Prof. Aarti Sarwal
Prof. Aarti Sarwal
Aarti Sarwal is a Professor in Neurology, at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. She has served in the roles of Section Chief for Neurocritical Care and the Medical Director of the Neurocritical Care Unit at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in addition to directing the United Council of Neurological Subspecialty accredited Neurocritical care fellowship program. She serves in the role of Social Media Editor for Critical Care Medicine Social Media Editor and Neurocritical Care journal. She currently directs the Neurovascular lab at Wake Forest School of medicine and Wake Forest Neuro ultrasound courses. She is an invited faculty or course director for several critical care and ultrasound courses and serves as ultrasound expert for clinical research trials. Her research interests include point of care applications of ultrasound in the intensive care unit, neuroultrasound for assessing cerebral physiology and cerebral hemodynamics and ventilator induced muscle dysfunction in neurocritical care population.
Ms. Alexandra Ferguson
Ms. Alexandra Ferguson
Alexandra (Ali) Ferguson is an advanced physiotherapist who has worked in Paediatric Intensive Care for 19 years. Ali is the Allied Health lead for implementation of the PICUStars Liberation strategy at Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH) and led the development and implementation of the Early Mobilisation program in PICU at QCH. In 2018 Ali developed the Children’s Chelsea Critical Care Physical Assessment tool, which is a tool to measure physical function of children in critical care. Ali has a strong interest in education and coordinates the Statewide Simulated Learning In Paediatric Allied Health (SLiPAH) program. Ali is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Queensland, and a member of the World Federation of Paediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS) Board of Directors. Ali is the Allied Health Co-Chair of WFPICCS ISC, and Chair of Allied Health Committee. Ali has a keen interest in long-term outcome of PICU survivors and is a member of the PICOLO Network team.
Fun fact: Competes regularly in equestrian showjumping!
Prof. Anders Aneman
Prof. Anders Aneman
Dr Anders Aneman is a Senior Staff Specialist and the Director of ICU Research at Liverpool Hospital ICU, Sydney, Australia. He trained in Sweden and Australia and holds the European Diploma in Intensive Care and is a Fellow of the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand. He is involved in national and international research programs investigating cardiovascular and respiratory monitoring, pathophysiology and support in a wide range of conditions relevant to intensive care, with a recent focus on associations with coagulopathies using bedside diagnostic technologies. He is the author of >250 peer-reviewed publications in international journals and has an H-index of 44. He holds multiple engagements on trial steering committees, data safety and monitoring boards. He is a past editorial board member of Intensive Care Medicine and a current editor for Resuscitation and Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica.
Dr. Andrew Li
Dr. Andrew Li
Andrew is currently works in Woodlands Health and National Healthcare group, with specific sub-interests in sepsis, nutrition, ICU collaborations and ILD. He is currently undertaking a PhD in ILD, while concurrently pursuing his ICU collaborations. He is more than keen to meet with people to look at opportunities to collaborate!
Dr. Anuradha P Menon
Dr. Anuradha P Menon
Anu is a Consultant Paediatric Intensivist at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). Following her training in Paediatric Critical Care locally, she completed a sub-specialty fellowship in Paediatric Cardiac Critical care at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, from 2016-2018. Her areas of interest include mechanical circulatory support in children, and she is actively involved in the growth of KKH’s Paediatric ECMO and VAD programmes.
A/Prof. Ashwin Subramaniam
A/Prof. Ashwin Subramaniam
Associate Professor Ashwin Subramaniam completed his postgraduate training in Intensive Care Medicine in 2013 and achieved his PhD in 2023, focusing on Quantifying the impact of frailty in critically ill patients. His clinical interests include clinical frailty, big data research, managing Clinical Deterioration, early goals of care, COVID-19, and initiatives aimed at quality improvement. Currently, he is a Senior Intensivist at Dandenong and Frankston Hospitals and Director of Intensive Care at The Bays Private Hospital. Ashwin is also a Fellow of the RACP and was the inaugural lead the Acute Admission & Assessment Unit, showcasing his leadership and clinical acumen. He also works as a peri-operative physician for more than 10 years in The Bays Hospital. A passionate educator, he has held significant roles such as the Chair of the VICEN and the Medical Lead for Simulation at Peninsula Health . He is also the formal project assessor for the College of Intensive Care Medicine. Additionally, he was the co-founder and convener of The Critical STEPS Courses, contributing to medical education both in and internationally. He lives with his wife and 14-year-old son in the Mornington Peninsula.
Fun fact: Ashwin has been playing high level league cricket for more than 15 years in Australia.
Dr Bambang Widyantoro
Dr Bambang Widyantoro
Dr. Bambang Widyantoro completed his clinical cardiology training at Universitas Indonesia and further specialized in critical care and interventional cardiology through a fellowship at the National Cardiovascular Center (NCVC) Harapan Kita, Jakarta. He earned his PhD in Cardiovascular Science from Kobe University in Japan. Currently, he serves as the Chair of the Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine at Universitas Indonesia and heads the Research Division at NCVC Harapan Kita. Working as a critical care cardiologist in the Intensive and Cardiovascular Care Unit (ICVCU) at NCVC Harapan Kita, his areas of interest include acute cardiovascular care, advanced heart failure, hypertension, and diabetic heart disease. Additionally, he is the Deputy Editor for the Indonesian Journal of Cardiology and an Associate Editor for the Korean Circulation Journal.
Dr. Ben Gelbart
Dr. Ben Gelbart
Ben Gelbart is a paediatric intensive care specialist at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, research fellow at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and an honorary fellow at the University of Melbourne, Departments of Critical Care and Paediatrics. He is also the past vice president and active member of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society – Paediatric Study Group (ANZICS-PSG).
Prof. Carlos Alviar
Prof. Carlos Alviar
Dr. Carlos L. Alviar is a cardiologist and critical care specialist who serves as assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine at New York University School of Medicine and as the director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and director of the ECMO Program at Bellevue Hospital Center. He received his medical degree from CES University in Colombia, and completed his residency and chief resident year at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, followed by a fellowship in cardiology at NYU and then critical care medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Alviar is a member of the leadership council of the ACC Critical Care Cardiology Sectio where he also serves as the chair of the educational subcommittee and international outreach working group. He also serves as a member of the 3CPR early career committee of the AHA, the CHEST Cardiopulmonary and Vascular network and the planning committee of the Association for acute cardiovascular care of the ESC.
Dr. Alviar has extensive clinical and academic experience in the management of cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, extracorporeal support and several critical care cardiology conditions. Dr. Alviar has published numerous manuscripts and book chapters and presented his work at many national and international meetings. He is the recipient of several awards for his research endeavors. Lastly, he is co-founder and course director of the NYU Langone Critical Care Cardiology Symposium.
Dr Carrie Leong
Dr Carrie Leong
Dr. Carrie Kah-Lai Leong is a consultant respiratory physician, intensivist, and interventional pulmonologist and completed her Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship at Duke University Medical Center, USA. She is clinical assistant professor at the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital and Singhealth Duke-NUS Lung Center, Singapore, and a member of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). Her clinical and research interests include interventional pulmonology, pleural disease as well as inhospital cardiac arrest.
Dr. Chan Yeow
Dr. Chan Yeow
Dr Chan Yeow
Senior Consultant, Dept of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine,
Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Director, Home Ventilation and Respiratory Support Service ( HVRSS)
Dr Chan Yeow completed a fellowship in ICM in Victoria, Australia in 2004. He completed his EDIC in 2006.
