Ashokka Balakrishnan Singapore

Dr Ashokka Balakrishnan is a Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Simulation Program Director (anaesthesia division) at National University Hospital Singapore. He is Clinical A/Prof at National University of Singapore and CenMED Associate at Centre for Medical Education (CenMED). He holds the office of the treasurer for the Asia Oceanic Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine (AOSRA-PM) and Vice President for the Pan Asia Society of Simulation (PASSH). He is the research lead for the AMEE Patient safety network and SIG He started his career in Anaesthesia in 2002 and has 18 years of experience in high fidelity simulation based undergraduate, postgraduate medical and allied health acute care teaching. He has a Fellowship of the Australia New Zealand College of Anaesthesiologists (FANZCA) and a Masters in Health professions educations (MHPE) from Maastricht, Netherlands. His special interests are obstetric and regional anaesthesia, postgraduate exam support, simulation based postgraduate and undergraduate education, Inter professional education through acute care simulation and multidisciplinary team training. He has conducted international workshops in simulation, airway and crisis management for acute care practitioners, trauma teams, anaesthesiologists and nursing delegates and hosted medical education faculty development programs in USA, Taiwan, Philippines, China, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia & India.