Professor Gerard Danjoux

Consultant in Perioperative and Sleep Medicine, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Gerard is a Consultant at South Tees Hospitals and holds Honorary Chairs at Hull York Medical School and Teesside University. His clinical interests focus on preparation and risk evaluation of patients for high-risk surgery. He is Vice-President of the International Prehabilitation Society and Clinical Lead for South Tees strategy and implementation of prehabilitation. In 2018 he implemented a community-based prehabilitation service for patients before surgery, PREPWELL, which was awarded runner-up and high commendation in the 2020 BMJ Team of the Year finals. The service is presently collaborating with Industry partners in developing remote digital solutions to support patients perioperatively.

Sessions

10-Nov-2021

10:55– 11:35
Prehabilitation - overwhelming evidence and practicalities to get started

“Future Surgery 2021 will be the first of its kind in the UK, drawing on the work our Commission on the Future of Surgery has done to predict the transformation in the medical care for millions of patients.”

Andrew Reed, Chief Executive of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
“Driven by changes in digital technologies and our fast-evolving understanding of genomics, innovations are expected to affect how we undertake surgery, and how we train surgeons in future.”

Andrew Reed, Chief Executive of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
"Alongside the conference organisers, CloserStill, we aim to deliver a high-quality event that will provide both professional development and discussion space for surgeons and their teams."

Andrew Reed, Chief Executive of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
"We look forward to welcoming colleagues to what promises to be a very high-quality programme and an exciting two days of thought-provoking training and engagement with medical suppliers."

Andrew Reed, Chief Executive of the Royal College of Surgeons of England