The RCS has appointed two new RCS Surgical Specialty Leads (SSLs). The appointments have been made in collaboration with the AUGIS, leading pancreatic cancer charities and Heartburn Cancer UK. Mr Keith Roberts is the new SSL in Pancreatic Cancer, part-funded Read on! →
The 11th Annual Laparoscopic Training Day will be held on Friday, 26 October 2018, Musgrove Park Academy, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. This Training Day is aimed at Consultant Surgeons and Trainees. The Laparoscopic Training Day will include procedures being projected Read on! →
AUGIS Council is seeking nominations for the role of AUGIS Trainee Representative from September 2018. The primary role of Trainee Representative involves attending AUGIS Council meetings, chairing the AUGISt committee, writing for the AUGIS Newsletter and contributing to the Training Day. There are Read on! →
We hope to see you at the forthcoming AUGIS Annual Scientific Meeting which will take place from Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 September at the Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. The provisional Scientific Programme is available online at: www.augis.org/2018conference/scientific-programme/ You can find Read on! →
The AUGIS Council is looking forward to welcoming you to the 21st Annual Scientific Meeting which will take place from 19 – 21 September at the Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. There will be a Gala Dinner at the National Museum of Scotland on the Thursday evening. Read on! →
The 2018 AUGIS ASM will take place at the Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, from September 19 – 21 and it already promises to be a great meeting. The website can be viewed here – www.augis.org/conference2018 We look forward to seeing as many Read on! →
The 16th International Oesophago-Gastric Symposium will take place on 9 March in London. An expert faculty will discuss the optimal techniques of performing minimal access cancer, anti-reflux, achalasia, bariatric and gallstone surgery. Expert surgeons will share their experience and lead discussion among participants Read on! →
Please complete the following survey aimed at identifying research priorities in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary surgery – https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HPBdelphi This study is supported by the GBIHPBA committee. Following the collation of round 1 responses, a further two rounds will be performed through the GBIHPBA membership for Read on! →
AUGIS member, Tim Underwood, has achieved the notable accolade of becoming the first surgeon to be awarded an Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellowship by Cancer Research UK. Tim, Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery at the University of Southampton, trained in London and Read on! →
The BJS Speaker at the Cork meeting in September will be Professor Richard Van Hillegersberg from the University Medical Centre Utrecht. Professor Nigel Heaton, Head of Liver Transplantation at King’s College Hospital and Professor John Reynolds, Professor of Clinical Surgery Read on! →
