Annual Northwest Student Neurosurgical Skills Course
23rd November 2024
Sid Watkins Building, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, L9 7JL
There are currently a limited number of places remaining at the conference,
and we have therefore closed the online registration for the event. If you would like to avail one of the remaining places, please contact us at courses@doctorsacademy.org.uk. A member of our team will be able to assist you.
Aims and Objectives
- To introduce delegates who are interested in any surgical field to surgical equipment that is often encountered in the field of neurosurgery.
- To provide delegates with practical experience in handling neurosurgical equipment in a safe, simulated environment.
- To allow delegates the opportunity to discuss neurosurgery to current registrars, and receive information on neurosurgical registrar application processes.
Fee, Date and Venue
- Date : Saturday 23rd November 2024
- Venue : Sid Watkins Building, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, L9 7JL
- Conference Fee : £12.00
- Number of Places : 20
- Suitable for : Medical Students
About
The Neurosurgical Skills Workshop seeks to enable delegates to learn and practice a variety of new skills.
The workshops will include managing neurosurgical emergencies in the simulation room, glioblastoma resection VR simulator, extra-ventricular drain insertion and suturing using theatre microscopes.
This event is directed at medical students in all year groups with an interest in any type of surgery and previous surgical experience is not required. Additionally the event seeks to develop transferable surgical skills.
Organisers
Miss Anjum Aarifa Khanom
MRes
5th Year Medical Student
University of Liverpool
Miss Mariam Ali
5th Year Medical Student
Edge Hill University
Mr Ahmad Ali
MBBS MRCS
Neurosurgery trainee, Walton Centre
PhD student. University of Liverpool
Faculty
Mr Tarek Elmoslemany
MSc MRCS FRCS
Senior Clinical Fellow - The Walton Centre
Mr Benjamin Hall
MBChB MRes MRCS
Neurosurgery trainee - The Walton Centre
MD student, University of Liverpool
Dr. Basel Taweel
MBChB MPhil PGCert
Neurosurgery Academic FY2, Department of Neurosciences, Leeds General Infirmary
Research Fellow, University of Leeds
Dr. Mohammad A. Mustafa
MBChB MRes
Academic FY2 - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Honorary Clinical Associate, University of Liverpool
Ms Sandhya Trichinopoly Krishna
BSc (Hons) MBChB MRCS
Neurosurgery Trainee – Walton Centre and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
PhD student - University of Liverpool
Mr Amir Saam Youshani
MBChB MRCS FRCS (SN) PhD DOHNS BSc (Hons) PGCert
ST8 Neuro-oncology Fellow - The Walton Centre
Mr Abed Islim
MBChB MPhil MRCS
Neurosurgery ST4 & Wellcome Trust PhD Fellow – Manchester
Miss Francisca Ferreira MRCS MRes PhD
NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer
Neurosurgery Registrar
Mrs Deepti Bhargava Odak
MBBS, MRCS, MD, FRCS(SN)
Consultant Neurosurgeon, The Walton Centre
Mr Nicholas Carleton-Bland
BSc (Hons), PGCert (MedEd), MSc, MBBS (Lond), MRCS (Eng), FRCS (Neurosurgery), DIP (Interprof Spine Care)
Consultant Neurosurgeon
The Walton Centre Foundation Trust, Liverpool
