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Professor Patrice Forget

Professor Patrice Forget
Professor Patrice Forget
Professor Patrice Forget

MD, PhD, FFPMRCA

Clinical Chair in Anaesthesia

Accepting PhDs

51cg

Biography

Professor Patrice Forget, MD, PhD, FFPMRCA, is Clinical Chair in Anaesthesia at the 51cg (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.

Past President of the Belgian Pain Society 

Research

Research Overview

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.

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Applied Health Sciences

  • Supervising
  • Accepting PhDs

Current Research

My research programme, mostly focused on pain, combines perioperative epidemiology and clinical pharmacology approaches. 

Collaborations

Deputy Editor-in-Chief for the European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Associate Editor for the British Journal of Anaesthesia

Associate Editor for the British Journal of Pain

Associate Editor for Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Senior Editor for BMC Anesthesiology 

Editor for the Clinical Journal of Medicine (Section: Anesthesiology)

Board member of eCancer

Cochrane collaborator

Reviewer for more than 50 scientific journals.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Professor of anaesthesia and pain medicine

Publications

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  • Managing surgical patients with chronic pain using or not using opioids: existing solutions and perspectives

    Forget, P.
    Current opinion in anaesthesiology, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 676-678
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Managing surgical patients with chronic pain using or not using opioids: existing solutions and perspectives

    Forget, P.
    Current opinion in anaesthesiology, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 676-678
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Adults' experiences of perioperative opioid use: a mixed-methods study

    Aljohani, D. M., Pogatzki-Zahn, E. M., Adam, R., Forget, P.
    Pain reports, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. e1485
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Adults' experiences of perioperative opioid use: a mixed-methods study

    Aljohani, D. M., Pogatzki-Zahn, E. M., Adam, R., Forget, P.
    Pain reports, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. e1485
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Adults' experiences of perioperative opioid use: a mixed-methods study

    Aljohani, D. M., Pogatzki-Zahn, E. M., Adam, R., Forget, P.
    Pain reports, vol. 11, no. 5, e1485
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Adults' experiences of perioperative opioid use: a mixed-methods study

    Aljohani, D. M., Pogatzki-Zahn, E. M., Adam, R., Forget, P.
    PAIN Reports
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Enhanced recovery pathways for patients with chronic pain: beyond standard protocols – a narrative review

    Alotaibi, N., Forget, P., de Boer, H. D.
    Current opinion in anaesthesiology, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 705-711
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Outcome-framework adherence in neuromodulation studies for chronic pain: evidence from a systematic gap map

    Goudman, L., Moens, M., Forget, P., D'Souza, R., Vollert, J.
    Anaesthesia, vol. 81, no. 10, pp. 1435-1437
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Outcome-framework adherence in neuromodulation studies for chronic pain: evidence from a systematic gap map

    Goudman, L., Moens, M., Forget, P., D'Souza, R., Vollert, J.
    Anaesthesia, vol. 81, no. 10, pp. 1435-1437
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
  • Standardising oral morphine equivalent conversion ratios for research: A modified Delphi consensus survey

    Almodibeg, B. A., Adam, R., Alevrogianni, F., Kirodian, T., Knaggs, R., Kranke, P., Dirzu, D. S., Ferguson, K., Häuser, W., Rey, M. L. P. d., Ramsay, G., Stamenkovic, D., Wasay, A., Pogatzki-Zahn, E., Forget, P.
    European Journal of Anaesthesiology, vol. 43, no. 10, pp. 851-853
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
  • Peri-operative Percutaneous Nerve Blocks and Catheters in Major Lower Limb Amputation: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis

    Jones, H. G., Nielsen, R., Abdelgafar, K., Pemmasani, P., Gwilym, B., Pallmann, P., Forget, P., Twine, C. P., Bosanquet, D. C.
    European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • Peri-operative Percutaneous Nerve Blocks and Catheters in Major Lower Limb Amputation: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis

    Jones, H. G., Nielsen, R., Abdelgafar, K., Pemmasani, P., Gwilym, B., Pallmann, P., Forget, P., Twine, C. P., Bosanquet, D. C.
    European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Time to Implement the ICD-11 Classification in Pain!

    Bartnicka, M., Palomares, A. C., Davtyan, K., Forget, P., Jutila, L., Malliou, N., O'Brien Kelly, J., Kynman, S., Societal Impact of Pain Platform (SIP)
    European Journal of Pain, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. e70344
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Time to Implement the ICD‐11 Classification in Pain!

