Venous
Venous Forum: Annual Meeting Prize
Submission deadline: Thursday 17 April 2025
Open to: Medical students and trainees
Prize: Oral: 1st: £500; 2nd: £300; 3rd: Poster: £200, Student Presentation Price: £100
About this event
- Date and time Thu 13 Jun 2024 from 8:00am to 14 Jun 2024 at 4:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Venous Forum
Join us for our annual RSM Venous Forum meeting, the primary UK conference focusing on the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with venous disease, across different healthcare settings. In a stretched and under-resourced NHS the management of patients with venous disease continues to be seen as a low priority, with long waits for assessment and treatment. However, chronic venous disease is increasing in prevalence and is a major cause of patient distress and quality of life impairment. Modern venous treatments are minimally invasive and cost-effective (or even cost-saving) and fully supported by NICE.
The meeting will provide interactive case discussions, include hands-on practical training and focus on supporting the entire multidisciplinary team to provide optimal clinical pathways and patient-centred, evidence-based care in venous disease.
The Venous Forum: Annual Meeting Prize will also be presented and awarded at the meeting.
By attending the meeting, you will:
- Participate in a ‘hands-on’ practical workshops for procedural skills in superficial and deep venous management.
- Find out more about multidisciplinary clinical decision making through case discussions and interactive clinical sessions.
- Learn about the latest national initiatives relevant to the care of patients with venous disease.
- Learn about effective service models for delivering venous care, and to encourage local implementation of effective care systems.
- Understand the potential roles for vascular nurses, vascular scientists and other non-medical team members in delivering care to patients with venous disease.
- Gain an update on latest perspectives in deep and superficial venous care.
The primary aim of the meeting is to provide participants with practical training in multiple venous interventions, an update on the current, relevant topics in venous disease. Empower teams to develop venous services, promote practical training and offer guidance on optimising models of care.
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We would like to thank our Platinum Sponsor Medtronic and our sponsors BD, Essity, Frontmed, Inari Medical, Kora Healthcare, LSO Medical, Medi, Penumbra, Philips and STD Pharmaceutical for their support of this meeting. This programme has also been supported by Gore in the form of an educational grant. Please note that none of the companies listed has had any influence or involvement over the agenda, content or organisation of this meeting.
Agenda
View the programme 13 June 2024
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Mr Manj Gohel, President, Venous Forum, Royal Society of Medicine
Workshops and multidisciplinary training
Registered participants will be randomly allocated 4 out of 5 workshops
Stations
Max Rayne Auditorium
1. Acute DVT - Case based discussion (25 minutes)
Mr Sandip Nandra, Senior Clinical Fellow and Honorary Consultant, Northern Vascular Centre, Freeman Hospital
2. Lymphodema vs Lipodema - Case based discussion (25 minutes)
Dr Kristiana Gordon, Consultant in Dermatology and Lymphovascular Medicine, St George's Hospital
Atrium
Management of Acute DVT
Part A (25 minutes):
1. Mechanical thrombectomy - Indigo Aspiration System and Aspirex
Miss Emma Wilton, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2. FlowTriever (wet model) and ClotTriever Thromectomy System
Mr Adam Gwozdz, Clinical Lecturer in Vascular Surgery, Imperial College London
Part B (25 minutes):
1. Imaging workshop for Chronic DVT intervention
Dr Narayanan Thulasidasan, Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust, London
2. Use of IVUS for treatment Ileofemoral DVT
Mr Stephen Black, Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Clinical Lead for Vascular Surgery, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital
3. Deep venous stenting simulator and stent design
Mr Prakash Saha, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust, London
Training Suite
Choice of 2 stations (25 minutes each):
A. Ultra-guided Foam Sclerotherapy
Mr Philip Coleridge Smith, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, British Vein Institute
B. Microsclerotherapy
