Event & Webinars

The Colorectal team from Spitalzentrum Oberwallis became ERAS® Qualified on 2 December, 2022 through team work and dedication from all involved.

The colorectal surgery department of University Hospitals of Ohio, Cleveland, USA, lead by Dr Heather McMcFarland started their ERAS® Implementation Program in the midst of the pandemic and despite the challenges related thereto, they were able to master the implementation. Finally able to meet in person, they became ERAS® Qualified in connection with the ERAS® USA 5th Annual Congress on November 12.

A second team of the Medica Uruguaya Corp de Asistencia Médica, Uruguay completed a Gynaecology implementation after a lot of hard work and determination and have now been ERAS® Qualified.

The Colorectal Team of ICESP - Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo. Octávio Frias De Oliveira initially started their ERAS® Implementation Program in November of 2019. Throughout the pandemic and its challenges they have mastered and were ERAS® Qualified on June 20, 2022. They were trained by Prof Adrian Alvarez and Dr Uriel Fraidenraij of ERAS®  Center of Excellence, University Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Colorectal team from Helios Berlin Buch, Germany became ERAS® Qualified on 13 June, 2022 after a lot of hard work and dediction from the team.The ERAS® Clinical Expert, Dr Björn Wellge and Dr Annika Schaffrin and ERAS® Coach Freya Brodersen from the ERAS® Center of Excellence, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf have supported them throughout the ERAS® implementation. We wish them all continued success in their ERAS® work!

The Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria in Negrar, Italy recently completed their ERAS® Implementation Program within Colorectal and Bariatric Surgery. They have, despite the challenges during the pandemic, been able to implement and improve their perioperative processes and show tremendous results to now become an ERAS® Qualified Center. They were trained by Dr Guido Liddo, Dr Stéphane Ilunga and ERAS® Coach Agathe Gennin of the ERAS® Center of Excellence Valenciennes Hospital, France. We wish them continued success in sustaining their ERAS® work and improve care for their patients!

Further, the Colorectal team from Helios Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken Wiesbaden, Germany completed their ERAS® Implementation Program and became ERAS® Qualified at the end of May, 2022. Showing outstanding results after slightly over a year, trained by the newly appointed ERAS® Center of Excellence Helios Kliniken Schwerin lead by Prof Joerg Peter Ritz and Dr Franziska Koch.

The Colorectal team of Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis in Nijmegen, the Netherlands , has successfully implemented ERAS® for Colorectal Surgery. The team is now ERAS® Qualified with very good results! They were trained by Dr Hans de Boer and ERAS® Nurse and Coach Henriëtte Smid-Nanninga from the ERAS® Center of Excellence Martini Hospital, Groningen, Netherlands. We wish them all continued success in sustaining their ERAS® work!

Sunderby Hospital, Sweden and Dr Christopher Odensten's ERAS® Team, has, despite the pandemic, successfully implemented ERAS® for Colorectal Surgery. The team is now ERAS® Qualified with very good results! They have been trained by Prof Ulf Gustafsson and Heléne Vibom of the ERAS® Center of Excellence Danderyd Hospital and Maysaee Quittneh of Qulturum. Further at the last seminar, Dr Lars Johansen of Skövde Hospital provided information based on their experience with ERAS® since 2015.

Hospital Universitario Valle de Hebrón in Barcelona, Spain successfully implemented ERAS® in their Gynecology Surgery department during the pandemic. The team has been supported by our partner Medtronic to work with ERAS®. They have been trained and coached through a digital on-line implementation program by Prof Adrian Alvarez and Dr Uriel Fraidenraij of University Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina. We wish them all continued success in their ERAS® work!