Heart Surgery in the Time of ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery)
Channel: Franciscan Health
Date: 2023-06-01

In this one-hour presentation, Marc Gerdisch, MD, FACS, FACC, cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon with Cardiac Surgery Associates who chooses to practice at Franciscan Health, discusses how the use of new pain control methods, new sternum securing devices, and nutrition and fitness suggestions prior to surgery can come together to result in shorter hospital stays, less pain and quicker healing for patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Educational content is directed toward specialists, primary care physicians and advanced practice providers. Program objective is:

1. Examine how ERAS protocols have changed the recovery of cardiac surgery patients