
Assoc Prof Dr Gan Chin Seng
Malaysia







Dr. David T. Highton
Australia







Prof Dr. Deepak Sharma
United States







Prof. Dr Robert C Tasker
United States
Asst Prof Dr Francisco Perez (United States)


Dr. Perez is a pediatric neuroradiologist and physician-scientist in the Department of Radiology at Seattle Children’s Hospital and the University of Washington School of Medicine where he serves as the director of pediatric neuroimaging. He completed his MD, PhD, diagnostic radiology residency, neuroradiology fellowship, and pediatric radiology fellowship at the University of Washington. Through strong, collaborative partnerships with his clinical colleagues in neurology, neurosurgery, and neurocritical care, he strives to accurately diagnose children suffering from neurological disorders using neuroimaging to guide optimal treatment. Dr. Perez has diverse clinical research interests including developing imaging biomarkers in the setting of neuroinflammatory pediatric stroke.
Assoc Prof Dr Gan Chin Seng


His areas of expertise are in general paediatrics, paediatric & neonatal critical care in both medical and surgical related conditions. He is also a national trainer of APLS. His research interest includes conditions such as congenital diaphragmatic hernia, HIE, meconium aspiration syndrome, congenital pneumonia, acute lung injury/ acute respiratory distress syndrome, hospital acquired infection, paediatric and neonatal resuscitation, upper airway obstruction, severe bronchial asthma, paediatric sepsis and dengue. He has been invited to speak and share on his key areas of expertise at various conferences and scientific meetings.
Assoc Prof Dr Varina Boerwinkle (United States)
Varina Boerwinkle, MD, is the Chief of Child Neurology of University of North Carolina, Director of Pediatric Neurocritical Care, and Director of the Boerwinkle Clinical and Research Resting State fMRI Services. She is the Pediatric Chair of the Neurocritical Care Society and United States National Institutes of Neurological Disorders Working Committee of the Curing Coma Campaign Common Data Elements Effort. Her work focuses on applying advanced markers of consciousness in acute brain injury and localizing seizure onset zones via resting state fMRI in children with epilepsy. Also, her team has shown that fMRI is associated with outcomes in neonates with acute brain injury.
Dr Yap Hsiao Ling (Malaysia)
Dr Yap is a Paediatrician who subspecialises in Paediatric Emergency Medicine. She is currently working at the Paediatric Emergency Department of Hospital Tunku Azizah (formerly known as Women and Children’s Hospital Kuala Lumpur), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
She graduated from University of Sciences Malaysia in 2002, became a paediatrician in 2011 and completed a fellowship in Paediatric Emergency Medicine in 2017 at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
She is passionate to create a safe environment for children who needs emergency care. She believes it can be achieved by protocol development and training. Hence, she is an instructor for many Life Support courses for healthcare providers and public, including Basic Life Support, Advanced Paediatric Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Programme, Advanced Trauma Life Support, Paediatric Pre-Hospital Care Life Support Course, and Paediatric Emergency Room and Critical Care Ultrasound Course (PERCUSS). She is also involved in writing as well as reviewing a few Malaysian CPGs & protocols, including Paediatric Protocols for Malaysian Hospitals 4th Edition, Paediatric Asthma, Paediatric Dengue and Paediatric Pain management. Amongst her areas of interest are simulation based education, Point of Care Ultrasound and application of evidence-based medicine via research and audit. She is equally passionate in promoting public awareness on injury prevention and emergency situations in children.
Dr Wan Aizat binti Wan Zakaria (Malaysia)


Dr Lee Pei-Chuen (Malaysia)
Prof Dato Dr Raymond Ali (Malaysia)


Dr Todd Abruzzo (United States)


Assoc Prof Dr Soojin Park (United States)
Dr Goh Chin Hwee (Malaysia)


Dr Arfah Hanim (Malaysia)


