SpR prize meeting and NCEPOD 2nd annual reception
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
A meeting in association with NCEPOD
Online registration for this event has now closed. It may still be possible to attend this meeting - please call the Section Coordinator on 020 7290 3947 to check availability
Registration Details:
Fellow: £20
Trainee - Fellow: £15
Student Members: £10
Non-Fellow: £30
Trainee - Non-Fellow: £20
Student: £15
NCEPOD session only: Free of charge
Meeting ref: SU-J10-2
CPD (Applied for): 4 credits
1.30 pm |
Registration with tea and coffee |
2.00 pm |
Introduction from the chairman |
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Norman Tanner prize papers |
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2.05 pm |
Late phase contrast enhanced ultrasound identifies inflammation within human carotid atherosclerotic plaques |
| Joseph Shalhoub | |
2.15 pm |
Cross-matched blood in elective colorectal surgery: a wasted resource? |
| Hudhaifah Shaker | |
2.25 pm |
Cost implications to the NHS of patients undergoing amputation surgery |
| Muhammad Khan | |
2.35 pm |
Peritoneal cytology testing during staging laparoscopy for oesophago-gastric adenocarcinomas improves the diagnostic accuracy |
| Ruth-Mary DeSouza | |
2.45 pm |
A single blind controlled study of electrocautery and ultrasonic scalpel smoke plumes in laparoscopic surgery |
| Edward Fitzgerald | |
2.55 pm |
Is catheter directed intervention for venous recanalisation in upper limb deep vein thrombosis superior to anticoagulation alone? |
| Muzzafer Chaudery | |
3.05 pm |
An evaluation of the Alvarado Scoring system in acute appendicitis and the effect of its modification |
| Roland Fernandes | |
3.15 pm |
Abdominal aortic aneurysm in patients with concomitant metastatic cancer: is surgical intervention warranted? |
| Yasmin Jauhari | |
3.25 pm |
Novel intraperitoneal local anaesthetic technique during laparoscopic cholecystectomy decreases post operative pain |
| Ruth-Mary deSouza | |
3.35 pm |
Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) : A Welsh experience |
| N Srinivasaiah | |
3.45 pm |
Tea and coffee break |
4.00 pm |
Save to invest...The hidden cost of criteria based commissioning for varicose veins surgery |
| Muhammad Khan | |
4.10 pm |
Surveillance of abdominal aortic aneurysms in octogenarians |
| Jon Barratt | |
4.20 pm |
Early results of a randomised clinical trial (RCT) comparing VNUS® ClosureFAST ablation and laser for varicose veins (VALVV) |
| Amanda Shepherd | |
4.30 pm |
Up, down, or all around? Saphenous junction competence and the ascending/descending theory |
| Mahim Qureshi | |
4.40 pm |
Single port laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (tep) inguinal hernia repair versus conventional multiport laparoscopic tep repair |
| Kalpana Devalia | |
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Medical Insurance Agency prize papers |
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4.50 pm |
Inhibition of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore decreases pancreatic acinar cell necrosis & ameliorates the severity of experimental pancreatitis |
| Rajarshi Mukherjee | |
5.00 pm |
The diagnostic accuracy of colonocyte DNA (Colonix®) test in patients at moderate risk of colorectal cancer |
| Lalitha Mahadavan | |
5.10 pm |
Overexpression of hypoxia-inducible factors and reduced contraction are associated with prolonged mechanical stretch in rat inferior vena cava |
| Chung S Lim | |
5.20 pm |
The effect of heat-shock protein 70 on ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the skeletal muscle of adult mice |
| Nicholas Symons | |
5.30 pm |
Altered rectal and sigmoid compliance in spinal injury |
| Prateesh Trivedi | |
5.40 pm |
Closing remarks |
5.45 pm |
Drinks reception |
| Chair: Professor Tom Treasure and Professor Graham Layer | |
6.30 pm |
"NCEPOD asks... How will the reduction in doctor's working hours affect patient safety?" |
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It's not hours worked, it's teamwork that keeps people safe |
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| Mr John Black, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England | |
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What do reduced hours of work mean for training? |
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| Dr David Greaves, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Newcastle | |
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Tired doctors aren't safe and can't learn |
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| Miss Wendy Reid, Postgraduate Dean, London Deanery and Clinical Advisor to Department of Health on WTD | |
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What is to be done? |
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| Mr Bertie Leigh, NCEPOD Chairman and Partner at Hempsons | |
8.00 pm |
Close of meeting |
