Faculty
Amit is a Consultant Anaesthetist and Lead for Regional Anaesthesia at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, & also works at Cleveland Clinic, London. He has just been appointed Interim Clinical Professor at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and he is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College London.
Amit is an Ultrasound Guided Regional Anaesthesia (UGRA) enthusiast and was the first ever fellow in Regional Anaesthesia at Guy's & St Thomas'. He holds the ESRA European Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia (EDRA)
Additionally, Amit has been:
1. President of the London Society for Regional Anaesthesia (LSORA), October 2010 - October 2013
2. Board member of RA-UK (Regional Anaesthesia-UK), May 2014 – May 2023
3. President RA-UK, May 2018 to May 2021
4. Council member European Society of Regional Anaesthesia (ESRA), May 2018- May 2021
He is extremely passionate about the delivery of education in USRA and has been fortunate enough to teach nationally and internationally.
Amit has created a series of Ultrasound Regional Anaesthesia Video tutorials on YouTube, and has an active social media profile and uses his Twitter account to help share knowledge of Regional Anaesthesia, the occasional Dad Joke, and a few of his attempts at poetry!
His most recent project has been creating a Regional Anaesthesia Podcast called “Block It Like It’s Hot” which he co-hosts with Dr Jeff Gadsden
Amit has numerous publications in regional anaesthesia covering General Anaesthesia-Free Breast Surgery and fascial plane blocks, and has authored numerous review articles, editorials, guidelines and Delphi consensus projects on aspects of regional anaesthesia.
14:00 - 14:50
SECOND OPINION BASED DISCUSSION
Blocks for Breast Surgery
17:30 - 18:15
LIVE DEMONSTRATION - RA - 3
Thoracic Wall Blocks (PECS 1 & 2, Serratus Plane Block, ESP, PVB)
10:30 - 11:30
INDUSTRY SUPPORTED SESSION 3 - PACIRA
Ultimate step by step guide for TKR analgesia blocks
17:30 - 18:20
PRO-CON DEBATE
Fascial Plane Blocks
10:30 - 11:30
"Mini" HANDS - ON CLINICAL WORKSHOP 40
Tips and Tricks for US Guided RA Techniques applied in Breast Surgery