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 from different surgical specialities from ENT to orthopaedics to cardiothoracics. Each speaker is a leading women in their field AND 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 1: Miss Emer Campbell MBChB FRCS(SN) BSc(Hons)

"I grew up in Northern Ireland and studied medicine at University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1999. I completed basic surgical training in the south east of Scotland and gained my MRCS in 2002. I spent a year working as a neurosurgical registrar in Dunedin, New Zealand and then returned to the UK to start higher surgical training in neurosurgery at the (then) Southern General Hospital, in Glasgow. I passed the FRCS (surgical neurology) in 2009 and gained my CCT in 2011.

I have completed fellowships in the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne and the Birmingham Children’s Hospital as was appointed as a consultant neurosurgeon at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow in 2012.

I am the first woman from Northern Ireland (and the second from the Ireland) to be appointed to a consultant neurosurgeon post.

In 2020 I was awarded a BSc(Hons) in Mathematics and Statistics, from the Open University and am the clinical lead for Paediatric Neurosurgery. My research interests include patient safety and outcome measurements and I have presented my work at national and international meetings.

I am the national audit lead for the British Paediatric Neurosurgical Group.

In 2021, I was appointed as Clinical Director for Surgical Services and Gastroenterology at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow and hold the position of Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Glasgow.

I am a very keen runner and compete at regional and national level."

We look forward to you attending this event!!!