Churchill College Medic / Vet Symposium 2017
PROGRAMME
10.30am–11am: Registration & coffee
11am–11.15am: Welcome remarks
Dr Barry Kingston, Director of Studies for Medical & Veterinary Sciences and Tutor for Advanced Studies and Dr Jason Ali, Director of Studies in Clinical Medicine
11.15am–11.45am: Presentation 1
Engineering the future of medicine – Susan ML Lim (G85) MD PhD, Co-chair, Global Advisory Council, International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
Susan will explore the new technologies that enable the re-engineering of the human body, through the repair or replacement of body parts, using autologous, allogeneic, xenogeneic and synthetic components
11.45am–12.15pm: Presentation 2
Ex vivo perfusion of donor organ for clinical transplantation – Mr Pedro Catarino (U88), Clinical Director of Transplantation, Papworth Hospital & Consultant cardiac and transplant surgeon
In the United Kingdom the demand for donor organs far outweighs the supply and many patients die waiting for a transplant. One strategy to expand the donor organ pool is to extend the criteria of acceptable organs for example, older donors and the use of ‘donation after circulatory’ death (DCD) donors. This talk will introduce a novel clinical technology being performed at Papworth that will hopefully offer significant clinical benefits and increase the number of transplants performed worldwide as well as giving an insight into the challenges faced when trying to start a new clinical programme in the NHS.
12.15pm–12.45pm: Presentation 3
The Evolution of Radiotherapy and Its Role in Cancer Management – Dr Gemma McCormick (U03), Clinical Oncology Registrar at the Royal Marsden Hospital
This talk will cover the basics of how radiotherapy works and when and how radiotherapy is used to treat cancer as well as exploring the development of radiotherapy from radium to conformal radiotherapy to IMRT to proton therapy.
12.45pm–2.15pm: LUNCH in Hall
2.15pm–2.45pm: Presentation 4
Not so tall stories: tales from front line child health in the UK – Dr Hannah Jacob (U03), Paediatric Registrar, North Middlesex University
This talk will explore the realities of paediatric practice in a deprived area of the UK. From non-accidental injury to life-threatening sepsis, the audience will hear about the challenges, thrills and opportunities for improvement in child health both locally and nationally.
2.45pm–3.15pm: Presentation 5
General practice in the remotest areas of Scotland – Dr Kirsty Vickerstaff (U&G85), GP Partner, Aultbea & Gairloch Medical Practice
The talk will largely be an observation about how different general practice is in a remote and rural area. It will also high-light some of the differences between Scottish and English health care and look at some aspects of rural deprivation.
3.15pm–3.45pm: Presentation 6
Quality of Care for Digestive Diseases – a Canadian Perspective – Dr David Armstrong (U&G71), Professor of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario & Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada
The practice of medicine is changing such that it is no longer acceptable for healthcare practitioners to care for individual patients in isolation without incorporating the principles of evidence-based medicine and accountability for the quality and costs of healthcare. This talk will highlight some of the difficulties and successes that have marked the development of gastroenterology quality improvement programs across Canada in the context of a multi-jurisdiction, fee-for-service, single payer, health care system.
3.45pm–4.15pm: Refreshments & networking
4.15pm–4.45pm: Presentation 7
Emerging Fungal Diseases Threaten the Persistence of Wildlife Populations – Jonathan Sleeman (U&G86), Center Director, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Several emerging fungal diseases (including chytridiomycosis in amphibians and bat white nose syndrome) are threatening the persistence of wildlife populations, and illustrate the global drivers of emerging infectious diseases as well as the negative consequences of biodiversity loss to human and environmental health. Novel emerging infectious diseases of wildlife origin are also of direct concern for public health as they are difficult to anticipate and challenging to manage.Future actions should focus on measures to prevent the intercontinental spread of these pathogens, surveillance of wildlife to achieve early detection and rapid response, ecological studies to understand the drivers of these diseases, and exploration of management tools, including human and wildlife vaccines.
4.45pm–5.15pm: Presentation 8
Humanitarian Plastic Reconstructive surgeon Where? What? How? Why? – Yvette Godwin (U82) FRCS(plast), Institution: MSF: Doctors without Borders
This talk aims to take the audience on a journey from “Churchill Transfer Medic” through to humanitarian plastic reconstructive surgeon based in Gaza, giving an un-sugarcoated, truthful account of the reality faced when you decide to engage in this work. There are surprises, failures and rewards, as in every job and Yvette hopes students may be inspired, academics tempted to help make a change and clinicians simply amused at her recklessness life decision!
5.15pm–5.45pm: Presentation 9
I’m going to sue you!! – Professor Charles Claoué (U&G75), MA(Cantab), MD, DO, FRCS(Eng), FRCOphth, FEBO, MAE Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon - Consulting at 119 Harley Street London
Litigation is rife in life sciences. Charles will use his experience as Head of Chambers at EYE-LAW CHAMBERS® to help the audience with advice on how to avoid trouble and how to get out of it, covering patient selection/management, consent, surgery and complications, outcomes and record keeping with the relevant law explained.
