Invited Speaker
  • Albert Dahan
    Leiden University Medical Center
    Netherlands
  • Prof Albert Dahan MD PhD graduated from de Vrije University in Amsterdam (MD; 1986) and Leiden University (PhD; 1990). During his residency in Anesthesiology he founded the Anesthesia & Pain Research Unit, a clinical research united dedicated to outcomes research in anesthesia and pain (treatment) with special focus on respiratory physiology and pharmacology, and aims the widespread distribution of gained knowledge in close collaboration with academic and non-academic partners. He collaborates with many partners including the US FDA, several academic centers worldwide, and some commercial entities. Currently there are 20 PhD students that under his leadership study specific themes including novel anesthesia techniques, phenotyping pain patients as biomarker of pain treatment (for example by using cornea confocal microscopy to quantify small fiber neuropathy), and the pharmacology of opioids and anesthetics. He published over 400 peer reviewed papers.