3. National Undergraduate & Foundation
Surgery Conference
19th march 2016
university college london
patron:
professor raymond m. kirk
officially endorsed by:
the royal college of surgeons of england
the royal college of physicians & surgeons of glasgow
division of surgery and interventional science, university college london
programme by natasha g. & abhiney jain
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welcome
Dear delegates,
On behalf of the committee, I would like to extend a warm welcome to you as you
join us for the 5th edition of NUGSC, held here at UCL. NUGSC has consistently
gone from strength to strength over the years, hosting pioneers, leaders, surgeons
and students from all parts of the UK and beyond. I am proud to continue in the
tradition of my predecessors of this conference – the first for undergraduates in
the country – blending high-quality inspirational keynote talks by high-profile
speakers with excellent and enjoyable workshops.
This year, we have decided to focus on three main themes for our keynote talks:
Surgical Advances, Academic Surgery and Surgical Careers. We believe these
three themes form a crux of what it is like to be a surgeon today, and what we can
expect from surgery in the future. We are delighted to host several internationally-
renowned faculty and RCS Council Members as keynote speakers this year.
Moreover, we are offering an unprecedented array of surgical skills and careers
workshops for you to choose from, all delivered by experts with substantial
experience. We hope you find the workshops rewarding and will welcome any
feedback you may give.
Moreover, with the climate of uncertainty facing the medical profession at present,
it is paramount for medical students to be best-informed about what their options
are once they are qualified, and what impact the proposed changes will have on
their careers. All of us on the NUGSC committee are united by an interest in
surgery, but our aim is not necessarily to persuade you to become a surgeon, but
we will have accomplished something if you leave today with a well-informed and
realistic experience of what surgery is.
Finally, I would like to thank our keynote speakers and workshop facilitators for
taking the time to participate in the conference, our sponsors for supporting us
throughout the year, and the talented and hard-working committee of NUGSC
for putting this day together. We hope you find it useful.
Best Wishes,
Sheikh M B Momin
President, National Undergraduate & Foundation Surgery Conference 2016
We lcom e
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programme
Saturday, 19th March 2016
All lectures will take place in Darwin Lecture Theatre, Darwin Building
8.30 A.M. Breakfast & Registration (Darwin Building)
9.30 A.M. Welcome & Opening
Sheikh Momin, President
Prof. Raymond Kirk, Patron
9.45 A.M. Lecture Session I - Surgical Advances
Chair: Mr Tom Quick
* Paradigm Shifts in Surgical Training Mr Ali Bahsoun
* Cardiac Transplantation Mr Andre Simon
* How to Make Good, Better Mr Owase Jeelani
10.50 A.M. Workshop Session I
See Page 22
11.55 P.M. Lunch & Exhbition
1.00 P.M. Lecture Session II - Academic Surgery
Chair: Prof. Raymond Kirk
* Innovations in Hepatobiliary Surgery Prof. Nagy Habib
* Nanocomposite Polymers - Bench to Bedside Miss Michelle Griffin
* Delegate Oral Presentations See Page 18
2.05 P.M. Workshop Session II
See Page 22
3.10 P.M. Lecture Session III - Surgical Careers
Chair: Prof. Raymond Kirk
* How to Get a National Training Number Miss Su Anna Boddy
* My Journey Through Surgery Prof. Nadey Hakim
4:15 P.M. Workshop Session III
See Page 22
5.20 P.M. Closure of the 2016 conference
Prize presentation Prof. Raymond Kirk
Vote of thanks Sheikh Momin
6:00 P.M. End of proceedings
Progr a m m e
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faculty-patron
Prof. Kirk is a Professor or Surgery at University College London and Honorary
Consulting Surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital.
The start of Kirk’s career was delayed by the Second World War. Between 1942 and
1946, he served as an ordinary seaman in the cruiser HMS Ajax during Operation
Torch – the first combined American-British landings in North Africa. Later he
was given charge of a minesweeper BYMS 2026 in the Mediterranean Sea but did
not sweep any mines. This ship was later loaned as RV Calypso to explorer Jacques
Cousteau in the 1950s, who used it as a filming base for several films.
