Professor Tim Briggs CBE
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London
About this event
- Date and time Sat 8 Dec 2018 from 7:45am to 8 Dec 2018 at 6:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Orthopaedics, Future Orthopaedic Surgeons
Future orthopaedic surgeons conference (FOSC) is an international trauma and orthopaedic surgery conference aimed solely at medical students and junior doctors.
Now in its tenth year at the Royal Society of Medicine, FOSC continues to bring the latest updates on orthopaedic training, selection and cutting edge practical workshops.
There will be a range of expert-led talks covering the national selection process, the training pathway, tips to get ahead, and many overviews of the various subspecialties available.
The afternoon session will be a practical skills workshops in Orthopaedic Surgery. This will give all delegates the opportunity to get hands on with a variety of orthopaedic procedures including plating, external fixation, and DHS!
In addition, delegates will get the chance to enter our National poster presentation prize. We are accepting abstracts for our poster competition with the prize winner announced on the day. More information on this will follow shortly.
Topics include:
- How to prepare yourself for specialty training and a career in orthopaedics
- Discover more about each of the orthopaedic subspecialties
- Practical experience in a range of orthopaedic techniques
Key speakers
Mr Chinmay Gupte
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Senior Lecturer in knee and trauma surgery at Imperial College, London
Mr Simon Fleming
Past President for the British Orthopaedic Trainees Association (BOTA), and Specialist Registrar for Percivall Pott Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery Rotation
Professor Ashley Blom
Orthopaedic Surgeon at Spire Bristol Hospital
Professor Lennard Funk
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Shoulder and Upper Limb Specialist at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Bob Chatterjee
Consultant Spinal Surgeon at Harley Street Spine, London
Miss Kuldeep Stohr
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Agenda
View the programme
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Dr Gareth Davies, Foundation Year 2 Doctor, North Bristol NHS Trust
Morning meeting
Training, selection and jobs
Professor Tim Briggs, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Director of Strategy and External Affairs, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Knee surgery
Mr Chinmay Gupte, Consultant Trauma and Knee Surgeon, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Truste
Academic orthopaedics
Professor Andrew Carr, Nuffield Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Head of Department, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford
Shoulder surgery and innovations
Professor Lennard Funk, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Wrightington Hospital
Tea and coffee break with poster exhibition
Changing the culture in orthopaedics
Mr Simon Fleming, Past President, British Orthopaedic Trainees' Association
Role of the British Orthopaedic Trainees' Association (BOTA)
Mr Matt Brown, President, British Orthopaedic Trainees' Association and Specialist Registrar, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Stanmore) Training Rotation
Life of a registrar
Ms Shilpa Jha, Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Barts and The London NHS Trust
Orthopaedics abroad: From London to Singapore
Mr Derek Park, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore
Spinal surgery
Mr Bob Chatterjee, President, Orthopaedics Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Paediatric orthopaedic surgery
Miss Kuldeep Stohr, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Lunch and poster exhibition
Afternoon practical workshops
Workshop rotation one
Workshop rotation two
Workshop rotation three
Close of meeting
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom