Professor Marc Van de Velde

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Leuven, and Full professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KULeuven, Belgium

Research Interests: Obstetric anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia, acute pain management

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): Honoraria for lectures and consultancy from CSL Behring, CSL Vifor, Viatris, Aquettant, BBraun and Werfen

Professor Henrik Kehlet (Denmark)

Professor of Surgery, Section for Surgical Pathophysiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Research Interests: Acute pain physiology and treatment, surgical pathophysiology and pathogenesis of peri-operative morbidity, aiming at accelerated postoperative recovery

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): No conflicts of interest to declare currently or in the previous 3 years

Professor Dileep N. Lobo (UK)

Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Consultant Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgeon and Deputy Head of Division of the Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre at the University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals, UK

Clinical and research interests: Clinical interests focus on surgery of the pancreas and biliary tree. Research interests include surgical nutrition and metabolism, fluid and electrolyte balance and pancreatic cancer

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): An unrestricted educational grant from B Braun and speaker’s honoraria from Nestlé, Abbott and Corza for unrelated work

Professor Girish P. Joshi (USA)

Professor of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas
Texas
USA

Main interests:
Acute pain management, ambulatory anaesthesia, clinical pharmacology related to anaesthesiology, postoperative outcome and safety

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): Honoraria for consultation from Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Haidco-USA pharmaceuticals

Professor Narinder Rawal (Sweden)

Department of Anaesthesiology
Örebro University
Örebro
Sweden

Main interests: Acute pain management, regional anaesthesia, organisational issues related to postoperative pain

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): No conflicts of interest to declare

Professor Patricia Lavand’homme (Belgium) 

Department of Anesthesiology and Acute Pain service
Cliniques Universitaires st Luc
University Catholic of Louvain
Av Hippocrate 10- 1821
B-1200 Brussels
Belgium

Research interests: postoperative pain (acute and chronic), pharmacology, orthopaedic anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): Grünenthal symposium

Professor Helene Beloeil (France) 

CHU Rennes, University Rennes 1
Inserm Numecan
CIC 1414, 35033 Rennes
France

Research Interests: postoperative pain, non opioid analgesics, opioid free anesthesia/analgesia, regional analgesia

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26):  No conflicts of interest to declare

Professor Johan Raeder (Norway) 

Professor in Anaesthesiology and Consultant
Oslo University Hospital/University of Oslo
Pb: 4950 Nydalen
N-0424 Oslo, Norway

Areas of interest: Postoperative pain; pharmacology of analgesics and anaesthtics; regional analgesia/anaesthesia, depht of anaesthesia monitoring, recovery function, PONV

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): No conflicts of interest to declare

Prof. Dr. Esther M. Pogatzki-Zahn (Germany) 

Anesthesiologist; Pain Specialist
Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine
University Hospital Muenster, Germany

Research interests: Postoperative pain (acute and chronic), pharmacology of analgesics, regional analgesia, chronic pain after surgery, chronic pain (e.g. neuropathic), basic neuroscience (pain mechanisms)

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): She received financial support from Grünenthal Germany for research activities and advisory and lecture fees from Grünenthal Germany, Novartis Germany, and Medtronic Germany

Axel R Sauter, MD PhD (Norway) 

Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet
Norway

Main interests: Orthopaedic anaesthesia, acute pain therapy, regional anaesthesia, innovation technologies

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): Honoraria from B.Braun

Prof Dr Eric Albrecht, MD, DESA (Switzerland)

Lausanne University Hospital, CHUV
Switzerland

Research interests: Meta-analyses and prospective trials on acute postoperative pain, regional procedures, complications after peripheral nerve blocks, and sleep apnea syndrome

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): No conflicts of interest to declare

Professor Marie-Pierre Bonnet, M.D. Ph.D. (France)

Professor in anesthesia, intensive care and perioperative medicine, Sorbonne University, Trousseau Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France

Associate Researcher in Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, EPOPé, Center for Epidemiology and Statistics Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris University, INSERM, INRA, Paris, France

Clinical and research interests: obstetric anesthesia, perinatal epidemiology, labor analgesia and severe maternal morbidity, postoperative analgesia overall

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): Honoraria for lectures from Ferring, 3M, Organon, Novo Nordisk, and Edwards Lifesciences

Professor Geertrui Dewinter, MD, PhD (Belgium)

Head of Clinic, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.
Associate Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Clinical and research interests: acute pain management, enhanced recovery after surgery, PONV, abdominal transplantation anesthesia

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): No conflicts of interest to declare

Professor Christopher L. Wu (USA)

Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology; Hospital for Special Surgery-Weill Cornell Medicine

Clinical and research interests: Postoperative and acute pain; Enhanced Recovery After Surgery; regional anaesthesia; opioid stewardship

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): No conflicts of interest to declare

Eleni Moka, MD, PhD, MSc, EDRA (Ex Officio) (Greece) 

Roles in ESRA: ESRA President, ex officio EDRA Board Member, ex officio EDPM Board Member, Vice – Chair of ESRA SC

Role and affiliation at work: Consultant Anesthesiologist, Creta InterClinic Hospital, Hellenic Healthcare Group (HHG), 63, Minoos Street, 71304 Heraklion – Crete, Greece

Clinical and research interests: perioperative analgesia, chronic postsurgical pain, UGRA, CNBs, ERAS

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): She received lecture honoraria from Menarini Hellas, Menarini, Viatris Hellas, and Medasense, and is supported by ESRA re: travel and accommodation expenses during ESRA congresses

Dr Neel Desai (UK) – ESRA representative

Roles and affiliation: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Clinical and research interests: obstetric, orthopaedic, plastics, regional and vascular anaesthesia

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): No conflicts of interest to declare

Dario Bugada, MD, PhD, EDRA (Italy) – ESRA representative

Roles and affiliation: CONSULTANT ANESTHESIOLOGIST – ASST Papa Giovanni XXXIII, Bergamo – Italy

Clinical and research interests: acute pain medicine and perioperative care, regional anesthesia, translational medicine, education in regional anesthesia and pain medicine

Potential conflicts of interest (2025/26): No conflicts of interest to declare