5.45pm–6pm: Closing remarks & Q&A
6pm–6.45pm: Networking drinks reception – all attendees
OPTIONAL – ALUMNI ONLY:
7.30pm: Dine in College (sign up using High Table dining rights and assemble in the SCR for drinks 7.00 / 7.15pm)
SPEAKER BIOGS
Dr David Armstrong (U&G71) avid Armstrong is Professor of Medicine at McMaster University.
He graduated from Cambridge University and King’s College Hospital, London, UK. After 2 years as a family physician in Labrador, he trained in internal medicine and gastroenterology in England, Switzerland and Canada before taking a faculty position at McMaster University in 1998. His clinical interests include upper gastrointestinal disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, nutrition, cystic fibrosis, endoscopy, electronic health records, education and quality in health care. He is an active researcher with over 250 full publications. He is Medical Director of the Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) Home Parenteral Nutrition Program and he co-chairs the HHS Nutrition Committee & HHS Endoscopy Committee. He is President of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, a CAG SEE Faculty Member, Regional Governor (Ontario) & Councillor (Canada) for the American College of Gastroenterology, Chair of the Canadian National Colon Cancer Screening Network and a Board Member of the Canadian Digestive Health Foundation. He lives with his wife and a diminishing proportion of his five sons in Hamilton, Ontario.
Mr Pedro Catarino (U88) began his medical career as an undergraduate at Churchill from 1988-1991 before completing clinical school in Oxford. He trained as a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Royal Brompton in London and as a transplant surgeon at Duke University in the USA. He has been a consultant at Papworth since 2009 where he is the lead for specialist aortic surgery, and the director of our transplant programme. He is the Surgical Attachment Director for Stage II clinical students at Papworth and an Associate Lecturer at the Medical School.
Professor Charles Claoué (U&G 75) has been a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon in London since 1995, specialising in advanced cataract surgery, intraocular lens (IOL) design, corneal transplantation, and corneal (Femto-LASIK) & lens refractive surgery (including PRELEX). He trained at Cambridge, St. Thomas’ and Moorfields Eye Hospitals, and has academic links to the Universities of London, Pretoria, Ulster and the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has been Secretary of both the United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, and the British Society for Refractive Surgery. He is Liveryman Guardant of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, a Freeman of The City of London, and has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles as well as book chapters and edited a text-book on refractive surgery. Amongst his many achievements, he was the first surgeon to describe PRELEX (PREsbyopic Lens EXchange) and published on a novel IOL for end-stage ARMD. Having over 10 years’ medico-legal ophthalmology experience, he founded EYE-LAW CHAMBERS® in 2017. He is a member of the élite International Intraocular Implant Club. Outside medicine, his interests include classic cars, history and farming.
Yvette Godwin (U82) FRCS(plast) came up with a NatSci degree and transferred to Medicine whilst at Cambridge. She started at Addenbrookes as a junior doctor then undertook multiple training programmes before qualifying as a consultant plastic surgeon. She travelled around the world before working as a consultant plastic surgeon in Edinburgh for four years at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children. She subsequently became a humanitarian and has been working as a volunteer for the past 5 years at the level of a consultant plastic surgeon with eight charities including: MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières – Doctors without Borders), PCRS, The International Red Cross, Operation Smile and Operation Sourire.
Dr Hannah Jacob (U03) is a paediatric registrar on the North Central and East London training scheme. Following pre-clinical and clinical training in Cambridge, Hannah undertook her foundation training in Oxford before starting paediatric specialty training in London. She has a Masters in Advanced Paediatrics from UCL and holds trainee representation roles for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Her special interests include safeguarding, diabetes and medical education. When she is not at work she spends most of her time running around after her three daughters and feeding her extremely sweet tooth.
Dr Susan Lim (G85) performed the first successful liver transplant for Singapore (1990), and was the second woman in the world to have done so. Her academic recognitions include Fellow, Trinity College, University of Melbourne, the Monash University Distinguished Alumnus Award, and an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Medicine, the University of Newcastle, Australia. Over her 30 year academic surgical career, she has pioneered new areas in medicine, described in her TED talk “Transplant Cells not Organs” https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_lim . She is the current Co-chair of the Global Advisory Council of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR).
Dr. Gemma McCormick (U03) MA (Cantab), MBBS, MRCP, PGCert is a Clinical Oncology registrar at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. Following pre-clinical medicine at Churchill she completed her clinical medical studies at Guy's, Kings and St Thomas' Hospitals before undertaking training jobs in London and Kent. She is currently working towards an MSc in Oncology. She was captain of Churchill College Women's rugby team in 2005/2006 and enjoys travelling, sewing and gin.
Jonathan Sleeman (U&G86) is currently the Center Director for the US Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center where he leads a team that provides national leadership to safeguard wildlife and ecosystem health through multidisciplinary research and technical assistance to federal, state, and tribal agencies as well as internationally as an OIE Collaborating Centre. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin, School of Veterinary Medicine. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters all on the topics of wildlife and ecosystem health. He is active in various scientific organizations, and serves on several committees for the United States Animal Health Association, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the CDC. He is board certified by the American College of Zoological Medicine, and received his veterinary degree and master’s degree in zoology from the University of Cambridge, England. Previous positions include Director of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Center in Rwanda, and Wildlife Veterinarian for the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
Dr Kirsty Vickerstaff (U&G85) is a GP Partner at the Aultbea and Gairloch Medical Practice. She is also a GP Trainer. She has no competing interests.