Peñafrancia CANO
Faculty
Dr. Peňafrancia Cano is an Associate Professor of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine-Philippine General Hospital. She is the one who initiated the creation of the Division of Regional Anesthesia (RA) in 2017 and later the Fellowship training in RA in 2019 in the same institution. She is currently the Chief of the Division of RA and the Head of the Fellowship Training Program.
Dr Cano is the very First Filipino to obtain the European Diploma in Regional Anesthesia (EDRA) from ESRA in 2014 in Seville, Spain. She has been invited as a speaker in numerous Asian and International Congresses.
Dr Cano is the Philippine representative of the ESRA International Committee since 2022. She is also a member of the RA Track Scientific Committee of the World Congress of Anesthesia (WCA) 2026. She is a co-founder and a faculty of RA-Asia, an organization of RA experts practicing in Asia which was established in 2010.
Dr Cano is the President of the Confederation of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Societies of Anesthesiologists and the Immediate Past President of the Philippine Society of Anesthesiologists. She is also the President of the Manila Academy of Regional Anesthesia (MARA), an organization founded by anesthesiologists who pioneered the propagation of the ultrasound guided RA in the Philippines. She is also the Founding President of the POCUS Special Interest Group called Sonography in Critical Care and Anesthesia (SCAN).
She has directed numerous Regional anesthesia and POCUS conferences in the Philippines since 2009. She is the Program Director of the pioneering activity in the Philippines which is the ESRA recognized, EDRA accredited cadaver workshop held last June 2025.
Sessions
15:30 - 17:30
HANDS - ON CLINICAL WORKSHOP 7 - RA
UGRA Repertoire for the Thoracic Surgery OR
Charlottesville, USA
- Workstation 2: Modern Anaesthesia and Analgesia for Breast and Thoracic Wall Surgery - BRILMA, PECS1, PECS2. Peñafrancia CANO (Philippines)
10:30 - 12:30
ESRA INTERNATIONAL
- Ιntrathecal morphine strikes again! Peñafrancia CANO (Philippines)
14:00 - 14:50
PRO CON DEBATE
Continuous infusions are better than intermittent injections
Manila, Philippines
10:30 - 11:30
"Mini" HANDS - ON CLINICAL WORKSHOP 47
Tricks and Pitfalls in US Guided RA for Lumbar and Thoracic Spine
Manila, Philippines
