Thomas Volk, M.D. attended the University of Essen, Germany and completed his residency at Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany. Thomas Volk is a full Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Saarland, Germany, and Head of the Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine in Homburg, Germany. He is member of several medical societies, the outcomes research consortium and has published more than 230 research papers. His main interests are related to breath analysis and regional anesthesia. Thomas Volk currently is president for the European Society of Regional Anesthesia.