Course fee:
Early Registration until Friday 5th February 2027 – £475 per candidate.
£525 per candidate from 6th February 2027
Course overview:
- Small group work teaching (5 delegates per instructor)
- Live scanning on volunteers with cadaveric workshop
- Hands-on learning of needle techniques and catheters on phantoms
- Tips and tricks with international experts in ultrasound regional anaesthesia
- Spaces limited to 60 delegates
Organising faculty:
- Dr Ahmed Abdelaziz, FRCA, Course Director, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (Course Director)
- Dr Ranj Khaffaf, FRCA, Prince Charles Hospital, UK (Course Co-Director)
- Dr Amr Abdelaal, FRCA, Addenbrooke Hospital, UK
- Dr Moataz Abdelrahman, FRCA, Manchester University Hospitals, UK
- Dr Graham Barker, FRCA, Oxford University Hospital, UK
- Dr Alistair Bond, BSc, MSc, PhD, Deputy Director, Human Anatomy Resource Centre, UK
- Dr Parameswari Chockalingham, FRCA, Addenbrooke Hospital, UK
- Dr Sherif Elsayed, FRCA, Addenbrooke Hospital, UK
- Dr Vel Velayutham, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, UK
- Dr Ashwani Gupta, FRCA, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, UK
- Dr Omar Itani, MD, FIPM, Clemenceau Medical Centre, Beirut Lebanon
- Professor Brian Kinirons, MB, FFARCSI, FJFICMI, FCPSP (Hon.), Galway University Hospitals, Ireland
- Dr Gabriella Iohom, FFARCSI, Cork University Hospital, Ireland
Accreditation:
Accreditation by the Royal College of Anaesthetists and ESRA 2 cadaveric hands-on and 8 ultrasound hands-on points.


Day 1 – Thursday 8th April 2027
08:00 ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION
08:30 Station 1 Supraclavicular & Interscalene
09:15 Station 2 Axillary plexus and forearm
10:00 Station 3 Infraclavicular
10:45 MORNING REFRESHMENTS
11:15 Station 4 Erector spine & Paravertebral
12:00 Station 5 Neuroaxial and Caudal
12:45 Station 6 Phantom Needling & catheter technique
13:30 Station 7 Rectus sheath, TAP, QL
14:15 LUNCH AND REFRESHMENTS
15:00 Station 8 FATE (Focused Assessment Transthoracic ECHO)
15:45 Station 9 Lung and Flexor Tendon Sheath
16:30 Station 10 Cervical Plexus
17:15 CLOSE OF DAY 1
Day 2 – Friday 9th April 2027
08:00 REGISTRATION
08:30 Station 1 Ankle
09:10 Station 2 Saphenous & Obturator & Adductor Canal
09:50 Station 3 Femoral, LFCN & Fascia iliaca
10:30 Station 4 Sciatic & Popliteal
11:10 MORNING REFRESHMENTS
11:40 Station 5 Gastric Scanning
12:30 Station 6 PECS & Serratus
13:10 Station 7 PENG/HIP & iPAK
13:50 Station 8 Free scanning
14:30 LUNCH AND REFRESHMENTS
15:30 Station 9 Clavipectoral Fascial Block
16:10 Station 10 Axillary N & Suprascapular N
16:50 CLOSE OF COURSE
Bookings and enquiries:
Please book early to avoid disappointment – online applications only. All previous courses have sold out early with extensive waiting lists.
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Cancellations:
All cancellations need to be made through your account. For those who do not attend without cancellation, your line manager will be notified and a possible charge may be incurred. All paid events have a strict cancellations policy.