Eric Albrecht

Switzerland

Prof. Dr. med. Eric Albrecht is the Director of the Regional Anesthesia Program and the Clinical Research Program at the University Hospital of Lausanne in Switzerland. He holds certifications in Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Chronic Pain Medicine. Eric is also board member of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA), and member of the PROSPECT working group.

His field of research includes meta-analyses and prospective trials on regional anesthesia, acute postoperative pain, opioid-free anesthesia and sleep apnea syndrome. He is the principal author of more than 120 peer-reviewed articles published in high profile journals and three French-language books. Prof. Albrecht also serves as associate editor for the journals Anaesthesia and Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.