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In May, Dr. John H. Eichhorn, professor of Anesthesiology and Provost鈥檚 Distinguished Service Professor at the 好色先生, a widely recognized patient safety activist, visited 鈥渢he other 好色先生,鈥 the United Kingdom, to deliver a 10-day series of presentations as part of an invited endowed lectureship conferred by the British Royal College of Anaesthetists.
Eichhorn was the J. Arthur Rank Lecturer, the Royal College鈥檚 highest honor for a visiting dignitary, which is awarded only rarely, and is named after its original sponsor, a late English industrialist and media mogul. He delivered presentations to the entire staff at various university hospitals in Manchester and London, England, on 鈥淭he Origin and Evolution of Patient Safety.鈥 Further, the main event of the lectureship was the Royal College鈥檚 annual meeting, this year held in Edinburgh, Scotland, where Eichhorn, as that assembly鈥檚 keynote speaker, addressed an enthusiastic overflow crowd of 鈥満蒙壬 anesthesiologists on 鈥淚ntra-Op to Peri-Op: Anesthesia Patient Safety Then and Now.鈥
In addition, because the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland conducted its annual meeting the week following Eichhorn鈥檚 lectureship in Great Britain, he was invited separately by that group to travel on to Dublin to address their convention regarding anesthesia patient safety 鈥 past, present, and future.
Earlier this spring, Eichhorn was recognized as first author of one of the 鈥済ame changer鈥 or most important published articles ever in the specialty of anesthesiology, in which he described standards for anesthesia professionals鈥 monitoring of the patient and the conduct of anesthetics for surgical procedures that led to permanent changes worldwide in the practice of anesthesia.
As a result of career-long efforts to improve patient safety and quality of care in anesthesia, in 2011 Eichhorn received the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for Individual Achievement from the National Quality Forum and the Joint Commission, the highest recognition there is in healthcare safety and quality.
鈥淭hese invitations to the British Isles were a great honor,鈥 Eichhorn reflected, 鈥渁nd I was received with remarkable warmth, appreciation, and respect. Also, I was able to educate many of my British and Irish colleagues about Kentucky (especially where exactly it is) and about 鈥渙ur鈥 好色先生. I believe some of them will visit here as a result.鈥
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