Congress 2026 Speakers
The COAISL 2026 Congress Scientific Committee is in the process of finalizing the 2026 list of speakers
Dr Claire Shannon
President, RCoA
Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Trust, London
Dr Vihara Dassanayake
Consultant Anaesthetist & Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesiology at the Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Colombo
Prof. David Story
President of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA)
Professor of Anaesthesia and Head of the Department of Critical Care
University of Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Giacomo Grasselli
Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology
Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
Dr Bran Retnasingham
Consultant Anaesthetist
Airway & Obesity Lead for Anaesthetics
King’s College Hospital
NHS trust UK
Dr Ajay Gandhi
Hematopathologist and a Hemostasiologist
BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
Dr Ashani Rathnayake
Consultant Anaesthetist
Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesiology and Critical Care,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Peradeniya
Teaching Hospital Peradeniya
Dr David O’Hara
Consultant in Anaesthesia
Broomfield Hospital, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, UK
Prof. Anita Shirley Joselyn
Professor of Anaesthesia
Fellowship in Paediatric Anaesthesia
Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India
Dr Victor Mendis
Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia
Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA)
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Prof. Ramamani Mariappan
Senior Professor and Head of the Department of Neuro-anaesthesia
Christian Medical College, Vellore, Ranipet Campus, India
Prof. Xuesheng Liu
Consultant Anaesthetist
Department of Anaesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, China
Dr Ruwanmali de Silva
Consultant Anaesthetist and CEPOD Lead
Medway Maritime NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Dr Manisha Shah
Consultant Anaesthetist Simulation Lead
Medway NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Prof. Jonathan Thompson
Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary Professor
Editor-in-Chief of BJA Education
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, and University of Leicester, UK
Prof. Gita Nath
Senior Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Rainbow Children’s Hospital & Birthright in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India
Prof. Paul Kessler
Professor in Anaesthesia
Chair of the ESRA cadaver workshops
Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy of the University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany
Dr Sidharth Verma
Professor in Anaesthesia
Consultant in Interventional Spine and Pain Physician
Department of Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine, DYPU Mumbai, India
Prof. Suraphong Lorsomradee
Associate Professor, Head of Division of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Deputy Dean of the Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary School
Chiang Mai University Hospital, Thailand
Prof. Kexuan Liu
Vice President of CSA
Consultant Anaesthestist
Department of Anaesthesiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guandong, China
Dr Nuradh Joseph
Consultant Clinical Oncologist
Dr Harini Jagoda
Consultant in Anaesthetics and Critical Care
Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust, UK
Prof. Soumya Sankar Nath
Professor in Anaesthesiology
Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
Prof. Mahesh Nirmalan
Professor of Medical Education and Consultant in Critical Care Medicine
Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK
Dr Ankur Khandelwal
Associate Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Guwahati, Assam, India
Dr Klaus Görlinger
Senior Consultant for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Haemostaseology and Pain Therapy
Werfen
GmbH, Munich, Germany
Dr Zuzana Blazejova
Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust UK
Capt. Bimalee Jeewandara
Captain Airbus 320/330
Sri Lankan Airlines
Dr Mathew Paterill
Honorary Associate Professor and Consultant
Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist
University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire
Dr Jay Dasan
Consultant Anaesthetist
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust