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2nd World Day of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine

Work in progress, thank you for your understanding.

WELCOME MESSAGE

Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends,

It is with immense pride and enthusiasm that we welcome you to the 2nd World Week and 2nd World Day of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine, an initiative of ESRA, in close collaboration with our Sister Societies—AFSRA, ASRA Pain Medicine, AOSRA Pain Medicine, and LASRA. From Saturday, 18th January to Saturday, 25th January 2025, the global medical community will once again unite to shine a spotlight on the transformative fields of Regional Anaesthesia (RA) and Pain Medicine under the theme that continues to inspire us all:

“Joining Hands for a Pain Free Future Worldwide”

Next January, building on the incredible success of the inaugural event in 2024—which brought together more than 14,000 participants across 140 cities from 60 countries worldwide—we are excited to expand this initiative even further. The 2nd World Day and 2nd World Week of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine will involve more cities across all continents, more participants, and even greater collaboration, reinforcing our shared mission to improve the quality of life for our patients worldwide. Together, we will convene for local, in–person meetings, online virtual activities, interactive sessions, hands–on workshops, and invaluable exchanges between trainees and experts, creating opportunities for learning, reflection, and progress.

Pain knows no boundaries—neither age nor gender—and its impact on quality of life is profound. As specialists in RA and Pain Medicine, we have the tools and knowledge to transform lives, providing relief, comfort, and hope to those who need it most. This initiative exemplifies our commitment to advancing access to care of high quality, reducing suffering, and promoting humanity in medical practice.

The World Week and World Day of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine are more than just events—they are A Global Call to Action and A Celebration of the Power of Partnerships. By joining forces, we continue to advance research, share best practices, and inspire meaningful change in healthcare. Together, we are building a future where effective pain management is not just an aspiration but a universal reality.

As we embark on this journey, let us also take a moment to reflect on the progress we have made and the challenges that remain. With dedication, expertise, and collaboration, there is no limit to what we can achieve. Together, we are not just shaping the future of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine—we are shaping a world where unnecessary pain is a thing of the past.

On behalf of ESRA and the organizing committee of the 2nd World Day and Week of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, I extend my heartfelt thanks to all of you for your enthusiasm, your dedication, and your belief in this global movement. Let us once again join hands, share knowledge, and work together toward a pain-free future for everyone, everywhere.

Thank you for your spirit of enthusiasm, for contributing to our mission fulfillment, and for being a part of this global movement.

Happy 2nd World Week and 2nd World Day of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine!

With Cordial Greetings

Work in progress, thank you for your understanding.

2nd World Day of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine

«Joining Hands for a Pain Free Future Worldwide»

This programme is given as a point of reference only.
For more details about the specific programme in your city, please contact your local organiser.

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We Have Read the Literature for You: Sister Societies Journal Club
- Regional Anaesthesia
- Perioperative Care
- POCUS
- Chronic Pain
Q&A – Discussion
The «Joint» Club: Everything You Need to Know for Foot and Ankle Procedures
- Back to Basics: Ankle and Foot Anatomy
- Evidence Based Practice: RA Application in Foot and Ankle Surgery
- How I do it: Pro and Con of different practices
Q&A – Discussion
The "Ultrasound" Club: Tips and tricks for mastering
- How to teach ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks
- All about neuraxial ultrasound
Q&A – Discussion
The “AI” Club: What the future holds
- Advances and Utility of Artificial Intelligence in Regional Anaesthesia
- Advances and Utility of Artificial Intelligence in Pain Medicine
Q&A – Discussion
The “Green” Club : Everything You need to Know about Environmental Sustainability 
- Environmental benefits of RA: what do we know?
- Strategies for Environmental Sustainability : How can we start and/or do more?
Q&A – Discussion
The "Acute & Chronic Pain Medicine" Club: Everything you need to know to avoid pain
- Risk factors for chronic postsurgical pain
- Biomarkers for chronic pain: current evidence
- Personalized programme for postsurgical pain: Ready for it?
- The benefits of integrative medicine for chronic pain?
Q&A – Discussion
The “mother & child” Club: Everything you need to know about obstetrics and paediatrics
- Managing the failing epidural
- POCUS in obstetric anaesthesia
Q&A – Discussion
Hands – On Clinical Workshops
- LIVE Demonstrations
- Roundtable discussion: subject left to participants' choice

Work in progress, thank you for your understanding.
This list is not definitve and regurlaly updated

Click on the continent to access the according cities:

+ Australia & New Zealand

EUROPE
Leader: Sebastien Bloc (France)

COUNTRY (CITIES) PROGRAMME REGISTRATION LINKS LIAISON PERSONS
🇦🇹 AUSTRIA
  • Steyr
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  • email: petra.steiner@ooeg.at Country Rep: Marcus Neumüller
    🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 BALTIC STATES
  • Kaunas, Lithuania
  • Country Rep: Arunas Gelmanas
    🇧🇪 BELGIUM
  • Leuven
  • Country Rep: Steve Coppens
    🇫🇷 FRANCE
  • Paris
  • La Réunion
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  • Country Rep: Sébastien Bloc
  • Paris: Sébastien Bloc
  • La Réunion: Alexis Carpentier
  • 🇩🇪 GERMANY
  • Marburg
  • Schwäbisch Hall
  • Country Rep: Thomas Wiesmann
  • Marburg: Benjamin Vojnar
  • 🇬🇷 GREECE
  • Athens
  • Thessaloniki
  • Larissa
  • Ioannina
  • Heraklion
  • Free for ESRA members
  • info@esrahellas.gr
  • esrahellas.gr
  • Country Rep: Evmorfia Stavropoulou
  • Athens: Annie Theodoraki
  • Thessaloniki: Eleni Argyriadou, Eleni Koraki
  • Larissa: Elena Arnaoutoglou, Metaxia Bareka
  • Ioannina: Petros Tzimas, Georgia Micha
  • Heraklion: John Chronakis, Alexandros Makris/li>
  • 🇮🇪 IRELAND
  • Galway
  • Letterkenny

  • & webinar
    Country Rep: Conor Skerritt
  • Galway: Brian Kinirons, John McDonnell
  • Letterkenny: Jacub Hlasny, Louise Moran
  • 🇮🇪 ITALY
  • Milan
  • Rome
  • San Giovanni Rotondo
  • Country Rep: Romualdo Del Buono
  • Milan: Romualdo Del Buono
  • Rome: Antonio Clemente
  • San Giovanni Rotondo: : Raffaele Russo
  • 🇳🇱 THE NETHERLANDS Country Rep: Kavita Houthoff Khemlani
    🇵🇱 POLAND
  • Warsaw
  • Katowice
  • Szczecin
  • Poznan
  • Country Rep: Wojciech Gola
  • Warsaw: Marek Janiak
  • Katowice: Szymon Bialka
  • Szczecin: Agata Andrzejewska
  • Poznan: Tomasz Reysner
  • 🇵🇱 PORTUGAL
  • Porto
  • Funchal
  • Ponta Delgada
  • Country Rep: Lara Gonçalves Ribeiro
  • Porto: Lara Ribeiro
  • Funchal: Mauro Mendonça & Filipa Rodrigues
  • Ponta Delgada: João Borges
  • 🇷🇴 ROMANIA
  • Bucharest
  • Cluj-Napoca
  • Craiova
  • Lasi
  • Targu-Mureș
  • Timișoara
  • Country Rep: Dan Sebastian Dirzu
  • Bucharest: Liliana Mirea
  • Cluj-Napoca: Dan Sebastian Dîrzu
  • Craiova: Marius Novac
  • Lasi:- Irina Ristescu
  • Târgu-Mureș: Janos Szederjesi
  • Timișoara: Marius Păpurică
  • 🇸🇰 SLOVAKIA
  • Banská Bystrica
  • Country Rep: Michal Venglarcik
  • Banská Bystrica: Peter Kenderessy
  • 🇸🇮 SLOVENIA
  • Ljubljana
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  • Country & city rep: Ivan Kostadinov
    🇪🇸 SPAIN
  • Alicante
  • Barcelona
  • La Coruña
  • Madrid
  • Marbella
  • San Sebastian
  • Sevilla
  • Valladolid
  • Granada
  • Country Rep: Vicente Roqués
  • Alicante: Jorge Hernando
  • Barcelona: Carlos Morros
  • La Coruña: Pablo Casas
  • Madrid: Alejandro Ortega
  • Marbella: Luis Valdés
  • San Sebastian: Carlos Yarnoz
  • Sevilla: José Manuel Lopez-Millán
  • Valladolid: Maite Fernández
  • Granada: Ashish Bartakke
  • 🇨🇭 SWITZERLAND
  • Bern
  • Country & city rep: Andrea Saporito, Friedrich Lersch
    🇹🇷 TURKEY
  • Istanbul
  • Ankara
  • Manisa
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  • Country Rep: Ismet Topcu
  • Istanbul: Can Aksu
  • Ankara: Derya Özkan
  • Manisa: İsmet Topçu
  • 🇬🇧 UK
  • Newcastle
  • Frimley
  • Nottingham
  • Hull
  • Nottingham: Amr Hassan
  • Hull: Balaji
  • 🇺🇦 UKRAINE
  • Kiev
  • Vinnitsa
  • Rivne
  • Ivano-Frankivsh
  • Country Rep: Dmytro Dmytriiev
  • Kiev: Andrii Strokan, Iurii Kuchyn
  • Vinnitsa: Dmytro Dmytriiev
  • Rivne: Barsa Maksim
  • Ivano-Frankivsh: Yaroslav Semkovich
  • AFRICA
    Leaders: Ezzat Samy Aziz (Egypt), Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt)