Following WWII, Kirk attended Undergraduate Medical School at Charing Cross
Hospital. He became an Anatomy Lecturer at Kings College London and went on
to attend Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital with Prof. Ian
Aird. After holding registrarships at both Charing Cross Hospital and the Royal
Free Hospital, he became a Consultant General Surgery Surgeon at the Royal Free.
He was also a member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England,
and devised the original basic surgical skills (BSS) course, as well as the first
minimal access course, alongside Prof. Sir. Alfred Cuschieri. He also established
the Overseas Doctors Training Scheme, and edited the Royal College Annals of
Surgery.
After retiring from the NHS in 1989, Kirk was appointed an Honorary Consulting
Surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital and Honorary Professor of Surgery at University
College London. As well as being former president of the Surgical Section of the
Royal Society of Medicine, the Medical Society of London and the Hunterian
Society, he has also written numerous books on General Surgery and Surgical
Technique for training surgeons. He holds Honorary Fellowships of the Association
of Surgeons of Poland and the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka. He is a Fellow of
the Royal Society of Medicine.
Pat ron
Professor Raymond Kirk MS FRCS FRSM
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faculty-chairmen
Mr. Tom Quick MBBS MA FRCS
Mr Quick is a consultant surgeon in peripheral nerve injury at the Royal
National Orthopaedic Hospital, and Head of Undergraduate Education in
the Division of Surgery and Interventional Science at University College
London (UCL).
He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Magdalene College,
Cambridge. Mr Quick graduated in Art History with his MB exemptions,
before moving on to UCL Hospitals to complete his undergradute medical
training. After basic surgical training in London and Sydney (NSW,
Australia) he completed his Orthopaedic training on the renowned Bristol
rotation.
Mr Quick was awarded a twelve month Paediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship
at The Westmead Children’s Hospital in Sydney, Australia, where he
worked in a clinical and basic science capacity in both general paediatric
orthopaedics and upper limb paediatric surgery.
Ms Fiona Myint BSc FRCS FRCS LLM MA
Ms Myint completed her undergraduate training at Guy’s Hospital Medical
School, London, intercalating in Anatomy. She completed Postgraduate
training in London, and holds FRCS England and Edinburgh. She was
jointly appointed as Consultant Vascular & General Surgeon at both
Royal Free Hospital and North Middlesex University Hospital, and is an
Honorary Senior Lecturer UCL Medical School. Ms Myint is currently
Chair of the Core Surgery Training Committee for North London, and
Training Programme Director for General Surgery for North East Thames.
She is a Member of the Court of Examiners, Royal College of Surgeons.
Ms Myint also holds a postgraduate qualification in Clinical Education
MA(Clin Ed) and in Medical Law (LLM). She has a keen interest in the
education and assessment of surgeons.
Ch a i r m e n
Professor Raymond Kirk MS FRCS FRSM
Patron of NUGSC 2016
Detailed profile on page 11
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faculty-speakers
Spe a k e r s
Lecture Session I - Surgical Advances
Mr Owase Jeelani BMedSci, MBBS, MBA, MPhil, FRCS
Mr Jeelani was the lead neurosurgeon for the successful separation of the
Sudanese Conjoined twins Rital and Ritag. The Times listed him as one of the
top British Surgeons in 2011.
Mr Jeelani completed his Bachelor of Medical Sciences undertaking lab based
work analysing the mutations in the gene for alpha-1 antichymotrypsin and its
role in Alzheimer’s disease. Following this he went on to complete his Medical
Degree at the University of Nottingham.
His basic surgical training took place in Nottingham and Southampton followed
by his Neurosurgical and Craniofacial training in the UK and Canada. He
undertook fellowships in Paediatric Neurosurgery and Craniofacial Surgery at
GOSH and at Sick Kids, Toronto.
