Biography
Prof. Paul Kessler
Paul Kessler, MD, PhD, EDRA
Paul Kessler is board certified in anaesthesiology, critical care medicine, pain therapy and
emergency medicine and was awarded professorship in anaesthesia in 1998. He received his
speciality training in anaesthesiology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt,
Germany. From 2003 to January 2020 he was Chair of the Department of Anaesthesiology,
Intensive Care medicine and Pain Medicine of the Orthopaedic University Clinic in Frankfurt,
Germany. From February 2020 to October 2024 Prof. Kessler was Vice Chairman and Lead
Consultant and since 2024 he is Senior Consultant of the Clinic of Anaesthesiology, Intensive
Care Medicine and Pain Therapy of the University Hospital Frankfurt.
His clinical expertise focuses on regional anaesthesia. Paul Kessler has co-authored over 100
peer-reviewed papers, review articles, case reports, and book chapters. Paul Kessler is a
member of many national and international societies of anaesthesia. From 2009 to 2014 he
was chairman of the German Task Force of Regional Anaesthesia. From 2009 to 2013 he was
Board member of the ESRA and from 2014 to 2018 he was the German Zone Representative
in the ESRA Council. Since 2016 he is Chair of the ESRA cadaver workshops.