Congress 2027 Speakers
The COAISL 2026 Congress Scientific Committee is in the process of finalizing the 2026 list of speakers
Plenary Speakers
Dr Sarah Thronton
Vice President RCoA
Royal Boltan Hospital
United Kingdom
Dr Carsten Lott
MME, FERC
Specialist in Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
Director of Training & Education, European Resuscitation Council (ERC)
Medical Director of Emergency Medical Services, Mainz region
Germany
Prof Naveen Malhothra
President Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists
Chair Asian Australasian Regional Section of WFSA
MD, DNB, FIPM, FOCA, FIAPM
Head Pain Management Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Rohtak (Haryana).
India
Dr Chris Bowden
Consultant Anaesthetist, Gold Coast University Hospital, Queensland,
Australia
Dr Wayne Morriss
Associate Professor in Anaesthesiology Christchurch
New Zealand
Dr Duminda Wijeysundera
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto.
Canada
Symposium Speakers
Dr Mathew Patteril
Consultant Anaesthesiologist, University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire
United Kingdom
Dr Klaus Gorlinger
Senior Consultant for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Pain Therapy, and Haemostaseology Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Essen
Germany
Dr Ajay Gandhi
APAC Regional Director – Scientific Affairs for Werfen
Director of Academic Affairs for the Asia-Pacific Society for Patient Blood Management
India
Prof Lawrance Weinberg
Director, Department of Anaesthesia, Austin Health, Melbourne.
Australia
Dr Sarah Armstrong
Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthetics, Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley, Surrey
United Kingdom
Dr Xavier Falières
Consultant Anaesthesiologists, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht
Netherlands
Dr Mohamad Aly
Consultant Intensivist, Locum, Manchester
United Kingdom
Prof Ramamani Mariappan
Senior Professor in Anaesthesiology, Consultant Neuro Anaesthesiologist, Christian Medical College, Vellore.
India
Dr Ekta Rai
Professor in Aanesthesia Department of Anaesthesia Christian Medical college Vellore
India
Prof Smitha Elezabeth George
Head -Pediatric and Obstetric Anaesthesia Christian Medical College, Vellore.
India
Dr Suraphong Lorsomradee
Associate Professor, Head of Cardiac Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, THAILAND Board of Director of Asia Anesthesia Forum (AAF)
Board of Director of Asian Society of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia (ASCA) Board of Director of World Society of Intravenous Anaesthesia (WorldSIVA) Scientific Chairman of the Society of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists of Thailand (SCAT)
Thailand
Dr Yasser Naseef
Assistant prof
Chung Shan Medical University
Taiwan
Dr Ilavajady Srinivasan
Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto
Canada.
Dr Sriganesh Kamath
Department of Neuro-anaesthesia and Neuro Critical Care, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru.
India
Dr Asadh Shaheed
President , Maldives Anaesthesiologists Association, Maldives
President SAARC AA
Maldives
Prof XIAO Wei
Incoming Secretary for International Affairs of CSA
China
Prof Chen Wankun
Member of the Young Anesthesiologists Committee of CSA
China
Dr Dilusha Gunarathne
Medway Maritime Hospital
United Kingdom
Prof Anuja Abayadeera
National Hospital Colombo
Sri Lanka
Dr Senani Samarasinghe
Teaching Hospital Peradeniya
Sri Lanka
Dr Prasadini Karunarathne
National Hospital Colombo
Sri Lanka
Dr Ranjith Ellawala
Consultant Surgeon
Sri Lanka
Dr Chamindi Seneviratne
Consultant Transfusion Physician CSHW,DMH, NINDT
Sri Lanka
Dr U D P Ratnasiri
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Sri Lankan