An excellent opportunity to undertake a fully funded basic science PhD (for surgeons in training) investigating the role of exercise in oesophageal cancer Royal Surrey and University of Surrey starting October 2024. Please contact me directly if you are interested.

Phenomenal end to the day. Brilliant session on minimally invasive anastomotic technique in oesophagectomy #OGOS2024

Delighted to present our unit experience on robotic esophagectomy in Strasbourg at #OESO2024. How to build a safe robotic UGI program from scratch. Nima Abbassi-Ghadi Pritam Singh Anantha Madhavan Rob Walker Royal Surrey

Honoured to moderate the Training Session at this year’s OESO meeting in Strasbourg, with esteemed colleagues Bernard Dallemagne & Lee Swanstrom. #OESO2024. Nima Abbassi-Ghadi Pritam Singh Anantha Madhavan Rob Walker Royal Surrey

An honour to present our experience of Enhanced Recovery (ERAS) and minimally invasive/robotic surgery in session: Minimally Invasive and Robotic Esophageal Surgery, at OESO congress in Strasbourg.#OESO2024. Nima Abbassi-Ghadi Pritam Singh Anantha Madhavan Rob Walker Royal Surrey

Meet Geeta Aggarwal, joint Chief of Service for Surgery. Geeta will speak at the new Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre event 🏥 She will explain how the centre will see us build upon our world-class services in traditional and robotic surgery 🤖 royalsurrey.nhs.uk/casicevent

Anna McGuire was a Patients’ Choice award winner 2023. She was nominated by a patient, who said: “The support that Anna provided during an especially dark period for me was overwhelming.” Nominate your Royal Surrey Star for our Patients’ Choice 2024: royalsurrey.nhs.uk/nominate

Excellent cadaveric course in radical OG cancer surgery. Few places remaining. Delivered in an outstanding training centre ⁦Newcastle Surgical Training Centre - NSTC⁩ and by an excellent and experienced faculty ⁦⁦TUGSS⁩ ⁦AUGIS⁩ ⁦⁦The Roux Group⁩ nstcsurg.org/courses/upper-…

Outstanding fellowship opportunity in a high volume centre- robotic/mio/open radical cancer / benign surgery. Proven track record in training with multiple previous fellows in consultant posts across the world. ⁦AUGIS⁩ ⁦The Roux Group⁩ jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland (AUGIS)/perioperative quality initiative (POQI) consensus statement on prehabilitation in oesophagogastric surgery ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/zn… Prehabilitation is an emerging field in surgical oncology A

#OpenAccess What is the cost effectiveness of RFA for patients with LGD? Check out this article - "Factors influencing the cost-effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation for Barrett’s esophagus with low-grade dysplasia in Australia" ow.ly/muIW50UwvA8

ESOPEC, a large randomized trial involving patients with resectable esophageal cancer, showed that perioperative chemotherapy improved overall survival as compared with preoperative chemoradiotherapy. Full trial results: nej.md/4apWlo5 Editorial: Multimodal Treatment

A new study finds a significant risk of lymph node metastasis in early esophago-gastric cancer, challenging current predictive models. More research is needed to refine treatment decisions. journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

Really proud to see SPACE-FLOT published ⁦BJS⁩, helping to tailor adj FLOT for OG Ca. Huge effort, thanks+++ to our global co-authors in 43 centers. ⁦Lorenzo Ferri MD PhD⁩ ⁦David Watson⁩ ⁦Sheraz Markar⁩ ⁦⁦⁦Claire Donohoe⁩ academic.oup.com/bjs/article-ab…

We welcome applications for our senior HPB fellowship Royal Surrey. We are the highest volume robotic HPB service in the UK. Great access to a wide range of open/MIS liver/pancreas/biliary surgery healthjobsuk.com/job/v7183507 AUGIS E-AHPBA IHPBA The Roux Group HPB Guildford, Surrey

Their conclusion: no need for abx waiting on appy… My take: While no diff in perforation rates, ⬇️ SSI by 50% Role of Preoperative Antibiotic Treatment While Awaiting Appendectomy: The PERFECT-Antibiotics Randomized Clinical Trial | Infectious Diseases jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

In 40 years I’ve never had a day like this in the operating theatre: 1 robotic Whipples + 1 robotic cholecystectomy with liver resection Minimally invasive surgery, reduced surgical stress & postoperative-pain ERAS® Society Amazing team led expertly Raj Lahiri Royal Surrey Family

It was a team effort by a fantastic theatre team Bill Fawcett. A very rewarding & efficient day of operating Royal Surrey IHPBA E-AHPBA AUGIS Declan Richard Laing Jawad Ahmad

First-of-a-kind pilot study from Royal Surrey and University of Surrey finds that exercising during chemotherapy and before surgery may help the body send more immune cells into cancerous tumours. Read the full article: royalsurrey.nhs.uk/news/exercise-…

Complex Esophageal Reconstruction for patients who need #esophagealReplacement as seen in the The Annals of Thoracic Surgery pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40274211/