He had previously served as Surgical ICU Director of TTSH as well as Chairperson of the Hospital Tracheostomy Workgroup.
He is currently the Chair of the MOH Respiratory Care Panel; and has been active both in teaching and examining ICM trainees in Singapore.
In 2009, together with a multidisciplinary team, he started the first adult Home Ventilation programme in Singapore. The TTSH HVRSS remains the de facto adult service for complex home ventilation in Singapore.
Their team has undergone fellowships in UK, France, USA and Canada. Dr Chan has also visited various home ventilation centres in Europe. The HVRSS team is active in local and regional advocacy and education for ventilator users. The aim is for ventilator users to live each moment as well as possible, #CelebratingEveryBreath.
When not working, Dr Chan is learning to play the Erhu; and also practices Goju-Ryu Karate and Taichokun.
Dr. Chanda Kendra Ho
Dr. Chanda Kendra Ho
Dr. Chanda Ho is currently a Senior Consultant at Singapore General Hospital in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Dr. Ho completed her gastroenterology and transplant hepatology fellowships at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Ho is active in the liver transplant community in in Singapore. She is currently on the SingHealth Executive Committee for the Liver Transplant Programme and the Director of Digital Transformation for the SingHealth Duke-NUS Transplant Centre. She also serves on the sub-committee on Liver Transplant for the National Organ Transplant Unit.
A/Prof. Charlene Liew
A/Prof. Charlene Liew
A/Prof Charlene Liew is the Deputy Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Changi General Hospital and Director of innovation for Radiology, SingHealth. She has held numerous leadership positions in local and international professional bodies, and is the founding chair for the Radiological Society’s AI subsection. She co-chairs the National AI- enabled medical imaging platform, also known as “AimSG” and is the founding chairperson for this project.
Fun fact: When she was an undergraduate medical student Dr Liew undertook research in computer science and the neurological correlates of consciousness of the human brain under Professor Adam Zeman (author of “Consciousness- A user’s guide”). Her work was featured in a chapter in his ensuing book.
Dr. Charles Lew
Dr. Charles Lew
Charles Lew is a principal dietitian and the co-chair of the Allied Health Research Committee at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore. Additionally, he holds the role of adjunct assistant professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology for the Dietetics and Nutrition program, and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN). Charles earned his PhD from Flinders University and has authored over 30 publications, primarily focusing on critical care nutrition support. His research interests include malnutrition, nutrition support, and refeeding syndrome in critically ill patients.
Fun fact: I’m a die-hard fan of the original X-MEN cartoon, and they are back as X-MEN’97 on Disney+!
Ms. Charlotte Lin
Ms. Charlotte Lin
Charlotte graduated with a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics from Flinders University in 2008. She started her career at the National University Hospital (NUH) in November 2008 as a dietitian. In 2013, Charlotte furthered her studies by pursuing a Master of Advanced Professional Practice in Paediatric Dietetics through the MOH AMDA award, which she completed in 2015.
Over the past 10 years, Charlotte has gained extensive experience as a paediatric dietitian at NUH. She has worked extensively at the paediatric intensive care unit, establishing a protocol with the medical team to ensure early establishment of feeding for this vulnerable group of patients. She has also been a key member of the multidisciplinary feeding team since its establishment in 2012. The feeding team manages children with feeding issues stemming from complex medical conditions, behavioural challenges, picky eating and delayed feeding skills and this multidisciplinary approach ensures holistic care to support each child’s growth and development.
Charlotte is currently the Head and Principal Dietitian at NUH Dietetics Department. She is also an active member of the NUHS community of practice for Dietetics and serves on the Ministry of Health’s Dietitian Panel. Through her passion, expertise and leadership, Charlotte continues to make valuable contributions to the field of paediatric nutrition and dietetics.
Dr Clare Fong
Dr Clare Fong
Dr Clare Fong graduated from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and completed her post-graduate residency training in the National University Health System. She is a dually accredited Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine specialist and is an associate consultant with Alexandra Hospital and National University Hospital. She completed her Respiratory Medicine training in the National University Hospital. Dr Fong’s interests include critical care medicine, bronchosopy and pleuroscopy.
Clin. Asst. Prof. David Teo Choon Liang
Clin. Asst. Prof. David Teo Choon Liang
Dr David Teo is a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist with the Department of Psychological Medicine and Department of Sleep Medicine Surgery and Science at Changi General Hospital. He heads CGH’s Health Wellness Programme (ASCAT CGH) and Medical Humanities team. His subspecialty interests are in treating mental health conditions in youth and the medically ill and psychodynamic psychotherapy. He also has a special interest in the interface of spirituality and medicine. As a psychiatrist and psychodynamic psychotherapist, he is experienced in combining medications and psychotherapy in the holistic treatment of a broad range of mental disorders across the lifespan.
Outside of clinical work, Dr Teo has a keen interest in occupational mental wellness. He has worked with like-minded colleagues to facilitate ground up initiatives to combat burnout and enhance professional satisfaction. Passionate about health professions education, he serves as teaching faculty with various medical schools and graduate medical education programmes. He serves as an advisor on various national mental health initiatives and enjoys going out to the community to engage partners and increase awareness about mental health.
Prof. Daryl Jones
Prof. Daryl Jones
Professor Daryl Jones graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1996 and is an Intensive Care Specialist at Austin Health.
Daryl is also an adjunct Professor at the University of Melbourne and Monash University and an advisor to the Safer Care Victoria
He has completed a doctor of medicine in aspects of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) and has also completed a PhD on the RRT that will assess the characteristics and outcomes of patient who are reviewed by the RRT, and details of resource utilization of the MET in ICU-equipped hospitals throughout Australia.
Daryl is the medical director of critical care outreach at the Austin Hospital and is the president-elect of the international society for Rapid Response Systems.
He has an interest in strategies to improve the recognition and response to clinical deterioration for deteriorating patients, including those with sepsis.
Prof. Edward C. Holmes
Prof. Edward Holmes
Edward (Eddie) Holmes is a National Health and Medical Research Council Leadership Fellow and Professor of Virology at the University of Sydney. Eddie received his undergraduate degree from the University of London (1986) and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (1990). Following that, he performed postdoctoral research at the Universities of California (Davis), Edinburgh and Oxford. Between 1993-2004 he held various positions at the University of Oxford, including University Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology and Fellow of New College. Between 2005 and 2012 he was a Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, USA, before moving to Sydney. His research focuses on understanding the nature of global virus diversity – the virosphere – and the major mechanisms of virus evolution, with a special emphasis on revealing the ecology, evolution, and emergence of RNA viruses. In 2003 he was awarded the Scientific Medal by the Zoological Society of London. He was elected a Fellow of the n Academy of Science in 2015 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2017. In 2021 he received the Australian Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.
A/Prof. Emma Ridley
A/Prof. Emma Ridley
A/Prof Emma Ridley, ANZIC-RC, Monash University and Alfred Health
Emma is a National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leadership Fellow and heads the Nutrition Program at the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne. With 19 years of clinical dietetic experience, including as a senior dietitian in the ICU at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, she completed her PhD in 2018. Emma focuses on long-term nutrition interventions for the critically ill and is internationally recognized for her expertise (ranked in the top 1% on Expertscape for multiple critical care and clinical nutrition topics). She has over 110 peer-reviewed publications and has secured over $10 million in research funding, including $4.2 million as CIA. Emma is the CI-A on the recently completed INTENT trial and was awarded a $1.49 million MRFF 2022 grant titled “A national platform for improving quality of nutrition care for critically ill adults and children”.
