Please find below details for the Roux Group Weekend Programme. Please note that this is a provisional programme and the organisers are a liberty to change the programme. 

The Roux Group Weekend Meeting starts at 12:30 on Friday 22 March and ends at 16:30 on Saturday 23 March 2024.

The Pre-Meeting Course is taking place prior to the start of the Roux Group Meeting on Friday 22 March between 09:00 and 11:30 at Chesford Grange Hotel. There are limited spaces available  and the fee to register is £20 per person.

View the provisional programme

The Association of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) has awarded the Roux Weekend the following CPD/CME Points: 

• Friday 22 March 2024 - 5 points
• Saturday 23 March 2024 - 6 points

Friday 22 March, 09:00 - 11:30

• HPB Immersion Course

• Endoscopy Course

Please note that you must pre-book for this event and places are limited.

11:30 - 12:30 Registration for delegates, lunch and industry exhibition (The Grange) 

12:30 - 13:10 Meeting welcome and opening (Kenilworth 2)

12:30 - 12:40: Roux Group President Address - Mr David Robinson

12:40 - 13:10: AUGIS President Address and Keynote Speech - Mr Iain Cameron

13:10 - 14:45 What will the future surgeon need to consider? Sponsored by Karl Storz (Kenilworth 2)

Chairperson: Mr David Robinson

13:15 - 13:45: Sustainable surgery and climate consciousness - Mr Adam Peckham - Cooper

13:45 - 14:15: Future of surgical training - Mr Christian Macutkiewicz

14:15 - 14:45: Robotic Training and AI - Miss Tamara Gall

14:45 - 15:15: Refreshment Break

15:15 - 17:00: What will the future surgeon need to know? (Kenilworth 2)

Chairperson: Mr Leo Brown

15:15 - 15:45: Human factors and its importance in surgery - Mr Simon Paterson-Brown

15:45 - 16:15: Surgical leadership - a President's reflections - Professor Mike Griffin

16:15 - 16:45: The future of surgical research - Miss Rachel Guest

17:00 - 18:00 Benign Upper GI Session (Kenilworth 2)

Chairperson: Mr Steve Lindley

17:00 - 17:30: One-stop shop biliary disease - Mr Marcos Kostalas

17:30 - 18:00: The role of the benign UGI MDT - TBC

18:00 - 19:00: Guest check-in and drinks reception (The Grange)

18:15 - 19:00: Roux Group Committee AGM (Hamlet)

19:00  - Late Reception and Gala Dinner (Kenilworth 2 & 3)

08:30 - 09:00 Registration for Delegates (The Grange)

09:00 - 10:40 Prize Presentation Sessions (Kenilworth 2 & 3) 

Junior Session

Senior Session

10:40 - 11:00 Refreshment Break (The Grange)

11:00 - 12:30 Parallel Sessions

11:00 - 12:30 Junior Grade Session (Kenilworth 2)

Surgical Skills Competition

11:00 - 12:30 Middle Grade Session (Kenilworth 3)

Fellowship Roadshow

11:00 - 12:30 Senior Grade Session (Hamlet)

11:00 - 11:30: Preparing for the consultant inteview and life as a consultant - Miss Jenifer Barrie

11:30 - 12:00: Consultant contracts and job planning: Mr Stephen Fenwick

12:00 - 12:30: Life outside the NHS: a reflection on my career in the private practice - Professor David Kerrigan

12:30 - 13:15 Lunch (The Grange)

13:15 - 14:00 Debate: "In the future there will no lonber be general surgeons" (Kenilworth 2)

14:00 - 16:00 Parallel Subspecialty Sessions

14:00  - 16:00 Oesophago-gastric Surgery (Kenilworth 2)

Chairperson: Miss Yan Mei Goh

14:00 - 14:30: Oesophagostomy - functional considerations in benign and malignant disease - Mr Nick Maynard

14:30 - 15:00: Laparoscopic trans-gastric resection of GIST - Mr Bruno Sgromo

15:00 - 15:30: Setting up a sub-specialised robotic centre - Miss Marianne Sampson

15:30 - 16:00: QoL and functional outcomes in giant HH repair - Miss Jihene El-Kafsi

14:00 - 16:00 HPB and Transplant Surgery (Kenilworth 3)

Chairperson: Miss Andrea Sheel

14:00 - 14:30: Clinical Trials in Pancreatic Surgery - Professor Chris Halloran

14:30 - 15:00: Why every HPB trainee needs transplant experience - Professor Steven White

15:00 - 15:30: TBC - Mr Krish Menon

15:30 - 16:00: Precision medicine in acute care surgery: where pancreatitis and trauma meet - Mr Rajarshi Mukherjee

14:00 - 16:00 Bariatric Surgery (Hamlet)

14:00 - 14:30: Role of pharmacotherapy in bariatric surgery - Dr Alex Miras

14:30 - 15:00: Approach to hiatus hernia in patients with obesity - Miss Cynthia Borg

15:00 - 15:30: Approaches to the management of weight gain after bariatric surgery - TBC

15:30 - 16:00: Reflux after sleeve gastrectomy: incidence and management - Miss Aya Musbahi

16:00 - 16:30 Prizes Presentation and Meeting Close (Kenilworth 2)