During his surgical training he undertook a part time Masters degree in Medical
Law at the University of Glasgow. His areas of interest were medical ethics and
the legal dimension of practising medicine on the internet.
He also undertook a full time MBA at INSEAD, rotating through France,
Singapore and the Wharton Business School in Philadelphia. His major was
in Health Care Strategy focusing on the Middle Eastern Health Care Systems.
Dr Ali Bahsoun MBBS
Dr Bahsoun is the research lead at Touch Surgery and managing director of
Steth2scalpel. He completed his MBBS at King’s College London, where he
held committee positions in 13 different societies, earning him Honorary Life
Membership. He has been heavily involved in teaching for the past 5 years from
undergraduates to surgical trainees covering skills including basic surgical
skills, laparoscopy and robotics. He is experienced with numerous virtual
reality trainers and bench top models including ureteroscopy, TURP/BT and
PCNL.
Dr Bahsoun is a creative mind and is aiming to revolutionise the way we
distribute training around the world.
Mr André Simon MD PhD
Mr André R Simon is director of heart and lung transplantation and ventricular
assist devices and consultant cardiac surgeon at Royal Brompton & Harefield
NHS Foundation Trust. He holds a position as an honorary senior lecturer at
Imperial College London.
Mr Simon trained at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany,
Harvard Medical School, USA, and Hannover Medical School, Germany, where
he qualified as a cardiac and thoracic surgeon.
He attained his Doctorate at the Christian Albrechts University and holds a
Higher Doctorate of Medicine at Hannover Medical School.
He worked as an attending cardiac surgeon at Hannover Medical School
form 2003 to 2010 and was the director of the Hannover Thoracic Transplant
Program in 2007-2010 where he was instrumental in the clinical development
of minimally invasive lung transplantation.
In 2009-2010 he was the director at European Academy for Organ
Transplantation (EUCAT) at the Integrated Research and Treatment Center
(funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research) situated at the
Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, founded 2009.
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faculty-speakers
Spe a k e r s
Lecture Session II - Academic Surgery
Prof Nagy Habib MD ChM FRCS
Nagy Habib is a Professor of Hepatobiliary Surgery at Imperial College
London. During the course of his career, he has made substantial
contributions to the treatment of liver cancer. He pioneered the first clinical
trial using adenovirus and plasmids for liver cancer, as well as using plasmid
gene therapy in hydrodynamic gene therapy.
He has also invented the first radiofrequency device used in liver cancer
(the Habib 4X) as well as internventional endoscopy (Habib HPB) and
interventional radiology (Habib Percutaneous HPB, Habib VesCoag, Habib
VesOpen). He also holds a Gold award from the Advisory Committee for
Clinical Excellence, and was named one of Britain’s top surgeons by the
Saturday Times Magazine in 2011.
Ms Michelle Griffin MBChB MRes MSc MRCS
Ms Griffin is an MRC and AMR Plastic Surgery Research Fellow at the
Centre for Nanotechnology & Regenerative Medicine, University College
London
Upon completing Academic Foundation Training in London, she secured
a Royal College of Surgeons Fellowship to commence her PhD at the
University of London (UCL). With further clinical fellowships from the
Medical Research Council (MRC) and Action Medical Research (AMR), she
has developed ear and nose implants that are ready for a multi-centre clinical
trial. She will return to clinical training in October as an Academic Clinical
Fellow (ACF) in Plastic Surgery at UCL funded by the NIHR.
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faculty-speakers
Prof Nadey Hakim GCSJ MD PhD FRCS FRCSI FACS FICS FASMBS FINS
FIMSA
Nadey Hakim is a surgeon, prolific author and the current Vice-President
of the Royal Society of Medicine. He specialises in bariatric surgery and
transplantation surgery with a particular interest and expertise in kidney and
pancreas transplantation. To date Professor Hakim has published over one
hundred and fifty peer reviewed papers and has written/edited 18 textbooks
in the field of surgery and transplantation. He regularly gives presentations in
the UK and throughout the world. He obtained his MD from Rene Descartes
University in Paris and received his surgical training at Guy’s Hospital in
London. He has also received a PhD in small bowel transplantation from
University College London. He completed a Gastrointestinal Fellowship at
the Mayo Clinic and a Multiorgan Transplant Fellowship at the University
of Minnesota.
