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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 Bowel Research UK)

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

08:45 - 11:45
Queens Suite 2

Colorectal Peer Review Course

This course is designed for those interested in taking up the role of peer reviewer or people who have recently embarked on doing peer reviews. If you are looking to join the Early Career Editorial Board of the Colorectal Disease Journal, this course is for you.

The course provides an opportunity to polish your skills through interactive discussions with others and feedback from the current editors. Candidates preparing for the academic component of FRCS and keen to develop skills in critiquing will also benefit from this course

09:00-09:30
Main Auditorium

Hunterian Lecture

Chair: Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)

  • 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
09:30 - 12:00
Hall D

Advanced Anastomotic Techniques in IBD Surgery

The Dukes' Club, in collaboration with the ACPGBI IBD Subcommittee, will be organising, for the second year in a row, a practical skills course on Advanced Anastomotic Techniques in IBD Surgery, at ACPGBI 2025. 

11:45
Main Auditorium

J&J Symposium

  • Sustainability in Surgery: Strategies for NHS Trusts and Med Tech Partnerships - Chris Scott, UK/IRL Sustainability Lead, J&J MedTech
12:05

Brunch

12:45
Main Auditorium

Presidential Handover and Prizes

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

13:00
Main Auditorium

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

Chair: Sue Clark (London)

  • Gabrielle van Ramshorst (Ghent)
  • Yasuko Maeda (Glasgow)
  • Salomone di Saverio (Benedetto del Tronto, Italy) Best videos x2
13:45
Main Auditorium

Tribute to Professor Neil Smart:
A Celebration of Life

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

Justin Davies (Cambridge), Ian Daniels (Exeter), Sue Clark (London) and Tom Pinkney (Birmingham)

14:30

Close of Meeting

 

 

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