About this event

  • Date and time Tue 7 Dec 2021 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Location Online
  • Organised by Vascular, Lipid and Metabolic Medicine Section

This webinar will provide an update on varicose veins, its effects on patient quality of life, and improve your understanding and management of varicose veins. 

After attending this webinar you will be able to recognise the symptoms, signs and severity of varicose veins, explain the pathophysiology for the development of complications, and formulate an appropriate plan for management. 

This webinar will help you: 

  • To familiarise and understand the prevalence of varicose veins and be able to recognise the symptoms and signs.  
  • Understand the pathophysiology of varicose vein development and its effects on patient lifestyle. 
  • To plan investigations in the management of varicose veins. 
  • To understand the principles and rationale behind management. 

This webinar is part of The vascular medicine & surgery for undergraduate medical students series. This nine-part webinar series has the primary outcome of improving vascular surgery education within the undergraduate medical curriculum. The topics addressed in the series directly correlates with the GMC outcomes for graduates.

This series will run from April 2021 until January 2022 and will be broadcast monthly on a Monday from 6:00pm.

All webinars in this series are available on-demand to registered delegates for up to 1 year after the live broadcast date.

If you would like to find out more about the series, please visit the Vascular, Lipid & Metabolic Medicine Section homepage.

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Key speakers

Professor Saroj Das

Professor Saroj Das, President, Section of Vascular Lipid Metabolic Medicine, Royal Society of Medicine, Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Honorary Professor, Biomedical Engineering Research Theme Institute of Environment, Health and Societies Brunel University, Ex-Director, Clinical Studies, Imperial college and Regional Director, Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE), UK

Speaker's biography

Professor Saroj Das received higher surgical training in Nottingham, Kings College Hospital and at the Royal Brampton Hospital. He received training in endovascular surgery at the Arizona Heart Institute, Phoenix, USA. He was appointed as a senior Lecturer, Consultant Surgeon at the Royal Brampton Hospital and Thrombosis Research Institute. He was awarded a Chair at the Brunel University in 2009 through his research collaboration in carotid diseases, development of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) devices and research into venous diseases.

 

Professor Saroj Das has published several original papers, has contributed chapters in textbooks and has edited a textbook on deep vein thrombosis. He is a regular reviewer for National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) research projects.

He is the Course Director for many national and International meetings. He was the Regional Director for London and a member of the Court of Examiner at the Royal College of Surgeons of England . He is also an examiner for the Year 3 Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and Final Year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at the Imperial Medical School.

Rohan Sadera

Medical Student , University of Buckingham, UK

Speaker's biography

Rohan is a Student at University of Buckingham. His medical interests include surgery, critical care and anaesthesia.

Dr Jaya Roy Choudhury

Dr Jaya Roy Choudhury

Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College London, UK

Speaker's biography

Dr Jaya Roy Choudhury is currently a Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial College London. Her topic of interest is wound biology specifically, diabetic foot ulceration. She graduated from Newcastle upon Tyne Medical School and completed her foundation training in Singapore. Her experience as a junior surgeon in Singapore inspired her to pursue a career in vascular surgery. She enjoys teaching and is currently enrolled in the graduate teaching programme at Imperial. She will apply for surgical training after completion of her PhD.

Agenda

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Welcome and introduction

Professor Saroj Das, President, Section of Vascular Lipid Metabolic Medicine, Royal Society of Medicine, Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Honorary Professor, Biomedical Engineering Research Theme Institute of Environment, Health and Societies Brunel University, Ex-Director, Clinical Studies, Imperial college and Regional Director, Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE), UK

Varicose veins

Dr Jaya Roy Choudhury, Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College London (ICL)

Panel discussion 

Chaired by: Professor Saroj Das  

Closing remarks

Professor Saroj Das 

End of webinar

Location

Online

Disclaimer: All views expressed in this webinar are of the speakers themselves and not of the RSM nor the speaker's organisations.

Special rates for difficult times 
The RSM wishes to offer healthcare professionals continued learning opportunities during the coronavirus pandemic. The RSM’s ​weekly COVID-19 Series ​webinars remain free of charge, while there will be small charges to register for other online education. These fees will enable the RSM to continue its programme of activities and will apply during the course of the pandemic.

Registration for this webinar will close 2 hours prior to the start time. You will receive the webinar link 2 hours before the meeting. Late registrations will not be accepted.

This webinar is part of The vascular medicine & surgery for undergraduate medical students series, all webinars in this series are available on-demand to registered delegates for up to 1 year after the live broadcast date. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place. 

This webinar will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be  distributed  in future on various internet channels. 

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