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<div id="component" class="component"> <div class="blog" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Blog"> <div class="page-header"> <h1> News Archive August 2021 </h1> </div> <div class="items-row cols-1 row-0 row clearfix"> <div class="span12"> <div class="item column-1" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <div class="system-unpublished"> <div> <h2 itemprop="name"> <a href="/news/2304-meet-the-executive-oded-zmora" itemprop="url"> Meet the Executive… Oded Zmora</a> </h2> </div> <p class="date">On 31 Aug 2021</p> Oded Zmora is ESCP's President Elect. He is a Professor at Shamir Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. <p class="readmore"> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/news/2304-meet-the-executive-oded-zmora" itemprop="url"> Readmore ... </a> </p> </div> </div> <!-- end item --> </div><!-- end span --> </div><!-- end row --> <div class="items-row cols-1 row-1 row clearfix"> <div class="span12"> <div class="item column-1" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <div class="system-unpublished"> <div> <h2 itemprop="name"> <a href="/news/2303-surgery-guidelines-gap-only-1-in-4-surgeons-receive-guidance-on-sustainable-surgery" itemprop="url"> Surgery guidelines gap: only 1 in 4 surgeons receive guidance on sustainable surgery</a> </h2> </div> <figure class=" item-image"> <img src="/images/news_and_reports/2021/ESCP-Sustainability-logo.png" itemprop="thumbnail"> </figure> <p class="date">On 27 Aug 2021</p> ESCP to conduct new research following investigation into the environmental impact of surgical practice <p class="readmore"> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/news/2303-surgery-guidelines-gap-only-1-in-4-surgeons-receive-guidance-on-sustainable-surgery" itemprop="url"> Readmore ... </a> </p> </div> </div> <!-- end item --> </div><!-- end span --> </div><!-- end row --> <div class="items-row cols-1 row-2 row clearfix"> <div class="span12"> <div class="item column-1" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <div class="system-unpublished"> <div> <h2 itemprop="name"> <a href="/news/2300-assessment-of-the-uptake-of-eras-principles-published" itemprop="url"> Assessment of the uptake of ERAS® principles published</a> </h2> </div> <p class="date">On 19 Aug 2021</p> ESCP's Enhanced Recovery Collaborating Group have recently had a new paper accepted for publication in Colorectal Disease: 'An international assessment of the adoption of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) principles across colorectal units in 2019/20'. <p class="readmore"> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/news/2300-assessment-of-the-uptake-of-eras-principles-published" itemprop="url"> Readmore ... </a> </p> </div> </div> <!-- end item --> </div><!-- end span --> </div><!-- end row --> <div class="items-row cols-1 row-3 row clearfix"> <div class="span12"> <div class="item column-1" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <div class="system-unpublished"> <div> <h2 itemprop="name"> <a href="/news/1664-meet-the-executive-dion-morton" itemprop="url"> Meet the Executive… Dion Morton</a> </h2> </div> <figure class=" item-image"> <img src="/images/news_and_reports/2018/meet-the-executive/Dion-Morton-2.jpg" alt="Dion Morton" itemprop="thumbnail"> </figure> <p class="date">On 19 Aug 2021</p> Dion Morton is Co-Chair of the ESCO Global Reach Committee with Prof. Simon Ng. He is Director of the NIHR Global Surgery Unit and Barling Cahir of Surgery at the University of Birmingham. <p class="readmore"> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/news/1664-meet-the-executive-dion-morton" itemprop="url"> Readmore ... </a> </p> </div> </div> <!-- end item --> </div><!-- end span --> </div><!-- end row --> <div class="items-row cols-1 row-4 row clearfix"> <div class="span12"> <div class="item column-1" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <div class="system-unpublished"> <div> <h2 itemprop="name"> <a href="/news/2292-diversity-bias-in-colorectal-surgery-your-views-sought" itemprop="url"> Diversity bias in colorectal surgery - your views sought</a> </h2> </div> <figure class=" item-image"> <img src="/images/news_and_reports/2021/Franco-Marinello.jpg" alt="Franco Marinello" itemprop="thumbnail"> </figure> <p class="date">On 4 Aug 2021</p> Diversity bias will be a lecture topic at this year's ESCP conference and, to make this as reflective as possible, Franco Marinello and Gianluca Pellino have produced a survey which they invite colorectal surgeons and trainees to take part in. <p class="readmore"> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/news/2292-diversity-bias-in-colorectal-surgery-your-views-sought" itemprop="url"> Readmore ... </a> </p> </div> </div> <!-- end item --> </div><!-- end span --> </div><!-- end row --> <div class="pagination"> <p class="counter float-end"> Page 1 of 2 </p> <nav class="pagination__wrapper" aria-label="Pagination"> <ul class="pagination ms-0 mb-4"> <li class="disabled page-item"> <span class="page-link" aria-hidden="true"><span class="icon-angle-double-left" aria-hidden="true"></span></span> </li> <li class="disabled page-item"> <span class="page-link" aria-hidden="true"><span class="icon-angle-left" aria-hidden="true"></span></span> </li> <li class="active page-item"> <a aria-current="true" aria-label="Page 1" href="#" class="page-link">1</a> </li> <li class="page-item"> <a 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