Jens Ravn Eriksen is a consultant in the Surgical Department of Zealand University Hospital and director of the colorectal section. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in laparoscopic ventral hernia repair, and subsequently focused on colorectal cancer surgery. Today he and his team masters open, laparoscopic, robotic and transanal surgical approaches in colorectal cancer surgery, with more than 95% of all procedures performed with a minimally invasive technique. Special experience and interest in his team includes organ-preserving procedures with TEM/TEO, combined endo-laparoscopic surgery (CELS), 2-team TaTME, lateral pelvic lymph node dissection, and ultra-low sphincter-saving coloanal anastomoses in rectal cancer. In 2016, he and his team started a prehabilitation program for fragile patients with curable colorectal cancer, including anemia correction with intravenous iron, dietary counselling and physical training.

His clinical and research interests include optimization of minimal invasive surgical techniques including robotic surgery with transanal approach and lateral pelvic lymph node dissection, ERAS and prehabilitation programs.