Sir AM De Silva Oration on ‘Enhanced Recovery After Colorectal Surgery – Are We Ready to Shift the Paradigm’ was presented by Dr. Bawantha Gamage, Senior Lecturer, and Senior Consultant Surgeon at the Professorial Unit of Colombo South Teaching Hospital Kalubowila, affiliated to the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, at the 47^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College Surgeons of Sri Lanka and joint International Conference with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the SAARC Surgical Care Society, held from 15 to 18^th August 2018 at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo.