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 |
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£77.00 | £46.00 | £46.00 | £46.00 | £24.00 |
Non - Member
Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors | Trainee | AHP / Nurse / Midwife | Student |
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£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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