Upcoming events
UK AS Educate Series
September to November
Events start at the below designated times unless specified otherwise.
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
UKAS Annual Meeting Programme
Saturday 6th September 2024 - The Ryder Room
| Time | Program | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| AM Session | 09:00 – 11:00 | UK AS Updates, TADCT, Think Aorta, EARNEST Tria | ||
| 09.00 | Welcome | |
| 09:05 | Apologies | |
| 09:10 | Minutes of last meeting | Michael Sabetai |
| 09:15 | Secretary’s update | Karen Booth |
| 09:20 |
UK AS Research Updates and Agenda for 2024-2025 List of Aortic Surgeons (points of contact) in England |
Stuart Grant / Sanjay Asopa |
| 09:30 |
UK AS Education Update and Agenda for 2024-2025 The UK AS Wetlabs series |
Shakil Farid & Giovanni Mariscalco |
| 9.40 | TADCT: Shaping a Safer Future for those Impacted by AD: Progress and Plans | Catherine Fowler / Michael Kyriakedis |
| 9.55 | Thinking about patient’s needs 2024 and beyond. | Anne Cotton |
| 10.10 | Incidence of Type B Aortic Dissections in the UK. The EARNEST trial and the chance to capture the incidence of medically treated cases | Colin Bicknell |
| SPONSORS PRESENTATION – PRODUCTS UPDATES | ||
| 10.30 | ARTIVION | Barry Fleming |
| 10.40 | EDWARDS | Sue Drake |
| 10.50 | TERUMO | Leslie Marsden |
| 11.00 - 11.30 COFFEE BREAK | ||
| AM Session II | 11:30 – 12:30 | Techniques, New Devices, Services | ||
| 11.30 | How can you establish a dedicated transport system for acute aortic dissections? Lessons learnt from the ECMO service. | Nick Barrett |
| 11.45 | Small incisions for big cases. Mini AoArch Replacement (Lupiae Graft) | Giovanni Mariscalco |
| 12.00 | Thoraco-abdominal aorta infections: Diagnostic and Technical Considerations. The St Thomas’ experience | Morad Sallam |
| 12.15 | UK AS position statement on the AMDS device | Stuart Grant |
| 12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH | ||
| PM Session | 13:30 – 15:00 | Regional Updates/ Challenges and Training 13:30 –15:00 | ||
| 13.30 | NACSA/NICOR Aortic Dataset is here. Now you have to provide the data | Manoj Kuduvalli |
| 13.35 | Activity of acute and elective complex aortic cases and service provision challenges in Scotland | Orwa Falah |
| 13.50 |
Regional Aortic Surgery Activity in England - Challenges Nottingham Niki Nicou TBC Sheffield Renata Greco Manchester Stuart Grant Cambridge Ravi DaSilva London Aung Oo/Michael Sabetai |
Renata Greco/ Stuart Grant/ Arvind Singh/ Aung Oo/ Michael Sabetai |
| 14.15 | Aortic Surgery Training in the United Kingdom and Ireland: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Residents’ Perspectives | Metesh Acharya |
| 14.30 | Thoracic Aortic Surgery Outcomes in cases performed by trainees | Talal Fazmin |
| 14.45 | UK AS Proposal for Expansion and One National Aortic Meeting | Michael Sabetai |
| 15.00 | Any other business and adjourn | |
| 17:00 - 22:00 Drinks and Dinner |
