Professor Patrice Forget, MD, PhD, FFPMRCA, is Clinical Chair in Anaesthesia at the ºÚÁÏÍø (UK), and Honorary Consultant at the NHS Grampian. He is involved in clinical research, focused mainly on pain, perioperative epidemiology and clinical pharmacology. For the last twenty years, as principal investigator and/or national coordinator, he has published more than 250 articles, letters or editorials.
He is the Chair of the PANDOS (Pain AND Opioids after Surgery) ESAIC Research Group (European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care).
External Memberships
Board Member of the European Pain Federation EFIC (Honorary Treasurer, Chair of the Societal Impact of Pain partnership with the Pain Alliance Europe)
Active member of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC), deputy Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Anaesthesiology, Acute and Chronic Pain Subcommittee Lead.
For the last fifteen years, as principal investigator and/or national coordinator, I have published more than 200 articles, letters or editorials, questioning current practices and opening new avenues in pain and perioperative medicine.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Applied Health Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
What can we learn from sarcopenia with curarisation in the context of cancer surgery? A review of the literature
Samouri, G., Stouffs, A., Essen, L. V., Simonet, O., De Kock, M., Forget, P.
Current Pharmaceutical Design, vol. 25, no. 28, pp. 3005-3010
Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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Breast Cancer Relapse, Post-Surgical Confusion, and Dementia in the Elderly: An Unexpected Connection but with the Same Proposed Solution
Retsky, M. W., Forget, P.
Medicina, vol. 54, no. 6, 101
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Prediction of postoperative mortality in elderly patient with hip fractures: a single-centre, retrospective cohort study
Niessen, R., Bihin, B., Gourdin, M., Yombi, J. C., Cornu, O., Forget, P.
Anesthesiology, vol. 18, no. 1, 183
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The ASOS Surgical Risk Calculator: development and validation of a tool for identifying African surgical patients at risk of severe postoperative complications
British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 121, no. 6, pp. 1357-1363
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Pain management in living related adult donor hepatectomy: feasibility of an evidence-based protocol in 100 consecutive donors
Dewe, G., Steyaert, A., De Kock, M., Lois, F., Reding, R., Forget, P.
BMC Research Notes, vol. 11, 834
Contributions to Journals: Articles
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Epidural anesthesia and cancer outcomes in bladder cancer patients: is it the technique or the medication? A matched-cohort analysis from a tertiary referral center
Chipollini, J., Alford, B., Boulware, D. C., Forget, P., Gilbert, S. M., Lockhart, J. L., Pow-Sang, J. M., Sexton, W. J., Spiess, P. E., Poch, M. A., Patel, S. Y.
Anesthesiology, vol. 18, 157
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Advanced Procedures for Pain Management: A Step-by-Step Atlas: Book Review
Forget, P.
Anesthesia and Analgesia, vol. 127, no. 5, pp. e78
Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles
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Barriers to clinical research in Africa: a quantitative and qualitative survey of clinical researchers in 27 African countries
Conradie, A., Duys, R., Forget, P., Biccard, B.
British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 121, no. 4, pp. 813-821
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Potential benefit of intra-operative administration of ketorolac on breast cancer recurrence according to the patient's body mass index
Desmedt, C., Demicheli, R., Fornili, M., Bachir, I., Duca, M., Viglietti, G., Berlière, M., Piccart, M., Sotiriou, C., Sosnowski, M., Forget, P., Biganzoli, E.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, vol. 110, no. 10, pp. 1115-1122
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Effect of clonidine on oncological outcomes after breast and lung cancer surgery
Forget, P., Berlière, M., Poncelet, A., De Kock, M.
British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 121, no. 1, pp. 103-104