Dr Uppal is an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, and a board member of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA Pain Medicine). He is also the scientific program committee chair for the 2025 ASRA Spring Meeting. Formerly, he served as the chair of the Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain section of the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society (CAS).
Talk title: Rebound Pain
Presenter: Dr Peter Rose
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver
Dr Peter Rose is a staff anesthesiologist at Vancouver General Hospital after having completed Anesthesiology residency training at the University of British Columbia and a fellowship in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain at the University of Ottawa. At Vancouver General Hospital he is a co-director of the Perioperative Pain Service, leads the Airway and Major Head and Neck Surgery Anesthesia division and is a member of the Regional Anesthesia division. He has a particular interest in teaching and continually learning about regional anesthesia and airway management.
Talk title: Nerve injury and its management post regional anesthetic
After participating in this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe the most common neurologic injuries and their etiologies associated with regional anesthesia procedures
- Explain appropriate assessment and investigations for neurologic injuries associated with regional anesthesia procedures
- Evaluate management approaches to neurologic injury associated with regional anesthesia procedures
Presenter: Dr Ahtsham Niazi
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto
Dr Ahtsham Niazi finished his medical education in Pakistan and has completed his training in Anesthesia in the Republic of Ireland. He has done a Fellowship in Liver Transplant Surgery in Dublin, Ireland and a Fellowship in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain in Toronto, Canada. He is currently a Staff Anesthetist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and an Associate Professor at the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is currently the Vice Chair of Education and a clinician educator at the University of Toronto.
Presenter: Dr Reva Ramlogan
The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa
Dr Ramlogan is fellowship trained in regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine. He is an associate professor at the University of Ottawa, where he is the rotation lead for residents on regional anesthesia, the fellowship director and regional anesthesia director. He is a founding member and past Chair of the Education in Regional Anesthesia Interest group, of ASRA. His academic interests include the use of simulation to promote learning regional anesthesia; regional anesthesia and hip fracture outcomes; and rib fracture analgesia.
Talk title: How best to teach RA to the next generation
After participating in this activity, participants will be able to:
- Acknowledge that teaching UGRA has both a didactic and hands on component
- Determine that didactic teaching consists of knowledge of anatomy and US knobology
- Recognize that practice includes needle visualization, and target acquisition.
- Understand how to break down teaching into knowledge, scanning and needling.
Presenter: Dr Vivian Ip
University of Calgary, Calgary
Dr Vivian Ip is a Clinical Professor at the University of Calgary in Canada. She is a practicing anesthesiologist with fellowships in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, as well as Ambulatory anesthesia. She recently moved to Calgary from Edmonton and is working at the South Health Campus where she is the Director of the Regional Anesthesia Fellowship Program. She is the Chair of the American Society Regional Anesthesia (ASRA) and Pain Medicine newsletter committee, and the Chair of the Regional Anesthesia Section of the CAS. Her other leadership roles include: the Chair of the Environmental Sustainability Section at CAS, and the Chair of the Green Anesthesia Special Interest Group at ASRA Pain Medicine. She is also the Editor for RAPM (Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine), and an Editorial Board member of CJA (Canadian Journal of Anesthesia).
Presenter: Dr Ryan Endersby
University of Calgary, Calgary
Dr Ryan Endersby (BSc MD FRCPC) is a Staff Consultant Anesthesiologist and Director of the
Acute Pain and Cryoneurolysis at South Health Campus in Calgary. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor with the University of Calgary. He is extensively involved in Pain Medicine and Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia and Perioperative Ultrasound education for both staff, residents and allied health professionals at the University of Calgary. He is also the University of Calgary Regional Anesthesia and Acute Medicine Fellowship Co-Supervisor and Perioperative Ultrasound Fellowship Site Supervisor at South Health Campus. He is actively involved in the Alberta Pain Strategy.
Talk title: Emerging Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Acute pain
After participating in this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe the use and mechanism of cryotherapy and neuromodulation for patients with challenging acute postoperative pain
- Identify indications for cryotherapy and neuromodulation in acute pain situations
- Compare and contrast these emerging techniques to the traditional modalities in treating acute pain