Dr Jens Kessler

XXXVIth Edinburgh
Anaesthesia Festival
21-23 August 2024

Dr Jens Kessler

Jens Kessler Dr Jens Kessler

Dr Jens Kessler is Consultant Anaesthetist and Senior Clinical Lecturer in Regional Anaesthesia, Chronic Pain Management and Palliative Care Medicine at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

In 2010 he won a scientific award from the German Society of Ultrasound in MedicineDEGUM studying the anatomy of the posterior cervical triangle and its implications for the blocks of the upper extremity.In 2011 he received the Young Teaching Recognition Award of the European Society of Anaesthesiology for implementing several new teaching concepts in the field of ultrasound guidance.

He is currently a member of the ESA Scientific Subcommittee Regional Anaesthesia, member of the local ethics committee and past Co-Chairman of the Anaesthesia section within the DEGUM. Dr Kessler's interests include all aspects of ultrasound, chronic pain management and palliative care. He lectures widely on these and other topics.