Chinese 中文ERAS Implementation Webinar
Registration will soon open for our next webinar “ERAS Implementation”
12th June, 16:00-17:30 CET
Co-chairs Prof Nicolas Demartines (Switzerland) and Prof Gregg Nelson (Canada)
Webinar Agenda
Professor Nicolas Demartines (CHE)
Introduction - how do we increase ERAS® implementation worldwide
Dr Kwang Yeong How (SGP)
Creating the ERAS® team – the importance of engaging with the right people:
Surgeons' perspective
Dr Hans D de Boer (NLD)
Anesthesiologists’ perspective
Pat Trudeau RN (CAN)
Nurses’ perspective
Professor Mary Brindle (CAN)
Creating an ERAS® order set - how to put guidelines into practice
Professor Martin Hubner (CHE)
Audit of ERAS compliance and outcomes - work perceived vs. work completed
Dr Ravi Oodit (ZAF)
What are the barriers to ERAS implementation in low- and middle-income countries?
Valerie Addor RN (CHE)
The nurse's role in ERAS® implementation
Mr Garry Laxdal (CAN)
The patient's role in ERAS® implementation
Co- Chairs: Professor Gregg Nelson and Professor Nicolas Demartines, all above speakers and with Tracy Wasylak (CAN) and Professor Olle Ljungqvist (SWE)
Event Media
Speakers
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. He has been Professor of Surgery, and Chairman of the…
Dr Kwang Yeong How (Singapore)
Interim Treasurer and Educational 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, laparoscopic and robotic techniques for the treatment of colon and…
Dr Hans D de Boer (Netherlands)
Chairman Executive CommitteeHans D de Boer, is a staff anesthesiologist and Pain Specialist in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Procedural Sedation and Analgesia at the Martini Hospital in Groningen, The Netherlands. Hans D de Boer, MD, PhD, is a…
Ravi Oodit is a general surgeon, Cape Town, South Africa. He has an interest in surgical gastroenterology, laparoscopic surgery and the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Program. He is the African lead for the ERAS® program and the Perioperative…
Valérie Addor (Switzerland)
Chairwoman of the ERAS Implementation ProgramValérie Addor works at the Department for Visceral Surgery at the University Hospital CHUV in Lausanne, Switzerland. She has been involved in ERAS® since 2011. As an ERAS dedicated nurse and coach, her main interests are multidisciplinary work and…
Professor Gregg Nelson (Canada)
Treasurer Executive CommitteeProfessor Gregg Nelson is Deputy Head of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Cumming School of Medicine in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and is Chief of Gynecologic Oncology at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre. His principal research interests…
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 2022. He invented the idea of preoperative oral carbohydrates instead…
Garry Laxdal is from Calgary. He has successfully battled rectal cancer from six years ago. Garry is now a Patient Advisor with the Surgical Strategic Clinical Network with Alberta Health Services. He is also the Co-Chair of the Patient…
Pat Trudeau (Canada)
Registered NursePat Trudeau is a Registered Nurse working with the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERASAlberta) Provincial Coordination Team under the Surgery Strategic Clinical Network™ for Alberta Health Services in Alberta, Canada. She has practiced for over 30 years as a…
Professor Mary Brindle (Canada)
Executive Secretary & 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 the Alberta Surgery SCN and the Director of the Safe…