
Equitable Pain Care: Cultural Consideration from High-Income to Low-Income Settings
Includes a Live Web Event on 11/05/2025 at 5:30 AM (EST)
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Wednesday 5 November at 5:30 a.m. EDT
This Global Year webinar is free.
The program and speakers are as follows:
- Welcome and Introductions - Gauhar Afshan
- Culturally competent pain care pathways in LMICs - Onica Tiffany Higgin-Gill
- Pain management considerations in high income settings - Razia Bhatti Ali
- Panel Discussion moderated by Sunita Lawange
- Nantthasorn Zinbonyahgoon
- Fatima Lakha
- Victor Mendis
- Razia Bhatti Ali
- Bernadette Brady
- Wrap-Up and Call to Action - Bernadette Brady
Gauhar Afshan, MBBS, FCPS
Professor Department of Anaesthesiology
Aga Khan University
Gauhar Afshan is a Professor at Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. She completed her MBBS at Dow Medical College of Karachi in 1990. She completed her FCPS (Anaesthesiology) at College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan in 1996. Her international experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for diverse fields of study. Her research interests reflect in her wide range of publications in various national and international journals. She is the Editorial Board Member of Journals and serves as a member of various associations, apart from being an author for many books.
Razia Bhatti-Ali
Lead Clinical Psychologist
Bupa
Dr. Razia Bhatti-Ali has worked in a variety of job roles in the NHS and private sector as well as working as an academic in a University. Razia is also a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with a Pain Management service and has successfully developed an ACT-based Urdu Pain Management Program (PMP) for Muslim service users.
Razia also created a digital Urdu version to increase access to the intervention and published the work as a book chapter and, more recently, as a book for clinical practitioners working in chronic pain. Razia is also an author of several children’s books.
Bernadette Brady, PhD
Clinician Researcher
The University of Sydney and Western Sydney University
Dr. Bernadette Brady is a clinician-researcher with expertise in musculoskeletal and pain physiotherapy at Liverpool Hospital, SWSLHD. Named Allied Health Professional of the Year at the 2024 NSW Health Excellence in Allied Health Awards, Bernadette’s clinical and research interests hold a dual focus on health equity and translational research. Supported by a Clinical Research Fellowship awarded from SPHERE (2020-2023) and conjoint senior lecturer affiliations with The University of Sydney and Western Sydney University, Dr Brady leads a team of clinicians, consumers and multicultural health officers to embed research in their clinical practice and explore initiatives focused on equity, service navigation and consumer empowerment. Bernadette’s research expertise is largely focused on community participatory methods, codesign and qualitative research and she is a developing implementation scientist.
Onica Tiffany Higgins-Gill
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Fatima Lakha, PhD
Researcher
University of Toronto
Dr. Lakha is a researcher and educator specializing in global health, chronic pain, and digital health. She lead studies on digital tools for marginalized communities and self-reported healthcare data. She has served on the IASP ECN Governance Task Force and co-authored the IASP Fact Sheet on pain research in LMICs. Her work combines evaluation, research, and patient-centered care to advance healthcare equity.
Sunita Lawange, MD, FIAPM, FIPM
Visiting Consultant –Pain Specialist
Max Health
More information to come.
Victor Mendis, MD, FCARCSI, FRCA, FFPMRCA
Consultant in Pain Management
Dr. Mendis is a Consultant in Pain Management at Spire Hartswood and Spire Wellesley Hospitals in Essex and has been a Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthetics at Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust since 2005. He is Regional Advisor to the North Thames Region of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists, and Clinical Director for Pain Services at Mid and South Essex University Hospitals.
He provides a wide range of interventional pain treatments, with a patient-centred approach focused on thorough assessment, diagnosis, and care. Trained in London, Sri Lanka, and Ukraine, he graduated from Vinnitsa Medical Academy in 1990, completed an MD in Anaesthesia in 1998, and obtained his CCST and Fellowship in Pain Medicine in the UK.
He serves on international advisory boards, speaks at global scientific meetings, and contributes to awareness campaigns on chronic pain.
Nantthasorn Zinbonyahgoon, MD
Associate Professor
Bumrungrad International Hospital
Dr. Zinbonyahgoon completed medical school at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand in 2001. His residencies include Anesthesiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA (2015) and Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (2007). He also completed a fellowship in Pain Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine in Portland, OR (2016). He is board certified in Pain Medicine (2016) and Anesthesiology (2015) by American boards, and holds a Thai Board certification in Anesthesiology (2007).
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