The Prospect Working Group

… a unique collaboration between surgeons and anaesthesiologists

<p>Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Department
Hôpital Tenon Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris
France

<p>Area of interests: Postoperative pain ; Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS); Regional Anaesthesia; Evidence based medicine</p>

<p>Potential Conflicts of Interest: Consultant for Nordik Pharma; The Medicines Company; Ambu</p>Professor Francis Bonnet
Professor Francis Bonnet
France
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<p><strong>Professor of Surgery</strong>, Section for Surgical Pathophysiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.</p>

<p><strong>Research Interests:</strong> Acute pain physiology and treatment, surgical pathophysiology and pathogenesis of peri-operative morbidity, aiming at accelerated postoperative recovery.</p>

<p><strong>Potential Conflicts of Interest: </strong>Professor Kehlet has no conflicts of interest to declare currently or in the previous 3 years.</p> Professor Henrik Kehlet
Professor Henrik Kehlet
Denmark
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<p><strong>Professor and Chair of Anaesthesia</strong></br>
University of Western Australia</p>

<p><strong>Director of Pain Medicine</strong></br>
Royal Perth Hospital</br>
Perth</br>
Australia</p>

<p><strong>Main interests:</strong> Management of acute, cancer and chronic pain, regional anaesthesia, pharmacology of anaesthetics and analgesics, and quality of healthcare. </p>

<p><strong>Potential Conflicts of Interest:</strong> The Anaesthesiology Unit of the University of Western Australia, but not Professor Schug personally, has received research and travel funding and speaking and consulting honoraria from Gruenenthal, CSL, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Mundipharma, Pfizer, Phosphagenics and ix Biopharma within the last 5 years.</p>Professor Stephan Schug
Professor Stephan Schug
Australia
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<p><strong>Professor of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management</strong>
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School</br>
Dallas </br>
Texas</br>
USA</p>


<p><strong>Main interests:</strong></br>
Acute pain management, ambulatory anaesthesia, clinical pharmacology related to anaesthesiology, postoperative outcome and safety.</p>

<p><strong>Potential Conflicts of Interest:</strong> Baxter Pharmaceuticals, Pacira Pharmaceuticals and Mallinkrodt Pharmaceuticals</p>Professor Girish Joshi
Professor Girish Joshi
USA
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<p><strong>Chair</strong>, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium. </p>

<p><strong>Research Interests</strong>: Obstetric anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia, acute pain management. </p>

<p><strong>Potential Conflicts of Interest</strong>: Professor Van de Velde is a consultant for Smiths Medical and MSD and has received lecture fees for AstraZeneca, Baxter, Smiths Medical, BBraun, Abbvie, Kimberley Clarck and Fresenius, and a research grant from Airliquide.</p>Professor Marc Van de Velde
Professor Marc Van de Velde
Chairman
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<p>Clinique Médipôle Garonne, Toulouse, France</br>
Hôpital Tenon Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris</br>
France</p>

<p><strong>Area of interests: </strong>Regional anaesthesia / peripheral nerve blocks, Postoperative pain, Simulation for training, Robotic in US-guided peripheral nerve blocks, Humanitarian medicine.
</p>Prof. Alain Delbos (Ex Officio)
Prof. Alain Delbos (Ex Officio)
France
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<p><strong>Department of Anaesthesiology</strong></br>
Örebro University</br>
Örebro</br>
Sweden</p>

<p><strong>Main interests:</strong> Acute pain management, regional anaesthesia, organisational issues related to postoperative pain</p>

<p><strong>Potential conflict of interest:</strong> Professor Rawal serves on the advisory board of Sintetica.</p>
Professor Narinder Rawal
Professor Narinder Rawal
Sweden
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<p><strong>Department of Anesthesiology and Acute Pain service</strong></br>
Cliniques Universitaires st Luc</br>
University Catholic of Louvain</br>
Av Hippocrate 10- 1821</br>
B-1200     Brussels</br>
Belgium</p>
 
<p><strong>Research interests:</strong> postoperative pain (acute and chronic), pharmacology, orthopaedic anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia </p>
Professor Patricia Lavand’homme
Professor Patricia Lavand’homme
Belgium
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<p><strong>Head of the anesthesiology, intensive care and pain clinic department 2. 
President of the pain and regional anesthesia committee of the french society of anesthesiology and intensive care.
</strong> CHU Rennes, University Rennes 1</br> Inserm Numecan</br>  CIC 1414, 35033 Rennes</br> France</p>
<p><strong>Research Interests:</strong> postoperative pain, non opioid analgesics, opioid free anesthesia/analgesia, regional analgesia</p>
<p><strong>Conflict of interest:</strong> BBRAUN</p>
Professor Helene Beloeil
Professor Helene Beloeil
France
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<p><strong>Professor in Anaesthesiology and Consultant</strong></br>
Oslo University Hospital/University of Oslo</br>
Pb: 4950 Nydalen</br>
N-0424 Oslo, Norway</p>
 
<p><strong>Areas of interest:</strong>
Postoperative pain; pharmacology of analgesics and anaesthtics; regional analgesia/anaesthesia, depht of anaesthesia monitoring, recovery function,PONV.</p>
Professor Johan Raeder
Professor Johan Raeder
Norway
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<p><strong>Anesthesiologist; Pain Specialist</strong></br>
Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine</br>
University Hospital Muenster, Germany</p>

<p><strong>Research interests:</strong> Postoperative pain (acute and chronic), pharmacology of analgesics, regional analgesia, chronic pain after surgery, chronic pain (e.g. neuropathic), basic neuroscience (pain mechanisms), </p>

<p><strong>Conflict of interest:</strong> Mundipharma GmbH; Gruenenthal, The Medicine Company, Fresenius Kabi; ArcelRX</p>
Prof. Dr. Esther Pogatzki-Zahn
Prof. Dr. Esther Pogatzki-Zahn
Germany
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<p>Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet<br />
Norway</p>

<p>Main interests: Orthopaedic anaesthesia, acute pain therapy, regional anaesthesia, innovation technologies.</p>

<p>Potential conflict of interest: B.Braun, Philips Healthcare</p>Axel Sauter, MD PhD
Axel Sauter, MD PhD
Norway
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<p>Lausanne University Hospital, CHUV<br />
Switzerland</p>

<p>Research interests: Meta-analyses and prospective trials on acute postoperative pain, regional procedures, complications after peripheral nerve blocks, and sleep apnea syndrome.</p>

<p>Potential conflict of interest: B.Braun</p>PD Dr Eric Albrecht, MD, DESA
PD Dr Eric Albrecht, MD, DESA
Switzerland
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Philipp Lirk, M.D., Ph.D.
<br>United States of America
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<p>Attending Anesthesiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 
<br>Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
<br>75 Francis Street
<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02115
<br>United States of America

<p>Main Interests: Pharmacology and Toxicology of Local Anesthetics, Anatomy and Clinical application of Peripheral Nerve Blocks, and Safety in Regional Anesthesia. Associate Editor of the European Journal of Anaesthesiology. 

<p>Conflicts of Interest: None. 
Professor Philipp Lirk
Professor Philipp Lirk
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Head: Department of Surgery, DIAKO Bremen, Germany
Research Interests: Acute Pain Management, Patient Controlled Analgesia, Innovative Techniques
Conflict of Interest: Grünenthal
Freys
Freys
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