Dr. Emily See
Dr. Emily See
Dr Emily See is a Consultant Intensivist and Nephrologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, a Senior Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Monash University. She holds a Master of Medical Statistics degree from the University of Oxford and a PhD in Clinical Medicine from the University of Melbourne. Her clinical and research interests centre around acute kidney injury, continuous renal replacement therapy, and sepsis.
Dr. Fatema Ahmed
Dr. Fatema Ahmed
Dr. Fatema Ahmed
MBBS, FCPS (Medicine), MD (Critical Care Medicine)
Associate Professor, Department of Critical Care medicine
BIRDEM General Hospital and Ibrahim Medical College
Vice-President, Bangladesh Society of Critical Care Medicine (BSCCM)
Organizing Secretary BLSF (Bangladesh life support foundation)
Main research interest in sepsis
Prof. Gee Young Suh
Prof. Gee Young Suh
Professor Gee-Young Suh is a pulmonary and critical care physician working at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, . He severed as the Director of ICU of Samsung Medical Center for 16 years and in 2013, he became the Chair of Department of Critical Care Medicine first clinical department dedicated to critical care in . He is one of the primary investigators of Korean Sepsis Alliance and is immediate past President of Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine and as member of Council of World Federation of Intensive Care. His research interests include sepsis, derecruitment-associated lung injury, ICU rehabilitation, ECMO, and rapid response system.
Dr. Geetha Kayambu
Dr. Geetha Kayumbu
Dr Geetha Kayambu is a principal physiotherapist, specializing in critical care research at the National University Hospital. She obtained her PhD at School of Medicine, University of Queensland in 2015 from and was awarded the Allied Health Excellence Award in NUHS last year. She has served as a clinician for 20 years and as Director of Research, Department of Rehabilitation, National University Hospital from 2015-2019. She has been instrumental in conducting critical care preceptorship and promoting research interest amongst physiotherapists in NUH and overseeing the direction of potentially high-impact research in physiotherapy and motivates local and overseas research collaborations. She has authored and peer reviewed several publications and has been invited speaker at several national and international conferences and webinars. She mentors staff clinically and in research and supervises students in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit. Her research interests include novel rehabilitation in intensive care, point of care ultrasound and early mobilisation of critical care patients.
A/Prof. Giabinh Nguyen
A/Prof. Giabinh Nguyen
Education and training:
– Graduated MD (Doctor of Medicine) in 1980.
– Graduated PhD from Ha noi Medical School in 2004
Positions held:
– Director of Intensive Care Unit, Bach Mai Hospital (2002 – 2017).
– President of Vietnam National Association of Emergency, Intensive Care Medicine and Clinical Toxicology (2012 – current).
– Visiting lecturer at 108 Clinical Research Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy (2005 – current). Vietnam National University Medical (2022 – current).
Scientific activities:
– Author or co-author in 100 Vietnamese medical articles and 30 medical articles in international journals
– Contributed to the development of multiple treatment regimens in Vietnam.
– Chaired and presented at multiple medical conferences in Vietnam.
Dr. Gordon Choi
Dr. Gordon Choi
Dr Gordon Choi is an Intensive specialist and Honorary Assistant Professor at the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is currently the Deputy Chief of Service of the department and Head of the Intensive Care Unit.
He received his degree in medicine and surgery from the University of New South Wales, in 1995. After graduation, he obtained his dual Fellowships in both Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine with The College of Anaesthesiologists, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthesia and the College of Intensive Care Medicine, and New Zealand (CICM).
He is currently employed as a full time clinician and has a special interest in education and clinical research. He is currently an examiner of The College of Anaesthesiologists and The College of Intensive Care Medicine, and New Zealand (CICM). He has been elected as the Chairman of the Regional Committee for for the CICM.
He is an advocate of life-long learning and after his fellowship exams he obtained a Master degree in Health Services Management (MHSM) with the University of New South Wales and successfully passed the Examination of Special Competence in Adult Echocardiography (ASCeXAM) of the National Board of Echocardiography, United State of America in 2009. He is currently involved in the administration and running of the BASIC Nephrology and BASIC transthoracic course under the Chinese University of . He is also involved in the development of the version of the Australasian Donor Awareness Program (ADAPT) and the “Management in Intensive Care” course program which has been endorsed by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and CICM.
He has particular interests in antibiotic pharmacokinetics, renal replacement therapy venous thromboembolism and management of intensive care.
Dr Graeme MacLaren
Dr Graeme MacLaren
Graeme MacLaren is Director of Cardiothoracic Intensive Care at National University Hospital and an Adjunct Professor of Surgery at the National University of Singapore. Prof MacLaren trained in both adult and paediatric intensive care medicine and has a Masters Degree in Infectious Diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His principal academic interests are extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and infection in critical illness. He has been heavily involved with the world’s largest ECMO society – the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) – for over a decade, was the Inaugural Chair of its Asia-Pacific Chapter, and in 2023 became the first president of the society in its 35-year history from outside the USA.
Ms. Hanna Holschier
Ms. Hanna Holschier
Hanna Holschier brings seven years of clinical pharmacy experience at the Royal Children’s Hospital, with the past six years spent as the lead pharmacist in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Before assuming this role, she honed her skills in adult oncology and oncology clinical trials, following a memorable 18-month period of living and traveling across Europe.Her primary focuses revolve around enhancing medication management in critical care settings including leveraging electronic medical records (EMR), optimizing paediatric specific resources and raising awareness of safe medication practices. Additionally, she has developed a growing interest in pain and sedation management via a collaborative multi-disciplinary approach for critically ill paediatric patients.Looking ahead, Hanna aims to further develop and expand pharmacy involvement in critical care areas across the hospital to help improve medication processes.
Fun fact: I grew up in country Australia, and when I was younger we had a pet kangaroo that my parents rescued after finding him orphaned. He lived with us for 3 years before he found a passing group of kangaroos and bound off with them!
Dr. Ho Vui Kian
Dr. Ho Vui Kian
Dr Ho Vui Kian is a senior consultant Anaesthesiologist and Intensivist. He completed his specialist training in Anaesthesiology in 2012. He was awarded a HMDP fellowship in 2013 for Intensive Care at the Alfred Hospital in , and completed his subspecialty training in Intensive Care Medicine in 2015. He was formerly Head, Intensive Care Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital and is currently Head, Surgical Intensive Care, General Hospital in July 2021. His areas of interests include trauma, burns, resuscitation and crisis resource management, critical care rehabilitation and medical simulation. He loves to tell dad jokes, and sometimes, dad even laughs.
A/Prof. Hwa Jin Cho
A/Prof. Hwa Jin Cho
Associate Professor, Hwa Jin Cho is a pediatric cardiologist and ECMO co-director in Chonnam National University Hospital, Korea. Most of the time she spends time in the Children’s hospital looking after sick children. She has a strong interest in animal research, recently achieving breakthroughs in developing rodent models for both ECMO and heart transplantation. Her research is currently focused on creating a rodent model that can serve as a bridge to heart transplantation, potentially paving the way for future advancements in the field.
Mr Ian Wee
Mr Ian Wee
Mr Ian Wee obtained both his Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy, Honours) degree and Master of Pharmacy (Clinical Pharmacy) degree from the National University of Singapore. He is board certified in both Pharmacotherapy as well as Critical Care Pharmacotherapy by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties. His current appointment in Specialist Pharmacist (Critical Care) at Changi General Hospital. Apart from several appointments within his institution, he also serves as a preceptor for advanced pharmacy practice trainees in critical care, as well as a member of several Ministry of Health committees in the areas of training and accreditation of clinical pharmacists in Singapore.
