About this event
- Date and time Sat 11 Jul 2026 from 9:00am to 5:15pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Students, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Join us for a one-day hybrid conference bringing together the Tomorrow’s Doctors series and UMAX 2026, designed to support students and early-career clinicians in exploring the future of medicine and real-world clinical careers.
Tomorrow’s Doctors is a future-focused programme aimed at helping medical and dental students, foundation doctors and early trainees navigate an evolving healthcare landscape shaped by innovation, technology and multidisciplinary care. The series offers insight into how medical careers are changing, while building confidence, professional direction and exposure to emerging fields in modern medicine.
UMAX 2026 provides a specialty-focused deep dive within this framework, using Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) as a case study of a modern, multidisciplinary surgical career. OMFS sits at the interface of medicine, dentistry, surgery and technology, offering a unique perspective on complex patient care.
If you’re exploring what kind of doctor you want to become, this event offers a real-world view of one modern surgical career in practice.
The UMAX programme showcases the full scope of OMFS, from facial trauma and head and neck oncology to reconstructive surgery, facial deformity and salivary gland disease. Through expert-led lectures, case-based discussions and practical workshops, delegates will gain clinical insight alongside realistic guidance on training pathways, including second-degree routes.
Alongside lectures from nationally recognised speakers, the day includes hands-on skills sessions, interactive career discussions, research presentations and networking opportunities in a supportive learning environment.
Aims of the event
- To demonstrate the scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with lectures, discussions and practical sessions
- To provide up-to-date lectures and case presentations on oncology reconstruction, facial trauma, aesthetics and deformity surgery
- To offer career guidance and practical advice to help pursue a maxillofacial career
Learning outcomes
By attending this event, participants will be able to:
- Describe the scope of practice and training pathway in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Recognise key principles in the management of facial trauma, facial deformity and head and neck disease
- Apply basic practical skills in facial suturing and facial fracture management
- Identify routes into maxillofacial careers, including second-degree training pathways
Who should attend?
This event is aimed at:
- Medical and dental students
- Foundation doctors
- Core surgical trainees
- Junior Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) trainees
- Students and trainees with an interest in surgery, dentistry or related specialties
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We would like to thank our Platinum sponsors DePuy Synthes and KLS Martin and our sponsors The MDU and Pastest for their support of this meeting. We would also like to thank Stryker for the provision of workshop equipment for this event.
Please note that none of the companies listed have had any influence or involvement over the agenda, content or organisation of this meeting.
Show Virtual / In Person rates
Tickets (In Person)
Early Bird pricing available until 10 July 2026.
If you are booking a non-member ticket, lunch is included at no extra cost - simply opt in when booking. Lunch is not included with member tickets and must be purchased separately by selecting the lunch option when booking.
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£0.00
Meeting
£28.60
Lunch
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RSM Student
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£0.00
Meeting
£28.60
Lunch
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Non - Member
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| £84.00 | £38.00 |
Tickets (Virtual)
Early Bird pricing available until 10 July 2026.
If you are booking a non-member ticket, lunch is included at no extra cost - simply opt in when booking. Lunch is not included with member tickets and must be purchased separately by selecting the lunch option when booking.
Member
| RSM Resident Doctor | RSM Student |
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| £0.00 | £0.00 |
Non - Member
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| £33.00 | £22.00 |
Agenda
View the programme 11 July 2026
Registration
Welcome and overview of the day
Mr Jacob D’Souza and Kalista Lam
Sponsored talk
Predicting brain health: AI, MRI, and the future of precision neuroscience
Dr Konrad Wagstyl, Senior Wellcome Research Fellow, Departments of Biomedical Computing and Early Life Imaging
Aesthetic surgery - From a maxillofacial perspective
Mr Daniel Van Gijn, Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon, Dominic Bray
Vaccines
Sir Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group and Consultant Paediatrician, University of Oxford, Oxford Children’s Hospital and Fellow of St Cross College
Tea and coffee break
Poster exhibition
Rewiring medicine: Brain–computer interfaces and the next frontier of neurological care
Dr Hugo Layard-Horsfall, Neurosurgery Registrar, UCL’s National Hospital for Neurology and Neurology and Imperial College London
Prize presentation
Talhah Bin-Islam
Prize presentation
Nur Mousa
Prize presentation
Esma Ghanem
Maxillofacial Trauma Surgery
Mr Patrick Magennis, President of British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Aintree Hospital, Liverpool
Facial Deformity Surgery
Miss Helen Witherow, Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, St George’s Hospital, London
Doubleday
The interface between the clinician and the computing; evaluating the role of the doctor in the next generation of intelligence and automation
Zainab Alani
Will the doctor remain central to care in the next generation of health systems? on presence, partnership, and the things no algorithm can manufacture
Hamsinii Rajan
Will the doctor remain central to care in the next generation of health systems?