    Bartnicka, M., Palomares, A. C., Davtyan, K., Forget, P., Jutila, L., Malliou, N., Kelly, J. O., Kynman, S.
    European Journal of Pain
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Atlas of Interventional Pain Management, 6th edition

    Forget, P.
    British Journal of Anaesthesia
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Standardising oral morphine equivalent conversion ratios for research: A modified Delphi consensus survey

    Almodibeg, B. A., Adam, R., Alevrogianni, F., Kirodian, T., Knaggs, R., Kranke, P., Dirzu, D., Ferguson, K., Häuser, W., Rey, M. L. P. D., Ramsay, G., Stamenkovic, D., Wasay, A., Pogatzki-Zahn, E., Forget, P.
    European Journal of Anaesthesiology
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Ethical and practical barriers to consent in acute care and anaesthetic clinical trials: A scoping review

    Tripathi, S., Lefrant, J., Forget, P.
    Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, vol. 45, no. 4, 101767
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • Morphine requirements and chronic beta-blocker use in lower limb surgery: a propensity score matched cohort study

    Delvaux, B. V., Elmaleh, Y., Guessous, K., Marchal, P., Forget, P.
    British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 137, no. 1, pp. 350-352
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
  • Prostaglandins prevent long-lasting pain in a mouse model of chronic postsurgical pain: reconciling animal and clinical evidence. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2026; 136: 641–52

    Forget, P.
    British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 137, no. 1, pp. 344-346
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
  • Chronic pain management structures in the United Kingdom: organisation, training, innovations and future perspectives

    Allal, A. B., Houari, E., Forget, P.
    Douleur et Analgesie, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 153-161
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • European Interdisciplinary Guidelines on Pain Management in Acute Pancreatitis: UEG, EPC, EDS, ESDO, EAGEN, ESPGHAN, ESGAR, and ESPCG Evidence-Based Recommendations

    Pandanaboyana, S., Knoph, C. S., Kuhlmann, L., Forget, P., Pogatzki-Zahn, E., Huang, W., Bonovas, S., Piovani, D., Scheers, I., Cárdenas-Jaén, K., Regner, S., Drewes, A. M., Abu-El-Haija, M., Aulenkamp, J., Bodewes, F., Bouwense, S., Cannella, R., Capurso, G., Ceyhan, G., de-Madaria, E., De Lucia, S., Dugic, A., Demir, E., Domínguez-Muñoz, E., Guilabert, L., Garg, P. K., Hartzell, C., Hegyi, P., Joseph, N., Lucocq, J., Marchegiani, G., Marchetti, A., Marsmann, S., Masip, E., Peddakota, V., Nayar, M., Nikolic, S., Sternby, H., Samanta, J., Siddhi, S., Siriwardena, A., Singh, V., Olesen, S. S., Oracz, G., Stimac, D., Wilschanski, M., Witt, H., Windsor, J., European Pain in Acute Pancreatitis Multidisciplinary Group
    United European Gastroenterology Journal, vol. 14, no. 5, e70230
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • European Interdisciplinary Guidelines on Pain Management in Acute Pancreatitis: UEG, EPC, EDS, ESDO, EAGEN, ESPGHAN, ESGAR, and ESPCG Evidence‐Based Recommendations

    Pandanaboyana, S., Knoph, C. S., Kuhlmann, L., Forget, P., Pogatzki‐Zahn, E., Huang, W., Bonovas, S., Piovani, D., Scheers, I., Cárdenas‐Jaén, K., Regner, S., Drewes, A. M.
    United European Gastroenterology Journal
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • European Interdisciplinary Guidelines on Pain Management in Acute Pancreatitis: UEG, EPC, EDS, ESDO, EAGEN, ESPGHAN, ESGAR, and ESPCG Evidence‐Based Recommendations

    Pandanaboyana, S., Knoph, C. S., Kuhlmann, L., Forget, P., Pogatzki‐Zahn, E., Huang, W., Bonovas, S., Piovani, D., Scheers, I., Cárdenas‐Jaén, K., Regner, S., Drewes, A. M.
    United European Gastroenterology Journal
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • European Interdisciplinary Guidelines on Pain Management in Acute Pancreatitis: UEG, EPC, EDS, ESDO, EAGEN, ESPGHAN, ESGAR, and ESPCG Evidence‐Based Recommendations

    Pandanaboyana, S., Knoph, C. S., Kuhlmann, L., Forget, P., Pogatzki‐Zahn, E., Huang, W., Bonovas, S., Piovani, D., Scheers, I., Cárdenas‐Jaén, K., Regner, S., Drewes, A. M.
    United European Gastroenterology Journal
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Latest conceptual, methodological, and clinical advances in chronic pain

    Ben Allal, A., Houari, E., Forget, P.
    Current opinion in anaesthesiology, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 365-370
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • Perioperative analgesia in high-risk patients, what clinicians and searchers must know?: A narrative review