He was the past Surgical Director of the West London Transplant Unit at
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and successfully started the first
pancreas transplant program in the South East of England. Between 2000 and
2011 he was the editor in chief of “International Surgery”, the official journal
of the International College of Surgeons and is currently on the editorial
board of “Transplantation Proceedings”, “Graft”, “Experimental and Clinical
Transplantation” as well as several other journals.
He is the Max Thorek Professor of Surgery at the International College of
Surgeons, a college of which he was previously President, and Honorary
Professor at University of Lyon, Ricardo Palma Lima Peru University,
Bashkent Ankara University and University of São Paulo. He has also held
visiting professorships at Harvard and the Cleveland Clinic.
He is a specialist advisor to NICE on new transplant interventions, is a past-
member of The International Bariatric Surgery Review Committee (IBSRC)
2010, and an honorary fellow of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
2010. He was awarded the 2007 J. Wesley Alexander Prize for outstanding
research in the field of Transplantation.
Lecture Session III - Surgical Careers
Ms Su-Anna Boddy MS FRCS
Ms Boddy is Senior Consultant Paediatric Urologist at St George’s Hospital
London. She qualified from St Bartholomew’s Hospital in 1976, was awarded
Fellowship of the College in 1983, an MS (London) in 1992, and trained
in paediatric surgery/urology in London, Birmingham and Leeds. She has
a special interest in caring for children with continence problems through
multidisciplinary team care and also invented an operation to correct
hypospadias.
She loves surgery because of the hands-on approach and the unique atmosphere
in the operating theatre. She finds paediatric surgery particularly appealing
as it’s hugely rewarding talking to parents, and discussing their child’s
condition with them.
Ms Boddy was elected to College Council in 2007 – the seventh woman and
the first mother. She was re-elected for a further 4 years in 2013. She enjoys
the variety because College work is so different from her clinical practice but
still very important to surgery.
She has found that in order to juggle a busy surgical career and family life,
you need to COPE – have Childcare, Communication, Organisation, Planning
and the Energy to Enjoy both lives. Despite this. Ms Boddy has a life outside
surgery. She loves cooking, skiing and restoring her cottage in Greece.
Spe a k e r s
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committee
Sheikh Momin
President
Sheikh is a 4th year student and is also the President of UCLU Surgical Society
this year. He is responsible for the second-ever NUGSC to be held under Surgical
Society’s banner. As President, he is responsible for the overall planning and
preparation of all aspects of this year’s conference, as well being the main point of
contact for Faculty throughout. He looks forward to welcoming delegates from all
over the country in what promises to be a thought-provoking and inspirational day.
Daniyal Jafree
Academic Coordinator
Daniyal is a 3rd year student currently intercalating in Surgical Sciences,
and is also the Surgical Skills Co-Ordinator for UCLU Surgical
Society. He is responsible for reviewing and accepting all abstracts
submitted for the Poster and Oral Competitions this year alongside the
Academic team. He has also been liaising with Faculty for the NUGSC.
Evelina Woin
Workshops Coordinator
Evelina is a 3rd year student currently intercalating in Neuroscience, and is also
the Secretary of UCLU Surgical Society. Evelina has had overall responsibility
for all of our exciting career/CV workshops at NUGSC. She has also played an
important role in publicising the conference to past and present members of
Surgical Society, and liaising with surgical societies from all over the country.
James Choi
Treasurer
James is a 4th year student and is also the Treasurer of UCLU Surgical Society this
year. He has been responsible for managing all financial aspects of the conference.
This has included securing the endorsements of the Royal Colleges and the support
of leading surgical and medical organisations. He has also assisted in the planning
of the conference this year, which has been essential in ensuring the day is a success.