Fun fact: Ian has lately discovered the joys of solo travel, and in particular long-distance train rides.
A/Prof. Jacqueline Ong
A/Prof. Jacqueline Ong
Dr Jacqueline Ong is currently head and senior consultant in the Division of Paediatric Critical Care, KTP-NUCMI, National University Hospital, Singapore. She graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2003 and received her post-graduate paediatric training in the National University Hospital. She attained her Masters of Medicine (Paediatrics) and Membership in the Royal College of Paediatrics in 2007. She underwent further specialist training in the Division of Paediatric Critical Care, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada from 2011-2012. Her clinical interests include post-operative cardiac care, extra-corporeal life support, simulation teaching and the use of social media in championing paediatric critical care.
Prof. Jan De Waele
Prof. Jan De Waele
Jan De Waele is a surgical intensivist at the department of Critical Care Medicine of the Ghent University Hospital, full professor of Medicine at Ghent University and Senior Clinical Investigator with the Research Foundation Flanders. His research activities currently deal with optimizing antibiotic therapy in severely ill infected patients to improve outcome and combat resistance development, with specific interest in PK/PD, therapeutic drug monitoring of antibiotics as well as antimicrobial stewardship. Clinical interests also include abdominal infections, source control and sepsis management. Jan has extensive experience in organizing clinical studies and is involved in many national and international studies and guideline committees. He is the past chairman of the ESICM Research Committee (2018-2021), and the 2022-2024 ESICM President-Elect.
A/Prof. Jason Phua
A/Prof. Jason Phua
A/Prof Jason Phua is a respiratory physician and intensivist practising at Alexandra Hospital (AH) and National University Hospital (NUH), Chief Executive Officer of AH, and Deputy Chief Executive (Clinical Transformation) of the National University Health System (NUHS). He is the Chair of the Asian Critical Care Clinical Trials (ACCCT) Group and the Co-Chair of the National Intensive Care Unit Repository (NICUR). He previously served as the Head of the Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at NUH, the President of the Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SICM) Singapore, the Co-Chair of the National COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit Committee, and the Chair of the Asia Ventilation Forum.
Dr. Jayashree Muralidharan
Dr. Jayashree Muralidharan
Professor and Chief Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Units Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER Chandigarh. She has clinical, teaching and research experience in pediatric intensive care of more than 28 years. She is the recipient of the prestigious SCCM Drs Vidyasagar and Nagamani Dharmapuri Award for excellence in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine for year 2023. Her research interest include diabetic ketoacidosis, antimicrobial resistance, community acquired infections, antimicrobial stewardship, fluids and electrolytes, triage, healthcare associated infections, quality improvement initiatives and capacity building of doctors and nurses. Her capacity building module for healthcare providers of State of Madhya Pradesh in collaboration with NRHM Madhya Pradesh and UNICEF named ‘IMPACT’ (Integrated Module for Pediatric Acute Care Training) was awarded the SCCM Innovation in Education Award for the year 2021.She is the Principal Investigator for the ICMR Centre for Advanced Research on Pediatric Emergency Care, the objective of which is strengthening of peripheral hospitals, organization of services, database development, protocol development in pediatric emergency care and research on low-cost interventions and other acute care interventions. She has served as the Asian board member for the World federation of Pediatric Critical and Intensive Care Society for two terms (2018-2020 and 2022-2024). She is member of the Pediatric Acute and Critical Care Asian Network (PACCMAN) Executive and Scientific Committee (Apr 2020 – Mar 2023 and Mar 2023 to March 2024). She was invited as a Visiting Professor to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia USA (25th Jan 2024), and to Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia and PICU of Children’s Hospital of Queensland, April 9, 2024. She has about 130 papers to her credit, both in International and National journals which include 20 chapters in books. She is editorial board member of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine Pediatric Neonatal and reviewer for international journals Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Journal of Diabetes, World Journal of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, American Association of Clinical Endocrinology, Lancet, and BMC Pediatrics. She is the Member of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), Pediatric Section of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISSCM) and Pediatric Intensive Care Chapter of Indian academy of Pediatrics. She has participated in several international collaborative research, with Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, Weill Cornell University New York and Boston Children’s Hospital USA to name a few.
Prof. John Fraser
Prof. John Fraser
Professor John F Fraser MB ChB PhD FRCP(Glas) FFARCSI FCICM FELSO is Founder/Director of the Critical Care Research Group at The University of Queensland, Director of Intensive Care at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and Immediate Past President of the Asia Pacific Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation (APELSO).
Consisting of a world-leading collaborative of clinicians, engineers and scientists, the Critical Care Research Group (CCRG) is Australia’s largest multidisciplinary medical research groups. It boasts 8 purpose-built labs including the largest preclinical ICU in the southern hemisphere with connections across all major international cardiothoracic hospitals.He and the team completed a five-year body of work to assess machine perfusion in optimising conditioning of donor hearts. This pre-clinical work led to an international clinical trial that has revolutionised the practice of heart transplantation by allowing hearts to remain outside the body for up to 9 hours. This practice has been adopted worldwide.
Professor Fraser developed an “inhalable epipen” equivalent for treatment of anaphylaxis (https://demotucordis.com/), co-founded the BiVACOR total artificial heart company with Dr Daniel Timms, the device’s inventor, and in 2020 established the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium with CCRG colleagues A/Prof Gianluigi Li Bassi and Dr Jacky Suen. The Consortium has created what is now widely regarded as the world’s largest and most in-depth COVID-19 ICU database spanning >460 hospitals in 64 countries resulting on over 35 manuscripts and treatment changing discoveries.
John has five professorships, over 650 publications many in peer-reviewed journals, has received more than AUD 90 million in competitive grants, and co-wrote and edited the most comprehensive textbook on mechanical circulatory support. Idiotically he’s just agreed to edit the second version and wishes he hadn’t!
He is proud father of five great children: Ben, Dominic, Nicholas, Lucy and Tommy.
Prof. John Myburgh
Prof. John Myburgh
Professor John A Myburgh AO, is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney; Director of the Professoriate and Immediate Past-Director of Critical Care Program at the George Institute for Global Health; Senior Intensive Care Physician at the St George Hospital, Sydney He holds a Leadership Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council.
He is an internationally recognised clinical researcher and has led the development and co-ordination of over 75 pivotal clinical trials in Intensive Care Medicine.
He has received over A$98M in research grant funding, published over 350 research publications and delivered over 400 presentations at national and international scientific meetings.
He is a Foundation Member and Past-Chairman of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group, Past-President of the College of Intensive Care Medicine and past-Secretary General of World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine.
More importantly, he is a dedicated family person, rower, cook and average blues guitar player.
Ms. Kate Masterson
Ms. Kate Masterson
Kate Masterson is an experienced paediatric intensive care nurse with a passion for advancing healthcare through research. With extensive experience in paediatric critical care, she is involved with research in many aspects including providing education, offering mentorship to researchers and coordinating clinical trials in PICU. She also leads the consumer engagement group for ANZICS PSG, ensuring that patient perspectives are central to research initiatives.
