About this event

  • Date and time Fri 28 Mar 2025 from 8:30am to 6:00pm
  • Location St Mark’s Hospital
  • Organised by Coloproctology

Join us for an educational day at St Mark’s, the National Bowel Hospital, exploring the advances and controversies in the management of benign and malignant bowel conditions in a programme shaped and delivered by a national and international faculty of former fellows and alumni of St Mark’s: “Auld acquaintances, ne’er forgotten”. 

You'll learn about cutting edge research, minimally and maximally invasive surgical techniques, imaging, multidisciplinary working and training to optimise patient care, now and for the future. 

This meeting aims to explore recent clinical advances in Coloproctology and their related controversies driven by the interests, experiences and enthusiasms of our St Mark’s alumni. 

By attending, you'll gain:

  • Gain increased knowledge of current cancer and IBD management
  • Better understand the areas of controversy in malignant and benign coloproctology e.g immunotherapy in colorectal cancer management, CME and more.
  • Impact of robotics in colorectal cancer management
  • Better understand training issues for current coloproctology trainees e.g letting surgeons flourish

St Mark’s Alumni and RSM Coloproctology Section Faculty:

Professor Omer Aziz, Miss Elaine Burns, Mr Gordon Buchanan, Miss Kirsten Boyle, Dr Daniel Clerc, Mr Mit Dattani, Mr John Evans, Professor Omar Faiz, Dr Tom Glover, Miss Sharmila Gupta, Mr Glen Guerra, Mr Anil Hemandes, Miss Nicola Hodges, Mr James Kynaston, Mr Chris McFaul, Mr Akash Mehta, Mr Pasha Nisar, Mr Toby Pring, Mr Aaron Quyn, Mr Mo Rabie, Mr Shanu Rasheed, Mr James Reed, Professor Irshad Shaikh, Mr Adam Stearns, Miss Bubby Thava, Mr Henry Tilney, Mr Greg Thomas, Mr Chris Thorn, Mr Ryash Vather, Mr Janindra Warusavitarne, Professor Malcolm West, Mr Ian White

Location:

This is an in person event at Avery Jones Lecture Theatre, St Mark's The National
Bowel Hospital, Central Middlesex Hospital, Acton Lane, London NW10 7NS


Getting there:
St Mark’s the National Bowel Hospital, Central Middlesex, Acton Lane, London NW10 7NS

Tube and rail links: St Mark’s at Central Middlesex nearest Tube station is Harlesden, but it is a 15-20 minute walk away, but there are bus services across the road from the tube station which take you in the direction of the hospital, some of which stop on the Hospital site. Parking is available on the hospital site.

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Tickets

Early Bird pricing available until 14 February 2025.

Member

RSM Fellow RSM Associate RSM Retired Fellow RSM Trainee RSM Student
£77.00 £46.00 £46.00 £46.00 £24.00

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors Trainee AHP / Nurse / Midwife Student
£141.00 £84.00 £84.00 £44.00

Agenda

View the programme

Registration, tea and coffee

Avery Jones lecture theatre

Welcome & introduction

Mr Ian Jenkins President, Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Mr Pasha Nisar, Honorary Secretary

Session 1

Chair: Professor Omar Faiz, St Mark’s Hospital

How to interpret the CME trials?

Mr Adam Stearns, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

The Surgical management of EMVI?!

Miss Nicola Hodges, St Mark’s Hospital

Making robotic CME safe

Professor Irshad Shaikh, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

Title to be confirmed

Mr John Evans, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 

Title to be confirmed

Mr Ian White, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center

Discussion
Tea and coffee break

Session 2

Chairs: Mr Henry Tilney, Frimley and Mr Greg Thomas, St Mark’s Hospital

Building a pelvic exenteration unit

Mr Ryash Vather, Royal Adelaide Hospital

Robotic beyond TME surgery

Mr Shanu Rasheed, Royal Marsden Hospital

Surgery in the pelvic sidewall

Miss Elaine Burns, St Mark’s Hospital

Using the robot to it’s full potential?

Mr James Read, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Discussion
Lunch break

Session 3

Chair: Miss Sharmila Gupta, Colchester and Mr Pasha Nisar, St Peters

Let surgeons flourish

Miss Kirsten Boyle, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust 

Surgical guise - a handsome lot?

Miss Bubby Thava, West Middlesex University Hospital

Surgical commitment and competence in the future - is it all doom and gloom?

Mit Dattani, Heartlands Hospital

The impact of robotics on surgical trainees

Mr Toby Pring, Mater Hospital, Dublin

The impact of fellowship training on rectal cancer outcomes

Mr James Kynaston, Forth Valley Royal Hospital

Discussion
Tea and coffee break

Session 4

Chair: Mr Gordon Buchanan, Lister Hospital

Immunotherapy for colorectal cancer: The surgeon’s dilemma

Professor Omer Aziz, Christie Hospital

Mechanisms of exercise prehabilitation - exercise and it’s influence on tumour outcomes

Prof Malcolm West, University Hospital Southampton

Lateral pelvic lymph nodes - should we do more?

Mr Mo Rabie, University Hospital Southampton

Managing pelvic sidewall lymph nodes

Mr Aaron Quyn, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Title to be confirmed

Mr Anil Hemandes, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 

Discussion

Session 5

Chair: Mr Janindra Warusavitarne, St Mark’s Hospital and Mr Greg Thomas, St Mark’s Hospital

Radiology for pelvic rarities

Dr Tom Glover, St Mark’s Hospital

I “heart” the abdominal wall……

Mr Akash Mehta, St Mark’s Hospital

Title to be confirmed

Mr Chris Thorn, Great Western Hospital

Title to be confirmed

Mr Glen Guerra, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Title to be confirmed

Dr Daniel Clerc, Lausanne

Discussion
Closing remarks

Mr Ian Jenkins President, Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Mr Pasha Nisar, Honorary Secretary

Location

St Mark’s Hospital, Avery Jones Medical Education Centre, Central Middlesex Hospital location, Acton Lane, Park Royal, NW10 7NS

Registration for this event will close on Thursday 27 March at 1:00am (BST). Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time.

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