Anesthesia / Critical Care

The Anesthesia / Critical Care Committee strives to raise standards of clinical care and improve perioperative outcomes, including through the development of official ILTS clinical practice guidelines.

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Key aims of the Anesthesia / Critical Care Committee:

  1. To represent and recruit ILTS members specializing in Anesthesia and Critical Care,
  2. To promote education and communication in these specialty areas,
  3. To raise standards of clinical care and improve perioperative outcomes, including through the development of  ILTS official clinical practice guidelines,
  4. To foster collaborative links with other relevant specialist societies.

→ Read the Committee Terms of Reference

Some committee activities:

→ Webinars and meeting sessions

→ ILTS Podcast by the Experts

Committee Members:

  • Ashish Malik, MD, MBA – Past Chair {2025} Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
  • Emmanuel Weiss, MD, PhD – Chair {2026} Beaujon Hospital, Assistance Pulique-Hôpitaux de Paris and Paris University, Clichy, France
  • Michael Spiro- Vice Chair {2027} the Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
  • James Y. Findlay, MB, ChB – Affiliated Councilor {2025} Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
  • Alexandra Anderson, MD {2026} Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA
  • Stephen Aniskevich, MD {2026} Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, USA
  • Scott Lindberg, MD {2026} Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Akila Rajakumar, MBBS, MD, FRCA {2026} Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai, India
  • Flora Simmons {2026} University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
  • Anil Singh, MBBS, DA, DNB, EDAIC {2026} Nanavatimax super speciality hospital, Mumbai, India
  • Gebhard Wagener, MD {2026} Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA
  • Carla Andrea Luzzi {2027} Toronto General Hospital, Canada
  • Francois Martin Carrier {2027} CHUM (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Montréal), Canada
  • Sameer Patel {2027} King’s College Hospital, UK
  • Shrijt Nair {2027} King’s College Hospital, UK
  • Kunal Karamchandani {2027} UT Southwestern Medical Center, Texas, USA

Trainees:

  • Pooja Baliga {2026} Medanta- The Medicity, India

*Committee terms end at Annual Congress in year shown in brackets

Committee Members testimonies

Committee Terms of Reference