Currently pursuing her PhD exploring lived experiences of nurses during the initiation of long-term ventilation in a PICU. Her research aims to explore the voice of the nurse at this point of care as part of the international TechChild project. Prior to this, she explored the parental experiences during interhospital transfers, highlighting the complexity of care provision during this process. She has an interest in multi-disciplinary collaborative research aiming to improve experience and outcomes for critically ill children and their families.
Dr. Lauren Sorce
Dr. Lauren Sorce
Lauren R. Sorce, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, FCCM, FAAN is the Senior Scientist in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director for Nursing Research in the Department of Nursing at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago USA. Dr. Sorce practices as a Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner and is faculty at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Sorce has been funded for her own research and has worked on and led numerous research study teams in the ICU where she also mentors members of the multiprofessional team in research. Dr. Sorce’s key contribution to critical care has been her extensive leadership in serving on numerous local, national and international committees, on the board of directors of WFPICCS and is currently the President of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Prof. Laurent Brochard
Prof. Laurent Brochard
Pr. Laurent Brochard is Intensivist, Clinician Scientist, St. Michael’s Hospital (Unity Health Toronto) and Director of the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, since 2014. He holds the Keenan Chair in Critical Care and Acute Respiratory failure.
He trained in respirology and critical care, obtained his MD degree, University of Paris, and worked in Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil) until he moved to Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland (2010-2013) before being recruited in Toronto.
He has been Editor-in-Chief of Intensive Care Medicine, is currently Deputy Editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
He created a clinical research network on mechanical ventilation REVA. He leads an international group on respiratory physiology (PLUG) and leads the Centre of Excellence in Mechanical Ventilation in Toronto (CoEMV).
He mentored and directed numerous trainees, many of whom are leaders in Critical Care. He published over > 700 peer-reviewed publications (H-index 125).
Dr. Lee Jan Hau
Dr. Lee Jan Hau
Dr. Lee Jan Hau is a senior consultant in the Children’s Intensive Care Unit in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. He is an associate professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School. His research interests include pediatric critical care epidemiology, pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome and critical care nutrition. He is founding chairperson of the Pediatric Acute & Critical Care Medicine Asian Network (PACCMAN).
Dr. Lim Huey Ying
Dr. Lim Huey Ying
Dr Lim Huey Ying obtained her MBBS degree from University Malaya, Malaysia. She obtained Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (MRCP), United Kingdom and Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) from Singapore. She is currently a trainee under the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) of Australia and New Zealand.
Apart from training in Intensive Care medicine, she also has great interest in Palliative Medicine, She has completed the Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care Medicine (GDPM), NUS Singapore. She is currently working as a Senior Resident Physician in the Department of Intensive Care Medicine at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.
Dr. Lisa Higgins
Dr. Lisa Higgins
Dr Lisa Higgins is an NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellow and Lead of the Health Economics Program for the n and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre at Monash University. She is also an honorary Senior Research Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health, a member of the Australasian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) Health Economics Alongside Trials (HEAT) Group, and a member of Research ‘s Health Economics Working Group. She has qualifications in public health, biostatistics, health economics and physiotherapy.
Lisa has been a key member of the REMAP CAP adaptive platform trial since its inception 10 years ago, is a member of the International Trial Steering Committee and leads the global health economics working group. As a Chief Investigator, she is currently leading the economic evaluations of >15 NHMRC or MRFF funded trials in trauma, sepsis, oxygen therapy, transfusion, ECMO and early rehabilitation research. Lisa also leads the Health Economics Stream for the Blood Synergy (2020-2024), funded by the top ranked NHMRC Synergy grant for 2019 on which she was a chief investigator.
Dr. Lowell Ling
Dr. Lowell Ling
Lowell Ling is an Assistant Professor at The Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care at The Chinese University of . He is an intensivist with special interest in critical care, sepsis and organ dysfunction. He completed his undergraduate medical training from University of London and obtained a MPhil from University of Cambridge. He completed his intensive care training at Prince of Wales Hospital in SAR, . His research uses epidemiological, clinical and genomic approaches to understand sepsis.
Prof. Madiha Hashmi
Prof. Madiha Hashmi
Current Position
Professor Chair Department Critical Care Medicine
Ziauddin University and Ziauddin Group of Hospitals
Karachi Pakistan
Other Affiliations
– Visiting Faculty Aga Khan University Karachi Pakistan
– Honorary Physician, Mahidol Oxford Research Unit (MORU)
– Secretary, Faculty of CCM at College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP)
– President, Sepsis Alliance Pakistan (SoAP)
– CEO, South East Research & Education in Critical care Health (SEARCH)
– Leading Pakistan Registry of Intensive CarE (PRICE)
– Executive Board member and South Asian Regional Hub Lead International severe Acute Respiratory & emerging Infections Consortium (ISARIC)
– Founding Member Asia Pacific Sepsis Alliance (APSA), Association of SAARC Critical Care Societies (ASAARCCS)
– Member WSD International Steering Committee
– President, Pakistan Society of Critical Care Medicine (PSCCM) 2014 -2019
Dr. Maria Encarnita B. Limpin
Dr. Maria Encarnita B. Limpin
– Board of Director, Philippine Society of Critical Care Medicine
– Chair, Medicine Department, Mary Johnston Hospital
– Medical Specialist IV, Education, Training & Research, Philippine Heart Center
– Active Consultant, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Philippine Heart Center
– Past President, Philippine College of Physicians
– Past President, Philippine College of Chest Physicians
Dr. Maria Paz B. Mateo
Dr. Maria Paz B. Mateo
MARIA PAZ B. MATEO, MD, MHA, FPCP, FPCCP, FPSCCM
– Fellowship training on Adult Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Philippine Heart Center
– Visiting Fellow, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine – Pulmonary Vascular Medicine, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA
– Medical Specialist III and Section Chief, Medical Intensive Care Unit at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center, Philippines
– Chairman, Philippine College of Chest Physicians’ Council on Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Vascular Diseases
– Member, Board of Directors, Philippine Society of Critical Care Medicine
– Coordinator, Philippine Heart Center- Pulmonary Vascular Clinic
Prof. Markus B Skrifvars
Prof. Markus B Skrifvars
Professor, MD, PhD, EDIC, FCICM Markus B Skrifvars
Department of Emergency Care and Services, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki,
Markus Skrifvars is Staff Specialist in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and professor of Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine. He has trained in and and completed both the European Diploma of Intensive Care as well as the Fellowship of Intensive Care Medicine (FCICM). He has published over 250 scientific publications and supervised seven PhDs focusing on emergency and intensive care of cardiac arrest and traumatic brain injury. He was a member of the steering group of the TTH48 trial and the principal investigator of the COMACARE trial. His research group focuses on both experimental and clinical studies in the field of cardiac arrest and traumatic brain injury. He is one of the lead investigator of the STEP CARE (Sedation, TEmperature and Pressure after Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation) that will enroll 3500 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients treated in the intensive care unit with different treatments for blood pressure, temperature management and sedation.
Fun fact: Markus Skifvars used to play the banjo in a celtic rock band in the 1990s recording three albums and playing hundreds gigs in , Sweden, Estonia and Ireland. If you search for “The Scrapes” on Youtube you may even found some proof of this.
A/Prof. Naomi Hammond
A/Prof. Naomi Hammond
Associate Professor Naomi Hammond the Critical Care and Sepsis Australia Program Head at The George Institute for Global Health. She is also the Executive Director, Research for the NSLHD. Naomi holds several other appointments including NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellow; Conjoint Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales; Treasurer of the Asia Pacific Sepsis Alliance, and Chair of the Australian Critical Care Nurses Research Advisory Panel.
