Category: Research
Conference, Medical Education, Plastic Surgery, Research, Science Communication
Reflections from the WSCMHUL Conference 2023
I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota with the Hand and Upper Limb team at Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH) for the long-anticipated World Symposium on Congenital Malformations of the Hand and Upper […]
COVID-19, Medical Education, Research, Surgery, Training
Our Research Experience at Yale University
During our three-month summer vacation between first and second year of medical school, we decided to try and get more research experience abroad, specifically in the US given that we were both interested in pursuing […]
Conference, COVID-19, Medical Education, Plastic Surgery, Research, Surgery, Training
Reflections on the ISAR Congress 2022
The International Society for Auricular Reconstruction (ISAR) held its 3rd Congress virtually from the 25th to the 26th of March 2022. As I was also presenting at this conference, this was an event that I […]
Conference, Medical Education, Plastic Surgery, Research, Surgery
Reflections from Facial aesthetic surgery: Face, eyes, nose, and ears conference
On Saturday, the 19th of March 2022, I had the privilege to attend the Facial Aesthetic Surgery: Face, eyes, nose and ears conference organised by the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) which was made available […]
Medical Education, Research, Surgery
Highlights from the VaRICS meeting 2022
West Midlands Vascular Research and Innovation Consortium (VaRICS) Meeting was held at MacDonald Burlington Hotel on the 18th of March this year. Healthcare professionals including vascular surgeons, junior doctors, vascular specialist nurses and other allied […]
Conference, Leadership, Medical Education, Neurosurgery, Research, Science Communication, Surgery, Training
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 […]
Conference, Medical Education, MedTech, Research
Highlights from the National MedTech Conference 2020
On Saturday, the 22nd of February 2020, I had the incredible pleasure to attend the very first National MedTech Conference which was hosted by Imperial College at the Sir Alexander Fleming Building. As a newcomer […]
My research journey at Hull York Medical School
If someone had told me five years ago that I would undertake my medical training in the UK, I would have never believed them. The real life-changing opportunity came when I applied for an exchange […]
General Practice, Interview, Medical Education, Research
Meeting the Dean: Part Two
In the second of a three-part interview series with Professor Una Macleod, HYMS students Chaitra Dinesh, Vassili Crispi, and Alexandra Abel focus on the Dean’s research interests and academic background, and gain valuable advice for […]
Highlights from the Northern England National Surgical Research Symposium
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) ventured down to Bradford for a second year running to host their annual National Surgical Research Symposium on 1 April 2017. The conference is aimed at medical students […]
