BBASS welcomes Professor Peter Brennand. Professor Brennan is a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in Portsmouth, specialising in head and neck oncology with a personal chair for his research and education achievements, He has over 830 publications to date, with more than 80 on patient safety and human factors. He is a committed trainer and educator, collaborating across specialties and disciplines. Peter won the 2022 Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) Silver Scalpel Award – the most prestigious accolade across all UK surgical specialties for excellence in training. He has edited 6 OMFS specialty textbooks and is Lead Editor of Gray’s Surgical Anatomy which has received widespread acclaim around the world.

Peter is interested in human factors (HF) and patient safety, and has established unique collaborations with airline pilots, National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (Red Arrows). His work improves practice across surgical and medical specialties and includes reducing hierarchy, enhancing team working and raising awareness of many personal factors to reduce medical error. In 2019, he was awarded a PhD entitled ‘Applying HF to Improve Patient Safety.’ He receives many invitations to speak from local to international level about HF and works with the Royal Colleges, GMC and others to help improve patient safety and better team working. Peter promotes equality, women in surgery, and supports and empowers trainees and SAS grades at every opportunity.