Naomi’s research interests include fluid resuscitation, sepsis, fever management, knowledge translation and implementation research, health economics, and long-term outcomes post critical illness. Naomi has experience supervising and mentoring medical trainees, nursing staff, PhD, Masters and medical students in both the clinical and academic environment.
Additional to Naomi’s academic portfolio, she has extensive clinical trials operational management experience including finance, regulatory processes, personnel, project and program management in a clinical and NGO environment.
Dr. Naranpurev Mendsaikhan
Dr. Naranpurev Mendsaikhan
Naranpurev Mendsaikhan is an Intensive care physician, and Lecturer of Critical care and Anesthesiology Department of Mongolian National University of Medical Science. Current position is a Chief Medical Director of Hospital of Mongolian National University of Medical Science. She devotes time to the postgraduate training in emergency and intensive care physicians and develops the training curriculums of human resources of critical care.
Dr. Nhi Nguyen
Dr. Nhi Nguyen
Nhi is an intensive care specialist from Nepean Hospital in Sydney. She is the Clinical Director of Intensive Care NSW at the Agency for Clinical Innovation and elected member of the CICM Board and Censor. She has a clinical interest in obstetric medicine and how organisations are structured to support staff to do the best they can to fulfil their roles in serving the community. She gets joy from all aspects of her professional and personal life, which includes travelling with her family, teaching in and getting her buoyancy right whilst diving with the whale sharks.
Prof. Nor’ azim Bin Mohd Yunos
Prof. Nor' azim Bin Mohd Yunos
Nor’azim Mohd Yunos is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur and a Consultant Intensivist in the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC).
Nor’azim has served in various academic, clinical and research roles in intensive care. This included a research fellowship in Austin Hospital, Melbourne, which led to his PhD on the topic of chloride restriction in intravenous fluids in 2017. He is currently the Head of Critical Care Services Unit of UMMC and is also the President of the Malaysian Society of Intensive Care.
Ms. Norazlina Bte Shaikh Ibrahim Mattar
Ms. Norazlina Bte Shaikh Ibrahim Mattar
Norazlina embarked on her nursing journey with a specialization in Neuroscience Nursing, subsequently advancing to Neuroscience ICU. In 2019, she attained a Master’s in Clinical Leadership from Curtin University, augmenting her expertise. Currently, as Assistant Director of Nursing at General Hospital, she oversees ICU operations, drawing on over 25 years of experience. Notably, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Norazlina leadership was instrumental in preparing for Isolation ICU care and supporting staff well-being. She has implemented standardized ICU practices to enhance crisis adaptability and has led various quality improvement projects. Additionally, Norazlina actively contributes to ICU governance bodies, ensuring effective decision-making and response planning. Her role in the Hospital’s Business Continuity committee underscores her commitment to crisis management and operational resilience. Furthermore, she serves as a Nursing representative on the Hospital’s Medication Safety Advisory Committee, advocating for medication safety protocols and policy enhancements. Through her leadership, Norazlina is dedicated to inspiring and empowering nurses, emphasizing the maintenance of high care standards while prioritizing staff wellness in healthcare settings.
Dr. Peta Alexander
Dr. Peta Alexander
Dr. Peta Alexander is Associate Professor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Staff Physician in the Department of Cardiology and the Director of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) at Boston Children’s Hospital. As a clinician, she maintains a focus on optimizing potential circulatory support strategies for patients with congenital and acquired heart disease and strives for program-wide excellence in inter-disciplinary, goal-concordant, family-centered care. Dr. Alexander is the Treasurer of the Board of Directors of ELSO, past Co-Chair of PediECMO, a collaborative research network between ELSO and PALISI, and Co-PI for Pediatric ECMO Anticoagulation CollaborativE (PEACE) and ECMO-CENTRAL (Core Elements Needed for Trials, Regulatory processes and Quality of Life). She is Trial Co-Chair and Co-Lead of the Clinical Coordinating Center for the U.S. Department of Defense funded multicenter Trial of Indication-based Transfusion of Red blood cells in ECMO (TITRE, PI: Lynn Sleeper). Dr. Alexander recently co-led a UCSF-Stanford CERSI funded project “Creating a Framework for a National Adaptive Platform Trial to Evaluate Pediatric Medical Devices” with Dr. Christopher Almond (PI) exploring features and potential benefits of an Adaptive Platform Trial for children receiving ECMO.
Prof. Pradip Kumar Bhattacharya
Prof. Pradip Kumar Bhattacharya
– Present Position
Professor & HOD Critical Care Medicine
In charge of Trauma & Central Emergency
Dean Research/PhD Coordinator
RIMS Ranchi
– President ISCCM (Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine) 2024-25
– National Representative to the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
– Professional Experience in Critical Care Medicine >25 Years
– Sixty-two Publications in National & International journals.
– Written Twenty Chapters in Different Critical Care Books
– Chief Editor of Five Books in Critical Care Medicine
– Associate Editor Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
– Presented more than 250 scientific papers at National and International Conferences
– First to start PhD Critical Care Medicine in India
– Organising Chairman for EUROASIA 2024 – Bangalore (India)
– Organising Chairman – CRITICARE 2025 – Cochin (India)
Dr. Qian Xing
Dr. Qian Xing
Dr Xing is an attending physician from the ICU dept of Fudan University, Shanghai Cancer Center. She received her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in clinical medicine from Shanghai Jiaotong University. As a member of Cancer Intensive Care Professional Committee from Anti-Cancer Association of Dr Xing has been innovating in the field of cancer related critical care medicine, including the immune status, nutritional status and weakness of cancer patients with severe infections, as well as severe immune related adverse events (irAEs) after immunotherapy.
Ms. Rebecca Lim
Ms. Rebecca Lim
In May 2013, I made my first steps into the world of nursing, a profession I never imagined I would pursue. Growing up, hospitals were places of mystery and often fear, but here I was, embarking on a profession that would change my life in unforeseen ways.
The ICU’s intensity quickly drew me in. It was a world where every second counted, lives were on the line, and I found my calling in the midst of chaos. Over the span of 11 years, the intensive care unit became more than simply my employment; it was also my safe place. It was here that I strengthened my skills, overcame different obstacles with strong dedication, and formed friendships with colleagues.
In 2019, a new chapter began as I joined the ICU Outreach Nursing Team. I had no idea that this would transform us into a “moving ICU,” a team tasked with extending critical care expertise outside the walls of our unit. It was a role that required adaptability, quick thinking, and a strong dedication to patient care – qualities that distinguished our team as we faced different difficulties and settings.
Looking back, I’m struck by how much this experience has affected me – not just as a nurse, but as a person. It has taught me that resilience and compassion can be refined in a variety of situations and challenges, emphasizing the value of teamwork in healthcare.
Dr. Sabin Koirala
Dr. Sabin Koirala
Dr. Sabin Koirala completed his medical school and MD in Anesthesiology from Institute of Medicine. After that he completed his Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine from University of Toronto, and is currently working as a Consultant Intensivist and Clinical Incharge of Intensive Care Units at HAMS Hospital, Kathmandu. Apart from being the clinical lead at ICU at HAMS he is also leading Department of Infection Prevention & Control, and Quality Control Committee. He is also involved as an active member of training Committee at HAMS. Being a research enthusiast, he is also actively involved in various research activities, including multinational clinical trials, ongoing in. Dr. Koirala is also a faculty of National Board of Medical Specialities (NBMS)- Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine Program and also the program coordinator of this fellowship program at HAMS. Dr. Koirala is currently the General Secretary of ese Society of Critical Care Medicine (NSCCM) and is current involved in various activities to uplift the standards of critical care medicine in .
