About this event

  • Date and time Fri 6 Dec 2024 from 8:15am to 4:00pm
  • Location Education Centre St Peter’s Hospital, Duchess of Kent Wing, Guildford Road Chertsey, Surrey KT16 OPZ
  • Organised by Coloproctology, Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland

Join us for the 13th edition of our annual winter colorectal meeting. This joint meeting between the Coloproctology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) and the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) at St Peter’s Hospital is attended by all Colorectal Surgeons in the London Chapters and colleagues from the UK.

Open to clinicians in associated fields including gastroenterologists, GI radiologists and nurse specialists as well as trainees from all deaneries. You will have the opportunity to hear from world renowned experts on the latest advancements and how they deal with complex challenges. 

By attending this meeting, you will

  • Learn about the latest research on advances in colorectal cancer
  • Find out how to manage complications in colorectal surgery
  • Take part in a state of the art lecture on robotic surgery
  • Hear trainees present academic short papers in prize session

The purpose of this meeting is to provide education and a forum for networking for trainees and colorectal surgeons. 

Call for abstracts - Colorectal papers for oral session

Deadline for submissions: 20 November 2024
Please email abstracts (max 250 words) to: alison.hainsworth@gstt.nhs.uk and vanessa.brown10@nhs.net

Optional dinner 

There will be a dinner after the close of the meeting which you are welcome to attend. The dinner provides a great opportunity for attendees to meet other colleagues in the same field and discuss the day’s events. If you would like to attend please email Mr Philip Bearn philip.bearn@nhs.net by 20 November 2024. Please note places are limited to 40.

Address: 

Education Centre, St Peter’s Hospital, Duchess of Kent Wing, Guildford Road, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 OPZ

Parking and transport:

Parking is quite limited. If you are able to travel by car together or by public transport that would be preferable.  Please park in either the Hazel visitors carpark or the multi storey car park which is located near the front of the hospital; on either on level 2 or 2.5 only.

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Tickets

Standard pricing available until 01 December 2024.

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Agenda

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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Mr Philip Bearn, Colorectal Surgeon, Ashford and St Peter's NHS Trust

Trainee short paper prize session

Chairs: Miss Alison Hainsworth, Colorectal Surgeon, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust and Mr Piero Nastro, Colorectal Surgeon, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

Tea and coffee break

Changes in big organisations

Subsonic to supersonic: Lessons from concorde

Captain John Tye, Concorde Pilot and Aviation Historian

Managing change in an evolving NHS

Miss Stella Vig, NHS National Clinical Director for Elective Care, Croydon Hospital and Professor Sir Neil Mortensen, Emeritus Professor of Colorectal Surgery, University of Oxford Medical School

Panel discussion

Chairs: Mr Mike Machesney, Colorectal Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, Miss Fiona Taylor, Colorectal Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust and Miss Vanessa Brown, Colorectal Surgeon, Ashford and St Peter's NHS Trust

Lunch

Royal Society of Medicine Lecture

Chair: Mr Ian Jenkins, Colorectal Surgeon St Mark's Hospital, President Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Complications in colorectal surgery: A lifetime’s experience

Mr Ciaran Walsh, Colorectal Surgeon, Wirral NHS Trust, Past President Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine

The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland Lecture

Chair: Mr Justin Davies, Colorectal Surgeon, Addenbrooke's Hospital, President of ACPGBI, Past President Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Lateral node dissection: Theory, evidence and technique

Professor Avanish Saklani, Colorectal Surgeon, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai

Tea and coffee break

Colorectal Disease Lecture

Chair: Professor Humphrey Scott, Colorectal Surgeon, Ashford and St Peter's NHS Trust, Past President Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Colorectal research and training in France: The GRECCAR experience

Professor Jérémie H Lefevre, Chief of Digestive Surgery, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris

Short paper prize presentations and closing remarks
Evening drinks and dinner at Foxhill’s Country Club

If you would like to attend the dinner, please email Mr Philip Bearn philip.bearn@nhs.net by Wednesday 20 November 2024

Location

Education Centre St Peter’s Hospital, Duchess of Kent Wing, Guildford Road Chertsey, Surrey KT16 OPZ

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