BSLM Webinar on CPOC and Prehabilitaiton
Join Dr Sunil Kumar and Prof. Scarlett McNally from the BSLM Prehabilitation SIG at 7PM on the 3rd of September and explore the vital role of prehabilitation through the lense of Lifestyle Medicine and learn about the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC).
Topics:
Introduction to Prehabilitation and LM
Dr Sunil Kumar
Introduction to CPOC
Prof. Scarlett McNally
Join Dr Sunil Kumar and Prof. Scarlett McNally from the BSLM Prehabilitation SIG at 7PM on the 3rd of September and explore the vital role of prehabilitation, optimising patients’ physical and mental health before surgery, through the lens of Lifestyle Medicine. It will focus on evidence-based pillars such as nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, and behaviour change. We’ll also introduce the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC), highlighting its collaborative approach to improving surgical outcomes and embedding.
Speakers:
Dr Sunil Kumar
Dr Sunil Kumar is a UK-based Specialist Anaesthesiologist, Board-Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician, Author, Master Health Coach, and International Speaker with over 30 years of clinical experience. He currently serves as a Council Member of the Royal Society of Medicine (Food & Health Forum) and works at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr Kumar is a faculty member for NHS England’s Health & Wellbeing Workshops, the MSc in Lifestyle Medicine at the University of Thessaly in Greece, and the European Lifestyle Medicine Organisation’s certification programme. He also serves on the Exam Faculty for the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine (IBLM). As a former Lead Tutor at the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine (BSLM), he helped shape education and exam preparation for lifestyle medicine practitioners.
He is a founding member of the Lifestyle Medicine Initiative at the Global Wellness Institute and advises the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC), supporting the integration of lifestyle medicine and prehabilitation into surgical pathways. He also serves as Co-Chair for Health & Wellbeing at the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO).
Dr Kumar is a Collaborator at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education and Training at Imperial College London and a member of the WHO FIDES network. He has received national recognition as Best Lifestyle Medicine Physician and has been awarded for leading impactful health and wellbeing workshops for doctors during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. He also shares evidence-based health education through his YouTube platform.
Publications and Books:
• The Power of Self-Care: Transforming Heart Health with Lifestyle Medicine
• The Power of Preparation for Surgery: Prehabilitation Using Lifestyle Medicine
• Oxford Handbook of Pain – Contributions on the gut microbiome and lifestyle in chronic pain management
• Lead Editor – Oxford Handbook of Lifestyle Medicine (Oxford University Press, upcoming 2026)
Prof Scarlett McNally
Professor Scarlett McNally is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Eastbourne (since 2002), Deputy Director of the Centre for Perioperative Care (find lovely FREE resources at www.cpoc.org.uk) and BMJ columnist – all FREE at https://www.bmj.com/search/advanced/mcnally. Previously an elected Council member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2011-21) and President of the Medical Women’s Federation (2023-25).
She has an MA in Clinical Education and an MBA in health service management and is an honorary member of the Faculty of Public Health.
She was lead author for the Academy’s Exercise the miracle cure. Perioperative care = patient preparation + shared decision-making + team-working + pathways. This can halve complications.
Frequent speaker and regular writer – on careers, diversity, bullying, sustainability, perioperative care, pathways, myeloma, exercise, active travel, leadership and how to fix the NHS. Publications at www.scarlettmcnally.co.uk and Twitter @scarlettmcnally. Mother of 4 adults, had stem cell transplant, 4th Dan Karate black belt, #100womenincycling 2024 and 3 electric-cycles.