Dr. Samiran Ray
Dr. Samiran Ray
Samiran Ray is a Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. He completed his PhD at University College London on the impact of fever and its treatment on critically-ill children. Since then, has been a co-investigator on several clinical trials, including Oxy-PICU, and the currently recruiting PRESSURE trial. He is also a co-investigator on UCL CHIMERA (Collaborative Healthcare Innovation through Mathematics, Engineering and AI), and co-applicant and domain lead for the upcoming PIVOTAL platform trial in the UK.
Ms. Sania Binte Mohamed Jonid
Ms. Sania Binte Mohamed Jonid
Sania embarked on a courageous career switch to pursue her passion for healthcare. Starting humbly as a general ward nurse, Sania embraced every challenge and opportunity with enthusiasm and determination. Her ability to connect with children and families, coupled with her work ethic and leadership potential, caught the attention of her colleagues and supervisors. Through her hard work and dedication, Sania climbed the ranks, eventually assuming her role of nurse manager and Paediatric Palliative Care Nurse lead. Throughout her tenure in NUH, Sania’s impact extended beyond the bedside. As a certified Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) instructor, she empowered countless healthcare professionals with life-saving skills. Her commitment to QI and patient safety was evident in her roles as NUH NQC chair, JCI auditor and WeCare trainer, where she tirelessly worked to uphold the highest standards of care. Sania’s passion for Paediatric Palliative Care nursing led her to become a dedicated trainer for Paediatric Palliative Care Nursing courses, sharing her expertise and knowledge with Pediatric nurses. Sania finds fulfilment and joy in her role as a wife and mother of three grown-up children. Balancing demands of her career with her family life, Sania exemplifies resilience, compassion, and strength in all aspects of her life.
Fun fact: Seen as motherly figure, not only nurtures and supports staff professionally but also has a secret talent for baking delicious pineapple tarts and cooking. Her homemade treats have become legendary in the family, bringing joy and sweetness to everyone’s day.
Dr. Sewa Duu Wen
Dr. Sewa Duu Wen
Dr Sewa is currently the Head of Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and works as a senior consultant in Singapore General Hospital. He heads the Medical Intensive Care Medicine in his hospital and is the co-chair of the Outram Campus ICU committee. His areas of interest include advanced respiratory care, tracheostomy care, critical care medicine, extracorporeal life support, pulmonary embolism response service and lung transplantation. In 2013 and 2015, he was twice awarded the Health Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) Award for training in intensive care medicine and lung transplantation at University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, and then at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK for training in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Dr Sewa Duu Wen obtained his medical degree from the National University of Singapore in 2003. He completed his specialty training in Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine in 2012 and 2014 respectively
Prof. Simon Sin Wai Ching
Prof. Simon Sin Wai Ching
Prof. Simon Sin Wai Ching
MBBS (HK), MRCP (UK), FHKCP (HK) FHKAM (HK), FRCP (Edinburgh)
Affiliations:
1) Director, Critical Care Medicine Unit, School of Clinical Medicine. Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong
2) Service Director of Critical Care Unit, Gleneagles Hospital
3) Director of American Heart Association International Training Center, the University of Hong Kong
4) Honorary Consultant of Department of Adult Intensive Care, Queen Mary Hospital
Specialist in Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine (2008), Cardiology (2012), Advance Internal Medicine (2009) (College of Physicians)
Expert in ECMO and ECMO education
1) Education Co-Chair and Steering Committee of the Extra-corporeal Life Support Organization Asia-Pacific Chapter (APELSO)
2) Leading Queen Mary Hospital ECMO program awarded Center of Excellence (Gold level) by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) in 2017, 2022
Dr. Suthat Rungruanghiranya
Dr. Suthat Rungruanghiranya
Suthat Rungruanghiranya is a pulmonologist and intensivist working at Srinakharinwirot university (SWU) medical center in . He received his residency training and fellowship in Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine at University of Miami, Florida. His main interests in the field of critical care include management of sepsis, and VAP. Since 2004, he established the standard of critical care service at SWU, and other hospitals in the area. He has served as the chief editor of the Thai Society of Critical Care Medicine (TSCCM) Archives since 2008, which was later extended and renamed as Clinical Critical Care journal in 2021. He also served as chief editor of textbooks and manuals of TSCCM. Currently, he has been appointed President-Elect of the TSCCM. He received national awards, including the Outstanding Junior Internist Award from Royal College of Physician of in 2014, the Outstanding Civil Officer Awards from Royal Thai Government in 2017, and was appointed as Masterly Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of in 2024.
Dr. Soojin Park
Dr. Soojin Park
Dr. Soojin Park is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University. She is the former Fellowship Program Director at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia/Cornell). She now directs the Program for Hospital and Intensive Care Informatics at Columbia, and is the Medical Director of Critical Care Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. She is an Associate Editor for Neurocritical Care, and a Board Trustee of the Neurocritical Care Foundation as well as the Society for Complex Acute Illness. Her research is supported by the National Institutes of Health, where she is the PI of awards focused on artificial intelligence in neurocritical care. Her work focuses on the development and clinical evaluation of predictive models to improve timeliness and precision of management in neurocritical care, using physiologic monitors and digitized medical record data.
A/Prof. Stephen Warrillow
A/Prof. Stephen Warrillow
Stephen is an intensivist and director of the Department of Intensive Care at Austin Health in Melbourne Australia, where he is also the Divisional Director of Medical Services. His private practice is based at Epworth HealthCare where is he Director of the Critical Care Institute. In addition to his clinical and administrative responsibilities, he has an academic appointment with the University of Melbourne and is a past examiner with the College of Intensive Care Medicine and a current senior examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians as well as past President of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society. During the COVID response in 2020 he became lead of the critical care response for the North-East cluster, chaired the Victorian ICU Director’s forum and was lead author on the ANZICS pandemic ethics guidelines. For over ten years he has been involved in the establishment of the Global Tracheostomy Collaborative to promote improved care for tracheostomy patients. Past roles include aeromedical retrieval, perioperative medicine, general medicine, organ donation medical specialist, CICM supervisor of training, RACP supervisor of training and chairing of various committees for CICM, the RACP and ANZICS. In 2019 he convened the World Congress of Intensive Care when it was hosted in Melbourne. His professional interests include critical care outcomes, clinical governance, end-of-life care, clinical teaching and complex communication. Outside of medicine, Stephen enjoys cycling, running, bushwalking, back country ski touring and amateur radio.
Prof. Steve Webb
Prof. Steve Webb
Dr Steve Webb is an ICU physician and a Professor of Critical Care Research at Monash University. He was a founding director and former Chair of the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance, a past-Chair of the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group, and a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
He was a founding investigator and inaugural chair of the REMAP-CAP International Trials Steering Committee and led the platform through the pandemic reporting the treatment effect of multiple different interventions for patients with life-threatening COVID-19 infection.
He has been an investigator on trials with an accumulated sample size of more than 65,000 patients, is a named investigator on more than $170 M of competitive research funding, and has published more than 250 manuscripts, including multiple manuscripts in high-impact general medical journals, that have been cited more than 60,000 times.
