Endoscopic developments: What does the endoscopist really need?
Friday 28 September 2012
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
***Registration has now closed***
Places are available on the day but lunch is not guaranteed. Please contact the co-ordinator for more information.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR 19TH OF JUNE AND HAS NOW BEEN MOVED TO THE 28TH OF SEPTEMBER.
For any questions please contact James Whitaker at technology@rsm.ac.uk
9.00 am |
Registration, tea and coffee |
9.30 am |
Introduction |
| Professor Mansel Griffiths, President of the Technology in Medicine Section, The Royal Society of Medicine | |
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SESSION A: CURRENT PRACTICES DEFINING NEEDS |
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9.40 am |
Current gynaecological practices and needs |
| Mrs Caroline Overton, Consultant Gynaecologist, Bristol University Hospitals | |
10.00 am |
Developments in surgical imaging: Where are we, and where do we go next |
| Mr Mark Whittaker, Consultant Gynaecologist, Gloucester Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
10.20 am |
Topic to be confirmed |
| Speaker to be confirmed | |
10.45 am |
Tea and coffee break |
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SESSION B: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS |
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11.00 am |
Innovations in endoscopy |
| Professor Paul Swain, Professor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Imperial College London | |
11.40 am |
Endoscopic surgery: Where will it end? |
| Professor Derek Alderson, Barling Chair of Surgery, University of Birmingham | |
12.00 pm |
Clinical, electronic and confocal imaging in GI endoscopic diagnostics |
| Professor Pradeep Bhandari, Consultant Gastroiterologist, Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth | |
12.30 pm |
Lunch |
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SESSION C: FUTURE CHALLENGES FROM A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE |
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1.30 pm |
Intra-abdominal robots for laproscopic surgery |
| Professor Anne Neville, Chair of Emerging Technologies, University of Leeds | |
2.00 pm |
Flexible digits and flexible needle steering technology |
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Dr Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena,Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London |
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2.30 pm |
A novel scheme for tactile sensing appropriate to endoscopy |
| Professor Peter Brett, Institute Director, Brunel University | |
3.00 pm |
Tea and coffee break |
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SESSION D: INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPATION |
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3.15 pm |
Freehand camera holding robots |
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Dr Jeremy Russell, CEO, OR Productivity |
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3.30 pm |
Snake-arm robots: Controlled path endoscopes |
| Dr Rob Buckingham, Managing Director, OC Robotics | |
3.45 pm |
Panel discussion |
| Chaired by Professor Mansel Griffiths | |
4.15 pm |
Closing remarks |
4.30 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
4.45 pm |
Close of meeting |
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Meeting ref: TCC02 CPD: 5 credits |
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