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Dr Neil Thakrar is an Internal Medicine Resident in Leicester, UK and an aspiring geriatrician with an interest in perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery (POPS). He is Associate PI for the Leicester site of POPS-SUp, a multi-centre initiative to upscale perioperative medicine services for patients with frailty. 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