Keynote Speakers
Hear from an exciting lineup of more than 60 international and local speakers. The programme will inform and inspire through thought-provoking lectures and stimulating discussions.
A/Prof Joyce Yeung
University of Warwick, UK
Dr Joyce Yeung graduated from University of Birmingham Medical School in 2001 and and was appointed as a consultant at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in 2013 having undertaken postgraduate training in anaesthesia and critical care. Joyce is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Warwick where she leads the Emergency, Prehospital, Perioperative and Critical Care Trials group, leading a portfolio of large clinical trials in anaesthesia, chronic pain and critical care within Warwick Clinical Trials Unit.
Alongside NHS and University commitments, Joyce is Director of UK Perioperative Medicine Clinical Trials Network and NIHR National Specialty Lead for Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain. She focuses on applied health research and clinical trials with the aim of improving perioperative patient outcomes. She maintains an interest in resuscitation science and is a member of Scientific Advisory Committee and taskforce member of International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Science (ILCOR), responsible for international evidence-based clinical guidelines with a mandate to save more lives globally by resuscitation.
Prof BobbieJean Sweitzer
Inova Health and University of Virginia, USA
Prof BobbieJean Sweitzer
Inova Health and University of Virginia, USA
Dr. BobbieJean Sweitzer is dual trained and boarded in anesthesiology and internal medicine. She is Systems Director, Preoperative Medicine, Inova Health, Falls Church, Virginia, and Professor of Medical Education, University of Virginia. Dr. Sweitzer is an author and the editor of Preoperative Assessment and Management (currently
3rd edition). She has authored over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and abstracts and over 30 book chapters. She lectures nationally and internationally on preoperative medicine and ambulatory surgery topics. She is the Executive Editor of A&A Practice, and on the editorial boards of Anesthesiology and Anesthesia and Analgesia. She hosts a monthly podcast for
Anesthesiology, the premier journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Dr. Sweitzer is immediate past President of the Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA). She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Anesthesiologists and SAMBA. She is an elected member of the Association of University Anesthesiologists, and a founding member of the Governing Board and past President of the Society of Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement. She is a founding member of the Society for Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine.
Prof Ki Jinn Chin
Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Canada
Prof Ki Jinn Chin
Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Canada
Ki Jinn Chin, MBBS (Hons), MMed, FANZCA, FRCPC, is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto, and is also the Regional Anesthesia Program Director at Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada. He graduated from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., completed anesthesiology training in Singapore, and is dual-fellowship certified in neuroanesthesia (University of Western Ontario) and regional anesthesia (Toronto Western Hospital). He is a well-published and internationally-recognized expert and educator in regional anesthesia. His academic areas of interest include ultrasound-guided truncal and central neuraxial blocks, as well as online education in the fundamental procedural skills required for safe and effective regional anesthesia through his YouTube channel.
A/Prof Hairil Rizal Abdullah
Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
A/Prof Hairil Rizal Abdullah
Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Assoc Prof Hairil Rizal is a Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist and the Clinical Director for the Office of Value-based Healthcare (OVBH) at SGH. He completed his anaesthesiology specialty training in Singapore, and further pursued fellowship and a MSc degree in Perioperative Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada and University College London, UK respectively. Additionally, he holds a PhD in Clinical and Translational Science, focusing on Data Science in Healthcare, which were supported by the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship in 2022 and the National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Research Training Fellowship in 2020.
As a perioperative clinician, he led a transformative initiative in SGH that culminated in a one-stop Preoperative Assessment Centre, and introduced the “PREPARE” prehabilitation program for elderly patients, earning him the National Healthcare Innovation and Productivity Award in 2020. Concurrently a Clinician Scientist funded by the NMRC and a Faculty Fellow for Singapore Biodesign, Hairil is a leading figure in healthtech innovations. As the Clinical Director of OVBH, his work in operationalizing Value Based Healthcare has been recognized with the "Distinguished Champion of Change Leader Award" by SingHealth in 2022. His focus on innovation, education, and patient care positions him as a prominent leader in his field.
Sir Ashley Bloomfield
Alan Merry Orator
Sir Ashley Bloomfield
Alan Merry Orator
Sir Ashley Bloomfield trained in medicine at the University of Auckland and specialised in public health medicine. He has 25 years experience in public policy and health leadership, including at the World Health Organization in Geneva. His professional areas of interest are non-communicable disease prevention and control and addressing health inequities. He was New Zealand’s Director-General of Health from June 2018 to July 2022 and led the country’s health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was appointed a Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to public health.