Dr. Arfah Hanim Mohamad is originally from Seremban, Negeri Sembilan and obtained her medical degree (MD) at University Putra Malaysia. Earlier in her career, she was posted at Hospital Tuanku Jaafar Seremban and subsequently at a district hospital in Port Dickson. She completed her training in Masters of Anaesthesiology at University of Malaya in 2017 and currently an Anaesthesiologist in Hospital Kuala Lumpur and a Neuroanaesthesia and Trauma Fellowship Trainee.
Dr Arfah Hanim is also a clinical specialist in Anaesthetic Allergy clinic in Malaysia and currently appointed in Counselling programme, Program Pembimbing Perkhidmatan Awam (AKRAB) to fascilitate and promote mental health in the department.
Besides anaesthetic practice, she is a National Staff Officer (Medical) for St John Ambulance Malaysia in which she handles the medical issues and related duties.
In her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, reading fictional books and playing with her cats.
Assoc Prof Sapna Kudchadkar (United States)
Assistant Prof Dr Rahul Rathakrishnan (Singapore)
Rahul Rathakrishnan is a Senior Consultant in the Division of Neurology at the National University Hospital (NUH) in Singapore.
He completed his undergraduate training at the University of Southampton in the UK, and registered with the Specialist Accreditation Board (Neurology) in Singapore in 2007. From 2008–2009, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital Epilepsy and EEG Unit in Canada. Dr Rathakrishnan currently leads the epilepsy and EEG program at NUH. He received the ‘NUH Quality Improvement Project Merit Award’ for the fast-track assessment and outpatient service for patients with possible new onset seizures.
Dr Rathakrishnan is actively involved in education and training at NUH, and is currently the Program Director for the Neurology Senior Residency Program. His research interests are in advanced EEG techniques and has published in peer-reviewed journals, including Neurocritical Care, Neurology, Seizure, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience and Epilepsia.
Dr Wong Yu Lin (Singapore)
Dr. Wong is currently the NICU director in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, as well as chair the hospital Brain death Workgroup and Organ Transplant Improvement Programme.
She has an interest in sedation and delirium in ICU and Palliative care in ICU.
She has had research grants for ICU projects including ICU diary, virtual reality rehabilitation in ICU, palliative care in ICU, and non verbal communication tools in ICU. Currently, they will be embarking on Platelet mapping studies for NICU patients on antiplatelet therapy who present with ICH.
Publications include Singapore SPICE: sedation practices in ICU evaluation in Singapore, Sedation Intensity in the first 48 hours of mechanical Ventilation, Integrating Palliative Care in Neurosurgical ICU, Physiological Changes during Prone posiyioning in COVID-19 Acute respiratory Distress syndrome, challenges in adapting exisiting hyperacute stroke protocols in Singapore for COVID-19.
Assistant Prof See Kay Choong (Singapore)
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Senior Consultant, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Hospital, Singapore
Assoc Prof Dr Anis Siham Zainal Abidin (Malaysia)


Dr Anis graduated with Bachelor in Medicine and Bachelor in Surgery (MBBS) in 2002 and Master of Paediatrics in 2010 at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She started her professional training in Paediatric Intensive Care (PICU) at University Malaya Medical Centre, Institute of Paediatrics Kuala Lumpur and National Heart Institute (IJN) Malaysia from 2012 till 2014. She continued her training in PICU in Birmingham Children’s Hospital, United Kingdom from November 2014 till May 2015.
She came back to Malaysia in 2015 and became the head of Paediatric Department in University Technology MARA (UiTM) from 2015 till date. She planned the departmental activities and coordinated the infrastructure development of the new University Hospital (Hospital Pengajar UiTM). She started the new ‘Master in Paediatric’ programme in UiTM and designed the first national ‘Doctorate in Paediatrics’ programme for training of paediatricians in the country. She has made visits to the Royal Children Hospital, University of Melbourne and Monash Medical Centre with the intent of collaboration and transfer of knowledge in October 2019. She is currently working closely with both world- renowned children hospital for further international collaboration and links.
Prof Dr Bruce Campbell (Australia)


Dr Barney Scholefield (United Kingdom)
He leads a neuro-critical care research programme (NEUROPACK) focused on the neuro-monitoring, neuro-protection and neuro-prognostication after cardiac arrest and acquired brain injury. He is also the recent Chair of the UK wide Paediatric Critical Care Society Study Group (PCCS-SG) and neuro-critical care section of the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal intensive care.
Assoc Prof Dr See Jee Jian (Singapore)


