8th NYSORA
International Symposium:
Advances in Regional Anesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine

10 - 12 Nov, 2023 | Dubai, UAE

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  • Learn from and network with industry leaders.
  • Advance your understanding of precision techniques and patient management trends.
  • Receive 6-month access to the NYSORA Compendium of Regional Anesthesia.
  • Navigate the ever-changing landscape of healthcare with confidence.

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The 8th NYSORA International Symposium is the must-attend meeting for advances in Regional Anesthesia, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine.

The program features interactive exchanges of experiences and education, as well as a review of clinical advances in the related industry. Get inspired and explore the cutting-edge exciting program, along with exclusive access to our state-of-the-art 3D virtual cadaver imaging across applied anatomy.

Innovative Program, Techniques, and Patient Management Trends

  • The comprehensive agenda offers updates in pharmacology, techniques, practice protocols, and patient-management trends.
  • Learn about the standardization of nerve blocks, fast tracking, and the latest in enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) from some of the best innovators in the field.
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest advances in Regional Anesthesia, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine.

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Faculty

Course directors

ADMIR HADZIC, MD, PhD.

Professor of Anesthesiology, Director - NAICE (North American Institute for Continuous Education), Director - NYSORA (The New York School of Regional Anesthesia), Consultant - Department of Anesthesiology,
Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium

AMAR SALTI, MD.

Consultant in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

WORKSHOP DIRECTORS

ANGELA LUCIA BALLOCO, MD.

Anesthesiologist, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, ZOL, Genk, Belgium

AMAR SALTI, MD.

Consultant in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

CATHERINE VANDEPITTE, MD, PhD.

Consultant Anesthesiologist, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, ZOL, Genk, Belgium

IMRÉ VAN HERREWEGHE, MD.

Consultant Anesthesiologist, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, ZOL, Genk, Belgium

FACULTY MEMBERS

ABDULLAH ABBAS AL-KHARABSHEH, MD.

Pain Medicine Physician, International Interventional Pain Management Center, Amman, Jordan

ABEER ALOMARI, MD.

Senior Fellow, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

ARUN KUMAR MD, FRCA.

Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Director, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

EVELINE CLAES, MD.

Staff Anesthesiologist, GZA Ziekenhuizen, Antwerpen, Belgium

FADI KADDOURA, MD.

Physician Consultant-Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City – SSMC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

FERAS YA’ISH, MD.

Consultant Trauma and Orthopedics, Healthpoint Centre for Orthopedics and Sports Injuries, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

JACOB HUTCHINS, MD, MHA.

Senior Medical Director, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States

JAE CHUL KOH, MD, PhD.

Associate Professor, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

LYNDA ABED, MD, PhD.

Consultant Anesthesia-Intensive Care, Djilali Bounaama Douera Hospital University, Algiers, Algeria

MADHAN PANDIAN, MD.

MSK Sonologist and Interventional Pain Specialist, Indira Gandhi Govt. General Hospital and Postgraduate Institute, Pondicherry, India

MOHAMED AL JAZZAR, MD.

Anesthesiology Consultant, Clemenceau Medical Center Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

MOHAMED EL TOUKHY, MD.

Consultant Pain Medicine, Kings College Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

MOHAMED IBRAHIM, MD, MBBCh, MSc, FIPP, CIPS, EBPM, ABHM.

Consultant Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

MOUDAR CHOUKER, MD.

Anesthesiologist, Harley Street Medical Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

PETER MERJAVY, MD, PhD, EDRA, FRCA, CETC.

Consultant Anesthetist & Acute Pain Lead, Craigavon Area University Teaching Hospital, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

RAFAEL BLANCO, MD, FRCA, CCST, DEAA.

Chief of Pain Division, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

SHEELAJ SHARMA, MD, FCARCSI, CCT UK.

Consultant Anesthetist, Mediclinic Middle East, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

STEFANIE VANHOENACKER, MD, FiPP.

Department of Anesthesia, St. Joseph Clinic, Izegem, Belgium

VINCENT VANDEBERGH, MD.

Anesthesiology Resident, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium

WALEED RIAD SOLIMAN, MD, PhD, MBBch, MSc.

Anesthesiologist, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

YASSER MOHAMED REDA TOBLE, MD.

Head of Interventional Pain Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

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Agenda

Friday
2023-11-10
Saturday
2023-11-11
Sunday (Optional workshops only)
2023-11-12
14:00 - 14:10
Welcome address

Amar Salti (AE) & Admir Hadzic (BE-US)

14:10 - 14:30
Fast-track Protocols for Hip Replacement Surgery

Catherine Vandepitte (BE)

14:30 - 14:50
Clinical Pathway for Hip Replacement: Surgeon’s Perspective

Feras Ya’ish (AE)

14:50 - 15:30
PRO & CON: Spinal VS General Anesthesia (for Hip Fractures)

Admir Hadzic (BE-US) and Peter Merjavy (UK)

15:30 - 15:50
Fast-track Protocols for Knee Replacement Surgery

Peter Merjavy (UK)

15:50 - 16:10
Fast-track Anesthesia for Surgery on the Foot & Ankle

Catherine Vandepitte (BE)

16:10 - 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 - 16:50
Regional Anesthesia Protocols for Major Shoulder Surgery

Catherine Vandepitte (BE)

16:50 - 17:10
Walant VS Wrist Blocks for Hand Surgery

Admir Hadzic (BE-US)

17:10 - 17:30
Interventional Analgesia for Clavical Fractures

Catherine Vandepitte (BE)

08:30 - 08:50
ERAS in Cardiothoracic Surgery. How Can Blocks Help?

