Narinder Rawal

Narinder Rawal MD, PhD, FRCA (Hon), EDRA is a professor of Anaesthesiology at Örebro University, Sweden. He is on the Editorial Board of many regional anaesthesia and pain journals and the recipient of awards and honours from over 30 societies/institutions including the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA) Carl Koller award, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA) Labat award as well as FRCA from the Royal College of Anaesthetists. He was Secretary-General of ESRA from 2000-2009. Prof. Rawal is a founding member of European Diploma of Regional Anaesthesia (EDRA) examinations. He is also a founding member of several international pain management initiatives including PROSPECT, PAINOUT and IASP-Acute Pain SIG. Currently he is ESRA nominated ‘EDRA Ambassador’, EDRA examiner and examiner for EFIC diploma. Professor Rawal has published almost 300 articles and written over 100 book chapters/review articles/books. He has published extensively on postoperative pain and it’s management, spinal opioids, epidural technique, combined spinal-epidural technique, regional techniques for pain management after day-case and inpatient surgery and organization of Acute Pain Services. Professor Rawal is retired now but still active with various academic activities including PROSPECT, EDRA and teaching projects.