Professional Wellbeing Committee
This committee creates awareness of the impact of occupational stress in our profession and to implement strategies for its prevention and management. The committee also disseminates educational resources about occupational health.
Members of the Professional Wellbeing Committee
Chair | ||
Dr. | Susan Nicoll | New Zealand |
Africa and the Middle East | ||
Dr. | G.M. King’ang’a | Kenya |
Dr. | Bisola Onajin-Obembe | Nigeria |
Prof. | Ezzat Aziz | Egypt |
Asia | ||
Prof. | Mi Weidong | China |
Prof. | Eddy Rahardjo | Indonesia |
Dr. | Venkatagiri Kalandoor | India |
Dr. | Rana Altaf Ahmad | Pakistan |
Dr. | Angelina Gapay | Philippines |
Europe | ||
Dr. | Bazil Ateleanu | UK and Ireland |
Dr. | Diogo Sobreira Fernandes | Portugal |
Dr. | Miodrag Milenovic | Serbia |
Dr. | Maryna Freigofer | Ukraine |
North America and Canada | ||
Prof. | Sukhjeewan Basran | Canada |
Central and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean Islands | ||
Prof. | Luis Mauricio Garcia Borrero | Colombia |
Dr. | Maria Eugenia Interiano | Honduras |
The Committee was integral in publishing: Chemical dependence in anesthesiologists: the actuality / Dependência química em anestesiologistas: atualidade in Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia.

“Occupational Wellbeing in Anesthesiology” (available in Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese and English) brings together 27 authors and has four main parts.
It aims to promote awareness, conscious that awareness of any problem is the first step towards its solution. Available in English, Spanish, Chinese and Portuguese
- Principles and Foundations of Occupational Health;
- Institutional Responsibilities with the Occupational Wellbeing of Anaesthesiologists;
- Biological Risks and Occupational Health of Anesthesiologists;
- Interdisciplinary Aspects and Occupational Health.
The publication of the book has been made possible thanks to the support of: WFSA, CLASA, SBA, Brazilian Council of Medicine.