Arun Kumar (AE)

08:50 - 09:10
Fascial Plane Blocks: ESPB: What Works and What does not?

Sharma Sheelaj (AE)

09:10 - 09:30
ERAS in Abdominal Surgery. How Can Blocks Help?

Lucia Balocco (BE)

09:30 - 09:50
POCUS: Why and What you Should Know

Imré Van Herreweghe (BE)

09:50 - 10:20
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:50
US for Headache and Craniofacial Pain

Moudar Chouker (AE)

10:50 - 11:10
Modified Technique for Trigeminal Injections

Mohamed El Toukhy, MD (AE)

11:10 - 11:30
US in Chronic Pain. Improving Accuracy?

Amar Salti (AE)

11:30 - 11:50
MSK US – How Far Can We Go?

Mohamed Ibrahim (AE)

11:50 - 12:10
Cervicogenic Pain

Yasser Toble (QA)

12:10 - 12:30
Shoulder Pain Management – A Non-Surgical Narrative

Madhan Pandian, MD (IN)

12:30 - 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 - 13:50
Neuraxial Ultrasound-from Peds to Adults

Jacob Hutchins (US)

13:50 - 14:10
Interventional Analgesia for Rib Fractures

Admir Hadzic (BE-US)

14:10 - 14:30
Practical US-guided Spinal & Epidural Anesthesia

Jacob Hutchins (US)

14:30 - 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:20
Future of Education in Pain and Regional Anesthesia

Jae Chul Koh (KR)

15:20 - 15:40
Trauma & RA in a Busy Trauma Center

Fadi Kaddoura (AE)

15:40 - 16:00
Nerve Injury During Orthopedic Trauma. Surgical Perspective

Fera Ya’ish (AE)

16:00 - 16:20
How to Build Regional Anesthesia in 3 Months

Admir Hadzic (BE-US)

16:20 - 17:00
Q & A Session
08:00 - 10:00
Upper Extremity Blocks Workshop

Workshop lead instructors: Catherine Vandepitte, Imré Van Herreweghe and Angela Lucia Balloco.

 

Goals: The unique format of this workshop is designed to provide you with a whole range of skills to perform the most frequently indicated blocks in your everyday practice.

  • Ample time to practice the scanning techniques on models and learn how to obtain the optimal US images for the most common approaches guided by expert instructors
  • Description of the technique, main indications and patient preparation
  • In depth overview of the relevant anatomy using reversed anatomy illustrations and animations, to better understand the foundations of block efficacy and safety
  • Discussions on block techniques, tips and tricks

 

Content: 

  • Interscalene and Supraclavicular blocks
  • Infraclavicular block
  • Axillary and distal nerve blocks

 

Target audience: Practitioners willing to acquire and/or improve their skills in performing the most useful ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks.

10:00 - 10:20
Coffee Break
10:20 - 12:20
Lower Extremity Blocks Workshop

Workshop lead instructors: Catherine Vandepitte, Imré Van Herreweghe and Angela Lucia Balocco.

 

Goals: The unique format of this workshop is designed to provide you with a whole range of skills to perform the most frequently indicated blocks in your everyday practice.

  • Ample time to practice the scanning techniques on models and learn how to obtain the optimal US images for the most common approaches guided by expert instructors
  • Description of the technique, main indications and patient preparation.
  • In depth overview of the relevant anatomy using reversed anatomy illustrations and animations, to better understand the foundations of block efficacy and safety
  • Discussions on block techniques, tips and tricks

 

Content: 

  • Fascia iliaca block, Femoral nerve and subsartorial blocks
  • Subgluteal and Popliteal sciatic nerve blocks
  • Distal nerves at the level of the ankle 

 

Target audience: Practitioners willing to acquire and/or improve their skills in performing the most useful ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks.

12:20 - 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 - 15:00
Neuraxial Techniques and Truncal Blocks Workshop

Workshop lead instructors: Catherine Vandepitte, Imré Van Herreweghe and Angela Lucia Balocco.

 

This session will follow the format of a master class delivered by top experts in the field, covering the essential knowledge, scanning practice tips and tricks and safety precautions that are essential to perform neuraxial and truncal blocks.

