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Program - Day 2 (Aug. 29, 2026)

Room A


08:00-8:40 Registration
08:40-9:00 Opening Anouncement and Welcome Address
Jin-Tae Kim (President of KSRA)

Congratulatory Message
Justin Sangwook Ko (President of AOSRA-PM)
Young-Tae Jeon (President of KSA)


Fasting Time and Gastric Ultrasound in the Era of GLP-1 Agonists
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 09:00-10:10
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 09:00-09:20 Perioperative gastric ultrasound
Besthadi Sukmono (Indonesia)
09:20-09:40 Gastric ultrasound in ERAS
Yeon Ju Kim (Korea)
09:40-10:00 GLP-1 receptor agonists – the fasting and the furious
Navdeep Sidhu (New Zealand)
10:00-10:10 Q & A
10:10-10:30 Coffee Break


Central Neuraxial Blocks Revisited in the Ultrasound Era
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 10:30-11:40
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 10:30-10:50 USG vs palpation: is there a difference?
Sun-Kyung Park (Korea)
10:50-11:10 Real-time ultrasound guided central neuraxial blocks – A call for greater adaptation
Manoj Karmakar (Hong Kong, China)
11:10-11:30 The space we've been missing: L5–S1 hypobaric spinals for arthroplasty in degenerative spines
Iskandar Bin Khalid (Malaysia)
11:30-11:40 Q & A
11:40-12:00 Coffee Break


Luncheon session
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 12:00-13:00
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 12:00-13:00 TBD


Fast-track Surgeries and Regional Anesthesia: Is There a Change in the Role?
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 13:00-14:10
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 13:00-13:20 To do or not? The role of peripheral nerve blocks in the ERAS era
Eun Jung Kim (Korea)
13:20-13:40 Same-day total joint surgery
Sakura Kinjo (USA)
13:40-14:00 Strategies to optimize postoperative recovery through motor-sparing blocks
Norihiro Sakai (Japan)
14:00-14:10 Q & A
14:10-14:30 Coffee Break


To Extend Our Blocks: What are the Options?
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 14:30-15:40
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 14:30-14:50 Continuous nerve blocks: why, when and how?
Jean-Louis Horn (USA)
14:50-15:10 Programmed intermittent bolus for regional anesthesia
Hiroaki Murata (Japan)
15:10-15:30 Sustained release local anesthetics
Jung-Woo Shim (Korea)
15:30-15:40 Q & A
15:40-16:00 Coffee Break


Improving the Performance and Safety of USGRA
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 16:00-17:30
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 16:00-16:20 Trends to increase safety and efficacy in US-guided regional anesthesia
Paul Kessler (Germany)
16:20-16:40 Anatomy dissections to improve ultrasound guided regional anesthesia
David Auyong (USA)
16:40-17:00 Fakeouts in nerve imaging: how to make the regional blocks safe and effective
Andrew Gray (USA)
17:00-17:20 Cognitive and procedural streamlining in ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks: The importance of landmarks and ergonomics.
Shang-Ru Yeoh (Taiwan)
17:20-17:30 Q & A


Gala Dinner
18:30- Gala Dinner (Sebitseom Vista Restaurant)

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Room B


Management of the Hip Fracture Patient: Considerations for Anesthesia Care and Beyond
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 09:00-10:10
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 09:00-09:20 Analgesia for hip surgery; a toss between GA or RA
Penafrancia C. Cano (Philippines)
09:20-09:40 Role of regional anaesthesia in orthogeriatrics
J Balavenkat Subramanian (India)
09:40-10:00 Beyond anesthesia care- what are the preoperative and post operative considerations in this population
Uchenna Umeh (USA)
10:00-10:10 Q & A
10:10-10:30 Coffee Break


Updates in PNB Techniques: Blocks in the Lower Extremities
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 10:30-11:40
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 10:30-10:50 Anatomical and clinical aspects of the popliteal plexus block
Norihiro Sakai (Japan)
10:50-11:10 Knee analgesia and recent developments
Lutful Aziz (Bangladesh)
11:10-11:30 Anterior approach to sciatic nerve block
Kapil Gupta (USA)
11:30-11:40 Q & A
11:40-12:00 Coffee Break


Luncheon session
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 12:00-13:00
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 12:00-13:00 TBD