Gao Chuanyu
Workshops Coordinator
Chuanyu is a 4th year student and is also the Chair of the Plastics Section of
UCLU Surgical Society. Chuanyu has played an essential role in planning all
aspects of the surgical skills workshop this year, which include several which
have never been offered to UK undergraduates previously. He has also played an
important role in liaising with faculty and promoting the conference this year.
Com m i t t e e
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committee
Natasha G.
Director of Publicity
Natasha is a 5th year student, and having attended the conference in
2011, she has this year played a key role as the Director of Publicity.
Natasha has single-handedly designed the flyers and posters, co-ordinated
our social media presence, and assembled the printed programme.
She has also assisted in the delivery of surgical skills workshops.
Adam Tollitt
Workshops Coordinator
Adam is a 5th year student and is also the Chair for the General Surgery
Section of UCLU Surgical Society. He has supported in the planning
and delivery of the workshops and has assisted with faculty liaison.
Saima Azam
Faculty Coordinator
Saima is a 2nd year student and is also the Chair for the Cardiothoracics
Section of UCLU Surgical Society. She has been responsible for co-
ordinating speaker contact for our three Conference Sessions, and has also
had a key role in co-ordinating surgical skills workshops alongside Chuanyu.
Gabriel Lee
Media Coordinator
Gabriel is a 3rd year student currently intercalating in Medical Physics
and Bioengineering, and is also the Media Director for UCLU Surgical
Society. He has been responsible for the creation and design of the website,
as well as co-ordinating all promotional activities via social media.
Non-executive Advisory Committee
Joseph Yoav Dangoor, Abhiney Jain, Karim Aboelmagd & Richard D Bartlett
Abhiney and Joseph established the NUGSC in 2011, and continued to work with Karim and Richard
to organise NUGSC 2013 and 2015, respectively. As the advisory committee, they have continued their
active support in orchestrating the efforts to deliver a high-quality educational experience, building
on the successes of the previous years. They have supervised the planning stages, and have contributed
significantlytooverseeingthe developmentofprogramme andworkshops.Theyhave beenaconstantsource
of guidance and support for the organising committee and we thank them for invaluable contributions.
Acknowledgements
Surgical Skills: David Peprah, Nick Brown, Soheeb Mehr
CV/Career workshops: Pranay Bali, Pajam Amin, Abdinasir Noor, Tobi Rotimi,
Daniel Alsoof
Sponsorship: Charlotte Grieco
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We are proud to be running our own Widening Participation Initiative (WPI), where
sixth-form students who have successfully taken part in our Outreach schemes this
year, including Basic Suturing and Basic Life Support, have been given the opportunity
to attend NUGSC as fully-fledged delegates in order to allow them the opportunity to
fully immerse themselves in the surgical community, and partake in unique workshops
to further their interest in surgery.
They will spend the mornings in lectures and the afternoons in workshops and
interactive lectures to support them in their future application to medical school. It
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CV Clinic – how to get into the specialty of your choice?
Workshop Facilitators: Mr Krishna Boddu, Dr. Hasan Naveed, Mr Patrick Grover, Mr Colin
Shieff, Mr Aswin Chiari, Mr Lykoudis Panagis, Mr Wojciech Konczalik, Mr Moustafa Elsawy
Join us for these themed CV workshops, focusing on run-through programmes and CST applications,
delivered by those who have made it through! We will provide you with a proforma to fill in your CV
to date (if you like), and you have a chance to ask those in the know about what you can do to boost
your CV and get ahead of the competition!
Research Collaboratives - How to Write a World Class
Medical Paper
Workshop Directors: Mr Aswin Chari, Mr Hasan Haveed
Do you know how to read a research paper critically? Could you set up a multi-centre trial? Find out
how to do this and much more in an interactive workshop session led by academic surgical trainees.
