Background: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a framework or pathway of standardized preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative elements shown to improve recovery after a surgical operation (Table 1). ERAS has shown benefits in pediatrics by reducing hospital length of stay, opioid use, readmission rates, health care costs and improving patient satisfaction scores(1,2). At our institution, [...]

Background: Perioperative medicine focuses on providing patient-centered care throughout the pre-operative and post-operative periods. This area of medicine is critical given its potential to limit complications, improve post-operative outcomes, and decrease the duration of hospitalization after surgery. In recent years, perioperative medicine teaching during residency has become a requirement by The Accreditation Council for Graduate [...]