About this event

  • Date and time Wed 9 Oct 2024 from 3:30pm to 9 Oct 2024 at 9:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Coloproctology

Join us for the prestigious John of Arderne Prize for an opportunity to hear surgical trainees present their colorectal research papers, followed by the annual Presidential Address. 

By attending you will be able to enhance your knowledge on the latest developments and advances in coloproctology. 

The prize meeting will be followed by the Presidential Address with the Royal Society of Medicine's President-Elect, Mr Ian Jenkins, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Chair of Surgery, St. Mark's Hospital, London, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London Surgeon to the Royal Household. 

Benefits of attending

  • Build your understanding of the advances in colorectal surgery
  • Listen to the annual presidential address
  • Review the programme of meetings for next year 

The Coloproctology Section: John of Arderne medal will also be presented and awarded at the meeting. Click here to find out more about the prize and make a submission. 

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We would like to thank our sponsor Johnson&Johnson MedTech for their support of this event. Please note that the main scientific programme and content has not been influenced in any way by the sponsor.

Agenda

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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Mr Justin Davies, President, Coloproctology Section 2023-2024, Royal Society of Medicine, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Deputy Medical Director, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Affiliated Associate Professor, University of Cambridge NHS Trust

John of Arderne prize session

Global Delphi consensus: Defining radiological healing in perianal fistulising Crohn’s disease

Easan Anand, Clinical Research Fellow, St Mark's Hospital, London

Origins of microorganisms responsible for surgical site infection following surgery for intestinal failure

Harry Dean

The significance of microscopically positive lymph node margins (R1) following surgical resection for stage III colon cancer - a retrospective, observational study

Shawn Fredrick

Characterising the tumour microenvironment of colorectal liver metastasis

Jayden Gittens, PhD Student, University of Liverpool

Contact x-ray brachytherapy in rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Simon Powell

How high is your high tie?: The use of CT scanning for the measurement of post-operative length of the inferior mesenteric artery for left-sided colorectal cancer resections

Niroshini Rajaretnam

Drinks reception

Annual general meeting

Section members only 

Comfort break
Review of the 2023-2024 programme
Programme for 2024-2025
Official handover of the President's chain of office

Presidential address

Based on a true story...

Mr Ian Jenkins, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Chair of Surgery, St Mark's Hospital, London, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College, London, Surgeon to the Royal Household

Presidential dinner

Pre-registered guests only

Dress code: Black tie attire

Sponsors

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registration for this event will close at 12:30pm on Sunday 6 October 2024.  Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.

Domus - reception

While you’re attending this event

Why not stay in the comfort of our hotel, Domus Medica, book dinner in the restaurant, or even hire one of our private dining rooms to socialise with your peers?

RSM members enjoy access to our enviable club facilities. For more information, please contact our team at domus@rsm.ac.uk or restaurant@rsm.ac.uk.

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