Wor k shops
Women in Surgery
Workshop Directors: Ms Su-Anna Boddy, Ms Claudia Craven
This interactive workshop will feature Ms Su Anna Boddy, a senior surgical consultant and one of our
keynote speakers, and Ms Claudia Craven, who has just started her specialty training. Their paired
perspectives will give an insight into the life of a female surgeon, and will hope to inspire delegates
(female and male!) to push through barriers to enjoy a successful surgical career.
Global Surgery
Workshop Director: Lifebox
How do you carry out surgery in a resource-poor setting? What are the barriers to improvement? Join
well-travelled consultant anaesthetist, Phil Bonnett, as you work through practical scenarios which
will give you a wider perspective on safer surgery. This workshop is delivered in conjuction with
Lifebox.
Management Consultancy: From Medicine to Corporate
Strategy
Workshop Director: Dr Saif Abed
Considering an alternative career to medicine entirely? Join Saif Abed, co-founder of the AbedGraham
healthcare consultancy, to go through several interactive management scenarios, as well as discussing
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Surgical Knot-Tying
Workshop Director: Mr Panagis Lykoudis
Facilitators: Ms Anna Allan, Ms Nicki Bystrzonowski,
Mr Oliver Smith, Mr Wojchek Konczalick, Ms Isabelle Citron
Learn about the principles behind knot tying and how to perform essential knots, including square
knots and tying at depth. The best way to improve and gain confidence is through practising!
Basic Suturing
Workshop Directors: Mr Tom Quick, Ms Amina Bouhelal
Facilitators: Dr Abi Rajamanoharan, Dr Akil Gani, Dr Nick Chilvers,
Mr Syed Naqvi
Suturing is a core skill that every doctor should be familiar with. This practical workshop will teach
delegates the basic suturing skills, including simple interurpted and continuous sutures. Delegates
will be able to practise and perfect their suturing skills on high-quality suturing trainers, featuring
specially designed synthetic skin, and under close supervision of skilled surgeons.
Advanced Suturing
Workshop Directors: Mr Ammar Al-Midani
Facilitators: Dr Ali Bahsoun, Mr Moustafa Elsawy, Mr Fungai Dengu
Learn how to carry out more advanced suturing techniques, such as subcuticular suturing and running
locked sutures, which will be on swine tissue. You will also learn how to remove cysts in this workshop.
Because of the nature of the skills in this workshop, we recommend this workshop to those who have
had previous suturing experience. This can be gained by taking part in an earlier ‘Basic Suturing’
workshop.
Tendon Repair
Workshop Directors: Ms Shirley Lyle, Ms Anthea Davy, Ms Chichi
How do you fix a torn tendon? Learn how to carry out the infamous Kessler stitch in order to repair
porcine tendons under close supervision. This is usually taught at core surgical trainee level, so don’t
miss out on this unique undergraduate opportunity! Similar to the advanced suturing workshop, we
recommend this workshop to those with previous suturing experience.
Vascular Anastomoses
Workshop Directors: Mr Obi Agu, Ms Fiona Myint, Mr Muhammad Khalil
Vascular surgery comprises some of the most delicate and high-risk operations. In this workshop,
you will learn how to carry out end-to-end vascular anastomosis under close supervision. After a
brief lecture and demonstration, you will practice on model aortas to provide the optimum suturing
experience. Similar to the advanced suturing workshop, we recommend this workshop to those with
previous suturing experience.
Laparoscopic Skills
Workshop Director: Mr Aaron Southgate
Operating through a small port has revolutionised numerous procedures, across various specialties
including general surgery and obstetrics and gynaecology. In this workshop, you will get hands-on
experience with laparoscopic instruments and perform various tasks including manoeuvring a ball
into a cup, and slicing a fruit open. Some of you may find the fulcrum effect challenging, but, fret not,
Mr Southgate will provide you with some tips and tricks to help!
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researchpresentations
Oral Presentations
The following research submissions were selected for Oral Presentation by the
Research Committee as they scored particularly well in the peer review process.
These presentations will take place at 1:30 P.M.
