PD Dr Eric Albrecht trained at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. After completion of a fellowship in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management in Toronto, Canada, he became the Regional Anesthesia Program Director at the Lausanne University Hospital in 2013. He holds certifications in Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Chronic Pain Medicine.
His field of research includes meta-analyses and prospective trials on regional anaesthesia, acute postoperative pain, opioid-free anesthesia and sleep apnea syndrome. He is the principal author of more than 60 peer-reviewed articles published in high profile journals and three French-language books. These latter cover anesthesia, ultrasound guided regional anesthesia and chronic pain medicine, all published by Elsevier-Masson, and with translations in English, and Portuguese. Dr Albrecht also serves as assistant editor for the journals Anaesthesia, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, and Anesthesia & Analgesia. Finally, he is Chairman of the regional scientific subcommittee of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA), Council member of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA), and member of the PROSPECT working group.
Dr Eric Albrecht will be speaking at the RA-UK 2021 ASM!