For Patients |
For Providers |
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Getting Ready for Surgery: A Patient's Guide to Prehabilitation
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Surgical Prehabilitation Toolkit for Healthcare Providers
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Additional PDF Booklet Resources
For Patients |
For Providers |
Patient Passport for Surgical Prehabilitation
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Surgical Patient Prehabilitation Implementation Toolkit
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Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Toolkit
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Current BC Prehab Faculty Members
Keeping these resources updated would not be possible without the work of the BC Prehab Faculty members listed below. If you are interested in supporting this work, please contact us at sscbc@doctorsofbc.ca.
Prehab Component |
Representative |
Title |
| Co-Chair | Dr Lindi Thibodeau | Anesthesiologist |
| Co-Chair | Geoff Schierbeck | Doctors of BC SSC Portfolio Liaison |
| Anemia | Dr Jacqueline Trudeau | Anesthesiologist |
| Cardiac Risk Assessment | Dr Donald J Young | Anesthesiologist |
| Cardiac Surgery | Dr Juliet Atherstone | Cardiac Anesthesiologist |
| Delirium | Dr Alana Flexman | Anesthesiologist |
| Delirium | Dr Savannah Forrester | Geriatrician |
| Frailty | Dr Gurmeet Kaur Sohi | Geriatrician |
| General | Cherisse McMain | Registered Nurse |
| General | Dr Beau Kalibert | Anesthesiologist |
| General | Dr Janessa DeValk | Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon |
| General | Dr Kelly Mayson | Anesthesiologist |
| General | Dr Nimrod Levy | General Surgeon |
| General | Dr Victor Tran | Anesthesiologist |
| Glycemic Control | Position Open | |
| Goals of Care | Dara Lewis | Goals of Care Lead Vancouver Acute |
| Goals of Care | Dr Vincent Frucci | Anesthesiologist |
| Medication | Debbie Au | Pharmacist |
| Medication | Dr Erin Morley | Internal Medicine |
| Medication | Dr Sean Lougheed | Anesthesiologist |
| Medication | Vanessa Eng | Pharmacist |
| Mental Wellbeing | Dr Erin Sloan | Internal Medicine |
| Nutrition | Shari Young | Dietitian |
| Obesity | Dr Golmehr Sajjady | Internal Medicine |
| Obstetrics / General | Dr Jonathan Collins | Anesthesiologist |
| Obstructive Sleep Apnea | Dr Raj Bhui | Family Physician |
| Pain Management | Dr Ainsley Sutherland | Anesthesiologist |
| Pediatrics | Dr Dynai Eilig | Clinical Assistant Professor |
| Pediatrics | Dr Victoria Buswell | Anesthesiologist |
| Physical Activity | Darryl Caves | Registered Physical Therapist |
| Smoking Cessation | Dr Milan Khara | Addiction Medicine |
| Substance Use | Dr Annabel Mead | Addiction Medicine |
Contributors
The resources available here have been developed and maintained since 2022 by numerous teams including the SPOC Faculty, PCADS Committee, and BC Prehab Faculty. Below are some of the many contributors to this work, although this is not everyone. To anyone we have missed, thank you for your invaluable contributions.
