Critical Care Medicine.

Surfing, Scuba Diving, Ski and Archery.

Dr. Shireen Ahmad is an anesthesiologist in Chicago, Illinois and is affiliated with Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She received her medical degree from Dow University of Health Sciences and has been in practice for more than 20 years. She is one of 110 doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital who specialize in Anesthesiology.

• Anesthesiology
• General Anesthesiology

Dr. Ricardo Cruciani received his medical degree as well as a PhD in pharmacology from the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Argentina. He completed residencies in psychiatry and neurology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, as well as residencies in neurology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Cruciani is currently vice chairman and director, Pain Division, and Director of the Institute of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation of New York, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City. In addition, Dr. Cruciani is clinical associate professor of neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.

His expertise in neurology, psychiatry and pharmacology, as well as his training in basic science gives Dr. Cruciani a multidimensional perspective on treating pain. He has lectured, published numerous medical articles, co-authored book chapters and abstracts and conducted laboratory research on pain management. Dr. Cruciani’s primary focus is in chronic pain and the development of new treatment strategies.

• Neurology
• Psychiatry
• Pharmacology
• Pain management

Dr. Lundy Campbell is an anesthesiologist in San Francisco, California and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UCSF Medical Center and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. He received his medical degree from Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine and has been in practice between 11-20 years. Dr. Campbell accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 248 doctors at UCSF Medical Center and one of 51 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center who specialize in Anesthesiology.

• General Anesthesiology
• Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
• Critical Care Medicine

Dr. El Abd is a nationally renowned Interventional Spine Physiatrist. He is specialized in the diagnosis and conservative treatment of painful spine conditions. He completed residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He subsequently completed fellowship training in interventional Spine at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

In 2003 he joined the Harvard Medical School as an Instructor and in 2011 he became an assistant professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He was the director of interventional spine at Newton Wellesley Hospital 2004-2014 and he developed the interventional spine program at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Framingham in 2011.

In January 2014 Dr. El Abd moved to private practice and opened Newton Wellesley Interventional Spine, LLC in Wellesley to be able to serve the community more efficiently.

Dr. El Abd is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as well as Pain Management.

Dr. El Abd conducted research and has numerous publications in the peer reviewed medical journals.

Dr. Elabd lectured locally, nationally and internationally on management of painful spine conditions.

Dr. El Abd has special interest in prevention of painful spine problems and healthy living.

Dr. El Abd’s philosophy consists of prompt evaluation and management of spine conditions using evidence based methods of management. He is also conscious about the cost of health care. Evaluating the patients and performing procedures in the office saves the patients and the healthcare system the high expenses of hospitals facility fees. This is especially relevant to the patients when they have high deductible insurances. This also relevant to the primary care doctors if their patients have HMO coverage. The reduction in costs does not affect quality as Dr. El Abd sticks to the highest level of management and he has lectured and published research on the prevention of complications of spinal procedures.

• Physical Medicine
• Rehabilitation  
• Pain Medicine

Dr. Yumul has been an Anesthesiologist for 17 years. My role in clinical and didactic teaching is very important to me. I enjoy teaching at all levels - anesthesiology fellows, residents, medical students, and undergraduate students. I enjoy teaching anesthesia and giving didactic lectures within the scope of my specialty and subspecialty. With respect to didactic teaching my lectures have been primarily relevant to the practice of anesthesiology, Board Prep & keywords, grand rounds, workshops and simulations. Throughout the year I participate in written and oral board prep for residents and fellows.

My role as a Co-Director of research for our anesthesia department has leaded me to get more involved in the research. I coordinate the research in process in which fellows, residents, medical students and faculty members are involved and provide research mentorship.

Currently I hold a triple faculty appointment in Anesthesiology at Cedar-Sinai, UCLA and Charles R. Drew University. Since July 2007 I have the position of Anesthesiology Core Program Director, Interim Program Director for Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Director of Educational Programs for Anesthesiology Residency/Fellowship Programs in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

For the past consecutive 13 years I have received recognition as the outstanding faculty member in Didactic Teaching, mentorship and recognition/ appreciation award as the outstanding faculty in dedication and support and 3 Cedars Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching.

In addition to my responsibility as Program Director and Director of Educational Programs at Cedars I supervise UCLA, national and international medical students rotating to Cedars for their Anesthesiology rotation and mentor them for their research projects and thesis program.

I also received outstanding faculty mentor award for medical students 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 academic years.

For six years I served as a Problem Based Learning Discussion (PBLD)

Instructor within the American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) and actively

Participating in oral, poster and PBLD presentations at the ASA Annual Meeting and

American Society Critical Care Anesthesiologist (ASCCA) meeting.

Yumul Roya have a broad background in General Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology,Bariatric Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, with specific training and expertise in research. As an associate professor in Anesthesiology, She carried out multiple research projects on oxygenation, preoxygenation, Fio2, hypercarbia, sleep apnea, airway devices, ventilatory devices, pain management, HIV and cardiac perfusion.

Dr Amit Lakkaraju had done his MBBS from Andhra Medical College, India in 2000. After doing 5 years of Orthopedic training and gaining the MRCS part 2, he went on to do radiology and obtained his FRCR from Leeds in 2009 . He completed two musculoskeletal fellowships, the first from Leeds and the second from Liverpool. He had completed a postgraduate certificate in medical education from the University of Leeds (2009).  

Dr Lakkaraju specializes in all aspects of musculoskeletal radiology with a special interest in musculoskeletal ultrasound, sports imaging and musculoskeletal and spinal intervention. He also has interests in all aspects of MRI and in teaching. He has given a number of presentations and authored papers predominantly in the field of musculoskeletal radiology.

In addition to being a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Radiologists and the Royal College of Radiologists, he is also a member of the Radiological Society of North America and the European Society of Radiology.

Dr Amit Lakkaraju research interests includes Imaging of Musculoskeletal causes of Pain and Clinical Correlation, Shoulder Imaging, Image guided intervention, Use of platelet rich plasma and cytokine therapies in tendonosis and articular cartilage wear, Dose reduction techniques in spinal and musculoskeletal image guided interventions.