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The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences is the academic department of surgery at the University of Oxford, and hosts a multidisciplinary team of senior clinical academic surgeons, senior scientists, junior clinicians and scientists in training.
Patient Safety Academy off to a flying start
28 July 2014
Peter McCulloch and Helen Higham co-directors, launch the PSA which aims to improve patient safety with a collaborative approach working with expertise and experience currently available in the region.
Patient Safety Academy website goes live
23 April 2014
Set up by the QRSTU team, the aim is to provide education and support to healthcare professionals in the application of human factors to their work settings to improve quality and safety. Senior Leader Seminars are offered for Trust Board Members in the Thames Valley area.
RCS Annual Day hosts the launch of SITU at St Anne's College
5 April 2014
The Oxford Surgical Interventional Unit was launched at the Royal College of Surgeons Annual Day held at St Anne's College on 26th March, 2014. The event, which was attended by 100 delegates, included presentations from individual unit directors on their progress and also a "hot topic" of their choice relating to surgical research and innovation. Topics chosen included "Placebo controls in surgical trials", "Teaching Undergraduates in Clinical Research" and "Surgical Devices in Surgical Trlals".
Kate Milward, a DPhil student in TRIG, has won the prestigious Sir Roy Calne Award at the British Transplantation Society, 2014.
25 March 2014
The award was made for her paper on "Multiple Unit Pooled Umbilical Cord Blood is a Viable Source of Therapeutic Regulatory T Cells"
Peter McCulloch & Alex Cope invited to speak at the Association of Surgeons in Training in Belfast
25 March 2014
The two invited speakers from the NDS will speak at the Belfast Waterfront Conference Centre on "Patient Safety and CORESS" and " Setting up a Simulation Programme" on Saturday, 29th and Sunday, 30th March respectively.
Jo Cook awarded with Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Medal
17 March 2014
Jo Cook, Research Nurse on Professor Taggart's ART trial, was presented with the medal at this year's Royal Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons' annual meeting in Brighton for her presentation on "The Patient, The GP, The Primary Care Team; their relationship, adherence to treatment and the implications for research". Jo was awarded with her medal at the 2014 Forum in Brighton after her winning both the Cardiothoracic Forum Best Paper and first prize in the poster competition at the 2013 meeting.
The Spalding Scholarship in Neurosurgery
13 March 2014
The Scholarship is available to UK/EU students only. To work with a named Principal Investigator in NDS in the field of Neurosurgery. Open to new students who begin their programme of study in October 2014
Campaign to raise public awareness of prostate cancer and it's treatment boosted as Prasanna Sooriakumaran talks on local radio
27 February 2014
Prasanna Sooriakumaran, Senior Fellow in Robotic Surgery & Urology with the Surgical Intervention Trials Unit spoke about his research on local radio on Thursday evening and Friday morning (27th and 28th February) in an attempt to raise public awareness of prostate cancer and it's treatment. His paper on "Surgery v Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer" is published in the BMJ.
Mr. Jonathan Hyam FHEA DPhil FRCS(Neuro.Surg) has been awarded the Arris & Gale Lectureship in Physiology by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for 2014
26 February 2014
The Lecture was founded in 1646 by Mr. Edward Arris, and under the will of Mr. John Gale in 1655, to provide lectures in anatomy for the members of the Company of Barbers & Surgeons. It was transferred to the Company of Surgeons in 1745. It continues to be a highly regarded and prestigious award within the field of surgery, awarded annually in stiff competition
Prestigious Hunterian Professorship awarded to Erlick Pereira
19 February 2014
Erlick, a senior neurosurgical registrar, received the award from the Royal College of Surgeons for 2014 and 2015. He has been with Professor Tipu Aziz’s group since joining as a medical student ten years ago, with whom he has co-written the basal ganglia chapter of the forthcoming 41st edition of Gray’s Anatomy. Other recent awards include the Congress of Neurological Surgeons' Ron Tasker Award and American Association of Neurological Surgeons' William Sweet Award.
Nicola Blackwood MP, visits Professor Wood and the Transplantation Research Immunology Group (TRIG)
21 January 2014
Nicola Blackwood, the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, spent the day in NDS with Professor Kathryn Wood and her research group (TRIG) last Friday, 17th January 2014. This was a reciprocal visit arranged through the Royal Society’s MP- Scientist pairing scheme which aims to build bridges between parliamentarians and some of the best scientists in the UK.
From Lab Bench to Backbench
2 December 2013
Professor Kathryn Wood from the University of Oxford will be swapping a lab coat for legislation, when she visits Ms Nicola Blackwood, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, at the House of Commons for a “Week in Westminster” commencing Monday 2 December as part of a unique ‘pairing’ scheme run by the Royal Society – the UK’s national academy of science.
Ben Turney awarded the American College of Surgeons International Travelling Fellowship for 2014
15 November 2013
Ben is the only recipient in the UK and 1 of 13 internationally
Craniofacial Research Fellow wins multiple prizes for surgical excellence and research
29 October 2013
We are delighted to highlight the excellence of Vikram Sharma who has been awarded three prestigious awards over the past four months .Vikram, whose speciality is in craniofacial surgery, has presented his findings in front of large audiences and world renowned academics; which were received with great interest resulting in the rewarding of multiple prizes and a RCS fellowship.
Athena SWAN Awards
30 September 2013
Athena SWAN awards are given in recognition of a department’s efforts to help promote and advance the careers of women in academia.
National Student Survey 2013: Oxford Medical Schools
15 August 2013
Oxford University Medical School have maintained their top place in the National Student Survey, 2013 with the highest ever score recorded for a medical course.
Creation of new surgical scholarship
10 July 2013
The funding of a full scholarship for one surgeon to complete the MSc in Surgical Science and Practice has been made possible by Nuffield Health, The Manor Hospital Oxford.
The Harry E. Bacon Foundation Award
31 May 2013
Trevor Yeung was presented with the award for the best basic scientific podium presentation at the recent ASCRS meeting in Phoenix. For His work on fluorescent lectins and colorectal cancer
'Warmed liver' transplant first
17 March 2013
Surgeons in London have carried out the first 'warm liver' transplant using an organ which was 'kept alive' at body temperature in a machine.