Dr. Tertius Tuy
Dr. Tertius Tuy
Dr Tertius Tuy graduated from Duke-NUS Medical School in 2012. He received his MRCP from Edinburgh in 2016. And completed his Junior Residency in Internal Medicine in 2017. He specialized in Haematology and completed his Senior Residency training in 2021. He is currently a consultant in the Department of Haematology at Singapore General Hospital where he sub-specializes in acute leukemias, allogenic stem cell transplant, and cell therapy.
Mr. Thomas Rollinson
Mr. Thomas Rollinson
Thomas Rollinson is a Senior Physiotherapist and Clinical Lead Physiotherapist in Intensive Care at Austin Health in Melbourne. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2011 with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy with Honours. He is a current PhD Candidate at the University of Melbourne investigating exercise and recovery following critical illness. His research focusses on physical activity in patients with critical illness, muscle wasting in critical illness, and early exercise interventions. He has participated as a site investigator on several large, international randomised trials of ICU rehabilitation including the eStimCYCLE, TEAM and CYCLE trials. His work has won awards from the Society of Cachexia and Muscle Wasting Disorders, the n Physiotherapy Association, the University of Melbourne, and Austin Health.
Fun Fact: Enjoys scuba diving and underwater photography
Dr. Wei-Tien Chang
Dr. Wei-Tien Chang
Affiliations
Professor, National Taiwan University
Deputy Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital
Chair, Emergency Intensive Care Unit, National Taiwan University Hospital
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine & Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital
Education
1987 – 1994: M.D., College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2001 – 2007: Ph.D., College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2019 – 2021: E.MBA., College of Management, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Academic Societies
Chair, Scientific Committee, Taiwan Society of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
Editorial Board, Taiwan Society of Critical Care Medicine
Editorial Board, Taiwan Society of Emergency Medicine
Emergency & Critical Care Committee, Taiwan Society of Cardiology
Joint Committee, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Taiwan
First Aid Task Force, International Liaison Committee of Resuscitation (ILCOR)
A/Prof. Will Loh
A/Prof. Will Loh
Associate Professor Will Loh graduated from University College London Medical School and completed his medicine, anaesthesia, research and intensive care training in Liverpool. He is dually accredited in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia. Prof Loh is a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, a Fellow of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, and holds the European Diploma in Intensive Care. He is also a member of the Neuro-Intensive Care group of the European Society of Intensive Care. Before moving to National University Hospital Singapore, Prof Loh was the chair of intensive care at the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, United Kingdom. Prof Loh is the Associate Chairman Medical Board for Clinical Risk Management (CRM), and Director of Research at the Department of Anaesthesia at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. His research interests are in the management of sepsis, sarcopenia and neurocognition after critical illness, traumatic brain injury and neuroanaesthesia. He is an examiner in the Masters of Medicine program for anaesthesia and Intensive care at the National University of Singapore. He has written numerous book chapters on intensive care and published over 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Prof. Wong Wai Tat
Prof. Wong Wai Tat
Dr Wai-Tat WONG is a specialist in internal medicine and critical care medicine. He is now working in the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and the Centre for Bioethics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He provides clinical service as a consultant in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Prince of Wales Hospital. He is responsible for undergraduate teaching in acute medicine, anaesthesia, communication skills, professionalism and medical ethics in the Faculty of Medicine at CUHK. He has been working on research projects related to medical education, clinical ethics, end-of-life care in ICU, mechanical ventilation and infectious diseases. Dr Wong has been serving the Hong Kong Society of Critical Care Medicine as vice-chairperson since Jan 2024.
Prof. Yahya Shehabi
Prof. Yahya Shehabi
Dr Shehabi is a Professor of Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia at Monash University and University of New South Wales. He is a practicing Fellow of the College of Intensive Care Medicine and the ANZ College of Anaesthetist. Dr Shehabi is a senior clinical academic and an experienced clinical trialist with extensive track record in leading multinational large scale RCTs.
He is the lead architect of the Sedation Practice in Intensive Care Evaluation (SPICE) research programme, culminated with SPICE III and the ongoing SPICE IV trials. Through his research and publications, professor Shehabi is an acknowledged international authority on sedation and delirium management, and the use of dexmedetomidine in critical care and perioperative medicine.
Prof. Yasuhiro Kuroda
Prof. Yasuhiro Kuroda
Yasuhiro Kuroda, M.D., Ph.D., FNCS
Professor and Chairman, Department of Emergency, Disaster, and Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University
Education and Training
1984 Completion of Medical Course, Yamaguchi University, School of Medicine
1988 Completion of Doctoral Course, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine (Neuroanesthesia and neurointensive care, Prof. Hiroshi Takeshita)
Postdoctoral Training / Experience
1988-1990 Department of Anesthesiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital,
1990-1991 Research fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Glasgow University (Mr. Mm Ross Bullock)
1991-1994 Assistant, Critical Care Medical Center, Yamaguchi University Hospital,
1994-1995 Department of Anesthesiology, Yamaguchi Rosai Hospital,
1995-1999 Department of Anesthesiology, Himeji National Hospital,
1999-2000 Instructor, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital,
2000-2007 Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital,
2007-2008 Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kagawa University Hospital,
2009- present post
Membership in Scientific, Honorary and Professional Societies
2011- Directors of the board, Chairman of neuro-intensive care committee, The ese Society of Intensive Care Medicine
2024- the 6th President of the Board of Directors, The ese Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Specialized area
Post cardiac arrest, neurointensive care.
Prof. Yugeesh Lankadeva
Prof. Yugeesh Lankadeva
Professor Yugeesh Lankadeva is a National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leader (Level 2) Fellow and a National Heart Foundation Future Leader (Level 2) Fellow and leads the Translational Cardiovascular and Renal Research Group at The Florey. His research aims to understand the pathophysiology of brain and kidney injury arising from sepsis, cardiac surgery, and heart failure with the goal of developing novel diagnostics, medical devices, and therapeutics to improve patient-centred health outcomes. Professor Lankadeva has over 70 publications in medical journals (Circulation, Anaesthesia, Br J Anaesth; Am J Resp Crit Care Med; Intensive Care Med; Crit Care Med; Kidney Int). His work has been acknowledged by the award of over $18 million of research funding. His discoveries have translated to 8 clinical trials across , Europe, USA, and Asia. He is an inventor on 3 patents and has received over 25 prestigious career awards from the n Institute of Policy and Science, National Heart Foundation of , Hypertension , and Microcirculation Societies. He holds appointments as the Head of Florey’s Systems Neuroscience Theme and is a Principal Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Anaesthesia (Austin Hospital) and at the Department of Critical Care (University of Melbourne).
Dr. Zudin Puthucheary
Dr. Zudin Puthucheary
Dr Zudin Puthucheary is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine at the William Harvey Institute, Queen Mary, University of London, and a Consultant at the Royal London Hospital Adult Intensive Care Unit. He graduated from Nottingham University in 1997, and moved to London post MRCP in 2000. His research focusses on acquired functional disability, and the use of nutritional and exercise interventions to prevent and treat muscle and has published over 150 papers and has a H-index of 39. Zudin is a nationally elected Council member of the Intensive Care Society (UK). He was the inaugural chair of the UK National Post-Intensive Care Rehabilitation Collaborative, a multi-professional cross-disciplinary group focussing on rehabilitation and restitution of critical illness survivors. His work on acute muscle wasting has won awards from the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, European Society of Anesthesia, the British Thoracic Society, the Intensive Care Society, The American Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition and Zudin was named a Global Rising Star by the and New Zealand Intensive Care Society.
Dr. Chen Ching Kit
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Dr. David Grolman
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Dr. Chen Decheng
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Dr. Georgia Brown
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