Western University Regional Anesthesia Symposium

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Date and Location

Saturday, October 3rd - Sunday, October 4th 2026
Sumner Auditorium, B2-119.
Victoria Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre.

Learning Objectives and Content to be Covered

At the end of the regional anesthesia panel discussions, participants will be able to explain the safe and evidence-based practice of regional anesthesia in select populations
At the end of the rebound pain panel discussion, participants will be able to explain the concept of rebound pain and its management
At the end of the regional anesthesia workshop, participants will be able to describe the relevant anatomy for regional nerve blocks
At the end of the regional anesthesia workshop, participants will be able to describe and demonstrate point of care ultrasound assessments.

Poster Presentations

Anesthesia trainees (residents and fellows) will have the opportunity to showcase their research work on regional anesthesia/acute or chronic pain medicine. Trainees have until August 31st to submit an abstract, and an acceptance email will follow on September 18th. Accepted abstracts will require a 5 minute PowerPoint presentation - 3 mins poster lecture and 2 mins of Q&A.

Further details will be provided once posters have been accepted. These posters will be judged and one of them will be awarded as 'best of the meeting poster"

Visiting Speakers

Agenda - Saturday October 3rd, 2026

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Inauguration Welcome & Housekeeping	Speakers Dr. Chris Harle Dr. Abhijit Biswas
Session 1 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Impact of Regional Anesthesia in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients	Chair Dr. Shalini Dhir
	Topic TBD	Speaker Dr. Jenny Thain
	Topic TBD	Speaker Dr. Deepti Vissa
	Topic TBD	Speaker Dr. Kwesi Kwofie
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Break (Brekfast/Tea/Coffee)
Hands-on Workshops 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
	Lower Limb Blocks 1: Fascia Iliaca, PENG, Femoral	Faculties: Dr. Deepti Vissa Dr. Kevin Armstrong Dr. Rodrigo Araujo
	Lower Limb Blcks 2: Popliteal, Ankle, ACB	Faculties Dr. Julio Gomez Dr. Chris Hansebout Dr. Mahesh Nagappa
	Upper Limb Blocks 1: Phrenic Sparing Brachial Plexus (Suprascapular nerve block, Infraclavicular and costoclavicular brachial plexus block)	Faculties Dr. Shalini Dhir Dr. William Newmarch Dr. Peter Max
	Upper Limb Blocks 2: Interscalene; Supraclavicular, Axillary Brachial Plexus	Faculties Dr. Indu Singh Dr. Pod Armstrong Dr. Yamini Subramani
	Ultrasound Guided Central Neuraxial Block	Faculties Dr. Collin Clarke Dr. Manikandan Rajarathinam Dr. Mo Misurati
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
Session 2 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Regional Anesthesia Updates	Chair Dr. Kevin Armstrong
	Additives in Local Anesthestics	Speaker Dr. Chris Hansebout
	Peripheral Nerve Injury	Speaker Dr. Mo Misurati
	Anticoagulation Guidelines	Speaker Dr. Julio Gomez
	Regional Ergonomics and Sustainability Impact of Regional Anesthesia	Speaker Dr. William Newmarch
Session 3 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Regional Anesthesia Updates	Chair Dr. Indu Singh
	Regional Anesthesia in Obstetrics	Speaker Dr. Kwesi Kwofie
	New Tools in Chronic Pain	Speaker Dr. Manikandan Rajarathinam
	Fascial Plane Blocks	Speaker Dr. Abhijit Biswas
	Q&A
Workshop: Fascial Plane Blocks 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
	Throax 1: Paravertebral. ESP	Faculties Dr. Chris Hansebout Dr. Mo Misurati
	Throax 2: Serratus, PIP, PECs	Faculties Dr. Abhijit Biswas Dr. William Newmarch
	Abdomen: TAP, Rectus Sheath, QL	Faculties Dr. Manikandan Rajarathinam Dr. Yamini Subramani
	Q&A
Adjourn Day 1

Agenda - Sunday October 4th, 2026

Standardized 60-Minute Station Workflow

Every individual station block utilizes an identical structural cadence to guarantee teaching uniformity:

00-10 min (10min): Live Faculty Demonstration & Pattern Recognition (Orientation of anatomy on live model).
10-55min (45min): Peer-to-Peer Hands-on Scanning (5 learners per bed; active feedback on probe manipulation).
55-60min (05min): Clinical Integration Case & Station Wrap-up

Time	Duration	Cohort A	Cohort B	Cohort C
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	60min	Station 1: Gastric	Station 2: FoCUS	Station 3: e-FAST
0930 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	30min	MID-MORNING BREAK	Reset Stations/Model/Hydration
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	60min	Station 2: FoCUS	Station 3: e-FAST	Station 1: Gastric
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	60min	Station 3: e-FAST	Station 1: Gastric	Station 2: FoCUS

Organizing Committee

Oragnizing Chair - Dr. Abhijit Biswas

Scientific Committee - Dr. Christopher Harle, Dr. Hilda Alfaro, Dr. Shalini Dhri, Dr. Kevin Armstrong, Dr. Mohamad Ahmad, Dr. Mark Levitan

Administrative Committee - Meghan Backtash, Eva Nikolova, Edona Berani

Contact

Eva Nikolova
ev a.nikolova@lhsc.on.ca
(519) 685-8500 ext. 36326

We look forward to welcoming you to an engagin and hands-on learning experience

Sponsorship Statement

This symposium was kindly sponsored by Dyna Medical and Fujifilm/Sonosite Ultrasound Systemsm

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