 

Goals:

  • Practice the scanning techniques on models and learn how to obtain the optimal US images for the most common approaches guided by expert instructors
  • Description of the techniques, main indications and patient preparation.
  • In depth overview of the relevant anatomy, using reversed anatomy illustrations and animations, to better understand the foundations of block efficacy and safety
  • Live demonstration of systematic scanning techniques to identify standard views
  • Discussions on block techniques, tips and tricks

 

Contents:

  • Neuraxial Techniques
  • Paravertebral and Erector Spinae
  • Pectoral nerves and Serratus Plane blocks
  • TAP blocks & Quadratus lumborum

 

Target audience: Practitioners with interest in introducing US guidance to spinal and epidural techniques, and US-guided paravertebral blocks.

15:00 - 15:20
Coffee Break
15:20 - 17:20
Pain Workshop

Workshop lead instructor: Amar Salti

 

NYSORA Pain Workshop is an educational program presented by world class faculty to enhance knowledge about pain and related interventional procedures.

The program will include practical hands-on ultrasound-guided pain and musculoskeletal blocks.

 

Delegates will be able to:

  • Gain fundamental knowledge on the anatomy of targeted areas.
  • Practice on live models to develop scanning and injection techniques.
  • Recognize common pathologies of the musculoskeletal system, as seen on ultrasound.
  • Discuss the mechanism of regenerative medicine and find the right indications.
  • Develop a strategy to implement ultrasonography into clinical practice.
  • The sessions will include didactic instructions by interplay of 3D and anatomy presentations and ultrasound scanning demonstration.
  • The delegates then break up into small groups with instructors for practical hands-on scanning and discussion of case management.
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Registration

Earlybird registration closes October 10th, 2023.

Full Participant

Any attendee not from the UAE or an Emerging Country.

Early Bird
$715.00
Standard
$865.00
UAE Delegates

(Valid to delegates currently living & working in the UAE)

Early Bird
$515.00
Standard
$665.00
Emerging Countries

(Valid to delegates currently living & working in a low or Lower Middle Income Country as defined by the World Bank. Please click here for list of Countries)

Early Bird
$415.00
Standard
$565.00
UAE Nurses/Techs

(Valid to delegates currently living & working in the UAE)

Early Bird
$265.00
Standard
$415.00
Hands-on Workshops

Sunday 12 November

Price per workshop
$175.00
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General information

Dress Code

Smart Casual

Contact Us

info@nysora.com

Language

The official language of the Symposium is English

Location

Two Seasons Hotel, Dubai Internet City
Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE
tel: +971 4 399 6666

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CME Accreditation Statement
An application has been made to the UEMS EACCME® for CME accreditation of this event.

FAQ
What is a CME activity? A Continuing Medical Education(CME) activity serves to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public, or the profession.
Why do physicians need continuing medical education (CME) credit? Physicians use CME credit to demonstrate that they have participated in educational activities and obtained CME credit to document meeting the requirements of state medical boards, medical specialty societies, specialty boards, hospital medical staffs, the Joint Commission, insurance groups, and others
Who accredits the Course? An application has been made to the UEMS EACCME® for CME accreditation of this event. Accreditation by the EACCME means that the CME/CPD activity provided is of high scientific value, is free of commercial bias and promotes active adult learning. This is of paramount importance to doctors who need to report to their National Accreditation Authority on their CME/CPD activity over a certain period of time, and this even more now that many national systems are (becoming) mandatory and not voluntary. By attending an EACCME accredited event, they will be able to obtain European CME credits (ECMEC) which are recognised not only in a majority of European countries (with which the EACCME has signed agreements), but also in the USA and Canada. By handing in their EACCME certificate to their National Accreditation Authority, their credits will automatically be recognised and converted into national credits.
What documentation does a physician receive for participating in a certified CME activity provided by an accredited CME provider? A CME certificate will be issued and can be used to prove attendance.

Objectives
Review the most important developments in regional anesthesia and pain medicine
Design a plan on how to manage challenging patients and techniques
Review optimal application of nerve blocks in perioperative setting
Review emerging technologies in nerve blocks
Understand common pathologies of the musculoskeletal system, as seen on ultrasound
Discuss the mechanism of regenerative medicine and find the right indications

Symposium Photography and Video
As in past conferences, a professional photographer/videographer may take photos and/or videos of participants at the Symposiums programs and events. These photos and videos are for NYSORA use only and may appear on NYSORA’s website, in printed brochures, or other promotional materials. Attendees’ registration grants NYSORA permission and consent for use of this photography and video.

Accomodation
Best rates at the Two Seasons can be booked at https://www.2seasonshotels.com/.

Insurance
The organizers will not be liable for any personal accident caused to any person, or loss or damage to any equipment, goods or property belonging to participants. Participants are strongly advised to take out their own travel and health insurance.

Cancellation Policy
All cancellations have to be made in writing to: info@nysora.com
Cancellations made more than 1 calendar month in advance will receive 50% refund of fees paid.
Cancellations within 1 month of start date will receive no refund of fees paid.