The invitation to give the Nicoll lecture at the biennial IAAS International Congress is one of the highest honours we can bestow on a colleague.
JAMES HENDERSON NICOLL (1863–1921)
James Nicoll was a pioneering paediatric Surgeon in Glasgow and is regarded as the ‘Father of Day Surgery’. He published a series of almost 9000 paediatric day cases in the British Medical Journal in 1909. The surgery of infancy. Br Med J. 1909; 2: 753-756.
Our Nicoll Lecturers
| 1997 | London | Bernard V. Wetchler | A Quarter Century in Ambulatory Surgery: Accepting the Challenges, Avoiding the Pitfalls |
| 1999 | Venice | Claude De Lathouwer | Ambulatory surgery: an organisational and cultural revolution, a social and political challenge |
| 2001 | Geneva | Paul Jarrett | |
| 2003 | Boston | Burton Epstein | Exploring the world of ambulatory surgery |
| 2005 | Seville | Gerard Parmentier | Two International Congresses, six IAAS Congresses: where are we? |
| 2007 | Amsterdam | Henrik Kehlet | Fast track Surgery: from Her to Where? |
| 2009 | Brisbane | Jill Solly | |
| 2011 | Copenhagen | Paul White | Clinical Research in Ambulatory Anesthesia and Surgery – Why even bother? |
| 2013 | Budapest | Beverly Philip | The path of Ambulatory Surgery: Roots, Trees and Stars. |
| 2015 | Barcelona | Fernando Docobo | Ambulatory Surgery Training in Spain: Past, Present and Future |
| 2017 | Beijing | Luc Van Outryve | The CONCEPT of AMBULATORY SURGERY :Is it a renewing evolution ? |
| 2019 | Porto | Paulo Lemos | “Is Ambulatory Surgery well known? – from politicians to the common citizen …” |
| 2022 | Bruges | Jan Eshuis | Ambulatory Anaesthesia and Surgery before (and after) Nicoll: by fits and starts |
| 2024 | Oslo | Johan Raeder | Lessons (some) from the past – relevant to the future? |