About this event
- Date and time Fri 28 Mar 2025 from 8:30am to 6:00pm
- Location St Markās Hospital
- Organised by Coloproctology
Join us for an educational day at St Markās, the National Bowel Hospital, exploring the advancesĢżand controversies in the management of benign and malignant bowel conditions in a programmeĢżshaped and delivered by a national and international faculty of former fellows and alumni of StĢżMarkās: āAuld acquaintances, neāer forgottenā.Ģż
You'll learn about cutting edge research, minimally and maximally invasive surgical techniques,Ģżimaging, multidisciplinary working and training to optimise patient care, now and for the future.Ģż
This meeting aims to explore recent clinical advances in Coloproctology and their relatedĢżcontroversies driven by the interests, experiences and enthusiasms of our St Markās alumni.Ģż
By attending, you'll gain:
- Gain increased knowledge of current cancer and IBD management
- Better understand the areas of controversy in malignant and benign coloproctology e.g immunotherapy in colorectal cancer management, CME and more.
- Impact of robotics in colorectal cancer management
- Better understand training issues for current coloproctology trainees e.g letting surgeons flourish
St Markās Alumni and RSM Coloproctology Section Faculty:
Professor Omer Aziz, Miss Elaine Burns, Mr Gordon Buchanan, Miss Kirsten Boyle, Dr Daniel Clerc, Mr Mit Dattani, Mr John Evans, Professor Omar Faiz, Dr Tom Glover, Miss Sharmila Gupta, Mr Glen Guerra, Mr Anil Hemandes, Miss Nicola Hodges, Mr James Kynaston, Mr Chris McFaul, Mr Akash Mehta, Mr Pasha Nisar, Mr Toby Pring, Mr Aaron Quyn, Mr Mo Rabie, Mr Shanu Rasheed, Mr James Reed, Professor Irshad Shaikh, Mr Adam Stearns, Miss Bubby Thava, Mr Henry Tilney, Mr Greg Thomas, Mr Chris Thorn, Mr Ryash Vather, Mr Janindra Warusavitarne, Professor Malcolm West, Mr Ian White
Location:
This is an in person event at Avery Jones Lecture Theatre, St Mark's The National
Bowel Hospital, Central Middlesex Hospital, Acton Lane, London NW10 7NS
Getting there:
St Markās the National Bowel Hospital, Central Middlesex, Acton Lane, London NW10 7NS
Tube and rail links: St Markās at Central Middlesex nearest Tube station is Harlesden, but it is a 15-20 minute walk away, but there are bus services across the road from the tube station which take you in the direction of the hospital, some of which stop on the Hospital site. Parking is available on the hospital site.
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We would like to thank our sponsors Applied Medical, Johnson&Johnson MedTech, Lawmed, Medtronic and StrykerĢżfor their support of this event.ĢżPlease note that the main scientific programme and content has not been influenced in any way by our sponsors.Ģż
Agenda
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Registration, tea and coffee
Avery Jones lecture theatre
Welcome & introduction
Mr Ian Jenkins President, Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of 51¶ĢŹÓʵ and Mr Pasha Nisar, Honorary Secretary
Session 1
Chair: Professor Omar Faiz, St Markās Hospital
How to interpret the CME trials?
Mr Adam Stearns, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustĢż
The Surgical management of EMVI?!
Miss Nicola Hodges, St Markās Hospital
Making robotic CME safe
Professor Irshad Shaikh, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustĢż
Abdominal fat ratio: Implications for minimal access surgery
Mr John Evans, Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustĢż
Current debates in IBD Surgery
Mr Ian White, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center
Discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 2
Chairs: Mr Henry Tilney, Frimley and Mr Greg Thomas, St Markās Hospital
Building a pelvic exenteration unit
Mr Ryash Vather, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Leadership and resilience
Mr Shanu Rasheed, Royal Marsden Hospital
Surgery in the pelvic sidewall
Miss Elaine Burns, St Markās Hospital
Using the robot to itās full potential?
Mr James Read, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Discussion
Lunch break
Session 3
Chairs: Miss Sharmila Gupta, Colchester, Mr Pasha Nisar, St. Peters
Let surgeons flourish
Miss Kirsten Boyle, Leicestershire Partnership NHS TrustĢż
Surgical guise - a handsome lot?
Miss Bubby Thava, West Middlesex University Hospital
Surgical commitment and competence in the future - is it all doom and gloom?
Mit Dattani, Heartlands Hospital
Title to be confirmed
Speaker to be confirmed
The impact of fellowship training on rectal cancer outcomes
Mr James Kynaston, Forth Valley Royal Hospital
Discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 4
Chair: Mr Gordon Buchanan, Lister Hospital
Immunotherapy for colorectal cancer: The surgeonās dilemma
Professor Omer Aziz, Christie Hospital
Mechanisms of exercise prehabilitation - exercise and itās influence on tumour outcomes
Professor Malcolm West, University Hospital Southampton
Lateral pelvic lymph nodes - should we do more?
Mr Mo Rabie, University Hospital Southampton
Managing pelvic sidewall lymph nodes
Mr Aaron Quyn, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Organ preservation in rectal cancer
Mr Anil Hemandes, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustĢż
The forgotten hands: Are we losing a generation to robotic training?
Mr Toby Pring, Mater Hospital, Dublin
Session 5
Chair: Mr Janindra Warusavitarne, St Markās Hospital and Mr Greg Thomas, St Markās Hospital
Radiology for pelvic rarities
Dr Tom Glover, St Markās Hospital
I āheartā the abdominal wallā¦ā¦
Mr Akash Mehta, St Markās Hospital
Small data and the science of not operating
Mr Chris Thorn, Great Western Hospital
Mucinous appendiceal tumours and pseudomyxoma peritonei
Mr Glen Guerra, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Watch and wait strategies for rectal cancer in the TNT era
Dr Daniel Clerc, Lausanne
Discussion
Closing remarks and thanks
Mr Ian Jenkins President, Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of 51¶ĢŹÓʵ and Mr Pasha Nisar, Honorary Secretary
Sponsors

Location
St Markās Hospital, Avery Jones Medical Education Centre, Central Middlesex Hospital location, Acton Lane, Park Royal, NW10 7NS
Registration for this event will close on Thursday 27 March at 1:00am (BST). Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time.
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