Continuing surgical education

Hemant Sharma presents his BJS Prize winning lecture “Comparative Outcomes of Black and Caucasian Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United Kingdom – COBIT Analyses” from the 2025 Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) International Surgical Congress.

Afroza Sharmin presents her BJS Prize session lecture “Exploring effective strategies in promoting diversity, equity and inclusivity (DEI) in surgery - a scoping review” from the 2025 Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) International Surgical Congress, which placed 3rd in the prize session.

Now, hear directly from two of the paper’s authors, David N Burling and John T Jenkins.

Alaa El-Hussuna, MBChB, MSc, PhD, presents his BJS Lecture “Roadmap to innovation in surgery” from the 2nd Pan Arab Women Physicians Association Conference and the 1st Kuwaiti Women Physicians Conference held in Kuwait on December 12th and 14th, 2024 in partnership with OpenSourceResearch Collaboration (OSRC).

28–29 August 2025 | Scandic Spectrum, Copenhagen, Denmark

The EFOA 2025 International Symposium will bring together specialists from across the world to address the complex challenges associated with enteric fistula and open abdomen cases. Held at the Scandic Spectrum in Copenhagen, the meeting will provide a platform for surgeons and multidisciplinary teams to exchange knowledge, share experiences, and explore emerging evidence and approaches.

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The Open Source Research Collaboration (OSRC) is an international organization dedicated to advancing healthcare innovation through the integration of information technologies. Comprising a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, scientists, IT engineers, computer scientists, and students from these fields, OSRC focuses on developing and disseminating novel tools for medical research.

OSRC's mission is to promote innovation in healthcare by implementing information technologies. The organization emphasizes the use of publicly available information, such as databases, the internet, and social media, to conduct open-source research. Recognizing the limitations of traditional research methods in addressing current healthcare challenges, OSRC aims to explore and develop new tools for medical research through the application of information technologies.

We are proud to present the BJS Prize session from 49th ASiT Annual Surgical Conference held at the ICC Belfast from 7-9 March 2025. The BJS Prize winner was Hashem Malkawi: "Open repair vs endovascular repair in connective tissue disease patients with thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies - a systematic review & meta-analysis".

Listen into to Katherine Gallagher's lecture "Inflammation in tissue regeneration and vascular disease".

This lecture is presented as a part of our 2025 vascular series in conjunction with lectures recorded at the 2024 Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific Meeting.

Listen into to Rachael Forsythe's lecture "Imaging biomarkers in aortic and peripheral artery disease: the Hubble Space Telescope of cardiovascular research".

This lecture is presented as a part of our 2025 vascular series.

Listen into the Kinmonth Lecture "Green surgery: process and products" delivered by Professor Mahmoud Bhutta at the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific Meeting 2024. This lecture is presented as a part of our 2025 vascular series.

Fabien Lareyre presents his BJS Lecture “The emerging role of artificial intelligence in vascular surgery” from the 2024 Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific Meeting. This lecture is presented as a part of our 2025 vascular series.

As a part of our vascular series, we are delighted to bring you the BJS Prize Session from the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland’s Annual Scientific Meeting, held in Brighton in November 2024. The BJS Prize winner was Ismay Fabre for her paper: Surgical Site Infections in Major Lower Limb Amputation: An International Multicentre Audit (SIMBA). This is presented as part of our 2025 vascular series.

Vascular surgery research is an exciting growth area, shaped by emerging technologies, novel methodologies, and a growing emphasis on sustainability and equity in healthcare. To capture these key developments, the BJS Academy is launching the 2025 vascular theme series, a collection of insightful discussions featuring leading experts in the field. Over the next six weeks, this series will offer a dive into cutting-edge topics, ranging from artificial intelligence (AI) in vascular surgery to green surgery initiatives and advancements in imaging biomarkers.

This year’s series is structured around key lectures and presentations delivered at the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland’s Annual Scientific Meeting (VASGBI ASM) in Brighton, November 2024, and expert-led sessions. These talks highlight key developments and opportunities in vascular surgery today. The series will be published online at weekly intervals and will serve as a valuable resource for vascular surgeons, interventionalists, researchers, and allied healthcare professionals.

The BJS Prize Session: Showcasing ground-breaking research from researchers around the UK and Ireland who were successful in reaching the prestigious BJS prize session at the VSGBI ASM. A great resource for learning, collaboration, and examples of how to get your research recognised.

The fifth and final installment in our Research for Greener Surgery Conference 2024 series explores global energy challenges and opportunities.

Held on 17 December 2024 at the University of Birmingham, the Research for Greener Surgery Conference brought together leading experts to discuss sustainable healthcare practices.

The fourth installment in our Research for Greener Surgery Conference 2024 series explores clean energy for healthcare, as a panel discussion chaired by Dion Morton, in two parts: part one, clean energy in the NHS; and two, sustainable clean energy from a global perspective.

