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Meeting Programme Autumn 2026: Published 30/10

SASWR AUTUMN SCIENTIFIC MEETING 12TH 13TH NOVEMBER 2026

MSHED BRISTOL

THURSDAY 12TH NOVEMBER

08:30 09:10 Registration

08:30 09:00 SASWR AGM

09:00 09:10 Introduction

09:10 09:15 Welcome President

09:15 11:15 Session I: Trauma

Chair: Dr Rhys Rhidian

 

Drowning: Beyond the Airway

Dr Paddy Morgan, Consultant Anaesthetist

Bristol Foundation NHS Trust - Southmead

 

Major Trauma: Beyond the Centre

Dr Nirosha De Zoysa, Consultant Anaesthetist

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust - Southmead

 

Pre-Hospital Medicine Sub-specialty Training in the South West

Dr Olivia Cheetham, ST7 Resident

Severn Deanery

 

Adult Critical Care Transfer: The Journey so Far

Dr Scott Grier, Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust - Southmead

 

11:15 11:45 Coffee, Trade and Poster Exhibition

 

11:45 13:00 Session II: Frailty and Neuroscience

Chair: Dr Gemma Nickols

 

The National Chronic Subdural Datahub: a NELA for Chronic Subdurals?

Dr Dan Stubbs, Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist and Assistant Research Professor

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & University of Cambridge

 

Frailty in Acute Neurosurgical Patients

Dr Frances Rickard, Consultant Geriatrician

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust - Southmead

 

Middle Meningeal Artery Embolisation

Dr Anthony Cox, Consultant Neuroradiologist

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust - Southmead

 

13:00 14:00 Lunch, Trade & Poster Exhibition

 

14:00 14:30 Session III: Big Data

Chair: Dr Gemma Nickols

 

Big Data: Pitfalls, Lessons Learned and how MPOG Works

Dr Allison Janda, Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia

University of Michigan Heath, USA

 

 

14:30 15:30 Session IV: Resident Session

Chair: Dr Amy Dodd

 

SASWR Intersurgical Resident Prize Presentation

Oral Presentations

 

15:30 -16:00 Coffee, Trade and Poster Exhibition

 

16:00 16:10 SASWR Intersurgical Resident Prize Award

Dr Rachael Craven

 

16:10 17:00 Session V: The Sir Humphry Davy Lecture

Introduced by the President Dr Rachael Craven

 

Is Process my Friend? A view from Pre-Hospital Care

Prof David Lockey

Consultant Intensive Care Medicine, Anaesthesia and Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Southmead & London Air Ambulance Service

 

17:00 Closing Remarks

19:15 President s Reception

Avon Gorge Hotel

 

20:00 The Society Dinner

Avon Gorge Hotel

Music by The Dellstars

 

 

FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER

 

08:15 08:45 Registration, Coffee, Trade and Poster Exhibition

 

08:45 09:30 - Session VI: Wellbeing

Chair: Dr Katie Foy

 

Tales of Endurance

Dr Anthony Carey, Consultant Anaesthetist

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Southmead

 

Blood, Sweat and Oestrogen

Miss Tracy-Louise Appleyard OBE, Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Southmead

 

09:30 10:45 Session VII: Obstetrics

Chair: Dr Ed Miles

 

Neuro-Obstetrics: Arnold Chiari in Pregnancy

Dr Helen Johnston, Consultant Anaesthetist

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Southmead

 

Black Maternal Health: Change and Action

Ms Sonah Paton

Black Mothers Matter Co-founder & Managing Director

Ms Noshin Emamiannaeini-Menzies

Health Innovation West of England

 

10:45 11:15 Coffee, Trade and Poster Exhibition

 

11:15 13:00 - Session VIII: Rapid Sequence Induction

Chair: Dr Kathryn Holder

 

Pro Con Debate: The TCI TIVA Rapid Sequence Induction

Dr Chris Thompson, Consultant Anaesthetist

Dr Tim Howes, Consultant Anaesthetist

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Southmead

 

Rapid Sequence Induction: The Medico-legal Perspective

Dr Ime Eka, ST6 Resident

Severn Deanery

 

SECURE: Service Evaluation of Cross Specialty UK Rapid Sequence Intubation Events

Dr Jonathan Barnes, Consultant Cardiac Anaesthetist

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust City & Weston

 

13:00 14:00 Lunch, Trade and Poster Exhibition

 

14:00 15:15 Session IX: Perioperative Medicine

Chair: Dr Kat Herneman

 

AI in Anaesthesia: Keeping Healthcare Human and Working with Machines

Dr Matt Aldridge, Consultant Anaesthetist

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Southmead

 

TIVA Outcomes and Updates from the THRIVE Trial

Dr Allison Janda, Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia

University of Michigan Health, USA

 

Allergy: Managing the Risk in the Peri-operative Setting

Dr Amy Dodd, Consultant Anaesthetist

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust - Southmead

 

15:15 16:00 Session X: Specialist Services

Chair: Dr Tim Howes

 

Perioperative Management of Phaeochromocytoma

Prof Jas Soar, Consultant Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthesia

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Southmead

 

Endovascular Aortic Surgery: To the Arch and Beyond

Mr Marcus Brooks, Consultant Vascular Surgeon

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust - Southmead

 

16:00 16:05 Presentation of SASWR Poster Prize

 

16:05 16:10 Meeting Close Dr Rachael Craven, President SASWR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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