Welcome to part 2 of our Widening Participation Women in Surgery Series on MedAll!!!
*All events are 7pm - 8pm with a 30 minute open access Networking Room post-event for attendees to talk freely to each other*
Surgery still has a long way to go with regards to inclusivity and diversity. WPMN strives to be a part of the change and brings you a monthly series delivered by inspiring women and allies from different surgical specialities. Each speaker is a leading surgeon in their field AND are allies to or from widening participation backgrounds. Join us and surgeons that look just like you and explore how they have navigated a surgical carer and created a work-life-balnce.
Session 3: LGBTQ+ in Surgery by PRiSM (Pride in Surgery Forum)
Mr Evri Tokidis - PRiSM Outreach Lead
He is a Colorectal trainee in Yorkshire. In his spare time he works as the SAS and IMG representative at EDI for ACPGBI and the PRiSM Outreach Lead. And will be talking about 'Being out as a gay surgeon'
Mr Mark Bagnall - ‘Out’patients: How LGBTQ+ visibility improves the patient experience
"I’m a gay Colorectal Consultant Surgeon and married to a Consultant Endocrine Surgeon and my pronouns are he/his. I was born in the Isle of Man at a time when homosexuality was still illegal, into a working class household. Influenced by a charismatic and deeply dedicated surgeon, who was highly progressive to see and nurture potential, and not keep the status quo of the traditional cis white male heteronormative surgeon in training, both myself and Ms Lucy Green have both broken through the ‘glass ceiling’ to become successful Consultant Surgeons. Now we pay this forward.
I’m the Mentorship Lead on the LGBTQ+ Pride in Surgery Forum (PRISM) Committee and have been a course director and co-ordinator for many RCS courses including ATLS, ATLS instructor course, CCRISP and soon to be BSS and TTT. I am the F2 foundation programme director at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. Part of my role is to offer careers guidance and pastoral support to F2, including those contemplating a career in surgery. It’s important to inspire and support the passion of all doctors, regardless of their gender, ethnicity, sexual identity to explore and find their career which stimulate them and is inclusive, welcoming and respects them for who they are."
Mx Karen Chui - Health inequalities for LGBTQ+ patients
Mx Karen Chui (she/they) Trauma and Orthopaedic Specialty Registrar in London on the Stanmore rotation. They identify as genderqueer and is the current Vice Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons England Pride in Surgery Forum (PRiSM) Committee. Karen is the British Orthopaedic Trainees Association Culture and Diversity representative. They are passionate about improving diversity in surgery and orthopaedics, in order to improve the care we deliver to all our patients.
Xander Stephenson-Allen - Gender affirmation surgery implications in a heteronormative surgical world
Xander is currently a Core Surgical Trainee in Kent, Surrey, Sussex and the Pride in Surgery Forum's (PrISM) EDI lead. Xander came to medicine later in life after a career in queer health advocacy, and maintains a passion improving access to healthcare, particularly for queer people
We look forward to you attending this event!!!