Snappy Surgery for Snapped Ankles: Does It Reduce the Number of Inpatient Bed-Days?
Camilla Jackson, University of Cambridge
The Multi-Professional Fracture Clinic: Innovation to Optimise Efficiency
Arham Qureshi, University of Cambridge
Identifying Causes for Inefficiency in the Jaundice Patient Pathway a Prospective Review of Inpatient
Admissions at a Tertiary HPB Referral Centre
Dr Kirsty Bates, University Hospitals of Leicester Foundation Trust
Poster Presentations
The following abstracts were selected for poster presentation from a competitive selection by the peer
review process.
Quantifying the Interaction Forces Between Healthy Users and a Lower Limb Exoskeleton
Matthew Wilcox, University College London
Rectal Cancer Response Rates to Different Modalities of Long Course Chemoradiotherapy (LCRT)
Gokulan Suthermaraj, Newcastle University
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Conservatively Managed Lower Leg Fractures
Dr Natalie E. Cheyne, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust
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researchpresentations
Roles of Tumor Characteristics in the Sub-Type Directed Management of Gastric Neuroendocrine
Neoplasms
Clarence Yen, Imperial College London
The First Mammalian Analogue for a Human Hearing Prosthesis
Hannah Louisa Cornwall, University of Cambridge
An Exploratory Initial Feasibility Study in Developing Computational Models From Biological Models
Fawz Kazzazi, University of Cambridge
An Audit to Assess the Compliance of Vascular and Orthopaedic Departments With the RSC
Guidelines on Medical Records and Notes
Patrick Cremin, University College London
Laparotomies for Suspected Mesenteric Ischaemia After Cardiac Surgery at Papworth Hospital, 2014-15
Camilla Jackson, University of Cambridge
The Additional Value of Mammography in Investigating Younger Symptomatic Breast Patients
Dr Sarah Law, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust
Identifying Preoperative Anxiety and Common Concerns in Paediatric Surgery
Lee Hatter, St George’s, University of London
Early Surgical Exposure as a Tool for Learning Anatomy – Initial Findings
Lee Hatter, St George’s, University of London
Goitre Presenting as a Large Mediastinal Mass
Dr Mohammed Akil Gani, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Foundation Trust
Does Early Administration of Caffeine Therapy Reduce the Incidence of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
in Preterm Infants?
Nasreen Desai, University of Liverpool
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We are delighted and very privileged to offer highly prestigious prizes for both oral and poster
research presentations. These will be judged by a panel of expert academics. Certificates and prizes
will be awarded by NUGSC Patron, Professor Raymond Kirk.
The National Undergraduate Foundation Surgery Conference (NUGSC) 2016
Prize For Best Oral Presentation
The winner of the best oral presentation of research will receive the following prizes:
** £50 Amazon Voucher
** Latest edition of Clinical Anatomy: Applied Anatomy for Students and Junior Doctors by Harold
Ellis Vishy Mahadevan
** Abstract published in Annals of Medicine Surgery
Winning abstracts will be published in:
Now published by Elsevier, The Annals of Medicine and Surgery is an online-only, peer-reviewed open
access journal with a global outlook and focus on those training in medicine and surgery (postgraduate
and undergraduate). AMS contains a mix of original clinical and basic science research, reviews,
editorials, commentary, perspectives, debate, opinion, case reports and journal club reports. Annals of
Medicine and Surgery is indexed in AcademicPub, The British Library, Cancerlit, EMBASE, Google
Scholar, Medline/PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus and Scisearch.
prizes
Pr i z e s
The National Undergraduate Foundation Surgery Conference (NUGSC) 2016
Prize For Best Poster Presentation
The winner of the best poster presentation of research will receive the following prizes:
** Latest edition of Clinical Anatomy: Applied Anatomy for Students and Junior Doctors by Harold
Ellis Vishy Mahadevan
** Abstract published in Annals of Medicine Surgery
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Darwin Building Gower Street entrance will only be available until 10.00 A.M.
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