Chinese 中文ERAS® Society History
The mission of the Society is to develop peri-operative care and to improve recovery through research, education, audit and implementation of evidence-based practice. Below is short description of how the ERAS®Society was developed and some highlights from its history.
View our historyERAS® Advisory Council
The ERAS® Society Advisory Council is the strategic body of the society. The board appoints the Executive Committee Chairman and approves of the members of the Executive Committee.
ERAS® Advisory Council
Professor Arthur Revhaug (Norway)
Professor emeritus and Senior Advisor in Surgery, UiT The Arctic University of Norway and the University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.Professor Arthur Revhaug is a Co-funding member of the ERAS Study Group and later the ERAS® Society. He has been a member of the Board since the start and…
Professor Tonia Young-Fadok, M.D. (USA)
Chair of CRS at Mayo Clinic Arizona, and Director of our ERAS® Center of Excellence.Professor Tonia Young-Fadok, M.D. had her Pre-clinical and Clinical Medical School at Oxford University, England. She was a Harvard Surgical Research Fellow at New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, US. She…
Dorthe Hjort Jakobsen (Copenhagen)
Clinical Nurse ManagerDorthe Hjort Jakobsen has been working with developing and implementing ERAS program since 1997 together with Professor Henrik Kehlet. Her particular focus has been on broaden knowledge of fast-track/ERAS…
Past ERAS® Advisory Council Members
Professor Franco Carli (Canada)
Professor of AnesthesiaProfessor of Anesthesia at McGill University and Associate Professor in the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition at McGill University. Staff anesthesiologist at the McGill University Health Centrel. Previously…
Professor Cornelius De Jong (The Netherlands)
Committees
Executive Committee
Professor Mary Brindle (Canada)
Executive SecretaryMary Brindle is a pediatric surgeon and Professor or Surgery and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta Canada. She is also the Scientific Director of…
Associate Professor Ulf Gustafsson (Sweden)
Chairman (Interim)Ulf is a Senior consultant surgeon, specializing in colorectal surgery, laparoscopic and robotic surgery. He is the head of the division of Coloproctology, Center for Digestive Diseases Karolinska University…
Dr Kwang Yeong How (Singapore)
Treasurer (Interim)Dr How Kwang Yeong is a consultant surgeon in the Colorectal Service of the General Surgery Department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery, including endoscopic,…
Professor Nicolas Demartines (Switzerland)
Chairman of the ERAS Implementation ProgramNicolas Demartines obtained his MD degree at the University of Geneva in 1985, and achieved his board of Surgery in 1990 at the University of Basel Medical School, Switzerland.…
Professor Olle Ljungqvist (Sweden)
Past-ChairmanOlle Ljungqvist is a professor of Surgery at Örebro University and KarolinskaInstitutet Sweden He co-founded the ERAS® Society and served as the Chairman of its Executive Committee until July…
Appointed Officers
Professor Mary Brindle (Canada)
Appointed Guideline Co-chairMary Brindle is a pediatric surgeon and Professor or Surgery and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta Canada. She is also the Scientific Director of…
Associate Professor Ulf Gustafsson (Sweden)
Guideline Co-chairUlf is a Senior consultant surgeon, specializing in colorectal surgery, laparoscopic and robotic surgery. He is the head of the division of Coloproctology, Center for Digestive Diseases Karolinska University…
Dr Chris Jones (UK)
Website EditorChris has been a Consultant Anaesthetist at the Royal Surrey County Hospital and St Luke’s Cancer Centre in Guildford, UK, since 2013. His training in anaesthesia was based at…
Ms Angie Balfour (UK)
Nurses Section ChairAngie Balfour has been involved in ERAS® for over 15 years as the lead ERAS Nurse and Senior Research Nurse in Edinburgh, Scotland. She is also the chair of…
Professor William Fawcett (UK)
CONGRESS COMMITTEE CHAIRProfessor Bill Fawcett is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Royal Surrey County Hospital Guildford, UK. and is currently Vice President of The Association of Anaesthetists of Great…
Professor Mike Scott (USA)
Past Educational Chair and Scientific Committee MemberMike is currently Division Chief Surgical & Neuroscience Critical Care Medicine, Medical Director PENN E-LERT, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of…
Dr Marianna Sioson (Philippines)
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion OfficerDr. Marianna Sioson is the Section Head of Medical Nutrition, Department of Medicine, The Medical City Hospital in Manila. She is a member of the nutrition support teams in…
Dr Kwang Yeong How (Singapore)
Education Committee ChairDr How Kwang Yeong is a consultant surgeon in the Colorectal Service of the General Surgery Department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery, including endoscopic,…
Kristina Wikander
ERAS® Society SecretariatKristina is responsible for ERAS® Society’s secretariat since 2012 with focus on providing good and fast service to all in ERAS® network throughout the world. She is a medical…
Dr Michael Grant (USA)
Scientific Committee MemberDr. Michael C. Grant is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he works clinically as a…
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