Glasgow Surgical Forum

08.30

• Registration & Refreshments 

09.00

• Welcome and Introduction
• Prof Hany Eteiba President, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 

Session 1: Gastrointestinal Pitfalls 

• Chair: Mr John Camilleri-Brennan, Vice President (Surgical) RCPSG 

09.05

• Colorectal Anastomotic Leaks: Prevention, Detection & Damage Control
  • Ms Dorin Ziyaie, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee 

09.30

• Enterocutaneous Fistulae: What Went Wrong and What Now?
  • Mr Jonathan Epstein, Consultant Surgeon, Salford & President-elect, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland 

09.55

• Stoma-Related Complications: Prevention and Management
  • Mr James Kynaston, Consultant Surgeon, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Stirling
  • Sister Jennifer Thompson, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Stoma Care, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Stirling 

10.20

• Panel Q&A Session 

10.30

• Break & refreshments 

Session 2: Hepatobiliary and Bariatric Surgical Complications 

• Chair: Mr Himanshu Wadhawan, Consultant Surgeon, Forth Valley Royal Hospital 

10.50

• Post-cholecystectomy bile duct injuries and leaks: Prevention, detection and management
  • Mr Euan Dickson, Consultant Pancreaticobiliary Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary 

11.15

• Complications of Bariatric Surgery
  • Mr Andrew Robertson, Consultant Upper GI Surgeon, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh 

11.40

• Difficult Gallbladders – When to Convert & When to Bail Out
  • Mr Michael Wilson, Consultant Surgeon, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Stirling 

12.05

• Panel Q&A Session 

12.15

• Lunch & view posters 

Session 3: Abdominal wall and Access Issues 

• Chair: Mr Michael Wilson, Consultant Surgeon, Forth Valley Royal 

13.10

• Incisional Hernias: Prevention. The optimal closure of abdominal wall incisions
  • Mr Phil Stevens, Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary 

13.35

• Surgical Management of Incisional Hernias: When, What, How?
  • Mr Stuart Oglesby, General & Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee 

14.00

• Adhesions & Re-Entry: Managing the ‘Frozen Abdomen’
  • Mr Dimitrios Damaskos, Consultant Surgeon, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh 

14.25

• Panel Q&A Session 

14.35 

• Break & refreshments 

Session 4: Minimal Access Surgery and Emergencies

• Chair: Mr John Robertson, Consultant Surgeon, NHS Fife 

15.00

• Complications in Minimal Access Surgery: Pitfalls and Conversions
  • Professor Jim Khan, Professor of Surgery, University of Portsmouth 

15.20

• Intraoperative Haemorrhage: Management and Damage Control Surgery
  • Mr Euan Dickson, Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary 

15.40

• Communication and Decision Making in Emergency Situations
  • Captain Karl O'Neill, Chief Instructor ATO, Training & Standards, Flight Operations, Aer Lingus 

16.00

• Panel Q&A Session 

16.10

• Peter Lowe Lecture: Strategies to minimise and prevent operative events
  • Mr Ian Jenkins, Chair of Surgery and Consultant Surgeon, St Mark’s Hospital, London 

16.30

• Close 

16.45

• Networking Reception

08.30

• Registration & refreshments 

09.00

• Welcome and Introduction
  • Mr John Camilleri-Brennan, Vice President (Surgical) RCPSG 

Session 5: Prevention-focused Factors and Human Factors 

• Chair: Mr Ross Dolan, Consultant Surgeon & Ms Roberta Garau, Immediate past President ASIT 

09.05

• Optimising the Patient Preoperatively: Nutrition, Frailty & Risk
  • Professor Susan Moug, Consultant Surgeon, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley 

09.30

• Fatigue, Burnout, and Wellness: Protecting the Human Behind the Scalpel
  • Mr Michael El Boghdady, Director of Education, Association of Surgeons in Training 

09.55 

• Human Error in the Operating Theatre: What We Miss When We’re Rushed
  • Mr Alistair Geraghty, Consultant Surgeon, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Stirling 

