Geriatric Surgery and Perioperative Care

Edited by:   Gabriella Bettelli (Past-Director Geriatric Surgical Area and Anesthesia Unit INRCA (Italian National Research Centre on Aging) Ancona Italy), Riccardo A Audisio, MD, PhD (Hon), FRCS, FEBS (Department of Surgery Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden)
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 191mm, 
Weight:   450g
ISBN:   9780443219092
ISBN 10:   0443219095
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   20 November 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Gabriella Bettelli is past-Director of the Geriatric Surgical Area and Anesthesia Unit at the INRCA (Italian National Research Centre on Aging, Ancona Italy), specialist in anesthesia, cardiology, and geriatrics (2nd Level University Master). She founded and currently coordinates an international 2nd Level University Master in Perioperative Geriatric Medicine, held in co-partnership by the San Marino University and the Catholic University of Rome. She edited the book Perioperative Care of the Elderly: clinical and organizational aspects (Cambridge University Press, 2017), co-edited various books on safety in anesthesia, and published more than 120 papers, most of them indexed. She is a member of the ESAIC Task Force for Postoperative Delirium GL, currently under updating, and reviewer for Anesthesia & Analgesia, Journal of Gerontology, Journal of Frailty and Aging and Saudi Journal of Anesthesia. Riccardo A. Audisio, MD, PhD (Hon), FRCS, is past-President of SIOG (International Society of Geriatric Oncology), BASO (British Association of Surgical Oncology) and ESSO (European Society of Surgical Oncology). He served as an advisor to the Department of Health, UK and to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer in Older Women. Professor Audisio sat on the Board of Directors of ECCO (European Cancer Organization). He is past-Chair of the Education & Training Committee of ESSO. Professor Audisio chairs the Surgical Oncology track at the Global Health Catalyst, Harvard Medical School. He has edited 10 books on the management of Elderly Cancer Patients (Springer), co-edited the ESMO Handbook of Cancer in the Senior Patient, and authored over 30 peer reviewed papers on the topic. His clinical research focuses on Breast Cancer, Geriatric Oncology, Education/Certification in Surgical Oncology and the optimization of Surgical Oncology in L/MICs.