Glasgow Surgical Forum

8.30

• Registration, tea and coffee

9.00

• Welcome and introduction

Session 1: Rectal Cancer

• Chairs: Mr John Camilleri-Brennan and Mr Ken Campbell

9.05

• Complex Rectal Polyps: Endoscopic and Surgical Decision Making
  • Ms Michelle Thornton, Consultant Surgeon and Clinical Lead for the National Endoscopy Training Programme

9.25

• Early Rectal Cancer: Assessment and Treatment Options
  • Mr David Mansouri, Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

9.45

• High-Quality MRI in Rectal Cancer: Staging and Surgical Planning
  • Dr Jonathan Platt, Consultant Radiologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

10.05

• Locally advanced rectal cancer: Current Management and Trials
  • Professor Campbell Roxburgh, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

10.25

• Panel Q&A Session

10.35

• Refreshment break

Session 2: Colorectal Cancer –Treatment Selection and MDT Decision Making

• Chairs: Prof Janet Graham and Prof Campbell Roxburgh

10.55

• Neoadjuvant Treatment Strategies in Rectal Cancer: Selecting the Right Approach
  • Dr Ian Sanders, Consultant in Clinical Oncology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

11.15

• Adjuvant Treatment Strategies in Colorectal Cancer
  • Prof Jenny Seligmann, Consultant in Medical Oncology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals

11.35

• MDT Case Discussions
  • Panel: Dr J. Platt, Prof Seligmann, Ms Martha Quinn, Prof Roxburgh, Prof Graham, Dr Sanders

12.15

• Lunch and poster viewing

Session 3: Advanced Colorectal Surgical Oncology

• Chairs: Mr Colin Steele and Prof Jim Khan

13.15

• Emergency Management of Locally Advanced Colorectal Cancer
  • Mr Aaron Quyn, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Yorkshire

13.35

• Pelvic Exenteration and Extended Resections
  • Mr Ian Jenkins, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, St Mark’s Hospital, London

14.00

• Multi visceral resection of colonic cancer
  • Mr Peter Chong, Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

14.25

• Panel Q&A Session

14.35

• Refreshment break

Session 4: Outcomes, Experience and Survivorship

• Chairs: Ms Dorin Ziyaie and Ms Martha Quinn

15.00

• Providing an oncology practice- the personal cost to the surgeon
  • Ms Kirsten Boyle, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Leicester

15.20

• Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer
  • Mr Norman Galbraith, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Glasgow

15.40

• Patient Experience Session: Living with and Beyond Cancer
  • Discussion

16.20

• The Peter Lowe Lecture
  • Professor Jim Khan, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Portsmouth, and President of the Association of Coloproctology of GB & I

16.40

• Closing remarks

16.45

• Networking reception

8.30

• Registration, tea and coffee

9.00

• Welcome and introduction

Session 5: Upper GI surgical oncology

• Chairs: Mr Diwakar Ryali Sarma and Mr Himanshu Wadhawan

9.05

• Early Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer
  • Mr Lewis Gall, Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

9.25

• Advanced Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer
  • Professor George Hanna, Imperial College, London

9.45

• Unusual Gastric pathology: NETs and GISTs
  • Mr Matthew Forshaw, Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

10.05

• Panel Q&A Session

10.25

• Refreshment break

Session 6: Hepatobiliary Surgical Oncology

• Chair: Mr Euan Dickson

10.45

• Personalised Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer
  • Mr David Chang, Consultant Pancreatic Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

11.05

• Surgical Management of Colorectal Liver Metastases
  • Mr David Holroyd, Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

11.25

• Cholangiocarcinoma: Diagnostic and Therapeutic challenges
  • Prof Nigel Jamieson, Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

11.45

• Panel Q&A Session

12.05

• The David George Lecture
  • Chair: Mr John Camilleri-Brennan
  • Speaker: Professor Shafi Ahmed, Royal London Hospital
  • Topic: “Virtual Reality, AI and Surgical Oncology”

12.30

• Lunch

Session 7: Perioperative Care and Complications

• Chairs: Prof Susan Moug and Ms Emily Mills

13.30

• Perioperative care in Surgical Oncology
  • Dr Joe Hawkins, ICU Consultant, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

13.50

• Postoperative bleeding
  • Mr Euan Dickson, Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

14.10

• Salvaging the leaking anastomosis
  • Ms Carol Craig, Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

14.30

• Cancer cachexia
  • Prof Richard Skipworth, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

14.50

• Panel Q&A Session

15.05

• Refreshment break

Session 8: Consultants’ Corner

• Chairs: Mr John Robertson and Mr Ross Dolan

15.25

• Case 1: Cancer of Unknown Primary

15.45

• Case 2: Malignant obstructive jaundice

16.05

• Case 3: The Appendix Mass

16.30

• Poster awards and 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.