Graduated with MBBS from the National University of Singapore in 1995 and obtained his post-graduate Masters of Medicine (Anaesthesia) from NUS Graduate School of Medical Studies (Singapore) in 2001.
He has a special interest in neuroanaesthesia and was appointed Visiting Professor to the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada and has an appointment as external faculty for Program Pendidikan Konsultan Neuroanesthesia Universitas Padjajaran, Indonesia. He is currently the Deputy Chief Examiner for the Anaesthesiology Exams (Singapore) and was invited as the external Examiner for Intermediate Fellowship Examinations, HK College of Anaesthesiologists. He was also invited as ad-hoc reviewer of a number of local and international publications.
He currently an advisor to TTSH ERAS Taskforce and is the Chairman of the Project Implementation Workgroup for High field Intraoperative MRI OT. He chairs the clinical competency committee in the NHG Anaesthesiology Residency program.
Prof Dr Girija Prasad Rath (India)


Assoc Prof Dr Lee Jan Hau (Singapore)


Dr Laila Ab Mukmin (Malaysia)
Assoc Prof Dr Alana Flexman (Canada)
Assoc Prof Dr Shailesh Bihari (Australia)


Dr Hari Krishnan (United Kingdom)
Hari Krishnan is a consultant paediatric intensivist at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK and a clinical advisor to UK PICANet (paediatric intensive care national audit). He has a special interest in neurocritical care, informatics and education. His educational initiatives include PICUJournalWatch website, twitter account and PICCHub app- sponsored by UK PCCS. He is the lead editor for textbook Challenging concepts in paediatric critical care. His neurocritical care research work includes evaluation of cerebral autoregulation and multimodal neuromonitoring in PICU. He has published >30 papers in leading journals such as ICM, PCCM, Lancet Child, JAMA Pediatrics etc.
Dr Foong Kit Weng (Malaysia)


Prof Dr Arun Bansal (India)


Dr Adrian Wong (United Kingdom)
Within the field of ultrasound, he has interested in training/accreditation, measurements of organ perfusion and right heart imaging. His other research interest includes clinical governance and safety, medical education and burnout/well-being amongst medical professionals.
He is a member of the Intensive Care Society FUSIC Committee, sits on the ESICM Executive Committee and an examiner for the European Diploma of Intensive Care Medicine. He is the chair of the Social Media and Digital Content Committee of the ESICM. He is on the executive committee of the International Fluid Academy.
Dr Pon Kah Min (Malaysia)


She attained her undergraduate degree at University of Malaya and completed her PICU subspecialty training after 2 years of training in Malaysia and 1 year training at Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia.
She is currently the Paediatric Resuscitation Subcommittee of National Committee On Resuscitation Training. She is actively involved in paediatric resuscitation training including APLS and PLS courses.
She is a member of Paediatric Intensive Care Educational Subcommittee of Malaysia Medical Council.
Dr Jeyaganesh Veerakumaran (Malaysia)
Dr Tan Wei Keang (Malaysia)


Prof Dr Tang Swee Fong (Malaysia)


Dr Tang is also the Vice-President of the Malaysian Society of Intensive Care and Secretary of the Malaysian Paediatric Association. She was a core member of the National Paediatric Curriculum Writing Group and a member of the Medical Education Subcommittee in the Malaysian Medical Council.
Dr. Tai Chian Wern (Malaysia)


Dr Samuel Tsan (Malaysia)


Dr Samuel Ern Hung Tsan is a clinical lecturer and anaesthesiologist at the University of Malaysia Sarawak. He completed his Master of Anaesthesiology with Distinction from University of Malaya, and is also a Fellow with the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland. His research interest lies in neuroanaesthesia and neurocritical care, airway management, and mental health. He is a keen researcher and in addition to authoring publications in international peer reviewed journals, he is involved in international multicentre clinical trials such as POISE-3. He is also passionate about teaching and training the next generation of doctors, hence his calling to be a lecturer. On the international stage, Dr Tsan has represented Malaysia by being the recipient of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists Scholarship to attend the 17th WFSA World Congress of Anaesthesiologists 2021.
Prof Dr M. Jayashree (India)