Held on 17 December 2024 at the University of Birmingham, the Research for Greener Surgery Conference brought together leading experts to discuss sustainable healthcare practices. Stay tuned for more in this series.

In December 2024, the 24th College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) Scientific Conference took place in Harare Zimbabwe, alongside the 25th Anniversary of COSECSA.

Dr. Mpapho Joseph Motsumi from Botswana won the BJS Prize for his paper titled: “ Comparing the digital and the traditional methods of teaching surgical procedure-cognitive skills.” On 6th December 2024, the BJS Prize was presented at a surgical education Plenary Session and was awarded by the President of the Surgical Society of Zimbabwe.

Tune into Dr. Motsumi's prize-winning lecture below.

The third installment in our Research for Greener Surgery Conference 2024 series explores the environmental impact of anaesthesia and how it can be reduced.

Held on 17 December 2024 at the University of Birmingham, the Research for Greener Surgery Conference brought together leading experts to discuss sustainable healthcare practices. Stay tuned for more in this series.

The second in our Research for Greener Surgery Conference 2024 series explores reusables and disposables, the culture and the evidence base.

Held on 17 December 2024 at the University of Birmingham, the Research for Greener Surgery Conference brought together leading experts to discuss more sustainable healthcare practices.

The BJS Academy are delighted to showcase the 2025 BJS Lecture, delivered by Rutger Ploeg, at the Surgical Research Society’s Annual Meeting.

The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Surgical Research Society (SRS) took place on 16-17 January 2025 at St Catharine’s College in Cambridge. The meeting followed the usual format and centred on the presentation of research undertaken by surgeons in training, scientists and medical students.

The first lecture in our Research for Greener Surgery Conference 2024 series explores carbon modelling—a crucial tool in understanding and reducing the environmental impact of surgery.

Watch the presentation by Virginia Ledda and the insightful discussion which follows.

Held on 17 December 2024 at the University of Birmingham, the Research for Greener Surgery Conference brought together leading experts to discuss more sustainable healthcare practices.

The Research for Greener Surgery Conference, held 17 December 2024, brought together leading experts to explore how surgical research can drive sustainable healthcare practices. Hosted at the University of Birmingham, the event featured discussions on reducing the environmental impact of surgery while maintaining high-quality patient care.

Watch as Professor Aneel Bhangu summarises the key messages from the conference, highlighting the most important insights and takeaways.

Full recordings of key sessions will be available via BJS Academy.

Purpose: The Research for Greener Surgery Conference took place at the University of Birmingham on 17 December 2024. This was attended by 382 delegates in-person and over 350 virtually. The Conference aimed to build on the existing knowledge on research in sustainability and to provide updates on the ongoing body of research funded by the NIHR to create environmentally sustainable operating theatres in the NHS. The aim was also to promote local initiatives taking place in different NHS trusts and encourage collaboration and upscaling.

Insights from 2024: Following an opening session from Professor Aneel Bhangu, co-director of the Green Surgery Unit, and Professor Adam Tickell, vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, updates from the last year of activity in sustainable surgery were provided from a wide range of experts in the field. These included Natalia Kurek (Greener NHS), Hugh Montgomery (Lancet Countdown on health and climate change), Liza Jabbour (Birmingham Institute for Sustainability & Climate Action) and Jasmine Winter-Beatty (Imperial College London). Results were shared from the completion of the Cheetah trial carbon model, which showed that the trial intervention, previously proven to be clinically beneficial and cost-effective, also leads to carbon savings. The evaluation of this triad of outcomes (clinical, cost and carbon) will support the adoption of the intervention in clinical practice worldwide.

Randomised cluster trials: Progress made on the DRAGON (Reusable versus disposable drapes and gowns for greener operating theatres) trial recruitment was then presented, which led to a discussion on the practical aspects of implementation of the trial results within the NHS. The trial is currently recruiting in the UK. A new anaesthesia-centred trial was introduced, the NOBLE trial, which focusses on the delivery of nitrous oxide to patients through cylinders and manifolds. Expressions of interest are currently being collected for NOBLE.

We are proud to present the BJS Prize session from the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland's 2024 Annual Meeting, which was held 1 July to 3 July in Wales. The BJS prize winner was Charlie West for "The empty pelvis syndrome: a core dataset from the PelvEx Collaborative."

This is part of a series on the medicolegal aspects of surgery, in collaboration with the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), which you can also find on www.bjsacademy.com. This article aims to discuss simple and straightforward ways to avoid you having to make any contact with your hospital legal department. My qualifications for giving this podcast include a 30 year career as a general and subsequently a vascular surgeon. In the last 15 years of my career I started writing expert reports from the perspective of a vascular surgeon on medicolegal cases, which I can tell you was an eye-opener. I have seen many patterns, some of which seem preventable. I hope to be able to communicate some of the things I've learned from the other side of the table.