Intraoperative Opioid Waste: Patient Safety Implications

APSF Stoelting Conference 2024
"Transforming Anesthetic Care: A Deep Dive into Medication Errors and Opioid Safety"
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Day 1: Session 5: Opioid Safety and the Patient and Health Care Professional
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"Intraoperative Opioid Waste: Patient Safety Implications"
Krish Ramachandran, MD, MBA
Dr. Satya Krishna “Krish” Ramachandran is an internationally recognized leader in healthcare quality and patient safety. After his early years in India, he developed his medical and leadership career at the Oxford Radcliffe hospitals, the University of Michigan, and Brandeis University and at Harvard. Krish is a busy clinician, educator and a widely cited researcher. He is an Assoc. Professor at Harvard Medical School, practices anesthesiology, runs a highly successful quality and safety fellowship program in collaboration with the Royal College of Anaesthetists and HMS, and drives healthcare change through his leadership roles in Boston including an appointment as Associate Medical Director of Anesthesia at CRICO. Throughout his career, he has brought together diverse teams across disciplines, organizations, and continents. He is the Founding-Director of the “International Institute for Health Innovation”.