Anaesthesia & Peri-operative Medicine

Mission

The Anesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine (APM) section focuses on:

preoperative risk assessment,
intraoperative management of high-risk and critically ill patients,
prevention and management of intraoperative complications,
prevention and management of postoperative complications,
perioperative pain management,
and monitoring high-risk patients until full recovery.

The aim of the section is to bridge the gap between critical care and anesthesiology in order to improve pre-, intra-, and postoperative management and reduce perioperative complications. The section emphasizes patient-centered care, guides clinical practice, and fosters research on tailored anesthesia approaches in different clinical settings, including their interaction with cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, and renal function.

The next APM Section Meeting Section Meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, from 12:30 to 14:00 WEST in BM2 – Room 1.06 at the CCL – Lisboa Congress Centre.

April 2026 Section meeting minutes

LIVES 2025 Section meeting minutes

LIVES 2025 Section meeting presentation

LIVES 2024 Section meeting minutes

LIVES 2023 Section meeting minutes

LIVES 2022 Section meeting minutes

LIVES 2021 Section meeting minutes

LIVES 2019 Section meeting minutes

LIVES 2018 Section meeting minutes

LIVES 2017 Section meeting minutes

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Board

Position	Firstname	Lastname	City	Country
Chair	Alexander	Vlaar	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
Research Committee Representative	Denise	Veelo	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
Social Media and Digital Content Committee Representative	Laura	Borgstedt	Munich	Germany
Academy Sub-Committee Representative	Lorenzo	Schiavoni	Rome	Italy