Several ERAS team members represented UNC at ASER’s congress in D.C. this April: Sara Scarlet, MD presented a poster on implementing ERAS for lower limb amputation Rob Isaak, DO, co-chairs the hepatobiliiary committee and co-led a panel on ERAS for hepatobiliary surgery Lyla Hance, MPH presented a poster on pre-operative mental health optimization as a … Continued

Hepatobiliary ERAS Panel Discussion. Hepatobiliary ERAS Panel Discussion.  2017 Annual Congress of Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Medicine. April 27-29, 2017. Washington, DC. More information about this event…

Creating Pathways for Quality Improvement at Your Institution “Creating Pathways for Quality Improvement at Your Institution” Kentucky Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. March 18, 2017. Lexington, Kentucky. More information about this event…

“Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): Design and Implementation Strategies to Ensure Sustainability” Speaker: Lavinia Kolarczyk MD “Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): Design and Implementation Strategies to Ensure Sustainability” Kentucky Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. March 18, 2017. Lexington, Kentucky. More information about this event…

UNC Department of Anesthesiology Resident Christo Frangopoulos submitted an abstract which has been accepted to the SCA 6th Annual Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium! UNC Department of Anesthesiology Resident Christo Frangopoulos submitted an abstract which has been accepted to the SCA 6th Annual Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium! If you are headed there in April, be sure to check … Continued

6 residents and 3 faculty members from UNC’s Dept. of Anesthesiology along with 3 surgeons from UNC’s Dept. of Surgery represented the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery program at ASA 2016. View the recent publications to see a list of posters and abstracts about Enhanced Recovery After Surgery presented at ASA 2016! Enhanced Recovery Pathway (ERP) … Continued

We are pleased to announce that three members of UNC’s Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Leadership Team are honored for this opportunity to serve The American Society for Enhanced Recovery (ASER).   The American Society for Enhanced Recovery (ASER) is “a nonprofit organization with an international membership, which is dedicated to the practice of enhanced recovery … Continued

One of the objectives of this year’s refresher course is to: Assess the function and viability of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program for certain surgical procedures Dr. Kolarczyk will give a talk on the ERAS Experience at UNC. Dr. Kolarczyk and Dr. Isaak will lead the QI workshop: Creating Pathways for Improvement at Your Institution. More … Continued

The Annual Congress of Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Medicine seeks to discuss the various elements of an enhanced recovery pathway, appreciate the current evidence base, as well as gaps in understanding and controversies and to understand new care delivery models and approaches, and how to apply these models to improve outcomes. The Annual Congress of … Continued

Dr. Tim Sadiq, MD Assistant Professor UNC Division of GI Surgery and Dr. Lavinia M. Kolarczyk, MD Assistant Professor UNC Department of Anesthesiology discuss “Quality Improvement in Surgery at UNC Implementation of Enhanced Recovery in Colorectal and Pancreas Surgery” at the March 2nd OBGYN Grand Rounds. Dr. Tim Sadiq, MD Assistant Professor UNC Division of … Continued