Upcoming events

EDINBURGH AORTIC SUMMIT
Date: June 12–13, 2025
Venue: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSED)
We’re bringing together an amazing group of global aortic experts across Interventional Radiology, Anaesthesia, Cardiac Surgery, and Vascular Surgery to discuss the latest in aortic care. We have a fantastic line up of 30 national and international speakers, including Michael Sabatai and Aung Oo.
For more information about the Summit, visit the Summit Website: https://easummit.org.uk
For Registration, visit https://fitwise.eventsair.com/eas2025/delreg/Site/Register

UK-AS: Aortic Webinar Programme
Webinars start at 4.30 pm, unless announced differently on our website.
If you are interested in attending, please register at :
This webinar series is designed around the UK and Ireland surgical trainee’s and SAS doctors with an interest in aortic surgery and in preparation for the FRCS Cardiothoracic examination. The event will be free to attendees, and we encourage lecturer’s to make it as interactive as possible, with videos, Q&A’s and audience participation. The session will run for 60 minutes allowing 15 minutes of questions at the end. It will be chaired by the UK-AS executive and we aim to record the sessions and make them available to members. If you have an idea or topic you would like us to consider at future series or you would like to attend, please contact us on admin@uk-as.org
Date | Topics | Presenter |
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Fri 27th September 2024 | Ascending aorta Replacement – The Easiest Operation in the world, right? | Mr Damien Balmforth Consultant Aortic and Cardiac Surgeon |
Wed 30th October 2024 | Aortic root replacement – tips and tricks | Ms Indu Deglurkar Consultant Aortic and Cardiac Surgeon |
Fri 22nd November 2024 | Frozen Elephant Trunk surgery - Lessons over a career | Professor Aung Ye Oo Consultant Aortic and Cardiac Surgeon |
Dec 2024 - Christmas Break | ||
Jan 2025 | Sutureless Valve Replacement – economy of time or better exercise tolerance? | |
Feb 2025 | Aortic Arch Replacement – step by step, the rules of safety | |
Mar 2025 | Aortic Valve Repair – will it ever become routine? | |
April 2025 | David procedure /Yacoub’s procedure – why I choose what I do? | |
May 2025 | Frozen Elephant Trunk surgery – lessons over a career |
For doctors in training (Vascular, Radiology and Cardiac Surgery), nurses and allied health professionals