Old Fassioned? The Role of Epidural Analgesia in Current Anesthetic Practice
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 13:00-14:10
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 13:00-13:20 The role of thoracic epidurals in a new world of plane blocks
Andrew Walters (USA)
13:20-13:40 Walking thoracic epidural for ERAS
Shahridan Fathil (Malaysia)
13:40-14:00 The utilization of postoperative epidurogram to confirm placement of thoracic epidurals using landmark-based technique
Priscilla Huang (USA)
14:00-14:10 Q & A
14:10-14:30 Coffee Break


Don't Ignore Our Kids!: Pediatric Regional Anesthesia
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 14:30-15:40
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 14:30-14:50 Ultrasound guided regional blocks in pediatric abdominal surgery
Odgerel Boldbaatar (Mongolia)
14:50-15:10 TBD
Ban C.H. Tsui (USA)
15:10-15:30 Beyond the usual: less-common but practical regional blocks and lung ultrasound in pediatric anesthesia
Jung-Bin Park (Korea)
15:30-15:40 Q & A
15:40-16:00 Coffee Break


Complications in Regional Anesthesia
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 16:00-17:30
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 16:00-16:20 Local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST)
Raymond S. Joseph (USA)
16:20-16:40 Nerve injuries in regional anesthesia and best practice techniques
Sakura Kinjo (USA)
16:40-17:00 Infection complications in regional anesthesia
David Corpman (USA)
17:00-17:20 Standardized safety protocols, communication tools, and checklists for safe blocks
Uchenna Umeh (USA)
17:20-17:30 Q & A


Gala Dinner
18:30- Gala Dinner (Sebitseom Vista Restaurant)

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Room C


Refresher Course (1): Regional Anesthesia for Upper Extremity Surgery (Korean)
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 09:00-10:30
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 09:00-09:20 Regional anesthesia for shoulder and clavicle surgery
Yumin Jo (Korea)
09:20-09:40 Regional anesthesia for foream and elbow surgery
Younghoon Jung (Korea)
09:40-10:00 Continuous blocks for upper extremity analgesia
Sae Woong Park (Korea)
10:00-10:10 Q & A
10:10-10:30 Coffee Break


Refresher Course (2): Regional Anesthesia for Truncal Surgery (Korean)
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 10:30-11:40
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 10:30-10:50 Fascial plane blocks for abdominal surgeries
Min Kyoung Kim (Korea)
10:50-11:10 Regional anesthesia for breast and chest surgeries
Young In Lee (Korea)
11:10-11:30 Blocks for sternotomy and thoracotomy
Woojin Kwon (Korea)
11:30-11:40 Q & A
11:40-12:00 Coffee Break


All about Anesthesia and Analgesia in Spine Surgeries
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 13:00-14:10
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 13:00-13:20 ERAS in spine surgery
Won Uk Koh (Korea)
13:20-13:40 Regional blocks for spine surgery: what are the options?
Aumjit Wittayapairoj (Thailand)
13:40-14:00 Regional blocks for spine surgeries: meta analysis of current techniques
Boohwi Hong (Korea)
14:00-14:10 Q & A
14:10-14:30 Coffee Break


How Should We Train and Disseminate Regional Anesthesia?
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 14:30-15:40
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 14:30-14:50 Updates in regional anaesthesia education
Nav Sidhu (New Zealand)
14:50-15:10 Regional anaethesia training in Africa
Ezzat Samy Aziz (Egypt)
15:10-15:30 Regional anesthesia education and training in Korea
Seokha Yoo (Korea)
15:30-15:40 Q & A
15:40-16:00 Coffee Break


Joint Session with JSRA
Date / Time Aug. 29 (Sat) / 16:00-17:30
Chair(s)
Speaker(s) 16:00-16:20 Optimizing continuous adductor canal block – practical strategies for catheter placement
Takashi Fujino (Japan)
16:20-16:40 Continuous femoral nerve block for TKA
Wangseok Do (Korea)
16:40-17:00 RWD to RWE in regional anesthesia: Practical methods for database studies
Kotaro Sakurai (Japan)
17:00-17:20 TBD
17:20-17:30 Q & A


Gala Dinner
18:30- Gala Dinner (Sebitseom Vista Restaurant)

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