icaps members
ICAPS is an independent, self-funded entity, with no formal relationship to or sponsorship from industry, specialty societies, constituencies, or other organizations. It is composed of prominent sedation researchers and other leaders who support its mission, and whose collective expertise spans patients of all ages and a diverse range of practice settings. It is not an open membership organization.
icaps co-chairs
Steven M. Green, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, California USA
Keira P. Mason, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Harvard Medical School & Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts USA
members
Anthony Absalom
Professor of Anaesthesia
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen
Groningen, The Netherlands
Eduardo A. Alcaino
Specialist Clinical Associate, University of Sydney
Visiting Paediatric Dental Specialist
Westmead Centre for Oral Health
Sydney, Australia
Gary Andolfatto, MD
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Department of Emergency Medicine
Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada
Franz E Babl, MD MPH FRACP FAAP FACEP
Associate Professor, University of Melbourne
Emergency Department, Royal Children’s Hospital
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Egidio Barbi, MD
Associate Professor, University of Trieste
Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”
Trieste, Italy
Douglas Carlson, M.D
Professor and Chair of Pediatrics
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Medical Director, St. John’s Children’s Hospital
Springfield, Illinois USA
Luciane Rezende Costa, DDS, MS, PhD
Pediatric Dentistry Professor, Federal University of Goias
Dental sedation center “Núcleo de Estudos em Sedação Odontológica”
Goiania-Goias, Brazil
Paulo S. S. Costa, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Goias
Goiania-Goias, Brazil
Professor Michael G. Irwin MB ChB MD DA FRCA FCAI FANZCA FHKAM
Head, Dept of Anaesthesiology, University of Hong Kong
Chief of Service, Queen Mary Hospital / HKU Shenzhen Hospital
Hong Kong
Piet Leroy, MD, PhD
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit & Pediatric Sedation Unit
Department of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Centre
Associate Professor in Medical Teaching
Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Jenifer R. Lightdale, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center
Worcester, Massachusetts USA
Andrea Riphaus, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Head Department of Internal Medicine – Gastroenterology
Interventional Endoscopy & Sonography, Gastrointestinal Oncology, Nutrional Medicine, Palliative Medice
St. Elisabethen Hospital
Frankfurt, Germany
Mark G. Roback, M.D.
Visiting Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Section Head, Emergency Medicine
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado USA
Professor James Roelofse
Visiting Professor, University College London, UK
Professor, University of the Western Cape
Professor, Stellenbosch University
Tygerberg, Republic of South Africa
Vivian Yuen, MD
Chief of Service, Department of Anaesthesiology
Hong Kong Children’s Hospital
Honorary Clinical Associate Professor,
Department of Anaesthesiology, Hong Kong University
Hong Kong, China
Member conflict of interest disclosures can be found here.
ICAPS most gratefully thanks its past members for their service and contributions:
- Joseph Cravero, MD, 2015 to 2019
- Professor Marie Therese Hosey, 2015 to 2019
- Baruch S. Krauss MD, EdM, 2015 to 2019
- Daniel J. Pambianco, MD, 2015 to 2019
- John Vargo, MD, MPH, 2015 to 2020