Name |
Title |
Name |
Title |
| Dr Ainsley Sutherland | Anesthesiologist | Dr Leslie Wood | Family Physician |
| Dr Alana Flexman | Anesthesiologist | Lila Gottenbos | NSQIP Champion |
| Dr Alyssa Hodgson | Anesthesiologist | Dr Lindi Thibodeau | Anesthesiologist |
| Amy Myring | ERAS Coordinator | Dr Lisa Li | Anesthesiologist |
| Dr Andrew Dickieson | Anesthesiologist | Dr Lisa Miller | Psychiatrist |
| Dr Annabel Mead | Addiction Medicine | Mandy Kennedy | Dietician |
| Dr Annika Vrana | Anesthesiologist | Marija-Stefic-Cubic | Clinical Nurse Specialist |
| Dr Beau Kalibert | Anesthesiologist | Dr Martha Spencer | Geriatrician |
| Dr Breay Paty | Endocrinologist | Dr Marshall Cheng | Anesthesiologist |
| Dr Brenda Lau | Anesthesiologist | Melanie Rathgeber | Evaluation |
| Carol Zannette | Preadmission Clinic Nursing | Micheline Metzner | Medical Student |
| Dr Cat Mattheus | Anesthesiologist | Michelle Montgomery | Project Manager |
| Cherisse McMain | Registered Nurse | Dr Michelle Scheepers | Anesthesiologist |
| Dr Christa Morrison | Anesthesiologist | Dr Milan Khara | Addiction Medicine |
| Clair Snyman | Patient Activation | Dr Naaz Parmar | Geriatrician |
| Dara Lewis | Goals of Care Lead Vancouver Acute | Dr Nimrod Levy | General Surgeon |
| Darryl Caves | Registered Physical Therapist | Dr Peter Gajecki | Anesthesiologist |
| Debbie Au | Pharmacist | Rachel Milledge | Project Specialist |
| Dr Donald J Young | Anesthesiologist | Dr Raj Bhui | Family Physician |
| Dr Dynai Eilig | Clinical Assistant Professor | Dr Robynn Lester | Geriatrician |
| Elizabeth Babcock | SSC Project Coordinator | Dr Rosie Earle | Anesthesiologist |
| Dr Elizabeth Thompson | General Surgeon | Dr Sarah Hearne | Transitional Pain Specialist |
| Dr Erin Morley | Internal Medicine | Sarah Sauve | ERAS Coordinator |
| Dr Erin Sloan | Internal Medicine | Sarah White | SSC Administrative Assistant |
| Geoff Schierbeck | DOBC SSC Portfolio Liaison | Dr Savannah Forrester | Medical Lead with Seniors Health |
| Dr Golmehr Sajjady | Internal Medicine | Dr Scott Neilson | Anesthesiologist |
| Dr Gurmeet Kaur Sohi | Geriatrician | Dr Sean Lougheed | Anesthesiologist |
| Heather Lawrence | Physiotherapist | Shari Young | Dietitian |
| Imayan Subramaniam | Medical Student | Sooky Moore | Project Specialist |
| Dr Jacqueline Trudeau | Anesthesiologist | Dr Sophia Chong | Family Physician |
| Dr Jill Osborne | Anesthesiologist | Dr Su-Yin MacDonell | Anesthesiologist |
| John Warkentin | Pharmacist | Dr Susan Lee | Anesthesiologist |
| Dr Jonathan Collins | Anesthesiologist | Tatiana Popovitskaia | Pain Care BC |
| Dr Jordana Kapulto | Endocrinologist | Dr Tatyana Postognova | Anesthesiologist |
| Juli Nakahara | ERAS Coordinator | Dr Teresa Ripley | Anesthesiologist |
| Dr Juliet Atherstone | Cardiac Anesthesiologist | Dr Tom Wallace | General Surgeon |
| Karen Bowen | Spread and Sustainability | Tracy Hong | ERAS Coordinator |
| Karen Phenix | Quality Improvement | Valerie Swanston | Medical Student |
| Dr Karen Shklanka | Addiction Medicine Specialist | Vanessa Eng | Pharmacist |
| Dr Katarina Kojik | Anesthesiologist | Vicki Kendall | Patient Representative |
| Dr Kelly Mayson | Anesthesiologist | Dr Victor Tran | Anesthesiologist |
| Kris Juck | Pain Care BC | Dr Victoria Buswell | Anesthesiologist |
| Kyle Heppner | Physiotherapist | Dr Vincent Frucci | Anesthesiologist |
| Laura Churchill | Choose to Move |
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How to Reference:
SSC. (2025). Getting Ready for Surgery: A Patient’s Guide to Prehabilitation. www.sscbc.ca/patient-prehab-guide
SSC. (2025). BC Surgical Prehabilitation Toolkit. https://sscbc.ca/surgical-prehab-toolkit
SSC. (2021). BC Surgical Patient Prehabilitation Implementation Toolkit. https://sscbc.ca/bc-surgical-prehabilitation-resources
SSC. (2024). Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Toolkit. https://sscbc.ca/bc-surgical-prehabilitation-resources