Optimizing outcomes for patients is central to the work of ISDE members and their colleagues. This session will include six different topics covered by speakers from around the world, including:
- John Reynolds, St. James's Hospital, Ireland - Metrics and measuring outcomes – in 2020 what should we be achieving?
- Don Low, Virginia Mason Medical Center, USA - Enhanced recovery programs (ERAS) – do they make a difference?
- Franco Carli, Mcgill University, Canada - Prehabilitation – avoiding deconditioning during neoadjuvant therapy.
- Magnus Nilsson, Karolinska Institute, Sweden - Which patients? – Picking the winners
- Gail Darling, University of Toronto, Canada - Selecting the surgeon – who should be operating for esophageal cancer?
- Peter Slinger, University of Toronto, Canada - Selecting the anesthetist – Who should be gassing for esophageal cancer?
This session is scheduled on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 10:30 am EST in the Plenary Room. Further details will soon be available online at the ISDE 2020 congress website.