EAF 2018 Speakers

XXXVIth Edinburgh
Anaesthesia Festival
21-23 August 2024

Dr Naveen Eipe

The Ottawa Hospital

Dr Naveen Eipe

Naveen Eipe completed both his undergraduate (MBBS 1995) and postgraduate (MD Anesthesia 2003) training at Christian Medical College Vellore in India. From 2003 to 2006, he worked as the only Consultant Anesthetist in a remote rural Christian Mission Hospital in Central India where he developed an interest in Airway Management and Acute Pain. From 2006 to 2009, he completed Fellowship training in Clinical Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia and Acute Pain in Toronto and Ottawa, Canada. In 2009, he was appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa and since has worked on Staff at the Civic Campus of The Ottawa Hospital. He was appointed as the Clinical Lead for Bariatric Anesthesia (2013) and the Co-Director of the Acute Pain Fellowship program (2014). From 2011 to 2016, he chaired the University of Ottawa’s Annual Anesthesia Winter Symposium. In 2016, he was elected VP (Education) for the International Society for Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient (ISPCOP). Beyond clinical work in bariatrics and acute pain, his teaching and research revolves around acute pain, airway management and care of patients with morbid obesity. He has lectured both nationally and internationally on Acute Pain, Airway Management and Bariatric Anesthesia. Outside of his work, he likes to bike & gym, travel the world to see old cathedrals and sample local craft beer. Naveen Eipe can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and followed on Twitter @NaveenEipe.