Mr Zola Mzimba, Consultant Surgeon, Western Health and Social Care Trust
C. Hand-held doppler assessment and compression therapy
Ms Victoria Bristow, Vascular Specialist Nurse, Cambridge University Hospitals and Professor Bruce Campbell, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Exeter Medical
D. Ultrasound guided cannulation
Mr James Scurr, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Liverpool Vascular and Endovascular Service
Seminar Suite
Truncal ablation and cannulation (50 minutes)
Part A:
1. Introduction to VNUS device
Mr Andrew Busuttil, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Addenbrookes Hospital
2.Introduction to Venclose
BD Industry Representative
Part B:
1. Introduction to Laser
Dr Hayley Moore, Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
2. Introduction to Lumeseal - 1470 laser
LSO Medical Representative
Part C: Endovenous perforator ablation
Mr Dominic Dodd, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Vasacare Limited
Part D: Cyanoacrylate glue closure
Mr Tristan Lane, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Cambridge Vascular Unit
ENT room
(50 minute workshop)
1. Ambulatory phlebectomy - How I do it
Mr Patrick Lintott, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
2. Varicose veins intervention decision-making - Case based discussion
Mr Huw Davies, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, University Hospital Wales
3. Pelvic vein incompetence - Case based discussion including classification and workup
Dr Lakshmi Ratnam, Consultant Interventional Radiologist, St George's University Hospital
4. Basic Venous Ultrasound
Mr Alastair Lewis, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Craigavon Area Hospital
Tea and coffee break
Stations continued
Lunch
Welcome
Training and competence in venous practice
Chairs: Mr Andrew Nickinson, ST8 Vascular Surgery, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, President, Rouleaux Club and Miss Kaji Sritharan, Consultant Vascular Surgeon & Honorary Secretary, Venous Forum, Royal Society of Medicine
Why is UK venous training consistently reported as poor?
Mr Andrew Nickinson
A trainee perspective on how venous training can be improved
Miss Sarah Nduwayo, Vascular surgery registrar, Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust and Venous Representative, Rouleaux Club
Summary of local, national and international training opportunities in venous disease
Mr Manj Gohel
What are the challenges with the venous components of the 2023 Vascular Surgery curriculum?
Mr Harj Rayt
Delivering venous services in a broken NHS
Chairs: Mr Isaac Nyamekye, Mr Ian Franklin, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, London Vascular Clinic and Immediate Past President, Venous Forum, Royal Society of Medicine
Can superficial venous treatments in the NHS be justified, in the absence of significant complications?
Mr Dan Carradice, Senior Lecturer in Vascular Surgery, Hull York Medical School, Honorary Consultant Vascular and Associate Chief Medical Officer, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
‘Outsourcing’ and ‘insourcing’ of venous NHS services: a justifiable option?
Professor Gerry Patrick Stansby, Professor of Vascular Surgery, Newcastle University
Update on FIPO activity in supporting independent medical practitioners
Mr Richard Packard
What is the ideal team to deliver a venous service in 2024?
Professor Bruce Campbell, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Exeter Medical
Tea and coffee break
Venous Forum Annual Meeting Prize abstract session
Chairs: Mr Dan Carradice, Mr Sandip Nandhra and Dr Hayley Moore
1. The provision of services for patients with venous ulceration in england
Miss Layla Bolton Saghdaoui, NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow and Vascular Nurse Specialist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
2. Comparison of varithena (polidocanol endovenous microfoam) to physician-compounded foam for the treatment of truncal varices: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Dr Runzhi Chen, Academic Foundation Year 2 Doctor, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
3. Long term impact of clinical recurrence on quality of life following treatment of varicose veins
Ms Annabel Howitt, Clinical Fellow Vascular Surgery, Hull University Teaching Hospitals
4. Patterns of recurrence in recurrent varices after surgery (revas): a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Mr Konstantinos Kavallieros, Medical Student , Imperial College London
