ASiT: Nurturing Surgical Excellence

Prize Winners 2023

Oral Abstracts Prize Winners

ASiT Innovation Prize
Bishow Bekhyat Karki
How to Design a Low-Cost 3D Printed Laparoscopic Appendicectomy Simulation Model (LaApSi)?
ASiT NRC Collaborative Research Prize
Robin Simpson
SADHemi Study: A Service Evaluation of Operative Treatment of Dislocated Hip Hemiarthroplasty in the UK — Initial Results
ASiT ASGBI Short Paper Prize
Giordano Perin
Decision Making in Emergency Laparotomy – Do Trainees and Consultants Take Decisions Differently? Preliminary Results of an International Quality Enhancement Initiative (DILEMMA Study)
Equality & Diversity (Inc. WinS) Prize
Sophie Ravinthiran
Diversifying a Surgical Workforce Starts From Creation of an Inclusive Medical School Application Process
The Prakash Sinha Quality Improvement and Sustainability Prize
Ying Ki Lee
Healing Patient, Harming Planet? Review of Waste Production and Recyclability of Surgical Instrument Packaging
SRS Research & Academic Prize
Robyn Caldwell
Hindfoot Stability Test - Introduction and Validation of a Diagnostic Test of Subtalar Instability in Deltoid Ligament Injury Associated With Ankle Fractures
ESO Surgical Education and Training Prize
Georgios Alampritis
The Effect of 3D Versus 2D Training Models in Laparoscopic Skills Acquisition: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Novice Medical Students
BJS Systematic Review Prize
Holly Aylmore
Cognitive Biases and Heuristics in Surgical Settings: A Systematic Review
ASiT GASOC Prize
Bishow Bekhyat Karki
Application of the Low-Cost Laparoscopic Appendicectomy Simulation (LaApSi) Model for Laparoscopic Training in Low-Middle-Income-Countries (LMIC) and Its Comparison With the Laparoscopic Skills Session in the UK
STARSurgUK Medical Student Prize
Jasneet Dhaliwal
Survival and Quality of Life Following CSF Diversion in Adult Patients With Leptomeningeal Metastases-Associated Hydrocephalus - a Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis
ASiT Medal
Faisal Nawaz
External Validation of the IDENTIFY Risk Calculator for Predicting Urinary Tract Cancer in Patients With Haematuria
ASiT TMS Oral Prize
Michael George
Frailty in Renal Transplantation: Retrospective Cohort Study to Examine the Impact of the New 2019 Kidney Offering Scheme on Older Transplant Recipients
BASO Prize
Thomas Russell
Predictors of Five-Year Recurrence and Five-Year Survival After Pancreatoduodenectomy for Ampullary Adenocarcinoma: An International Multicentre Cohort Study
British Hernia Society Prize
Rachael Crompton
A Parisian Pain in the Groin; a Case of De Garengeot’s Hernia
ASiT Robotics Prize
Priyanshu Saha
Pioneering Robot-Assisted Spine Surgery in the United Kingdom
ASiT Medical Student Poster of Distinction
Calvin De Louche
Heart Rate Variability as a Marker of Surgeon’s Stress and Cognitive Load Within Vascular Surgery
Battle of Surgical Societies
Evelyn Wong & Ella Snowdon
University of Manchester Scalpel Surgical Society - Scalpel's Surgical Experience Fair

