Contemporary issues in international surgery
Wednesday 31 March 2010
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE, England
A meeting in association with The American College of Surgeons
Online registration for this meeting has now closed. Please contact the Coordinator on 020 7290 3947 to check availability. Unfortunately we cannot take additional bookings for the dinner at this stage.
Registration Details:
Consultant/GP Optional Meal: £35
RSM Fellow Optional Meal: £35
RSM Fellow: £15
ACS Fellow: £15
Trainee: £15
Consultant/GP: £20
RSM Student: £10
RSM Trainee: £10
Student: £15
Meeting ref: SUA05
CPD (Applied for): 2 credits
5.30 pm |
Registration with tea and coffee |
6.00 pm |
Introduction from the Chairmen |
| Professor Graham Layer, President, Surgery Section and UK Governor, ACS; Professor Brian Rowlands, Immediate Past Governor, ACS | |
6.05 pm |
The values of the American College as perceived working in the USA and in the UK |
| Professor Brian Rowlands, Nottingham | |
6.20 pm |
Reflections of ACS International Guest Scholar 2008 |
| Mr Baljit Singh, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospitals Leicester | |
6.35 pm |
A testimony from an 'overseas' FACS |
| Mr KL Cheung, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Nottingham; Consultant Breast Surgeon and Head of Breast Services, Nottingham University Hospitals | |
6.50 pm |
Assessment of specialists in clinical practice |
| Mr Kamran Ahmed, Clinical research Fellow and General Surgery Registrar, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London | |
7.05 pm |
Why has so much activity produced so little change in surgical safety? |
| Mr Tony Giddings and team | |
7.55 pm |
Discussion on the possible merits of forming a UK Chapter and results of the UK ballot - what would need to be done to progress this? |
| Professor Graham Layer | |
8.05 pm |
Close of meeting |
8.15 pm |
Dinner |
| For those who have pre-booked |
