The Academic Surgical Unit

Necessity the mother of innovations: A surgical trainee’s chronicle - Dr Khalid Bhatti

Research to develop much needed laparoscopic skills using minimal resources and minimally invasive surgical skills in trainees to improve patient outcomes.

Use of Oakland score to reduce pressures on inpatient services – Dr Emily McKenzie

Research to develop a robust system for lower gastrointestinal bleeding referrals and discharge with follow up to reduce inpatient stays.

M. Koshy, J. M. Brown, J. Chmelo, T. Watkinson, A. W. Phillips: Anastomotic stricture after Ivor Lewis oesophagectomy: An evaluation of incidence, risk factors, and treatment.

Ahmed Hammoudah, Badreldin Mohamed, Alexis Wong, Professor R. Canelo: Annual Assessment of Acute Pancreatitis in Cumberland Infirmary 2020.

Salman Ahmed. UGI. RVI: Ability of anaerobic threshold (AT) component of pre-operative cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) to predict length of stay in Esophagectomy.

Rachael Boardley. Breast. Glasgow: The rate of same day discharges in post-mastectomy patients.

Mohammed Aradaib. Colorectal. CIC: Safe adoption of robotic colorectal surgery using structured training: early Irish experience.

Award for Best Presentation: Miss Ailsa Innes, Use of Dextran 40 following Pancreas Transplantation may reduce early Inflammation and significant bleeding compared to Heparin based protocol.

Award for Best Presentation: Mr George Severs, Calcium Channels Blockers in Pancreatic cancer. Significance Survival Benefits in a Retrospective Cohort Study.

Award for FY1 Presentation: Dr Sam Tingle, Micro RNA-126 Prevents Endothelial to Mesenchymal Transition and is downregulated in Fibrosis.

Award for Best Presentation: Mr Jonathan Russ, City Hospital Sunderland: Review of day case rate of primary inguinal hernia repair, umbilical and hernia repair and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Award for Best Presentation: Mr Leo Brown, North Tees Hospital: Evaluating the Effects of Surgical Subspecialisations on patients’ outcomes following emergency laparotomy.

Award for FY1 Presentation: Dr Jen Ong North Cumbria NHS Trust: Post-Radiotherapy thyroid function testing in head and neck cancer.

Award for Best Presentation: Jane Carter, ST3 General Surgery Registrar at Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle: A highly predictive model for diagnosis of Colorectal neoplasms using micro RNA.

Award for Best Publication: Sorena Afshar, General Surgery Registrar training in North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust: Biomarkers of colorectal cancer risk decrease 6 months after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.

• Severe cholangitis and role of immune modulators.
• LNR and its role in predicting worse outcome in cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. Annals of Emergency Surgery 2017
• Raised CRP and its effectiveness in diagnosing abdominal pathology using CT abdomen. Annals of Emergency Surgery 2017
• Day case surgery guidelines. Surgery-Oxford International Editions 2017
• A Novel Dual-Phase Activation-Dependent Foot Switch Mechanism for Surgery Energy Devices as an Asset in Early Surgical Training: A Proof of Concept Study. Surgical Innovation 2020
• World Experience on Covid 19 Patients, Who had a Positive PCR for Nasal Swap and underwent Surgical Interventions and Peritoneal Fluid Analysis for COVID-19. Clinics of Surgery 2021
• Novel use of Age-Adjusted Charleston Comorbidity Index (ACCI) as a risk Stratification tool for development of postoperative SARS-COV-2 Infection in Surgical Patients- JAMC 2021
• C-Reactive Protein as a Predictor of Complicated Acute Pancreatitis: Reality or a Myth? Cureus 2021
• Timing of Surgery following SARS-CoV 2 infection: an International Prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia 2021
• SARS-COV vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: Data from an International Prospective Cohort Study. BJS 2021
• Flat Elastic Band: A Unique Material to Develop Simulated Models for Laparoscopic Suturing. Surgery Clinics 2020

• Severe pancreatitis and its management AHPBI
• Cholangitis and its management
• CRp and Ct abdomen in abdominal pain in non-trauma patient
• NLR and its role in hot cholecystectomy
• Walking distance for surgical registrar and consultant during surgical oncall

• Prof Ruben Canelo
• Mr Julian Auckland-Lewis
• Mr John Wayman
• Mr Ludger Barthelmes
• Mr Palipane Metta
• Mr Paul Counter
• Mr Ron Eifell
• Mr Ioannis Mikalakkis
• Mr Salman Ahmed
• Mr Ashraf Elmetwalli
• Mr Luis Navarro Garzon
• Miss Ayesha Anwar
• Mr Jaz Mom
• Miss Nenna Randhawa- RVI-Newcastle
• Samir Bagasrawala- GI & Bariatric Surgeon
• Dr Ashish Ghughe - Plastic Surgeon
• Dr Muffazal Lakdawala - Bariatric & Upper Gi Surgeon
• Harsh Sheth - GI & Bariatric Surgeon
• Imran Hamzawala - Robotics Oncogynaecologist
• Ashraf Etmetwally - Upper GI & General Surgeon

Junior ASU Faculty Members

• Ahmed Hammouda
• Badreldin Mohammed Elbagir Mohammed
• Tamer Mohammed