    COUNTRY (CITIES) PROGRAMME REGISTRATION LINKS LIAISON PERSONS
    🇩🇿 ALGERIA
  • Algiers
  • Country & city rep: Bouarroudj Noreddine
    🇦🇴 ANGOLA
  • Luanda
  • Country & city rep: Silvina Pereira
    🇧🇫 BURKINA FASO
  • Ouagadougou
  • Bobo Dioulasso
  • Ouagadougou: Aida Zongo
  • Bobo Dioulasso: David Saouadogo
  • 🇨🇲 CAMEROON
  • Yaounde
  • Country & city rep: Lionelle Tchokam
    🇨🇬 DRC
  • Kinshasa
  • Country & city rep: William Baracka
    🇪🇬 EGYPT
  • Cairo
  • click here
  • Country & city rep: Amany Ayad
    🇬🇭 GHANA
  • Cape Coast
  • Country & city rep: Ekor Oluwayemisi
    🇨🇮 IVORY COAST
  • Abidjan
  • click here
  • Country & city rep: Kone Kadidja
    🇰🇪 KENYA
  • Nairobi
  • Country & city rep: Sonia Lalla
    🇱🇷 LIBERIA
  • Monrovia
  • Country & city rep: Suleiman Musa
    🇱🇾 LIYBYA
  • Tripoli
  • Country & city rep: Mohamed Tantoush
    🇲🇦 MOROCCO
  • Casablanca
  • Country & city rep: Afak Nsiri
    🇲🇿 MOZAMBIQUE
  • Maputo
  • Country & city rep: Hamilton Arnaldo
    🇳🇦 NAMIMBIA
  • Windhoek
  • Country & city rep: Kavezembua Kavari
    🇷🇼 RWANDA
  • Kigali
  • Country & city rep: Nyandwi Jean Damascene
    🇸🇳 SENEGAL
  • Dakar
  • Country & city rep: Mour Mammdou Traore
    🇸🇴 SOMALIA
  • Mogadishu
  • Country & city rep: Dr Hasi Abdullahi
    🇿🇦 SOUTH AFRICA
  • Cape Town
  • George
  • Nelspruit
  • Potchefstroom
  • Mthatha
  • Johannesburg
  • Country Rep: Francois Retief
  • Cape Town: Bronwyn Roopnarain
  • George: André Theron
  • Nelspruit: Reinier Swart
  • Potchefstroom: Annamarie Steyn
  • Mthatha: Nondwe Mgoqo
  • Johannesburg: Francois Retief
  • 🇺🇬 UGANDA
  • Kabale
  • Country & city rep: Isabella Epiu
    🇿🇲 ZAMBIA
  • Lusaca
  • Country & city rep: Arthur Polela

    ASIA
    Leaders: Suwimon Tangwiwat (Thailand), Besthadi Suknomo (Indonesia)

