Dr Ravi Oodit (South Africa)

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 lead in the Global Surgery Unit at University of Cape Town. He is passionate about extending the ERAS® program to LMIC’s. To this end he has worked with the ERAS® Society and leaders in South American and the Asia. He has partnered with the Southern Africa Development Community, the World Bank and the Global Surgery Foundation to improve perioperative care with the vision to develop a collective, innovative, locally relevant perioperative care platform for LMIC’s.