    Beloeil, H., Joshi, G. P., Lavand'homme, P., Cox, F., Summers, J., Pogatzki-Zahn, E., Forget, P.
    Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine, vol. 45, no. 3, 101644
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • Peri-operative pain management in major lower extremity amputation in vascular Surgery: A UK anaesthetic and vascular surgery Delphi consensus study

    Ekkunagul, T., MacLeod, C. S., Celnik, A., Chalmers, J., Thomson, R., Macfarlane, A. J. R., Bosanquet, D., Nagy, J., Forget, P., The Delphi expert panel
    Anaesthesia, vol. 81, no. 5, pp. 664-674
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Exploring sevoflurane consumption and CO2 emissions of individual patients undergoing noncardiac surgery using a target-controlled sevoflurane administration system

    Gricourt, Y., Bibollet, G., Perin, M., Vialatte, P., Forget, P., Alexander, B., Chasseigne, V., Lefrant, J., Mezzarobba, M., Cuvillon, P.
    Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 439-447
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • High-concentration (8%) capsaicin patch for chronic postoperative neuropathic pain: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials

    Niven, M., Inwood, M., Forget, P.
    British Journal of Pain, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 129-134
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Pain Medicine and the Opioid Crisis: Time to Own Our Responsibility!

    Ritchie, D., Forget, P.
    European Journal of Pain, vol. 30, no. 4, e70263
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • Barriers to optimal chronic pain management in refugees: a scoping review

    Bilney, E. V. M., Vasenius, M., Mitchell, J., Downing, J., Francois, P., McCall, S., Forget, P.
    BMC Public Health, vol. 26, 533
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • IMpact of PerioperAtive KeTamine on Enhanced Recovery After abdominal Surgery (IMPAKT ERAS). Comment on Br J Anaesth 2025; 135: 1770–8

    Joosten, A., Delaporte, A., Boulos, N. M., Gricourt, Y., Forget, P.
    British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 136, no. 1, pp. 458-459
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
  • The definition and aims of Anesthesia: a Delphi-based consensus statement

    Berger-Estilita, J., Meco, B. C., DeRobertis, E., Buhre, W., Kirkegard, P., Jakobsen, K., Soehle, M., Bilotta, F., von Dincklage, F., Matot, I., Weiss, Y., Bonhomme, V., Ti, L. K., Rimstad, I., Shelton, C., Kozlowski, B., Saxena, S., McConnell, P., Hormis, A., Zeidan, A., Mulier, J., Evered, L., Aceto, P., Shmukler, D., Forget, P., Simoes, C. M., Falcao, L. F., Wittman, M., Gönegur, I., Radtke, F. M.
    Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine, vol. 45, 101614
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Gut microbiome profiles in patients with nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, and pain-free controls: a case-control study

    Goudman, L., Vandeputte, D., Forget, P., Demuyser, T., Moens, M.
    Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • An impact evaluation of the Scottish take-home naloxone programme

    Adams, T. J., Teck, J. T. W., Baldacchino, A., Forget, P.
    Health Policy and Technology, vol. 14, no. 6, 101072
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • North American and European practices for opioid-sparing and opioid-free anaesthesia: a cross-sectional survey

    Gricourt, Y., Boulos, N., Daoulas, Y., Grogan, T., Alexander, B., Mezzarobba, M., Cuvillon, P., Pogatzki-Zahn, E., Beloeil, H., Cannesson, M., Forget, P., Joosten, A.
    BJA Open, vol. 16, 100511
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Opioid-free anesthesia: comparable analgesia with potential superiority in safety and quality of recovery

    Mulier, J. P., Forget, P., Lavand’homme, P., De Baerdemaeker, L., de Boer, H. D.
    Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care, vol. 5, 66
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
  • Pain and opioids after surgery (PANDOS): Protocol of a prospective, international, observational cohort study

    Forget, P., Cotton, S., Keir, H., Campbell, L., Onyeakazi, U., Aljohani, D. M., Almodibeg, B., Jutila, L., Hauser, W., Rosenberger, D., Ferguson, K., Ramsay, G., Adam, R., Summers, J., Pogatzki-Zahn, E., Pain AND Opioids after Surgery (PANDOS) European Society of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care (ESAIC) Research Group
    European Journal of Anaesthesiology Intensive Care, vol. 4, no. 6, e0092
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Opioids and Cardiovascular Health: The Past, Present and Future?

    Duke, R., Alves-Lopes, R., Forget, P.
    European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
  • Acute Pain Management at the Intersection of Primary and Secondary Care: Insights from Recent Literature

    Al Ghamdi, S. S., Aljohani, D. M. S., Adam, R., Forget, P.
    Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 14, no. 21, 7732
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Opioid-free anaesthesia as a valuable alternative to opioid-based practices: evidence and future challenges

    Gricourt, Y., Cuvillon, P., Forget, P.
    Pain Management, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 721-731
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Patient preference for intraoperative opioid use and early recovery after noncardiac surgery: protocol for a randomised factorial design trial of opioid-free versus opioid-based anaesthesia (the PERFECT trial)

    Gricourt, Y., Boulos, N. M., Delaporte, A., Alexander, B., Besada, S., Bakhit, R., Toukhtarian, A., Neuman, I., Pearce, D., Nourian, M. M., Chebishian, A., Zhou, A., Boktor, J., Mayanja, D., Grogan, T., Boldt, D., Cannesson, M., Forget, P., Joosten, A.
    BJA Open, vol. 15, 100420
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Socioeconomic deprivation and postoperative mortality:: a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data

    Lilley, R., Woodier, J., Summers, J., Forget, P.
    BJA Open, vol. 15, 100479
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Setting Priorities for African Postoperative Pain Research Through an International Delphi Process

    Asfaw, G., Melkie, T. B., Shiferaw, A. A., Mwiti, T. M., Nyirigira, G., Retief, F., Mikailu, A. A., Zacharia, A., Jarju, E., Lakew, E., Epiu, I., Vishaal, K., Abed, L., Yimer, M., Mohamed, M., Ekor, O. E., Bukuru, P., Djagbletey, R., Ayad, A. E., Forget, P., Gebremedhn, E. G.
    Anesthesia and Analgesia
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Exploring optimal analgesic strategies for chronic limb-threatening ischaemia: a systematic review protocol

    Ekkunagul, T., MacLeod, C. S., Francis, J., Nagy, J., Forget, P.
    BMJ Open, vol. 15, no. 7, e090678
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Challenges affecting access to pain care in India: why is it different?

    Bhatt, K., Forget, P.
    Pain, vol. 166, no. 6, pp. 1461-1462
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
  • Association of preoperative smoking with the occurrence of postoperative pulmonary complications: A post hoc analysis of an observational study in 29 countries

    Dorland, G., Saadat, W., van Meenen, D., Neto, A., Hiesmayr, M., Hollmann, M., Mills, G., Vidal Melo, M., Putensen, C., Schmid, W., Severgnini, P., Wrigge, H., de Abreu, M., Schultz, M., Hemmes, S., Kroell, W., Metzler, H., Struber, G., Wegscheider, T., Gombotz, H., Hiesmayr, M., Schmid, W., Urbanek, B., Kahn, D., Momeni, M., Pospiech, A., Lois, F., Forget, P., Grosu, I., Poelaert, J., van Mossevelde, V., van Malderen, M., Dylst, D., van Melkebeek, J., Beran, M., de Hert, S., De Baerdemaeker, L., Heyse, B., Van Limmen, J., Wyffels, P., Jacobs, T., Roels, N., De Bruyne, A., van de Velde, S., Leva, B., Damster, S., Plichon, B., Juros-Zovko, M., Djonoviċ-Omanoviċ, D., Pernar, S., LAS VEGAS study–investigators
    Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, vol. 104, 111856
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Patient experience of postoperative pain: a paradigm shift to a holistic approach

    Benhamou, D., Forget, P.
    British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 134, no. 6, pp. 1603-1605
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
  • Perioperative and persistent opioid use after surgery: a scoping review

    Almodibeg, B., Kang, J., Forget, P.
    BJA Open, vol. 14, 100412
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • A core outcome set of measurement instruments for assessing effectiveness and efficacy of perioperative pain management: results of the international IMI-PainCare PROMPT Delphi consensus process

    Pogatzki-Zahn, E. M., De Lucia, S., Weinmann, C., Heitkamp, H., Hummelshoj, L., Liedgens, H., Meissner, W., Vincent, K., Vollert, J., Zahn, P., Avian, A., Baron, R., Boesl, I., Bouhassira, D., Buhre, K., Chandler, R., Dauben, H. P., Fletcher, D., Forget, P., IMI-PainCare PROMPT Consensus Panel, Freys, S., Kocot-Kępska, M., Koke, A., Lambers, B., Lavand'homme, P., Lobo, D., Makris, A., Moloney, N., Mott, D., Nestler, N., Nilges, P., Norda, H., Peters, M., Pöpping, D., Schnabel, A., Stubhaug, A., Treede, R., van Boekel, R., Vanryckeghem, D., Wittink, H., Zoëga, S., Kaiser, U., Rosenberger, D. C.
    British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 134, no. 5, pp. 1460-1473
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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