Poster Abstracts Prize Winners

ASiT Audit Prize
Jane Mendonca
A Prospective Clinical Audit of Pre-Operative Fasting Practices at a Tertiary Care Hospital in India
Basic science (including anatomy)
Dominique Dennis
The Martin-Gruber Anastomosis: Prevalence and Morphology
Bariatric Surgery BOMSS Prize
Ravikumar Nidhruv
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass or Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Medical Therapy in the Management of Obesity in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Breast Surgery Mammary Fold Prize
Diego Abelleyra Lastoria
Does Adjuvant Radiotherapy Lead to Increased Survival in Patients With Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Breast? a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
SCTS Cardiothoracic Prize
Samuel Amo-Afful
The UK Targeted Lung Cancer Screening Pilot Programme: The Southampton Experience
ASiT Case Reports Prize
Shagoon Modi
Actinomycosis of the Middle Ear Mimicking Cholesteatoma – a Case Report and Literature Review
The Dukes' Club Prize
Ishapreet Kaur
Transarterial Haemorrhoidal Dearterialization Versus Open Haemorrhoidectomy for Symptomatic Haemorrhoids- a Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Endocrine Surgery Prize
Filip Brzeszczyński
Central Lymph Node Dissection Increases the Rate of Postoperative Complications During Thyroidectomy Surgery - a Retrospective Observational Study
Emergency General Surgery & Abdominal Trauma Prize
Amina Akhtar
The Diurnal and Seasonal Relationships of Young Pedestrian Injuries Secondary to Motor Vehicles.
AOT Prize
Ahaan Gupta
Bilateral Warthin's Tumour of the Parotid Gland: A 16-year Retrospective Analysis And Systematic Review
Equality and Diversity WinS Prize
Zak Vinnicombe
The Core Surgical Training Attainment (CoSTA) Study: Analysis of Differential Attainment in Early Surgical Training Using the UK Medical Education Database (UKMED)
IME Ethics Prize
Elsayed Desouky
Compliance with GMC guidelines for the use of a chaperone in Urology outpatient clinic
GlobalSurg Prize
Jasmine Bawa
First Experience in Laparoscopic Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
British Hernia Society Prize
Jomcy John
Impact of COVID-19 on Outcome From One-Stop Hernia Clinics at a District General Hospital – a Single-Centre Retrospective Observational Study
Human Factors Prize
Laurie Tupper
Incivility in the Operating Theatre
ALSGBI (Laparoscopic) Prize
Jason Kho
Predictors of Re-Intervention Following Index Cholecystectomy
BAOMS Prize
Ashana Gupta
Embryological and Developmental Understanding in Improving Outcomes of Canine Exposure.
BNTA Prize
Soham Bandyopadhyay
Haptoglobin Treatment to Improve Outcome After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: A Consensus Perspective on Clinical Translation
Roux Group Prize
Michael Scott
DELPHI Consensus Study - Splanchnic Venous Thrombosis in Acute Pancreatitis
BAPS Prize
Qi Zhuang Siah
An Audit of Phimosis Management at Primary Care Level
PLASTA Prize
Marvin Lucas Frommer
Preoperative CT Imaging: A Tool to Predict Incisional Hernia Outcomes Following Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Quality Improvement and Sustainability Prize
Daniel Lewandowski
Do We Need Laminar Flow in Trauma?
ASiT Robotic Prize
Zohaib Jamal
Role of Robotic Approach in Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis (IPAA): A Systematic Review of the Literature
BASO Prize
Beshoy Elkomos
Optimal Surgical Approach for Mid-Transverse Colon Cancer; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Journal of Surgical Simulation Prize
Sebastian Chong
The MDT Game: Implementation of a Novel Simulation Exercise to Improve Multidisciplinary Care Teaching to Medical Students
Surgical Training and Education RCS PG Cert (Med Ed)
Hugo Cohen
Whose Operation is it Anyway? Is There Consensus on Supervision Codes use for General Surgical Procedures?
Herrick Society Prize
Kaiyang Song
Adolescent-Targeted Organ Donation Education to Improve the Impact of Opt-Out Legislation
BOTA Prize
Max Ross
Evaluation of the ‘Clicky’ Hip in the Diagnosis of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
BAUS Prize
Rezwanur Rahman
Five Year Single-Unit Experience and Outcomes of Renal Decompression for Ureteral Obstruction: A Retrospective Analysis of 102 Kidney Units
Rouleaux Prize
Tricia Tay
Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Get Fit Trial: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Exercise to Improve Fitness in Patients With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
COVID Poster Prize
Leo Brown
‘Host Stage Migration’ in Newly Diagnosed, Operable Colorectal Cancer During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Multicentre Comparative Cohort Study
MedAll Prize for most engagement with posters
Kenneth Shern Wai Koh
Documentation of Resuscitation Decisions in Surgical Patients in a District General Hospital