10.20

• Panel Q&A Session 

10.35

• Break & refreshments 

Session 6: Sepsis 

• Chair: Ms Martha Quinn, Consultant Surgical Oncologist , Glasgow Royal Infirmary 

10.55

• Preventing Postoperative Sepsis: Preoperative Optimisation and Intraoperative Strategy
  • Mr Ross Dolan, Consultant Surgeon, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee 

11.20

• From Source Control to Supportive Care: Surgical Priorities in Sepsis Management
  • Mr Norman Galbraith, Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary 

11.45 

• Panel Q&A Session 

12.00

• David George Lecture: Is current surgical training adequate for modern requirements?
  • Mr Christian Macutkiewicz, President, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland 

12.25

• Lunch 

Session 7: Surgical Complications and the Law 

• Chairs: Mr Christian Macutkiewicz, President ASGBI and Mr John Scott, Vice-President (Surgical) RCPSG 

13.20

• Avoiding Litigation – Communication, Consent & Documentation /Complications and Consent: What Patients Deserve to Know
  • Dr Rob Hendry, Medical Director, Medical Protection Society 

13.45

• Medicolegal Implications of Surgical Complications
  • Mr Jonathan Howat, Head of Medical Negligence Team, Thompsons Solicitors 

14.10

• Complaints to the GMC: Practical advice for surgeons
  • Dr James Thorpe, Medicolegal Consultant, Medical Protection Society 

14.35

• Do the Law and Regulation make Patients Safer after Adverse Incidents?
  • Mr David Sellu, Honorary Consultant Surgeon, St Mark's Hospital, London 

15.00

• Panel Q&A Session 

15.15

• Break & refreshments 

Session 8: Consultants Corner: Complications that I have learnt from 

• Chair: Mr John Camilleri-Brennan, Vice President (Surgical) RCPSG 

15.35

• Common complications in Thyroid surgery: Prevention, Diagnosis and Management
  • Mr Omar Hilmi, Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary 

15.55

• Pelvic Bleeding Ms Martha Quinn, Consultant Surgical Oncologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary 

16.10

• Intra-abdominal sepsis/missed sepsis Speaker, to be confirmed 

16.30

• Poster awards & Close

Mr John Camilleri-Brennan MD (Melit.) MD (Dundee) MFSTEd FRCSGlasg FRCSGenSurg 

Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Stirling, UK. Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Glasgow School of Medicine. Vice-President (Surgical), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

A graduate of the University of Malta, Mr Camilleri-Brennan received his postgraduate surgical training in Malta, Dundee and Aberdeen. He was awarded a Travelling Fellowship by the College that enabled him to pursue further studies in colorectal surgery at the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. His research on rectal cancer led to a doctorate from the University of Dundee. Following completion of surgical training, he was appointed as Consultant in General and Colorectal Surgery with NHS Forth Valley.

At Forth Valley he was responsible for formally introducing and developing a laparoscopic colorectal cancer service. He also set up a colorectal pelvic floor service, introducing endoanal ultrasound scanning and innovative surgical operations such as THD surgery for haemorrhoids, minimal access and transanal surgery for rectal prolapse, and pelvic floor reconstruction and anal implants for incontinence. In collaboration with his gynaecology colleagues, he developed a protocol for the clinical follow-up and treatment of patients with obstetric third and fourth degree tears.

In addition to his clinical work, he held posts as Clinical Lead in Colorectal Cancer and Bowel Cancer Screening with NHS Forth Valley. With the College, he held posts as Associate Director of Surgical Examinations, Regional Advisor, College Tutor and Member of Council. He is currently the Vice-President (Surgical) of the College, responsible for postgraduate surgical education and training. He is also involved in colorectal education and Fellowship examinations in Europe and the Far East.

He is a Principal Investigator in a number of research projects, has published articles in major surgical journals, co-authored chapters in postgraduate surgical textbooks and has presented prize-winning papers at many national and international meetings. He is the recipient of the William Cullen Prize from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.