About this event

  • Date and time Thu 28 Nov 2024 from 8:30am to 29 Nov 2024 at 4:30pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Surgery

Join us for this special 2-day meeting as we celebrate 70 years of the Welsh Surgical Society and share updates on recent clinical developments, training issues, and research.

Junior doctors and students will have the opportunity to present their work and compete for one of the prizes. Senior surgical and political leaders will have the opportunity to participate in interactive discussions on future issues in surgical training and practice.

This is a joint meeting with the Welsh Surgical Society.

By attending the meeting, you will:

  • Receive an update on the future of surgery and surgical training from the leaders of surgery in the UK. 
  • Hear updates in clinical and scientific surgical research. 
  • For Junior doctors and students to present their research and discuss multidisciplinary cases. 
  • Network with surgeons at all stages of their careers from students to retired fellows – including delegates from the Celtic fringe. 

The following prizes will also be presented and awarded at the meeting, the MIA Prize, Adrian Tanner Prize, John Dawson Medical Student Prize.

The Welsh Surgical Society will also present the following prizes, the Ivor Lewis and Richard Johnson Prize. For more information on the WSS prizes, submission guidelines, and how to prepare for the abstract click here.

To apply for the Welsh Surgical Society prizes, download the template then email your submission to info@cmevents.co. Make sure to include which prize you are submitting for (Ivor Lewis or Richard Johnson). 

 

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We would like to thank our sponsors Applied Medical UK Ltd., KARL STORZ Endoscopy (UK) Ltd, Solventum, TELA Bio Ltd and THD for their support of this meeting.
Please note that the scientific programme and content has not been influenced in any way by the sponsors.

Agenda

View the programme - Day 1 28 November 2024

Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Mr Josef Watfah, President, Surgery Section, Royal Society of Medicine, Consultant General, Colorectal & Emergency Surgeon, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and Miss Rachel Hargest, Consultant Surgeon and Senior Lecturer, University Hospital of Wales and Council member, Royal College of Surgeons of England

The Royal Society of Medicine Hernia Symposium

The anatomy of the inguinal canal

Mr Barry Paraskeva, Consultant Surgeon, St Mary's Hospital Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Reader in Surgery, Imperial College London

Questions and answers
Laparoscopic hernia repair and sportsman's groin

Professor David Lloyd, Consultant Surgeon, University Hospitals Leicester

Questions and answers
Robotic inguinal hernia repair

Dr Filip Muysoms, Head of the Department of Abdominal Surgery, AZ Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium and Past President, European Hernia Society

Questions and answers
Symposium closing remarks

Mr Josef Watfah

Lunch

Poster viewing for the John Dawson Prize

Past, Present and Future - Celebrating 70 years of the Welsh Surgical Society, addressing clinical and training issues today and looking to the future

Welcome

Miss Rachel Hargest and Mr Josef Watfah

Welsh Surgical Society - The first 70 years!

Mr Kelvin Gomez, Consultant Oncoplastic Surgeon, Isle of Man and Gibraltar

Ivor Lewis Prize presentations

Chairs – Mr M Davies & Professor J Barry

Session to be occupied by 9 shortlisted oral prize presenters for the Ivor Lewis Prize

Tea and coffee break

The future of Surgery and Surgical Training

Chairs: Miss Rachel Hargest and Mr Josef Watfah

Panellists: Mr Christian MacKutieviez, President, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Mr Tim Mitchell, President, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Professor Rowan Parks, President, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Mr Bilal Jamal, Council member, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Threats and opportunities for surgical trainees in 2024

Professor Rowan Parks, President of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

A vision of the future of emergency general surgery

Mr Christian MacKutieviez, President of Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland

Why should the medical student of 2024 consider surgery as a future career?

Mr Bilal Jamal, Council member, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

How will technological developments influence the future of surgical training

Mr Tim Mitchell, President of Royal College of Surgeons of England

Panel to answer questions from floor
Close of meeting
Drinks reception

Black tie Dinner

For those who have pre-registered

View the programme - Day 2 29 November 2024

Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Chairs: Mr Joe Ellul, Past president, Surgery Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Professor Dean Harris 

Update from Royal College of Surgeons of England

Mr Tim Mitchell, President, Royal College of Surgeons of England

Surgery recovery programme post COVID

Mr James Wheeler, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and General Surgeon, Addenbrookes Hospital

Facial injuries in sport - To treat or not to treat, that is the question

Mr Michael Fardy, Consultant Maxillofacial and Head and Neck Surgeon, Spire Cardiff Hospital 

MIA Prize presentations

Chairs: Miss Catherine Zabkiewicz, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon, Royal Gwent Hospital Wales and Mr Joseph Shalhoub, Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, St Mary's Hospital and Charing Cross Hospitals Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Session to be occupied by shortlisted 6 oral prize presentations for the MIA Prize

Tea and coffee break

Poster viewing

Richard Johnson Prize presentations

Chairs: Mr Faris Soliman and Ms V Lefamine

Session to be occupied by shortlisted 9 oral prize presentations for the Richard Johnson prize

Lunch

Poster viewing

Address by Mr Jeremy Miles MS Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Welsh Government

Chair: Professor Jon Barry

Adrian Tanner Prize presentations

Chairs: Mr J Horwood and Mr Diwakar Ryali Sarma, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Burnout and resilience in surgery

Mr Goldie Khera

Closing remarks and announcement of prize winners

Mr Josef Watfah and Miss Rachel Hargest

Sponsors

Location

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

 

Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on Wednesday 27 November 2024.  Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time.

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

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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