International Perspectives on Perioperative Medicine

Broadcasting from the Evidence-based Perioperative Medicine World Congress in London, UK, TopMedTalk takes you behind the scenes to the conference conversations that matter. This episode delves into the importance of diversity in perioperative medicine, the patient-centred approach, the challenges of integrating multidisciplinary care, and the future of healthcare across different countries. Our guests share their experiences, challenges and strategies in implementing holistic, patient-focused care and the significance of leveraging technology and communication in improving patient outcomes. Presented by Andy Cumpstey with his guests, David Selwyn, appointed as the inaugural Director of the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) in May 2019 and tasked with establishing and developing CPOC as a truly cross-organisational, multidisciplinary initiative led by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA), facilitating cross-organisational working on perioperative care for patient benefit. He remains an active clinician, dealing with the competing demands of anaesthesia and adult critical care; Vanessa Beavis, Past President of ANZCA, a specialist anaesthetist at Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand and also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Department of Anaesthesiology at the University of Auckland; and Maxime Cannesson, Department Chair, Anesthesiology and Professor of Anesthesiology at UCLA, California, USA and the Director, Centre for Perioperative Medicine (CPMed), American Society of Anesthesiology.