Category: Neurosurgery

Changing the shape and culture in surgery at the core of ASiT 2022

After a long and hard pause due to COVID, the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) annual meeting finally returned to a physical venue, and the 2022 conference took place at the beginning of March […]


Highlights from Frontiers in Traumatic Brain Injury

On the 5th of July 2018, I was lucky to be able to attend Frontiers in Traumatic Brain Injury (FiTBI), a 2-day conference jointly held by St Mary’s and Imperial College London. This was the […]


Highlights from the 5th HYMS National Undergraduate Surgical Conference

On the cold and frosty morning of Saturday 20th January 2018, HYMS hosted its 5th Undergraduate Surgical conference and welcomed over 140 delegates and faculty members to the Ron Cooke Hub at the University of […]


Highlights from the 4th HYMS National Undergraduate Surgical Conference

Saturday 28th January 2017 marked a day of excitement for many enthusiastic students considering a career in surgery as the fourth HYMS National Undergraduate Surgical Conference was hosted in Hull for the first time. Embracing […]


Highlights from the SBNS/NANSIG Neurosurgery Careers Day 2017

For the past five years, the Neurosurgery Careers Day hosted by the Neurology and Neurosurgery Interest Group (NANSIG) and the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) has inspired and guided the enthusiastic minds of medical […]


Highlights from Neurotrauma 2016

On 20th October 2016, leading experts from a wide range of specialties met at the Royal Geographic Society in London for the annual UK Neurotrauma Symposium. As the HYMS Student Blog reporter for the event, […]


Neuropods and the Next Generation: Highlights from SBNS Newcastle 2016

All photos used in this post credited to John Murray – PNJ photography www.pnjphotography.com The iconic Sage Gateshead concert venue was the setting for the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) Spring Meeting. SBNS meetings last for three […]