The London Surgical Symposium is now in its seventeenth year. This free inclusive educational forum brings international experts on surgical innovation to London to discuss advances in a diverse range of topics in surgery.
This year is a special anniversary for Imperial as it marks the Centenary of the First Professorial Chair of Surgery at St Mary’s Hospital. To celebrate this occasion we are putting together a program that celebrates the history of surgical research in London and beyond entitled Pioneering surgery – old challenges, new horizons.
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We have an exciting and diverse range of speakers confirmed so far:
17TH LONDON SURGICAL SYMPOSIUM WELCOME
Introduction and welcome to The London Surgical Symposium (8:50 am)
Professor George Hanna, Professor of Oesophagogastric Surgery and Head of the Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College
Dr Emma Carrington, Clinical Senior Lecturer Colorectal Surgery, Imperial College
OLD CHALLENGES
Better together – collaborating in the digital age (9:00 am)
Miss Nadine Hachach-Haram, Consultant Plastic Surgeon Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Founder of Proximie
Look before you leap – the challenge of innovating ethically (9:30 am)
Professor Jane Blazeby, Consultant Upper GI Surgeon and Professor of Surgery University of Bristol
Hear my voice – the power of patient reported outcomes (10:00 am)
Miss Deena Harji, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Manchester Univeristy Hospital
Life is for living – why survivorship matters (10:30 am)
Miss Georgina Williams, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Imperial College NHS Trust
Coffee and refreshments (11:00 am)
NEW HORIZONS
A human touch – what surgeons add in the era of technology (11:15 am)
Professor Fausto Palazzo, Consultant Endocrine Surgeon, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust
Beautiful inside and out – harnessing function through design (11:45 am)
Mr Tom Carrol, Co-founder of Cydar Medical
Debate: This house believes that there is no need for technology in surgical training (12:15 pm)
FOR: Mr Barry Paraskeva, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust
AGAINST: Mr Sanjay Purkyastha, Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant Bariatric Surgeon, Imperial College
Posters and lunch (12:45 pm)
THE AVERIL MANSFIELD ABSTRACT PRIZE SESSION
An eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart and a lady’s hand (2:00 pm)
Professor Aevril Mansfield
Oral abstracts (2:15 pm)
THE HUGH DUDLEY MEMORIAL LECTURE
Introduction (3:15 pm)
Professor Stephen Chadwick
Hugh Dudley Memorial Lecture: A fresh take: rethinking the mechanisms of continence (3:20 pm)
Professor Charles Knowles, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Professor of Surgery, Queen Mary University of London
Coffee and refreshments (3:50 pm)
THE SIMPSON SMITH MEMORIAL LECTURE
The Simpson Smith Memorial Lecture (4:05 pm)
Professor Peter Sagar, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University of Leeds
Experiences of the 2021 Simpson Smith Travel Award (4:35 pm)
Mr Sheraz Markar, Post CCT fellow in oesophagogastric surgery, University of Oxford
Mr Alexander Harris, General Surgery SpR, London Deanery
The 2022 Simpson Smith Travel Award Announcement (4:50 pm)
Mr Peter Dawson
The Averil Mansfield Abstract Prizegiving and meeting close (4:55pm)
Professor Aevril Mansfield and Dr Emma Carrington