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My ESAIC Exchange Programme Experience at St. Barts Heart Centre Participating in the ESAIC Exchange Programme (EP) has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. As an honorary clinical fellow at the St. Barts Heart Centre, I had the opportunity to work in one of the most prestigious cardiac centres in the […]

Why I Recommend the ESAIC Exchange Programme As a young anaesthesiologist, I have always wanted to participate in the Exchange Programme (EP), where I believe that I will have the opportunity to gain experience in patient care and treatment modalities since my residency years. Therefore, I was so excited when I found out that I […]

My Anaesthesia Training at Hospital Clínic Barcelona Travelling is somehow an important part of my life – the opportunity to immerse myself in another country, its culture and its way of living is something I appreciate. Therefore, I was always curious to gain such an experience within the context of my professional life as a […]

It is with profound sadness and heartfelt sympathy that we have learned of the tragic passing of Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Jochen Hinkelbein, following a devastating aircraft accident on 21 March 2025. We are deeply shocked by this terrible loss, and our thoughts are with his family — especially his daughter, who has survived serious injuries […]

With heavy hearts, we say goodbye to Dr. Jannicke Mellin-Olsen, MD, DPH, FESAIC, who passed away suddenly on 6 February 2025 at her home outside Oslo. With her passing, the world has lost a giant within anaesthesiology. We extend our deepest condolences to her loved ones on this tragic loss. Jannicke was a true force […]

Dear Colleagues, dear members of ESAIC, First and foremost, I would like to wish all of you a Happy New Year and all the best in 2025! January is the time of the year when we take some time to reflect on the past and set our sights on 2025. This past year has been […]

The COVend consortium is making significant strides in medical research with the launch of the IXION 2.0 clinical trial, which has shifted focus from COVID-19 to examining FX06’s effectiveness for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This trial involves international collaboration and innovative methodologies, such as AI-driven analysis and advanced cell biology techniques, to provide personalised […]

The 2024 ESAIC Focus Meeting We held the annual Focus Meeting of the ESAIC during one weekend in November 2024. This year, the Scientific Committee chose monitoring as the meeting theme, with special emphasis on monitoring outside the operating room – “monitoring beyond borders.”In many aspects, the Focus Meeting is the closing event of a […]

Transforming Critical Care with Data Innovation“Standardisation of data and knowledge-based use of data for clinical and scientific purposes is paramount in the development of our speciality. ICUData4EU is the seventh EU project for which ESAIC is a consortium partner, and we were pleased to attend the Kick-Off meeting in October 2024 in Aachen. This project […]