Albert Dahan received his MD at the VuMC Amsterdam (1986) and his PhD in 1990 at Leiden University. The title of his dissertation was The ventilatory response to CO2 and O2 in man: methods and implications. Part of the research was performed in the US (UCLA). After he became an anesthesiologist (1995), he worked at Leiden University Medical Center as anesthesiologist and founded the Anesthesia & Pain Reseacrh Unit. Research was and is performed in several facilities including the animal research lab, the cardiorespiratory lab, the pain lab and the OR and PACU. He was appointed as professor is 2004 and gave his inaugural speech in 2005 (May 25, entitled Bij Kennis, or Awake with Wisdom). Dahan is member of several prestigious American and European editorial boards, such as the of the US journals Anesthesiology, Pain and European Journal European Journal of Pain. Dahan is member of several international advisory boards relating to perioperative care and opioids and is co-author of several internal guidelines.