5. Venous thromboembolism risk assessment: are clinicians complying?
Ms Sarrah Peerbux, Clinical Trial Manager, Department of Academic Vascular Surgery, Imperial College London
6. Intraoperative metabolomic profiling of venous leg ulcer during hydrosurgical debridement using rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry (reims)
Mr Kanin Pruekprasert, Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College London
7. Thermal imaging as a diagnostic tool for superficial venous insufficiency - a systematic review
Dr Marwah Salih, Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Vascular Surgery, Imperial College London
8. Decellularised dermis allograft for the treatment of chronic venous leg ulceration - the dave randomised clinical trial
Mr Matthew Tan, Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College London
Venous debate
Chair: Mr Manj Gohel
Phlebology should be recognised as a separate speciality in the UK
For: Mr Tristan Lane, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Cambridge Vascular Unit
Against: Dr Hayley Moore, Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Close of Day 1 meeting
Drinks reception
View the programme 14 June 2024
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction to day 2
Mr Manj Gohel
Private practice and aesthetic phlebology
Chairs: Mr Stephen Black, Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Clinical Lead for Vascular Surgery, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and Mr Manj Gohel
Reimbursement, fees and other arcana of private venous practice
Professor Bruce Campbell
Should foam sclerotherapy be the primary treatment modality for varicose vein treatment: perspectives from the CLASS trial
Professor Julie Brittenden, Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Glasgow
Advice I would give to a junior Consultant considering private practice
Mr Ian Franklin
How to ensure optimal patient experience during the varicose vein treatment journey
Ms Vanessa Livingstone, Director of Nursing and Clinical Services, UK Vein Clinic
Joint session with British Association of Sclerotherapy
Chairs: Mr Philip Coleridge Smith and Mr Zola Mzimba
Are the safety concerns after foam sclerotherapy in France justified?
Dr Gilles Gachet, Vascular Medical Doctor, Voironmedvasc
Foam v liquid sclerotherapy for telangiectasia – the evidence
Mr Richard Oliver
How I do it: finding reticular feeders visually, near IR systems, ultrasound guidance
Mr Philip Coleridge Smith
Better training in sclerotherapy
Mr Zola Sipo Mzimba, Consultant Surgeon, Western Health and Social Care Trust
Tea and coffee break
National initiatives to promote venous disease
Chairs: Professor Bruce Campbell and Professor Julie Brittenden
Working with the Vascular Society of Great Britain & Ireland to promote the care of venous disease
Mr Andrew Garnham, Consultant Surgeon, Black Country Vascular Unit
National Consultant Information Programme (NCIP) update and national benchmarking for venous procedures
Mr Jonathan Boyle, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals, NHS Trust
Can the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) process highlight deficiencies in venous provision and promote positive change?
Ms Rachel Bell, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Freeman Hospital
Role of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) in promoting venous care - Update on recent activities and reports
Mr Roger Greer, Associate Director, PLMR Healthcomms and Secretariat, The All Party Parliamentary Group on Vascular and Venous Disease
Deep venous interventions in acute and chronic disease
Chairs: Miss Emma Wilton and Mr James Scurr
Acute Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) – patient selection and how to optimise technical outcomes
Miss Emma Wilton
“Real-world” incorporation of deep venous interventions in the NHS setting
Mr Sandip Nandhra
Centralisation of deep venous procedures – Is there appetite or capacity?
Mr Stephen Black
Panel discussion
Lunch
Joint session with Society of Vascular Nurses: The vascular nurse specialist - Key to delivering evidence-based practise for patients with venous ulcers
Joint session with The Society of Vascular Nurses (SVN)
Chairs: Mr Manj Gohel and Ms Jane Todhunter, Lead Vascular Nurse Practitioner, North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust
The current challenges
Ms Jane Todhunter
Evidence based treatment
Ms Victoria Bristow, Vascular Specialist Nurse, Cambridge University Hospitals
Sustainable delivery of venous services
Mr Ben Cooper, Vascular Nurse Consultant, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Recruitment and retention of Vascular Nurse Specialists
Ms Leanne Atkin, Vascular Nurse Consultant, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust/University of Huddersfield
Tea and coffee break
Interactive case discussions
Interactive case-based discussions covering challenging and controversial topics in venous disease. A multidisciplinary panel of experts will contribute to the discussion
Chair: Mr Gerry Stansby
Interactive case discussions
Panel: Mr Huw Davies, Mr Dan Carradice, Ms Jane Todhunter, Ms Leanne Atkin
Case presenters: Various speakers
Venous quiz
Prizes and closing remarks
Close of meeting
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 12 June 2024. Late registrations will not be accepted.
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