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Dr Velitchka Schembri Agius
Velitchka (aka Vel) is a consultant anaesthetist with a major interest in neuro-anaesthesia and trauma. Her teaching experience involves regular course instruction/organization with the European Resuscitation Council both locally and in the United Kingdom. She is a simulator instructor, educational supervisor and a mentor to trainees in the Anesthesia department in Mater Dei Hospital. Velitchka…
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Mr Kenneth Muscat
Mr Kenneth Muscat is an ENT, Head and Neck Specialist with a dedicated practice for both adults and children. His special interests include treatment of head & neck cancer, thyroid surgery and voice problems. He graduated from the University of Malta in 2005 and completed his specialisation in ENT back in 2013. He carries a…
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Dr Stephen Sciberras
Dr Stephen Sciberras is a Consultant in the Department of Anaesthesia, ITU & Pain Management at Mater Dei Hospital, Malta, and a Visiting Senior Lecturer in the University of Malta. He has been Training Co-ordinator for Anaesthesia, ITU and Pain Management for over 9 years. He is also member of the EDAIC Part 2 Subcomittee,…
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Dr Kelvin Cortis
Dr Kelvin Cortis is a consultant radiologist with a special interest in hepatobiliary imaging and interventional oncology. He graduated as a Doctor of Medicine and Surgery in 2006 and started radiology training in Malta under the auspices of Dr Adrian Mizzi. He then subspecialised in the Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione…
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Prof Giacomo Bellani
Prof Giacomo Bellani is a Full Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Trento and serves as the Head of the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit at Santa Chiara Hospital in Trento, Italy. Previously, he held positions as an assistant and associate professor at the University of Milan Bicocca, where he…
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Dr Greta Mattocks
Greta finished her Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain training in Malta in 2022 and went on to complete a one-year fellowship in chronic pain mapped to the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists Advanced Pain Training at the Walton Centre in Liverpool, UK. During this time she developed an interest in…
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Dr Andrew Grech
Andrew is a paediatric anaesthesiologist at Mater Dei Hospital in Malta. He completed his anaesthesiology training in 2020, followed by subspecialty fellowships in paediatric anaesthesiology in Sheffield, UK, and paediatric critical care transfer medicine in Manchester, UK. As an early-career researcher, Andrew holds an MSc focusing on outcomes for survivors of critical illness, and an…
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Dr Keith Borg Xuereb
Dr Borg Xuereb is a Specialist in Anaesthesia working at Mater Dei Hospital, Malta. He graduated from the University of Malta in 2015 and obtained his certificate of completion of training in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in Malta in 2022. He completed fellowships in Advanced Airway Management at Oxford University Hospitals and in Regional Anaesthesia…
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Dr Cherilyn Fenech
Dr Cherilyn Fenech is a distinguished consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, currently serving as the Acute Pain Lead at Mater Dei Hospital in Malta. Her expertise spans a comprehensive range of pain management, including low back pain, sciatica, neck pain, fibromyalgia, and complex headache disorders. Dr Fenech’s academic journey includes a fellowship in chronic…
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Dr Stephanie Mifsud
Dr Mifsud is a Resident Specialist in the department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management at Mater Dei Hospital. She is also a visiting assistant lecturer at the University of Malta, teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level and an ALS and EPALS instructor with the ERC. She completed a one-year Fellowship in Intensive Care…
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Dr Nicholas Pace
Dr Nicholas Pace is a retired consultant anaesthetist who was Clinical Director in Glasgow Scotland. He trained in Glasgow, Cardiff and Dallas. He was previously a Fellow of the Royal College of Anesthetists (FRCA) and Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) in the UK. He has a Masters (MPhil) and Doctorate (PhD) in Medical Law and…
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Mr Justin Deguara
Mr Justin Deguara has eighteen years’ experience as an anaesthetic nurse working at operating theatres, Mater Dei Hospital. He graduated with a Degree in Nursing BSc. (Hons) in 2006, and a Master of Science in Nursing with the University of Malta in 2020. His professional interests are anaesthesia care and patient safety initiatives. Currently, Justin…
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Dr Neville Azzopardi
Dr Neville Azzopardi graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Malta in 2005. He pursed his training in interventional endoscopy at the Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Therapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IsMETT) in Italy between 2012 and 2013 and was subsequently appointed as a consultant gastroenterologist at Mater dei Hospital in 2016. …
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Prof Alexander Gatt
Prof Gatt started his career as a Clinical Haematologist at the Royal Free Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre in London. He was awarded a research doctorate from the University of Sheffield for work on Global Assays of Coagulation in Anticoagulation and the Coagulopathy of Liver Disease. Through the latter, he achieved a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue further research…
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Prof Kevin Cassar
Prof Kevin Cassar is Consultant vascular and endovascular surgeon, Clinical lead at the Vascular Unit, Mater Dei Hospital. He is Professor of Surgery at the University of Malta. He tutors on the Masters in Vascular Surgery programme at the University of Edinburgh. Prof Cassar was previously Consultant Vascular Surgeon at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Senior…
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Dr Mark Abela
Dr Abela is a distinguished cardiologist who earned his qualifications and specialization from the University of Malta, where he is currently pursuing a PhD focused on cardiac screening and inherited cardiac conditions. He holds two Master’s degrees: one in Internal Medicine from the University of Edinburgh (2015) and another in Sports Cardiology from St George’s,…
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Dr Anne Marie Camilleri Podesta
Anne Marie Camilleri Podesta is a consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Mater Dei Hospital, Malta. She has a strong focus on medical education, serving as a Foundation Training Programme Director and Educational Supervisor for Malta’s Foundation Programme. Additionally, she leads Research and Audit in Anaesthesia at Mater Dei and teaches as a Visiting…
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Dr Nuala Lucas
Dr Nuala Lucas is a Consultant Anaesthetist at London North West University Healthcare Trust. Her major interest is obstetric anaesthesia. She is the President of the Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association and chairs the Education Subcommittee. Nuala is the anaesthetic co-lead for the UK Confidential Maternal Death Enquiries (MBRRACE-UK). She is a senior editor for the International…
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Prof Andy Lockey
Andy Lockey is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust, and Visiting Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Huddersfield. He is also an Associate Dean for NHS England (Workforce, Training and Education), for the Yorkshire and Humber regions. Andy first became involved with Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) in 1993, when he…
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Prof Federico Bilotta
Prof Federico Bilotta MD PhD is a full-time consultant and Professor of Anesthesiology at the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, specializing in neuroanaesthesia, neurocritical care, and anesthesia in pediatric oncohaematology at Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy. Within the European Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC), he serves…
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Prof Steffen Rex
Prof. Steffen Rex has been the Chair of the Department of Anaesthesiology at University Hospitals Leuven in Belgium since 2021 and an Associate Professor of Anaesthesia at the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven since 2011. He has a particular interest in cardiovascular anaesthesia, perioperative organ protection, postoperative delirium, anaesthetic neurotoxicity, haemodynamic monitoring, and perioperative…
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Prof Idit Matot
Prof Matot is the President Elect of the European Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC). She is the Director of the Division of Surgery and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain at the Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel. Prof Matot is the Immediate Past Chair of the ESAIC Scientific Committee…