    COUNTRY (CITIES) PROGRAMME REGISTRATION LINKS LIAISON PERSONS
    🇧🇩 BANGLADESH
  • TBC
  • Country Rep: Lutful Aziz
    🇮🇳 INDIA
  • Ganga
  • Holyspirit
  • Mirle
  • Bhuvaneshwar
  • Ganga: Balavenkat
  • Holyspirit: Vrushali
  • Mirle: Ramakumar
  • Bhuvaneshwar: Ritesh Roy
  • 🇮🇩 INDONESIA
  • TBC
  • Country Rep: Besthadi Suknomo
    🇮🇷 IRAN
  • Tehran
  • Country Rep: Poupak Rahimzadeh
    🇳🇵 JAPAN
  • Sendai
  • Nagasaki
  • Izumo
  • Nagoya
  • Country Rep: Shinichi Sakura
  • Sendai: Masanori Yamauchi
  • Nagasaki: Hiroaki Murata
  • Izumo: Yuki Aoyama
  • Nagoya: Yasuyuki Shibata
  • 🇰🇷 KOREA
  • Seoul
  • Hyungtae Kim, Won Uk Koht
  • 🇲🇾 MALAYSIA
  • Iskandar Puteri, Johor
  • Country Rep: Iskandar Bhalid
  • Iskandar Puteri: Shahridan Mohd Fathil
  • 🇳🇵 NEPAL Country Rep: Navindra Bista
    🇴🇲 OMAN
  • Muscat
  • Country Rep: Jyoti Burad
    🇵🇭 PHILIPPINES
  • Manila
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  • Manila: Penafrancia C. Cano
  • 🇸🇦 SAUDI ARABIA
  • Riyadh
  • Country Rep: Ayman Mustafa
    🇸🇬 SINGAPORE
  • Singapore
  • Country Rep: Ashokka Balakrishnan
    🇹🇭 THAILAND
  • Bangkok
  • Songkhla
  • Khon Kaen
  • Chiang Mai
  • click here
  • Country Rep: Suwimon Tangwiwat
  • Bangkok: Suwimon Tangwiwat
  • Songkhla: Jatuporn Pakpirom
  • Khon Kaen: Aumjit Wittayaprairoj
  • Chiang Mai: Prangmalee Leurcharusmee
  • 🇦🇪 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  • Abu Dhabi
  • Reda Tolba
  • Clara Lobo
  • Amar Salti
  • 🇵🇭 VIETNAM
  • TBC
  • Country Rep: Dr. Cong

    LATIN AMERICA
    Leaders: Ana Eugenia Herrera (Costa Rica), Sidonia Suazo (Honduras)

    COUNTRY (CITIES) PROGRAMME REGISTRATION LINKS LIAISON PERSONS
    🇨🇷 COSTA RICA
  • San Jose
  • Oscar Ledezma
  • 🇭🇳 HONDURAS
  • Tegucigalpa
  • Sidonia Suazo
  • 🇲🇽 MEXICO
  • Mexico city
  • Victor Blanco
  • 🇨🇴 COLOMBIA
  • Bogota
  • Viviana Mojica
  • 🇵🇦 PANAMA
  • Panama City
  • Stanley Wu Tai
  • 🇺🇾 URUGUAY
  • Montevideo
  • Ignacio Cuevas
  • 🇧🇴 BOLIVIA
  • La Paz
  • Julio Ramos
  • NORTH AMERICA

    COUNTRY (CITIES) PROGRAMME REGISTRATION LINKS LIAISON PERSONS
    🇨🇦 CANADA
  • Banff, Alberta
  • + Webinar
  • Vivian Ip
  • Vishal Uppal
  • 🇺🇸 USA
  • New York
  • Chapel Hill, NC
  • Palo Alto, California
  • Madison, Wisconsin
  • San Antonio, Texas
  • Rochester, Minnesota
  • Nashville, Tennessee
  • Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Jacksonville, NC
  • Cleveland, Ohio
  • Country Rep: Stuart Grant, Ed Mariano
  • New York: Stephen Haskins
  • Chapel Hill: Stuart Grant
  • Palo Alto: Edward Mariano
  • Madison: Kristopher Schroeder
  • San Antonio: Maxim Eckmann
  • Nashville: Rajnish Gupta
  • Charlottesville: Nabil Elkassabany, Iyabo Muse
  • AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

    COUNTRY (CITIES) PROGRAMME REGISTRATION LINKS LIAISON PERSONS
    🇦🇺🇳🇿 AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
  • Perth
  • Adelaide
  • Brisbane
  • Sydney
  • Melbourne
  • Auckland
  • Country Rep: Alwin Chua
  • Fraser Morton
  • Hosim Prasai
  • The World Day will close the 2nd World Week of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine connecting together all 5 Continents!
    Make sure to be in touch with the local organizers to participate to the activities organized in your country.

    World Day Committee Members:

    • Margaretha Breebart 🇧🇪
    • Dan Sebastian Dirzu 🇷🇴
    • Nuala Lucas 🇬🇧
    • Alan Macfarlane 🇬🇧
    • Peter Merjavy 🇬🇧
    • Axel Sauter 🇳🇴
    • Kassiani Theodoraki 🇬🇷

    Endorsed by

    Sister Societies

    Webinar from Canada – Streaming Worldwide

    🔹 Download the Rules Guide 🔹

    Welcome to the Escape Game: Regional Anaesthesia Edition! For the first time in the history of ESRA, during the 2nd WDRAPM, a thrilling and educational experience will test your teamwork, problem-solving skills, and knowledge of regional anaesthesia.

    The goal? Work together to solve a series of riddles and challenges to unlock the final task. Further details to be provided soon.

     

    We would like to thank our world partner Pajunk for their support in helping us putting this event together.


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