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Prize Winners 2024

Oral Presentation Winners

ASiT / TMS Prize
Sebastian Vaughan-Burleigh
Optimising Emergency Theatre Efficiency With the Use of a Pre-Anaesthetic Holding Bay, a Quality Improvement Project
ASiT ASGBI Short Paper Prize
Dhanya Lakxmi Nantha Kumar
The Assessment and Management of Anaemia in Patients Who Underwent an Emergency Laparotomy
ASiT Audit Prize
Mohamed Ridha
Keyboard Warriors Sparking a Digital Renaissance: The New Frontier in Traumatology Documentation
ASiT Innovation Prize
Kenneth McLean
Reducing the Burden to Deliver Remote Postoperative Surveillance Using Machine Learning for Surgical-Site Infection (SSI)
ASiT NRC Collaborative Research Prize
Kristin Manor
Breast Cancer After Breast Augmentation (BCABA): A National Multicentre Collaborative Study of Patient Management and Outcomes
ASiT Robotic Prize
Michal Kawka
Robot-Assisted Surgery for Thoracic Endometriosis Syndrome – a Single-Centre, Retrospective Review of the First Fifty Cases
BJS Systematic Review Prize
Abdel-Rahman Abdel-Fattah
How to Spot the Recurring Lumbar Disc? Risk Factors for Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniation in Adult Patients With Lumbar Disc Prolapse: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
British Hernia Society Prize
Aron Hughes
A Snapshot Audit of Incisional Hernia Rates Following Colorectal Cancer Resection
Equality and Diversity (Including WINS) Prize
Robyn Brown
MIND THE BUMP - a Multi-Site Initiative Promoting Allyship for Pregnant Colleagues in Theatres
ESO Education and Training Prize
Katherine Bretherton
Should All Medical Students Receive Clerking Simulation Teaching?
GASOC Global Surgery Oral Prize
Mohammad Ashraf
Designer Cranioplasty at Budget Prices- A Struggle for Global Neurosurgery: Pakistan’s First National Health Service Patient-Specific 3D-Printed Cranioplasty Service
Journal of Surgical Simulation Prize
Daniel Campioni-Norman
A Systematic Review of Quality Assurance Processes in Simulated Surgical Training Programmes
SRS Research and Academic Prize
Fiona Crotty
Research Priorities for Oesophageal Cancer : Results From a Priority Setting Partnership
StarSurgUK Medical Student Prize
Shannon Jackson
The Role of Cancer Cachexia In Influencing Outcomes in Pancreatic & Biliary Malignancy
The Prakash Sinha Quality Improvement Prize
Louis Boyce
Enhancing the Quality of Referrals to Vascular Surgery at a District General Hospital:A Closed-Loop Quality Improvement Project

E-poster Presentation Winners

Bariatric Surgery BOMSS Prize
Philobater Awad
A Comparative Study Between Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with omentopexy Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Breast Surgery Mammary Fold Prize
Moataz Ewedah
Retrospective Study to Assess Axillary Management and Oncological Outcome After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Patients With Breast Cancer
SCTS Cardiothoracic Prize
Tara Chan-A-Sue
A Case Study: Application of Personalised External Aortic Root Support to Overcome a Failing Ross Procedure
ASiT Case Reports Prize
Janice Yiu
Urgent Explant of Infected Aortic Stent Graft in a Patient With Kidney Transplant Using Biological Aortoiliac Reconstruction and a Temporary Axillo-Femoral Perfusion Shunt: 6-Year Follow-Up and Literature Review
The Dukes' Club Prize
Basma Hasan
A Comparative Study Between Stapled Hemorrhoidopexy and Harmonic Scalpel Hemorrhoidectomy in Management of Third and Fourth-degree Piles: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
ASiT Endocrine Surgery Prize
Nicci Jones-Anderson
Predictors of Post-Radioiodine Ablation Outcomes in Thyroid Cancer: Analysis of Four Years of Data from a Regional Centre
AOT Prize
Mohammad Alzaid
Ultrasonography-guided Drainage Versus Surgical Drainage for Deep Neck Space Abscesses: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Equality and Diversity WinS Prize
Timia Raven-Gregg
Racial disparities in Emergency General Surgery: Is It Always Black and White?
IME Ethics Prize
Jakub Majchrzak
Navigating the AI Landscape: Surveying the Use of AI Language Tools for Medical Portfolios
GlobalSurg Prize
Bishow Bekhyat Karki
Application of Low-Cost Automated Progress Tracking System (APS) on Laparoscopic Appendicectomy Simulation Models (LaApSi) for the Laparoscopic Simulation Training in the Lower-Middle-Income-Countries (LMICs)
British Hernia Society Prize
Anna Kuligowska
Umbilical Hernia Emergency Care: A Scoping Review
Human Factors Prize
Tasnim Kamal
Bridging the Communication Gap in Surgery: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Surgical Juniors’ Confidence in Navigating Difficult Conversations and Documentation.
ALSGBI (Laparoscopic) Prize
Balaji Jayasankar
Laparoscopic Fundoplication as a Day Case Procedure - Patient Comprehension for a Successful Model
BAOMS Prize
Gyleen Elegio
Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Handover Audit using ‘RAAAIDDSS’ Method
BNTA Prize
Vigneshwar Raj Veerappan
Investigating the effectiveness of Folic acid-fortified iodized salt on serum folate concentration- a primary prevention strategy for Spina Bifida in India
Roux Group Prize
Krishna Ravulapalli
The Outcomes of Liver Resection for Metastatic Liver Disease From Melanoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
BAPS Prize
Mathurshnavi Manoharan
Does the Initial Antibiotic Choice Affect the Incidence of Post-Operative Collections in Paediatric Appendicitis?
PLASTA Prize
Sevasti Panagiota Glynou
A Systematic Review of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) in Plastic Surgery
Quality Improvement and Sustainability Prize
Katie Boag
A Sustainable Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Tray
ASiT Surgical Oncology Poster Prize
Boris Wagner
Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy Is a Safe and Feasible Treatment Option for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma
RCS Education and Training Spotlight Prize
Harry Karaiossifides
Workload Assessment of Suturing Tasks and AI-Task Classification using Electromyography
Herrick Society Prize
Mariyan Mujeeb
Factors That Impact Cold Ischaemia Time for Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants: Results of a National Transplant ACcess to Theatre Audit (NTACT)
BOTA Prize
Ahmed Rathore
Evaluation of Prophylactic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Versus Standard Surgical Dressings on Wound Outcomes in Posterior Spinal Surgery Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
BAUS Prize
Shri-ishvarya Rajamoorthy
Oncological and Urological Outcomes after Total Pelvic Exenteration – Our 10-year Experience
Rouleaux Prize
Adithi Nair
Exploring Optimal Antithrombotic Strategies for Acute Limb Ischaemia: A Comprehensive Review
MedAll Prize for most engagement with posters
Vihanga Chamod Wickramasinghe
A Rare Case of Adenomyoma in Gastric Pylorus of a Young adult Female - A Case Report
ASiT Medical Student Spotlight Prize
Cheuk Ying Coco Li
Soft Tissue Sarcoma Survival Analysis and Evaluation of Management Options in Wales: A 3-year Retrospective Single-centre Analysis