BARA Annual Meeting – 18th of October 2025

BARA Annual Meeting

Back to basics - What you really want to know

Morning program

07:30 - 08:00 Registration & Coffee

08:00 - 08:15 Welcome & Introduction

By the President of BARA, Dr. Matthias Desmet

08:20 - 08:40 Matthias Herteleer
Anatomical Foundations: the innervation of the upper limb

08:40 - 09:00 Roman Zuercher
How to make the most of your local anesthetics

09:00 - 09:20 Matthias Herteleer
Anatomical Foundations: the innervation of the lower limb

09:20 - 09:40 Matthias Lapere
Rebound pain: fact or fiction?

09:40-09:50 Q/A

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 10:50 Michele Carella
Postoperative pain in ambulatory surgery: focus on the procedure and on the patient

10:50 - 11:10 Ki Jinn Chin
What really matters, beyond pain intensity scales: on minimally clinically important differences and statistical differences

11:10 - 11:30 Emmanuel Guntz
Spinals, from ultra short to ultra long

11:30-11:40 Q/A

11:40 – 12:20 Ki Jinn Chin
Albert Van Steenberge Award Lecture

12:20 - 13:00 Lunch
Buffet in the foyer

Afternoon Program (Ethics and Economics)

13:00 – 13:20 Roman Zuercher
How to teach residents and … colleagues

13:20-14:00 Panel Discussion: How to avoid and what to do with medicolegal problems
Lotte Van Geffen/Mr. Rudi Vermeiren
Kris Vermeylen/Pierre Yves Dewandre

14:00 - 14:30 Coffee Break

14:30 - 17:00 Workshops

Workshop PLAN A blocks

• Michele Carella (ISB)
• Stefan Van Hooreweghe (Axillary)
• Bram Keunen (Rectus Sheath-ESP)
• Anemoon Torfs (FNB-ACB)
• Kamel Medjahed (POP)

Workshop PLAN B blocks

• Emmanuel Guntz (Neuraxial)
• Ki Jinn Chin (Thoracic wall)
• Matthias Lapere (FICB-PENG)
• Philippe Gautier (Paravertebral)
• Jennifer Jouwena (Abdominal wall)

Problem based learning simulations

Matthias Desmet - Sari Casaer
· Roman Zuercher - Lotte Van Geffen
· Pierre Yves Dewandre - Kris Vermeylen
· Julien Sanfilippo- Luc Sermeus

Closing Remarks & Thanks By the President of BARA, Dr. Matthias Desmet