About this event

  • Date and time Fri 6 Sep 2019 from 10:00am to 10:30pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Coloproctology

This meeting will explore the emerging area of microbiomics. We will look at the impact of microbiomic medicine on colorectal surgical practice, from anastomotic healing to gut dysfunction after bowel surgery and in the pathobiology of colorectal disease. 

We will also discuss controversial areas such as the differences in physiological responses in obese patients after surgery, the use of radiotherapy in rectal cancer and alternatives in surgery for ulcerative colitis.  

We are thrilled to bring together truly world-renowned authorities in Coloproctology, including world experts on the microbiome, Professor John Alverdy and Professor Hans Schardey, renowned authority on advanced rectal cancer, Mr Ian Jenkins and world leaders in colorectal and ileoanal pouch surgery, Professor Conor Delaney and Professor Sue Clark, to name a few. 

Meeting topics: 

  • The role of selective gut decontamination prior to elective bowel surgery and the potential to introduce this in surgical practice to reduce septic complications 
  • Why obese patients may respond differently after surgery
  • The role of radiotherapy in the management of rectal cancer 
  • How to manage the failing ileoanal pouch in ulcerative colitis and alternatives to ileoanal pouch surgery 

This meeting is unique in that it will take place alongside the first-ever reunion of Cleveland Clinic colorectal surgical alumni from the UK and Ireland. With many leaders and opinion formers in colorectal surgery in attendance and plenty of discussion sessions throughout the day, this will be a great networking opportunity.

 

We would like to thank our exhibitor(s):

Premium Medical Protection and Norgine

Please note that none of the companies listed have had any influence or involvement over the agenda, content or organisation of this meeting.

Key speakers

Professor John Alverdy

Professor John Alverdy

Sarah and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago

Speaker's biography

Marquette University  BA, Autonomous University of Guadalajara MD, Michael Reese Hospital/University of Chicago Residency in General Surgery, Research Fellowship University of California, San Francisco. Currently Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Vice-Chair for Academic Affairs and Research, Director Laboratory for Surgical Infection Research and Therapeutics

Professor Sue Clark

Professor Sue Clark

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, St Mark's Hospital and Professor of Practice (Colorectal Surgery), Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London

Mr Ian Jenkins

Mr Ian Jenkins

Renowned Authority on Advanced Rectal Cancer,  St Mark’s Hospital

Professor Hans Schardey

Professor Hans Schardey

Professor of Surgery, Agatharied Academic Teaching Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilian, University of Munich 

Professor Conor Delaney

Professor Conor Delaney

World Leader in the Field of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation 

Agenda

View the programme

Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Mr Ciaran Walsh, Coloproctology Section President, Royal Society of Medicine

Session one: Wicked leaks

Chairs Mr James Kinross and Mrs Sarah Duff

Overview of microbiomic medicine in relation to anastomotic healing

Professor John Alverdy, Sarah and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago

Lessons from experimental and upper gastrointestinal surgery

Professor Dr. med Hans Schardey, Medical Director and Chair General of Visceral, Vascular and Endocrine Surgery, Agatharied Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich

What clinical trials do we need on selective gut decontamination?  

Mr Colin Peirce, Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Discussion

Where to now in Great Britain and Ireland? Is translational research translatable? Blame the bugs and let technique suffer? 

Lunch

Session two: BMI baby

Chairs Mr Henry Tilney and Mr Gordon Buchanan

Adrift on a sea of adiposity - we are all obesity surgeons

Professor Conor Magee, Consultant Surgeon, Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Microbiomic behaviour in obesity. Does altered collagenolysis explain anything?

Professor John Alverdy, Sarah and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago

Discussion

Session three: Rectal cancer

Chairs Mr Brendan Moran and Mr John Burke

The current state of watch and wait for rectal cancer in the UK 

Associate Professor Fraser Smith, Consultant General/Colorectal surgeon, The Royal Liverpool, Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust 

Commentary:  Why to avoid radiotherapy at all costs

Mr Ian Jenkins, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Chair of Surgery, Lead for Complex and Recurrent Cancer Service, St. Mark’s Hospital

Oncogenesis, precision cancer therapy and the radiomicrobiome

Mr James Kinross, Imperial College London

Tea and coffee break

Session four: Inflammatory bowel disease

Chairs Professor Conor Delaney and Mr Justin Davies

Ileorectal anastomosis in ulcerative colitis. What do the Swedes know that we don't

Mr Guy Worley, Speciality Registrar in General Surgery and PhD Candidate, St Mark’s & South West London Deanery  

A bad pouch: When is enough and when and how to call it a day

Professor Susan Clark, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, St. Mark’s Hospital

Discussion including commentary on the bad “good pouch” and on the role of microbiome in pouch dysfunction

Professor John Alverdy, Sarah and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago

Close of meeting

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

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