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Wednesday 2 July 2025

Wednesday 2 July 2025

Time/Venue Session
08:45 - 09:00
Main Auditorium

Research App Launch (ACPGBI and BRUK)

Chairs: Asha Senapati (BRUK) and Dale Vimalachandran (Chester and Liverpool)

09:00-09:30
Main Auditorium

Hunterian Lecture

Chair: TBC

  • Unpicking the challenges in adhesive small bowel obstruction - 
    Matt Lee, Birmingham

 

09:30
Main Auditorium

The Human Behind The Surgeons Mask

Chairs: Justin Davies (Cambridge) and Laura Hancock (Manchester)

  • Do we need to invest more in female surgeons? Gabrielle Van Ramshorst (Ghent, Belgium)
  • A surgical career outside the UK and Ireland- is the grass greener? Steve Kelly (McMaster, Canada and President, Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons) 
  • Moving the dial on Patient Safety: When a wolf dons a sheepskin coat Aidan Fowler,  Colorectal Surgeon, National Director of Patient Safety in England and Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Department of Health and Social Care
  • Resilience is between us, not just within us - the psychology of surgical teams working under pressure Olivia Donnelly-  Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Bristol
  • Care Unlocks Excellence Tony Underwood, England and British Lions Rugby International, A380 airline captain and CCE (Chief Care Enforcer)
  • Panel Q & A
11:45

Brunch

12:30

Colorectal Disease Lecture

Chair: Sue Clark (London)

  • Parastomal hernia- what have we learned from the CIPHER Study?  Neil Smart, Exeter, Editor-in-Chief Colorectal Disease
13:00-14:00
Main Auditorium

Colorectal Disease 2024-25:
Editors perspectives on the best publications and videos

Chair: Sue Clark (London)

  • Matt Lee (Birmingham)
  • Omar Faiz (London)
  • Gabrielle van Ramshorst (Ghent)
  • Yasuko Mayeda (Glasgow)
  • Salomone di Saverio (Benedetto del Tronto, Italy) Best videos x2
14:00

Presidential Handover and Prizes

Chairs: Justin Davies and Laura Hancock

 

Close of Meeting

 

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