Journal Club by the WFSA’s Paediatric Committee, June 2025

Papers that were discussed:

1. Starting on the road to pediatric enhanced recovery after surgery: strategies and themes

2. Error Traps in Developing a Pediatric Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Program

Leadership:

• Prof. Vrushali Ponde, Deputy Chair, WFSA Pediatric anesthesia committee, President-Elect, Asian Society of Pediatric Anesthesiologists (ASPA), Founder Director, Children’s Anesthesia Services, Mumbai (India)

• Dr. Vinicius Quintao, Co-Lead, WFSA Pediatric Committee Member (Brazil) • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serpil Ustalar Özgen, Chair, WFSA Paediatric Anaesthesia Committee and Council Member, Former President of ASPA (2023–2025), Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Reanimation, University of MAA Acıbadem, Istanbul (Türkiye)

Moderators:

• Dr. Adisa Šabanović Adilović, WFSA Pediatric Committee Member, Anaesthesiologist at Universitiy Clinical Center Maribor (Slovenia)

• Dr. Aarti Sharma, FASA, WFSA Pediatric Committee Member, Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Division Chief Pediatric Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (USA)

Presenters:

• Prof. Dr. Sherif Emil, MD,CM, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP, Mirella & Lino Saputo Foundation Chair in Pediatric Surgical Education & Patient and Family-Centred Care, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, and Pediatrics Associate Chair for Education Department of Pediatric Surgery McGill University Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences (Canada)

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Christian M Taylor, Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Children’s Mercy Kansas City and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the UMKC School of Medicine (United States)