Karthik Prabhu
Lunch
Workshops
Workshops
Many aspects of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery requires fixation of fractures and osteotomies. This Consultant lead workshop will teach the basics of bone fixation with demonstrations and supervised practice using state of the art equipment provided by Stryker.
Workshop leads: Jacob D'Souza and Arif Rashid
This Consultant and Registrar lead hands on session will teach the basics of suturing and tissue handling so vital in surgery. Different suturing techniques will be taught with time for supervised practice.
Workshop lead: Muskan Nafis
The Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) Workshop will provide delegates with an immersive, hands-on wet-lab experience under the guidance of experienced adult cardiac surgeons. Using proprietary 3D-printed valve prostheses and a custom-designed cardiac positioning cup (‘CALIX’) developed by Incrementum Surgical, participants will be introduced to the fundamental principles and techniques of aortic valve replacement.
Working in groups of three, delegates will excise ‘diseased’ aortic valves from porcine hearts and implant synthetic replacement valves, replicating the key stages of an AVR procedure in a simplified operative setting. Access to this level of procedural simulation is exceptionally rare for medical students, offering a unique opportunity to gain practical exposure to cardiac surgery in a supervised and supportive environment.
Workshop Leads:
Yuvraj Juttla, Mr Laith Ali, Mr Matthew Boucher, Mr Vlad Roman, Mr Kamran Baig, Mr Mustaev Muslim, Mr Ali Shan and Mr Vincenzo Caruso
Ready to handle a neurosurgical emergency? Delivered in partnership with Stryker and the St. Mary’s Hospital Neurosurgery and Trauma team, this unique workshop simulates the high-stakes management of an extradural haematoma. Using custom-designed, state-of-the-art equipment, you will get hands-on experience drilling burr holes and master the critical fundamentals of cranial trauma
Workshop Lead: Mr Kevin Tsang
Workshop leads: Stavroula Stavropoulou-Tatla and Milad Tavakoli
Workshop rotation 1
Workshop rotation 2
Tea and coffee break
Workshop rotation 3
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
View the programme - Virtual 11 July 2026
Registration
Welcome and overview of the day
Sponsored talk
Predicting brain health: AI, MRI, and the future of precision neuroscience
Dr Konrad Wagstyl, Senior Wellcome Research Fellow, Departments of Biomedical Computing and Early Life Imaging
Aesthetic surgery - From a maxillofacial perspective
Mr Daniel Van Gijn, Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon, Dominic Bray
Vaccines
Sir Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group and Consultant Paediatrician, University of Oxford, Oxford Children’s Hospital and Fellow of St Cross College
Tea and coffee break
Poster exhibition
Rewiring medicine: Brain–computer interfaces and the next frontier of neurological care
Dr Hugo Layard-Horsfall, Neurosurgery Registrar, UCL’s National Hospital for Neurology and Neurology and Imperial College London
Prize presenter
Talhah Bin-Islam
Prize presenter
Nur Mousa
Prize presenter
Esma Ghanem
Maxillofacial Trauma Surgery
Mr Patrick Magennis, President of British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Aintree Hospital, Liverpool
Facial Deformity Surgery
Miss Helen Witherow, Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, St George’s Hospital, London
Doubleday
The interface between the clinician and the computing; evaluating the role of the doctor in the next generation of intelligence and automation
Zainab Alani
Will the doctor remain central to care in the next generation of health systems? on presence, partnership, and the things no algorithm can manufacture
Hamsinii Rajan
Will the doctor remain central to care in the next generation of health systems?
Karthik Prabhu
Close of meeting
Sponsors
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Registration for this event will close at 1:00 am on 11 July 2026. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
If the event is recorded, we can only share presentations for which we have received permission. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event; this is at the discretion of the presenter and RSM.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine nor the speakers' organisations.