The Board

Dr Haylock-Loor graduated as a medical doctor in Honduras before completing postgraduate training in Spain and working as an anaesthesiologist, intensivist, and interventional pain physician at San Pedro Sula. In 2012, in liaison with the University of Florida, she achieved the oximetry gap zeroing in Honduras as part of the WHO checklist project. She is the past President of Honduran Anesthesia Society.

Carolina has represented the Latin American region as a council member for the WFSA since 2012. In 2020, she was elected as the WFSA Director of Programs, and she also chairs the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee. She is also chairing the Volume metrics group for the Utstein2 Global Surgical Health Indicators Project.

Dr Haylock-Loor is particularly passionate about education and has taught trainees on the Honduran Anesthesiology Residency Program in Pain Management. She has promoted WFSA courses in the Latin American region, including EPM (Essential Pain Management), SAFE (Safer Anaesthesia from Education) Obstetric, SAFE Paediatric, SAFE OR (operating room), PTC (Primary Trauma Care), VAST (Vital Anesthesia Simulation Training) and VAST wellbeing module. She has been an invited speaker for international meetings in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Dr Falcão is associate professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesia and Pain at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil. He is currently Director of International Affairs for the Brazilian Society of Anesthesiologists (SBA).

Additionally, he is Chief Medical Officer of the company “Anextesia”. He holds an MBA from FGV, PhD from UNIFESP and a postdoctoral degree from Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts General Hospital).

Kathleen is a consultant anaesthetist in NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, Scotland where her current practice is in neuro-anaesthesia and anaesthesia for trauma orthopaedics. She has been involved at national level in standard-setting in clinical practice and patient safety as well as developing guidance on high quality care and staff wellbeing. Most recently she has participated in the development and publication of guidelines on medication safety and ergonomics in anaesthesia.

As a director and trustee of the Association of Anaesthetists she represented anaesthetists in the UK and Ireland, providing strategic direction on clinical, political, and social matters. Her career highlights include serving as the AAGBI’s Treasurer (2014-2017) and President from 2018-2020.

Sean Chetty is the Executive Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care at Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa  After completing his post-graduate specialist training in Anaesthesiology he went on to complete his Sub-specialist fellowship in Critical Care, before branching out into the field of Pain Medicine.  He subsequently completed his PhD addressing the management of acute post-operative pain in women after caesarean section surgery.

Professor Chetty is a previous recipient of the prestigious Discovery Foundation MGH Scholarship, which afforded him the opportunity to complete a research fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University in Boston, USA   During his time at MGH he has gained valuable experience within the field of Pain medicine and is working with colleagues in sub-saharan Africa to incorporate appropriate practices into the regional healthcare setting. 

He has a passion for expanding medical education and is regularly involved in knowledge expansion initiatives for health care professionals internationally.

Professor Chetty has served on numerous professional committees during his career.  He is the current president of the South African Society of Anaesthesiologists and was previous the Chair of the WFSA Pain Committee.     

Dr. Evans is a senior associate in perioperative anaesthesia in the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor in Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School where her specialty is in pediatric anesthesia.  She is the current Chair of the Education committee for the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists and a pediatric editor for Anesthesia Tutorial of the Week.  

She serves on the Lifebox, Global Governance Council, the Medical Advisory Board for Smile Train, and is on the Board for the Global Initiative in Children’s surgery.   Her efforts currently focus on improving the quality and safety of anaesthesia in low- and middle-income settings through education and advocacy. She has been involved with a variety of global educational initiatives and is currently co-leading the PATA (Paediatric Anaesthesia Training in Africa) initiative that is helping to establish 5 new pediatric anaesthesia fellowships in Africa. 

Dr Ibarra holds a critical care fellowship in trauma anaesthesia from New York University and an MSc in Healthcare Informatics from the University of Bath. In 1992, he developed the Anesthesia Practice Minimal Standards of the Colombian Society of Anesthesiologists (SCARE), which were adopted by the Health Ministry as mandatory requirements for anaesthesia practice in Colombia. As chair of the Safety Committee he also led the publication of the Consensus in Anaesthesia Safety for Plastic Surgery and Sedation Practice by non-Anesthesiologists.

Over the last 25 years, Dr Ibarra has been at the forefront of a number new developments in Colombian anaesthesiology, including streamlined preanesthetic testing algorithms, dynamic volemia monitoring, rational fluid management, the concept of optimizing HbA1C prior to major arthroplasties in diabetics and the first Patient Blood Management program in Colombia.

He has been a member of the WFSA Education Committee, the Safety Committee and Director of Partnerships and is currently chair of the Safety Committee for CLASA.

He is currently an Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.