9th World Congress on
Surgery and Anaesthesia

John F. Bebawy, MD is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Neurological Surgery at Northwestern University. His clinical and research interests and expertise relate to Neuroanesthesia, with a focus on interventions that affect cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular hemodynamics. Dr. Bebawy completed his Anesthesiology residency and Neurosurgical Anesthesiology fellowship training at Northwestern in 2008, where he is currently faculty and Associate Director of the Neurosurgical Anesthesiology Fellowship Program. He is a member of many national and international societies for the advancement of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, has published widely on various topics in the field, and has spoken at many meetings throughout the world on areas within his expertise. Dr. Bebawy is devoted and committed to the betterment of patient safety through individualized and compassionate clinical care, as well as through his contribution to the scientific community.

Neuroanesthesia, Cerebral blood flow, Cerebral physiology, Cerebral pharmacology, Adenosine, Circulatory arrest, Post-craniotomy hypertension, Awake craniotomy

Dr. Philip Corvo has served as Chairman of the Stanley J. Dudrick Department Surgery and Director of Surgical Critical Care at Saint Mary’s Hospital since 2013. Dr. Corvo graduated from Brooklyn College where he obtained a combined, accelerated Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in BioPsychology. He received his medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and completed his surgical residency at Stamford Hospital, a member of the New York Presbyterian Healthcare System and a major teaching affiliate of Columbia University. He then went on to complete a Critical Care fellowship at Hartford Hospital. Dr. Corvo is board certified in Surgery and Critical Care Medicine. An accomplished general and laparoscopic surgeon, he is certified in robotic-assisted surgery. He is a proctor for Intuitive, the maker of the da Vinci Surgical Robot. He was the first surgeon in New England to perform a single-incision robotic cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder through only the belly-button), has the largest single-surgeon series of robotic cholecystectomies in the world literature, and developed a laser sighting and positioning device for robotic surgery. Dr. Corvo is a past president of the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, and a co-founder of the CT Surgical Quality Collaborative

General Surgery, Robotic-Assisted Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

Dr. Michael S Firstenberg received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of Chicago. His Medical Degree is from Case Western Reserve University where he was elected as a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. He received his training in General Surgery at the University Hospitals of Cleveland and his Cardiothoracic Surgery training at The Ohio State University. From 1999-2001, he was a Special Imaging Fellow in the Department of Cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic where he studied the quantitative and qualitative assessment of systolic and diastolic ventricular function. He returned to the Cleveland Clinic in 2006 for advanced surgical training in Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Ohio State University Medical Center. He has contributed to over 50 peer-reviewed papers, over 80 abstracts and has reviewed manuscripts and assisted in editing for numerous Journals including serving as he current Editor-in-Chief of the online journal Mechanical Circulatory Support.

Clinical Interest is Cardiothoracic surgery & Heart Failure.Long-Term Mechanical Ventricular Support.Cardiothoracic Critical Care. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Dr. Einar Arnbjörnsson is an Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery at The Lund University

Anorectal malformations Hirschsprung´s disease Computer-assisted surgery Gastrostomy in children Clinical research in Pediatric Surgery

Nav Chaudhary, MD, FRCSC, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery. She received her medical degree from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Dr. Chaudhary completed her neurosurgery residency at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada and fellowships in Spine Neurosurgery and Cyberknife Radiosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine.She works primarily in CyberKnife Neurosurgery at the Stanford Cancer Center, predominantly treating patients with brain and spine tumors, brain and spine arteriovenous malformations, and trigeminal neuralgia.

Her research interests include surgical outcomes. She has co-authored several papers relating to spine conditions, vascular malformations, and brain tumor management.