Meet the CRAM Faculty
Dr. Raj Kathirgamanathan
Dr. Prasadini Karunarathna
Dr. Prasadini Karunarathna
Emergency Physician
Northern Health, Melbourne
MBBS,FACEM,CCPU, GradDipClinUS
Course Coordinator-CRAM 2026
Dr. Prasadini Karunarathna
Dr. Prasadini Karunarathna
Dr. Prasadini Karunarathna
Consultant Anaesthetist & Head, Faculty of Pain Medicine – Sri Lankan College of Anaesthetists
MBBS, MD (Anaesthesiology), FRCA (UK)
Dr Sathi Seevanayagam
Dr. Prasadini Karunarathna
Dr Sathi Seevanayagam
Senior Consultant Anaesthetist – St.Vincent's ,Epworth Group Hospitals, Northern Health, Melbourne
MBBS (Hons), FANZCA, MPH, PGDip (Echocardiography & Clinical Ultrasound)
Dr Mark Zammit
Dr. Prasadini Karunarathna
Dr Sathi Seevanayagam
Senior Staff Anaesthetist, Northern Health, Melbourne
MBBS FANZCA PGDip Clinical Ultrasound(University of Melbourne)
Dr. Kalai Kanaganathan
Dr. Kalai Kanaganathan
Dr. Kalai Kanaganathan
Emergency Physician & ED Ultrasound Faculty – The Northern Hospital, Melbourne
MBBS, FACEM, CCPU, Master of Clinical Ultrasound (Melbourne University)
Dr Akilan Velayudhan
Dr. Kalai Kanaganathan
Dr. Kalai Kanaganathan
Consultant Anaesthetist & Specialist Pain Medicine Physician – Northern Health, Melbourne
MBBS, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA, FRCA, FIPP
Dr. Charith De Silva
Dr. Kalai Kanaganathan
Dr. Hosim Prasai Thapa
Emergency Physician
Co-Director of Emergency Medicine Training
Peninsula Health, Melbourne,
Monash Health
MBBS, FACEM, GradDipClinUS
Dr. Hosim Prasai Thapa
Dr. Kalai Kanaganathan
Dr. Hosim Prasai Thapa
Consultant Anaesthetist – Northern Health, Melbourne
ESRA Australian Representative,
ANZ-RA Executive Board Member
MBBS,FANZCA, Fellowship in Regional Anaesthesia
EDRA
Lists of Regional anaesthesia blocks covered *
Extremity Blocks
- Supra Inguinal Fascia liaca block
- Infra Inguinal Fascia liaca block
- PENG Block
- Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block
- Ankle Block
- Peripheral Nerve Blocks(Median, Ulnar , Radial)
- Brachial Plexus Blocks(Axillary, Interscalene,etc)
Truncal blocks
- Serratus Anterior Plane block
- Erector Spinae Block
Other Blocks
- Stellate Ganglion Block
- Greater Occipital Nerve block
Skills threads embedded throughout:
- Needle-tip visualisation drills, hydrodissection, ergonomic
- Rescue strategies & troubleshooting
* Subject to change
