ELHT Foundation Conference Committee Presents
Innovation & Change: National Hybrid Conference
26th January 2023, 8am to 2pm
Programme of the Day…
08:00 - 08:15Â Registration
08:15 - 08:30Â Introduction - Dr Chanelle Smith
08:30 - 09:15 Keynote Speaker - Dr Chris Gardner - "Making negatives into positives - from incidents to innovation"
09:15 - 09:30Â MDU Sponsorship Video/Talk and Stall Browsing
09:30 -10:15 Keynote Speaker - Ms Denize Atan - "Papilloedema: what a headache!"
10:15- 10:30 MPS Sponsorship Video/Talk and Stall Browsing
10:30 - 11:00 Break & View MedAll Posters
11:00 - 11:15 BMA Sponsorship Video/Talk and Stall Browsing
11:15 - 12:00Â Keynote speaker - Mr Andrew Alalade
12:00 - 13:00Â Lunch Break
13:00 - 13:15Â Oral Presentation 1 - Erum Aafreen Matloob Ahmad
“Quality of Discharge Letters in the AMU at ELHT.”
13:15 - 13:30Â Oral Presentation 2 - Asmaa Ali
“Should race still be used to guide different medical guidelines in the UK? A narrative review with case studies.”
13:30 - 13:45Â Oral Presentation 3 - Dr Hamzah Ezairjawi
“A single pathway does not fit all patients: Audit's Results.”
13:45 - 14:00Â Award Announcements & Closing Remarks
With thanks to our keynote speakers…
Dr Chris Gardner
Dr Chris Gardner is Deputy Medical Director has been a Consultant Paediatrician at East Lancashire Hospital's NHS Trust since 2011. Dr Gardner trained in the North West, completing training in the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and completing research in the Endocrinology Unit at University Hospital Aintree.
In addition to his clinical duties, he is also Clinical Director for general paediatrics and used to be chair of the North West Children and Young People’s Diabetes Network.
Ms Denize Atan
Ms Denize Atan qualified from the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford in Clinical Medicine and Surgery in 1996. She undertook higher specialist training in ophthalmology alongside her PhD research in ocular genetics at the University of Bristol from 2004. She later spent 2 years as postdoctoral research fellow in neurogenetics at the University of Toronto and Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Ms Atan currently divides her time between working as a Consultant Senior Clinical Lecturer in Neuro-ophthalmology at Bristol University and as an Honorary Consultant in Neuro-ophthalmology at the Bristol Eye Hospital. Her surgical expertise is in strabismus surgery. She also specialises in retinopathy of prematurity.
She is a member of the Bristol Neuro-Oncology Group (BNOG) and the multidisciplinary team that provides a regional service in the South West of England for patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2).
In parallel with my clinical commitments, she leads an active research group at the University of Bristol with common interests in neurodevelopment, neurogenetics and neuro-inflammatory disease.
She is also Unit Lead for Neuroscience for the BSc in Health Sciences course at the University of Bristol and is on the Faculty for undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses in Stem Cell Biology, Regenerative Medicine and Molecular Neuroscience at the University of Bristol.
In 2015, Denize was appointed the Lead for Women in Science in the School of Clinical Sciences, becoming a high-profile role model for women in the School and an active promoter of equality and diversity.
Mr Andrew Alalade
Mr Andrew Alalade is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire. He is a honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) and is the Regional Director of the NorthWest England Neurosurgery Teaching Programme. He completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His neurosurgical residency training was done in the London North Thames rotation.
Following the completion of his chief residency stint at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London in 2016; he gained additional training as the BASO/HCA International Foundation Traveling Fellow at the Weill Cornell Medical College – New York Presbyterian Hospital, USA before doing advanced subspecialty fellowships at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane and the Walton Centre, Liverpool.
Mr Alalade has an active interest in research, and has published several papers and book chapters relating to skull base neurosurgery, cerebrovascular neurosurgery, and minimally invasive approaches.
Congratulations to our successful applicants …
Presenter
Oral Presentation
Erum Aafreen Matloob Ahmad
Quality of Discharge Letters in the AMU at ELHT.
Asmaa Ali
Dr Chris Williot
Should race still be used to guide different medical guidelines in the UK? A narrative review with case studies.
Dr Hamzah Ezairjawi
Ms Asma Sultana
A single pathway does not fit all patients: Audit's Results
Presenter
Poster Presentation
Dr Emily Shaw
Dr Elena Priestman, Dr Ahmad Abdurrahman
An audit on the appropriate and correct use of Section 5(2) of the Mental Health Act in Royal Blackburn Hospital.
Dr Matthew Longsthroth
Miss Ghazal Hodhody, Mr Saifullah Hadi, Dr May Khet-Pan
Enhancing Consent: An educational QIP to empower patients and junior doctors.
Josh Matthews &Â Miriam Matthews
Dr Mathews George, Dr Lynnette Mazur
Targeted Therapies for BRAF V600E Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Dr Ithsham Hussain
Dr Robab Masood, Dr Emily Shaw, Dr Omar Desouky, Dr Noshaba Mahmood
Widening Participation: A Free Course to Improve MMI Skills in College Students from Blackburn.
Dr Timothy Varghese
Dr IzziddĂŻne Vial
Surgery Survival Guide For Foundation Year 1 Doctors - A Quality Improvement Project.
Dr Timothy Varghese
Dr IzziddĂŻne Vial
Concomitant brain and liver abscesses: a rare complication of acute diverticulitis.
Dr Rana Tahoun
Dr Madeleine Wright
A quality improvement project designed around improving foundation doctors year 2’s (FY2) NICU induction guide with an aim to improve patient safety and junior doctor’s confidence.
Dr Nigin Ghani & Dr Sophia Raymond
Dr Minahil Imran, Dr Saba Noor, Dr Donia Elnemir
Hello, it’s the FY1 Doctor On-call! (The On-call Teaching Series).
Akansha Sharma
Syed Raees Mustafa
An audit to measure >5% reduction efforts in body-mass-index (BMI) in patients suffering from osteoarthritis before their scheduled total joint replacement at Darwen Health Link Surgery.
Dr Aasim Adia
Systematic review evaluating the use of artificial intelligence for identifying the invasive tumour edge of glioma.
Sanshika Bhardwaj
Dr Danielle Marlow and Dr Carol Porteous
Patient and Public Involvement in R&D Forums within the NHS.
Dr Melanie Coulson
Dr Natalie Walker, Professor Paul Baker
’Self-Development Time’ across the North-West Foundation School.
Dr Melanie Coulson
Dr Natalie Walker, Dr Zara Ali, Dr Raymond Matthews, Dr Jonathan Cattrall, Dr Aimee Lloyd, Professor Paul Baker, Claire Flint
'Near-peer support': a comparative study across the North-West Foundation School.
Dr Max Shah & Dr Jay Talbott
The recent changes to the UK Core Surgical Training Programme application and its impact on widening participation in surgery.