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2025 Autumn Meeting

SASWR BRISTOL PROG Nov 2025 v3.pdf Published 21/10/2025 - note earlier start on Friday!


THURSDAY 20th November 2025

0830-0915          Registration

Coffee, Trade and Poster Exhibition

0830-0900          SASWR Annual General Meeting

Chair: Dr Sarah Warwicker, Hon Sec

0905-0910          Introduction

                                Dr James Pittman, outgoing President

0910-0915          Welcome by Dr Tom Simpson , President, SASWR

0915-1045          SESSION I: GLP-1 Agonists, the debate 

GLP-1 Agonists

Dr Matt Short, Consultant Anaesthetist

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston

                               Gastric Ultrasound

Dr Sarah Jackson, Anaesthetic Registrar Severn Deanery

       Gastric Ultrasound Practical Session (including coffee break)

                               

1045-1115          Coffee, Trade and Poster Exhibition

1115-1245          SESSION II: Perioperative Care and Risk

                                Perioperative Care of Older People

                                Dr David Shipway, Consultant Physician

                                North Bristol NHS Trust

                                ALPACA Study

                                Prof Angus McNair, General Surgery, University of Bristol

                                Associate Professor Kerry Avery, Applied Health & Care

                                Research, University of Bristol

                                Questions

1245-1330          Lunch, Trade and Poster Exhibition

1330-1510          SESSION III: Trainee Session

                                SASWR Intersurgical Trainee Prize Presentation

                                Oral presentations

                                PROTECT TRIAL

                                Dr Tom Abbott, Senior Clinical Lecturer

                                Queen Mary’s University                              

1510-1530          Coffee, Trade and Poster Exhibition

1530-1540          SASWR Intersurgical Trainee Prize Award

                                Dr Tom Simpson

1540-1640          SESSION IV: The Sir Humphry Davy Lecture

                                Introduced by the President, Dr Tom Simpson

Moving from silence to sharing: why embracing vulnerability is healthcare's missing medicine

Rebecca Winterborn, Consultant Vascular Surgeon

North Bristol NHS Trust

1640                     Closing Remarks

1915                     President’s Reception

                                Bristol Harbour Hotel

2000                     The Society Dinner (Black Tie)

                                The Sansovino Hall

                                Bristol Harbour Hotel

FRIDAY 21st November 2025

0815-0845          Registration, Coffee, Trade and Poster Exhibition

0845-0915          SESSION V: Setting up a service: Bringing ECMO to the Southwest

                            Dr Stefan Gurney, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston

0915-1025          Session VI: Medical Education for Now

                                Anaesthesia Education Update from RCoA

Dr Kajan Kamalanathan, Consultant Anaesthetist

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston

Lead Tutor, Royal College of Anaesthetists

Future Directions in Medical Education

Dr Junaid Fukuta, Consultant Anaesthetist

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston

1025-1055          Coffee, Trade and Poster Exhibition

1055-12:05        SESSION VII: Clinical Updates

Maternal Medicine Update

                                Dr Francesca Neuberger, Consultant in Obstetric Medicine

                                North Bristol NHS Trust                               

Paeds Update from the WATCH Perspective  

Dr Dora Wood, Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston

Lead Consultant for WATCH

Questions          

1205-1300          Lunch, Trade and Poster Exhibition

1300-1410          SESSION VIII: AI in Healthcare                   

AI in ICU

Dr Chris Bordeaux, Consultant in Intensive Care

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston

AI in Wider Healthcare

Dr Monique Vekeria, Consultant Radiologist and Digital Lead

Oxford University Hospitals

Dr Arpit Srivastava, GP

Co-founder Whatsapp a GP

Questions

1410-1440          Coffee, Trade and Poster Exhibition

1440-1620          SESSION IX: Prehab

Research Update

Prof Ben Gibbinson, Cardiac Anaesthesia & Intensive Care

University of Bristol

PREHAB Update

Prehabilitation Team

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston

Questions

1550-1620          SWARM, STAR, SEASN Update

1620-1630          Meeting Close Dr Tom Simpson, President SASWR

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