Webinar: Safe Surgery Starts Before the Operating Room: World Patient Safety Day 2026 

17 September 2026 │ 15:00 BST │ 10:00 EDT │ 14:00 UTC │09:00 COT │ 19:30 IST 

Aligned with the WFSA Presidential Theme 2026–2028, Anaesthesiologists Along the Patient Pathway, and the WHO World Patient Safety Day theme, Safe Care for Noncommunicable Diseases, the webinar will focus on the importance of optimising patients with noncommunicable diseases before surgery. 

FACULTY 

Co-moderators:  

• Dr. Hilal Ayoglu, Türkiye  
• Dr. Vibhavari Naik, India 

Opening Remarks:  

• Dr Carolina Haylock Loor, Honduras  

Speakers:  

• Dr Antonia Gama, Brazil 
• Dr Irina Papieva, Switzerland  
• Dr Rafael Pantoja, Colombia  
• Dr Benedikt Preckel, The Netherlands  
• Dr Le Shen, China  

PROGRAMME:  

• Introduction by co-moderators
• Introduction by Dr Carolina Haylock-Loor
• Talk 1: Patient perspective on pre-operative care, Dr Antonia Gama
• Talk 2: Speaker on behalf of WHO, Dr Irina Papieva
• Talk 3: Obesity and Surgery: Strategies for Preoperative Optimisation, Dr Rafael Pantoja
• Talk 4: Optimising Preoperative Preparation in Patients with COPD and Asthma, Dr Bisola Onajin-Obembe 
• Talk 5: Preoperative Management of Patients with Diabetes: The Impact of Novel Antidiabetic Therapies, Dr Benedikt Preckel
• Talk 6: Getting It Right: Preoperative Management of Patients with Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease, Dr Le Shen
• Q&A and discussion