Dr Leong Kok Weng (Malaysia)


Dr. Leong Kok Weng is a neuroanaesthesiologist in Tunku Abdul Rahman Neuroscience Institute (IKTAR) – the premier neurosurgical centre in Malaysia. He obtained his Medical Degree in 2008, & went on to complete his Masters of Anaesthesiology in 2016. In 2019, he had the privilege to undergo his neuroanaesthesia fellowship in Toronto Western Hospital, one of world’s top neuroscience centre, where he has worked with many pioneers in neurosurgery & neuroanaesthesia. He is widely published – where his publications include several scientific researches in high impact journals, hospital protocols, as well as preparatory books for anaesthesiology exams; he has also spoken in several regional conferences. His interests are intraoperative neuromonitoring, anaesthesia for awake craniotomy & functional neurosurgery, as well as stroke embolectomy.
Assoc Prof Dr Laura Hemmer (United States)
Dr. Justin Wang Qi Yuee (Malaysia)
Justin currently works as a Consultant Paediatric Intensivist and lecturer at the University Malaya Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur. He completed his paediatric intensive care training at Birmingham Children’s Hospital in 2017 and was a clinical fellow at the Royal Brompton Hospital before becoming a PICU consultant in Birmingham in 2018. He previously worked as a PICU fellow in Evelina London. He returned to Malaysia in 2019 and in the same year joined Gift of Life International, volunteering as a paediatric intensivist in the paediatric cardiac surgery mission in the Philippines. He holds a Masters degree in Gene and Cell Therapy from University College London.
Assoc Prof Dr. John Patrick F. Bebawy (United States)
John F. Bebawy, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Neurological Surgery at Northwestern University. His clinical, educational, and research interests and expertise relate to Neuroanesthesia, with a focus on interventions that affect cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular hemodynamics. Dr. Bebawy completed his Anesthesiology residency and Neurosurgical Anesthesiology fellowship training at Northwestern in 2008, where he is currently Section Chief of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology and Program Director of the Neurosurgical Anesthesiology Fellowship Program. He is currently the Vice President for Education and Scientific Affairs of the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC), serves on the Neuroanesthesia Program Relations (NPR) Committee of the International Council on Perioperative Neuroscience Training (ICPNT), is a member of many national and international societies for the advancement of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, has published widely on various topics in the field, and has spoken at many meetings throughout the world on areas within his expertise. Dr. Bebawy is devoted and committed to the betterment of patient safety through individualized and compassionate clinical care, as well as through his contribution to the scientific community.
Prof Elizabeth (Betsy) Zink (United States)
Elizabeth Zink is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Neurocritical Care Unit at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Zink has worked as a staff nurse, nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist in the areas of neurosciences and stroke, managing clinical care, research and education at the patient, staff and systems level. She has a track record of leadership in quality improvement efforts, organizing interprofessional teams and translation of evidence into nursing practice.
Dr. Zink has published in the areas neurocritical care nursing, stroke and mobility in neurocritical care. Her research interests focus on applying biomarker measurement of early rehabilitation interventions in neurocritical care and stroke, exploring the effects of team performance on stroke patient outcomes and the use of high frequency physiologic data to guide patient-centered, precision medicine guided therapy in neurocritical care and stroke.
Dr Law Wan Chung (Malaysia)
Prof Dr Jose I Suarez (United States)
Professor and Chief Neurocritical Critical Care
Director Precision Medicine Center of Excellence for Neurocritical Care
Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Past President Neurocritical Care Society
Founding and Past Chair Neurocritical Care Research Network (NCRN)
Prof David Skoloudik (Czech Republic)
Center for Health Research, Ostrava University Medical Faculty, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Stroke Center, Vítkovice Hospital, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Comprehensive Stroke Center, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Faculty of Health Sciences, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Assoc Prof Roman Skulec (Czech Republic)
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, J.E. Purkinje University, Masaryk Hospital Usti nad Labem, Usti and Labem, Czech Republic
Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education, Prague, Czech Republic
Emergency Medical Service of the Central Bohemian Region, Kladno, Czech Republic
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

