Inspiring change: Women leading the future of anaesthesia and science

Webinar organised by WFSA’s DEI Committee to mark the occasion of the 2025 International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

FACULTY

Chairs:

1. Dr. Carolina Haylock-Loor, WFSA President-elect, Director of Interventional Pain Unit, Hospital Del Valle, San Pedro Sula, Honduras (Honduras)

2. Professor Patricia Yazbeck, WFSA Council Member and Regional Representative of the Middle East and North Africa Region, WFSA-DEI committee Member. Anesthesiologist and Intensive Care Specialist, Hotel-Dieu University Hospital, Saint Joseph University, Beirut (Lebanon)

Speakers:

1. Prof. Marie T. Aouad MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Chairperson, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut (Lebanon)

2. Prof. Vojislava Neskovic, WFSA-DEI committee Member, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade (Serbia)

3. Dr. Bisola Onajin-Obembe (MBBS, FWACS, PhD, PMP), WFSA-DEI committee Member, Consultant Global Anaesthesiologist (Nigeria)

PROGRAMME:

1. Introduction by the webinar chairs

2. Talk 1: Leadership and attracting trainees by Dr. Bisola Onajin-Obembe

3. Talk 2: Mentoring the next generation of anaesthesiologists by Prof. Vojislava Neskovic

4. Talk 3: Women in Anaesthesia in the Arab world by Prof. Marie T. Aouad

5. Q&A and Discussion