There is a certain art to saving peoples' lives, but how do you break the barriers of medicine to reach new heights? Professor Adrian Alvarez from Argentina is a general surgeon and anaesthesiologist. He works as a staff anaesthesiologist at Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. His major achievements include Founder President of Preoperative Care of the Obese Patient (ISPCOP) and Founder and President of ERAS® - enhanced Recovery After Surgery. He also received the “BMA Medical Book Award 2011” by The British Medical Association., for his book: “Morbid Obesity, Preoperative Management”