A patient warming system for stabilizing and/or heating and cooling a patient, comprising: a plurality of solid-surface sections arranged for attachment to a surgical table, that form a solid-surface layer, wherein: each of the solid-surface sections (i) corresponds in size and shape to a different portion of a body of the patient and (ii) includes a power and data socket in a side wall for connecting a respective temperature sensor that can be attached to the patient at the corresponding different portion of the body, and at least one of the plurality of solid-surface sections comprises a power connector for connection to an external power source; and a warming pad layer comprising a plurality of warming pads configured for removable connection to the plurality of solid-surface sections, wherein each warming pad of the plurality of warming pads corresponds in size and shape to a respective one of the solid-surface sections and comprises: a foam insulation layer; a distributed heating element layer having a warming-pad power connection for connection to the power connector; an isothermal layer for maintaining uniform temperature across a surface area of the warming pad; and a flexible waterproof layer that covers the foam insulation layer, distributed heating element layer, and isothermal layer, wherein power supplied to the warming-pad power connection of the distributed heating element layer of the respective warming pad is used to provide a user-selected uniform temperature over the surface of the flexible waterproof layer in order to prevent hot spots. a plurality of solid-surface sections arranged for attachment to a surgical table, that form a solid-surface layer, wherein: each of the solid-surface sections (i) corresponds in size and shape to a different portion of a body of the patient and (ii) includes a power and data socket in a side wall for connecting a respective temperature sensor that can be attached to the patient at the corresponding different portion of the body, and at least one of the plurality of solid-surface sections comprises a power connector for connection to an external power source; and each of the solid-surface sections (i) corresponds in size and shape to a different portion of a body of the patient and (ii) includes a power and data socket in a side wall for connecting a respective temperature sensor that can be attached to the patient at the corresponding different portion of the body, and at least one of the plurality of solid-surface sections comprises a power connector for connection to an external power source; and a warming pad layer comprising a plurality of warming pads configured for removable connection to the plurality of solid-surface sections, wherein each warming pad of the plurality of warming pads corresponds in size and shape to a respective one of the solid-surface sections and comprises: a foam insulation layer; a distributed heating element layer having a warming-pad power connection for connection to the power connector; an isothermal layer for maintaining uniform temperature across a surface area of the warming pad; and a flexible waterproof layer that covers the foam insulation layer, distributed heating element layer, and isothermal layer, wherein power supplied to the warming-pad power connection of the distributed heating element layer of the respective warming pad is used to provide a user-selected uniform temperature over the surface of the flexible waterproof layer in order to prevent hot spots. a foam insulation layer; a distributed heating element layer having a warming-pad power connection for connection to the power connector; an isothermal layer for maintaining uniform temperature across a surface area of the warming pad; and a flexible waterproof layer that covers the foam insulation layer, distributed heating element layer, and isothermal layer, wherein power supplied to the warming-pad power connection of the distributed heating element layer of the respective warming pad is used to provide a user-selected uniform temperature over the surface of the flexible waterproof layer in order to prevent hot spots.